NYCCT Library Presents Brooklyn History Exhibit

The borough of Brooklyn is currently enjoying a renaissance, as can be seen in the rise of DUMBO, MetroTech, Williamsburg, Ditmas Park, etc.  But in the 1950s and 1960s it was in decline.  Starting in the 1970s, however, a number of local forces came together to reverse this condition, producing the renaissance that is Brooklyn [...]

Faculty Workshop on Open Access Publishing on 3/31

Open Access Publishing: Revolution in Scholarly Communication

The Open Access movement is revolutionizing scholarly communication—scholars are making their research freely available on the Internet. We’ll learn how and why the Open Access movement arose, the impact of recent NIH legislation, and how to find Open Access journals and other content. We’ll also discuss issues of scholarly [...]

New subject guide for annotated bibliographies

An annotated bibliography research guide has been added to the library’s collection of subject guides.
Librarian subject specialists compile subject guides on topics relevant to the City Tech curricula. Faculty, if you would like to request that a subject guide be created for your department, please contact the subject specialist for your department or discipline.

Open position

The library has a new open position for a college laboratory technician. Details can be found here.

Celebrate Women’s History – Taking the Heat

The library will be screening “Taking the Heat,” a documentary about the first women firefighters of New York City. Narrated by Susan Sarandon, this film  features the challenges and obstacles Brenda Berkman faced as one of the first women firefighters.
The screening will be held this Thursday, March 26, starting at 12:45pm (club hour) at the [...]

CINAHL: A Resource for Health Professionals

Come take a closer look at a familiar tool! At Thursday’s workshop, we’ll explore strategies for finding journal articles in CINAHL, an essential database for nursing and the health professions.  Topics covered include basic to advanced searching using keywords and CINAHL Headings and applying limiters for more precise results.  We’ll also discuss how CINAHL search [...]

Library Website Survey

The library recently posted a survey about their website. You can visit the survey here. This will provide us feedback on how to improve the site, as well as what kind of visitors we have. All participants will remain anonymous. If you have any questions, please contact Prof. Junior Tidal at jtidal@citytech.cuny.edu.

On Trial: American History in Video (Alexander Street)

“American History in Video” provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and the presentation of historical events over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, [...]

Blackboard at City Tech

As you probably know, Blackboard is down across the University. If your professor requires you to submit tests or homework through Blackboard, or if you are in an online/partially online course, be sure to email your professor for further instructions. Thank you for your cooperation.

Faculty Workshop: Advanced RefWorks

All faculty are invited to attend this Thursday’s workshop on the specialized features of RefWorks citation management software. We’ll insert references directly into word processing documents and generate bibliographies with Write-N-Cite, create custom citation styles, and more. Participants should be familiar with RefWorks or have attended an introductory RefWorks workshop.
Date & time: Thursday, March 12, [...]