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Library Research
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pick your topicfast food and urban obesity
What are the main issues.
Think of terms and variables that characterize your thesis topic. Think about what discipline in
addition to sociology would research your topic.
Concept A
Concept B
Constructing a SearchUse these connectors to search databases
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Use this to connect different variables. For
example: black and white
and
Use this to search for either term. For example:
television or film
or
Use this to look for root endings. For example: rac* looks for racial,
race, races,
cUse this to search for phrases. For example:
“race relations”
Sample Searchesuse these examples to make your own search
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“fast food” and obesity and race
Geography and obesity
“Fast food” and socioeconomic*
Ways to SearchDatabases by Topic
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Database by Topic.
allows you to find articles in a specific
discipline and use more advance terminology
finding the articlePDF - HTML - Full Text - Get it @ CSULB
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Research Recap
• Pick the correct database• Match your terminology to the database• Search more than one database• Keep track of your citations• Contact me for help BEFORE you get frustrated!
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if the record isnt full text
Beachreach
Citation StylesPick one to format your paper
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Common Citation Errors.
1. Part of the citation is in ALL CAPS
2. Every Word Of The Article Title Is Capitalized
3. The journal title is not italicized
4. The ending page number for your article is missing
5. There is no hanging indent
Before
Fixing the Errors.1. Change any words that are all caps
2. Make the appropriate words lower case
3. Italicize the Journal Title
4. Look at the PDF of your document and find the
ending page number
5. Create a hanging indent
After
