RESEARCH

SCIENCE EDUCATION

IN

PROFESSOR SARAH COHN

REFERENCE & INSTRUCTION LIBRARIAN

March 4, 2024

AGENDA

FINDING FULL TEXT ARTICLES

LIBRARY DATABASES

SEARCH TERMS

SEARCH STRATEGIES

GETTING HELP

CITATION SEARCHING

CITATION MANAGERS

 

TODAY'S

ARTICLES

ACCESSING

Finding full text (FT)

Available in another database via provided link.

Not available in another database. Request via ILL.

Request articles the library does not have full text access to with

INTERLIBRARY LOAN

Create an account using your Citymail email and EMPLID

LIBRARY.CCNY.CUNY.EDU

 

 

SERVICES

 

 

INTERLIBRARY LOAN

DATABASES

LIBRARY

library.ccny.cuny.edu

OneSearch box

Databases link

  • Access to all 250+ 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
  • Log in with your CUNY single login info

but not all of them!

Education Source

ERIC

SocIndex

PsycInfo

Science Direct

General Science FT

OneSearch

Academic OneFile

Taylor & Francis

Education Specific

Multi-

Disciplinary

Overlapping

Content

Multi-

Science

TERMS

SEARCH

what is your main topic?

what are the specifics?

combining different terms = different results

what are different ways to describe your ideas?

When teaching students about fossils which method of instruction is more effective--labs or lectures?

  • Lab effectiveness
  • Lecture effectiveness
  • Teaching fossils
  • Middle school
  • Science teaching methods
  • Effective teaching
  • Student learning outcomes
    • Grades
    • Test scores
    • Understanding
  • Educational effectiveness
  • Educational objectives

STRATEGIES

SEARCH

use AND to connect terms

students AND active learning AND math

use OR to connect synonyms

students OR pupils 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

use cited references & times cited links

 

Link to the article's bibliography. Will show you older research.

Link to a list of articles that have cited this one. Will show you newer research.

HELP

GETTING

Professor Sarah Cohn

Reference & Instruction Librarian

scohn@ccny.cuny.edu

library.ccny.cuny.edu/chat

 Reference Desk

Monday-Thursday 10am-7pm

Friday 1pm-3pm

MANAGERS

CITATION

  • Save sources from anywhere online

  • Add notes

  • Sort into folders

  • Work collaboratively

  • Insert in-text citations as you write

  • Generate works cited/bibliography

  • ZOTERO

    • Free & open source

  • REFWORKS

    • ​​​​​​​Subscription through CCNY

  • ENDNOTE

    • ​​​​​​​Subscription through CCNY

  • MENDELEY

SEARCHING

CITATION

Anderson, C. M., Smith, T., & Iovannone, R. (2018). Building Capacity to Support Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Modular Approach to Intervention. Education & Treatment of Children, 41(1), 107–138. DOI: 10.1353/etc.2018.0004

JOURNAL TITLE SEARCH

DOI SEARCH