1. JWST 23200:
Jews in Film
and Fiction
Pamela Gillespie
Associate Dean & Chief Librarian
prgcc@sci.ccny.cuny.edu

2. Now type
in the url
and
choose
―Jewish
Studies.‖
Then click
on the
guide for
this class.
Write this down: http://libguides.ccny.cuny.edu/

3. Make your browser your research base – get the LibX
Toolbar. When you click the toolbar icon, the ‗search‘
box for the library catalog opens. Click ―Links‖ to bring
up the quick list of research tools:

4. What materials should I use and
where should I look for them?
• BOOKS
• ARTICLES
• ESSAYS
• LIBRARY CATALOG
• DATABASES
• LITERARY CRITICISM
Start on the Library url you just wrote down:
http://libguides.ccny.cuny.edu/

9. Use the library catalog to find books and e-books, government
documents and audio visual materials.
When you enter the catalog from our web site, you enter the
separate City College catalog.

15. And I limited the search to the
―Film Studies‖ & ―Jewish Studies‖
categories.

18. Google Scholar is
a subset of
Google that will
provide scholarly
research journals
and books.
To go directly
into the full text
of content you
find, go to
Google Scholar
from the ―G‖
page link.

19. Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to
help you collect, organize, and cite
your research sources. It lives right
where you do your work—in your
web browser. Zotero.org
Download the software for your browser, and then
drag and drop your citations into Zotero using the
icon. When you have all your materials collected,
highlight the list and pick a citation style – MLA is
what you need for this class – and Zotero will do the
formatting.
Citing Your Sources