csulb library research for poverty and public policy

1. Sociology 460
Poverty and Public Policy

2. Contains the databases: SocIndex, Sociological Abstracts, Psycinfo and ERIC
ONESEARCH

3. Citation Machine
for ASA style
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4. Pick your topicImpact of race and socioeconomic status on bail

5. 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.

6. Poverty
Socioeconomic status
Race
Blacks
Hispanics
Social class
Wealth
Concept A
Concept B
Bail
Bond
Bail decisions
Pretrial release
Pretrial retention
Courts

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9. Tips
• Start with the Census labels
• Stay away from current terms
• LOOK at how the database
defines your ethnic group
• If specific country of origin
search with and without
“americans”

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11. Constructing a Search
Use these connectors to search databases
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12. Use this to connect different
variables. For example:
race and incarceration
and

13. Use this to search
for either term.
Hispanic or Latinos
or

14. Use this to look for root
endings. For example:
rac* looks for racial,
race, races,

15. cUse this to search for
phrases. For example:
“race relations”

16. Constructing your search
connect your variables
“pretrial retention” and race
socioeconomic* and bail bond
Bail decisions and poverty

17. Where to Search

18. Finding the article
PDF - HTML - Full Text - Get it @ CSULB
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19. 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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20. Look for citation generators
in the records of the article
DATABASES
ONESEARCH

21. Common Citation Errors. ASA
1. Part of the citation is in ALL CAPS
2. The journal title is not italicized
3. The ending page number for your article is missing
4. There is no hanging indent
Before

22. Fixing the Errors. ASA
1. Change any words that are all caps
2. Italicize the Journal Title
3. Look at the PDF of your document and find the
ending page number
4. Create a hanging indent
After

23. Ctrl+ T
Creates paragraphs
with hanging indents
in Microsoft Word.
Command + T for MACs

26. Takes 48-72 HOURS
We deliver it to you via link in your
email

27. Tiffini Travis
tiffini.travis@csulb.edu
Please put your
course and name in
the subject line!