This document provides guidance on creating an effective search strategy for research. It outlines steps like developing keywords using Boolean operators, truncation, and adjacency. It emphasizes finding primary and secondary sources from academic databases, and searching within limits like publication years, language, and scholarly/peer-reviewed sources. Tips are provided on evaluating resources and properly citing sources. The overall process involves developing and refining a search strategy through iterative research.

2. Creating a Search Strategy
0 Review PPT: Concrete Guidance Selecting a Research Topic
Question: Hypothesis and Strategy
0 Summit thesis topic for approval
0 Literature Review
0 Develop a search strategy using:
0 Boolean operators
0 Truncation
0 Adjacency
0 Primary v Secondary Sources
0 Peer-review sources
0 Select databases & other resources
0 Academic Search Complete
0 America: History and Life
0 Historical New York Times
0 Historical Los Angeles Times
0 Generate bibliographic citations

3. ASAM/ CHLS 335 I Research Guide
0 http://csulb.libguides.com/chls335

4. Creating a Search Strategy
0 Break down your thesis statement by concept
Making Ends Meet During the Economic
Downturn: Immigrant Day Laborers in
California.

5. Creating a Search Strategy

6. Boolean Operators
Susan Luévano, CSULB, University
Library

7. Boolean Operators
0 Boolean Operators
0 AND
0 OR
Hispanic
Latino
Refugee Act 1980
Hispanic
OR
Latino
Vietnamese

8. Truncation *
0More results
0Plurals
0Examples:
0Immigrat*
0Immigrate
0Immigrates
0Immigrated
0Immigration

9. Adjacency
0Searches words next to each other in
order listed
0Quotation marks
0Examples:
0“Day laborer*”
0“Environmental Justice”
0“People of color”
0“Undocumented worker*”

10. What is a primary source?
0A document which describes an event by a
witnesses (diaries, speeches, letters,
interviews, autobiographies, etc)
0Fundamental or original document relating to
a particular subject (government publication,
law or legislation, court reports, etc)
0 A source from the time of an event
(newspaper articles, news footage, songs,
cartoons etc)

11. Primary sources
0Search words:
0Sources
0Letters
0Diaries
0Personal Narratives
0Interviews
0Examples:
0“immigrant women” and sources
0“Undocumented immigrant*” and letters
0“Garment worker*” and interviews

12. What is a secondary source?
0
Information written by an authority who
reports on an event, person, place or thing
(ie, a biography, etc)
0 An accounting of events or experiences
(ie, a news story, etc) not personally
observed or experienced by the writer.
0A scholar's description or analysis of
primary sources. (ie, a journal article, etc.)

13. Adjacency
Boolean
Operators
Truncation
Search Strategies
LIMIT - Scholarly
LIMIT – Pub years
LIMIT - Language
Susan Luévano, CSULB, University
Library

16. How do I get full-text article?
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17. How do I get the full-text article?
Susan
Luévano, CSULB, University
Library

18. Finding Books, Media & Government Documents
0 Http://www.csulb.edu/library
0 1) Library Catalog -COAST
0 2) One Search @ CSULB – use for test or preliminary search

19. Library Password
0 Allows off-campus access to research databases
0 Library Home page
0 My library account
0 Type in your name, CSULB I.D. #, click submit

20. Research Steps
0Step 1: Develop search strategy using
0 Boolean operators
0 Truncation
0 Adjacency
0Step 2: Find primary & secondary
sources
0 Research Databases
0 Coast
0Step 3: Search the database
0 Try different keywords, try different searches
0 Select the best citations
0 Retrieve the full-text
0 Use internal citation generators when sending information

21. Research Steps
0Step 4: Evaluate resources
0Step 5: Apply and use information
0 Synthesize information
0 Write up the finding and conclusion
0 Create your bibliography using correct citation style
0 Use the ASAM/CHLS Research Guide as a starting point!!
0 Circular process – Repeat and Revise

22. Where to get more assistance?
0 Research Subject Guide
0 Your subject librarian!
0 Greg Armento – ASAM
0 Susan Luévano – CHLS
0 Individual appointment w/ discipline librarian
0 Evening Consultations:
0 Wednesday, March 26th
0 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
0 University Library, Spidell classroom 1, room 116
0 Reference Desk, 1st floor, University Library

23. Questions???