CSULB- WGSS 101. Women &Their Bodies. Professor Monica Stel

1. Susan C. Luévano, WGSS Librarian
WGSS 101

2. • 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

3. • 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

4. • 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

5. • http://csulb.libguides.com/wgss101/

6. • Develop a thesis statement:
The battle for open accessibility of the
emergency contraceptive pill under
President Obama.

7. • 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?

8. • Break down your thesis statement by concept
• . The battle for accessibility of the
Emergency Contraceptive Pill under
President Obama.

10. • Boolean Operators
• AND
• OR
teenager
adolescen
t
Teenager
OR
Adolescen
t
Access
Emergency
Contraceptiv
e
Pill
Obama

11. • Truncation
•More results
•Plurals
• Asterisk *
•Feminis*
•Feminist
•Feminism
•Feminisms

12. • Resources must be from the last 5
years
• Issue may be older

13. • Use "quotation marks" to search for
exact phrases
• “morning after pill*”
• “Plan B”

14. • Peer Reviewed Journals
• Based on research & written for other scholars
• Content & research model are reviewed by other
scholars
• In-depth
• Extensive bibliography

15. • Popular Sources
• General reading level
• Short articles
• No citations
• Photos & advertisements

16. • Http://www.csulb.edu/library
• 1) Test or preliminary search for journal articles, books & more
• 2) Databases by topic

19. • Popular & scholarly including peer reviewed titles
• 100 international journals
• Coverage: 1978 to present

20. • General/Interdisciplinary
• Popular & scholarly
• Limit: Peer review box
• Coverage: 1975 to present
• Need the full-text?

24. • GenderWatch
• Academic Search Complete
• Sociological Abstracts
• SocIndex
• PubMed
• PyschInfo

25. Books, media
& government
docs

26. Use floor & call
number to find
the book.
Try LINK + for more

27. • BeachReach
• Anything
• Articles & book chapters (2-5 days)
• Link+
• Books & some media ONLY
• 2-5 days
• Other CSU Libraries

29. • 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
• Susan.Luevano@csulb.edu