Research guide for CHLS 310.

1. CHLS 310
INFORMED
ARGUMENT
PROJECT
Susan C.
Luévano
University
Library
CHLS Librarian

2. RESEARCH GUIDE - CHICANO &
LATINO STUDIES

3. INFORMED ARGUMENT
PROJECT
Topics must be from a topic discussed in class
Research paper not to exceed 15 pages
Need support material
Primary
Secondary
Topics can be historical or thematic
Research methods may include but are not
limited to
Archival
Ethnographic
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4. RESEARCH BASICS
Develop a thesis statement
 Topic covered in class
Conduct background/preliminary research
 Latino American Experience (encyclopedia, timelines,
maps, etc.)
Develop research question(s)
Break down your thesis statement by concept
 3 maximum dialog boxes
Create a research strategy
 Boolean operators
 Truncation
 Adjacency
Select databases & other primary sources
 Academic Search Complete
 Historical Los Angeles Time
 OneSearch (CSULB online catalog)
Refine or narrow your topic (cyclical process)

5. YOUR TURN
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Work time
Question 1

6. CREATING A SEARCH
STRATEGYWhat are Boolean Operators?
Computer commands used to
create a research strategy.
Connect abstract concepts
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7. WHAT DO BOOLEAN
OPERATORS LOOK LIKE IN A
RESEARCH DATABASE?
Boolean
Command
s:
OR & AND

8. CREATING A SEARCH
STRATEGY
Adolescents
Racial
Profiling
Latinxs
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AND
Boolean
Operators
• AND
• OR
Teenagers
Adolescents
Teenage
rs OR
Adolescen
ts
OR

9. CREATING A SEARCH STRATEGY
Truncation
 More results
 Plurals
Asterisk *
Educat*
Educate
Educates
Educated
Education
Educationally

10. CREATING A SEARCH
STRATEGY
Adjacency
 Forced phrase command
 Command is quotation marks
 EXAMPLES
“people of color”
“school to prison pipeline”
“mass incarceration”
“food desert”
“temporary protected status”
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11. YOUR TURN
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Question 2

12. WHAT IS A PRIMARY
SOURCE?
A document which describes an event by a witnesses
(diaries, speeches, letters, interviews, autobiographies,
etc.)
Fundamental or original document relating to a particular
subject (government publication, law or legislation,
court reports, etc.)
A source from the time of an event (newspaper articles,
news footage, songs, cartoons etc.)
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13. FINDING PRIMARY SOURCES
Search words:
Sources *Maps
Letters *Statistics
Diaries *Photographs
Personal Narratives *Government
Documents
Interviews *Cartoons
Hearings
Examples:
“immigrant women” and sources
“Undocumented immigrant*” and letters
“Garment worker*” and interviews
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14. WHAT IS A SECONDARY
SOURCE?
Information written by an authority who reports on an event,
person, place or thing (i.e., a biography, etc.)
An accounting of events or experiences (i.e., a news story, etc.)
not personally observed or experienced by the writer.
A scholar's description or analysis of primary sources. (i.e., a
journal article, etc.)
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15. FINDING SECONDARY SOURCES
Journals (Scholarly)
 Written for a scholarly audience
 Report on research
 In-depth
 Extensive bibliography
 May be “peer reviewed”
Magazines & Newspapers (Popular)
 General audience
 Short
 Little detail
Books (Scholarly) - OneSearch

16. RESOURCES
START WITH ADVANCED
SEARCH

17. SIGN-IN FOR FULL
FUNCTIONALITY

18. YOUR TURN
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Question 3

19. FINDING SCHOLARLY JOURNAL AND
POPULAR ARTICLES IN RESEARCH
DATABASES

20. ACADEMIC SEARCH COMPLETE
Comprehensive
Popular & scholarly
Multi-disciplinary
Lots of full- text database
Coverage: Updated daily
Not available? Check

21. HISTORICAL LOS
ANGELES TIMES
Easiest place to find primary sources
 Articles, photos, cartoons, advertisements,
editorials, etc.
1881 to present
Excludes most current thirteen years
Full-text
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22. DATABASES – ALSO USEFUL
Chicano Database
Ethnic NewsWatch (Popular & Scholarly)
Sociological Abstracts
PsycINFO
GenderWatch (Popular & Scholarly)
America: History & Life
ERIC (Education)
PRIMARY SOURCES
Immigrations, Migrations, & Refugees, 1941-
1996
Independent Voices: Open Access Alternative
Press

24. Internal Citation Generators
Use pull-down menu to
select needed citation style.

25. REFINE: BROADEN OR
NARROW YOUR TOPIC
What new vocabulary did you discover?
How can you refine (broaden or narrow) your search?
 Geography, i.e. Los Angeles County, California, Santa Ana,
CA
 Gender, i.e. Male, Female, Queer, Gender non-conforming,
Transgender
 Ethnicity, i.e. Mexican Americans, Salvadoran Americans,
Latinx, Chicano
 Language preference, i.e. Bilingual, Spanish speakers
 Immigration status, i.e. undocumented, mixed-status
families, citizens
REPEAT & REVISE
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26. YOUR TURN
Work time
Question 4 & 5

28. FULL-TEXT NOT PROVIDED: USE GET IT @
CSULB

29. SIGN-IN TO REQUEST ITEMS
NOT AVAILABLE: USE BEACHREACH

32. NEED INFORMATION NOT AT
CSULB
BeachReach
Anything
2-5 business days
If longer - You will be notified by email

33. NEED BOOKS?
ONESEARCH – CSULB & CSU
RESOURCES

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Limit to Books &
Media (CSULB)

35. FINDING PRIMARY SOURCES IN
ONESEARCH
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EXAMPLE: This
search will find
“diaries” of
“Mexican
immigrants.”

36. PRIMARY SOURCE -
ONESEARCH
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Start
Here
Call Number: Address of the book
LC System: Alpha numeric systems
that arranges books by topic

37. FINDING GOV DOCS IN
ONESEARCH
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38. FINDING GOV DOCS IN
ONESEARCH
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39. BORROW PRINT MATERIAL NOT
AVAILABLE AT CSULB FOR FREE
CSU+
 Borrow from another CSU campus for 60 days
 Will be sent to CSULB Library 2-5 days
 Pick-up and return at the CSULB Library, Circulation Desk, 1st
floor
Link+
 Borrow from a network of university and public libraries for 6
weeks
 Will be sent to CSULB Library 2-5 days
 Pick-up and return at the CSULB Library, Circulation Desk, 1st
floor
BeachReach – Loan period determined by lending library
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40. YOUR TURN
Work time
Question 6

41. NEED A LITTLE HELP?
Ask at the Research & Information Desk, 1st
West
Use “Ask a CSULB Librarian” chat
Consultations
Susan Luévano
4th floor, room 416
Susan. luevano@csulb.edu
CHLS 310 Research Guide
https://csulb.libguides.com/chls310
Government Documents Research Guide
https://csulb.libguides.com/governmentin
formation
Primary Sources for History Research