English 125

Topic: Deborah Tannen’s “Men and Women Talking on the Job.”

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Finding Scholarly Sources in the Library

Prof. Di Su

Library Resources

York College Library’s Homepage

URL: http://www.york.cuny.edu/library

Books (print and electronic)

CUNY+ Online Catalog

URL: http://apps.appl.cuny.edu:83/F/?func=find-b-0&local_base=york

(Use Advanced Search to limit to print books only)

Electronic Books

URL: http://www.york.cuny.edu/library/reference-databases/e-books

(Search ebrary Academic Complete for this topic)

Articles (electronic)

Main Page

URL: http://www.york.cuny.edu/library/reference-databases/full-text-databases

(Recommended databases for this topic: Social Science Journals (ProQuest), Social Sciences Full Text (Wilson), SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO), and JStor

Search

Keyword

Boolean Logic Operator – AND OR NOT

Truncation - ? *

Nesting – (…)

Sample search statement:

- (gender differences) and (workplace or job)

- (gender differences) and (perceptions)

Cite (MLA Style)

Use database’s built-in citing function

RefWorks (bibliography tool)

URL: https://www.refworks.com/Refworks/login.asp?WNCLang=false

Group code (case sensitive): RWYorkC

Created: 4/25/11 Updated: 4/25/11

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