PPt for ASAM/CHLS 335, Immigration of Asians and Latinos After WWII

1. Susan C. Luévano, Chicana/o & Latina/o Studies Librarian
Greg Armento, Asian & Asian American Studies Librarian

2. Assignment
APPLY/USE Complete
Books
WRITE
FIND
EVALUATE & CITE
Databases
Your
Topic Internet

3.  Has the County of Los Angeles apologized for the
deportation of U.S. citizens of Mexican descent to
Mexico in the 1930s?
 A. Yes
 B. No
 C. Not sure

4.  Develop a thesis statement & research questions
 Break down your thesis statement by concept
 Create a research strategy using
 Boolean operators
 Truncation
 Select databases & other resources
 America: History and Life
 Academic Search Complete
 Historical New York Times
 Historical Los Angeles Times
 Opposing Viewpoints in Context
 CQ Researcher

5.  Break down your thesis statement by concept
The Arizona legislation which banned ethnic
studies instruction in the Tucson Unified
School District (TUSD).
A) Arizona + ethnic studies
B) Ethnic studies + Tucson Unified
C) Arizona legislation + racism + schools
D) A or B

7.  What are Boolean Operators?
 A. Computer commands used to organize research
databases
 B. Computer commands used to search multiple
databases at once.
 C. Computer commands used to create a research
strategy.
 D. Computer commands used in selected databases to
find full-text articles.

8.  Boolean Operators
 AND
 OR Refugee Act 1980 Vietnamese
Vietnamese
Vietnamese Cambodian or
Cambodian

9.  What is the truncation symbol that allows you to
search root words with any ending?
 A. @
 B. ( )
 C. ?
 D. *

10.  Truncation
 More results
 Plurals
 Asterisk *
 Immigrat*
 Immigrate
 Immigrates
 Immigrated
 Immigration

12.  ASAM/ CHLS 335 I Research Guide
 http://csulb.libguides.com/chls335

14.  What is a primary source?
 A. A document which describes an event by a witnesses
(diaries, speeches, letters, interviews, autobiographies, etc)
 B. Fundamental or original document relating to a
particular subject (government publications, legislation,
court reports, etc)
 C. A source from the time of an event (newspaper articles,
news footage, songs, cartoons etc)
 D. A & C
 E. All of the above

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

17.  Develop search strategy from your research
questions using
 Keywords
 Boolean operators
 Truncation
 Look for primary & secondary sources
 Research Databases
 Coast
 Search the database
 Try different keywords, try different searches
 Move to Database subject headings
 Select the best citations
 Use internal citation generators when sending information

18.  Evaluate resources
 Apply and use information
 Synthesize information
 Write up the finding and conclusion
 Create your bibliography using correct citation style
 Use the ASAM/CHLS Research Guide!!
 Circular process – Repeat and Revise

19.  Allows off-campus access to research databases
 Library Home page
 My library account
 Type in your name, CSULB I.D. #, click submit
 Type in a password of your choice and confirm by
typing it again

20.  Research Subject Guide
 Your subject librarian!
 Greg Armento – ASAM
 Susan Luévano – CHLS
 Reference Desk, 1st floor, University Library
 Research paper clinics