The library’s Internet Lab will be open from 12:00PM to 4:00PM, Monday through Friday during spring break. The Multimedia Resource Center will be open from 9:30AM to 4:00PM, Monday through Friday. We are closed on Saturday. For the hours of other computer labs on campus, follow this link.
Save the date: Brooklyn GreenWalk, May 1
May 1st, City Tech students will lead a walking tour for the general public and the college community that will explore environmental sustainability. The 1 ½ hour tour begins at 12:30 at the southeast corner of Jay and Tillary. Stops include a paper recycling plant, a “green” performative space, the Borough Hall greenmarket, Recycle-a-Bicycle, and more. From 2-2:30 Professor Reggie Blake will present on green roofs and the Urban Heat Island Effect in Namm 1023. Refreshments will be served. Please see attached brochure for more information. All are welcome.
Project Euclid math and statistics ejournals
Project Euclid is expanding its content. Duke University Press and the Cornell Libraries are partnering. Project Euclid has fully and partial open access journals in math and statistics. About 75% of its content is open access. For details, see this list. The library does not subscribe to Project Euclid.
April is Poetry Month
The Academy of American Poets features a new poem on its website every day during April.
Cherry Tomatoes by Sandra Beasley Little bastards of vine. Little demons by the pint. Red eggs that never hatch, just collapse and rot. When my mom told me to gather their grubby bodies into my skirt, I'd cry. You and your father, she'd chide--
[read the rest at poets.org]
RSS feeds and table-of-contents services from off-campus
Please be aware that for electronic resources, if you are off-campus, you will often need to login into the library’s website using your library barcode in order to access content posted to you via RSS or a table-of-contents alerting email.
New JSTOR interface & related webinars
JSTOR recently underwent a redesign. Here is a PowerPoint . JSTOR is also offering these webinars:
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface Wednesday, April 16, 2008 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/507861435
Using the JSTOR Interface Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/780793020
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/469266764
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface Wednesday, April 23, 2008 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/401053120
Using the JSTOR Interface Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/680252260
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/958097487
New eresources: SpringerLink and GreenFILE
SpringerLink is a very large ejournal collection in a variety of disciplines including science, technology and medicine.
GreenFile (EBSCO) covers green issues for the lay person. It is an index.
Both GreenFILE (Ebsco) and SpringerLink are now accessible on-campus. LibraryBuzz readers will be updated when both are available off-campus and SpringerLink is added to the Find-It function and our ejournals A to Z list (Serials Solutions).
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!!
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Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable REF PN43.B65 2005 |
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English REF PE3721.P325 2006 |
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The Oxford Dictionary of American Quotations REF PN6081.A623 2006 (Also available in Oxford Reference Online Premium) |
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Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, and Quotation REF PN6080.O945 2006 |
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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!
The 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.
Two Wilson products on trial
ERAC (CUNY’s consortium for electronic resources) is trialing these Wilson products. Trial expires May 31, 2008. Please note these products, as are all trial items, are available only on-campus.
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