Research at the Lloyd Sealy Library

Travel Writing

The Lloyd Sealy Library Website

http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/

Google and Wikipedia: Inconceivable!

• Google searching is useful but not for conducting research for a college paper

• Search Topics in Google tend to produce too many results.

• Wikipedia is not always accurate and can be very unreliable, particularly on controversial subjects

• Wikipedia is not a source Professors accept for research papers

Follow the Yellow Brick Road: Searching Google

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! Its… CUNY+ !

CUNY+ is the Online Library Catalog for the City University of New York.

Hi! Can I Have Your Call Number?

Databases, E-Journals, and Publications… Oh My!

There are Two Types of Articles to look for when researching:

• Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) Material

• Non-Scholarly Material

Besides CUNY+ Research Material can be found in:

• Databases• Electronic Journals

Databases You Might Find Useful

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)

The Nuts and Bolts of Academic Search Premier

Gale Virtual Reference Library

The Nuts and Bolts of Gale Virtual Reference Library

Structure Is Your Friend

Elements of Writing

• Pick a Specific Topic

• Developing a Thesis

• Researching and Constructing the Body of the Paper

• Reaching a Conclusion

Origins and Travel History of a Commonplace Product or Invention

Products created elsewhere or as a result of travel:

• Spaghetti (Marco Polo)• Alcohol/Beer• Atomic Bombs (Albert

Einstein, Enrico Fermi)• Penicillin• Bifocals (Benjamin

Franklin)• X-Ray (Wilhelm Conrad

Rontgen)• Missiles (Verner von

Braun)• Basketball (James

Naismith)

Famous Travels and TravelersStories real and imagined involving Travel:

• The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer

• Innocents Abroad, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, and Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

• The Rise of David Levinsky by Abraham Cahan

• The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

• Anything by or on both Winston Churchill and Theodore Roosevelt

No Ticket?!... Travel Writing Resources

Websites, Podcasts, and other Resources for Travel

Writing:

• http://www.writtenroad.com/• The Travel Writing Portal at:

http://www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/travel/travel_writing/index.shtml

• The Travel Channel http://www.travelchannel.com/

• Recommended Shows:– Bizarre Foods with Andrew

Zimmern– Anthony Bourdain– Samantha Brown

Practice Makes

Perfect

• Locate a BOOK using CUNY+. Identify the author, book title, and call number

• Locate a SCHOLARLY ARTICLE by using a Database. Identify the author, article title, source, and date of publication

• Locate a POPULAR ARTICLE by using a Database. Identify the author, article title, source, and date of publication