Susan C. Luévano, WGSS Librarian

WGSS 401

BODIES & BORDERS: FEMINISM & GLOBALIZATIONRESEARCH & RESOURCES

Research Review

•Step 1: Develop search strategy •Thesis statement •Pre-research•Research questions•Keywords•Boolean operators (and , or)•Truncation (*)•Step 2: Select databases•Secondary peer-reviewed sources

•Step 3: Search the database•Try different keywords, try different searches•Move to database subject headings•Select the best citations•Use internal citation generators

•Step 4: Evaluate resources•Read and assess content

Research roadmap

•Setp 5: Apply and use information•Synthesize information•Write up the finding and conclusion •Create your bibliography using correct citation style

•Circular process – Repeat and Revise•Use the WGSS 401 Research Guide!!•http://csulb.libguides.com/wgss

Background/Pre-Research

Creating a Search Strategy• Develop a thesis statement

•The leadership roles of Mexican Mayan women in the Zapatista movement in the struggle to challenge NAFTA during the 1990s.

Creating a Search Strategy

•Define the question • Ask why????•Who are the Zapatistas?•What were the theoretical and concrete conditions that promoted female leadership?•Who were the key female leaders?•What are the "Revolutionary Law of Women"?•How did female leadership changed in the 1990s, if at all?

Creating a Search Strategy

• Break down your thesis statement by concept

•The feminist roles of Zapatista women during the 1990s.

Creating a Search Strategy

Creating a Search Strategy

• Boolean Operators• AND• OR

Mayan indigenous

MayanOR

Indigenous

Zapatista Women

Feminist1990s

Creating a Search Strategy

•Truncation•More results•Plurals

•Asterisk * •Feminis*•Feminist•Feminism•Feminisms

Periodicals

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

Finding Peer-Reviewed Articles• http://www.csulb.edu/library

Databases by Topic

GenderWatch

• 100 international journals•Most are full-text • Coverage: 1978 to present• Internal citation generator

International Political Science Association Abstracts • World's leading journals in political science• Coverage: 1975 to present• Abstracts only• Need the full-text?

Need full-text? Use “Get it at CSULB”

Get it @ CSULB - ArticleReach

Get it @ CSULB - Article Reach

Research Databases•Academic Search Complete•Sociological Abstracts•SocIndex•EconLit

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• ILLIAD• Anything• 3-10 days

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