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Sealy Library Information
for International Students
Welcome & introduction:Welcome to the Lloyd Sealy Library! We want you to enjoy using the library and we are happy to help you learn how to use the library successfully! Using information resources well is important to your college success and to your career. In some of your courses, you will be required to write a research paper. The grade you get for the paper will be an important part of the grade you receive for the course. Before writing the paper, research your topic. Use books, journals and other library resources. Short informal classes on using the library are held during each semester, at specific times. The classes and class times are listed at http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/info/classes/ No need to tell us in advance that you are coming to a class- just come to the Reference Desk in the library at class time. The reference librarians are here to help you. Please come and talk to us, at the reference desk. The reference desk is on the second floor of the library, at the top of the stairs. Please ask us any questions you have about finding information, and about using the library. The library is open most days, including weekends, during the spring and fall semesters. During the summer we are open during the week, but we are closed on summer weekends. The exact opening hours are posted here http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/info/calendar/ Using the library is free - you have already paid for it with your college fees. To borrow books, you must have a barcode on your John Jay College ID card. Only the Library at John Jay College can give you your barcode! Go to the circulation desk on the lower floor of the library to get your barcode. More information about the library resources and services is on our homepage at www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu
Table of contents:- Using Library databases at home
Using Library databases at home:Library databases, electronic books and electronic journals can all be used by John Jay College students from any web computer anywhere. If you are on a computer within the college, you will not be asked for a password. If you are on a computer outside the college, e.g. at home, you will need a password and a user ID. You have two options:
How to find articles:Use the library databases to find articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers. All of the databases are accessible on the library home page, from any computer connected to the World Wide Web, 24 hours a day. A full list of our databases is at Electronic Information Databases Click here to find out how to find articles: http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/research/Help/Finding_articles1.html
Computers in the Library:All of the computers available to students in the library are PCs with a Windows operating system. All are connected to printers. Most of the computers in the library get full internet access, and are connected to all of the library databases. Some computers are restricted, and can connect only to the library catalog and other library databases. A few computers in the Reserve Room on the lower floor of the library are loaded with Microsoft Office, for word processing and related software use. If you bring your own laptop computer, you can use our wireless internet connections. Click here for more information http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/info/wireless_handout.html
Librarians for international students:All of the reference librarians are happy to help you. Come to the reference desk at the top of the stairs, on upper floor of the library. In addition, librarians Maria Kiriakova (mkiriakova@jjay.cuny.edu) and Ellen Sexton (esexton@jjay.cuny.edu) have a special responsibility for international students. Some librarians have special responsibility for certain subjects - see Library Liaisons to Academic Departments
How to find books:The Lloyd Sealy Library, like many U.S. college libraries, is "self-service", with books kept in "open-stacks". The reference librarians are happy to help you identify the books you need, but you go to the bookshelves to get the books yourself. Books shelved in the "Stacks" location may be borrowed by students, free of charge, for 3 weeks. Up to ten books can be borrowed at a time. Books in other locations, e.g. Reference, Special Collections, Law Reference, may not be taken out of the library. Books are arranged on the shelves according to the Library of Congress classification system. Books on the same topic are shelved near each other. To find a book, first you need to know the call number! Find the call number by using the catalog, CUNY+ . All of the books in the library are listed in the library catalog, CUNY+. How to find books using CUNY+
How to read a call number:Every book in the library has a unique call number, e.g.
PE Look for the letters first, on the top line. Then look at the whole number on the next line. Then look at the letter(s) after the dot. Then look at the decimal number. Last, you will see the year the book was published, e.g. 1989. Read the number before the dot as a whole number. Read the numbers after the dot as decimals.
These four books are in the correct order. In the Library of Congress Classification system, the letter "H" indicates the social sciences class. The complete list of classes and subclasses in the Library of Congress Classification scheme is here: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html
Dictionaries:English-English language dictionaries are kept on a shelf near the Reference Desk, on the upper floor of the library. Dictionaries are also kept on the lower floor, at the Reserve Desk. English-English dictionaries are also on the shelves in the Reference Area on the upper floor, around call number PE1628 .N429 2005 . Special dictionaries: The new Oxford American dictionary Reference - PE1628 .N429 2005 Online dictionaries and encyclopedias are here http://ez.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/login?url=http://www.oxfordreference.com including English to English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian dictionaries. Oxford English Dictionary
International news and web sites:Newspapers from around the world on the web: Google news can search for different languages: Directory of international search engines:
Other libraries:Other City University of New York (CUNY) libraries Students at John Jay may visit and use any CUNY library. Undergraduates may borrow books any CUNY library, but not from the libraries at the Graduate Center and CUNY Law School. Books may be returned to any CUNY library. To borrow books, you must have a barcode on your John Jay College ID card. Only the Library at John Jay College can give you your barcode! Go to the circulation desk on the lower floor of the library to get your barcode. The library catalog, CUNY+, searches books in all of the CUNY libraries. A list of CUNY libraries is here http://libraries.cuny.edu/lib-guid.htm
Other New York City libraries New York City has excellent public libraries. Joining each library system is easy - just bring your John Jay College student ID card, or a letter mailed to your New York address. All three public library systems have large collections of books in non-English languages.
Library jobs:The library hires a small number of students each semester to shelve books and work at the circulation desk. We need students who can work between 10 and 20 hours a week. Contact Angelos Kyriacou in the registrar's office.
The International Students' Office at John Jay College:http://johnjay.jjay.cuny.edu/registrar/f1student/welcome.htm
Useful words:http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/info/terminology.html
Guide to International Criminal Justice resources:http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/research/international/ |
