The Assignment

0Find 1-3 primary sources and 10-15 scholarly articles and books for a 10 page research paper which supports research on your approved topic.

Creating a Search Strategy0 Summit thesis topic & develop research questions using

assigned forms

0 Literature Review0 Develop a search strategy :

0 Break down your topic by concept

0 Boolean operators

0 Truncation

0 Adjacency

0 Find Primary v Secondary Sources

0 Peer-review sources

0 Select databases & other resources0 Academic Search Complete

0 America: History and Life

0 Historical New York Times

0 Historical Los Angeles Times

0 Generate bibliographic citations & in-text citations

ASAM/ CHLS 335 I Research Guide0 http://csulb.libguides.com/chls335

Creating a Search Strategy

Creating a Search Strategy

0 Break down your thesis statement by concept

Making Ends Meet During the Economic Depression: Immigrant Day Laborers in California.

Tech Tool: Boolean Operators

Tech Tool: Truncation *0More results

0Plurals

0Examples:

0Immigrat*

0Immigrate

0Immigrates

0Immigrated

0Immigration

Tech Tool: Adjacency

0Searches words next to each other in order listed

0Quotation marks

0Examples:

0“Day laborer*”

0“Environmental Justice”

0“People of color”

0“Undocumented worker*”

What is a primary source?

0A document which describes an event by a witnesses (diaries, speeches, letters, interviews, autobiographies, etc.)

0Fundamental or original document relating to a particular subject (government publication, law or legislation, court reports, etc)

0 A source from the time of an event (newspaper articles, news footage, songs, cartoons etc)

Primary sources0Search words:

0Sources0Letters0Diaries0Personal Narratives0Interviews

0Examples: 0“immigrant women” and sources0“Undocumented immigrant*” and letters0“Garment worker*” and interviews

What is a secondary source?

0 Information written by an authority who reports on an event, person, place or thing (i.e., a biography, etc.)

0 An accounting of events or experiences (i.e., a news story, etc.) not personally observed or experienced by the writer.

0A scholar's description or analysis of primary sources. (i.e., a journal article, etc.)

Search Strategies ReviewLIMIT - Language

Boolean Truncation *

Adjacency “xxx xxx”

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How do I get full-text article?

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How do I get the full-text article?

Susan Luévano, CSULB, University Library

0 http://web.csulb.edu/library/

0 1) Library Catalog -COAST

0 2) One Search @ CSULB – use for test or preliminary search

Finding Books, Media & Government Documents

Library Password

0Allows off-campus access to research databases

0Library Home page0 My library account

0 Type in your name, CSULB I.D. #, click submit

Research Steps

0Step 1: Develop search strategy using0 Unique Keywords that describe your search0 Boolean operators0 Truncation0 Adjacency

0Step 2: Find primary & secondary sources0 Research Databases0 Coast0 Interviews0 Internet

0Step 3: Search the database0 Try different keywords, try different searches0 Select the best citations0 Retrieve the full-text0 Use internal citation generators when sending information

Research Steps

0Step 4: Evaluate resources

0Step 5: Apply and use information0 Synthesize information

0 Write up the finding and conclusion

0 Create your bibliography & in-text citations using correct citation style

0 Use the ASAM/CHLS Research Guide as a starting point!!

0 Circular process – Repeat and Revise

Where to get more assistance?

0 Research Subject Guide

0 Your subject librarian!

0 Greg Armento – ASAM

0 Susan Luévano – CHLS

0 Individual appointment w/ discipline librarian

0 Evening Consultations:

0 Wednesday, March 25th

0 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

0 University Library, Spidell classroom 1, room 116

0 Reference Desk, 1st floor, University Library

0 LibAnswers: http://csulb.libanswers.com/

Questions???