4. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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”
11. 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
14. 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.
17. 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
18.
19. 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
