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RESEARCH
INTRODUCTION
TO
PROFESSOR SARAH COHN
REFERENCE & INSTRUCTION LIBRARIAN
September 13, 2022
Esperanza
How many libraries does City College have?
Cohen Library
Science & Engineering Library
Architecture Library
Music Library
Dominican Studies Institute Library
Center for Worker Education Library
AGENDA
Types of sources
Keywords & search strategies
Navigating library databases
Getting help
TODAY'S
Scholarly or Popular
tinyurl.com/swettfall22
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Read the two article excerpts at the link.
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Decide which one is from a POPULAR source and which one is from a SCHOLARLY source.
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Add comments with your decision.
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Be sure to include your reasons why.
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"
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
Virtual Reference Desk
Monday-Thursday 1pm-7pm
Saturday 11am-3pm
In-Person Reference Desk
Monday-Thursday 10am-4pm
Friday 10am-2pm
library.ccny.cuny.edu/researchtoolkit
Research Toolkit
INFORMATION
EVALUATING
