City College Libraries Resources

SEEK Critical Reading, Writing , and Research

Professor Jacqueline A. GillInformation Literacy

Coordinator and Reference Librarian

CCNY Libraries212 650-6089

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

Library Homepage

CCNY Libraries Homepage

• On the City College homepage you can begin searching for books and journal articles.

City College Library Homepage

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

Gale Literature Resource Center

Gale Literature Resource Center (Full-text information)

• Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. Scribner Writer's Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres. drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print series. Twayne World, US, and English Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 full-text titles.

• http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/Menu.html

Gale Literature Resource Center

Gale Literature Resource Center •  Author search for Harry Houdini• Biography: illustrations and the

authors life profile and works.• Literary criticism: covers criticism of

the authors’ works• Bibliographies: listings of the authors

works.• Additional resources: other websites

about the author and his/her works.• Literary Historical Times: describes

events that occurred during the authors’ life.

• http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/Menu.html

Gale Literature Resource Center

MLA International Bibliography

• Journal citations on Harry Houdini

• When on any CUNY campus you can e-mail the citations to your account.

Gale Literature Resource Center

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

PS3711.76

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

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