The September Project

The September Project
The library’s latest exhibit is entitled The September Project. The September Project is a grassroots effort to encourage events about freedom and democracy in all libraries in all countries during September. The three events highlighted are: Remembering September 11; Constitution Day (September 17); and Banned Books Week (September 28-October 4, 2008).

This is the [...]

Library Exhibit: The Photography of Professor Carole K. Harris

The Ursula C. Schwerin Library at New York City College of Technology will host an exhibit of the photography of English Professor Carole K. Harris from October 8 through November 8, 2008, in the library showcase windows, Atrium 4th floor, 300 Jay Street (at Tillary), Downtown Brooklyn. Admission is free.

Fahrenheit 451 Screening

It’s Banned Books Week.  The City Tech community is invited to two showings of Francois Truffaut’s 1966 film, Fahrenheit 451, based on Ray Bradbury’s novel.
Wednesday, Sept 24 (atrium, old bookstore) and Thursday, Set 25 (library projection room, A 431).   Both at 12:30 p.m.  These showings are part of the library’s ongoing Cinem@Tech program.
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Literature Resource Center and MLA Split/Crossing Searching Gale

With Gale’s reengineering of its platform, we can no longer search MLA via the Literature Resource Center. MLA is available via its own link on our eresource pages.
Much of Gale is cross-searchable. Click on CHANGE DATABASES to open up the menu for cross-searching multiple databases.

AP Images and Learning Express No More

Due to budget cuts, CUNY has cancelled the following databases/electronic resources: AP Images (formerly, AP Photo Archive) and Learning Express.

Take the iSkills test and win cash prizes!

Hey City Tech Students!
Want to win $100? How about $200?
Have you finished between 45-60 college credits?
Can you come to the City Tech Library between 9am-5pm on a weekday?
Then you can take the iSkills Test and enter to WIN up to $200!!!
When you take the iSkills test you’ll be eligible to enter a drawing for ONE [...]

Saving and Emailing from JSTOR and Sage

The new version of JSTOR requires users to register a username and password in order to email results to themselves. Saving via downloading to a flash drive or a hard drive seems to the easiest way to work with content in JSTOR.
To email results in JSTOR, the user needs to login, checkoff results, click [...]

5th Floor Reopens

The 5th Floor is now accessible. Please note that the 4th floor will be for group study and individual quiet study. The 5th floor will be for individual study only plus the study rooms.

Library Relaunches Website!

The Ursula C. Schwerin Library is pleased to announce the launch of its newly redesigned website – http://library.citytech.cuny.edu. The website incorporates user-centered design, faster load times, and improved accessibility. The site has several new features including:
- A redesigned homepage with “switch” tabs to facilitate easier searching for books, articles, databases, and [...]

New Interface for Project MUSE

Seems like every vendor is jumping on the “new interface” wagon. Project MUSE ”offers full text access to current content from nearly 400 high quality journals in the humanities and social sciences. A highlight of MUSE’s new web site is wider range of functionality at the individual journal article level, including the ability to email a [...]