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Asian 98T:
Diasporic Affiliations of the 20th Century: Asia to the U.S.
This page
will help you identify, locate, and evaluate information for your
research papers.
Getting
Started | Using Information Effectively & Ethically | Finding
& Evaluating Books | Finding
& Evaluating Articles | Finding
Periodicals in the Library | Links | General Topic Overview
Getting Started
- Topic
Selection
- Selecting
the Right Source
- NEW! Assignment Calculator
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/library/modules/freecalc/index.php
Set up a schedule for your research and get links to useful research items, by entering the due date for your assignment
- Research
Paper Planner
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/classes/fsp-tsp/researchpaperCL2.htm
Learn the steps of the research process and schedule your time.
- Which
is Which? What is Where?
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/classes/sociology1/whichiswhich.htm
Practice
identifying types of citations and finding items in the library.
- The Road
to Research
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/library/index.php
Are you wasting a lot of time Googling your research topic and wading through lots of questionable resources? Use this online tutorial any time to imporve your skills at identifying, locating, evaluating and using information effectively and ethically. Login with a Bruin OnLine ID or click on Guest, and then Skip to Tutorial.
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Books
Articles
- IMPORTANT: Use UCLA-only and UC-only article indexes for FREE while off campus!
Set up your browser for the Bruin OnLine (BOL) proxy server <http://www.bol.ucla.edu/services/proxy/>. All you need is your BOL ID and password and an Internet connection.
- Find
article indexes by subject http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/research/articles/index.htm
- Scholarly
vs. Popular Articles
http://www.lib.utsa.edu/Research/Subject/scholarlyguide.html
- How
to evaluate journal articles
http://lib.colostate.edu/howto/evaljrl.htmll
Useful article
indexes...
- Alt-PressWatch (UC only)
http://uclibs.org/PID/20329
Complete articles online for independent press and alternative magazines and journals, 1995 to the present. (May search this database along with Ethnic NewsWatch and GenderWatch.)
- Bibliography of Asian Studies (UC only)
http://uclibs.org/PID/271
Indexes books, articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia, published in Western languages since 1971.
- Ethnic NewsWatch (UC only)
http://uclibs.org/PID/4737
Complete text of over 200 ethnic, minority & Native American publications, 1990 to the present. (May search this database along with Alt-PressWatch and GenderWatch.)
- Expanded
Academic ASAP (learn
to use) (UC only)
http://uclibs.org/PID/62041
Indexes 2600 magazines & journals, 1980's to the present, many with complete articles online.
- Historical Abstracts (UC only - restricted to 6 simultaneous users))
http://uclibs.org/PID/12775
Indexes articles on history of all parts of the world, except the U.S. and Canada, published since 1967.
- JSTOR (UC only)
http://uclibs.org/PID/1980
Complete text of many scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines. Important note: Journal publishers restrict access to the latest 5-7 years of many of these journals. In addtion, some important journals are not included in JSTOR.
- Lexis-Nexis Academic (UC only)
http://uclibs.org/PID/2008
- PAIS Archive (UC only)
Available through Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. (May search this database simultaneously with other CSA databases.)
Click on Advanced search, then on "Specific Databases," choose this database and click on "Continue to search."
1.23 million records of historical information related to public affairs, published 1915-1976, internationally.
- PAIS International (UC only)
Available through Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.
(May search this database simultaneously with other CSA databases.)
Click on Advanced search, then on "Specific Databases," choose this database and click on "Continue to search."
"...references to more than 553,300 journal articles, books, government documents,
statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports,
publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more [related to public affairs].
Newspapers and newsletters are not indexed... includes publications from over 120 countries throughout the world."
- Project Muse (UC only)
http://muse.jhu.edu/muse.html
Complete text of over 300 journals in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
- PsycINFO
(UC only) (learn
to use) (learn how to create formatted list of citations - 2.4 min. movie) Available through Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. (May search this database simultaneously with other CSA databases.)
Click on Advanced search, then on "Specific Databases," choose this database and click on "Continue to search."
Indexes over 1300 journals, as well as books, dissertations, and
more, 1872 to the present.
