RESEARCH
EDUCATION
IN
PROFESSOR SARAH COHN
HEAD OF REFERENCE, EDUCATION LIBRARIAN
February 16 & 27, 2023
AGENDA
SEARCH TERMS
SEARCH STRATEGIES
LIBRARY DATABASES
REQUESTING ARTICLES CITATION SEARCHING
GETTING HELP
TODAY'S
TERMS
SEARCH
what is your main topic?
what are the specifics?
combining different terms = different results
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
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
you may need to broaden your search while maintaining relevance
use the database thesaurus for targeted searches
use cited references & times cited links
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 300+ databases at CCNY
- Alphabetical or sort 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!
Getting Help
Professor Sarah Cohn
Head of Reference, Education Librarian
scohn@ccny.cuny.edu
tinyurl.com/librarianfollowup
ccny.libcal.com/appointments/scohn
Reference Desk: Cohen Library
Monday-Thursday 10am-6pm
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
LIBRARY.CCNY.CUNY.EDU
SERVICES
INTERLIBRARY LOAN
SEARCHING
CITATION
JOURNAL TITLE SEARCH
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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