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February 4, 2015

New eResources! Nursing Reference Center Plus/Poetry & Short Story Reference Center

Nursing Reference Center Plus
This is an evidence-based nursing collection that includes videos, care plans and other content beyond journal articles.

Poetry & Short Story Reference Center
This collection was acquired in part to replace Grangers. It includes the actual texts of poems, short stories, and plays as well audio recordings and videos of poetry and plays. There are also some “explications” of poems as well as ebooks relating to poetry, short stories, and drama.

April 5, 2012

On Trial: EBSCO eBooks (Academic Collection)

The library is currently hosting a trial to EBSCO eBooks, which provides you with access to 51,000 titles. This subscription package contains a large selection of multidisciplinary e-book titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter—from business and science, to engineering and humanities.
Books can be viewed online or downloaded to a device such as the iPad or the Nook. (Sorry, Kindle owners, these e-books are not compatible with your e-reader due to DRM restrictions.) For instructions on downloading e-books, visit ebscohost.com/ebooks/.
The trial ends on June 30, 2012! The database is available from both on- and off-campus, so try it out 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 EBSCO eBooks.
Don’t forget! All databases currently under consideration by the City Tech library are listed on the library’s website.

January 24, 2012

Some of your favorite databases have moved!

If you use any of the Wilson databases (e.g., Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, etc.), you’ll be surprised to find that they now look different:
Visual representation of migration from old interface (Wilson) to new interface (EBSCO)
That’s because these databases are now owned by EBSCO. All of the content is the same but the interface has changed.
So how does this affect you? Well, if we did our part right, this should not affect your research in any way! You will only need to update your bookmarks and transfer your “My WilsonWeb” information to a new “My EBSCOhost” account by February 1, 2012. (For more information about “My EBSCOhost,” please visit support.ebscohost.com.) Otherwise, all of the functionality will remain the same and it will be business as usual.
If you run into any issues, please do not hesitate to contact Prof. Allie Verbovetskaya at averbovetskaya@citytech.cuny.edu.

March 25, 2010

CINAHL upgraded to full text

Nursing students and faculty: our CINAHL subscription has been upgraded to CINAHL Plus with Full Text.

March 8, 2010

Publishing Opportunities database

Get published! Check out Publishing Opportunities Database.

Publishing Opportunities Database, published by Talsk Research Inc., provides the most extensive listing of opportunities for professors, post-doctorates and other students interested in presenting and publishing their research papers. Information from three distinct sources is combined and presented in a convenient, intuitive format: Continue reading

January 12, 2010

Going Mobile!

We now have mobile access to our Ebsco databases. It is available on our A to Z database page.
This link is for any device. We are in the process of developing a new page with links for a few electronic resources that have some form of mobile access and that should go live soon.

November 23, 2009

Students: Come to a Workshop on Finding Articles

All students are welcome to attend a library workshop this week. Learn how to use the EBSCO databases–Academic Search Complete and others–to get full-text articles from scholarly journals and magazines on your research topic.
Details:
Tuesday, November 24
1-1:45pm
City Tech Library, Rm A540 (5th floor classroom)
For more information, contact Prof. Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 718-260-5748.
Student workshops continue next week! To view our full schedule of student workshops, visit the library website.

September 14, 2009

This week's faculty workshop: EBSCO databases

Calling all faculty! Please join us at the library this Wednesday, September 16, from 1-2pm for a workshop:
Getting the Most from EBSCO Article Databases
The City Tech Library subscribes to more than 20 EBSCO article databases covering a wide range of scholarly and professional subjects. During this workshop you’ll learn strategies to help you search these databases more effectively. We’ll also review EBSCO’s research productivity tools, from keeping lists of search results to emailing articles to creating search and journal publication alerts.
The workshop will be held in the library classroom, Rm A540. RSVP to Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 718.260.5748. Hope to see you there!

April 27, 2009

Faculty Workshop: EBSCO Article Databases

The City Tech Library subscribes to more than 20 EBSCO article databases covering a wide range of scholarly and professional subjects. During this workshop you’ll learn strategies to help you search these databases more effectively. We’ll also review EBSCO’s research productivity tools, from keeping lists of search results to emailing articles to creating search and journal publication alerts.
This workshop will be held on Thursday, April 30, 1-2 pm in the library classroom, A540. RSVP encouraged to Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu.

November 14, 2008

HighWire Journals in Ebsco Databases

Links to the 326 journals in Stanford’s open access HighWire are now available in Ebsco databases. Many of these journals are in science but there are a considerable number of titles in the social sciences, humanities, and other areas. HighWire offers 2,029,167 articles free of charge.
In Ebsco, look for “Check Highwire Press for Full Text.” Note that many HighWire titles have embargoes that limit users from access to current content.

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