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ANTHROPOLOGY RESEARCH METHODS: STRATEGIES & RESOURCES Susan C. Luévano, Anthropology Librarian

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ANTHROPOLOGYRESEARCH METHODS:

STRATEGIES & RESOURCES

Susan C. Luévano, Anthropology Librarian

REFWORKS@CSULB

What is it? Powerful online research management, writing and collaboration tool designed to help researchers at all levels easily gather, organize, store and share all types of information and to instantly generate citations and bibliographies.

Why should you use it?Saves you mega time and energy Allow easy manipulation of dataLong term preservation of your researchFree!!!

YOUR TURN

• Set up a RefWorks account• If you already have an

account, open it.

RESEARCH PROCESS

Phase 1: Develop search strategy Pre-research/backgroundThesis statementResearch questionsDetermine research methodologiesSummit thesis topic & research methodologiesfor approval

RESEARCH PROCESSPhase 2: Literature Review

Develop a Search Strategy

Break down thesis by keywords or key concepts

Use computer strategies/search techniques:Boolean operators (and , or)Truncation (*)Adjacency (“__”)

Select appropriate databasesTry different keywords/conceptsMove to database subject headingsSelect the best citationsUse internal citation generators or RefWorks to manage citations

RESEARCH PROCESS Phase 3: Evaluate resourcesRead and assess content

Phase 4: Apply and use informationSynthesize informationWrite up your annotations, findings and conclusions

Create your bibliography using RefWorksCircular process – Repeat and Revise

RESEARCH PORTALHTTP://CSULB.LIBGUIDE.COM/ANTHRO

CREATING A SEARCH STRATEGY Develop a thesis statement:

The Catholic church’s battle to limit birth control use in developing countries.

CREATING A SEARCH STRATEGY Define the question / Restrict & narrow the topic Ask why????

What is the church’s position on contraceptives? How many Catholic Africans are there? How does the church prevent women’s access to contraceptives in Africa, if at all? What cultural factors or tribal beliefs promote or impede the use of contraceptives? Does the church use cultural factors or tribal beliefs to impede the use of contraceptives? Is there organized opposition i.e. gov or non-gov to this campaign? Where is this conflict headed?

CREATING A SEARCH STRATEGY

Break down your thesis statement by concept

The Catholic church’s battle over birth control among Catholic Nigerian.

THINK OF OTHER KEYWORDS/SYNONYMS

Contraceptives To broad? TRY: Condoms or “morning after pill” or “birth control pills” or “reproductive rights”

BOOLEAN OPERATORS

BOOLEAN OPERATORSANDOR

Condoms

Birth Control Pills

Condoms OR Birth Contr

ol Pills

Contraceptive

Catholic

ChurchAfrica

TRUNCATION *More resultsPlurals Asterisk * Contracept* Contraceptive Contraceptives Contraception

ADJACENCY Forced phrase search Enclose a phrase with double quotations marks The exact phrase is searched“morning after pill”“environmental justice”“undocumented workers”“people of color”

COAST

FINDING AN ANTHROPOLOGY THESIS IN COAST Search strategy

Advanced keyword searchLong Beach ThesisKeywordsAnthro*

FINDING SCHOLARLY ARTICLES Http://www.csulb.edu/library1) Databases by topic or title

RESEARCH DATABASES

ANTHROPOLOGY PLUS Worldwide coverage of the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and related interdisciplinary studies Coverage: 1880 to present. Allows up to five simultaneous users. Full-text not available?

WILEY LIBRARY ONLINE Includes full-text access to 1400 interdisciplinary Wiley-Blackwell journals

Includes most publications from the American Anthropological Association

Better search interface than AnthroSource RefWorks: Select:

ANTHROSOURCE Full-text of all AAA journals, newsletters and bulletins No access to RefWorks

SOCINDEX • General/Interdisciplinary• Popular & scholarly• Limit: Peer review box• Coverage: 1940 to present

SAGE RESEARCH METHODS ONLINE (SRM)

Excellent source for research methodology “how to” Provides links to SAGE’s renowned books (e.g. entire Little

Green Book and entire Little Blue Book, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks), journal and reference content.

Green books focus on quantitative methods Blue books focus on qualitative methods 

YOUR TURN

• Find 1 scholarly article on your topic from Anthropology Plus, Wiley Online Library & AnthroSource

• Export articles to from Anthropology Plus & Wiley Online Library to RefWorks

• Be prepared to compare the use features and functionality of both databases

NEED INFORMATION NOT AT CSULB

BeachReachAnything3 days If longer - You will be notified (Interlibrary loan)

Link+Books & some media ONLY3 days

Other CSU Libraries

GET IT @CSULB

BEACHREACH

BEACHREACH

BEACHREACH

Susan Luévano, CSULB, University Library

SEARCH STRATEGIESBoolean Operators

Truncation

LIMIT - Scholarly LIMIT – Pub years

LIMIT - Language

USING REFWORKS@CSULB Setting up folders Creating bibliographies Write-N-CiteDownload a small utility program to your computer 

Windows and Mac versions

YOUR TURN

• Using RefWorks create a new folder for your research.

• Move the most recently imported files into the new folder.

• Create a bibliography using Chicago 16th edition (Author-Date System) for the titles in your newly created folder.

STILL NEED A LITTLE HELP?

Consultations (in-person, email or chat)Susan Luévano [email protected] hours:U Library, room 416, 4th floor Wednesday, 2:30 pm -4:30 pm

RefWorkshttp://csulb.libguides.com/refworks

QUESTIONS?