OneSearch beta is here!
OneSearch, a new discovery tool under development, is now available on the City Tech Library website. Try it out!
What is OneSearch?
OneSearch is a powerful new discovery tool that allows you to search for e-books, hard copy books, journal articles, and digital collections in one spot.
How does it work?
OneSearch is essentially a vast index of much of the library’s databases, including the library catalog. It does not provide access to every database and resource the library subscribes to so keep searching individual databases and journals as well.
Look further!
Read an excellent introductory post by Professor Jill Cirasella. It includes many useful screenshots.
Check out this Video demoing OneSearch and get the FAQs from CUNY’s Office of Library Services.
October 20-24 is International Open Access Week
October 20-24 is International Open Access Week http://www.openaccessweek.org/!
Learn more about Open Access and why it matters to academics and researchers as well as students and libraries. Here is a great handout created by Professor Jill Cirasella, Associate Librarian for Public Services & Scholarly Communication, CUNY Graduate Center http://openaccess.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2011/05/OA-The-Very-Basics-Oct-2013.pdf (see attached as well).
Join the discussion and keep up with what’s happening related to Open Access on the CUNY Academic Commons. The OA @ CUNY blog http://openaccess.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ is a great place to start and the Resources link will lead you to other related sites on the Academic Commons. Interested in attending an event this week? See http://openaccess.commons.gc.cuny.edu/category/open-access-week/oa-week-2014/ for listings.
The library will be doing a faculty program and workshop on predatory publishing on November 11, 5-6:30 pm, Faculty Commons. Anyone with an .edu email address gets spammy emails about journals and conferences–these are usually from predatory publishers. Attendees will learn the hows and whys of predatory publishing, a small but alarming subset of all Open Access publishers. The workshop component will address how to identify hallmarks of predatory publishers. Please rsvp to Professor Keith Muchowski, kmuchowski@citytech.cuny.edu.
New York Times Academic Pass workshop
Academic Pass is one of the great privileges of your CUNY affiliation. Learn how to use it at this workshop. Conducted by Prof. Junior Tidal at 1pm, Monday October 6th.
To RSVP contact Prof. Keith Muchowski.
EasyBib workshop conducted by Professor Keith Muchowski.
More than just a citation generator, EasyBib can help students and scholars on projects of all types.
September 30, 2014, 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Small Library Classroom, A441
Please RSVP to Professor Keith Muchowski
Students–Have you tried Credo?
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.
Fall 2014 Library Workshops EasyBib, NYTimes, Photoshop and More
Students, staff, and faculty, the Ursula C. Schwerin Library is proud to present several library workshops this Fall Semester.
EasyBib workshop conducted by Professor Keith Muchowski.
More than just a citation generator, EasyBib can help students and scholars on projects of all types.
September 30, 2014, 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Small Library Classroom, A441
Please RSVP to Professor Keith Muchowski
Using Your New York Times Academic Pass workshop conducted by Professor Junior Tidal
Academic Pass is one of the great privileges of your CUNY affiliation. Learn how to use it at this workshop.
October 6, 2014, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Small Library Classroom, A441
Please RSVP to Professor Keith Muchowski
Introduction to Photoshop conducted by Professors Monica Berger and Bronwen Densmore
Are you interested in creating graphics for class handouts or websites? Would you like to learn how to edit your digital photographs, create collages, or combine image and text? This workshop will focus on the very basics of Adobe Photoshop. Participants will gain hands-on experience with the toolbar, layers, cropping and text.
November 10, 2014, 1:00-2:00 pm
Small Library Classroom, A441
Please RSVP to Professor Keith Muchowski at kmuchowski@citytech.cuny.edu
Venues and Literature Reviews for Faculty Scholarship and Publication workshop conducted by Professor Anne Leonard
Would you like to explore new venues for publishing your work, but aren’t sure where to begin? Perhaps you’re at the beginning stages of your research or have a completed draft of an article, or are somewhere in between. In this workshop we’ll discuss finding relevant general and discipline-based literature. We’ll also briefly review tools for streamlining your research and citation process, and cover finding publication venues and outlets for a range of research projects.
October 15, 2014, 12:00-1:00
Small Library Classroom, A441
Please RSVP to Professor Keith Muchowski at kmuchowski@citytech.cuny.edu
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:
- Palgrave 2014 ebooks
- Springerlink 2012 and 2013 ebooks
- new Gale Virtual Reference Library titles (both new editions and new titles)
And don’t forget we just got:
- World Scholar Latin America and the Caribbean Archives which features primary source documents about Latin America and the Caribbean; academic journals and news feeds covering the region; reference articles and commentary; maps and statistics; audio and video; and more …
- JSTOR XI-XII!
New interface coming to ebrary
This September, Ebrary will roll out a new and improved interface featuring a new online reader. Learn more here …
Limited Availability of the CUNY Catalog
The CUNY Catalog will have limited availability during a scheduled upgrade beginning Thursday, 7/10/2014 .
You will not be able to renew or request items between 7/10/2014 and 7/24/2014.
Search access will not be available between 7/10/2014 and 7/12/2014.
Access to electronic resources on your library’s website will not be affected.