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Early Childhood Ed -- Prof. Williams
RESEARCH
EDUCATION
IN
PROFESSOR SARAH COHN
HEAD OF REFERENCE, EDUCATION LIBRARIAN
October 21, 2025
AGENDA
GETTING HELP
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-4pm
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?
STRATEGIES
SEARCH
use AND to connect terms
art class AND emotional outlet AND trauma
combining different terms = different results
art class AND emotional outlet AND community building
use OR to connect synonyms
elementary OR primary AND art class AND emotional outlet AND trauma
use "..." for phrases or names
"active learning", "bell hooks"
use database filters to narrow, expand, or change your search
DATABASES
LIBRARY
Education Source
ERIC
Educators Reference Complete
Scholarly sources in Education
Books by and about your educator
OneSearch
New York Times Historical, 1851-2020
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection, 1693-1877
Burney Collection Newspapers, 17th-18th Century
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Nineteenth Century Collections Online
Primary Sources
library.ccny.cuny.edu
OneSearch box
Databases link
- Access to all 200+ databases at CCNY
- Alphabetical or sort by subject
- Meta-search
- Searches multiple databases at once
- Catalog of print & ebooks
but not all of them!
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
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zotero.org
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RefWorks
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Subscription through CCNY
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Find on the Library Database A-Z list under R
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Early Childhood Ed Fall 2025
By Sarah Cohn
Early Childhood Ed Fall 2025
Early Childhood Education Williams F25
