NYIT Library Blog

Please visit the staff-generated art and architecture blogs at the New York Public Library highlighting new and interesting art & architecture events, fashion and design history.

•  Art & Architecture
• Fashion@ NYPL

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 website.  Learn more

Collection News
Council of Independent Colleges Historic Campus Architecture Project
Through an agreement with the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC),
ARTstor will make available nearly 5,000 images of architecture from American independent college and university campuses. The Historic Campus Architecture Project (HCAP) documents nearly 2,100 places of historical significance from nearly 400 institutions.  Learn more

Tips & Tools
“ARTstor in 3 Minutes” instructional video series available on YouTube
The first videos in the “ARTstor in Minutes” series is now available through YouTube and on the ARTstor website.  Learn more

The latest edition of the NYCOM Medical Library newsletter, Medical Library E-News, is now available for viewing.

The NYIT Libraries are now conducting a trial of Credo Reference online. Credo Reference (formerly X-refer) is the world’s largest online reference service, featuring:

• 280 full-text reference titles (and growing) with over 3 million entries from 60 highly-respected publishers integrated in a robust search engine.
• Unlimited, simultaneous and remote user access at a very reasonable price.
• Many new unique interactive features such as dynamic table functionality for world state, and county statistics, an interactive world atlas, flash animations, videos, poetry/literature readings, over 1,000 music files, and our critically-acclaimed concept map.
• More than 175,000 images from all subject areas, over 200,000 audio pronunciations, and a citation formatter in APA, MLA, and Chicago formats for all articles.
• “Did You Mean” feature offering suggestions to misspelled words.
• MARC records for all titles, training webinars, user guides, and many other promoting capabilities.
• New platform with seamless outbound searching into other library resources, facet technology, our new and improved concept map, and much more.

The trial is now active and will remain so through May 30th, 2008. In support of the trial are a list of titles currently available, and trial guide. You can begin your search now, and if you are interested in NYIT’s subscribing to this product feedback can be e-mailed to library@nyit.edu.

The Manhattan Library’s extended final exam hours are as follows:

Monday, May 5 –Friday, May 9: 9:00am –12:00am
Saturday, May 10: 9:00am – 8:00pm
Sunday, May 11: 12:00pm –8:00pm
Monday, May 12 –Friday, May 16: 9:00am – 12:00am
Saturday, May 17: 9:00am – 8:00pm
Sunday, May 18: Closed

The Wisser Memorial Library’s extended final exam hours are as follows:

Monday, May 5 – Thursday, May 8: 8am – 12am
Friday, May 9: 8am – 10pm
Saturday, May 10: 9am – 10pm
Sunday, May 11: 1pm –10pm
Monday, May 12 – Wednesday, May 14: 8am – 12am

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 technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well.

• Search GreenFILE 

We are please to now offer Oxford Art Online. Oxford Art Online is an innovative new gateway that offers users the ability to access and search the vast content of Grove Art Online and Oxford art reference in one location. With the 2007 complete redesign of Grove Art Online, as well as the addition of substantial new Oxford reference content, Oxford Art Online offers the most extensive and easily searchable online art resource available today, a virtual art reference library of unparalleled scope and depth.

Oxford Art Online has been created with the latest in online technology to give users a robust and unique research experience. Precise search and browse capabilities allow users to refine their results by source and subject categories. Users can also choose to view biographies, subject entries, or images when searching or browsing. This functionality allows users greater access to the more than 23,000 subject entries, 21,000 biographies, 500,000 bibliographic citations, 40,000 image links and 5,000 images contained within Grove Art Online. Thematic timelines and learning resources also provide users with powerful tools for navigating the content, and context-sensitive help pages are available throughout the site to guide users through the features and functionality. Oxford Art Online is the most extensive, authoritative and easily searchable online art resource available today.

Read more about:
• Grove Art Online
• The Oxford Companion to Western Art
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
• The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
• Begin Your Search

Education Hall, Art & Architecture Library
Monday, March 17 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Tuesday, March 18 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Wednesday, March 19 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Thursday, March 20 - Closed
Friday, March 21 - Closed
Saturday, March 22 - Closed
Sunday, March 23 - Closed

Manhattan Library
Saturday, March 15 - Closed
Sunday, March 16 - Closed
Monday, March 17 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Tuesday, March 18 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Wednesday, March 19 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Thursday, March 20 - Closed
Friday, March 21 - Closed
Saturday, March 22 - Closed
Sunday, March 23 - Closed

NYCOM Medical Library
Thursday, March 20 - Closed
Friday, March 21 - Closed
Saturday, March 22 - Closed
Sunday, March 23 - Closed

Wisser Memorial Library
Saturday, March 15 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Sunday, March 16 - Closed
Monday, March 17 - 8:00am to 5:00pm
Tuesday, March 18 - 8:00am to 5:00pm
Wednesday, March 19 - 8:00am to 5:00pm
Thursday, March 20 - Closed
Friday, March 21 - Closed
Saturday, March 22 - Closed
Sunday, March 23 - Closed

Our new Spring ’08 print subscriptions continue to arrive. The Manhattan Library now subscribes to Advanced Photoshop, the magazine for Adobe Photoshop professionals. Issues are located on the 2^nd floor of the library in the periodicals/magazines unit.

‘Morningstar Library Edition’ has re-launched under the new name ‘Morningstar Investment Research Center.’ Included are a new interface, and re-named databases to better showcase the product. According to Morningstar Associate Product Manager Sumita Ghosh, Morningstar is “not just about mutual funds – even though we are the leader in that field. We’re also about stock research and options data. We provide industry-level information and analysis.”

Below are a few screen captures of some of the homepage enhancements. Also useful is the quick reference, located at the Help and Education Center. For those wishing to dive right in, begin your search now.