Reference at Newman Library

Year: 2014

Trial: Chinese Newspapers Collection (1832-1953)

Vendor description: “Read details in these 12 English-language Chinese newspapers that you won’t find elsewhere, about the artistic, social, scientific, and political thinking of China as the country transitioned from more than 2,000 years of imperial rule to a republic.

Explore the civil wars, the Japanese invasion, the occupation by foreign nations, the rise of communism, and more, from 1832-1953. With the cover-to-cover full-images, you will see cartoons, editorials, classifieds, and even advertising. This makes this resource a snapshot of life, crucial for a variety of subject study, including anthropology, Asian/Chinese/Japan studies, colonial studies, ethnic studies, history, political science, and sociology.”

Trial ends: November 9, 2014

Access: on and off campus; use link on trials tab of main databases page

Please share with any interested faculty and encourage feedback on the form we have on the trials tab

Get Email Confirmation of Forms You Completed

I’ve updated two of the forms we use–the consultation report form and the teaching report form–so that when you’re done filling them out you get an email sent to you with details of your responses in that form. This may be useful if you:

  • want confirmation that you submitted the form
  • want your own record of what you submitted

You’ll now see an optional field on the form to enter your email address. If you put in your address, you’ll get a copy of the form data as soon as you submit the form.

Thanks to Linda Rath for teaching me how to do this neat trick in Qualtrics!

OneSearch: a new discovery service

At the end of October, Baruch will switch from Bearcat Search (which has been using the Summon service from ProQuest) to OneSearch (which uses the Primo service from Ex Libris).

The biggest advantage of the switch is to create a unified search experience for articles, books and other material.

OneSearch contains:
· All records from the catalog – not just that school’s records, but all CUNY records in the catalog (books, DVDs, etc.)

· records for most of the articles that that particular library has in its databases (i.e., all the article records we see in Baruch search results will be things we have in full text somewhere)

OneSearch is hosted and managed by the CUNY Office of Library Services, it is not going to be managed locally by me and Stephen. We need you to continue to send us any issues you encounter and we will work with OLS to solve it; solving issues will probably take longer.

Next steps:
· Please try it out! You can find it by going to the OneSearch link on the main databases page

· The search bar will be updated to reflect what is now being searched. The Book link will remain for catalog-only searches

· Watch out for updates to the Library Services wiki with FAQs and feedback forms.

Please go try it! Go to OneSearch link on the main databases page!