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This page
will help you identify, locate, and evaluate information for your
research papers.
Getting
Started | Topic
Overview | Finding
& Evaluating Books | Finding
& Evaluating Articles | Finding
Periodicals in the Library | Links
| Using
Information Effectively & Ethically
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 click on Skip to Tutorial.
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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 homosexuality, edited by Wayne R. Dynes. (2 volumes)
College Library Reference: HQ 76.25 E53 1990
See "Film," pp. 399-406, as well "film" in the index, volume 2.
- Gay and lesbian almanac, edited by Neil Schlager.
College Library Reference: HQ 76.3 U5S75 1998
Lengthy Chapter 13 essay ("Film") also includes brief biographical information on important people, as well as bibliographies of books, book chapters, and articles.
- lgbt: encyclopedia of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history in america, edited by Marc Stein. (3 volumes) Online (UCLA-only)
College Library Reference: HQ 76.3 U5E53 2004
Includes articles on "Film and Video," as well as "Film and Video Festivals."
- Murray, Raymond. Images in the dark: an encyclopedia of gay and lesbian film and video.
College Library Reference: PN 1995.9 H55M87 1994
Brief film synopses and other information, divided into nine chapters, including "Favorite Stars," "Of Queer Interest," "Of Lesbian Interest, and "Honorable and Dishonorable Mentions." [Note: Published in 1994.]
- Oxford English Dictionary (UCLA only)
http://dictionary.oed.com/
Trace the origin and history of words and their meanings in this etymological dictionary.
- Zimmerman, Bonnie. Lesbian histories and cultures: an encyclopedia.
Garland, 2000.
YRL Reference: HQ 75.5 L4395 2000
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Books
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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.)
- Contemporary Women's Issues (UC only)
http://search.rdsinc.com/sessions?products=CWI
Global scope, covering over 190 countries, with complete text of journals, newsletters and more, back to 1992.
- 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, covering many different topics, 1980's to the present, many with complete articles online.
- FIAF (UCLA only)
http://web5s.silverplatter.com/webspirs/start.ws?customer=ucla&databases=XS,XT,XU,XV
This International Federation of Film Archives site allows searching through several databases with differing publication time periods covered, including "International Index to Film Periodicals" (1972-current).
- Film Literature Index (1976-2001)
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/fli/simpleSearch.jsp
- GenderWatch (UC only)
http://uclibs.org/PID/4741
Complete text of many types of publications on gender-related topics, back to the 1970s.
- Lexis-Nexis Academic (UC only) http://uclibs.org/PID/20081C
- ProQuest (links to full text citations for Alt-Press Watch, LA Times, NY Times, and more): http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=573&TS=1164050365&clientId=1564&LASTSRCHMODE=2
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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. Search under keywords. When results appear, check the left hand column for links to subject words to search.
- YRL Research Guides by Subject
Select from subject guides including "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies" and "Womens' Studies."
- Arts Library, "Film and Television" for useful links.
Film/Media Periodicals and Websites (Note: Get many articles for free by going through the UCLA Library Catalog to get to these: http://catalog.library.ucla.edu/):
- Cinema-Scope: http://www.cinema-scope.com/
- The Film Journal: http://www.thefilmjournal.com/
- Images, a Journal of Film and Popular Culture: http://www.imagesjournal.com/index.html
- Mediascape, Journal of the Critical Studies Program at the UCLA School of Film, TV, and Digital Media: http://www.tft.ucla.edu/mediascape/index.htm
- Outfest: http://www.outfest.org
- ScreenSite: http://www.screensite.org/index.php
- Senses of Cinema: http://www.sensesofcinema.com/
- Sight and Sound (journal of the British Film Institute): http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/
GLBTQ Periodicals and Websites
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 and Maria San Filippo
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