COLWRIT 4B: Dying for Beauty

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The UCB Library Guide to Citing Your Sources discusses why you should cite your sources and links to campus resources about plagiarism.  It also includes links to guides for frequently used citation styles.  Also:

• MLA handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th edition. New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2009.
  Doe Reference Reference Hall LB2369 .G53 2009
  Main Gardner Stacks LB2369 .G53 2009
  Many older editions available throughout the UCB libraries.
• The Chicago Manual of Style (UCB-only access)
  15th ed. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2003. Searchable, online version of the Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition).
  Many print editions available throughout the UCB Libraries.
• Cite Right: A Quick Guide to Citation Styles--MLA, APA, Chicago, the Sciences, Professions, and More (UCB-only access) Charles Lipson. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2006.
  Many print editions throughout the libraries.
• Columbia Guide to Online Style (UCB-only access)
  Janice R. Walker and Todd Taylor. 2nd ed. NY: Columbia Univ. Press. 2006.
  Many print editions throughout the UCB libraries.

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Proxy Server
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Developing appropriate keywords/search terms is an essential part of research.  First, break your topic into components.  Develop a list of synonyms and alternative terminology for each component.  Think about broader and narrower concepts and word variants.  What words can you exclude?

Topic: Image of African American Women in Advertising

image(s) or stereotyp(es)(ing) or depict(ion) or portray(al)...

african american(s) or black(s) or minorit(y)(ies)

women or gender

advertis(e)(ing) or media

Remember to be creative with your terminology!  More examples:

people of color and environmental activism*
environmental justice
environmental justice and hazardous waste*
environmental equity
environmental discrimination
environmental racism
environmental injustice

Example:

Topic:  Image of African American women in advertising

potentially relevant disciplines:

African American Studies
Gender and Women's Studies
Ethnic Studies
Media Studies
Psychology
Sociology
Business
etc.

Search an article database to find citations (title, author, title of journal, date, page numbers) for articles on a particular topic.  The Library gives you access to over 200 article databases covering different disciplines.

1.  Think about which academic disciplines might write about your topic.  Examples:  literature, film, anthropology, history...

2.  Find the appropriate article database by subject (academic discipline or department).  Look for "Recommended" databases.

Library home > Articles > Article Databases by Subject

Sample searches in CSA Illumina Social Sciences database (scholarly social science database)

Library home > Articles > Article Databases by Subject > Sociology > Sociological Abstracts:  CSA Illumina Social Sciences

1.  a search using keywords, phrase searching, truncation, alternate terms:

     african american*       or      black*      (keywords)
     hair                                                   (keywords)
     straighten*                or      relax*       (keywords)

keywords = searches most important parts of each item:  title, abstract, descriptors (official subject terms)

phrase = 2 or more words that should be found together (ex:  global warming)

truncation/wildcards:  allows for variant word endings (child* = child, childs, childish, childhood, children...)

to find more:  take out terms:

     african american*        or        black*       (keywords)
     hair                                                      (keywords)

Watch a 3 minute movie:  accessing CSA Illumina Social Sciences, searching, revising a search, using descriptors, saving items to a list, e-mailing the list!

Sample searches in Academic Search Complete: (interdisciplinary database)

Library home > Articles > General Article Databases > Academic Search Complete

     cosmetic surgery     (select a field - optional)
     colleg*                   (select a field - optional)
     women                    (select a field - optional)

Academic Search Complete:  The Movie!

• click on the title to see full record (including abstracts and descriptors)
• to limit by publication type (peer-reviewed journals, conferences, books, etc.) click on the appropriate tab or link
• if necessary,look for other limits (latest update, journal articles only, english only) and more advanced searches
• select records to save to your personalized list; lists may be e-mailed, downloaded, printed

To find books, DVDs, maps, sound recordings, manuscripts, and much more - everything except articles - use a library catalog.

OskiCat = most UC Berkeley libraries

MELVYL = all UC campus libraries, including all UC Berkeley libraries

What's the difference?  more details here

For each item make sure you know the name of the physical library, call number, and whether or not it's checked out, library use only, etc.

