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Handpicked Articles from Race and Social Problems

Social Sciences Faculty Librarian — Wed, 08 May 2013 09:50:12 +0000

Race and Social Problems provides an international and multidisciplinary forum for issues germane to race and its enduring relationship to psychological, socioeconomic, political, and cultural problems. The journal publishes original empirical studies, reviews of past research, theoretical studies, and invited essays that advance the understanding of the complexities of race and its relationship to social problems. Coverage includes anthropology, communications, criminology, economics, history, law, political science, psychology, public health, social work, and sociology.

You can download and save these free articles to your computer, iPad or mobile device:

Measuring the Economic Racial Divide Across the Course of American Lives - M.R. Rank
Racial Formation in Theory and Practice: The Case of Mexicans in the United States - D.S. Massey
Hispanic Fertility, Immigration, and Race in the Twenty-First Century - E.A. Parrado and C.A. Flippen
Racial Disparities in Early Criminal Justice Involvement - R.D. Crutchfield, M.L. Skinner, K.P. Haggerty, A. McGlynn and R.F. Catalano
Goal-Striving Stress and Racial Differences in Mental Health - H.W. Neighbors, S. L. Sellers, Rong Zhang and J.S. Jackson

HKUL users can continue to access the journal via http://library.hku.hk/record=b4288839

Safari Books Downtime for Maintenance on Saturday April 6th and Saturday April 13th

electronic resources coordinator — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:48:35 +0000

Safari Books Online will be down for maintenance for approximately two to three hours on Saturday April 6th and Saturday April 13th at the time below:

Saturday, April 6th:
Malaysia/China Standard Time at 14:00 for up to three hours

Saturday, April 13th:
Malaysia/China Standard Time at 14:00 for up to three hours

Read top cited papers from Demography

Social Sciences Faculty Librarian — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 06:12:50 +0000

Demography presents the highest quality original research of scholars in a broad range of disciplines, including anthropology, biology, economics, geography, history, psychology, public health, sociology, and statistics. The journal encompasses a wide variety of methodological approaches to population research. Its geographic focus is global, with articles addressing demographic matters from around the planet. Its temporal scope is broad, as represented by research that explores demographic phenomena spanning the ages from the past to the present, and reaching toward the future.

2011 Impact Factor: 1.931

Top cited papers from Demography:

Paternal Incarceration and Support for Children in Fragile Families - Geller, Amanda; Garfinkel, Irwin; Western, Bruce
The Protective Effect of Marriage for Survival: A Review and Update - Rendall, Michael S.; Weden, Margaret M.; Favreault, Melissa M.; et al.
Beyond Absenteeism: Father Incarceration and Child Development - Geller, Amanda; Cooper, Carey E.; Garfinkel, Irwin; et al.
Child Underreporting, Fertility, and Sex Ratio Imbalance in China - Goodkind, Daniel
The Evolution of Family Complexity from the Perspective of Nonmarital Children - Cancian, Maria; Meyer, Daniel R.; Cook, Steven T.

You may click here to view the most downloaded articles which are downloaded live and in real-time Demography.

HKUL users can continue to access the journal via http://library.hku.hk/record=b1391568

[Source: SpringerLink]

Alexander Street Press downtime March 31, 2013

electronic resources coordinator — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 02:27:37 +0000

There will be scheduled maintenance at the vendor’s data center for March 31, 2013, 11:00 pm to April 1, 2013, 1:00 am

There will be an estimated downtime of two hours for all Alexander Street products.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Free trial: Encyclopedia of the Mind

Social Sciences Faculty Librarian — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 03:40:42 +0000

It’s hard to conceive of a topic of more broad and personal interest than the study of the mind. In addition to its traditional investigation by the disciplines of psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience, the mind has also been a focus of study in the fields of philosophy, economics, anthropology, linguistics, computer science, molecular biology, education, and literature. In all these approaches, there is an almost universal fascination with how the mind works and how it affects our lives and our behavior. Studies of the mind and brain have crossed many exciting thresholds in recent years, and the study of mind now represents a thoroughly cross-disciplinary effort. Researchers from a wide range of disciplines seek answers to such questions as: What is mind? How does it operate? What is consciousness?The Encyclopedia of the Mind brings together scholars from the entire range of mind-related academic disciplines from across the arts and humanities, social sciences, life sciences, and computer science and engineering to explore the multidimensional nature of the human mind.

Click here to access the free trial to the online version which expires on April 30, 2013.

ProQuest Maintenance Window – March 10

electronic resources coordinator — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:41:00 +0000

A six (6) hour maintenance window is needed to install enhancements to the ProQuest and ProQuest Dialog platforms. The window will take place from Sunday, March 10, 2013, at 11:00. During this time all databases on the two platforms will not be available.

Music Library: Chinese Lunar New Year Opening Hours

yinyeek — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 01:15:09 +0000

February 9 (Saturday) 9am-1pm

February 10 -13 (Sunday-Wednesday) Closed

ARTstor maintenance notice January 27th 2013

electronic resources coordinator — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:15:53 +0000

ARTstor will be performing an upgrade to our systems beginning on Sunday, January 27th at 12:00 noon and concluding on Monday, January 28th at 2:00 am. While the upgrade is being performed, users will not have access to the ARTstor Digital Library.

World Journal of English Language

Arts Faculty Librarian — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 02:54:40 +0000

Published by Sciedu Press, the World Journal of English Language is devoted to publishing research papers in various aspects, fields and scope of the English Language, such as but not limited to teaching and learning English as a Second Language (ESL), as an Additional Language (EAL) or as a Foreign Language (TEFL).

World Journal of English Language is available free of charge as an Open Access journal on the Internet.

Please click here to access.

Marx and Philosophy Review of Books

Arts Faculty Librarian — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 02:53:53 +0000

Published by Marx and Philosophy Society, the Marx and Philosophy Review of Books publishes online reviews of books in the area of Marxism and philosophy, interpreted broadly as regards both ’Marxism’ and ‘philosophy’.

Content freely accessible online, please click here to access.