2. The Assignment
0Find 1-3 primary sources and 10-15
scholarly articles and books for a 10 page
research paper which supports research on
your approved topic.

3. Creating a Search Strategy
0 Summit thesis topic & develop research questions using
assigned forms
0 Literature Review
0 Develop a search strategy :
0Break down your topic by concept
0Boolean operators
0Truncation
0Adjacency
0 Find Primary v Secondary Sources
0 Peer-review sources
0 Select databases & other resources
0 Academic Search Complete
0 America: History and Life
0 Historical New York Times
0 Historical Los Angeles Times
0 Generate bibliographic citations & in-text citations

4. ASAM/ CHLS 335 I Research Guide
0 http://csulb.libguides.com/chls335

5. Creating a Search Strategy

6. Creating a Search Strategy
0 Break down your thesis statement by concept
Making Ends Meet During the Economic
Depression: Immigrant Day Laborers in
California.

7. Tech Tool: Boolean Operators

8. Tech Tool: Truncation *
0More results
0Plurals
0Examples:
0Immigrat*
0Immigrate
0Immigrates
0Immigrated
0Immigration

9. Tech Tool: Adjacency
0Searches words next to each other in
order listed
0Quotation marks
0Examples:
0“Day laborer*”
0“Environmental Justice”
0“People of color”
0“Undocumented worker*”

10. What is a primary source?
0A document which describes an event by a
witnesses (diaries, speeches, letters,
interviews, autobiographies, etc.)
0Fundamental or original document relating to
a particular subject (government publication,
law or legislation, court reports, etc)
0 A source from the time of an event
(newspaper articles, news footage, songs,
cartoons etc)

11. Primary sources
0Search words:
0Sources
0Letters
0Diaries
0Personal Narratives
0Interviews
0Examples:
0“immigrant women” and sources
0“Undocumented immigrant*” and letters
0“Garment worker*” and interviews

12. What is a secondary source?
0 Information written by an authority who
reports on an event, person, place or thing
(i.e., a biography, etc.)
0 An accounting of events or experiences (i.e., a
news story, etc.) not personally observed or
experienced by the writer.
0A scholar's description or analysis of primary
sources. (i.e., a journal article, etc.)

13. Search Strategies ReviewLIMIT - Language
Boolean Truncation *
Adjacency “xxx xxx”
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16. How do I get full-text article?
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17. How do I get the full-text article?
Susan Luévano, CSULB,
University Library

18. 0 http://web.csulb.edu/library/
0 1) Library Catalog -COAST
0 2) One Search @ CSULB – use for test or preliminary search
Finding Books, Media & Government Documents

19. Library Password
0Allows off-campus access to research databases
0Library Home page
0 My library account
0 Type in your name, CSULB I.D. #, click submit

20. Research Steps
0Step 1: Develop search strategy using
0 Unique Keywords that describe your search
0 Boolean operators
0 Truncation
0 Adjacency
0Step 2: Find primary & secondary
sources
0 Research Databases
0 Coast
0 Interviews
0 Internet
0Step 3: Search the database
0 Try different keywords, try different searches
0 Select the best citations
0 Retrieve the full-text
0 Use internal citation generators when sending information

21. Research Steps
0Step 4: Evaluate resources
0Step 5: Apply and use information
0 Synthesize information
0 Write up the finding and conclusion
0 Create your bibliography & in-text citations using correct citation
style
0 Use the ASAM/CHLS Research Guide as a starting point!!
0 Circular process – Repeat and Revise

22. Where to get more assistance?
0 Research Subject Guide
0 Your subject librarian!
0 Greg Armento – ASAM
0 Susan Luévano – CHLS
0 Individual appointment w/ discipline librarian
0 Evening Consultations:
0Wednesday, March 25th
05:30 pm – 6:30 pm
0University Library, Spidell classroom 1, room 116
0 Reference Desk, 1st floor, University Library
0 LibAnswers: http://csulb.libanswers.com/

23. Questions???