reference@citytech:wealth of words

Have you seen these recent additions to the reference collection? Find them by call number or ask a librarian for assistance. (Reference books are for in-library use only.) Enjoy!!

Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable
REF PN43.B65 2005
The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
REF PE3721.P325 2006
The Oxford Dictionary of American Quotations
REF PN6081.A623 2006
(Also available in Oxford Reference Online Premium)
Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, and Quotation
REF PN6080.O945 2006
Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles
REF PE1625.S47 2007

If online books are your preference, take a look at the many general and subject-specific dictionaries at Oxford Reference Online Premium and Oxford Language Dictionaries Online.

Welcome, Prof. Maura Smale!

Maura SmaleThe library department welcomes Assistant Professor Maura Smale. Maura comes to City Tech with an MA and PhD in anthropology from NYU, an MLIS from Pratt, and a BA from The University of Chicago. Her previous library experience includes work as an adjunct at Brooklyn College, where she was a reference and instruction librarian.
Besides teaching experience (anthropology, NYU), Maura was Project Manager/Online Editor for American Express Publishing (Food and Wine, Travel and Leisure, etc.) and Production Supervisor for Disney Online. Before that she engaged in archaeological fieldwork. She has a number of publications in print or in press–in archaeology and library resource management.
At City Tech, as Information Literacy Librarian and Coordinator of Library Instruction, Maura will lead library efforts to expand and enhance the work we do in these areas.