Term Paper Research Clinics

Bobst Library is providing one-on-one research assistance for NYU students who want help locating library materials relevant to their topic. Students are invited to make an appointment with a librarian who will assist you in developing an individualized research strategy for your topic.

HOW DO I MAKE AN APPOINTMENT?:
Complete the online registration form at http://library.nyu.edu/research/termpaper.html
There is no telephone or in-person registration.

WHEN ARE THE CLINICS BEING HELD?
Monday through Thursday, November 2 – November 12. The specific times are indicated on the registration form. Appointments last about 25 minutes.

WHO ARE THE RESEARCH CLINICS FOR?
This service is designed for undergraduates but any NYU student (except Law, Medical and Dental School students) is welcome to sign up.
Please note that this service does not include writing assistance.
Contact NYU’s Writing Center at 212-998-8866 or http://www.nyu.edu/cas/ewp/html/writing_center.html for details about writing support.

NEED RESEARCH HELP AT OTHER TIMES?
Visit a Reference Center in Bobst Library seven days a week throughout the academic year and ask the librarian on duty for help.
Humanities & Social Sciences – 1st floor Business, Public Policy and Documents – 6th floor Science – 9th floor

ONLINE HELP
Email, text or IM Ask-A-Librarian when you need basic research guidance.
http://http://library.nyu.edu/ask

NYU Libraries website: http://library.nyu.edu/

Fall Graduate Student Reception and Workshop Series

Help us kick off a new school year by joining us at our Annual Graduate Student Reception. It is a great opportunity to meet your subject librarian, as well as mingle with your fellow graduate students over some complimentary food and drinks. We will be giving away NYU Bookstore gift certificates to three lucky attendees. The reception will take place:

–> Thursday, September 17th, 6:00-8:00, 6th floor North Reading Room, Bobst library

Please RSVP by going to http://library.nyu.edu/grads

We are also offering a series of Graduate Student-focused workshops, where you can learn everything from how to organize your bibliographies, to how to track down those tricky citations, to how to be a more effective research assistant (and much more). For the complete listing of these sessions, and to sign up, go to:

–> http://library.nyu.edu/grads

As a new or returning Graduate Student at NYU, you should know that we have been working hard over the past two years to expand and improve our services and spaces to fit your needs, and we hope you’ll help us keep improving.

We look forward to meeting you and wish you the best of luck this semester!

– The Bobst Graduate Student Working Group

New Database Page on Libraries’ Web

There is a new improved way to access the Libraries’ electronic resources!

We have reorganized the “Articles via Databases” page on the Libraries’ website to include many discipline-specific categories to assist you with your research. By using these categories, you will see recommended databases and electronic resources selected by the Libraries’ selectors. In many cases, you will also be able perform a combined (federated) search of these databases.

If you do not pick a category, the default is “General Search,” which searches Proquest, Wilson Omni and JSTOR.

The A-Z list of databases has been enhanced with detailed descriptions.
The list of “popular databases” has been made more prominent.

Access the new page by choosing the Articles via Databases link on the Library homepage, http://library.nyu.edu or by going directly to http://arch.library.nyu.edu.

Additional new features, which will be included in Library workshops in the Fall, include saving and exporting individual citations, searching and sorting by self-labeled citations, and creating sets of federated databases to both search and embed in any web page.

A questions / comments link is available for your feedback.

Renovation News: New Library Hours

Effective Friday, July 24:

ALL public restrooms on the lower levels of Bobst Library will be closed. This is to allow work to begin on the public restrooms located on the west side of the lower levels. Library users are advised to use restrooms on the upper floors of Bobst.

Effective Friday, July 24 – August 7: CHANGE TO BOBST LIBRARY HOURS

• LL1 & LL2 – open 7am – 3am beginning on Friday (lower level hours reduced)
  Open Stacks (floors 1-10) open 7am – 3am
• Intersession hours go into effect on August 8 as planned.

Service Interruptions at Bobst Sat. July 18

There will be a service interruption at Bobst this Saturday, July 18. It will only affect the lower levels and the first floor. Here is the detail.

Due to the lower level construction:

– Electrical power will be unavailable on Lower Level 1 from 7am – 4pm — computer classrooms and computers on this floor only will be unavailable

– Internet and BobCat access (including wireless) will be unavailable from 2-4 pm on the Lower Levels and the first floor

All the floors will remain open, but you may want to consider using another area in Bobst Library for your work. What this means for you:

1. If you were planning on using one of the computer classrooms or computers on Lower Level 1 you’ll need to check out a laptop from the computer center. Laptops can be used throughout the library and have internet access as well as Word, Excel and Powerpoint.

2. If you were planning on plugging in your own laptop on Lower Level 1, you’ll need to relocate to another floor in Bobst.

3. If you need access to BobCat or the Internet from 2-4pm, you’ll need to use a computer on floors 2-4

We apologize for any inconvenience.

BobCat Maintenance

BobCat will be unavailable due to system maintenance at the following time:

Monday, June 22, 11pm – midnight

BobCat Standard
http://bobcatstandard.library.nyu.edu:8991/F

will be available during these times.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Worldwide Reaction to Obama’s Speech in Cairo: Read about it at the Library

You can read about reactions to President Obama’s speech in Cairo in many sources available through Bobst Library.

I would recommend PressDisplay and MideastWire.
PressDisplay offers full text of newspapers in 39 languages from 82 countries including many from the Middle East. It is available at: https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=http://library.pressdisplay.com

MideastWire offers English translations of selected articles from major newspapers in the region.
Available at: https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=http://www.mideastwire.com/
One can receive daily brief of news events by sending email address to info@mideastwire.com with subject line “Request for Daily Briefings”

Both resources offer searchable archives.

Peter Magierski
Middle East Studies Librarian
E-mail: peter.magierski@nyu.edu

Bobst Memorial Day Weekend Hours

Saturday Sunday, May 23-24 – Regular Summer Hours

Monday, May 25 – Library closed

Regular summer hours are at: http://library.nyu.edu/about/hours/summer.html

Summer Library Classes

This summer we’re offering the same hands-on classes as offered during the fall/spring semesters along with a small sampling of the Data Service Studio tutorials.

There was a STATA class today but all other classes start next week so there’s still time to register at http://library.nyu.edu/forms/research/classes.html

BobCat Unavailable 5/24/09 7-9am

BobCat will be unavailable on Sunday, May 24th from 7am to 9am due to maintenance. Users needing access can use BobCat Standard to locate items at: http://bobcatstandard.library.nyu.edu:8991

We apologize for any inconvenience.