Reference Desk 610.902.8537
The databases we have gone over in class, as well as some helpful eEncyclopedias, are accessible from the library's Education Databases page.
Primary periodical databases are available by selecting the Education subject link from the Databases tab on the Library's homepage.
Don’t forget to select the “Full Text” option and/or to limit your results by publication date.
Primary Periodical Database:
Secondary Periodical Databases:
***Your Cabrini network username and password are used to access periodical databases from off-campus. Please contact ITR (610-902-8366) if you have any problems connecting to the databases.***
| No Operator | Searches words together as a phrase in the exact order in which you have typed them. |
| AND | Retrieves records containing both or all of the search terms joined by AND; the middle sliver of a Venn Diagram. |
| OR | Retrieves records containing either or any of the search terms joined by OR; everything included in a Venn Diagram |
| NOT | Retrieves records that do not contain a specific term. |
| ( ) |
Groups words together so that you can relate phrases by operators or layer your operators. For example: (feminist or feminism) AND (literary (theory or criticism)) Just like high school algebra, parentheses must be in pairs, and the inner-most pair is worked first. |
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