Writing 303 Spring 2011

Library Assignment: Finding books and articles

Prof. Di Su

Library Resources Homepage

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

Books (print and electronic)

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

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

Articles (print and electronic)

http://apps.appl.cuny.edu:83/F/T7S3DN26FP6E4UJICU18KRFHY8EIS1KMMFECXGRQIQ8JH76MK6-52205?func=find-b-0&local_base=u-journal

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

Research topic

The recession’s impact on families and communities

Search technique

Choosing the right database: topic-related

Using keywords: recession, impact, families, communities

Using Boolean Logic Operators: and, or, not

Using truncation: ? (for one letter); * (for any number of letters)

Limiting (narrowing down): year, full-text, peer reviewed, adding more search terms

Notes

Citing styles: MLA, APA, Chicago <http://www.york.cuny.edu/~disu/LibCitingSty.html>

Remote access to York College Library’s databases: ID barcode (14 digits); VPN (your York College network account)

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

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