1	University Research Skills for Women’s Studies WST 495 Spring 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 advanced research strategies and resources appropriate for the discipline of Women’s studies.
4	Research Process PHASE 1 State the issue Define the question Breakdown topic by concept Develop a Boolean search strategy PHASE 2 Select resources & conduct research in: Reference Sources Articles Books Internet
5	"PHASE 3" PHASE 3 Mark, download, e-mail or print search result Locate materials Identify availability of resources using COAST Interlibrary loan needed sources from other libraries PHASE 4 Repeat and refine research Identify controlled vocabulary Not always a linear process! Write up findings/conclusions Create bibliography/references
6	Research Process Create a research question Repeat and revise searches Ask why? Content specialist: Professor Philipose
7	Research Process
8	Venn Diagram
9	Boolean Operators AND narrows a search both variables must appear in same citation terms are different in meaning example: “Juarez AND Murders AND Women” OR broadens a search terms are similar in meaning either term may appear in the record example: “Latinos OR Hispanics” example: “undocumented OR immigrants” NOT eliminates unwanted variables Narrow search Example: Mexico NOT “New Mexico”
10	Truncation Allows for searching root word with variant endings Example: Lesbian* Lesbians Lesbianism * = Most common computer command + or ?
11	Adjacency Quotation marks tells computer to search phrases in exact order Example: “National Organization of Women ” “women of color”
12	Proximity Use "near" to specify words close to each other, in any order. Example: Immigrant* near underground economy Use "within #" to specify terms which occur within # words of each other in the record. Example: Racism within 5 gender Example: Racism w/5 gender
13	Field Searching Specify fields to search, using field abbreviation. Fields available for most database are au: (author), ti: (title) and su: (subject) Example: au:Chang AND su:Women Domestics ti:Disposable domestics immigrant women workers in the global economy AND au:Chang su:Women alien labor United States
14	Research Process Create a research strategy Start broad and then narrow Use Boolean connectors & truncation, adjacency and fields “women domestic” AND immigrant OR alien “women domestic” AND (illegal OR illegal*) AND underground economy su:migrants AND su:informal sector
15	Determine appropriate resources Reference Materials Books – Reference Collection, 1^st floor West Electronic Reference Books COAST NetLibrary (E-Books) Selected Research Databases Articles Research Databases Internet Women’s Studies Research Guide Advanced Google Search
16	Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Sources Primary Eyewitness accounts Newspaper articles Ethnographies Government documents Oral histories Original research data, ex. statistics Secondary Interpretative essays Analysis of original research or documents Tertiary Summaries of secondary sources Reference material
17	Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Sources
18	Reference Sources Specialized tools that provide basic information Provide bibliographic references to related sources Research Guides http://www.csulb.edu/library/subj/subj-index.html Statistics Government documents
19	Books COAST Use KEYWORDS/WORDS Boolean Search strategy
20	COAST – Primary sources Books – COAST or Net Library Use keyword Enter Boolean search strategy “narrative” “diary” “autobiography” “letters” “interviews” “hearings” VOAHA Government Documents COAST Search specific CSULB Collections Government Documents Research Guide http://www.csulb.edu/library/eref/vref/govtdocs.html
21	Scoped Searches
22	Books COAST provides “bibliographic information,” location and format Export & save record Mark record for export Export saved list Link + Request books that are unavailable at CSULB 2-3 days Pick-up at Circulation Desk
23	E-Books Two ways to find E-books COAST NetLibrary (Research Databases) http://www.csulb.edu/library/eref/eref.html#N
24	Periodicals Magazines Popular, general sources Journals Based on research & written for other scholars Newspapers Based on eyewitness accounts Primary source
25	Research Databases Gender Watch Popular & Scholarly Partial Full-text 1960 to present Academic Search Elite Popular & Scholarly 1985 to present
26	Research Databases Chicano Database Popular & Scholarly Books, journals, magazines, newspapers Ethnic perspective 1965 to present Ethnic NewsWatch (Full-Text) Popular Ethnic perspective La Opinion 1960 to present
27	Research Databases America: History and Life Scholarly Major historical books, book chapters, journal articles and dissertations 1950 to present Sociological Abstracts Scholarly Major historical books, book chapters, journal articles and dissertations
28	Newspapers Historical Los Angeles Times, 1881-2002 Historical New York Times, 1851-1995 Newspapers 150 daily US newspapers Los Angeles Times
29	SFX Let’s you know availability of journal article Full-text Print If not available Links you to Interlibrary Loan ILLIAD
30	Internet Subject Research Guides http://www.csulb.edu/library/subj/subj-index.html Women’s Studies University Library Access point for all library resources http://www.csulb.edu/library/ Google Advanced Search Domain limit “site:”
31	Citation Manuals Online Style Manuals & Citation Methods http://www.csulb.edu/library/eref/vref/style.html Examples of various style manuals Link to the Citation Generator RefWorks http://www.csulb.edu/library/refworks/
32	Need Materials Not Available at CSULB Link + Fast! 3 days Free Books only Interlibrary Loan 3-10 days Free Books, journals, magazines, dissertations Search other library catalogs You go get it yourself You can borrow books from any other CSU with your student ID http://www.csulb.edu/library/libs/libs-index.html
33	Still need help? See lecture slides http://www.csulb.edu/library/subj/luevano_powerpoints.html 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 Set up an appointment http://rar.library.csulb.edu/appointmentTbx.asp