ASAM/CHLS 335 I. Asian and Latino immigration after WWII.

2. Creating a Search Strategy
0 Review PPT: Concrete Guidance Selecting a Research Topic
Question: Hypothesis and Strategy
0 Summit thesis topic for approval
0 Literature Review
0 Develop a search strategy using:
0 Boolean operators
0 Truncation
0 Adjacency
0 Primary v Secondary Sources
0 Peer-review sources
0 Select databases & other resources
0 Academic Search Complete
0 America: History and Life
0 Historical New York Times
0 Historical Los Angeles Times
0 Generate bibliographic citations

3. ASAM/ CHLS 335 I Research Guide
0 http://csulb.libguides.com/chls335

4. Creating a Search Strategy
0 Break down your thesis statement by concept
Making Ends Meet During the Economic
Downturn: Immigrant Day Laborers in
California.

5. Creating a Search Strategy

6. Boolean Operators
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Library

7. Boolean Operators
0 Boolean Operators
0 AND
0 OR
Hispanic
Latino
Refugee Act 1980
Hispanic
OR
Latino
Vietnamese

8. Truncation *
0More results
0Plurals
0Examples:
0Immigrat*
0Immigrate
0Immigrates
0Immigrated
0Immigration

9. Adjacency
0Searches words next to each other in
order listed
0Quotation marks
0Examples:
0“Day laborer*”
0“Environmental Justice”
0“People of color”
0“Undocumented worker*”

10. What is a primary source?
0A document which describes an event by a
witnesses (diaries, speeches, letters,
interviews, autobiographies, etc)
0Fundamental or original document relating to
a particular subject (government publication,
law or legislation, court reports, etc)
0 A source from the time of an event
(newspaper articles, news footage, songs,
cartoons etc)

11. Primary sources
0Search words:
0Sources
0Letters
0Diaries
0Personal Narratives
0Interviews
0Examples:
0“immigrant women” and sources
0“Undocumented immigrant*” and letters
0“Garment worker*” and interviews

12. What is a secondary source?
0
Information written by an authority who
reports on an event, person, place or thing
(ie, a biography, etc)
0 An accounting of events or experiences
(ie, a news story, etc) not personally
observed or experienced by the writer.
0A scholar's description or analysis of
primary sources. (ie, a journal article, etc.)

13. Adjacency
Boolean
Operators
Truncation
Search Strategies
LIMIT - Scholarly
LIMIT – Pub years
LIMIT - Language
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Library

16. How do I get full-text article?
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17. How do I get the full-text article?
Susan
Luévano, CSULB, University
Library

18. Finding Books, Media & Government Documents
0 Http://www.csulb.edu/library
0 1) Library Catalog -COAST
0 2) One Search @ CSULB – use for test or preliminary search

19. Library Password
0 Allows off-campus access to research databases
0 Library Home page
0 My library account
0 Type in your name, CSULB I.D. #, click submit

20. Research Steps
0Step 1: Develop search strategy using
0 Boolean operators
0 Truncation
0 Adjacency
0Step 2: Find primary & secondary
sources
0 Research Databases
0 Coast
0Step 3: Search the database
0 Try different keywords, try different searches
0 Select the best citations
0 Retrieve the full-text
0 Use internal citation generators when sending information

21. Research Steps
0Step 4: Evaluate resources
0Step 5: Apply and use information
0 Synthesize information
0 Write up the finding and conclusion
0 Create your bibliography using correct citation style
0 Use the ASAM/CHLS Research Guide as a starting point!!
0 Circular process – Repeat and Revise

22. Where to get more assistance?
0 Research Subject Guide
0 Your subject librarian!
0 Greg Armento – ASAM
0 Susan Luévano – CHLS
0 Individual appointment w/ discipline librarian
0 Evening Consultations:
0 Wednesday, March 26th
0 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
0 University Library, Spidell classroom 1, room 116
0 Reference Desk, 1st floor, University Library

23. Questions???