HIP HOP RESEARCH

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Susan LuévanoEthnic Studies Librarian

THE RESEARCH PROCESS

Create a thesis statement

Break down your thesis statement by concept

Develop research question(s)

Use Boolean operators Truncation

Select & use research databases Music Index RILM Abstracts of Music Literature Black Studies Center Academic Search Complete COAST

Cite research

Can be circular

RESEARCH PROCESS

Create a research statement

Hip-hop is the most multicultural of popular musical forms.

Define the questions – Ask why????

HAVING TROUBLE CREATING RESEARCH QUESTIONS?

Use promptsWhoWhat Where WhyWhenHow

RESEARCH PROCESS

Identify key concepts

Hip-hop is the most multicultural of popular musical forms.

RESEARCH PROCESS

Hip-hop

MulticulturalOr

Globalization

Find articles where all concepts appear.

BOOLEAN OPERATORS

AND narrows a search both variables must appear in same citation terms are different in meaning example: “Hip hop AND Police Brutality”

OR broadens a search terms are similar in meaning either term may appear in the record example: “hip hop OR Rap” “globalization OR multicultural”

TRUNCATION *

Searches root word to retrieve variant endings

Music*

Musician

Musicians

Musically

Musicality

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

Based on research & written for a discipline scholars

Content & research model are reviewed by other scholars

In-depth analysisExtensive bibliography

FINDING PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

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

ONESEARCH@ CSULB

Digital front door to library resourcesDoes NOT replace structured databasesOnly looks at a selected slice of library

holdings

MUSIC INDEX

Most comprehensive database of music-related articles

Covers all styles and genres of music

International

Scholarly journals

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RILM, ABSTRACT OF MUSIC LITERATURE

Books, journals, conference papers, dissertations, book chapters, bibliographies, catalogs, media materials, and all forms of scholarly communication related to music.

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BLACK STUDIES CENTERScholarly essays accompanied by timelines, images, and film clips.

Mostly full-textAvailability=

NO DIRECT LINK TO FULL-TEXT

NEED FULL-TEXT ARTICLES NOT AVAILABLE: USE BEACHREACH

SEARCH STRATEGIES

S U S A N L U É V A N O , C S U L B , U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y

Boolean OperatorsTruncation

LIMIT - Scholarly LIMIT – Pub years

LIMIT - Language

FINDING BOOKS, MEDIA & GOV DOCSHttp://www.csulb.edu/library 1) Test or preliminary search for journal articles, books &

more 2) Library Catalog -COAST

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Set up your Library Password/PIN

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Reference Desk, 1st floor

Susan LuévanoEmail is best!Susan.luevano@csulb.eduU Library, 4th floor, room 116Office hours: Wednesday, 2:00 – 4:30 or by appointment