This document provides information and instructions for students on using the CSULB library resources for research assignments. It highlights the new library homepage and search features, describes the differences between social science journal articles and other types of sources, and provides guidance on developing topics, searching the databases, and citing sources in APA style. Screenshots illustrate various library pages and features for navigating the databases and obtaining full-text articles.

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2. HOME PAGE
NEW LIBRARY
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3. What’s new?
1. Most important links are under big
search box
2. Big search box replaces our old
library catalog
3. You can now get items from every
single CSU Campus

4. No more
Library
Password!
Library
now uses
Beach ID

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6. NOT FOR COMM 200
ONESEARCH
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8. The elements of the
record that you need to
create a reference list
Citation

9. Helps to determine if
you are looking a
social science or
rhetoric journal article
Abstract

10. Research Database
The ONLY way you
should find your
articles for this comm
research assignment

11. Look for this button
to find out if the
item is full text
Get it @ CSULB

12. If the article is not full text,
we will get it for you- just
click on the link that says

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15. Organizational
Interpersonal
Family Communication
Gender Differences
Social media
Intercultural
Romantic Relationships
Computer mediated

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17. Social Science Articles
1 2 3 4 5
10-15
pages
long
Published
in an
academic
journal
Contains words
like:
Data, Participants,
this study,
methodology,
further research
20-40
references
Written by
academics
with
university
affiliations

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19. NOT Social Science
1. You are looking at animal behavior
2. You do not have any
communication variables
3. It is not examining one of the main
areas listed in the previous slide

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21. first impressions of people with tattoos
Facebook and friendship formation
credibility of male versus female
television newscasters.
Jealousy and romantic relationships
Sample Topics

22. Refining your topic
1. Baby steps: don’t be too complex!
2. Don’t be too generic! Narrow by
relationship, population, gender,
type of communication or media
3. If your topic has a lot published
about it think of an unexplored
angle.

23. Use this to connect
different variables. For
example: black and
white
and

24. Place your terms in the
same search box for
Psycinfo and CMMC
or
romantic or interpersonal

25. Use this to look for root
endings. For example:
rac* looks for racial,
race, races,

26. “Quotes”
Use this to search for
phrases. For example:
“social dating”

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28. Sample Search Statements
Text* and jealousy and dating
Friends and benefits and gender
Athlete* and “verbal immediacy”

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30. Let’s
Practice.

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32. Click on Get It @ CSULB

33. Links to the OneSearch Page

34. Takes 48-72 HOURS
We deliver it to you via link in
your email
BeachReach

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36. Citing with EBSCOHOST
Click here to get
the APA Citation
formatted

37. Common Citation Errors. APA
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

38. Fixing the Errors APA.
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

39. Ctrl+ T
Creates paragraphs
with hanging indents
in Microsoft Word.

40. Students to do voiceovers for videos and add CC to videos
Email me your work experience and link me to any voiceover/audio samples.

41. Tiffini Travis
tiffini.travis@csulb.edu
Please put your
course and name in
the subject line!