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ResearchBroker: Get hands on experience conducting research with professionals in education

Education is a field of study in which people have opinions - usually strong ones. To improve our understanding of the field of education and its practices, research is often needed. Research, of course, serves many purposes. According to Educational Research: A Guide To the Process by Norman E. Wallen, Jack R. Fraenkel (2011), a …

Posted a month ago by John Sarubbi

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Library Resources for ORLN 5043, Nursing Research Development

This virtual handout is intended as an overview of library resources and services of particular relevance for students in  Dr. Keville Frederickson's Spring 2013 course ORLN 5043, Nursing Research Development.  The resources, primarily electronic and accessible on and off campus, have been selected as ones supporting the objectives of the course, i.e., the examination of …

Posted 2 months ago by Allen Foresta

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Columbia Acquires Author Dawn Powell Archives ☆

The Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University now retains the archives of author Dawn Powell. The collection includes works that capture her life experiences in New York City from the 1930’s through the 1950’s. Powell, a New York novelist whose posthumous literary collection includes Gore Vidal, Edmund Wilson and Matthew Josephson, hundreds of …

Posted 3 months ago by John Sarubbi

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Library Resources for MSTU 4000, Core Seminar: Communications, Computing, & Technology in Education

This online research guide is intended as an overview of library resources and services of particular relevance for students in Yoo Kyung Chang's Spring 2013 course Core Seminar:  Communications, Computing, & Technology in Education. The resources, primarily electronic and accessible on and off campus, have been …

Posted 4 months ago by Allen Foresta

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Library Resources for A&HM 6501/7501, Doctoral/Dissertation Seminars: Music Education

This virtual handout is intended as an overview of library resources and services of particular relevance for students in Professor Randall Allsup's courses A&HM 6501, Doctoral Seminar:  Music Education and A&HM 7501, Dissertation Seminar:  Music Education. The resources, primarily electronic and accessible on and off campus, have been selected as ones supporting the objectives of …

Posted 4 months ago by Allen Foresta

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EdLab launches New Learning Times

This past Thursday, January 31st, the lobby of TC's Zankel Hall was busier than usual, as Teachers College commenced its year-long celebration of its 125th year. EdLab had a table at the kick off event to promote its newest app, New Learning Times (NLT) which is part of a series of new learning technologies available …

Posted 4 months ago by John Sarubbi

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Library Resources for ITSF 4199, Women and Education in the Middle East

This virtual handout is intended as an overview of library resources and services of particular relevance for students in Dr. Carine Allaf's course ITSF 4199, Women and Education in the Middle East. The resources, primarily electronic and accessible on and off campus, have been selected as ones supporting the objectives of the seminar, i.e., "to …

Posted 4 months ago by Allen Foresta

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Library Resources for ITSF 4091, Seminar in Comparative Education

This virtual handout is intended as an overview of library resources and services of particular relevance for students in Dr. Kim Foulds's Spring 2013 course ITSF 4091, Seminar in Comparative Education.  The resources, primarily electronic and accessible on and off campus, have been selected as ones supporting the goal of the seminar, i.e., "to understand …

Posted 7 months ago by Allen Foresta

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Library Resources for ORLN 5005, Interdisciplinary Theory and Knowledge Development in Nursing

This virtual handout is intended as an overview of library resources and services of particular relevance for students in  Keville Frederickson's course ORLN 5005, Interdisciplinary Theory and Knowledge Development in Nursing.  The resources, primarily electronic and accessible on and off campus, have been selected as ones supporting the objectives of the course, i.e., the examination …

Posted 8 months ago by Allen Foresta

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Library Resources for A&HB 4021, Foundations of Bilingual/Bicultural Education

This virtual handout is intended as an overview of library resources and services of particular relevance for students in  Patricia Martinez-Alvarez's course A&HB 4021, Foundations of Bilingual/Bicultural Education.  The resources, primarily electronic and accessible on and off campus, have been selected as ones supporting the objectives …

Posted 8 months ago by Allen Foresta

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Resources for Research in Mathematics Education

This research guide is intended as an overview of of library resources and services of particular relevance for students in the Mathematics Education program and specifically for those in Professor Erica Walker's Spring 2013 course MSTU 6501, Research Seminar in Mathematics Education.  The resources, primarily electronic …

Posted 9 months ago by Allen Foresta

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Meet the Staff – Cassandra Cuppy

Returning TC community members might have noticed a couple new faces at the services desk in the last couple weeks. I’m one of those new faces! My name is Cassandra Cuppy, I thought I’d let y’all know a little bit about me. Where I’m from: Most of my family lives in Kansas, where I spent …

Posted 9 months ago by ccuppy

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Thanks for introducing yourself on pressible Cassandra…

I Love My Librarian!

In The New York Times of Monday, August 27th, my eye cast upon the large script and full ad  -- the "I Love My Librarian 2012 Award".  Even more happily came the words on page C6 -- "Librarians in our nation's 122,000 libraries make a difference in the lives of millions of Americans every …

Posted 9 months ago by Jennifer Govan

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Butler Nostalgia in the New York Times

Perhaps you saw this article published last month in The New York Times, but in case you didn't, Ben Ratliff wrote a lovely piece about the serenity (or antiquity) of pursuing books at Columbia's Butler Library. Posed as a sort of love letter to the Butler stacks, Ratliff' writes of "renegotiating" his "relationship with space …

Posted 10 months ago by Anne Hays

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Primary research on reproductive health: Using the Guttmacher Institute

If you are a student or faculty member in the health sciences, or incorporating research on women's reproductive health into your work, you may want to know about the Guttmacher Institute.  Guttmacher's mission is to "advance sexual and reproductive health and rights through an interrelated program of research, policy analysis and public education designed to …

Posted 11 months ago by Anne Hays

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The Othmer Library at the Brooklyn Historical Society

This past weekend, I went on a Big Onion Walking Tour of Historic Brooklyn Heights. The tour ended at the Brooklyn Historical Society where we received a very brief orientation of the Othmer Library. This particular library has the largest collection of materials about Brooklyn, in addition to other historical documents about Long Island, the …

Posted 12 months ago by arstessen

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A Go-To Database for Politics and Education

One of the most comprehensive databases covering journals in political science is Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, available as part of the ProQuest suite of resources.  This database provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its associated fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy.  ProQuest indicates that this …

Posted 14 months ago by Allen Foresta

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Resource Highlights: Teachers College Record

Yes, Teachers College has it's very own journal. As a current student at TC , you are entitled to a free subscription to this journal and here's how to get it. Go to the Gottesman Library Website and click on Library Resources In the left column under "Journals" select the first option: "Teachers College …

Posted 16 months ago by Julia Martin

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Reanimation and MoMA

The Reanimation Library collects old, out of print, and out-of-circulation books specifically for the use of artists and writers looking for odd or quirky materials to assimilate into their art.  This is, perhaps, the coolest mission statement for a library I can think of (and a great place for de-accessioned library books to die). …

Posted 16 months ago by Anne Hays

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Flashback Fridays: Resource Highlights

This friday we're taking the time machine to the beginning of one of our best Topics: Resource Highlights. This particular topic is a treasure chest of research help which you might benefit from, not only that it talks very directly about what exactly you can get from the Gottesman library. Here are some of my …

Posted 17 months ago by Julia Martin

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