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InfoPOEMs
Unique source of filtered, synopsized, evidence-based information and
tools which offers instant access to the best existing clinical
medicine evidence
via InfoRetriver and continuously highlights the most important new evidence
via DailyPOEMS.
You may access this
database from either [on-campus]
or [off-campus].
New
York State Newspapers
Search this database
of ten major newspapers published in the state of New York, including
the New York Times and the New York Post.
You may access this
database from either [on-campus]
or [off-campus].
Custom
Newspapers
Search a collection
of 150 newspapers, both national and international.
You may access this
database from either [on-campus]
or [off-campus].

Informe
Una colección
de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud,
tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias. Includes
full text articles from the most poular Spanish-language and bilingual
periodicals.
You may access this
database from either [on-campus]
or [off-campus].
National
Newspaper Index
National Newspaper Index (1977- )
provides quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers
in one seamless search: The New York Times, The Wall Street
Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles
Times and The Washington Post.
You may access this
database from either [on-campus]
or [off-campus].
Digital
Sanborn Maps
Sanborn Maps of the
Borough of Manhattan are now available electronically at the
Central Ilsip, Manhattan and Education Hall Libraries. They include large-scale
plans containing data that can be used to estimate the potential risk
for urban structures. This includes information such as the outline of
each building, the size, shape and construction materials, heights, and
function of structures, location of windows and doors. The maps also provide
street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building
use, and house and block number. In the form of bitmap images, this is
an excellent resource for architects.
Bearcat:
NYiT's New Library Catalog
The
NYiT Library is pleased to announce the launch of
Bearcat, the new html based Library
Catalog of NYiT. For additional information about searching the catalog
please click here.
World
Trade Center Design Poll
Library patrons were
asked to vote for their World Trade Center design of choice with the following
results:
1. Studio Daniel Libeskind
2. United Architects & Foster & Partners (tie)
3. Skidmore, Owings & Merril
4. Think
5. Richard Meier & Partners
There was one vote to rebuild the old towers.
The poll was conducted
during February and March. The results mirrored the choice of the Lower
Manhattan Development Corporation which selected Studio
Daniel Libeskind's design.
PubMed
PubMed, available via
the NCBI Entrez
retrieval system, was developed by the National
Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National
Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National
Institutes of Health (NIH). PubMed was designed to provide
access to citations from biomedical literature.
You may access this
database from either: [on-campus]
or [off-campus].
Ostmed:
The Osteopathic Literature Database
Ostmed: The Osteopathic
Literature Database is a bibliographic index to the osteopathic medicine
literature. Sponsored by the American Osteopathic Association and the
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, Ostmed was originally
developed by the Gibson D. Lewis Health Science Library of the University
of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (UNTHSC-FW) in conjunction
with the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine's (KCOM) A.T. Still
Memorial Library. Ostmed is currently housed and maintained by UNTHSC-FW.
To access this database
click here.
Twayne
Authors Series - Twayne World, English, and US Authors
Twayne World, US, and
English Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne
Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for
a total of 600 individual full-text titles.
You may access this
database from either [on-campus]
or [off-campus].
Clinical
Pharmacology
Clinical Pharmacology
provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically-relevant drug monographs
for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements,
over-the-counter products and new investigational drugs.
i. You may access
this database from either [on-campus]
or [off-campus].
ACM
Digital Library (Association for Computing Machinery)
Bibliographic
information, abstracts, reviews, and the fulltext for articles published
in ACM periodicals and proceedings since its founding in 1947 are available
together with selected works published by affiliated organizations.
As of October 15,
2002, the Digital Library contains:
- Over 102,500 full-text
articles from journals, magazines, and conference proceedings.
- Tables of Contents
with over 33,000 citations from articles published in journals and magazines
from 1954 forward.
- Tables of contents
with more than 69,000 citations from articles published in over 1100
volumes of conference proceedings since 1970.
- About one half
million article references for ACM articles are available with about
200,000 links to full bibliographic information for those references,
with 50,000 further links to full text.
- Users will also
find a growing set of forward links or "Citings" to articles
that were published subsequent to the one they are looking at and which
reference it.
Britannica
Online
Encyclopædia Britannica Online
includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate
Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica
Book of the Year. You can also use Encyclopædia Britannica Online
to search an Internet directory that includes more than 300,000 links
to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors.
Through this service,
you can find more than 118,000 articles, updated and revised by Encyclopædia
Britannica editors and contributors; over 14,000 illustrations, including
photographs, drawings, maps, and flags; and more than 215,000 entries--including
definitions, pronunciation guides, and word histories--from Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.
i. To access the database,
click here.
IEEE
Xplore
Provides full-text
access to IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.)
and IEE journals, magazines, conference proceedings, and standards published
since 1988. Covers electrical and computer engineering, electronics, computer
science and physics. Includes more than 4,000 titles with over 520,000
full-text articles, from over 12,000 publications. The IEEE produces approximately
30 percent of the world's published literature on computers, electrical
engineering and control technology, holds more than 300 major conferences
annually and has more than 860 active standards with 700 under development.
A crucial part of the IEEE's mission is to provide highly relevant technical
information, and it has implemented a rigorous peer review process to
ensure the high quality of its technical material. IEEE publications are
highly respected and frequently cited in the industry.
i. To access the database,
click here.
ii For a list of available IEEE journals, click here.
images.MD
Compiles over 40,000 high-quality images spanning all of internal medicine,
all derived from Current Medicine’s renowned series of illustrated atlases.
Each image is accompanied by detailed and informative text written by
over 2,000 contributing experts. This first-of-its-kind site will continually
update and add content throughout the year. As part of the Current Science
Group, images.MD has access to a wealth of original published medical
content. As new atlases are published or existing series updated, images.MD
will deliver these updates to its subscribers.
Why do
you need images? Images.MD
brings you the visuals you need to transform your lectures — whether
you want histology, pathology, radiographs, original artworks, graphs,
tables, or just the state-of-the-art commentary. Detailed references accompany
each image, strengthening your research and expanding your studies.
Most importantly, as a subscriber to images.MD, you're provided with unlimited
personal use of the images in your collections, plus the tools and online
workspace to help you use them effectively.
Faculty
of 1000
Provides scientists with a continuously updated insider's guide to the
most important papers within any given field of research. Highlights papers
on the basis of their scientific merit rather than the journal in which
they appear. Offers the researcher a consensus of recommendations from
well over 1000 leading scientists. Systematically organizes and evaluates
the mass of information within scientific literature. Offers an immediate
rating of individual papers by the authors' peers, and an important complement
to the indirect assessment provided by the journal impact factor.
NYIT
Journal Locator
Searching for a journal, newspaper or magazine online? Use the NYiT Journal
Locator to find versions of journals, magazines, newspapers and other
periodicals available electronically to the NYIT community.
To begin your e-periodical search, please click here.
Offsite
Access Now Available to All Databases
NYiT Library is pleased
to announce that all databases may now be accessed from offsite. To browse
the Databases and Indexes section, please click
here.
Chat
Online with a Librarian
Beginning March
11, you can now chat online in real-time with a librarian.
While currently this is a pilot project, the hours of operation may be
expanded over the coming months. To chat with a librarian, please click
here.
E-mail
a Librarian
OCLC
Ask a Librarian service, is a web-based reference system to assist NYIT
Library in delivering reference services via e-mail. If you wish
to ask a librarian a question, please click here.
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