introduction to research resources for the faculty professor jacqueline a. gill information literacy...

Introduction to Research Resources for

the Faculty Professor Jacqueline A. Gill

Information Literacy Coordinator and

Reference LibrarianCCNY Libraries

212 650-6089

[email protected]://learningthelibrary.com

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Contents

• CCNY Libraries Homepage• Reserves• Interlibrary Loans• Proxy Account• Searching E –Journals• Finding Journals that are not

online• CUNY+• CLICS• Renewing materials from off

campus• Ebscohost• Other subject related databases • Resources by Subject• Library Instruction sessions

CCNY Libraries Homepage

http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/library


• The City College Libraries homepage is the starting point for gaining access to all resources within the library.



Reserves

• You can place materials for your course on reserve. Students will be able to check out materials for two hours or download articles.

• From the City College homepage click “Databases A-Z”.

Reserves

Reserves

• Click “Reserves”.• Click Current Semester”.• .

Reserves

• 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. Instructors can password protect these and other materials

Reserves

http://ccny.docutek.com/eres/

Interlibrary Loans

Interlibrary LoansFinding materials not owned

by CCNY Libraries

Interlibrary loans are free▪ Reprints of journal articles▪ Reprints of magazine articles▪ Temporary loan of books, some dissertations, reports,

documents – but not textbooks

Books owned by CUNY must be requested using CUNY+ through CLICS

• Allow 2-3 weeks for delivery. • You will be notified via email when the book has arrived at the

Circulation Desk . • Loan period is 3 weeks.• Articles are sent to your email account.

Interlibrary LoansSending a loan request


• To request an Interlibrary Loan you need the citation (author, title, year etc.) .

• You can request an Interlibrary Loan by going to the CCNY Libraries homepage.

• Click “Services” and then click “Interlibrary Loans”.

Interlibrary Loans

Click “ILL Requests” link


WorldCat Database

Interlibrary Loans can be searched and ordered in WorldCat.

Click “Databases A-Z” and click “WorldCat”.


WorldCat Database1. Enter search terms

here

2. Locate your title.

3. Click the ILL link.

4. Fill in the form and submit.

•Interlibrary Loans

http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/library/services_interlibrary.cfm

Proxy Account

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

Looking for a particular journal article? Go to E-Journals on the CCNY Libraries Database page.

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.

E-Journals

• Go to the CCNY Libraries homepage and click “Databases A-Z”.

E-Journals

• Select E-Journals A to Z”.

E-Journals

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

• You can select any one of the databases to find your article.

E-Journals

• Select the year and issue.

E-Journals

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

Finding Journals that are not online

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.


• Identify your title.


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


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

floor.


• Paper journals are shown here.

• Go to the Circulation Desk to request the journal.

BooksGovernment DocumentsAudio Visual Materials Journal subscriptions

CLICSRenewing Books Online

CUNY+

CUNY+ Catalog/Internet stations,

2nd Floor

Searching in CUNY+

• From the City College Libraries homepage type your search request in the box provided.

• Use the pull-down menu to identify your search.

• Click “Search”.

• The page defaults to the CUNY Union Catalog. If you want to search in the CCNY catalog, click “Choose a Library” and select “City”.

Searching in CUNY+

• Select a book from CCNY Libraries or from another CUNY College.

Searching in CUNY+

• This is the location of the book.

• The call number is noted here.

• Item status tells you that the book can be checked out.

• Due Date - If there is a date here, the book has been checked out.

Searching in CUNY+

Book Location Chart

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.

Circulation Policy

Faculty may check out a book for 6 weeks with 3 online renewals.

http://Circulation Policy

http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/library/about_circulation.cfm

CUNY+ - CLICS

• If you have chosen a book from another CUNY College you can pick the book up yourself or you can have the book sent to City College and you can pick the book up at the City College Circulation Desk. This is called a CLICS Book Request.

• Click this link to request the book.

CUNY+ - CLICS

• Enter you barcode number.

• You barcode must be validated once a semester at the Circulation Desk.

• Your barcode is also your password.

CUNY+ - CLICS

• Click “Go” to submit your request. You will see a confirmation page – Click “Go” a second time.

• It will take approximately 48 hours to 2 weeks for delivery. .

CUNY+ - Renewing materials from off campus

Click “My Account” to login in.

Type in your 14 digit barcode number found on the back of your CCNY ID card.

Click “Log in”.

Go to CUNY+ and click “My Account”.


1. Select “Loans”.

2. Select the number next to

the materials that you want to

renew.

3. Click “Renew”.


Principles of Searching

Similar ideas are expressedin a word with different endings.

educateeducatingeducated

education, etc.

educat* 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

secondary education OR

middle school

Anything in either of these circlesIs recovered

Secondaryeducation

Middleschool

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

Secondaryeducation

Middleschool

Boolean Searching

Boolean Searching

Same combined

search terms

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

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.

• You can select all databases by clicking the first box.

EBSCOHOST

• Enter your terms in the Find field. You can use Boolean operators (and, or) 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.

http://adobe.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.

– NetLibrary– Education Full-Text– ERIC – JStor– Project Muse

Education Databases

NET LIBRARY

• NetLibrary is a collection of more than 1000 online books in all subject areas. Also included in NetLibrary is the Project Gutenberg database of over 3,400 books from all historical periods. Books range from works of fiction and other literature to scientific and technical books. Materials are appropriate for students and researchers at all levels.

• Create an account and begin searching.

EDUCATION FULL TEXT

• Education Full Text provides full indexing and abstracting of almost 700 education journals and magazines; of these, 284 are available in full text. Subjects covered include all areas of education: K-12, higher education, special education, and adult education. The publications vary from scholarly peer-reviewed journals to more popular education magazines. Thus, the database is useful for persons at all levels of knowledge. Images are in black and white only.

ERIC

• The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a digital library of education-related resources, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education. The ERIC online system provides the public with a centralized ERIC Web site for searching the ERIC bibliographic database of more than 1.1 million citations going back to 1966.

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.

Project MUSE is a database consisting of over 300 peer-reviewed scholarly journals, mostly in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, published primarily by small scholarly or university presses. This database is more appropriate for the advanced student or scholar, but lower level undergraduates may also find useful material.

Project Muse

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

Opposing Viewpoints is a full-text database covering issues that are currently being debated in modern society. The database attempts to present a full spectrum of viewpoints on every issue and includes essays especially written for the database, magazine and newspaper articles, statistical information, images, articles from reference books, primary documents, and web sites.

Recommended Databases by Subject


• The Subject Database pages are complied by the CCNY librarians.

• From the City College Libraries Homepage select the “Research by Subject” link.


• On this page you can select the subject database, or browse subject related WebPages for topic information.

Link to the form is on the CCNY Libraries “Services” page.

Sign up for a library instruction session for your

class

Send me an email or call at [email protected]

Ext. 6089


Reference Desk

Stop by the Reference Desk in any of CCNY Libraries for additional help

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