3. What’s new?
1. Most important links are under big
search box
2. Big search box replaces our old
library catalog
3. You can now get items from every
single CSU Campus
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7. The elements of the
record that you need to
create a reference list
Citation
8. Look for this button
to find out if the
item is full text
Get it @ CSULB
9. The library emails you
the PDF of the
requested article in less
than 72 hours
BeachReach.
10. Research Databases
Commercially published materials
Scholarly articles are reviewed by experts
Databases contents are hand selected
Use these FIRST for researching a topic
The Difference between the Internet and Research Databases
11. GetOrganized
Figure out the terms to
use to find articles on
your topic!
Determine vocabulary
that may be used in a
database
Remember synonyms
12. Scholarly Comm Articles
1 2 3 4 5
10-15
pages
long
Contain in-
depth analysis
about a very
narrow topic
Published in
an
academic
journal
Contains
words in the
abstract like:
Data, Participants,
this study, what
was done
20-40
references
13. Use this to connect
different variables. For
example: black and
white
and
14. Place your terms in the same
search box for
Comm Mass Media Complete
romantic or interpersonal
15. Use this to look for root
endings. For example:
rac* looks for racial,
race, races,
16. “ ”
Use this to search for
phrases. For example:
“social dating”
17. Sample Searches
Interview* and nonverbal
emoticons and interpersonal
disclosure and “electronic mediated communication”
cloth* or dress and first impression
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22. 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
23. Fixing the Errors.
1. Change any words that are all caps
2. Make the appropriate words lower/upper 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
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31. 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
32. 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