The document provides an overview of the various resources available at the Berkeley College library, including electronic resources, magazines/newspapers, audio/visual materials, and computers/printers. It also notes that people working at the library are available to help users determine their information needs and locate relevant materials. The resources are meant to satisfy a wide range of information needs for students, from quick reference to research papers to entertainment.

1. Electronic Magazines/ People who can
Home Reference Audio/Visual Computers Borrowing
Resources Newspapers help you
Berkeley College
Romel Espinel
Reference/Instruction Librarian
Garret Mountain Library EXTRA CREDIT!
Berkeley College

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Social Situations
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4. Computers
Studying
Research for
Papers Exams
Entertainment
Group
Projects
Job
Internet
Searching
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7. Determine what kind of information you need
Access information, efficiently and accurately
Evaluatethis information
Use it responsibly
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8. Has reliable
resources available
to you
As a Berkeley
Student you have
access to all of the
Berkeley libraries

9.  Break up into groups
 Choose a section in the library.
 Within your given section, look through and see what
is there and figure out what information needs it
satisfies.
 Choose one unique item and answer the questions on
the hand out.
Home, Please
 When we come back (10 min) discuss.

10. Lower Manhattan Extension
New York City Center
White Plains
NJ Libraries

11. Garret Mountain
Middlesex
Bergen
Newark

12. Electronic Magazines/ Computers/Pri People who can
Home Reference Audio/Visual Borrowing
Resources Newspapers nters help you
Information Needs
Contains: Satisfied
 Dictionaries
Easy & Quick Reference
 Thesauruses
General Information
 Almanacs About Topics
 General Encyclopedias Emergency Why? No
 Subject-specific Electricity, No Internet.
Encyclopedias
 Maps
Click Here for
Information needs

13. Electronic Magazines/ Computers/ People who can
Home Reference Audio/Visual Borrowing
Resources Newspapers Printers help you
Access the library
fromanywhere!
From your Blackboard
page.
Search a book, movie
or item from through the
Berkeley Catalog
Search for articles from
reliable journals,
newspapers from our
Databases

14. Electronic Magazines/ Computers/ People who can
Home Reference Audio/Visual Contact
Resources Newspapers Printers help you
 By entering your
search keyword or
title the Berkeley
Catalog will look for
books, DVDs, CDs,
reference texts, etc.
 The Berkeley Catalog
Search will look
throughout all the
Berkeley Libraries
 You can have it
search just your
campus too.
 Here is what a search
may look like, click
here
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15. Electronic Magazines/ Computers/ People who can
Home Reference Audio/Visual Borrowing
Resources Newspapers Printers help you
 Banks of Information
 Are organized by subject
 Collect published articles from magazines,
newspapers and academic journals.
 Have been screened by editors, academics and
peers for valid research or news.
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16. Electronic Magazines/ Computers/ People who can
Home Reference Audio/Visual Borrowing
Resources Newspapers Printers help you
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17. Electronic Magazines/ Computers/ People who can
Home Reference Audio/Visual Borrowing
Resources Newspapers Printers help you
If you scroll down
you will find a listing of
databases alphabetically
Let’s check out:
Issues and
Controverseries.
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18. Electronic Magazines/ Computers/ People who can
Home Reference Audio/Visual Borrowing
Resources Newspapers Printers help you
Search your
item
Popular topics at
the time

19. Electronic Magazines/ Computers/ People who can
Home Reference Audio/Visual Borrowing
Resources Newspapers Printers help you
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20. Electronic Magazines/ Computers/ People who can
Home Reference Audio/Visual Borrowing
Resources Newspapers Printers help you
Information Needs
Satisfied
Educational Media
Media for
Entertainment
or for class
Click Here for
 DVD’s Information needs
 VHS Tapes
 Audio Books in CD
Format

21. Electronic Magazines/ Computer People who can
Home Reference Audio/Visual Borrowing
Resources Newspapers s/Printers help you
Information Needs
Satisfied
Most Current
Information
Recent News Local and
Internationally
•Popular and Industry
Magazines
Click Here for
•Daily Newspapers Information needs
•Business, Fashion,
Technology

22. Magazines/
Electronic Computer People who can
Reference Audio/Visual Newspaper Borrowing
Resources s/Printers help you
s
We Have Desktops BORROW A LAPTOP
• Microsoft Office Suite
Information Needs Satisfied ▫ PowerPoint, Word, etc.
• Wireless access to the Internet
Writing
papers, presentations • Watch a movie
• Wireless Printing
Click Here for
Researching information on Information needs
the Internet

23. Magazines/
Electronic Computers/P People who can
Reference Audio/Visual Newspaper Borrowing
Resources rinters help you
s
 Librarians can help you determine your
information need and locate them.
 They can also navigate you through all
information resources that are so popular:

24. Electronic Magazines/ Computers/P People who can
Reference Audio/Visual Borrowing
Resources Newspapers rinters help you
 Non-Fiction Books and audio books can be checked
out for 3 weeks. Fiction books: 4 weeks.
 Movies can be checked out for 3 days.
 Reserve Textbooks can be checked out only for 2
hours within the library.
 Fines apply to all materials returned late or loss.

25. EXTRA CREDIT
Participate in an online test which
tests Berkeley College Students’
Information Literacy Skills and
Knowledge

26. 3 Steps to Extra Credit:
1. Come to any of the Berkeley Libraries and pick up a
number and instructions.
2. Take the Test (at Home or at school). Should take
about 40 minutes
3. Return the number to the circulation desk or a
librarian.

27. THAT’S IT!
The Library will then notify your instructors that you have taken the
test so that you can receive your extra credit.

28. Electronic Magazines/ Computers/Pr People who can
Reference Audio/Visual Borrowing
Resources Newspapers inters help you
Who Am I?
Romel Espinel
Reference/Instruction Librarian
NJ Liaison to English and Humanities
Home base: Garret Mountain Campus
Email me with questions: res@berkeleycollege.edu

29. Electronic Magazines/ Computers/Pr People who can
Reference Audio/Visual Borrowing
Resources Newspapers inters help you
RESERVE
Textbooks that are required for the class held
for library use by students who don’t have
access to the book.
You can borrow these books for in library use
and only for 2 hours per student
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