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Graduate Student Spring Cleanup Series

March 10, 2008

Graduate Students:
Why not use Spring Break to “clean up” your research and organizational skills?
The NYU Bobst Library is holding a series of workshops and clinics especially for graduate students. These sessions focus on core skills like:
• Finding citations and expanding your research
• Organizing your research using an easy personal database called RefWorks
• Finding and ordering research materials [...]

Bobst Library Graduate Student Working Group

February 28, 2008

Hello from the NYU Bobst Library:
We are currently involved in a project aimed at better understanding and fulfilling the needs of NYU graduate students. Over the course of this semester, we will be engaged in collecting information through a variety of means, including everything from structured conversations, to quick surveys, to small-scale experiments with some [...]

Extended Faculty loan periods for videos

January 22, 2008

Effective immediately, the Avery Fisher Center for Music and Media is
lengthening the faculty loan period for video from twenty-four hours to two
days, with weekend loans extended, as follows:
**Checkout Monday: Due Wednesday by closing time
**Checkout Tuesday: Due Thursday by closing time
**Checkout Wednesday:  Due Friday by closing time
**Checkout Thursday before 7:00 p.m.: Due Saturday by closing time
**Checkout [...]

New Online Full Text News Sources

February 15, 2007

For NYU students, faculty, and staff.
To connect from off-campus, see: Connecting from off-campus.
# PressDisplay
Instant access to over 350 newspapers from around the world. Includes page images, RSS feeds, and even audio versions of news stories for listening online or on mobile devices. Pages and articles may also be downloaded.
# Latin American Newsstand
A selection of full-text [...]

2nd Public Talk on NYU’s Data Services

January 29, 2007

Public Talk on Data Services, Friday, February 23, 12-12:45 AFC East Room, Bobst Library
– refreshments will be provided, and attendees are welcome to stay for general discussion and food until 1:30PM.
This month’s talk is by independent research consultant, Ann Green of Digital Life Cycle Research & Consulting, who will talk about the history of data [...]

BOBST BOOK SALE December 7

December 4, 2006

Thursday, December 7, 2006
12 Noon to 2 PM
Corridor, Mezzanine East, Bobst Library
This event is open to members of the NYU community.
Collections & Research Services will be holding the Bobst Book Sale this
Thursday in the corridor of the East Mezzanine.
We will have a selection of used books available on a variety of topics.
Prices start at 50 [...]

The Films of Robert Altman

November 22, 2006

California split
Keeping one step ahead of their bookie, two L.A. gamblers embark on a winning streak that takes them to Reno, Nevada, where they enter a high-stakes poker game against the legendary Amarillo Slim.
NYU Bobst AFisher DVD 5512

BOBST LIBRARY THANKSGIVING HOURS

November 20, 2006

Bobst Library will be closed Thursday-Friday, Nov. 23-24 for the Thanksgving holiday.
Complete library hours for Wed., Nov 22 - through the weekend are available on the Library website at:
http://library.nyu.edu/about/hours_fall06.html

NYU STUDENTS: NEED HELP GETTING STARTED WITH RESEARCH FOR A TERM PAPER?

October 24, 2006

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.

Help Installing Ebrary Reader

September 28, 2006

Ebrary is the Library’s new 30,000+ title electronic book collection. Some users have reported some problems installing the browser plugin to read the books. Here are solutions from Ebrary:

Internet Explorer (PC) help
Firefox (PC) help
Intel Mac help
Ebrary KnowledgeBase for Customers