WGSS 401, Bodies and Borders: Feminism and Globalization research methods.

1. BODIES &
BORDERS:
FEMINISM &
GLOBALIZATION
RESEARCH & RESOURCES
Susan C. Luévano, WGSS Librarian
WGSS 401

2. Research Review
•Step 1: Develop search strategy
•Thesis statement
•Pre-research
•Research questions
•Keywords
•Boolean operators (and , or)
•Truncation (*)
•Step 2: Select databases
•Secondary peer-reviewed sources

3. •Step 3: Search the database
•Try different keywords, try different searches
•Move to database subject headings
•Select the best citations
•Use internal citation generators
•Step 4: Evaluate resources
•Read and assess content

4. Research roadmap
•Setp 5: Apply and use information
•Synthesize information
•Write up the finding and conclusion
•Create your bibliography using correct
citation style
•Circular process – Repeat and Revise
•Use the WGSS 401 Research Guide!!
•http://csulb.libguides.com/wgss

5. Background/Pre-Research

6. Creating a Search Strategy
• Develop a thesis statement
•The leadership roles of Mexican Mayan
women in the Zapatista movement in the
struggle to challenge NAFTA during the
1990s.

7. Creating a Search Strategy
•Define the question
• Ask why????
•Who are the Zapatistas?
•What were the theoretical and concrete
conditions that promoted female
leadership?
•Who were the key female leaders?
•What are the "Revolutionary Law of Women"?
•How did female leadership changed in the
1990s, if at all?

8. Creating a Search Strategy
• Break down your thesis statement by concept
•The feminist roles of Zapatista women
during the 1990s.

9. Creating a Search Strategy

10. Creating a Search Strategy
• Boolean Operators
• AND Zapatista
Women
• OR
1990s Feminist
Mayan
Mayan indigenous OR
Indigenous

11. Creating a Search Strategy
•Truncation
•More results
•Plurals
•Asterisk *
•Feminis*
•Feminist
•Feminism
•Feminisms

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. Finding Peer-Reviewed Articles
• http://www.csulb.edu/library

14. Databases by Topic

15. GenderWatch
• 100 international journals
• Most are full-text
• Coverage: 1978 to present
• Internal citation generator

16. International Political Science Association
Abstracts
• World's leading journals in political science
• Coverage: 1975 to present
• Abstracts only
• Need the full-text?

17. Need full-text? Use “Get it at CSULB”

18. Get it @ CSULB - ArticleReach

21. Get it @ CSULB - Article Reach

22. Research Databases
•Academic Search Complete
•Sociological Abstracts
•SocIndex
•EconLit

23. Need Information NOT at CSULB
• ArticleReach
• Articles ONLY
• 3 days
• ILLIAD
• Anything
• 3-10 days

24. microscopes
Click on the Links in Beachboard
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25. Still need a little help?
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26. Library homewww.csulb.edu/library
page
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27. Want to talk to a real human?
• Ask at the Reference Desk, 1 st West
• Consultations
• Susan Luévano
• Office hours:
• U Library, room 416, 4th floor
• Wednesday, 2:30 pm -4:30 pm
• Susan.Luevano@csulb.edu
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28. Questions?