1. ELI 084S:
Library Research
Jennifer Rosenstein, First Year Outreach
Services Librarian

2. Agenda for today’s lesson
• Breaking down your topic into
searchable keywords
• Using the library catalog
• Using online databases
• Where to get help

3. How to get started?
• Before you can begin researching you need to break
down your topic into key words
• Example:
– globalization's influence on the
economy of a developing country
(China)
Concept A Concept B Concept C
Globalization Economy China

4. A more complex example
Is globalization a catalyst that facilitates wide-spread
terrorism and extremism, which eventually result in
many tragedies, such as the September 11th attack?
Try it yourself:
Fill out the first row
of your chart

5. Next: brainstorm
synonyms for your key
words
Concept A Concept B Concept C
Globalization Terrorism Attacks
Are there other ways of
saying these ideas?

6. Searching the library
catalog
From the library home page: www.pace.edu/library
Use the Search Plus box

7. Tips for using Search Plus (Encore) to
search the catalog
• Use the tags on the right to narrow your search
• When you find a book that looks helpful, look at the Subjects for
similar books
• If you need books that are immediately available to you, click on
“Birnbaum Stacks” on the left
– Note E-book options as well
– Use Request It button to have books sent to NYC from other Pace campuses
• While you’re browsing, you can click on the “Add to List” link to keep
track of items you were interested in
– Use the “My List” button at the top right to access your list. You can e-mail the
list to yourself.
• Use the Connect NY button to find resources from other universities
• Note: Encore will also give you results from a few databases, but it’s
hard to narrow them down using this interface

9. Recommended databases
Access all databases through the library home page:
www.pace.edu/library
Click on the Databases: Find an Article link
• Opposing Viewpoints in Context
– For controversial topics, eg. homeschooling
• Academic Search Premier
– General research
• ABI-Inform
– Business topics
• For specific companies or markets:
– Lexis-Nexis
– Business & Company Resource Center
– Global Market Information Database

10. Tips for database
searching
• Combine terms across columns with AND
• Combine synonyms with OR
and place multi-word phrases in quotation
marks. Put OR terms in parentheses ()

11. Advanced Google searching
Google scholar: scholar.google.com
Configure your settings to show articles
available from Pace
• Video tutorial:
http://youtu.be/MRFYjeNrFPM
Use the site: limiter
Note: Google automatically puts the AND
between search terms

12. Use Google’s
search tools to
narrow your
search.
Click show
search tools for
even more
options.

13. • To get more help:
• The library home page: pace.edu/library
• Use the Ask-a-Librarian link
• Under “Library Services,” use the Video tutorials,
How do I?, and Research Guides links
look at the Research Guides for Business
and Marketing
• E-mail Jennifer! jrosenstein@pace.edu
• Stop by or call the reference desk (the desk under the big
Information sign in the middle of the library)
• (212) 346-1331