1. University Research Skills for Women’s Studies WST 495 Spring 2007

2. Susan Luévano Anthropology, Ethnic & Women’s Studies Librarian Research Consultations – Office: Lib. 417 West – sluevano@csulb.edu sluevano@csulb.edu – Office Hours: Tuesdays, 2:00 - 5:00 – Call for an appointment: (562) 985-5891

3. Objective To present advanced research strategies and resources appropriate for the discipline of Women’s studies.

4. Research Process PHASE 1 –State the issue –Define the question –Breakdown topic by concept –Develop a Boolean search strategy PHASE 2 –Select resources & conduct research in: Reference Sources Articles Books Internet

5. PHASE 3 –Mark, download, e-mail or print search result – Locate materials – Identify availability of resources using COAST – Interlibrary loan needed sources from other libraries PHASE 4 – Repeat and refine research Identify controlled vocabulary Not always a linear process! – Write up findings/conclusions – Create bibliography/references Research Process

6. Create a research question –Repeat and revise searches Ask why? Content specialist: Professor Philipose

7. Research Process 1 2 3 immigrants underground economy women domestics undocumented residents informal economy female domestics illegal aliens informal sector out of status unauthorized workers Identify Key Concepts This research aims to explore the interplay of immigration status, gender & "race" in the construction of work relations in the underground economy domestic service sector.

8. Venn Diagram Immigrant workers Underground Economy Domestics This research aims to explore the interplay of immigration status, gender & "race" in the construction of work relations in the underground economy domestic service sector.

9. Boolean Operators AND narrows a search –both variables must appear in same citation –terms are different in meaning –example: “Juarez AND Murders AND Women” OR broadens a search –terms are similar in meaning –either term may appear in the record –example: “Latinos OR Hispanics” –example: “undocumented OR immigrants” NOT eliminates unwanted variables –Narrow search –Example: Mexico NOT “New Mexico”

10. Truncation Allows for searching root word with variant endings Example: –Lesbian* Lesbians Lesbianism * = Most common computer command + or ?

11. Adjacency Quotation marks tells computer to search phrases in exact order –Example: “National Organization of Women ” “women of color”

12. Proximity Use "near" to specify words close to each other, in any order. –Example: Immigrant* near underground economy Use "within #" to specify terms which occur within # words of each other in the record. –Example: Racism within 5 gender –Example: Racism w/5 gender

13. Field Searching Specify fields to search, using field abbreviation. Fields available for most database are au: (author), ti: (title) and su: (subject) –Example: au:Chang AND su:Women Domestics –ti: Disposable domestics immigrant women workers in the global economy AND au:Chang –su:Women alien labor United States

14. Research Process Create a research strategy – Start broad and then narrow – Use Boolean connectors & truncation, adjacency and fields “women domestic*” AND immigrant* OR alien “women domestic*” AND (illegal* OR illegal*) AND underground economy su:migrants AND su:informal sector

15. Determine appropriate resources Reference Materials Books – Reference Collection, 1 st floor West Electronic Reference Books COAST NetLibrary (E-Books) Selected Research Databases Articles Research Databases Internet Women’s Studies Research Guide Advanced Google Search

16. Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Sources Primary –Eyewitness accounts Newspaper articles Ethnographies –Government documents –Oral histories –Original research data, ex. statistics Secondary –Interpretative essays –Analysis of original research or documents Tertiary –Summaries of secondary sources –Reference material

17. Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Sources

18. Reference Sources Specialized tools that provide basic information Provide bibliographic references to related sources Research Guides – http://www.csulb.edu/library/subj/subj-index.html http://www.csulb.edu/library/subj/subj-index.html Statistics Government documents

19. Books –COAST Use KEYWORDS/WORDS Boolean Search strategy

20. COAST – Primary sources Books – COAST or Net Library –Use keyword –Enter Boolean search strategy –“narrative” “diary” “autobiography” “letters” “interviews” “hearings” –VOAHAVOAHA Government Documents COAST Search specific CSULB Collections –Government Documents –Research Guide –http://www.csulb.edu/library/eref/vref/govtdocs.htmlhttp://www.csulb.edu/library/eref/vref/govtdocs.html

21. Scoped Searches

22. Books COAST provides “bibliographic information,” location and format Export & save record Mark record for export Export saved list Link + – Request books that are unavailable at CSULB – 2-3 days – Pick-up at Circulation Desk

23. E-Books Two ways to find E-books –COAST –NetLibrary (Research Databases) http://www.csulb.edu/library/eref/eref.html#N http://www.csulb.edu/library/eref/eref.html#N

24. Periodicals Magazines – Popular, general sources Journals – Based on research & written for other scholars Newspapers – Based on eyewitness accounts – Primary source

25. Research Databases Gender Watch – Popular & Scholarly – Partial Full-text – 1960 to present Academic Search Elite – Popular & Scholarly – 1985 to present

26. Research Databases Chicano Database Popular & Scholarly Books, journals, magazines, newspapers Ethnic perspective 1965 to present Ethnic NewsWatch (Full-Text) Popular Ethnic perspective La Opinion 1960 to present

27. Research Databases America: History and Life –Scholarly –Major historical books, book chapters, journal articles and dissertations –1950 to present Sociological Abstracts –Scholarly –Major historical books, book chapters, journal articles and dissertations

28. Newspapers Historical Los Angeles Times, 1881-2002 Historical New York Times, 1851-1995 Newspapers –150 daily US newspapers –Los Angeles Times

29. Internet Subject Research Guides –http://www.csulb.edu/library/subj/subj-index.htmlhttp://www.csulb.edu/library/subj/subj-index.html –Women’s Studies University Library –Access point for all library resources – http://www.csulb.edu/library/ http://www.csulb.edu/library/ Google – Advanced Search – Domain limit “site:”

30. Citation Manuals Online Style Manuals & Citation Methods –http://www.csulb.edu/library/eref/vref/style.htmlhttp://www.csulb.edu/library/eref/vref/style.html –Examples of various style manuals –Link to the Citation Generator RefWorks –http://www.csulb.edu/library/refworks/http://www.csulb.edu/library/refworks/

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