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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.