Research at the Lloyd Sealy Library

What am I doing here in the middle of the summer anyway?

• What is the difference between Information, Fact, and Opinion? What does it mean to you as a student?

• What can the Lloyd Sealy Library do for you?

Did You Know…

One newspaper contains more

information and pictures than a

person in the 17th century would ever see in an entire lifetime.

How Most People Do Research

• Google Searches tend to produce too many results.• Wikipedia is not always accurate and can be very

unreliable, particularly on controversial subjects• Professors DO NOT accept Wikipedia for research

papers

Did You Know…

Wikipedia is a quick and easy to use

BUT because it is written

collaboratively by volunteers rather

than scholars, it is not always accurate

and can be very unreliable,

particularly on controversial

subjects.

Scholarly or Non-Scholarly… That is

the Question…

There are TWO types of articles

Scholarly (also Known as Peer-Reviewed)

• Written and reviewed by scholars to report the results of research and other scholarly activities.

Non-Scholarly Material• Written by non-scholars to report on a variety

of topics including recent news and entertainment.

How to judge a Book by its cover…

Yes a Book!• How can you trust a

source of information?

• What is the role of the library in this process?

• When selecting books, journals, magazines, newspapers and websites, how important is the Library in all this?

Did You Know…

Literacy used to mean that a person just had the ability to read and write. Now being

Information Literate means that a person must also know how to FIND, EVALUATE, and UNDERSTAND the effectiveness of the entire

process.

The Lloyd Sealy Library Website

http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/

CUNY+… Gesundheit!

• What is CUNY+? How can you use it?• What is a Call Number? I can do what

with it?!• What are the most useful ways to use

CUNY+?

What is a Call Number?

The call number represents the shelf location of the item in the

library's collections.

Databases – You’re not in Kansas anymore

Dorothy!• What exactly is a

database?• What does it mean

for me as a student? What’s in it for me?

• How do I use it? And which one is the best one for me?

• My teachers want how many articles?!

There are a large number of databases available from the Lloyd Sealy Library. Among the most popular are

Academic Search Premier (EBSCHOhost), Gale Virtual Reference Library and Lexis-Nexis Academic.

Facts are stubborn things…Key Information Literacy Points to

Remember

1. What are you looking for?

2. Where would be the best place to look for it?

3. Is what you’ve found useful? Can you use it?

4. How did I complete my assignment?!

Citing Sources

APA Format Guides Availablehttp://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/research/

apastyle.pdfhttp://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/research/

erefnew.pdf