Claudia Lascar, Assistant Professor

Reference Librarian
Science and Engineering Library

Library

Office: Marshak Building, Room J-29
Phone: (212)-650-6826
Fax: (212)-650-7626
E-mail: clascar@ccny.cuny.edu

Education

B.A., Queens College: M.S. in L.S., Long Island University; M.P.A., New York University

Courses Regularly Taught

Subject Specialist/ Liaison to the following Departments:

The Biology Department:
• BIO22900: Cell & Molecular Biology
• BIO7400: Cellular Microsurgery
• BIO41000: Cell Development and Senescence
• FIQWS: Freshman Inquiry Writing Seminar

The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education:
• NSS 10000: New Freshman Seminar
• Library Orientation for Summer Pre-Enrollment Program
• FIQWS: Freshman Inquiry Writing Seminar
• Library Orientation for Physician Assistant Program
• MED31000: Independent Study
• MED41700: The U.S Health System
• MED53900: Clinical Decision Making and Evidence-Based Medicine

The English Department:
• ENGL 210.03: Writing for the Sciences:
• ENGL 210.07: Writing for Engineers:
• New Student Seminar Orientation The Psychology Department:
• PSY 31823: Women and Violence
• PSY V0100: Advanced Experimental Psychology

The Grove School of Engineering:
• Library Orientation for Transfer Engineering Students
• FIQWS: Freshman Inquiry Writing Seminar
• ENGR 30000 Social, Economic and Cultural Impact of Biomedical Technology

Others:
• Library Orientation for CCNY-MSKCC Partnership Program for Inner City

High School Students:
• Library Orientation for Pathways Bioinformatics Center
• Library Orientation for City College Academy of Professional Preparation (CCAPP) Program

Subject research guides for students and teachers

• Biology Resources http://resources.ccny.cuny.edu/resources/subject.jsp?sub_id=59

• Biomedical Engineering Resources  http://resources.ccny.cuny.edu/resources/subject.jsp?sub_id=58
• Computer Science/ Computer Engineering Resources http://resources.ccny.cuny.edu/resources/subject.jsp?sub_id=65

• Electrical Engineering Resources http://resources.ccny.cuny.edu/resources/subject.jsp?sub_id=69

• Medicine Resources http://resources.ccny.cuny.edu/resources/subject.jsp?sub_id=80

Research Interests

Assessment / Evaluation of library books, journals and databases, with an emphasis on science, medicine and technology disciplines.

Publications

Lascar, Claudia and Phillip Barnett. Journals not Included in  BIOSIS Previews have a notable impact in biology. [Online Journal] Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship. Refereed Articles Section, no. 58 (Summer, 2009). Available at: http://www.istl.org/09-summer/refereed2.html

Lascar, Claudia and Phillip Barnett. Defining and Searching Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics to Identify its Core Research Journals. Science & Technology Libraries, vol. 26 no.1 (2005), 69-88. DOI: 10.1300/J122v26n01_05

Lascar, Claudia and Loren D. Mendelshon. Multiple Database Coverage of Structural Biology, Journal of the Medical Library Association, 90 no. 2 (April 2002), 253-56.
Available at: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=100774&blobtype=pdf

Lascar, Claudia and Loren D. Mendelsohn. "An Analysis of Journal Use by Structural Biologists with Applications for Journal Collection Development Decisions," College & Research Libraries 62, no. 5 (September 2001): 422-33
Available at: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crljournal/2001/sep/lascar.pdf

Last Updated: 10/20/09