America’s Historical Newspapers (1690-2000) features a timeline-based interface, divided into key eras in U.S. history—from Colonial times to Globalization and the Information Age. Each era features coverage pertaining to Government, Military and Political Events; Social and Cultural Issues; and Discoveries, Inventions and Firsts with hundreds of timeline topics available. Each topic addressed includes an overview, links to related articles and suggested search terms to continue research. Articles are labeled (pro/con piece, speech, first-hand account, battle report, etc.) to help students quickly identify content that will prove useful for course assignments and individual research.
The trial ends on Friday, May 18, 2012. Access is from on- and off-campus so try out this database today!
Your feedback is greatly appreciated in assessing trial databases. Please contact Prof. Allie Verbovetskaya at averbovetskaya@citytech.cuny.edu with your comments, questions, or concerns about America’s Historical Newspapers.
Don’t forget! All databases currently under consideration by the City Tech library are listed on the library’s website.
New Policy on Electronic Resources
The library has posted a new policy on electronic resources:
Licensed Electronic Resources Acceptable Use Guidelines
The electronic resources provided by the Ursula C. Schwerin Library are governed by legally binding license agreements, negotiated between the library and the publishers. These licenses allow students, faculty, staff, and other authorized users to access the resources for non-commercial, educational and scholarly purposes. Off-campus use requires confirmation of affiliation with City Tech.
Users of library-licensed resources must comply with U.S. Copyright Law (including the protections of Fair use) and licensing agreements of the publishers. Breach of license may lead a publisher/vendor to terminate the College’s access.
EXPRESSELY PROHIBITED:
Use of any software designed to automatically browse the web (“robots”, “spiders”, “crawlers”, etc.), record web browsing activity, or systematically download content for offline use is expressly forbidden and jeopardizes the entire College’s access to that resource.
Violators may face disciplinary action.
Examples of prohibited activities:
- Downloading all articles in a journal issue;
- Downloading articles from most issues of a journal;
- Sizable downloads of database reports;
- Sharing usernames and passwords;
- Posting copyrighted materials on publicly accessible websites;
- Using electronic resources for commercial use.
More computer user policies can be found at: http://ufs.cuny.edu/boardresolutioncomputeruse.pdf
