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17-11-2005

 

 English 152W - Library Program

Fall '05 Miller/Lehman

 

Agenda Nov. 17, 2005 6:30 - 8:00 BRL 101A

Agenda

  • Introductions - Purpose (Class Research)
  • Library Intro (in-person and online tours and tutorials)
     
  • QC Library Technology Intro (ADS and GOTO)
  • Finding Books - CUNY+ Intro
  1. Searches - AU, TI, SU & Journals.
  1. A-Z
  2. Subject listing
  3. E-Periodicals
  4. "Find-it!"
  • Databases Intro -
  1. MLA Bibliography - (corresp. paper titles)
  2. Newspapers - NYTimes
  3. Reader's Guide & Retrospective
  4. Subject Databases
Exercises CUNY+ - Exercices
  1. Use CUNY+ to do a keyword search on your topic.
    Make sure it is set to Queens collections only.  Scan
    the titles to find one that looks interesting and provide
    the citation below.

Author of Item _____________________________________

Title of Item____________________________

Publisher & Publication Date of Item _____________________________________

ISBN________________________________

  • Look at the record by clicking on the title. ___________
  • What subject(s) are listed? ______________________
  • Is the item on the shelf? _________________________
  • What is the call number? ________________________
  • What location in the library is the item shelved? _______
  1. Go back to the results list of the search click on a title
    to view the subjects and click on a subject heading.
  • How does the search change? ____________________
  • Are there any other titles that look useful? ___________
  • Are they available? ____________________________
  1. Do a new search and do a field specific search (Author,
    Title, or Subject)  Using specific info from the title from
    number one above.
  • How does the search change? ____________________
  • Are there any other titles from that author? ___________
  • Are they available? ____________________________

Databases - Exercises

Use New York Times Historial, MLA Bibliography
Premier,  & a subject specific periodicals database each to find an article on your topic.  Provide the citations below.

 

Author of Article __________________________________
Title of Article __________________________________
Periodical Title __________________________________
Volume, Issue, Date, Pages __________________________________

Author of Article __________________________________
Title of Article __________________________________
Periodical Title __________________________________
Volume, Issue, Date, Pages __________________________________

Author of Article __________________________________
Title of Article __________________________________
Periodical Title __________________________________
Volume, Issue, Date, Pages __________________________________

  • Do we own the periodical online in full-text? ___

  • What years do we own? _________________

  • In which databases? (abbreviate & list up to three) _____________________________

  • Do we own the periodical in paper?  ________

  • What years do we own?  ________________

  • What is the Call Number? _______________

  • Do we own the periodical in microfilm?  ______

  • What years do we own?  ________________
Links CUNY Libraries' Tutorials - http://ols.cuny.edu/tutorial/

QC online databases -
http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/Library/online/
dbasetitle.html

UC Berkeley's MLA Style Guide - http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/
Guides/MLAstyle.pdf

UC Berkeley's Chicago Style Guide - http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/
Guides/Chicago-Turabianstyle.pdf

17-Nov-2005

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