Selected new books that we have just added to our collection are available to browse and to check out. The New Book Shelf is near the circulation desk in the library. The books that appear there are just a sampling of the many new books we add to the collection every year. More new books will appear on the new book shelf regularly, so check back whenever you visit the library.
Winter 2008 Electronic Resources Update
New content and other news :: See our electronic resources pages http://library.citytech.cuny.edu/research/AToZ/index.html http://library.citytech.cuny.edu/research/database/index.html for links to these resources.
New digital dictionaries and encyclopedias
v Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
v New online encyclopedias from Oxford University Press (also available via Oxford Reference Online)
o Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
o The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art & Architecture
o Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America
o Encyclopedia of Global Change
o Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art & Architecture
o The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
o The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
o Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
o Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World (coming later this semester)
New databases
v CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online): Scholarship in international affairs including working papers, occasional papers, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs as well as teaching materials.
v Earthscape: Comprehensive aggregation of resources in the earth and environmental sciences
v NYCdata from Baruch (free) New ejournals
v JSTOR Health and General Sciences :: title list
v American Chemical Society Legacy Archives: content is blended into American Chemical Society
v Journal on Excellence in College Teaching
v Select new solo ejournals :: find via Serials Solutions http://zn6dr3pd9s.search.serialssolutions.com
o Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
o Journal of Gerontological Nursing
o Journal of Travel Research
o Journal of Culinary Science
Upgrades to existing databases
v Gale Virtual Reference expanded with many new and updated titles
v MathSciNet now links out to full-text finder
v Expansion of many Wilson databases to full text
v New interface for Lexis-Nexis Questions?
Contact Prof. Monica Berger at mberger@citytech.cuny.edu
Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
Palgrave Dictionary of Economics http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/ is on
trial until 4/4/08. Access is on-campus only. Send comments to mberger@citytech.cuny.edu or your subject bibliographer.
Sanborn maps trial
We have a month long trial of Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 for New York only.
This trial will be of special interest to the Architectural Technology dept. Access is on-campus only. Send comments to mberger@citytech.cuny.edu or your subject bibliographer.