1. Soc 101 – Brian Brutlag Gina Singh - Librarian

2. Today you will learn how to… Find books and journal articles. Develop strategies for narrowing your topic. Use advanced search strategies in ProQuest Research Library to find scholarly journal articles on your topic.

3. How to narrow your topic: Two stepsExample 1. Read Article in Subject Encyclopedia. i.e. Encyclopedia of Social Problems 2. Ask a question about your issue. Your answer will form your thesis statement, and the evidence will form your paper or speech: Topic: Prostitution (Too Broad)

4. How to Narrow the Topic Who? What? Which? When? Where? Why? Source: OSU Tutorial from liblearn.osu.edu/courses/english110/old%20stuff/narrow_topic.ppt

5. Who Age Race Population Gender New Topic: Prostitution among Hispanicteengirls.

6. What Types New Topic: No choice: Girls born in Chinese brothels

7. Which

8. Where Places New Topic: Born in brothels: Girls in Shanghai

9. When Timeframe New Topic: Devdasis: Effect of Prostitution in Ancient Indian Society

10. Why Evaluate

11. Mix and Match Combine two or more elements to find a topic of your choice.

12. Where to Search? Library Catalog http://library.riohondo.edu/ For Scholarly Journals: Databases: Proquest, Gale Reference Library. Off Campus Users: Access Rio Other Libraries: Google Books, Google Scholar

13. Two Search Tools to Find Good Sources PROQUEST RESEARCH LIBRARY (Journal Articles) LIBRARY CATALOG (Books)

14. Start research from the library webpage FIND BOOKS FIND JOURNAL, MAGAZINE, AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

15. Library Catalog

16. Access Rio Accessible through Rio Hondo Homepage or library home page. For off campus database users Click on the library tab to access databases.

17. Research Sources SEARCH TOOL: LIBRARY CATALOG ENCYCLOPEDIAS Provide short entries/articles for an overview of the topic and its main ideas . SEARCH TOOL: PERIODICAL DATABASE BOOKS Give more information for an in-depth exploration of one or more aspects of the topic. (Example: Case study books, textbooks) JOURNAL ARTICLES Lengthy scholarly research studies on an extremely focused aspect of a subject.

18. Search Strategies Use keywords Use subject terms Look at bibliographic record & subject headings. Browse the database for the list of subjects Browse publications by title

19. Useful Tips Check out other Lib Guides for Soc 101 Read the Library Handouts Do you Google? Beware! Learn to distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate sources. Check out the tutorial on next tab. Choose peer-reviewed articles *Special thanks to Stephanie Wells for letting me use some of her beautiful slides.