BROOKLYN COLLEGE LIBRARY

CD-ROMS

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE OF CD-ROMS
STRATEGY FOR SEARCHING CD-ROMS
SUBJECT INDEX TO CD-ROMS
CD-ROM DATABASES BY TITLE

ACADEMIC INDEX (INFOTRAC)
DISCLOSURE
ERIC
GEOREF
HEALTH REFERENCE CENTER
MATHSCI
MEDLINE
MLA INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
PSYCLIT
SPORT DISCUS

I. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
FOR USE OF CD-ROMS

You will only be able to use the CD-ROM databases at the Brooklyn College Library. Other periodical indexing is available for remote users through access to CUNYPLUS. Click here to see the databases available through CUNYPLUS.

Make sure that your search is appropriate for CD-ROM searching. One-subject searches and very general topics are sometimes more effectively searched through other sources. Ask a reference librarian if you need help selecting a source.

Choose a CD-ROM specific to your subject.

CD-ROM Coverage

CD-ROM SUBJECT

ACADEMIC INDEX Covers most subjects; especially good for current topics.

DISCLOSURE Gives financial information on publicly-held companies.

ERIC Covers education and development, psychology, health, speech and other related topics.

GEOREF Primarily focuses on Geology but also includes materials on geography, archeology, anthropology and other relevant disciplines.

MATHSCI Covers mathematics, computer and information science, etc.

MEDLINE Gives reference to research literature in medicine, health, pharmacology, nutrition, speech pathology and other fields.

MLA Includes citations to articles, books, book chapters and dissertations covering modern languages and literature, theater, speech, dance, cultural studies, etc.

PSYCLIT Has citations and abstracts for literature in psychology, psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, speech and other areas.

SPORTS DISCUS Covers the literature in physical education including sports, dance, speech, etc.

Instruction sheets for most CD-ROMS are available at the Information Services desk. The CD-ROM databases also include easy-to-use, on-screen instructions.

If you use the appropriate thesaurus for ERIC, PSYCLIT, and MEDLINE, your search will be easier to conduct and more relevant.

Try to refine your search to fewer than 100 references before displaying or printing. Looking at huge sets is time-consuming and may cause the computers to freeze.

Printing is limited to 50 citations in ERIC, GEOREF, MATHSCI, MEDLINE, MLA, PSYCLIT, and SPORTS DISCUS; to 100 citations in ACADEMIC INDEX; and to 10 pages in DISCLOSURE.

Always reset the computer before beginning your search.
      To reset ERIC, GEOREF, MATHSCI, MEDLINE, MLA, PSYCLIT, and SPORTS DISCUS press ESC and then Q.
      To reset DISCLOSURE, press ESC repeatedly until you see the initial menu, highlight "Return to DOS" and hit enter.

Check the printer frequently. If the printing becomes light or blurred ask at the reference desk for a new ink jet. In addition, the scrolling paper may become jammed. Ask for a librarian's assistance to unjam the paper.

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II. STRATEGY FOR SEARCHING CD-ROMS

Convert your topic into keywords or descriptors. Do not use complete sentences. For example, you want to research the effects of parental involvement on academic achievement. Break down your research topic into its major concepts: academic achievement and parental involvement. Ignore words such as results, influence, effect, etc.

Look up your terms or phrases in the appropriate Thesaurus.

Enter the terms separately.

Combine the terms using and/or operators. And means you want both terms to be in each record you find. "Children and television" finds records that includes both topics. Or means you want either term to be in the records you find. "Teenagers or adolescents" finds records with one or the other of the two terms.

