library resources for fiqws

Library Resources for FIQWS

Professor Jacqueline A. GillInformation Literacy

Coordinator and Reference Librarian

CCNY Libraries212 650-6089

jgill@ccny.cuny.eduhttp://learningthelibrary.com

Day 1 of FIQWS

• Library Homepage• Reserves• Find Journals that are not

online• Proxy Account• E-Journal• Understanding Call Numbers• CUNY+• CLICS• Resources by Subject

Day 2 of FIQWS

Library Homepage

CCNY Libraries Homepage

• On the City College homepage you will find information about the library.

City College Library Homepage

Reserves

• You can find the call number for your textbook or locate course materials if your instructor has placed these items on reserve.

• From the City College Homepage click “Reserves”.

Reserves

Reserves

• Click Current Semester”

Reserves

• You can search by instructor, title, author, or department.

Reserves

• Once you have either selected your instructor’s name, department, author, or title click “Search”.

Reserves

• Identify your title.• Click your course.

Reserves

• Click the title of your book.

• Copy the call number.

City College Library Homepage

Paper Journals

Finding Journals that are not online – use CUNY+

From the City College Library homepage click “Books, videos, & more”.

Finding Journals that are not online – use CUNY+

Journal Title Search

• Click “Journal Title Search” and type your title in the search box. On the left identify your search type.

• Select your journal.

Journal Title Search

• Identify your title.

Journal Title Search

• On the right of the title is the college link. Click this link to view the all paper issues.

Journal Title Search

• This is a list of “Bound” journals which are located on the 1st

floor.

Journal Title Search

• Paper journals are shown here.

• Go to the Circulation Desk to request the journal.

City College Library Homepage

Proxy AccountSearching off campus

• Begin searching f or journal at the City College Libraries homepage.

• Select “Databases A-Z”..

Proxy AccountSearching when off-campus

• Fill in your email address and create a password.

• First time users and those who have forgotten their password will be asked to enter their barcode number.

• Next you will be asked to type in your name, email, and create a password.

• When you access the databases the next time you will only have to type in your email and password.

Proxy AccountSearching when off-campus

E-Journals

Getting Journal Articles

• Most older journals are located on the first floor of Cohen Library• A majority of our journals for the last twenty years are available

electronically.

Magazine/Newspaper articles vs. Peer Reviewed

•Magazine and newspaper articles are written by journalists whom are not necessarily an expert on the topic.•Articles are selected by an editor for publication•Revenue is mainly from advertisement.•Articles may be published within a day

•Peer reviewed are written by experts--Researchers, College Professors and Graduate Students.•Articles are sent out for review to a panel of experts.•Revenue is mainly from subscriptions.•Articles take 2 months to two years to be published

Getting Journal Articles

• Type in the name of the journal and click “Search”.

• Select the databaseto find your article.

E-Journals

E-Journals

• Select the year and issue.

E-Journals

• Select the title of the article and view the full text.

City College Library Homepage

Understanding Call Numbers

Understanding Call Numbers

TR178.83.B351992

The Call Number on the spine of the book tells you where to find the bookon the shelves.

Library of Congress

Call Numbers

Academic Libraries usually use the Library of Congress Classification System, not the Dewey Decimal system.

TRThe first line is shelved in alphabetical order.On the library shelves you’d find books with the call number HA shelved before HB, TR wouldbe before TS, etc...178.83

The second line is a real number. You’dfind 1 before 2, and 178.83 before 178.9,etc...

TR178.83.B35

This line is both alphabetical and decimal. A number with .A-- would be found on the shelfbefore a number with .B--, B before C, etc….But don’t forget this is a decimal number, so.B35 would be found on the shelf after .B214and before .B4

1967This number is usually the date of the publication of the book. 1967 wouldbe found on the shelf before 1968, 1968 before 1969, etc...

Where should this book go in this sequence?

Where should this book go in this sequence?

BS23.5.F578

BR23.F466

BS23.H4

BS23.243.F578

BS23.7.F571

PS3711.I76

PS3711.F18

PS3711.I7

PS3711.I8

PS3711.I975

BS23.5.F578

PS3711.I76

Think of the answer before you advance the slide.

Think of the answer before you advance the slide.

CUNY+ Catalog/Internet stations,

2nd Floor

Find Books, Videos, and more

Click “CUNY+ search” link or type your author, title, subject, or keyword in the search box.

Find Books, Videos, and more

Find Books, Videos, and more

LocationCall NumberItem StatusDue date

Once you have the call number look at the first letter of the call number and look at the Book Location Charts which are posted near the computer catalogs on the 2nd floor.

Find Books, Videos, and more

Undergraduate and Graduate Students 3 weeks with 4 online renewals

Circulation Policy

Circulation

CLICS

CLICS

CLICS

CLICS

CLICS

1. Select “Loans”.

2. Select the number next to

the materials that you want to

renew.

3. Click “Renew”.

CLICS

• From the City College Library home page click “Research by Subject” link.

