Professor Wilson's fall 2013, AFRS 155, African American Music class Powerpoint.

1. AFRS 150
FINDING SOURCES FOR
AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC
Susan Luévano
Ethnic Studies Librarian

2. I-CLICKERS
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What your favorite type of African American music?
A) Jazz
B) Gospel
C) Hip-hop
D) Soul
E) Not sure

3. CREATING A SEARCH STRATEGY
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Create a thesis statement
Break down your thesis statement by concept
Develop research question(s)
Use
• Boolean operators
• Truncation
• Select databases & other resources
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Music Index
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
Black Studies Center
Academic Search Complete
COAST
• Cite research

4. I-CLICKERS
• What is the first step in the research
process?
• A. Use the Library Home page to
determine appropriate resources
• B. Develop a research statement
• C. Look at reference books, ie
encyclopedias
• D. Start searching in research databases

5. RESEARCH PROCESS
• Create a research statement
• Son Jarocho music of Veracruz MX has
profound elements of African music.
• Define the questions
– Ask why????

6. I-CLICKERS
What research question should be addressed ?
Son Jarocho music of Veracruz MX has profound
elements of African music.
A) What is son jarocho music?
B) How did African music become part of Mexican
folk music?
C) What African elements are heard in son jarocho?
D) All of the above.

7. HAVING TROUBLE CREATING
RESEARCH QUESTIONS?
• Use prompts
• Who
• What
• Where
• Why
• When
• How

8. I-CLICKERS
What is the key to successful research?
A. Deciding what databases to use.
B. Using reference source, i.e. encyclopedias
C. Using the right vocabulary to search in
databases.
• D. Working with the librarian.
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9. I-CLICKERS
What are the most important
keyword(s)/concept(s) used here?
Son Jarocho music of Veracruz MX has profound
elements of African music.
A) Son Jarocho AND Africa AND Veracruz
B) Africa AND Mexico AND Music
C) Son Jarocho AND Africa

10. RESEARCH PROCESS
• Identify key concepts
• Son Jarocho music of Veracruz MX has profound
elements of African music.

11. Find articles
where all
concepts
appear.
RESEARCH PROCESS

12. I-CLICKERS
• 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.

13. BOOLEAN OPERATORS
• AND narrows a search
• both variables must appear in same citation
• terms are different in meaning
• example: “Jazz AND New Orleans”
• OR broadens a search
• terms are similar in meaning
• either term may appear in the record
• example: “hip hop OR Rap”

14. I-CLICKERS
• What is the truncation symbol?
• A. @
• B. ( )
• C. ?
• D. *

15. TRUNCATION
• Searches root word to retrieve
variant endings
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Music*
Musician
Musicians
Musically
Musicality

16. I-CLICKERS
• What is a peer reviewed journal
article?
• A. A research article that has been
vetted by a team of peer scholars.
• B. An research article written by a
team of peer scholars.
• C. A research article that has been
presented at a professional
conference before publication.

17. PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
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Content & research model are reviewed by other scholars
Based on research & written for a discipline scholars
In-depth analysis
Extensive bibliography

18. I-CLICKERS
Name 2 databases that are used for music research.
•A. Academic Search Complete and Historical Music
Abstracts
•B. Music Index and RILM
•C. NAXOS Music Library and Oxford Music Online

19. FINDING PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
• Http://www.csulb.edu/library
• 1) OneSearch: Test or preliminary search for journal articles, books
& more
• 2) Structured Databases by topic/title

20. ONESEARCH@ CSULB
Digital front door to library resources
Does NOT replace structured databases
Only looks at a selected slice of library holdings

21. MUSIC INDEX
• Most comprehensive database of musicrelated articles
• Covers all styles and genres of music.
• Scholarly journals
• Availability=

22. RILM, ABSTRACT OF MUSIC
LITERATURE
• Books, journals, conference papers, dissertations, book
chapters, bibliographies, catalogs, media materials,
and all forms of scholarly communication related to
music.
• Availability =

23. BLACK STUDIES CENTER
• Scholarly essays accompanied by timelines, images, and film clips.
• Mostly full-text
• Availability=

24. NO DIRECT LINK TO FULL-TEXT

25. NEED FULL-TEXT ARTICLES NOT
AVAILABLE:
USE BEACHREACH

26. Boolean Operators
Truncation
SEARCH STRATEGIES
LIMIT - Scholarly
LIMIT – Pub years
LIMIT - Language
Susan Luévano, CSULB, University Library

27. FINDING BOOKS, MEDIA & GOV DOCS
• Http://www.csulb.edu/library
• 1) Test or preliminary search for journal articles, books &
more
• 2) Library Catalog -COAST

28. Set up your Library Password/PIN
USING DATABASES OFF CAMPUS
Susan Luévano, CSULB, University Library

29. REVIEW: RESEARCH BASICS
Step 1: Develop search strategy using
 Thesis statement
 Develop research questions
 Identify key concepts/keywords
 Boolean operators
 Truncation
Step 2: Search databases
 Select subject related Research Databases
Step 3: 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
Susan Luévano, CSULB, University Library

30. REVIEW: RESEARCH BASICS
• Evaluate Resources
• Read and evaluate sources
• Step 5: Apply and use information
• Synthesize information
• Write up the finding and conclusion
• Create your bibliography using correct citation style
Susan Luévano, CSULB, University Library

31. INDIVIDUAL CONSULTATIONS
• Reference Desk, 1st floor
• Susan Luévano
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Email is best!
Susan.luevano@csulb.edu
U Library, 4th floor, room 116
Office hours: Wednesday, 2:00 – 4:30 or by appointment