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III.SUBJECT COVERAGE OF CD-ROMS
IN BROOKLYN COLLEGE LIBRARY

10 K Reports --DISCLOSURE

Adult , Career, and Vocational Education --ERIC

African Literatures --MLA

Afro-Asiatic Lingusitics --MLA

American Indian Lingusitics --MLA

American Literature --MLA

Anatomy and Physiology --MEDLINE

Annual Reports --DISCLOSURE

Applied Psychology --PsycLIT

Areal Geology --GEOREF

Asiatic Lingusitics --MLA

Austronesian Lingusitics --MLA

Behavioral and Mental Disorders --MEDLINE

Brazilian Literature --MLA

Businesses-Financial Information --DISCLOSURE

Celtic Literatures --MLA

Clinical Medicine --MEDLINE

Commonwealth Literatures --MLA

Communication Disorders --MEDLINE, PsycLIT

Communication Systems --PsycLIT

Comparative and Historical Lingusitics --MLA

Computer science --MATHSCI

Counseling and Personnel Services --ERIC

Denistry --MEDLINE

Developmental Psychology --PsycLIT

East European Literatures --MLA

Econometrics --MATHSCI

Economic Geology --GEOREF

Education of Health Professionals --MEDLINE, ERIC

Educational Psychology --PsycLIT

Educational Management --ERIC

Elementary and Early Childhood Education --ERIC

Energy Sources --GEOREF

Engineering Geology --GEOREF

English Literature --MLA

Environment and Public Health --MEDLINE

Environmental Geology --GEOREF

Experimental Human and Animal Psychology --PsycLIT

Experimental Medicine --MEDLINE

Extraterrestial --GEOREF

Folklore --MLA

French Literature --MLA

General Lingusitics --MLA

Genres --MLA

Geochemistry --GEOREF

Geochronology --GEOREF

Geology --GEOREF

Geomorphology --GEOREF

Geophysics --GEOREF

Handicapped and Gifted Children --ERIC, PsycLIT

Health Services Administration --MEDLINE

Health Occupations --MEDLINE

Higher Education --ERIC

Hospital Literature --MEDLINE

Hydrology --GEOREF

Indo-European Lingusitics --MLA

Information Resources --ERIC

International Languages --MLA

Italian Literature --MLA

Junior Colleges --ERIC

Literary Criticism --MLA

Literary Themes --MLA

Literary Theory --MLA

Marine Geology --GEOREF

Mathematical Geology --GEOREF

Mathematics --MATHSCI

Medical Specialties (e.g., Cardiology, Pediatrics, Surgery, etc.) --MEDLINE

Mineralogy --GEOREF

Mining Geology --GEOREF

Modern Greek Literature --MLA

Netherlandic Literature --MLA

Non-Verbal Communication --MLA

Nursing --MEDLINE

Nutrition --MEDLINE

Occupational Medicine --MEDLINE

Operations research --MATHSCI

Oriental Literatures --MLA

Paleontology --GEOREF

Paramedical Professions --MEDLINE

Pathology --MEDLINE

Personality --PsycLIT

Petrology --GEOREF

Pharmacology and Pharmaceuticals --MEDLINE

Physical and Psychological Disorders --PsycLIT

Physiological Psychology and Intervention --PsycLIT

Population and Reproductive Biology --MEDLINE

Portuguese Literature --MLA

Professional Personnel and Issues --PsycLIT

Psychiatry and Psychology --MEDLINE, PsycLIT

Psychometrics --PsycLIT

Reading and Communication Skills --ERIC

Rural Education and Small Schools --ERIC

Scandinavian Literatures --MLA

Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education --ERIC

Seismology --GEOREF

Social Psychology --PsycLIT

Social Processes and Issues --PsycLIT

Social Studies and Social Science Education --ERIC

Spanish Literature --MLA

Sports Psychology and Leisure --PsycLIT

Statigraphy --GEOREF

Statistics --MATHSCI

Structural Geology --GEOREF

Surficial Geology --GEOREF

Teacher Education --ERIC

Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation --ERIC AND PsycLIT

Theoretical and Descriptive Linguistics --MLA

Toxicology --MEDLINE

Treatment and Prevention --PsycLIT

Urban Education --ERIC

Veterinary Medicine --MEDLINE

IV. CD-ROM DATABASES BY TITLE

ACADEMIC INDEX

FILE DESCRIPTION
The Academic Index includes a wide range of subjects. It covers the top three or four journals in all disciplines plus general interest magazines. It includes product evaluations and graded reviews of books, movies, and theater.
SOURCES: 400 scholarly and general interest journals as well as six months of the New York Times are covered.
PRINT COUNTERPARTS: There is no printed equivalent.
INSTRUCTIONS: Select and highlight the menu commands you want the computer to execute and hit the enter key. On-screen guides will identify function key options.

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DISCLOSURE

FILE DESCRIPTION
DISCLOSURE provides in-depth financial information on over 12,000 companies. The information is derived from reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by publicly owned companies. These reports provide detailed and reliable financial information on the companies included. Extracts of 10-K and 10-Q financial reports are included as well as 20-F financial reports, and registration reports for new registrants. DISCLOSURE provides an online source of information for marketing intelligence, corporate planning, accounting research, and corporate finance.
Contents of the records include footnotes, management discussion, president's letter on past year performance, significant events, and market conditions affecting a particular company.
SUBJECT COVERAGE: 10-K: Official annual business and financial report filed by U.S. public companies. -- 20-F: Official annual business and financial report filed by non-U.S.registrants. -- 10-Q: Quarterly financial report filed by U.S. companies. -- Proxy Statement: Listing of corporate directors, showing title, age, and top officer remuneration. -- 8-K: Report of unscheduled material events of corporate changes of importance to shareholders or the SEC. -- Registration statement: Corporate information including financials for new registrant companies. -- 10-C: Official report of corporate name change. -- Annual Report to Shareholders: Report provided by the company once a year to all stockholders.
SOURCES: The sources for DISCLOSURE information are the documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
PRINT COUNTERPARTS: None
INSTRUCTIONS: Disclosure uses a menuing system. Highlight the command choices you want and hit the enter key to have the computer execute the commands. Other on-screen instructions are easy to follow.

