Finding Books in Other Libraries/Google Book Search – A workshop for faculty

Explore the bibliographic universe beyond the City Tech Library! All faculty are invited to attend next Thursday’s workshop on using other libraries and using Google Book Search. This workshop will cover using Interlibrary Loan and CLICS to obtain books and articles not available in our library, locations of research libraries that welcome the public, and [...]

Power Searching Workshop

Interested in refining your searches? Want to find the information you’re seeking quickly? Visit the library at 1:00, today in the old Internet lab.

On Trial–The Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives 1960-1974 (Alexander Street)

The Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives 1960-1974 brings the 1960s alive through diaries, letters, autobiographies and other memoirs, written and oral histories, manifestos, government documents, memorabilia, and scholarly commentary. With 150,000 pages of material at completion, this searchable collection is the definitive electronic resource for students and scholars researching this important period in American [...]

Brooklyn Film Series – A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

“A Tree Grows In Brooklyn,” directed by Elia Kazan, adapts the novel by Betty Smith, first published in 1943. The main character, Francie Nolan, comes of age during the dawn of the twentieth century in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City. The film chronicles the protagonist’s journey to adulthood, the struggle against poverty, and the vicissitudes [...]

IEEE Spectrum Available Online

We now have the online version of IEEE Spectrum. It is best accessed via the Find Journals/Ejournals tab (Serial Solutions).
Caveat: It is not available from off-campus yet but will  be soon.

Library Exhibit Celebrates Black History Month

The Ursula C. Schwerin Library of New York City College of Technology is hosting three exhibits that are part of the College’s celebration of Black History Month.
“Go Black, Go Green:  Protecting Our Communities, Saving Our Planet” is in the outside showcase.  Showing how the African-American community deals with such vital topics as conservation and recycling, [...]

Oxford Reference Online Updated and Expanded

from the publisher: The first Oxford Reference Online Premium update of 2009 is now available.  Included in this release are outstanding new titles and editions, in addition to thousands of updated articles and biographical links.  For this update, over 3,650 entries have been updated, many of which are only available within Oxford Reference Online Premium; [...]

Student Research Workshops @ the Library

The City Tech Library is pleased to announce our schedule of student research workshops for Spring 2009:
Research without Tears
Thursday, February 19, 1-1:45pm
Finding Newspaper and Magazine Articles in LexisNexis
Thursday, February 19, 5:30-6:15pm
Finding Journal and Magazine Articles in EBSCO
Tuesday, February 24, 1-1:45pm
Finding Literary Criticism
Tuesday, February 24, 5:30-6:15pm
Power Searching: Find it Fast
Thursday, February 26, 1-1:45pm
Good Googling: How to [...]