Research by Subject

Select a subject.

Research by Subject

– Within each subject related page you will find topics that will lead you to additional databases and web pages,

Research by Subject

Prof. Jacqueline A. Gilljgill@ccny.cuny.edu

http://learningthelibrary.comExt. 6089

More to ComeSee you in Day II!

Library Resources for FIQWS

Professor Jacqueline A. GillInformation Literacy

Coordinator and Reference Librarian

CCNY Libraries212 650-6089

jgill@ccny.cuny.eduhttp://learningthelibrary.com

Day 2 of FIQWS

Boolean Searching Ebscohost

Opposing ViewpointsGoogle Scholar

Day 1 of FIQWS

Principles of Searching

Similar ideas are expressedin a word with different endings.

teacherteachers

Teaching, etc.

teach* will retrieve all of these words

The asterisk * is a wild card or truncation symbol. All words starting with the letters before the asterisk will be retrieved

aesthetics OR

Teach*

Anything in either of these circlesIs recovered

aesthetics Teach*

Boolean Searching

Combine search terms

“OR” yields the most results

Boolean Searching

“AND” makes your search more specific

Only the overlap of the circles arerecovered

aesthetics Teach*

Boolean Searching

Boolean Searching

Same combined

search terms

“AND” yields less results but articles are more specific.

Boolean Searching

Add a third search term

Even fewer results are presented.

EBSCOHOST

EBSCOHOST

• In EBSCOHOST you can search many databases simultaneously.

• Go down the list and select all the databases relevant to your search by checking database selection box.

EBSCOHOST

• Enter your terms in the Find field. You can use Boolean operators (and, or, not) with a standard search. If available, field codes and search history may be used with your search.

• Select search options to refine your search. You can use limiters or expanders to broaden or narrow the focus of your search.

EBSCOHOST

• Additional options are available to refine your

search.

EBSCOHOST

• The results are displayed showing the citation and a link to the full text.

EBSCOHOST

• PDF or HTML full text can be saved to a diskette.

• The PDF text can only be viewed in the Adobe Acrobat software.

• If the software is not available on your computer it can be downloaded from Adode.com.

EBSCOHOST

• Click this link to send the Full text to your E-MAIL

account.

EBSCOHOST

• Enter your e-mail address and subject and click send.

EBSCOHOST

• Click this link to return to your search results or begin a new search.

City College Library Homepage

J-STOR

JSTOR provides full-text access to more than 300 scholarly journals offering more than 886,000 full-length articles going back to 1838. Here are the subject areas addressed: African American Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Archeology, Asian Studies, Botany, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, Geography, History, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Mathematics, Middle East Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Slavic Studies, Sociology, and Statistics. Updated frequently, JSTOR covers important research articles, reviews, opinion pieces, and other

items published in key journals.

J-STOR

• Click advanced search. Advanced search provides additional help features not found in Basic search.

J-STOR

• You can type in your search terms here.

• For example, Asian American education New York.

• Select type

J-STOR

• Select the disciplines and or journals for this search.

J-STOR

• Results are listed by relevance. The list may be sorted by date and the title of the journal.

• Click the title link to view the citation and abstract.

J-STOR

• The complete article may be viewed on this page.

J-STOR

• Click this link to download the file to a disk.

Databases A-Z

Opposing Viewpoints Provides complete sources for information on social issues. You can

access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

• Decide on a topic.• There are topics

listed on the homepage of Opposing of Viewpoints.

• You may enter a topic not listed in this box.

Opposing Viewpoints

• Use this menu to select a search option, i.e., Viewpoints, images, news. etcc.

• Click search.

Opposing Viewpoints

Opposing Viewpoints

• Viewing the Results

• The database provides “Expert Piks” which are articles recommended by by researchers from Opposing ViewPoints.

Opposing Viewpoints

• Viewpoints provides information about the topic from various viewpoints and opinions. 

Opposing Viewpoints

• Besides “ViewPoints” you can select reference sources, news, statistics audio videos, websites, etc.

Opposing Viewpoints

• Click on a title to view the full text of any article, source or image.

Opposing Viewpoints

Print/E-mail • To print either

full text or citations select the print icon, , and follow the instructions. 

• To e-mail either full text or citations select the e-mail icon, , and follow the instructions.

SCHOLAR

Searching all CCNY databases

• Google Scholar is on the internet but it is a special database that will provide scholarly referee research journals.

Searching all CCNY databases

• The “Find Full text at CUNY” link will bring you back into the CCNY Library database

environment.

Searching all CCNY databases

• Select this link to view the full

text of the article.

Searching all CCNY databases

Circulation Desk, 2nd Floor

Reference Desk , 2nd Floor

Bound Periodicals, 1st Floor

PowerPoint Tutorials

Prof. Jacqueline A. Gill, Associate Professor

Reference Librarian and Information Literacy CoordinatorExt. 6089jgill@ccny.cuny.eduhttp://learningthelibrary.com