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CCNY LIRARIES
INTRODUCTION
TO
PROFESSOR SARAH COHN
REFERENCE & INSTRUCTION LIBRARIAN
September 6, 2022
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
Library orientation
Intro to library databases
Getting help
TODAY'S
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Cohen Library
Science & Engineering Library
Architecture Library
Music Library
Dominican Studies Institute Library
Center for Worker Education Library
OneSearch
Most other databases
Many, not all, textbooks are available for 24 hour loan AKA
Reserves
Search by title in the catalog, or ask a librarian for help!
library.ccny.cuny.edu
CLICS
Inter-library Loan
(ILL)
DATABASES
LIBRARY
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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!
PsycInfo
Literature Resource Center
OneSearch
Academic Search Complete
Subject Specific
Multi-Disciplinary
Eggs
Fish
Chicken
Fabergé
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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
HELP
GETTING
Professor Sarah Cohn
Reference & Instruction Librarian
scohn@ccny.cuny.edu
Virtual Reference Desk
Monday-Thursday 1pm-7pm
Saturday 11am-3pm
library.ccny.cuny.edu/askus
In-Person Reference Desk
Monday-Thursday 10am-4pm
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?
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"
Svay FIQWS Fall 22
By Sarah Cohn
Svay FIQWS Fall 22
Fall 2022: Svay FIQWS Composition
