Home

English 110 Library Program

Fall 2007: Agnew/Black

· QC Library: 3 types of Sources

· Coming up with a thesis statement

· CUNY+

1. Searches - KW / Subject / Author / Guided

2. Boolean Searching

3. LC Call Numbers

4. CLICS

5. Periodical Search

· Online Databases

1. A-Z

2. Subject Listing

3. E-Periodicals: Academic Search Premier, Infotrac, NY Times Historical, Ethnic News Watch

4. Find-It!

· CAMS Account: Off-campus Access

· Web Resources

1. Evaluating Content

2. Websites: Public Libraries, Historical Societies,

Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online

Outline

Exercise

Links

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? _______

2. 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? ____________________________

3. 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? ____________________________

Use Academic Search Premier, or New York Times Historical to find resources on your topic. Circle the database you used, and 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?

Queens College

CUNY+ "My Account"