GEORGE T. POTTER LIBRARY

 

College English

October 15, 2007
 

        Shirley Knight                                                              Lisa Williams, Professor

        sknight@ramapo.edu x7315                                        ENGL 180-09

 I. The George T. Potter Library Homepage http://library.ramapo.edu

  • Provides access to the catalog (OPAC), databases, interlibrary loan forms and more.

 

II. Finding Books at the Potter Library

  • Catalog: use this to find books, periodical titles (NOT articles ), government documents, reserve items, music,and movies owned by the Library. You may limit a search by language, year(s) of publication, type of material, etc. This may take a few seconds to load.
  • Use the Basic Search to find material using Keywords.
    • For example: search for war crimes or war on terror to locate a broad range of materials the library has on these keywords.
    • Use quotation marks around a multi-word phrase so that the catalog system will treat it as a single word.  For example, "Iraq War"
    • When you find an appropriate title, click on the Subject etc. tab located at the top of a catalog record to see which Library of Congress subject headings are discussed in that particular book/DVD/periodical to get to more titles that deal with that subject .
      • OR
  • Search the catalog using Subject Browse feature if you know the relevant Library of Congress subject heading, for example,

        

                                              

                                         
Subject Headings
  • Burma-Politics and Government--1988-
  • Genocide--Sudan--Darfur
  • Human rights-- Burma
  • Human rights--Iraq
  • Human rights--Sudan--Darfur
  • Iraq War, 2003-
  • Refugees
  • War Crimes
  • War and Society
  • Women and War

 

    • Tips
 
    1. Start with broad searches. It is much easier to discard too much rather than start with too little.
    2. If you don't know the Subject Heading, use the Subject etc. tab located on the top of a catalog record to get to the headings. This will help you focus in on more relevant material.
    3. Can "virtually" browse the shelves by clicking on the call number in a record.

III. Reference Material

  • The reference stacks are located on the 3rd floor (this is also the library's entrance).
  • Selected materials for your projects:
      Ref HF 5803 .W54
     
    Ref  BF 692.2       .A 584
    Encyclopedia of Women and Gender: Sex Similarities and Differences & the Impact of Society and Gender

    Ref  HQ 1115 .E43
    CIA World Fact Book Ref HQ 1090.3 .M436
     

    Ref HF 5803 .A38

    Ref  HF 6161 .B4
     

    Ref  HF 6161 .T6 B57
     
    Ref T223 .V2 B82
     
    Ref T223 .V2 B81
       
 

IV. Electronic Resources

Lexis-Nexis: Academic Offers full-text newspaper and journal articles on news, legal, financial, and medical, information and more..
America's Newspapers

Provides full-text perdiocal and newslett er articles on the latest industry news, marketing trends, as well as product and competitive information etc.
See Also:  
Proquest Newspapers  
Gallup Brain  
Academic Search Premier

A multi-disciplinary database containing both full-text articles and citations.

NOTE: When only a citation is included, click on the Check availability at Ramapo link to see if the full text of the article is available in our collection.

Scholarly/Peer Reviewed/Refereed articles have been reviewed by a selected panel of experts in the discipline covered by that journal. Many of the databases allow you to limit your search to these articles.

Tips

  1. Always switch to the Advanced Search page in a database. This will give you more control over your results.
  2. Always use Boolean Operators--AND, OR, NOT and Quotation Marks when running a search. For Example: "war and conflict" or "Darfur and refugees"
  3. Always check your Spelling if the database results are zero.
  4. Use the Subject Terms or Thesaurus link, if available, to find the best terms to use in a database.

 

Sample Journal Titles
Indexed In:
Advertising Age Lexis-Nexis: Academic
Adweek Lexis-Nexis: Academic
Gender Bias Reporter Gender Watch
Gender Research Information Bulletin Gender Watch
Genders Gender Watch
Journal of Advertising Lexis-Nexis:Academic

                        

   

  V. Journal Finder and Interlibrary Loans

  • Journal Finder: indicates the electronic, microfilm and print periodicals in the library's collection.. This feature also appears in many of our databases
  • Use the Interlibrary Loan: form to obtain books and articles not in the libraries collection. There is a link from the Journal Finder page. Both of these links can be found under QUICK LINKS on

the library's homepage.

 

VI. Web Sources

     Use  the following Subject Resource under History to locate supplemental information on current events.

 

VII. Other  Suggested Web Sites

    Susan Bordo "The Empire of Images in Our World of Bodies" 2003, pp 105-14

    

 

 

VIV. Bibliographies

 
 

Course Reserves

Use QandA NJ: a 24/7 virtual chat with a reference librarian.

 

Need more help? Visit or call the Reference Desk: 201.684.7574

 


 
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