Finding Sources for your Annotated Bibliography & Research Proposal CHLS 470 Health Care 2007

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Objective To present research strategies and health resources appropriate for the discipline of Chicana/o & Latina/o studies.

Research Process Create a problem research statement Define the question –Ask why???? Alcoholism among Mexican American males is a major health issue in the Latino community.

Research Process Identify Key Concepts 123 Alcoholism HispanicsMales Alcoholics Latinos Men Alcohol Abuse Mexican Americans

Venn Diagram Males Alcoholism among Mexican American males is a major health issue in the Latino community. Mexican Americans Alcoholism

Boolean Operators AND narrows a search –both variables must appear in same citation –terms are different in meaning –example: “Diabetes AND Hispanics” OR broadens a search –terms are similar in meaning –either term may appear in the record –example: “Latinos OR Hispanics”

Truncation Allows for searching root word with variant endings Example: –Alcohol* –Alcoholic –Alcoholics –Alcoholism * = Most common computer command ? (Chicano Database)

Research Process Create a research strategy using Boolean Logic. – Use Boolean connectors “and” “or” “not” to connect abstract concepts. Alcohol* AND Mexican American* AND male* (Latino* OR Hispanic*) AND male* AND Alcohol*

Reference Sources Specialized tools that provide basic information i.e. definitions Chicano Latino Studies Health & Medicine Public Policy Research Guides –

Reference The Gale encyclopedia of medicine –REF RC41.G RC41.G Gale encyclopedia of alternative medicine –REF R733.G R733.G Stedman's medical dictionary. –REF R121.S R121.S World of health –REF R130.5.W R130.5.W

Periodicals Peer Reviewed Journals – Based on research & written for other scholars – Content & research model are reviewed by other scholars – In-depth – Extensive bibliography

Find Articles

Research Databases

– Medline The National Library of Medicine’s international, biomedicine & health journal database covering all areas of medicine, including dentistry, nursing, veterinary medicine, the health care system, preclinical sciences to present SFX

CINAHL An authoritative resource for the nursing and allied health literature – journals, books, pamphlets, audiovisuals, software, research instruments, dissertations, etc 1982 to present SFX

Alt-Healthwatch A alternative health database of world- wide professional and consumer publications focusing on complementary and alternative approaches to health care and wellness. Full-text 1990 to present

Cochrane Library The Cochrane Library is designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care. Much of the information is presented in the form of systematic reviews (Cochrane reviews) for practitioners, patients and policy makers to present

Pysc/Articles –peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology (53 journals) –full-text –1985 to present PyscINFO –1,300 journals in all areas of psychology. Also includes references to dissertations, media, and books. –1,300 journals –Abstracts –SFX

Chicano Database – Ethnic perspective – Popular & Scholarly – Ethnic perspective – 1965 to present – SFX

Academic Search Elite General subject database containing indexing and abstracts for over 3,000 journals to present Some full-text SFX

Access From Home Must have Library Password (via COAST) Access the Library by the Web site –Click on needed database –Dialog box will appear –Name, Student ID, Library Pin

Citation Manuals Online CSULB Style Manual Guides – Citation Builder –

Materials Not Available at CSULB Interlibrary Loan 3-10 days Free Books, journals, magazines, dissertation

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