New in the library: ProQuest Platinum and Encyclopedia Americana.
ProQuest Platinum currently has 1510 periodicals.
New subject guide for annotated bibliographies
An annotated bibliography research guide has been added to the library’s collection of subject guides.
Librarian subject specialists compile subject guides on topics relevant to the City Tech curricula. Faculty, if you would like to request that a subject guide be created for your department, please contact the subject specialist for your department or discipline.
On Trial: American History in Video (Alexander Street)
“American History in Video” provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and the presentation of historical events over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries. This release includes over 1260 titles, equaling approximately 420 hours.” Access on-campus only.
Trial through May 16, 2009
On Trial–The Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives 1960-1974 (Alexander Street)
The Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives 1960-1974 brings the 1960s alive through diaries, letters, autobiographies and other memoirs, written and oral histories, manifestos, government documents, memorabilia, and scholarly commentary. With 150,000 pages of material at completion, this searchable collection is the definitive electronic resource for students and scholars researching this important period in American history, culture, and politics.
Remember, these trials are on-campus only. Trial through April 24, 2009.
IEEE Spectrum Available Online
We now have the online version of IEEE Spectrum. It is best accessed via the Find Journals/Ejournals tab (Serial Solutions).
Caveat: It is not available from off-campus yet but will be soon.
Oxford Reference Online Updated and Expanded
from the publisher: The first Oxford Reference Online Premium update of 2009 is now available. Included in this release are outstanding new titles and editions, in addition to thousands of updated articles and biographical links. For this update, over 3,650 entries have been updated, many of which are only available within Oxford Reference Online Premium; this release also includes over 5,470 brand new entries and over 1,600 illustrations. Continue reading “Oxford Reference Online Updated and Expanded”
New American Chemical Society Ejournal Title–ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Starting January 2009, we have ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces as part of our American Chemical Society ejournal collection. This is a new journal.
More American Chemical Society titles
We now have access to all 39 titles in the American Chemical Society Web Editions ejournal collection. New titles include ACS Nano.
Don’t forget we also have get ACS Legacy Archives.
New! Exciting! Databases for January 2009
New to our databases and other electronic resources:
ECCO (Eighteenth Century Collections Online)–Very large collection of books from the 18th century in a variety of European languages.
Making of the Modern World–Works of literature on economic and business published from 1450 through 1850.
Economist–Historical archive of The Economist from 1843-2003.
New JSTOR Collection, Arts and Sciences VI
JSTOR Arts and Sciences VI has just been added to our digital collections. Click here for the complete title list and more information.