Reference at Newman Library

Author: LRATH

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Dissertations & Theses Databases Page Created

A Dissertations & Theses – Databases page was created.

It can be found by browsing the Databases by Subject page. It is listed within the General & Reference box.

Dissertations and Theses Databases

The Dissertations & Theses – Databases page includes links to:

  • ProQuest Dissertations @ Baruch to access the DBA dissertations
  • Baruch’s Institutional Repository to access the DBA dissertations, master’s theses, and undergraduate honors theses uploaded by students
  • OneSearch to help users identify the microfilm number for older Baruch master’s theses
  • CUNY Academic Works to search for CUNY-wide dissertations and theses
  • and other recommended sources, such as Google Scholar and ILLiad

Financial Times Daily Edition for Zicklin Graduate Students and Faculty

Zicklin’s Office of Graduate Programs provides access to the current, daily Financial Times. Current Zicklin graduate students and faculty should use their Baruch email accounts to email the Financial Times contact person to request access. The email contact information is posted in the Reference Wiki under the entry “Financial Times Daily Edition.”

Vendor printing only available from stand-up computers

According to Bruce Little of BCTC and the Reference Wiki, vendor printing is only available from the stand-up computers. I’m not certain when this change actually happened, but it was some time during the past six months or so. I know I am personally confused by this since I have assisted guests & currently, non-registered Baruch students with vendor printing at the sit-down computers located behind the Reference Desk within the past six months. Bruce Little is looking into this as per our conversation, today (Jan. 10 , 2012). He states it may be a network problem/glitch. However, the “official” printing policy is that vendor printing can only be done via the stand-up computers.

Question: Are there enough stand-up computers to allow for this limitation? (If this topic has already been covered, my apologies.)

Leak Near Reference Desk

Buildings & Grounds has been notified concerning a leak in the roof. Rain is leaking and falling in front of the Reference Desk. Currently, there is a recycling bin on the carpet to catch the rain. An orange cone and a yellow “caution: wet floor” sign have been placed around the recycling bin.

Floppy disks

Baruch students working with floppy disks can ask for an external floppy disk drive at the BCTC front desk, for use with the BCTC 6th floor lab computers. Although this request doesn’t come up often, I wanted to share this information. I added this to the wiki, as well.  This was confirmed by calling the BCTC Help Desk. (A student is doing work for her instructor. He gave her a floppy disk and she didn’t know if any computers on campus had a floppy drive.)

ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students & Information Technology, 2010

I received an alert announcing the annual  Educause study and thought I would pass it along.

Abstract:” …a longitudinal extension of the annual 2004 through 2009 studies. It is based on quantitative data from a spring 2010 survey of 36,950 freshmen and seniors at 100 four-year institutions and students at 27 two-year institutions; student focus groups that included input from 84 students at 4 institutions; and review of qualitative data from written responses to open-ended questions. In addition to exploring student ownership, experience, behaviors, preferences, and skills with respect to information technologies, including ownership and use of Internet-capable handheld devices, the 2010 study also includes a special focus on student use of social networking websites and web-based applications.”

History of Vaccines online resource

The College of Physicians of Philadelphia created the History of Vaccines webiste. It contains timelines, articles (citations), and a gallery (videos & images; Pre-1700-Present). The bibliographies include many scholarly articles, as well as other sources, covering vaccine science, societal & cultural aspects (ethics, anti-vaccine movement, etc.), common questions, diseases and etc. This may be a good web source for students in the Comm courses, for their informational or persuasive speech projects (vaccination/immunization is a hot topic). Also, it is a timely site. Have you noticed all the vaccine related advertising in the subways?

Research Worksheet – PDF and .docx versions available

I created a .docx (Word 2010) version of the Research Worksheet (aka reference worksheet) and uploaded it to LibGuides. With this version, one can launch Word 2010, type directly into the document and save/email it. This could be helpful during a consultation, during a hands-on presentation, or at the reference desk if we run out of the print versions. (It will also save paper to keep the worksheet in digital form.)

The .docx version has links to LibGuides, tutorials and to the library’s website. The fields where students type also have instructional text. I realize it is a bit “texty” for now, but I wanted to add some instructions for those that may come across it on their own. (The section for Keywords could lose a few bullets for example.) I’m sure I will trim it down. I welcome feddback.

If you want to add either the PDF or .docx versions to your LibGuide, you copy it from LibGuide–Reusable Media.  (It is available as a link or as a document.) When copying, the documents will appear as: Research Worksheet (PDF version) or as Research Worksheet (Word 2010 .docx version).

If you have Word 2010 on your office computer, you can view it here. The PDF version is here.