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ERIC
SILVERPLATTER

FILE DESCRIPTION
The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, is a bibliographic database that contains education-related documents and journal articles. Information in ERIC corresponds to two printed abstract/index journlas: Resources in Education (RIE) and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). RIE announces some 14,000 documents each year, and CJE announces some 20,000 journal articles, extracted from more than 750 serials. Brooklyn College Library has available most of the documents announced in RIE in and/or microfiche.
SOURCES: The RIE subfile includes records of many different types of documents: research/technical reports, conference papers, conference proceedings, program descriptions, opinion papers, bibliographies, state-of-the-art reviews, legal/ legislative/ regulatory materials, dissertations, classification schemes, teaching guides, curriculum materials, lesson plans, course descriptions, pamphlets, guides, and many other "fugitive" materials.
The CIJE subfile includes records of journal articles and other items contained in copyrighted serial publications. CIJE covers approximately 750 professional journals that are either education-related or that regularly contain education-related articles.
PRINT COUNTERPARTS: Resources in Education; Current Index to Journals in Education
INSTRUCTIONS: Brief instructions follow. There is also a book available with more detailed instructions at the Reference Desk.
     BEGINNING YOUR SEARCH:
From the initial menu select ERIC. Then press either A for current material or B for material from 1966 through 1981.
     PLANNING YOUR SEARCH:
You are probably thinking of your search as a sentence. For example, How does bilingual education affect student achievement? Replace the words expressing your ideas with terms selected from the ERIC thesaurus, adding a hyphen after single-word terms and between multi-word terms. Do not use prepositions, articles, conjunctions or sentences.
     EXECUTING YOUR SEARCH:

Type in your terms.
Example:
academic-achievement
bilingual-education

No._ Records Request

#1: 12069 ACADEMIC-ACHIEVEMENT

#2 1871 BILINGUAL-EDUCATION

      ERIC numbered these search statements #1 and #2.

Type #1 and #2 :

No.Records Request

#3: 162 #1 and #2

      This retrieved records containing both terms.

Press F4 to view citations.

Press PgUp and PgDn to go through the records.

     PRINTING YOUR SEARCH RESULTS:

When you see a record you want to mark for later printing, use the up or down arrow to position the cursor anywhere in the desired record.
Press M to mark the record. Asterisks appear to the left of the record to show it is marked. To unmark a marked record, press U.
Press F6 or P to print marked records.
Press esc then Q to quit.

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October 22, 1996

CD-ROM	SUBJECT
ACADEMIC INDEX	Covers most subjects; especially good for current topics.
DISCLOSURE	Gives financial information on publicly-held companies.
ERIC	Covers education and development, psychology, health, speech and other related topics.
GEOREF	Primarily focuses on Geology but also includes materials on geography, archeology, anthropology and other relevant disciplines.
MATHSCI	Covers mathematics, computer and information science, etc.
MEDLINE	Gives reference to research literature in medicine, health, pharmacology, nutrition, speech pathology and other fields.
MLA	Includes citations to articles, books, book chapters and dissertations covering modern languages and literature, theater, speech, dance, cultural studies, etc.
PSYCLIT	Has citations and abstracts for literature in psychology, psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, speech and other areas.
SPORTS DISCUS	Covers the literature in physical education including sports, dance, speech, etc.

	No._ Records	Request
#1:	12069	ACADEMIC-ACHIEVEMENT
#2	1871	BILINGUAL-EDUCATION

BROOKLYN COLLEGE LIBRARY

CD-ROMS

I. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE OF CD-ROMS

CD-ROM Coverage

II. STRATEGY FOR SEARCHING CD-ROMS

III.SUBJECT COVERAGE OF CD-ROMS IN BROOKLYN COLLEGE LIBRARY

IV. CD-ROM DATABASES BY TITLE

ACADEMIC INDEX

DISCLOSURE

ERIC SILVERPLATTER

I. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
FOR USE OF CD-ROMS

III.SUBJECT COVERAGE OF CD-ROMS
IN BROOKLYN COLLEGE LIBRARY

ERIC
SILVERPLATTER