Week9 aboutbooks

…About BOOKSEnglish 216A Research and Information Literacy Week 8:

Update on Syllabus and Course Schedule

This week: Oct 21: About Books Week 9: Oct 28 : Evaluating Web

Sites Week 10: Nov 4: Avoiding

Plagiarism Week 11: Nov. 11: Mid Term Project

Preparation Week: 12: Nov 18: Mid Term Project

DUE

Now Let’s Search for Books

Let’s Search for Books today by keyword and subject terms

The Library Catalog

Ebooks

Print Books

What if a print book is not available at your campus library???

You may request it online.

ENCORE – Discovery Platform The power of a Google-like search engine integrated

into the Library Catalog

Single search results from multiple Library sources

Integration of articles, books, eBooks, digital collections from the Library

Automatic refinement and organization of search results such as by location, format, availability

Separate tabs for books and articles

Export to Ref Works

Search Encore from the Library homepage

Encore Search Results

My Library

Log in to My Library with your CNR bar code See a list of your borrowing history See a list of your saved searches Renew a book or media item Request a book to be held for you

WorldCat

If you cannot find a book in Gill Library

Go back to the library homepage and use:

WORLDCAT

- a consortium of participating libraries and the option to order via interlibrary loan.

Lab

Search Classic Catalog or Encore Find a book to borrow from Coop City

Library or request it from another campus

Search World Cat Order a book not owned by Gill

Library and order it through Interlibrary loan