RESEARCH

TWO

PT

PROFESSOR SARAH COHN

REFERENCE & INSTRUCTION LIBRARIAN

November 3, 2022

AGENDA

Evaluating information

Database review

Getting help

TODAY'S

INFORMATION

EVALUATING

What makes a source 'reliable' or 'credible'?

padlet.com/scohn3/nov3

DATABASES

LIBRARY

PsycINFO

Environmental Studies

BioOne

SocIndex

OneSearch

General Science FT

Academic Search Complete

Subject Specific

Multi-

Disciplinary

library.ccny.cuny.edu

OneSearch box

Databases link

  • Access to all 300+ databases at CCNY
  • Alphabetical or sort by subject
  • Log in with your CityMail info
  • Simple search bar option
  • Meta-search
    • Searches multiple databases at once
  • Log in with your CUNY single login info

but not all of them!

HELP

GETTING

Professor Sarah Cohn

Reference & Instruction Librarian

scohn@ccny.cuny.edu

Reference Desk

Monday-Thursday 10am-6pm

Friday 10am-2pm

library.ccny.cuny.edu/researchtoolkit

Research Toolkit

SOURCES

SCHOLARLY &

AKA Peer Reviewed AKA Academic Sources

POPULAR

Scholarly Source

Journal: Virulence

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Authors: faculty members at universities

Audience: usually other researchers, students, & faculty. Generally not for average reader

Abstract: short description of the article. Read first to determine if you want to read the whole thing

Keywords: use to build further database searches

Popular Source

Audience: general public

Content: little or no jargon, human interest hook, photos

Citations: links within the text

Newspaper: NYT

Authors: Journalist

TERMS

SEARCH

AKA KEYWORDS

what is your main topic?

what are the specifics?

combining different terms = different results

what are different ways to describe your ideas?

How does climate change impact frogs?

Climate Change

  • Water availability
  • Disease
  • Water temperature
  • Air temperature

Impact

  • Ecology
  • Habitat
  • Aquaculture
  • Physiology
  • Reproduction
  • Life cycle
  • Development

Frogs

  • Amphibians
  • Tadpoles
  • Genus & Species
  • Location

STRATEGIES

SEARCH

use AND to connect terms

disease AND climate change AND alpine tree frog

tadpoles AND development AND climate change AND australia

use OR to connect synonyms

frog OR tadpole AND disease AND climate change

use "..." for phrases or names

"climate change"

"alpine tree frog"