The Brooklyn College Library adheres to the College's policy on academic integrity. Please use this link to find more information on the CUNY-wide policy on academic integrity.
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The Bedford Research Room provides assistance with searching online library catalogs, databases, and the web; developing research questions; evaluating sources; developing thesis statements; working with information from sources; creating Works Cites or Reference lists; using word processors; and writing for the web.
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If you have never researched before, this is a great place to find selected web, database, and index resources arranged by subject, collected by Brooklyn College librarians.
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If you need help developing your topic and beginning research, here you'll find a guide created by Brooklyn College librarians.
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Check out the Library's new online orientation. It provides students with all of the information necessary to begin using the Brooklyn College Library.
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Kate L. Turabian's manual (revised by John Grossman and Alice Bennett), is Chicago style for students. It's available in abbreviated form from Concordia University Libraries' website.
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The American Psychological Association (APA) Manual is most often used in the social sciences. It's available in abbreviated form at this website from Bedford St. Martin's Press.
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Citation Machine is an easy-to-use online tool that helps you format citations in MLA, APA, Chicago, or Turabian style.
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A reference guide for citing electronic sources regardless of the specific bibliographic style you may be required to use.
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The MLA Handbook, by Joseph Gibaldi, is most often used in the humanities. It's available in abbreviated form at this website from Bedford St. Martin's Press.
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This online tutorial will teach you the citation style used in the humanities.
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RefWorks is an online bibliographic management tool that allows you to format bibliographies and in-text citations automatically; create your own database of citations; import citations directly from library databases; organize your citations into folders; and access your citations from any computer, anywhere in the world.
Learn how to use RefWorks by attending a RefWorks Workshop at the library, signing up for a RefWorks Webinar, or watching the RefWorks Basics Tutorial, which has excellent step-by-step instructions.
Note: From off campus, you may be asked for Brooklyn College's Group Code: RWBrooklynC.
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The CBE Manual is most often used in the sciences. It's available in abbreviated form at this website from Bedford St. Martin's Press.
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The Chicago Manual of Style is most often used in history. It's available in abbreviated form at this website from Bedford St. Martin's Press.
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The library has regularly scheduled Introduction to the Library workshops. English 1 students may sign up here or check with reference staff for upcoming workshop schedules.
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RefWorks is an online bibliographic management tool that allows you to format bibliographies and in-text citations automatically; create your own database of citations; import citations directly from library databases; organize your citations into folders; and access your citations from any computer, anywhere in the world.
The Brooklyn College Library is pleased to offer "Introduction to RefWorks" workshops each semester. Please contact the Reference Desk at (718) 951-5628 or RefDesk@brooklyn.cuny.edu for more information. To sign up for a workshop, please contact the session's presenter.
Fall 2009 Workshops
September 15, 2-3 p.m., Library Workshop Center
Professor Jill Cirasella, cirasella@brooklyn.cuny.edu, 718-758-8214
September 19, 2-3 p.m., Library Workshop Center
Professor Mariana Regalado, regalado@brooklyn.cuny.edu, 718-758-8215
October 8, 3-4 p.m., Library Workshop Center
Professor Beth Evans, bevans@brooklyn.cuny.edu, 718-758-8206
November 11, 7-8 p.m., Library Workshop Center
Professor Jill Cirasella, cirasella@brooklyn.cuny.edu, 718-758-8214
Alternatively, you can sign up for a RefWorks Webinar (offerings include RefWorks in 15 Minutes and RefWorks Fundamentals) or watch the RefWorks Basics Tutorial, which has excellent step-by-step instructions.
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Link to see this semester's offerings for technology workshops at the Library Cafe.
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Take a technology workshop including: Computer Basics, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, The Internet, Computer Safety and Apple Macintosh.
If you'd like to learn how to use Adobe Photoshop, consider partaking in a Photoshop Workshop!
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Information for faculty about instruction, services, and reference resources available at the Brooklyn College Library.
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The Brooklyn College Library encourages faculty to include library sessions in their courses. This page provides details about the library's instruction services.
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There are few intellectual offenses more serious than plagiarism in academic and professional contexts (The OWL at Purdue: Avoiding Plagiarism). Check out these links for help with how to paraphrase, avoid plagiarism, and write better papers.
This CUNY guide explains plagiarism and academic honesty.
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Need help with a particular topic? Talk one-on-one with a peer tutor at the Learning Center in Boylan Hall.
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Advice on how to paraphrase, when to give credit, and deciding what is common knowledge, from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL).
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From the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University, this resource offers advice on how to avoid plagiarism in your work.
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Guidelines for recognizing acceptable and unacceptable paraphrases to help you steer clear of plagiarism in your work, from Indiana University.
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Guidelines for research, writing, and citing sources, from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL).
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Online tutorials (both text and video) covering how to search for books and articles at the Brooklyn College Library, how to do library research at BC, CUNY and beyond, and tips for getting the most out of your web searches.
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A guide created by Brooklyn College librarians to help you with your research.
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Tips for setting up and using Blackboard and BC WebCentral portal.
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BC WebCentral is a web portal to Brooklyn College that brings together all online services and information in one place.
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Students can use this link to access their Brooklyn College e-mail account.
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Use this link to login to your CUNY Blackboard account.
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Use this portal to access CUNY-wide information.
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Do you need a fact, date, or definition? Check out these links.
Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes.
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Answers.com provides free access to 4 million topics from over 100 dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, and more.
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Encyclopędia Britannica Online includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year. It also includes an Internet directory of more than 300,000 links to Web sites selected and reviewed by Britannica editors.
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Reference links from the Librarians' Internet Index.
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Links to a variety of reference resources selected by Brooklyn College librarians.
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Containing 35,000 synonyms and over 250,000 cross-references, this thesaurus features word definitions and a linked category index.
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Need help with a particular topic? Talk one-on-one with a peer tutor at the Learning Center in Boylan Hall.
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Information on CUNY-wide testing, including the Assessment Tests and CUNY Proficiency Exam.
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Guides for studying, test taking, and writing, written and maintained by Joe Landsberger. The guides are available in many different languages.
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This website from the Internet Public Library provides a step by step guide for researching and writing a paper.
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Need help with a particular topic? Talk one-on-one with a peer tutor at the Learning Center in Boylan Hall.
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CUNY's online writing lab offers instructional support in grammar and style, help with each stage of the writing process, and tips for writing in different disciplines.
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This classic reference book, available in full text online, explains the principal requirements of plain English style, as well as the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly broken.
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This guide, by Professor Jack Lynch of Rutgers University, is a compendium of grammatical rules and explanations, comments on style, and suggestions on usage.
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The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue is a great place to start for guidelines on research, writing, grammar, and citation styles.
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A brief overview of the process of writing annotations for a bibliography, from the OWL at Purdue University.
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A 6-point guide to writing annotations from Bruce Thompson at Cuyamaca College.
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A detailed guide to writing annotations, including many examples, from Lawrence University.
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