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Library Homepage

CCNY Libraries Homepage On the City College homepage you can begin searching for books and journal articles. City College Library Homepage

E-Journals

Getting Journal Articles Most older journals are located on the first floor of Cohen Library A majority of our journals for the last twenty years are available electronically.

Magazine/Newspaper articles vs. Peer Reviewed Magazine and newspaper articles are written by journalists whom are not necessarily an expert on the topic. Articles are selected by an editor for publication Revenue is mainly from advertisement. Articles may be published within a day Peer reviewed are written by experts-- Researchers, College Professors and Graduate Students. Articles are sent out for review to a panel of experts. Revenue is mainly from subscriptions. Articles take 2 months to two years to be published Getting Journal Articles

Gale Literature Resource Center

Gale Literature Resource Center (Full- text information) Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. Scribner Writer's Series includes page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres. drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print series. Twayne World, US, and English Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 full-text titles. u.html

Gale Literature Resource Center Author search for Harry Houdini Biography: illustrations and the authors life profile and works. Literary criticism: covers criticism of the authors’ works Bibliographies: listings of the authors works. Additional resources: other websites about the author and his/her works. Literary Historical Times: describes events that occurred during the authors’ life. u.html Gale Literature Resource Center

Bibliography Journal citations on Harry Houdini When on any CUNY campus you can the citations to your account.

LexisNexis® Academic LexisNexis® Academic provides searchable access to a comprehensive spectrum of full-text information from over 5,600 sources, selected to meet academic research needs, including: national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources; patents, U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information; Shepard's® Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789; Lexis-Nexis?

EBSCOHOST

In EBSCOHOST you can search many databases simultaneously. Go down the list and select all the databases relevant to your search by checking database selection box.

EBSCOHOST Enter your terms in the Find field. You can use Boolean operators (and, or, not) with a standard search. If available, field codes and search history may be used with your search. Select search options to refine your search. You can use limiters or expanders to broaden or narrow the focus of your search.

EBSCOHOST Additional options are available to refine your search.

EBSCOHOST PDF or HTML full text can be saved to a diskette. The PDF text can only be viewed in the Adobe Acrobat software. If the software is not available on your computer it can be downloaded from Adode.com. Adode.com

EBSCOHOST Enter your e- mail address and subject and click send.

EBSCOHOST Click this link to return to your search results or begin a new search. City College Library Homepage

Google Scholar is on the internet but it is a special database that will provide scholarly referee research journals. Searching all CCNY databases

The “Find Full text at CUNY” link will bring you back into the CCNY Library database environment. Searching all CCNY databases

Select this link to view the full text of the article. Searching all CCNY databases

Understanding Call Numbers

TR B The Call Number on the spine of the book tells you where to find the book on the shelves. Library of Congress Call Numbers

Academic Libraries usually use the Library of Congress Classification System, not the Dewey Decimal system. TR The first line is shelved in alphabetical order. On the library shelves you’d find books with the call number HA shelved before HB, TR would be before TS, etc The second line is a real number. You’d find 1 before 2, and before 178.9, etc...

TR B35 This line is both alphabetical and decimal. A number with.A-- would be found on the shelf before a number with.B--, B before C, etc…. But don’t forget this is a decimal number, so.B35 would be found on the shelf after.B214 and before.B This number is usually the date of the publication of the book would be found on the shelf before 1968, 1968 before 1969, etc...

Where should this book go in this sequence? BS 23.5.F578 BR 23.F466 BS 23.H4 BS F578 BS 23.7.F571 PS 3711.I76 PS 3711.F18 PS 3711.I7 PS 3711.I8 PS 3711.I975 BS 23.5.F578 PS Think of the answer before you advance the slide.

CUNY+ Catalog/Internet stations, 2 nd Floor

Find Books, Videos, and more Click “CUNY+ search” link or type your author, title, subject, or keyword in the search box.

Find Books, Videos, and more

Location Call Number Item Status Due date

Once you have the call number look at the first letter of the call number and look at the Book Location Charts which are posted near the computer catalogs on the 2 nd floor. Find Books, Videos, and more

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