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 […]
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Video: Creating Search Alerts in Proquest and Academic Search Complete
September 22nd, 2009 by Sebastien · No Comments
Congratulations to the Survey Winners
May 21st, 2009 by Sebastien · No Comments
The winners of the Ebscohost Complete / Proquest Central Survey drawing have been selected. Each winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble, a perfect gift to complement your summer reading.
Congratulations go to Ms. Jennifer Wang, Ms. Rani Pinnamameni and Dr. Abram Poczter. Results from the survey will be made […]
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Introducing JSTOR
April 15th, 2009 by Sebastien · No Comments
The NYIT Library is very pleased to announce access to our latest subscription service, the JSTOR Language and Literature Collection.
The 58 titles in this collection span the literary cultures of many different countries, containing articles in several languages, including Arabic, Italian, and German. Developed with the help of the Modern Language Association, the collection includes […]
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Take the Survey: Proquest vs. EBSCOhost
March 30th, 2009 by Sebastien · 1 Comment
The NYIT Library is currently conducting a trial of two multi-disciplinary databases that include scholarly articles, journals and magazines: Ebscohost’s Academic Search Complete/Business Source Complete and Proquest Central.
Please help us by completing this quick and easy online survey. By participating you will be entered into a drawing to win one of three top prizes!
Online […]
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Database Trials: Ebsco Search Complete & Business Source Complete
February 11th, 2009 by Sebastien · No Comments
The library is pleased to announce two new database trials running through June 15, 2009. Included are access to over 10,000 electronic journals. If you are beginning research on a topic we encourage you to begin searching these two products. Your feedback is also welcome in helping use decide if this is […]
Add Oxford Reference Online To Your Browser
January 27th, 2009 by Sebastien · No Comments
The library continues to subscribe to the Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection. Included are “over 175 digital titles, updated regularly with an expanding range of key titles in the acclaimed Oxford Companions and Oxford Dictionaries series, plus the Visual English Dictionary, the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations and new heavily illustrated natural history titles such […]
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New Database - CINAHL with Full Text
October 8th, 2008 by Sebastien · No Comments
The library is pleased to provide access to CINAHL with Full Text. CINAHL with Full Text is the world’s most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 600 journals indexed in CINAHL. Of those, 301 are not found with full text in any version […]
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Credo Reference
September 25th, 2008 by Sebastien · No Comments
NYIT Library is pleased to offer Credo Reference Service. Credo is a vast, online reference library, providing access to the full text of 100 of highly regarded and popular titles. Credo Reference contains dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range or subject-specific titles covering everything from accounting to zoology, […]
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ARTstor Update
May 6th, 2008 by Karen · No Comments
ARTstor is partnering with the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) to develop the SAH Architecture Visual Resource Network (SAH AVRN) a dynamic online library of architectural and landscape images for research and teaching. Learn more
ARTstor Newsletter available: Volume Ten, Spring 2008
The Spring 2008 edition of the ARTstor Newsletter is now available on the ARTstore […]
New Environmenal Database - GreenFILE
April 4th, 2008 by Sebastien · No Comments
GreenFILE is a bibliographic database of information about environmental concerns.
GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and […]
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