Resources for Jewish Studies 300
California State University Northridge
Librarian – Lynn Lampert
email - lynn.lampert@csun.edu
Outline of Presentation
• Analyzing your assignment
• How to use the Oviatt Library Catalog to
locate Books and Periodicals
• How to locate, effectively search and access
articles from preferred Jewish Studies
resources & databases
• Usage of InterLibrary Loan
Outline of Presentation continued
• How to find information on how to cite sources in MLA or
other formats http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/ebooks/estylegd.html
• Using Google & Google Scholar Effectively
• Where to find information covered in this session:
http://library.csun.edu/llampert/js/300.html
• How to get further research assistance:
Ask A Librarian Program
Analyzing your assignment
“For this assignment you are not writing a
report, rather you will be conducting research
and assembling a packet of information
regarding your specific topic. Additionally, you
will need to summarize each article that you
include, and also explain why you picked this
article and why you feel this is a good resource
for your subject.”
What do you need to find?
You must include a minimum of 7 articles/
items.
Only 3 can be from the Internet, the rest must
be from books or periodicals (it is fine to find
these articles on the internet- they can count
as internet or “printed” materials).
Some of the topics you can research
• Jewish Art Symbols
including menorah, ark of the covenant,
cherubim & lions in synagogue, Ketubah art in
the renaissance, zodiac in Jewish tradition
• From Temple to Synagogue
• Jewish Life During the Italian Renaissance
• Jewish Life in the Middle Ages
Looking for Books
• Library Catalog
http://suncat.csun.edu
Entering search terms
Search Refinement
Locating Materials – Reading Call Numbers
keyword search for “ketubah art”
Example of a record
Ketubah – all the ways to spell it…
• Ketubah
• Ketubbah
• Ketubbot
Variations of spelling from Hebrew
transliteration
Let’s see how it appears in other resources….
Using Reference Resources
The Encyclopaedia Judaica is a 26-volume
English-language encyclopedia of the Jewish
people and their faith, Judaism. It covers
diverse areas of the Jewish world and
civilization, including Jewish history in all eras,
culture, holidays, language, scripture, and
religious teachings. There have been only few
editions and revisions.
Oviatt Library has Online & Print Versions
Find Articles – Research Data – Jewish Studies
Looking for full text in the right places
Searching Encyclopaedia Judaica
Searching Index to Jewish Periodicals
Searching Academic Search Elite
Find Articles – Research Data – Jewish Studies
Other things to know
• Using ILL via Find Text or https://illiad.csun.edu/illiad/login/login.asp
• How to find information on how to cite sources in MLA or other formats
http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/e-books/estylegd.html
• Using Google & Google Scholar Effectively
• Where to find information covered in this
session:http://library.csun.edu/llampert/js/300.html
• How to get further research assistance:
Ask A Librarian Program
Contact Information
Lynn Lampert
Email: lynn.lampert@csun.edu
677-7104
Jewish Studies Librarian