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RESEARCH
INTRODUCTION
TO
PROFESSOR SARAH COHN
REFERENCE & INSTRUCTION LIBRARIAN
October 4, 2023
AGENDA
Intro to library databases
Database exploration
Getting help
TODAY'S
DATABASES
LIBRARY
What is a database?
What do you expect to find in a library database?
What are the benefits of using a library database?
What are the drawbacks of using a library database?
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
- Print books, ebooks, articles
- Log in with your CUNY single login info
but not all of them!
Education Source
Educators Reference Complete
Biography in Context
OneSearch
Academic Search Complete
Subject Specific
Multi-Disciplinary
EXPLORATION
DATABASE
Sort yourselves into groups of 3
Each group will get a database to explore
You can do this all looking at one computer, or you can work individually and compile your answers
Answer the questions based on your experience
OneSearch
Black Freedom Struggle
Biography in Context
ARTstor
Opposing Viewpoints
JSTOR
Biography in Context
North American Immigrant Letters
HELP
GETTING
Professor Sarah Cohn
Reference & Instruction Librarian
scohn@ccny.cuny.edu
Reference Desk
Monday-Thursday 10am-7pm
Friday 10am-2pm
library.ccny.cuny.edu/researchtoolkit
Research Toolkit
TYPES
SOURCE
Scholarly
- Industry or field news
- Written by practitioners/those working in the field
- For other practitioners/those working in the field
- Great for finding out current news, debates, issues in a specific industry or field
Popular
Trade
- 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?
Eggs
Fish
Chicken
Fabergé
Image By Miguel Hermoso Cuesta - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32694929
Roe
Cuisine
Eating
Hatcheries
Farming
Spawning
fish AND roe AND cuisine
fish AND roe AND hatcheries
fish AND roe AND hatcheries AND salmon
Nutrition content
Production
Chicken diet
Cholesterol levels
Factory farming
Shell coating process
eggs AND chicken AND nutrition
eggs AND chicken AND factory farming
STRATEGIES
SEARCH
use AND to connect terms
career choice AND hospitality industry
use OR to connect synonyms
hospitality OR tourism AND career AND travel
use "..." for phrases or names
"career choice"
"Union Square Hospitality Group"
"Carla Hayden"
Inquiry in Education Fall 23
By Sarah Cohn
Inquiry in Education Fall 23
Engler