Call numbers are on the spine of the book; learn how to read them so you can find what you need on the shelves.

1.  a keyword search:

     keywords:  weight perception

2.  find an item that looks interesting; note official subject headings in the full display:

     body image in women social aspects
     body image in women psychological aspects
     advertising psychological aspects
     beauty personal social aspects
     beauty personal psychological aspects

keep looking items you find when you do these new searches and you'll find other terms:

     body weight social aspects
     body weight psychological aspects

which might give you ideas - you can add some of these terms to other terms:

     surgery plastic social aspects

3.  Truncation/wildcards

     keywords:     advertis* beauty
                                advertis* cosmetic*

advertis* = advertise, advertising, advertisement, advertisements...

4.  Use alternative terms if needed:

     keywords:   multicultural beauty

try again:

     keywords:  cultural* beauty

5.  use broader terms if needed

     keywords:  gang* beauty

try again:

     keywords:  gang* women

6.  browse a list of subject headings

     subject begins with:     beauty

      subject begins with:     barbie

Also:

• modify your searches or use advanced keyword searches to limit to English, to specific years of publication, to a library location, by format (videos, maps, etc.)
• save items to a list and e-mail the list to yourself
• make sure you know the library location, call number and availability (checked out or not?) of the item(s) you want
• 10 million items and 29 libraries not enough? Try MELVYL, catalog for 10 UC campuses!

Want to see that agin? Watch OskiCat: The Movie

Citation management tools help you manage your research, collect and cite sources, and create bibliographies in a variety of citation styles.  Each one has its strengths and weaknesses, but any are easier than doing it by hand!

Zotero: A free plug-in that works exclusively with the Firefox browser: keeps copies of what you find on the web, permits tagging, notation, full text searching of your library of resources, works with Word, and has a free web backup service.

RefWorks - free for UC Berkeley users. It allows you to create your own database by importing references and using them for footnotes and bibliographies. Use the RefWorks New User Form to sign up. Refworks Help is pretty good.

How to link from the Refworks record to a pdf on your hard drive

Exporting from OskiCat to Refworks

EndNote: may be purchased from UC Berkeley's Software Central.  The Library's Guide to EndNote.  And more Tips from EndNote.

It's always good to double check the formatting -- sometimes the software doesn't get it quite right.

Google Scholar is an easy way to do interdisciplinary research, and with some settings changes can become even more useful.  You may need a Google account to use some of these features.

• Set up Google Scholar to display links to full text of articles that Berkeley subscribes to:

Open Scholar.  Click on scholar preferences [upper right corner]. Under Library Links, enter the word Berkeley.  Choose  UC Berkeley eLinks and Open WorldCat - Library Search and Save your preferences.  UC e-links will now appear in Google Scholar search results.

• Set up a Google Scholar Alert to be automatically notified when new articles are added to Google on topics of interest: 

Do your search in Google Scholar. Look in the green toolbar for the envelope icon, and click it.  New items will be sent to your email account as they are found by Google.

• Ever wanted to trace an article’s impact? Google now permits searching within citing articles.

Do a Google Scholar search. Click on the "Cited by" link under a citation and select the "Search within articles citing..." checkbox.

Ad Access
     Images of American advertisements between 1911-1955.  From Duke University.

Media Resources Center list of videos and DVDs:  Women's Bodies/Body Image

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Research Advisory Service for Cal Undergraduates

Book a 30-minute appointment with a librarian who will help refine and focus research inquiries, identify useful online and print sources, and develop search strategies for humanities and social sciences topics (examples of research topics).

Schedule, view, edit or cancel your appointment online (CalNetID required)

This service is for Cal undergraduates only. Graduate students and faculty should contact the library liaison to their department or program for specialized reference consultations.

Other ways to get help:  in person, by e-mail, using specialized chat services

And of course:  e-mail Corliss or email Theresa (Bancroft Library)

Please take a few minutes to give me some feedback about the library workshop and this course page!  Anonymously, of course.

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