Research Guide for Asian American Studies 170 FF
Spring 2006
Your assignment is to find articles in the mainstream media regarding the representation
of the national hate crimes in the weeks following the 11th of September 2001. The following
periodicals are available in the library in various formats i.e. print, microfilm, or electronic.
- Associated Press
- Boston Globe
- Chicago Tribune
- Houston Chronicle
- Los Angeles Times
- New York Times
- Newsweek
- Time
- Washington Post
- U.S. News and World Report
SEARCH STRATEGIES
Use the advance search function to give you more search options and the ability to combine search terms.
You will need to think about the terms you will use, how to combine them, and more importantly, the time period.
- Use OR to combine terms when either one will do: hate crimes OR discrimination
- Use AND to force the results to have both terms: September 11 AND hate crime*
- Most databases let you truncate by using a symbol to get other letters: crime* gets you crime , crimes...
- The truncation symbol can be a *, ?, ! or other symbols depending on the database
- Be careful that you don't truncate too soon: ta* would also get you tagalog, tabernacle and all other words starting with "ta"
FINDING SOURCES
To find articles, first you must use an article index database. Then you will need to write down the citation in order to find the article itself by using the UCSB online catalog. In some cases the entire article is available online that you can print, email or save on a disk. To access these databases from off campus, you must go through the proxy server. From the Library's home page, select RESEARCH then ARTICLE INDEXES & DATABASES to find the following databases that contain your assigned periodicals
A citation has the following information: journal title, author, article title, publication date, volume and page numbers. The journal title is what you will need to locate the article in Pegasus.
The following titles are available via Newsbank -- Access World News, which you can access from Articles Indexes and Databases
- Associated Press
- Boston Globe
- Chicago Tribune
- Houston Chronicle
The Los Angeles Times and New York Times are also available in electronic format from the Articles Indexes and Databases link.
The Expanded Academic database is another useful source for finding articles published in some of the assigned periodicals. Time, Newsweek and U.S. News and World Report are indexed in this database.
Use Pegasus, to find the periodicals that you need. The Pegasus record will indicate in what formats these titles are available i.e. microfilm, print copy or electronic text. You will need to get the Call Number and location in order to find the particular periodical in the library.
For example:
- Search Type: "Journal Title Begins with ..." New York Times Microfilm area: AN 34.N 6
- Search Type: "Journal Title Begins with..." Los Angeles Times Microfilm area: AN 5. L7
- Search Type: "Journal Title Begins with..." Newsweek Main Library: AP 1. N48
The library has print copies of the following periodicals that you can find via Pegasus:
- Newsweek
- Time
- U.S. News and World Report
Ask for Help!
Don't forget to ASK FOR HELP when you need it. You can find a reference librarian at the Main Reference Desk during the week, weekends and even on holidays. For reference help please call (805) 893.3133. Gary Colmenar: colmenar@library.ucsb.edu.