The document outlines strategies for students at UCLA College Library to effectively research topics by identifying useful books, magazines, and scholarly articles. It emphasizes the importance of broadening and narrowing topics with specific examples related to political issues and gender in California. Additionally, it provides guidance on utilizing databases and evaluating research results while offering resources for further assistance.

1. STEP Students—Welcome! Esther Grassian UCLA College Library 6/30/10

2. Outline Focus a Topic Useful Books Magazines & Journals Find Useful Scholarly Articles Questions Welcome!

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5. Broadening a Topic “ Chicana painters of the 1990s in L.A. used art to focus attention on political issues.”

6. Brainstorming Search Words Chicana painters L.A. political issues

7. Related words… Chican* Hispanic Latin* artist* Los Angeles California politic*

8. Broader Topic/Argument “ From 1990 through 2005, Chicano/a artists in California used art to focus attention on political issues.”

9. Narrowing a Broad Topic “ Gender issues”

10. Using Topic Limiters Broad topic: Gender issues Limiters… Timeframe : 1995-2005 Geographic Region : California Person/Group : African-American women Event/Aspect : Higher education & state politics

11. Topic Sentence/Argument “ Over a ten-year period in California, from 1995 to 2005, African-American women with higher education degrees had an increasing impact on state politics.”

12. Questions?

13. Visible vs. Invisible Web

14. Find Useful Books!

17. Questions?

18. Magazines vs. Journals

19. Academic Conversations

20. Picking a Database… Topics? Materials? Time?

21. Academic Search Complete Topics : Wide range Materials : Articles (from 5500 periodicals) Time : 1865+ (for some periodicals)

22. Let’s try it...

23. Evaluate Results!

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25. Don’t pay for articles!

26. Questions?

27. Review Focus a Topic Find Useful Books Magazines vs. Journals Find Useful Scholarly Articles And…

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