Exporting from CUNY+ to RefWorks is now working. Here are some brief instructions:
1. After searching, check off the box to the left of the author on the results screen
2. select save/mail/export from the yellow menu
3. export the selected records to RefWorks (by leaving the e-mail blank and selecting “Full View” as the format). [select “go”]
4. next screen will prompt you to select RefWorks
5. RefWorks will open up and ask you to login if you have already started your session.
New Enhancements for the WilsonWeb CX Edition Interface
from the publisher: New Enhancements for the WilsonWeb CX Edition Interface
* New “My WilsonWeb” profiles. Using their email address as their password, library users can create their own sub-account within WilsonWeb, where they can create and manage saved searches, search histories, email alerts, and RSS feeds.
* RSS feed for new search results. Configure RSS updates via links on the Search Results or Search History pages.
* New “Content Discovery Keys” on Search Results page. Convenient links launch related searches, allow users to narrow results by author, subject, publication year, document type, and database (for multiple-database searches), or select previous searches from the Recent Searches listing. Continue reading “New Enhancements for the WilsonWeb CX Edition Interface”
Pop Culture Universe trial
We’re trialing an interesting new product–Pop Culture Universe. It covers [from the publisher’s website] “new technology (iPods, gaming, gadgets)…Internet memes and chatspeak…movies, TV, radio…music…comics and graphic novels…sports and pastimes…fads, fashion, and fast food.” And it has tools for instructors to incorporate popular culture into the classroom as well as resources for student work. This product is on trial until Sept. 30.
See our trials page. Contact Monica Berger if you want the username/password for off-campus access.
Library Website Redesign
The City Tech library will launch its new website redesign this Friday, June 20. To preview the new design, visit this link – http://library.citytech.cuny.edu/redesign/ .
Please use the comment form to send feedback on this new design.
Blackboard Workshops for Faculty
The Department of Instructional Technology will be conducting beginner Blackboard workshops for faculty on the following days during the Summer Semesters:
NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
LOCATION: G-604
June 11th, Wednesday, from 1-2pm
June 12th, Thursday, from 2-3pm
June 16th, Monday, from 11-12pm
July 10th, Thursday, from 5-6pm
New online dictionaries/audio pronounciation help
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online [OLDO] has been upgraded to now include Russian and Chinese [previous languages include French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
Another enhancement–OLDO now offers audio pronunciation. Pronunciation is available for headwords in every language, including Chinese and Russian. To access the pronunciations simply click on the loudspeaker icon next to the appropriate word on the entry page.
Get ready for Ebsco 2.0!
The new interface for EbscoHost databases is coming in July. Get familiar with new features and a new look here.
Blackboard Workshop for Students
The Department of Instructional Technology will be conducting student Blackboard workshops on the following days for the Summer Semester:
June 5th, Thursday from 1-2pm
June 12th, Thursday from 1-2pm
June 19th, Thursday from 1-2pm
July 10th, Thursday from 1-2pm
Location: Open Lab at G604
Contact info: Julio Henriquez: 718 254-8565
Future Library Exhibits
The Library Exhibits Committee has approved the following exhibit proposals for the 2008/09 academic year. The current Brooklyn Bridge exhibit will remain up until the end of August 2008.
September 2008 – Banned Book Month display
October 2008 – Photographs by Prof. Carole Harris (English)
November 2008 – Photographs by Barbara Kitai (English)
December 2008/January 2009 – Toy/model trains from Professors Nicholas Manos and Robert Russo
February 2009 – African American History Month (theme to be announced) + quilts from Prof. Marta Effinger
March/April 2009 – Brooklyn in the later decades of the 20th century, from Brooklyn College’s Archives
May/August 2009 – The plays of August Wilson
In addition there will be smaller displays in the interior display cases, such as the Italian American History Month display from Prof. Phil Russo in October 2008.
New content on Oxford African American Studies Center
An additional 600 biographies from the African American National Biography have been added as well as 400 articles from the Oxford Companion to Black British History, the first-ever reference work to explore the story of Britain’s black population over the span of nearly 2,000 years. 30 multimedia clips are new, including Colin Powell speaking on changes in the military, historical footage of civil rights protests in Birmingham, Alabama, a United Negro College Fund TV Ad, and more.
