RESEARCH
EDUCATION
IN
PROFESSOR SARAH COHN
HEAD OF REFERENCE, EDUCATION LIBRARIAN
March 5, 2025
AGENDA
SEARCH TERMS
SEARCH STRATEGIES
LIBRARY DATABASES
TODAY'S
Getting Help
Professor Sarah Cohn
Head of Reference, Education Librarian
scohn@ccny.cuny.edu
ccny.libcal.com/appointments/scohn
Reference Desk: Cohen Library
Monday-Thursday 10am-7pm
Friday 10am-2pm
Why is it important to look at the research?
TERMS
SEARCH
what is your main topic?
what are the specifics?
The more ways you have to describe your ideas, the wider net you can cast in your searching.
what are different ways to describe your ideas?
How do 1:1 reading conferences in which students’ individualized reading goals are prioritized improve reading abilities among my fourth grade students?
reading conferences
reading skills
reading goals
reading strategies
data on reading skills improvement
STRATEGIES
SEARCH
use AND to connect terms
students AND elementary AND active learning AND math
combining different terms = different results
special education AND elementary AND active learning AND math
use OR to connect synonyms
elementary OR primary AND students AND active learning AND math
use "..." for phrases or names
"active learning", "bell hooks"
use database filters to narrow your search
use the database thesaurus for targeted searches
you may need to broaden your search
DATABASES
LIBRARY
Education Source
ERIC
Educators Reference Complete
SocIndex
OneSearch
Taylor & Francis Academic OneFile
JSTOR
Subject Specific
Multi-Disciplinary
library.ccny.cuny.edu
OneSearch box
Databases link
- Access to all 200+ databases at CCNY
- Alphabetical or filter by subject
- Log in with your CityMail info
- Simple search bar option
- Meta-search
- Searches multiple databases at once
- Catalog of print & ebooks
- Log in with your CUNY single login info
but not all of them!
SOURCE
EDUCATION
Filters: Full Text, Peer Reviewed
Search Options: Find all my search terms
Getting Help
Professor Sarah Cohn
Head of Reference, Education Librarian
scohn@ccny.cuny.edu
ccny.libcal.com/appointments/scohn
Reference Desk: Cohen Library
Monday-Thursday 10am-7pm
Friday 10am-2pm
ARTICLES
REQUESTING
Request articles the library does not have full text access to with
INTERLIBRARY LOAN
Create an account using your Citymail email and EMPLID
- Full-text available
- Follow links to access the full-text in another database
Another Database
- Full-text not available
- Sign in to your Library account
- CUNY single login
- Follow link to request via ILL
- Sign in to your ILL account
Interlibrary Loan
LIBRARY.CCNY.CUNY.EDU
SERVICES
INTERLIBRARY LOAN
SEARCHING
CITATION
JOURNAL TITLE SEARCH
DOI SEARCH
Claire Wladis, Alyse C. Hachey & Katherine Conway (2018) No Time for College? An Investigation of Time Poverty and Parenthood, The Journal of Higher Education, 89:6, 807-831. DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2018.1442983
JOURNAL TITLE SEARCH
library.ccny.cuny.edu
Journals by Title
Claire Wladis, Alyse C. Hachey & Katherine Conway (2018) No Time for College? An Investigation of Time Poverty and Parenthood, The Journal of Higher Education, 89:6, 807-831.
LIBKEY.IO
A DOI (Digital Object Identifier) or PMID (or PubMed IDentifier) search page for City College holdings at
https://libkey.io/libraries/1271/
Claire Wladis, Alyse C. Hachey & Katherine Conway (2018) No Time for College? An Investigation of Time Poverty and Parenthood, The Journal of Higher Education, 89:6, 807-831, DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2018.1442983
MANAGERS
CITATION
Save articles, books, websites & more in one place.
Create in-text citations and works cited page in the format of your choice.
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ZOTERO
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Free & open source
- zotero.org
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REFWORKS
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Subscription through CCNY
- Find on the Library Database A-Z list
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ENDNOTE
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Aponte Grad Ed Spring 2025
By Sarah Cohn
Aponte Grad Ed Spring 2025
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