In addition to being National Poetry Month, April is also Jazz Appreciation Month!
Celebrate by listening to Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt, Stan Kenton, Teddy Wilson, Bessie Smith, and many other jazz and blues greats on Naxos Music Library. (Just remember to log out when you’ve reached your maximum capacity of jazz for the day! Our license only allows 3 simultaneous users so logging out ensures others have access to the database, too.)
If you’re more interested in learning about jazz and its history, consider checking out Oxford Music Online. This database lets you access and cross-search multiple music reference resources at once. Advanced search options provide powerful tools for content navigation, including biography searching, bibliography searching, and the ability to easily search within longer, multi-section articles.
Prefer to experience jazz history in person? Considering visiting the National Jazz Museum in Harlem and the Louis Armstrong House Museum, both right here in New York City.
New year, new database page!
Happy new year! We’re pleased to announce the launch of the library’s improved database page:
The new page makes browsing for a database easier! You can view an alphabetical list of all databases or choose a subject from the drop-down menu to view only the databases specific to that subject. Database descriptions are now included so you can be sure you’re selecting the perfect resource for your research needs.
Please report any problems you encounter to Prof. Allie Verbovetskaya at AVerbovetskaya@citytech.cuny.edu.
Remember! If you need assistance searching in a database or finding resources on your topic, you can always ask a librarian!
Six New Oxford Encyclopedias
We have six new e-encyclopedias from Oxford University Press:
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the US
- Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
- Encyclopedia of Human Rights
- Encyclopedia of Social Work, 20th edition
- Oxford Encyclopedia of ancient Greece and Rome
You can find them via Oxford Digital Reference Shelf E-Encyclopedias and Dictionaries (look for the NEW designation) or by title in the online catalog.
New! Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals online
We’ve just gone live with Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals. Full text, where available, can be found via Find it!
Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (Online)
New to our online collections: The Palgrave Dictionary of Economics.
