Afrs 255 Introduction to Hip Hop, fall 2013
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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
Availability=
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.
Availability =
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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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
Set up your Library Password/PIN
STILL NEED A LITTLE HELP?
Lib Answers (Chat Service) http://csulb.libanswers.com/
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
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