I started my search through the King Library at SJSU. I chose the Library and Information Science Source database. From there I made a specific search that resulted in very little and slowly expanded until I got enough results to actually run the results through my criteria. Following my search of the King Library Database I turned to Google, which led to many significant free materials and news on the subject. Some of the reference sources I found through basic Google searches were extremely useful in locating other similar research guides on similar subjects. I then visited my local library Westchester Loyola Village Los Angeles Public Library to locate films and books to include that met my criteria. I also turned to store websites like Target and Barnes & Noble in order to locate diverse materials, but there were not useful search filters in order to do this well. However; the site many depend on for materials: Amazon, was the most successful in its list when searching diverse kids books, but the results were heavily in favor of African Americans with almost no results for any other racial representation. I ran this process three times over time to make sure I hadn’t missed anything and the repetition yielded different results that proved useful to the formation of the guide.
Formating for my Reserach Guide:
I chose to do a WordPress blog format since I most comfortable with this website and formatting. I have used LibGuides before and although I like the uses I like to be able to customize and edit more than it allows.
Research Library Guide 