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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"