- Sociological
Abstracts (UC only) (search & display like PsycInfo--
learn to use PsycInfo); learn how to create formatted list of citations - 2.4 min. movie) Available through Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. (May search this database simultaneously with other CSA databases.)
Click on Advanced search, then on "Specific Databases," choose this database and click on "Continue to search."
Indexes over 2600 journals, books,
conference papers, and more, 1963 to the present.
- Web of Knowledge (Web of Science) (UC only)
http://portal.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Fram
Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, together, index 8000 journals, 1975 to the present.
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (UC only)
Available through Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. (May search this database simultaneously with other CSA databases.)
Click on Advanced search, then on "Specific Databases," choose this database and click on "Continue to search." "...provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials
literature in political science and its complementary fields, including
international relations, law, and public administration / policy...As of November 2005 approximately 1,500+ titles are being monitored for
coverage; of these, 67% are published outside the United States."
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Finding Periodicals in the
Library
Locate
magazines, journals and newspapers in UCLA libraries.
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Links to web sites, libraries,
publications, electronic journals, and more...
Remember
that anyone can put up a web page. Think
critically when
choosing web pages for research, and adopt a questioning approach when using Web 2.0 resources, like blogs, wikis, and virtual worlds. Test your web
critical thinking skills with "Hoax?"
exercises.
- Librarians' Internet Index
http://lii.org/
Freely available web sites selected and reviewed by librarians. A 3 Jan 2006 Advanced search for ....
- YRL Research Guides by Subject
Research Resources for Public Policy
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/yrl/referenc/guides/pubpolicymain.htm
Sites selected by Roberta Medford, UCLA Social Sciences Bibliographer.
Last update: 19 Sep 2005
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General Topic Overview
IMPORTANT: Use UCLA-only online encyclopedias for free while off campus!
Set up your browser for the Bruin OnLine (BOL) proxy server <http://www.bol.ucla.edu/services/proxy/>. All you need is your BOL ID and password and an Internet connection.
- Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. (6 volumes) New York: Scribners Sons, 2002.
College Library Reference: DS 4 L48 2002
Check the index volume under "migration."
- Immigration and Asylum From 1900 to the Present (3 volumes) Santa Barbara, CA: ABC Clio, 2005.
College Library reference: JV 6012 I56 2005
- International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (UCLA only)
http://uclibs.org/PID/23087
- Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. (2 volumes) Tokyo: Kodansha, 1993.
College Library reference: DS 805 J263 1993
- Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan. 2002.
Online , access paid by UCLA Library (UCLA only)
- New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. (6 volumes) New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005. Online, access paid by UCLA Library (UCLA only)
College Library Reference: CB 9 N49 2005
Topics include history, philosophy, religion, politics, law, cultural studies and more. Entries are interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary. Use the Advanced Search under Diasporas in the online version and limit by publication, to this Dictionary.
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History. (5 volumes) Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
College Library Reference: HQ 15 O94 2003
Check the index volume under "migration;" "internal migration;" "international migration."
- Oxford English Dictionary (UCLA only)
http://dictionary.oed.com/
Trace the origin and history of words and their meanings in this etymological dictionary.
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Using
Information Effectively & Ethically
STARTING A RESEARCH
PAPER
- What
is a Research Paper?
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/what.html
- Types
of Research Papers http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/types.html
- How
to Write a Research Paper
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/index.html
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY,
PLAGIARISM & CITATION
- Bruin
Success with Less Stress
http://www.library.ucla.edu/bruinsuccess/
- Before
you begin that paper (UCLA Dean of Students)
http://www.deanofstudents.ucla.edu/Begin%20that%20Paper.pdf
- Turn CSA results into a formatted bibliography: Go to the Road to Research tutorial "Road Etiquette" section, page 3, scroll down and click on movie.(2.4 min.)
- Landmark's
Citation Machine (North Carolina State University)
http://citationmachine.net/
Type
in the parts of the citation and submit to see citation
style for MLA & APA.
WARNING! Be sure to check results with MLA & APA official styles to be sure they are accurate and up to date.
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Resources
selected by: Esther Grassian
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Last updated: December 11, 2006 |
