SRDS announced it will be down from December 24 to December 29.
Year: 2014
Cinema Image Gallery database discontinued
Cinema Image Gallery, which EBSCO used to provide to CUNY on a complimentary basis, has been discontinued. It has been removed from the list of databases.
Reference Services Schedule For The Week Of December 29, 2014
This schedule is now confirmed and posted to the Reference Desk LibGuide.
Mintel Oxygen now known as Mintel Academic
Mintel Oxygen is now known as Mintel Academic. Please update all handouts or printed materials distributed to users where the name may appear.
Changes to the library’s website and LibGuides will be updated separately.
Reference Services Schedule For The Week Of December 22, 2014
This schedule is now confirmed and posted to the Reference Desk LibGuide.
Reference Services Schedule For the Week Of December 15, 2014
This schedule is now confirmed and posted to the Reference Desk LibGuide.
Reference Services Schedule For The Week Of December 8, 2014
This schedule is now confirmed and posted to the Reference Desk LibGuide.
Important Point about WiFi Access for Baruch Students
While helping a student at the reference desk get onto wifi on her laptop, I learned something new that I wish I’d know before. I was already aware that the only way Baruch students can log onto the “Baruch-Students” wifi channel is if they first register at the “myPassword” site (you can’t just go straight to the “Baruch-Students” wifi channel and enter your Baruch username and password; you have to go to myPassword first).
What I didn’t realize until yesterday, though, was that even after registering at myPassword, there isn’t instant access. According to the page on the BCTC site, Wireless for Students, you have to wait until the next day. In the meanwhile, you can still use the older “Baruch-WiFi” channel with your Baruch username and password.
Temporary Disruption in Access to EBSCO Databases
Our access to a handful of EBSCO databases was disrupted late this morning (including Academic Search Complete and Business Source Complete). The EBSCO tech support rep I just spoke with on the phone said that our access should return this afternoon.
Country overview facet in Gale Virtual Reference Library
Today I stumbled on a handy way to find overview articles in Gale Virtual Reference Library when you’re looking for background info on a country. If you run a search just using the country name and then apply the “Country overview” facet found in the “Document Type” options, you’ll get a much nicer search set:
