Name of student
_________________________________________________________ Date ____________________________
Name of instructor
________________________________________________________ Section __________________________
Instructions: Go to the Kingsborough
Community College Library’s homepage (http://www.kbcc.cuny.edu/kcclibrary)
to view this assignment. Click on
“Library Assignments” and then “Student Development.” Record your answers on a printed copy of this assignment.
1. Select
one ethnic or cultural group about which you would like to know more. The books listed below should be used to
help you make your choice. They are all
available at the library's Reference Desk located on the second floor. What is the number of the book that you
selected? __1 __2
__3 __4 __5
|
Table of Contents or Index |
Library of Congress Classification No. |
Citation |
|
American Immigrant
Cultures: Builders of a Nation. New York: Macmillan, 1997. 2 vols. |
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|
Index |
American Immigration a Student
Companion. New York: Oxford University Press,
2001. |
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|
Encyclopedia of American Immigration. Armonk, NY: Sharpe, 2001. 4 vols. |
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JV6465 .B73 2001 |
Facts About American Immigration. New York: Wilson,
2001. |
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|
Gale
Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. Detroit: Gale, 2000. 3 vols. |
·
View the Table of Contents or index to find out if
this book has information on the group you chose by clicking its link in the
first column or using the copy kept at the Reference Desk. If you cannot find an entry for your group,
chose another one.
· Which ethnic group did you select? ____________________________________________________________________
· On what pages does this book have an article about the group you selected? Page numbers: ____________________
2. There
should be a list of books and periodical articles about your ethnic group at
the end of the article. This list is
called a bibliography. If there isn’t a
bibliography, choose a different group and change your answer to question 1.
·
Was it necessary for you to choose another group?
__No. __Yes. What was the
name of the group that you finally chose?
_______________________________________
·
On what page did this bibliography start? Page number ____________
·
Make a photocopy of the bibliography. When you hand in the completed assignment,
attach it to this page.
·
Click on the Back Button on the top of the screen
to return to the homepage.
3. Chose
one book from this bibliography.
·
What is the title of the book that you chose? Title: _________________________________________________________
·
Use CUNY+Plus to find out if this book is in our
library.
·
Click
here to go to
CUNY+Plus. (If
necessary, click on the middle button in the upper right-hand corner to
maximize the screen.
·
If you are using a computer at Kingsborough
Community College, you will see “Kingsborough - Basic Search" displayed at
the top of the screen. Otherwise, “You
are searching: CUNY Union Catalog” will be displayed. Click on “Select
Individual CUNY Libraries” (highlighted in yellow) and click on “Kingsborough.” (It might be necessary to
move up the screen by pressing the up-arrow on the keyboard.)
·
Enter the title of a book from the bibliography in
the box under the heading “Browse an Alphabetical List.” In the box next to the caption “Select list
to browse” make sure that the words “Title (omit initial article)” are
displayed. Note: This means to omit the
words “A,” “An” or “The” if they appear at the beginning of the title.
·
Press the [Enter] key or click on the Browse button
next to the title.
·
If this book is in our library, it will appear at
the top of the list of books displayed on the next screen.
·
What is the title of the book that you chose? Title: __________________________________________________
·
Is this book in our library?
__Yes. __No. Repeat the title search until you locate a title owned by our
library.
What is the title of the
book you found? ______________________________________________________________
·
Click on the title of your book. The book's author, title, year, format and
holdings will be displayed.
·
Click on “Kingsborough” to find more information
concerning this book.
·
What is the item’s status? _____________________________________________________________
·
What is its due date? _____________________________________________________________
·
What is the book’s call number?
_________________________________________________________
·
What is the book's location?
____________________________________________________________
·
You can find out if this book is available from
other CUNY libraries by clicking on the option “Select all CUNY Libraries”
located on the top of the screen.
·
Enter the title of a book from the bibliography in
the box under the caption “Browse an Alphabetical List.” How many libraries own a copy of this
book? __None __1-5 __6-10 __More than
10
4. Look
for this book in our library’s collection.
All Reference Books are located on the 2nd floor. All circulating books are located on the 5th,
6th, 7th and 8th floors of the library. The first letter of the call number
indicates the floor where the book is shelved.
|
Floor |
Call numbers starting with the letter |
|
2nd |
REF – All call numbers |
|
5th |
A – B – C – D – E – F –
G |
|
6th |
H – J – K – L – M – N |
|
7th |
P |
|
8th |
Q – R – S – T –U – V –
Z |
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On what floor would you look for this book? __2nd __5th __6th __7th __8th
5. Look for another book near the book you
found that has the same or similar call number.
·
What is the title of one of the books located near
your book?
___________________________________________
·
What is the entire call number of this book?
__________________________________________________________
6. Find
a periodical article about your ethnic group.
Click here
to go to the "E-Journals & Reference Databases" page. A number of periodical indexes can be used
to find this information. Three online
periodical indexes available to Kingsborough Community College students that
could be used to find articles for this assignment are Academic Search Premier, MasterFile
Premier or Ethnic Newswatch.
·
Which index did you use? __Academic SearchPremier __MasterFile
Premier __Ethnic Newswatch
·
What is the title of the article that you
chose?
_________________________________________________________
·
In what periodical did it appear?
____________________________________________________________________
·
On what date and on what pages did it appear? Date: ___________________ Pages: ___________________
·
Is this article available in full-text? __Yes. __No.
(Note:
If the full-text of an article is available in Academic Search Premier or MasterFile
Premier, the caption "HTML Full Text or PDF Full Text" is displayed under the citation for that
article. For Ethnic Newswatch, the caption “Full-text”
is displayed.)
7. You may be able to access full-text articles from this
periodical in other databases available to Kingsborough Community College students.
·
Click on Back
button in upper left corner of the screen to reach “E-Journals & Reference
Databases” page.
·
Click on red button next to the caption
“Alphabetical List of Full Text Materials” located in the left column of the
table.
·
Enter the title of your
periodical in the empty box next to the box containing the words “Title begins
with”.
·
Are the articles
in this periodical available from any other database?
·
__No. __Yes.
What is the name of one database?
_______________________________________________
Comments or suggestions
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Prepared by
Dr. Allan Mirwis, Readers Services Librarian. Revised - April 2004.
