NYIT Library Blog

The NYIT Libraries are pleased to announce LibGuides, a new way to navigate through the enormous collection of resources available for your research needs. If you are unsure of which database to use for a topic, do not know where to locate a peer-reviewed article, or are simply looking for a website recommendation, LibGuides will lead you to resources on whatever topic you are investigating. Simply choose from a list of topics, and see what resources have been pre-selected by librarians.

Over the coming months more guides will be created. If you do not see your subject listed, or are a faculty member and would like to have a guide prepared specifically for your course you can suggest a new guide by contacting us at library@nyit.edu.

You’ve seen the orange rss icon, now find out how it can save you time, and make you competitive. Join the NYIT Library in its first ever webinar: “RSS & Making Your Life Easier!”

Date: November 12, 2009
Time: 12pm, and 8pm (2 Sessions)
Attendance: open

To RSVP e-mail library@nyit.edu
Webinar url: http://bit.ly/nyitwebinar

Stop searching for information, and let information find you!

The Center for Teaching and Learning will host a workshop, “Support for Students and Scholarship,” on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 12:45 - 2:10 p.m., at the Old Westbury (Harry Schure Hall, DL1) and Manhattan (1855 Broadway, room 701) campuses. Speakers will include Gerri Flanzraich, Director of the Wisser Library, and Amy Bravo, Director of experiential education and employer outreach.

From the Center for Teaching and Learning website:

“Gerri Flanzraich, Director, Wisser Library, will describe the wide array of databases and other services the NYIT Library has to offer. Amy Bravo, Director of Experiential Education and Employer Outreach, will describe ways that Career Services can work with you to make career-oriented opportunities available to your students through internships and service learning.”

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009
12:45 - 2:10 p.m.
HSH DL1 / MCMB 701

To register for this workshop, click here.

The library is conducting a trial of citation management software RefWorks from now through November 19, 2009. RefWorks can automatically generate bibliographies and reference lists in over 800 citation styles such as MLA, APA, and Turabian. Using RefWorks, you can create an online database of citations to books, articles, websites and more.

Creating an account is very easy, simply:

1. Click on the library’s RefWorks link or go to www.refworks.com/refworks from an IP authenticated computer.
2. Click on Sign Up for an Individual Account.
3. Enter the appropriate information and click on Register.

We are also interested in hearing your opinions regarding this product. To provide feedback take our quick poll below and feel free to send your opinion via e-mail to library@nyit.edu.

Click here to take the poll

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Wonderful news for art lovers and anyone who enjoys viewing art online. NYIT Library database ARTstor is collaborating with The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) to share more than 1,400 images of works from its permanent collection in the Digital Library. The works in the Department of Painting and Sculpture represent a comprehensive overview of major artists and artistic movements from the late 19th century to the present, including masterworks by Alexander Calder, Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp, Paul Gauguin, Frida Kahlo, Vasily Kandinsky, Georgia O’Keeffe, Willem de Kooning, Rene Magritte, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Auguste Rodin, Vincent van Gogh, and Andy Warhol, among others.

ARTstor is an NYIT Library subscribed to service.  You can access ARTstor from on or off-campus by visiting the library website’s Database by Title section, or by clicking here.

Imagine that you are commuting to NYIT Manhattan on the subway, the other passengers on the train looking at you curiously as you read from what looks like a small computer screen that you are holding in the palm of one hand.

The NYIT/NYCOM Library System is pleased to make e-book readers available for use by the community. Currently, the following 28 titles are loaded (.pdf).  Together they represent the NetLibrary Management & Leadership collection.

Who is eligible to borrow an E-Book Reader?
Registered students, current employees of NYIT/NYCOM with a valid NYIT/NYCOM ID card may borrow an e-book reader.

How do I borrow an e-book reader?

• E-Book readers may be borrowed at the circulation desk for circulation for one week.
• E-Book readers are charged out with a USB charger or wall charger. The same rules apply to these items as to the e-book reader.
• Only one e-book reader may be borrowed by a user at one time.
• Borrowers must checkout e-book readers in person.
• The library does not take reservations. The e-book readers are loaned on a first come, first served basis.
• E-book readers may be renewed, subject to availability.
• If there are fines on your library account, you may not borrow an e-book reader until all your fines are cleared.
• Staff reserve the right to request an additional picture ID.

NYIT community members have at-home access to over 100,000 free, full text magazines, journals and periodicals. Included are everything from Rolling Stone, to Harvard Business Review, to IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. This brief YouTube video demonstrates how.

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The latest new book lists for the Manhattan, NYCOM and Wisser Memorial libraries are now available. Included are new titles acquired from June 1 2009 through present. If you are either a student or faculty member with a book purchase request, please fill out our request form, or speak with one of the librarians during your next visit.

• Manhattan Library
• NYCOM Medical Library
• Wisser Memorial Library
• Complete List

Customizing information retrieval is an increasingly important skill. This brief video will demonstrate how to create both e-mail and RSS feed alerts using the library’s Proquest and Academic Search Complete databases.

After clicking the link below and watching this video you will have the ability to scan 1000s of journals, magazines and newspapers without visiting a single website.

Video (Length: 7:00 minutes)