1	Finding Sources for your Annotated Bibliography & Research Proposal CHLS 470 Latin@s Health Care 2007
2	Susan Luévano Anthropology, Ethnic & Women’s Studies Librarian Research Consultations Office: Lib. 417 West sluevano@csulb.edu Office Hours: Tuesdays, 2:00 - 5:00 Call for an appointment: (562) 985-5891
3	Objective To present research strategies and health resources appropriate for the discipline of Chicana/o & Latina/o studies.
4	Research Process Create a problem research statement Define the question Ask why???? Alcoholism among Mexican American males is a major health issue in the Latino community.
5	Research Process Identify Key Concepts
6	Venn Diagram
7	Boolean Operators AND narrows a search both variables must appear in same citation terms are different in meaning example: “Diabetes AND Hispanics” OR broadens a search terms are similar in meaning either term may appear in the record example: “Latinos OR Hispanics”
8	Truncation Allows for searching root word with variant endings Example: Alcohol* Alcoholic Alcoholics Alcoholism * = Most common computer command ? (Chicano Database)
9	Research Process Create a research strategy using Boolean Logic. Use Boolean connectors “and” “or” “not” to connect abstract concepts. Alcohol* AND Mexican American* AND male* (Latino* OR Hispanic) AND male AND Alcohol*
10	Reference Sources Specialized tools that provide basic information i.e. definitions Chicano Latino Studies Health & Medicine Public Policy Research Guides http://www.csulb.edu/library/subj/subj-index.html
11	Reference The Gale encyclopedia of medicine REF RC41 .G35 2002 Gale encyclopedia of alternative medicine REF R733 .G34 2001 Stedman's medical dictionary. REF R121 .S8 2000 World of health REF R130.5 .W67 2000
12	Periodicals Peer Reviewed Journals Based on research & written for other scholars Content & research model are reviewed by other scholars In-depth Extensive bibliography
13	Find Articles http://www.csulb.edu/library/
14	Research Databases
15	Research Databases
16	Research Databases Medline The National Library of Medicine’s international, biomedicine & health journal database covering all areas of medicine, including dentistry, nursing, veterinary medicine, the health care system, preclinical sciences. 1951 to present SFX
17	CINAHL An authoritative resource for the nursing and allied health literature – journals, books, pamphlets, audiovisuals, software, research instruments, dissertations, etc 1982 to present SFX
18	Alt-Healthwatch A alternative health database of world-wide professional and consumer publications focusing on complementary and alternative approaches to health care and wellness. Full-text 1990 to present
19	Cochrane Library The Cochrane Library is designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care. Much of the information is presented in the form of systematic reviews (Cochrane reviews) for practitioners, patients and policy makers. 1996 to present
20	Pysc/Articles peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology (53 journals) full-text 1985 to present PyscINFO 1,300 journals in all areas of psychology. Also includes references to dissertations, media, and books. 1,300 journals Abstracts SFX
21	Chicano Database Ethnic perspective Popular & Scholarly Ethnic perspective 1965 to present SFX
22	Academic Search Elite General subject database containing indexing and abstracts for over 3,000 journals. 1985 to present Some full-text SFX
23	Access From Home Must have Library Password (via COAST) Access the Library by the Web site Click on needed database Dialog box will appear Name, Student ID, Library Pin
24	Citation Manuals Online CSULB Style Manual Guides http://www.csulb.edu/library/eref/vref/style.html Citation Builder http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/lobo2/citationbuilder/citationbuilder.php
25	Materials Not Available at CSULB Interlibrary Loan 3-10 days Free Books, journals, magazines, dissertation
26	Still need help? Ask at the reference desk, 1^st floor West Chat with a Librarian http://www.csulb.edu/library/247ref.html Susan Luévano sluevano@csulb.edu Office hours: Tuesday, 2-5 Library, room 417