This document provides guidance on conducting sociological research and writing a thesis. It includes tips on identifying relevant topics and variables, finding empirical articles to support the research, searching databases using keywords and phrases, properly citing sources in APA or ASA style, and obtaining full texts of articles. The document highlights common citation errors and how to fix them. It also introduces tools for formatting references and paragraphs in Microsoft Word.

1. RESEARCH https://youtu.be/meT-8a83Pfw

2. What are the main issues.
Think of terms and variables that
characterize your thesis topic.
Think about what discipline in
addition to sociology would
research your topic.

3. Identify Empirical 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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Use these to connect your terms.

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

6. romantic or interpersonal

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

8. cUse this to search for
phrases. For example:
“social media”

9. MICROAGGRESSION
YOU.

10. Microaggres* and workplace
Stereotype* or microaggres* and legislation
Microaggress* AND retail and customer

12. So you
need to
format
in ASA
Citation Machine
Or
Son of Citation
Machine

13. Albonetti, Celesta A., and Robert D. Baller. 2010. "Sentencing in Federal Drug
Trafficking/Manufacturing Cases: A Multilevel Analysis of Extra-Legal Defendant Characteristics,
Guidelines Departures, and Continuity of Culture." Journal Of Gender, Race & Justice 14, no. 1:
41-71.
Albonetti, Celesta A., and Robert D. Baller. 2010. "Sentencing in Federal Drug
Trafficking/Manufacturing Cases: A Multilevel Analysis of Extra-Legal Defendant Characteristics,
Guidelines Departures, and Continuity of Culture." Journal Of Gender, Race & Justice 14(1): 41-71.
Albonetti, Celesta A., and Robert D. Baller. 2010. "Sentencing in Federal Drug
Trafficking/Manufacturing Cases: A Multilevel Analysis of Extra-Legal Defendant Characteristics,
Guidelines Departures, and Continuity of Culture." Journal Of Gender, Race & Justice 14,
no. (1): 41-71.
Albonetti, Celesta A., and Robert D. Baller. 2010. "Sentencing in Federal Drug
Trafficking/Manufacturing Cases: A Multilevel Analysis of Extra-Legal Defendant
Characteristics, Guidelines Departures, and Continuity of Culture." Journal Of Gender, Race
& Justice 14(1): 41-71.
3. Make sure all words in title are capitalized
2. Delete: , no. and add ()make sure journal title is italicized
4. Make sure year is after the authors
ASA
CHICAGO AUTHOR DATE STYLE
1. Generate citation from database

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

15. 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

16. Ctrl + T *
Creates paragraphs
with hanging indents
in Microsoft Word.
Command for Mac
*

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18. Finding
the full
text.
HTML
PDF
Get it @CSULB
BeachReach

19. Click on Get it @ CSULB
IF THERE IS NO FULL TEXT

20. Arrives in about 48 hours
BEACHREACH

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