This document provides guidance on conducting research using the ONESEARCH database which contains SocIndex, Sociological Abstracts, Psycinfo and ERIC. It recommends thinking of terms and variables that characterize your thesis topic and what other disciplines would research your topic. Examples are provided of keyword searches on the topic of "Impact of immigration status on student activism". Tips are also given on common citation errors to fix and using keyboard shortcuts to create hanging indents in citations.

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2. Contains the databases: SocIndex, Sociological Abstracts, Psycinfo and ERIC
ONESEARCH

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4. Think of terms and variables that
characterize your thesis topic.
Think about what discipline in addition to
sociology would research your topic.

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6. Look at the references of a qualitative article
Add these keywords: ethnography, case studies, observation, interviews
or focus groups, perceptions, phenomenological, experiences narratives

7. AND
OR
ASTERISK (Shift + 8)
QUOTATION MARKS
UNIVERSAL
SEARCH OPTIONS
Refresher from SOC 270
Connectors
Expand
Restrict

8. Use this to connect
different variables. For
example:
racism and inequality
and

9. Place your terms in
the same search box
DO NOT USE THE “OR” OPTION IN THE PULL DOWN
MENU OF THE DATABASE!!!
economic or financial

10. Use this to look for root endings.
For example: interview* looks
for interviews, interviewing,
interviewer, etc.

11. cUse this to search for
phrases. For example:
“race relations”

12. Impact of immigration status on student activism
TOPIC
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13. “undocumented students” and narratives and civil rights*
protest* or resist* and undocumented and youth
immigration and students and activism

14. Let’s
Practice.

15. Common Citation Errors.
1. Part of the citation is in ALL CAPS
2. Every Word Of The Article Title Is Capitalized
3. The journal title is not italicized
4. The ending page number for your article is missing
5. There is no hanging indent
Before

16. Fixing the Errors.
1. Change any words that are all caps
2. Make the appropriate words lower case
3. Italicize the Journal Title
4. Look at the PDF of your document and find the
ending page number
5. Create a hanging indent
After

17. Ctrl+ T
Creates paragraphs with
hanging indents in
Microsoft Word. For mac
use Command + T

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