RESEARCH
INTRODUCTION
TO
PROFESSOR SARAH COHN
REFERENCE & INSTRUCTION LIBRARIAN
September 30, 2021
Hello!
I'm Sarah, your friendly librarian
My pronouns are she/her/hers and you can reach me at scohn@ccny.cuny.edu
Esperanza
AGENDA
How do you start your research?
Evaluating information
Keywords & search strategies
Navigating library databases
Getting help
TODAY'S
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How do you start your research?
Answer the first 3 questions at
Then pause & wait for instructions before moving on to the next section of the worksheet
INFORMATION
EVALUATING
Scholarly
- Original research
- Eyewitness accounts
- Letters, diaries, tweets, works of art
Popular
Primary
- Newspapers and magazines
- Written by journalists
- For everyone
- Academic, Scholarly, Peer Reviewed journal articles
- Written by academics/researchers
- For other academics/researchers
- Original research, theories, findings
- Deep knowledge of the topic
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?
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STRATEGIES
SEARCH
use AND to connect terms
athletes AND activism
athletes AND activism AND race
use OR to connect synonyms
professional OR elite AND athletes AND activism
use "..." for phrases or names
"Black Lives Matter"
"Naomi Osaka"
"Colin Kaepernick"
DATABASES
LIBRARY
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!
OneSearch
Academic Search Complete
JSTOR
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Multi-
Disciplinary
HELP
GETTING
Professor Sarah Cohn
Reference & Instruction Librarian
scohn@ccny.cuny.edu
Virtual Reference Desk
Monday-Friday 11am-5pm
Saturday 10am-2pm
library.ccny.cuny.edu/askus
In-Person Reference Desk
Monday-Thursday 10am-4pm