Library Book Donations for Fall Book Sale

Please donate to the Library’s upcoming Fall Book Sale, which will be held on Wednesday, December 3, 2014, 12:30-2:30 p.m., outside the entrance of the Library, on the fourth floor of the Atrium.  We will accept hard cover and soft cover books in good condition.  These may include fiction, literature, travel, leisure reading, non-fiction of all sorts, and recently published textbooks (nothing before 2010).  We are also accepting DVDs, CDs, and other media.  We cannot accept damaged or heavily annotated books and most technical manuals, directories and handbooks over three years old.  We may select some donations for our library holdings if they meet the needs of our curriculums.
To arrange a donation, please contact Prof. Morris Hounion at mhounion@citytech.cuny.edu or at extension 5491.  All donations should be received by Tuesday, December 2.  We will acknowledge your donation with a thank-you letter but we cannot place dollar values on donated materials.  Information about the library’s gifts policy may be found at http://library.citytech.cuny.edu/policies/gifts.php

Students–Have you tried Credo?

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CREDO is a user-friendly reference source geared to students to help them get background information on their topic. It consists mostly of shorter encyclopedia articles but also has some in-depth summaries.
CREDO recently revamped its platform. Learn more about the platform upgrade.

New ebook collections and other resources in the library!

Our ebook collections are getting bigger and better than ever! Not all of our recently acquired ebooks are available via the catalog but you can browse them directly. Here’s a  list of our new collections:

And don’t forget we just got:

More JSTOR

We now have JSTOR XI-XII, thanks to the Central Office of Libraries Services. You access individual titles via our ejournal portal. The title list will allow access on-campus but not off-campus. Use the ejournal portal when off-campus.

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New! Encyclopedia of Social Work

Human Services students will want to check this out! We’re now subscribing to the premium version of the Enyclopedia of Social Work. This is a core source that you will want to refer to regularly. Best of all, you can count on new material, updates to existing articles and lots of bonus material to help you with your studies as well as professional and career aspirations.
Download the infographic below as a .pdf
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Updates to American History in Video

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American History in Video is one of the library’s coolest resources. It’s been revamped for a better look and feel. Recently, we’ve added 326 new videos. You can find specific titles via our online catalog: just search TITLE: American History in Video. Another plus about American History in Video: every video  has a transcript.
Instructors: Did you know that you can create your own custom video clips as well as embed videos and use them in your teaching and assignments in class and online in Blackboard or OpenLab?

Statista: Your Source for Data!

Need facts and numbers for your presentations, speeches and papers? Statista is here! 
New in the library–Statista, a portal for all things statistical including data that can be downloaded in a variety of file formats, reports, and infographics.
Statista is geared to students as well as professionals. Unlike many of our other resources, Statista has business and marketing data.