Scholarly Resources and Research materials #6

Sources Found Via Gale Virtual Reference Library


- Social Movements
  
  Source: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Ed. William A. Darity, Jr.. Vol. 7. 2^nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. p603-608. 

- Student Movements
    
   Source: Encyclopedia of European Social History. Ed. Peter N. Stearns. Vol. 3: Social Structure/Social Protest/Deviance & Crime/Social Problems. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001. p301-310. 

- Protest
  
  Source: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Ed. William A. Darity, Jr.. Vol. 6. 2^nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. p564-566.

Sources Found Via SAGE Reference Online
 
- Collective Movements and Protest
  
  Source: Markoff, John. "Collective Movements and Protest." Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. Ed. John M. Levine and Michael A. Hogg. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2009. 104-11. SAGE Reference Online. Web. 20 Mar. 2012.  

- Social Movement Theory
  Source: Staggenborg, Suzanne. "Social Movement Theory." Encyclopedia of Social Theory. Ed. . Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2004. 754-60. SAGE Reference Online. Web. 20 Mar. 2012.

Rutgers RIOT Review #5

The Rutgers RIOT Application is an internet based tutorial that effectively explains and demonstrates how to utilize the resources available to students at Rutgers via the libraries and databases owned by the school. It follows a simulation style approach to introducing the methods to conduct research via online resources and how to utilize certain keywords or databases in order to obtain the most relevant information for the desired research topic. I found it very enlightening in the sense that it explained many methods of finding and validating articles and how to utilize things such as the bibliography to further expand and locate more information. Overall it was a great application and I am glad I was exposed to it.

I plan on using the library resources to conduct immense amounts of research on my topic. I would like to access news paper articles and other periodicals and media available in order to gain a better perspective on events that occurred in the past at Rutgers and other schools throughout the nation and how the relate to what is occurring today and whether or not any of the protesting that has happened in the past was efficient and effective in completing or satisfying the goals that were desired by the protesters at the time. I definitely want to be able to utilize the databases to find valid and academically admissible content as well in order to maintain the strength and validity of my research paper.

Privatization and Protest #4

Privatization and higher education are gaining notice in the public eye and the direct result of this has been protesting at many colleges through out the world. Students are fighting back against the potential shift towards privatization by taking a stand. The fact is that privatization and protests will become more and more common as the shift progresses towards a privatized solution for the growing financial strain on public academic institutions. There are many questions that should be answered and such as who is investing in the institutions, what their motives are, why they are investing, what does private investment mean in the long-term for institutions and in the short-term. Protests and privatization go hand in hand, and currently students and faculty are trying their hardest to change the way things are headed. A quick google search shows close to a hundred different instances of students protesting against budget cuts and privatization. Protesting may be a means for the students of public institutions to defend their institutions from becoming privatized.

Questions I have for the Librarian #3

What do you think would be the most effective and efficient database to use for finding more information on protests at academic institutions?

Is there a website or school resource that can help make it easier to cite sources found on the internet and in the library?

Are there any specific books or records/newspaper articles that are accessible in the library that demonstrate a relationship between Protests and their successes or failures in the past?