Using Google Scholar with the Alvernia Databases

This posting is only for the brave and determined. The good news is that we have a wonderful software program that links our articles databases with Google Scholar so that it's easier for us to find full-text or abstract information about the rich resources in Google Scholar. That's the bad news too. Don't give up yet.

First, you can see that my search found 19,000 entries. I searched leadership and the exact phrase "participant observation." Below are the first few results. Note too that under All Results there are several names. These are key names/authors found in the search.
Now look at the first result, and you'll start to see the good news and the bad news. It looks like you can find the full text in the Alvernia database, but it's not quite that simple. Do not despair. Even when you can't get directly to the full- text, often because Alvernia does not subscribe to that particular journal. But sometimes you will find it. At the workshop, I'll show you how to get the most out of this interface.

From Google Scholar Search:
All articles - Recent articles
Results 1 - 10 of about 19,900 for leadership "participant observation". (0.12 seconds)

All Results
J Lofland
A Bryman
L Smith
T Jick
A Vidich


An Evolving Logic of Participant Observation, Educational Ethnography, and Other Case Studies - Full-Text @ AlverniaLM Smith - Review of Research in Education, 1978 - JSTORAn Evolving Logic of Participant Observation, Educational Ethnography, and OtherCase Studies. Louis M. Smith. Review of Research in Education, Vol. 6, 316-377. ... Cited by 100 - Related Articles - Web Search

Qualitative research as the cornerstone methodology for understanding leadership - Full-Text @ Alvernia - all 2 versions »JA Conger - The Leadership Quarterly, 1998 - Elsevier... The author has employed observation and participant observation in two researchprojects on leadership (1985, 1992). Without a doubt ... Cited by 57 - Related Articles - Web Search

Participant Observation and the Collection and Interpretation of Data - Full-Text @ AlverniaAJ Vidich - The American Journal of Sociology, 1955 - JSTOR... In view of this widespread dependence upon participant observation as a ... betweencompeting factions, competing leaders, or leadership- membership cleavages. ... Cited by 37 - Related Articles - Web Search

Grounded theory and social process: A new direction for leadership research - Full-Text @ Alvernia - all 2 versions »KW Parry - The Leadership Quarterly, 1998 - Elsevier... Participant observation Unstructured interviewing Life history Grounded theory analysis ...s (I 99 1) content analysis of the construction of leadership images in ... Cited by 62 - Related Articles - Web Search

Doing Social Life: The Qualitative Study of Human Interaction in Natural SettingsJ Lofland - Chapter One - questia.com... The leadership of Leon H. Mayhew in that milieu has been particularly appreciated.JOHN LOFLAND. Davis, California July 1976. -ix-. Questia Media America, Inc. ... Cited by 106 - Related Articles - Web Search - Library Search

Mixing Qualitative and Quantitative Methods: Triangulation in Action - Full-Text @ Alvernia - all 2 versions »TD Jick - Administrative Science Quarterly, 1979 - JSTOR... same conclusions, provide a more certain portrayal of the leadership phenomenon ... Forqualitative methods such as participant observation, this can be re- flected ... Cited by 1115 - Related Articles - Web Search