Spring 2024
Library Room 7-28 | 212-925-6625 | Ext. 228
Library Open for Study/Research
Mon-Fri 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Sat 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
In Person Staffed Hours
Mon-Fri 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Sat 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Online Staffed Hours
Mon-Fri 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Sat 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
seamus@ccny.cuny.edu
LIBRARY RESOURCES - 1
(1) You have access to 20 Mac laptops for full-semester loans – email me seamus@ccny.cuny.edu
(2) You have access to 500,000 full text scholarly articles
(3) You have access to 700,000 e-books
(4) You have 1000 pages of free printing in the library and computer lab
(5) You can access one-on-one research consultations with me in person or via Zoom
(6) You have free subscription to the digital version of the NYT
https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/digitalpass
(7) You have free subscription to the digital version of the Wall Street Journal
https://library.ccny.cuny.edu/wallstreetjournaldigitalsubscription
(8) You can access all the databases and articles from home
https://library.ccny.cuny.edu/researchtoolkit/offcampus
LIBRARY RESOURCES - 2
(1) Search our library catalog for books, e-books, videos and articles | start here https://library.ccny.cuny.edu/
(2) Research Toolkit https://library.ccny.cuny.edu/researchtoolkit
(3) Access Articles via Databases https://library.ccny.cuny.edu/az.php
(4) Access E-book Collections https://library.ccny.cuny.edu/c.php?g=1036290&p=9269860
(5) Access the most popular database directly Academic Search Complete
IMPORTANT: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Articles versus Popular Articles
Teachers at CWE may require you to find and use articles for your papers that are deemed scholarly/authoritative. This means
LIBRARY RESOURCES - 3 | Finding Articles - Option 1
Use OneSearch to find books, e-books, journal articles - see below
For OneSearch you need your CUNY username and password (same as CUNYFirst)
Finding Articles - Option 2 Choose ‘Databases’.
For Databases you need your Citymail username and password
LIBRARY RESOURCES – 4 | Videos
Scholarly Versus Popular Articles
How to use OneSearch
How to use Academic Search Complete
All Library Tutorial Videos
LIBRARY RESOURCES – 5 | Some Specific Subject-Area Databases
Psychology
Sociology
Language & Literature
Education
Public Health
Medicine
OTHER RESOURCES
Email Password Reset
CWE Directory
CWE Awards & Scholarships (Usually Dec/Jan)
Women’s Forum ($10,000) (Usually Feb)
All Awards & Scholarship Opportunities
WORTH CONSIDERING ?
Life Experience Program BA (Up to 12 credits free)
Autobiography Program BA (Up to 8 credits free)
BA/MA Program (Up to 12 credits from your BA counted towards MA)
MA Program
Séamus Scanlon
Librarian, Center for Worker Education (CWE)
City College Downtown, Cunard Building
25 Broadway, 7-28, New York, NY 10004
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