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Feminist Research Methods:Strategies & Resources
Susan C. Luévano, WGSS LibrarianWGSS 101
Research Review
• Step 1: Develop search strategy •Thesis statement •Pre-research/Background information•Research questions• Identify keywords•Use Boolean operators (and , or)•Use truncation (*)
• Step 2: Select databases• Identify peer-reviewed sources•Books - COAST
• Step 3: Search the database•Try different keywords and searches•Move from keyword to database subject headings•Select the best citations•Use internal citation generators
• Step 4: Evaluate resources•Read and assess content
• Setp 5: Apply and use information•Synthesize information•Write up the finding and conclusion •Create bibliography
• Circular process – Repeat and Revise• Use the WGSS Research Guide!!•http://csulb.libguides.com/wgss
Pre-Research/Background Information• http://csulb.libguides.com/wgss101/
Creating a Search Strategy• Develop a thesis statement:
The battle for open accessibility of the emergency contraceptive pill under President Obama.
Creating a Search Strategy
• Define the question • Ask why????
• What is the “morning after” pill and how does it work?• What were the Obama arguments
against access for teens? • What were the legal arguments for
access for teens? • Is the fight over?
Creating a Search Strategy
• Break down your thesis statement by concept
• . The battle for accessibility of the Emergency Contraceptive Pill under President Obama.
Creating a Search Strategy
Creating a Search Strategy• Boolean Operators• AND• OR
teenager adolescent
Teenager OR
Adolescent
Access
Emergency Contracepti
vePill
Obama
Creating a Search Strategy
• Truncation•More results•Plurals
• Asterisk * •Feminis*•Feminist•Feminism•Feminisms
Limit by Year of Publication
• Resources must be from the last 5 years• Issue may be older
Adjacency
• Use "quotation marks" to search for exact phrases• “morning after pill*”• “Plan B”
Periodicals
• Peer Reviewed Journals • Based on research & written for other scholars• Content & research model are reviewed by other scholars• In-depth• Extensive bibliography
Periodicals• Popular Sources• General reading level • Short articles• No citations• Photos & advertisements
Finding Peer-Reviewed Articles• Http://www.csulb.edu/library• 1) Test or preliminary search for journal articles, books &
more• 2) Databases by topic
Research Databases
GenderWatch• Popular & scholarly including peer reviewed titles• 100 international journals• Coverage: 1978 to present
Academic Search Complete • General/Interdisciplinary• Popular & scholarly• Limit: Peer review box• Coverage: 1975 to present• Need the full-text?
Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete
BeachReach
Research Databases
• GenderWatch• Academic Search Complete• Sociological Abstracts• SocIndex• PubMed• PyschInfo
Library home page http://www.csulb.edu/library
Books, media &
government docs
Use floor & call number to find
the book.
Try LINK + for more
Need Information NOT at CSULB• BeachReach• Anything• Articles & book chapters (2-5 days)
• Link+• Books & some media ONLY• 2-5 days
• Other CSU Libraries
Still need a little help?
Want to talk to a real human?
• Ask at the Reference Desk, 1st West• Consultations• Susan Luévano• Office hours:• U Library, 4th floor room 416,• Wednesday, 2:30 pm -4:30 pm• [email protected]
Questions?