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REFWORKS@CSULB
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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
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 OPERATORSANDOR
Condoms
Birth Control Pills
Condoms OR Birth Contr
ol Pills
Contraceptive
Catholic
ChurchAfrica
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”
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
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:
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
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