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- 1. CHLS 100 Steps to Successful Research Susan C. Luévano CSULB Chicano & Latino Studies Librarian
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- 5. Creating a SearchStrategy Use pre-Research data to create thesis statement Break down your thesis statement by concept Develop research question(s) Use Boolean operators Truncation Select databases & other resources Academic Search Complete SocInex
- 6. Creating a SearchStrategy Break down your thesis statement by the most specific concepts. The Mexican American Studies program at TUSD should be reinstated.
- 7. Creating a SearchStrategy Breakdown your topic by the most specific key concepts in your statement.
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- 9. Research Questions What research question(s) can we develop for the reinstating the MA studies topic? A) Why was the program eliminated? B)What curriculum was taught in the program? C) What statistical data proves that the program promoted student success? D) All of the above.
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- 11. Creating a SearchStrategy Boolean Operators Computer commands used to create a research strategy.
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- 13. Creating a SearchStrategy Boolean Operators AND OR Ethnic A TUSD N studies D O Chican Hispanic or Hispanic R o Chicano
- 14. Creating a SearchStrategy Truncation More results Plurals Asterisk * Cultur* Culture Cultures Cultural Culturally
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- 16. Scholarly Journals Journals Written for a scholarly audience Report on research In-depth Extensive bibliography May be “peer reviewed” Has been reviewed by a team of scholars
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- 18. Databases Academic Search Complete Interdisciplinary Lots of full-text Scholarly & popular publications SocIndex Publications by and for ethnic groups including Hispanics Scholarly only Not available at CSULB? Use
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- 20. Truncation Boolean Operators Search Strategies LIMIT - Scholarly LIMIT – Pub years LIMIT - Language
- 21. How can Ijust get scholarly journal articles when searching the research databases?
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- 28. Review: research basics Step 1: Develop search strategy using Keywords Develop research questions Boolean operators Truncation Step 2: Search databases Research Database Step 3: Search the databases Try different keywords, try different searches Move to database subject headings Select the best citations Use internal citation generators when sending information
- 29. Review: Research roadmap Step4: Evaluate resources Step 5: Apply and use information Synthesize information Write up the finding and conclusion Create your bibliography using correct citation style Use the CHLS100 LibGuide!!
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- 31. Want to talkto a real human? Askat the Reference Desk, 1st 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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