LibraryBuzz

August 15, 2013

Alexander Street Drama

We’ve expanded our Alexander Street drama collection and now have the full collection which is called Alexander Street Drama.

We now have six collections that are cross-searchable via the North American Theatre Online interface. Find each individual collection on our database page or ebook master page.

Previously, we had Asian-American Drama, Black Drama, 2nd ed., and Latino Literature. We now have access to North American Indian Drama (244 plays), North American Women’s Drama (1517 plays) and 20th Century North American Drama (1905 plays). As usual, there’s lot of production-related content including ephemera.

Records for these collections will be added to the CUNY Catalog soon.

June 11, 2013

Palgrave 2013 Ebooks Added

Our Palgrave Connect ebook collection has been updated substantially! We now have 1,373 newly published titles in eleven subject areas. These represent the entire 2013 collection.

June 3, 2013

Nineteenth Century Collection Online (NCCO) and the Slavery & Anti-Slavery Archive

Two primary source collections from Gale have been added to our resources: Nineteenth Century Collection Online (NCCO) and the Slavery & Anti-Slavery Archive.
Nineteenth Century Collection Online (NCCO) seems to include materials from British archives and libraries but the content itself is fairly wide-ranging in both subject and format. Slavery & Anti-Slavery Archive covers the history of and the debate on slavery both in the United States and elsewhere in the Western hemisphere including the Caribbean.

February 7, 2013

Oxford Islamic Studies Online

New in the library–Oxford Islamic Studies Online!
As part of a grant the library received from the American Library Association entitled Muslim Journeys, we got a year’s worth of access to Oxford Islamic Studies Online. Most of the content is from 11 different Oxford publications (largely encyclopedias as well as a dictionary and two different versions of the Qur’an and an Arabic-English concordance). You can find this resource on our ebooks page or the master database page.

January 31, 2013

New Look for Cambridge Histories

Cambridge Histories Online has been relaunched with a new look. If you’ve never checked it out, now is a good time.
For more information, please see Oxford’s customer FAQs or click here to view the new guided tour.

October 10, 2012

Credo Reference is here!

Credo Reference is an easy-to-use tool to jump start your research process.

October 1, 2012

Palgrave Connect Ebooks

Palgrave Connect Ebooks are now live!
We now have access to the 2010, 2011, and 2012 full ebook collections, a total of approximately 3,300 titles. Continue reading “Palgrave Connect Ebooks”

September 10, 2012

Faculty Workshop: Harnessing the Power of eBooks for Research and Instruction

Harnessing the Power of eBooks for Research and Instruction

Did you know the City Tech Library has over 270,000 eBooks? They’re all available 24/7 and can be accessed using your computer, smartphone, e-reader, or tablet. Learn how to find eBooks in the library, discover how easy it is to download and use them, and find out how eBooks can be assigned as reading material for your students.
Workshop is open to all City Tech faculty and staff.
DATE: Wednesday, September 12, 2012
VENUE: Rm A441 in the City Tech Library, Atrium Bldg.
TIME: 1.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m.
RSVP to Prof. Maura Smale, msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 718-260-5748.
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August 7, 2012

Happiness happens in August!

The month of August is celebrated by some as Happiness Happens Month! It was first established in 1998 by the Secret Society of Happy People and is the time to discuss and promote happiness–yours and others’. The relatively new field of positive psychology studies what actually makes people happy, fulfilled, and resilient, and tries to figure out how this happiness affects our lives.
Take a look at some of City Tech Library’s resources on happiness and positive psychology:

Journals/Magazines

Books & eBooks

Miscellaneous

The Positivity Blog
The Happiness Project
Happiness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
The new era of positive psychology (TED Talk video)
The Power of Negative Thinking (The New York Times)
Army To Train Soldiers In Emotional Resiliency (radio interview on NPR)

And, now, a gratuitous video of puppies to start off your Happiness Happens celebration!

July 6, 2012

July is National Ice Cream Month!

Back in 1984, President Ronald Reagan declared the month of July as National Ice Cream Month. He had also named the third Sunday in July to be National Ice Cream Day. (This year, it falls on Sunday, July 15.) In the proclamation he signed on July 9, 1984, he wrote: “I call upon the people of the United States to observe these events with appropriate ceremonies and activities.” Presumably, he had meant for Americans to go out and eat ice cream… but because we’re a library, we’ll celebrate by highlighting several books on the topic!
Books/eBooks

Periodicals

Websites

Hands on History: Ice Cream History (video from History Channel)
Hands on History: Making Ice Cream (video from History Channel)
Ice Cream (University of Guelph, Dairy Science and Technology series)

…Of course, you’re free to celebrate in the traditional way: by indulging in some ice cream! Just please refrain from bringing the frozen dessert into the library (…unless you’re treating the librarians!).
If you’re having difficulties accessing the periodicals or e-books, check out the library’s instructions on accessing electronic resources from home. If you’re still having trouble, don’t hesitate to ask a librarian!
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