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Using Library Resources
Finding Library Website
Library Home
OPAC
• Online Public Access Catalog
• Catalog of all of the materials held by both our Queens and Brooklyn library
• Default is the Simple Icon Search but you can change it to Advanced Search Mode
• On the simple Icon Search, you can search by Author, Title, Subject, or All. All is the default
• Check on item status and availability
Icon Search
Advanced Search
Hover on Search to reveal
drop down menu
Library Databases
Library Databases • We have over 30 databases
• They contain the full-text of articles from scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, and books.
• They are not the Internet! Please do not tell students they cannot use anything they find online and lump databases into this!
• Most databases have scholarly/peer-reviewed filter. You can retrieve information that has authority and is credible
Database tips
• Do not use Natural language-the way you naturally think. This works with Google but is not good for databases
• Brainstorm Search terms!
• Phrase searching- putting things in quotes
• Use Boolean operators
Boolean Searching AND-using “AND” with two search terms will give
you results that include both search terms Ex: Diabetes AND Children NOT-used when you want to bring up information
with one keyword but not another Excludes words from results. For example, search for: Virginia NOT “West Virginia” OR-can be used to broaden a search You can use this if there are multiple terms that describe what you’re looking for Ex: “Domestic Violence” OR “Domestic abuse”
Multidisciplinary Databases
EBSCO Academic Search Premier:
• Full text for over 4,700 journals
• More than 4,000 peer-reviewed, full-text journals
• Covers the expansive academic disciplines now being offered in colleges and universities
Finding Academic Search Premier
Subject Specific Databases
Business Source Premier: • The industry's most popular business research
database, featuring the full text for more than 2,200 journals
• Includes Company Profiles, Industry Reports, • Market Research Reports, and SWOT analyses Business Insights Essentials: • user-friendly business tool that delivers
authoritative company and industry information, articles, and statistical data.
Business Source Premier
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
• Premier online resource covering today’s hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration, to violent video games. Opposing Viewpoints in Context is cross-curricular and supports different subjects including science, social science, and current events
• Gives both sides of an issues and let’s students make up their own minds
General Reference-Credo
• Vast, online reference library, providing access to the full text of over 600 hundred highly regarded and popular titles including encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks.
• Subject coverage is especially diverse and equipped to address all key disciplines
• Examples of titles available include: Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary