Welcome to the premiere issue of the NYIT library's newsletter.
We hope to keep you informed of new services, staff, resources and events.


We Are Wireless

Wireless access is now available at the Art and Architecture Library,  Manhattan Library (1st floor), NYCOM Medical Library, and Wisser Memorial Library. For instructions on how to set up your laptop for wireless access, and a listing of additional access locations throughout the college, please visit the Academic Computing Lab's Web Site.

Renovation in New York

The Manhattan Library has undergone the first phase of a major renovation. Highlights of this phase include the addition of 35 21-inch flat-screen computers (all with DVD- and CD-burning capability), the addition of two 21-inch flatbed scanners, two radio frequency self-checkout units, four new networked and fax-capable photocopy machines, a listening-and-viewing station that includes a Sony DVD/VHS combination unit, one flat-screen video-monitor projection unit, three flat-table work areas and one after-hours book deposit. Many exciting additions are just around the corner!

Introducing a New Course - NYIT 120 "Information Literacy: An Introduction to Library Research"

This new two-credit online course provides students with the skills necessary to research a topic, organize information and use information in a final paper.  Students learn to determine what information is needed, to access and evaluate information sources, and to select and use those sources effectively, ethically and legally in a well-organized research project. These skills can then be applied to any future research assignments. Students are required to conduct a research project, which must use information found through searches of databases, catalogs, indexes and the internet. The spring 2005 course began Jan. 24, 2005 and the fall 2005 course begins Oct. 3, 2005.

Please Join in Welcoming New Staff Members

Linda Heslin, director of Branch Library Services for the Art and Architecture Library at Education Hall, comes to NYIT from Dowling College. A graduate of the Palmer Library School at C.W. Post, Linda also has a Master of Arts and Master of Education from Columbia University. Her past experience includes work at the Art and Architecture Library at Yale University and a fellowship at Yale, working on the development of ARTstor, a digital-imaging project for the Mellon Foundation.

Kim Ramirez, library assistant at the Art and Architecture Library at Education Hall, comes to NYIT from the Village of Sea Cliff Library. She has a law degree with instructional experience in criminal justice and jurisprudence.

Unique Historical Resources Available

Access is now available to Proquest Historical Newspapers, which provides full-text and full-image articles for newspapers dating to the 19th century. For most titles, including The New York Times (1851-2001) and The Wall Street Journal (1889-1987), the collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue, cover-to-cover, in downloadable PDF files.


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Announcing New Resources

Safari Tech Books Online

A library of digital books on information technology. Safari provides access to the latest technology titles from publishers, including O'Reilly, Addison-Wesley Professional Adobe Press, Que, Sams and Microsoft Press.
 

Oxford Reference

A core reference collection containing close to 100 dictionaries and reference works published by Oxford University Press. Subjects include art and architecture, biology and medicine, computing, economics and business, history, literature and the sciences.
 

The following new resources can be accessed by going to the "Databases by Title" page on the library's Web site.

General Science Collection

Provides information on all aspects of the scientific world and offers full-text coverage for more than 60 of the most popular science publications including Astronomy, Discover, New Scientist, Popular Science, Science News, Scientific American and many others.  Subject areas covered include the application of science to industrial or commercial objectives.  The database also includes Great Scientific Achievements of the Twentieth Century, a multi-volume encyclopedia from Salem Press.
 

Gale Virtual Library

A database of encyclopedias, almanacs and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Titles include the Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America and the World of Education Encyclopedia.

 

Be sure to use the library's Web page to access all resources and services.