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Spring 2008
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Welcome to the New Electronic Resources Librarian
Wisser Memorial Library
is pleased to welcome Sandhya
Srivastava as the new electronic resources librarian. Sandhya comes to
us from the Arthur W. Diamond Law Library at Columbia University,
where she was the serials librarian. Sandhya has a Master of Science in
applied mathematics and operations research from SUNY Stony Brook and a
second Master of Science in library and information studies from Queens
College.
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Two New Historical Databases: American History Online and
Daily Life in America
American History Online, published by
Facts On File, spans more than 500 years of political, military, social,
and cultural history. Features include biographies, descriptions of
events, themes, organizations, places, and cultural developments in
American history. It also offers more than 2,150 primary source
documents, timelines, almost 800 videos, 3,175 images, and original maps.
Daily Life in America, published by
Greenwood Press, spotlights the day-to-day lives of average Americans,
past and present. Content includes the text of 100 recently published
books, thousands of primary documents, more than 1,000 photos, drawings,
maps, and classroom resources, on topics such as food, cooking, holidays,
clothing and fashion, housing and furnishings, religion, folkways, games,
music and dance, family life, women's history, ethnic and regional
cultures.
Stop by the library for a free Daily Life in America
bookmark.
To view these two new resources, please select the
database from the list of library
databases on the library's Web page.
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Print Reference Resource Now Available Online - Encyclopedia of
Associations
Published by Gale, the Encyclopedia of Associations
is a comprehensive online resource of detailed information on more than
135,000 nonprofit membership organizations worldwide. The database
includes trade and professional associations, social welfare and public
affairs organizations, and religious, sports and hobby groups with
voluntary members. Entries include the association name, contact, and
descriptive information. To view this resource, please select the
database from the list of library
databases on the library's Web page.
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Oxford Art Online and Grove Art Online 
Oxford University Press recently announced the launch of
Oxford Art Online and the redesigned Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online
is the new gateway for online art information and will be the home for
forthcoming art reference products and subscriptions. Grove Art Online
was first launched in 1998. This new release represents an exciting and
long-anticipated upgrade in site functionality and graphic design.
Through Oxford Art Online, you are now able to cross search and browse a
suite of valuable art reference publications simultaneously, including Oxford
Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and Concise
Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Oxford Art Online also enhances user
capacity to search through a behind-the-scenes thesaurus and a
sophisticated fielded bibliography search, as well as an improved advance
search function. To learn more, click here.
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Manhattan Library Renovations Coming Soon
Renovations will be taking place on the second floor of
the Manhattan library beginning this summer. Check back with us this fall
to see what's new.
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Copyright
© 2008 by NYIT. Questions or comments: library@nyit.edu
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New
Environmental Database: GreenFILE
GreenFILE
is a bibliographic database of information about environmental concerns.
It contains 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 those concerned about the issues facing our
planet. Content includes such topics as global warming, green building,
pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy and recycling.
The database provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 295,000
records as well as open-access, full text for more than 4,600 records. To
search this database, please select it from the list of library
databases on the library's Web page.
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Campus Slate Digitization Project
Wisser
Library is in the process of digitizing all the issues of the Campus
Slate newspaper. So far, papers from 1968 to 1971 have been scanned.
Along with scanning the papers, the librarians are creating tags, or
standardized search terms, so that users can search for articles
concerning specific people, places, and events. The purpose of the
project is to preserve the newspapers, as older issues are deteriorating,
and to provide a means to search the content, creating a resource for the
history of the school. The Campus Slate database is available to
the NYIT community. If you are interested in access, contact the library
at 516.686.7657.
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Photocopier Payment System Update
Both
the Wisser and Manhattan libraries now have card management system (CMC) machines.
Patrons can use the machines in the library to add value to their ID card
FLEX accounts to pay for various items on campus including photocopies
and food.
Need Assistance Writing That Paper?
We
have e-books available that will help you out. Search NetLibrary for e-books by Laurie
Rozakis and Ronald W. Fry.
New
Library Blog
To
check out the new library blog, click here. The library will be using
this space for news, research tips, links to interesting resources, and
some lively communication with the NYIT community. We welcome your
thoughts, so leave a comment, or e-mail us at library@nyit.edu. This blog will
evolve weekly, so check in often to see what's new and exciting.
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