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CHLS 310
- 2. RESEARCH GUIDE - CHICANO & LATINO STUDIES
- 3. INFORMED ARGUMENT PROJECT Topics must be from a topic discussed in class Research paper not to exceed 15 pages Need support material Primary Secondary Topics can be historical or thematic Research methods may include but are not limited to Archival Ethnographic SUSAN LUÉVANO, CSULB, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
- 4. RESEARCH BASICS Develop a thesis statement Topic covered in class Conduct background/preliminary research Latino American Experience (encyclopedia, timelines, maps, etc.) Develop research question(s) Break down your thesis statement by concept 3 maximum dialog boxes Create a research strategy Boolean operators Truncation Adjacency Select databases & other primary sources Academic Search Complete Historical Los Angeles Time OneSearch (CSULB online catalog) Refine or narrow your topic (cyclical process)
- 5. YOUR TURN SUSAN LUÉVANO, CSULB, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Work time Question 1
- 6. CREATING A SEARCH STRATEGYWhat are Boolean Operators? Computer commands used to create a research strategy. Connect abstract concepts SUSAN LUÉVANO, CSULB, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
- 7. WHAT DO BOOLEAN OPERATORS LOOK LIKE IN A RESEARCH DATABASE? Boolean Command s: OR & AND
- 8. CREATING A SEARCH STRATEGY Adolescents Racial Profiling Latinxs SUSAN LUÉVANO, CSULB, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY AND Boolean Operators • AND • OR Teenagers Adolescents Teenage rs OR Adolescen ts OR
- 9. CREATING A SEARCH STRATEGY Truncation More results Plurals Asterisk * Educat* Educate Educates Educated Education Educationally
- 10. CREATING A SEARCH STRATEGY Adjacency Forced phrase command Command is quotation marks EXAMPLES “people of color” “school to prison pipeline” “mass incarceration” “food desert” “temporary protected status” SUSAN LUÉVANO, CSULB, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
- 11. YOUR TURN SUSAN LUÉVANO, CSULB, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Work time Question 2
- 12. WHAT IS A PRIMARY SOURCE? A document which describes an event by a witnesses (diaries, speeches, letters, interviews, autobiographies, etc.) Fundamental or original document relating to a particular subject (government publication, law or legislation, court reports, etc.) A source from the time of an event (newspaper articles, news footage, songs, cartoons etc.) SUSAN LUÉVANO, CSULB, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
- 13. FINDING PRIMARY SOURCES Search words: Sources *Maps Letters *Statistics Diaries *Photographs Personal Narratives *Government Documents Interviews *Cartoons Hearings Examples: “immigrant women” and sources “Undocumented immigrant*” and letters “Garment worker*” and interviews SUSAN LUÉVANO, CSULB, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
- 14. WHAT IS A SECONDARY SOURCE? Information written by an authority who reports on an event, person, place or thing (i.e., a biography, etc.) An accounting of events or experiences (i.e., a news story, etc.) not personally observed or experienced by the writer. A scholar's description or analysis of primary sources. (i.e., a journal article, etc.) SUSAN LUÉVANO, CSULB, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
- 15. FINDING SECONDARY SOURCES Journals (Scholarly) Written for a scholarly audience Report on research In-depth Extensive bibliography May be “peer reviewed” Magazines & Newspapers (Popular) General audience Short Little detail Books (Scholarly) - OneSearch
- 18. YOUR TURN SUSAN LUÉVANO, CSULB, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Work time Question 3
- 19. FINDING SCHOLARLY JOURNAL AND POPULAR ARTICLES IN RESEARCH DATABASES
- 20. ACADEMIC SEARCH COMPLETE Comprehensive Popular & scholarly Multi-disciplinary Lots of full- text database Coverage: Updated daily Not available? Check
- 21. HISTORICAL LOS ANGELES TIMES Easiest place to find primary sources Articles, photos, cartoons, advertisements, editorials, etc. 1881 to present Excludes most current thirteen years Full-text SUSAN LUÉVANO, CSULB, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
- 22. DATABASES – ALSO USEFUL Chicano Database Ethnic NewsWatch (Popular & Scholarly) Sociological Abstracts PsycINFO GenderWatch (Popular & Scholarly) America: History & Life ERIC (Education) PRIMARY SOURCES Immigrations, Migrations, & Refugees, 1941- 1996 Independent Voices: Open Access Alternative Press
- 24. Internal Citation Generators Use pull-down menu to select needed citation style.
- 25. REFINE: BROADEN OR NARROW YOUR TOPIC What new vocabulary did you discover? How can you refine (broaden or narrow) your search? Geography, i.e. Los Angeles County, California, Santa Ana, CA Gender, i.e. Male, Female, Queer, Gender non-conforming, Transgender Ethnicity, i.e. Mexican Americans, Salvadoran Americans, Latinx, Chicano Language preference, i.e. Bilingual, Spanish speakers Immigration status, i.e. undocumented, mixed-status families, citizens REPEAT & REVISE SUSAN LUÉVANO, CSULB, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
- 26. YOUR TURN Work time Question 4 & 5
- 28. FULL-TEXT NOT PROVIDED: USE GET IT @ CSULB
- 29. SIGN-IN TO REQUEST ITEMS NOT AVAILABLE: USE BEACHREACH
- 32. NEED INFORMATION NOT AT CSULB BeachReach Anything 2-5 business days If longer - You will be notified by email
- 33. NEED BOOKS? ONESEARCH – CSULB & CSU RESOURCES
- 34. SUSAN LUÉVANO, CSULB, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Limit to Books & Media (CSULB)
- 35. FINDING PRIMARY SOURCES IN ONESEARCH SUSAN LUÉVANO, CSULB, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY EXAMPLE: This search will find “diaries” of “Mexican immigrants.”
- 36. PRIMARY SOURCE - ONESEARCH SUSAN LUÉVANO, CSULB, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Start Here Call Number: Address of the book LC System: Alpha numeric systems that arranges books by topic
- 37. FINDING GOV DOCS IN ONESEARCH SUSAN LUÉVANO, CSULB, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
- 38. FINDING GOV DOCS IN ONESEARCH SUSAN LUÉVANO, CSULB, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
- 39. BORROW PRINT MATERIAL NOT AVAILABLE AT CSULB FOR FREE CSU+ Borrow from another CSU campus for 60 days Will be sent to CSULB Library 2-5 days Pick-up and return at the CSULB Library, Circulation Desk, 1st floor Link+ Borrow from a network of university and public libraries for 6 weeks Will be sent to CSULB Library 2-5 days Pick-up and return at the CSULB Library, Circulation Desk, 1st floor BeachReach – Loan period determined by lending library E-books CAN NOT be accessed from another campusSUSAN LUÉVANO, CSULB, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
- 41. NEED A LITTLE HELP? Ask at the Research & Information Desk, 1st West Use “Ask a CSULB Librarian” chat Consultations Susan Luévano 4th floor, room 416 Susan. luevano@csulb.edu CHLS 310 Research Guide https://csulb.libguides.com/chls310 Government Documents Research Guide https://csulb.libguides.com/governmentin formation Primary Sources for History Research