English 120 Library Program

Spring 2008: Agnew/Altman

 

· QC Library: Types of Sources: 1. Books

                                                        2. Reference Books

                                                        3. Periodicals

 

· Access to Scholarly journals: 1. CUNY +

                                                      2. Online Databases

 

· Scholarly Journals vs Magazines

 

· CAMS Account: Off-campus Access

 

· Evaluating Sources: 1. Newspapers

                                        2. Websites

 

· Online Databases

1.  A-Z

2.  Subject Listing

 

· Academic Search Premier

1.  Searches - KW / Subject / Author

2.  Boolean Searching

3.  Find It!

 

· Lexis-Nexis, NY Times

 

· National Newspaper Index, Ethnic Newswatch

 

· Opposing Viewpoints

 

 

 

Outline

Exercise

Links

 

1. Use one of the databases (Lexis-Nexis, National Newspaper Index, Ethnic Newswatch, Opposing Viewpoints) to find resources on your topic.  Provide the item description below:

 

Author of Item __________________________________
Title of Item __________________________________
Source Title __________________________________
Volume, Issue, Date, Pages info __________________________________

· Do we own the item 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?  ________________

 

Use "All CUNY Catalogs" to find items QC does not own.  

 

What library owns it?

 

 

2. Use Academic Search Premier to find resources on your topic. Provide the item description below:

 

Author of Item __________________________________
Title of Item __________________________________
Source Title __________________________________
Volume, Issue, Date, Pages info _________________________________

 

 

3. Go back to the Results list of the search. Click on a title to view the subjects and click on a subject heading.

 

Are the results more relevant to your search? _______

 

Are there any other titles that look useful? __________

 

Are they available? _________

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CUNY+ "My Account"

Queens College ADS & Lotus Notes

CUNY Libraries' Tutorials

QC E-Reserves Pages

Citations

 

UC Berkeley’s Style Guides: MLA  APA

 

 

 

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