This document provides an introduction and overview for the course JWST 11300: Introduction to Jewish Literature. It lists relevant resources for the class such as books, articles, essays, and literary criticism. It directs students to the library website and catalog to search for materials, and recommends databases like Google Scholar to find scholarly journals and books. It also introduces Zotero, a citation management tool that can help students organize and cite research sources.

1. JWST 11300:
Introduction to Jewish
Literature
Pamela Gillespie
Associate Dean & Chief
Librarian
prgcc@sci.ccny.cuny.edu
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2. Write down this url:
http://libguides.ccny.cuny.edu/
Type in the
url and
choose
―Jewish
Studies.‖
Then click on
the guide for
this class.

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 • LIBRARY CATALOG
• ARTICLES • DATABASES
• ESSAYS • LITERARY CRITICISM
Start on the Library url you just wrote down:
http://libguides.ccny.cuny.edu/

7. 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.

10. A keyword search using Bible and Tobit produces listings which
include both the text of Tobit itself and critical works on the book.

19. 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.

20. Citing Your Sources
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.