News and tips by and for staff providing reference services at the Newman Library, Baruch College (New York, NY).
We recently started a subscription to the International Encyclopedia of Communication (from Wiley-Blackwell). Links to this database can be found on the main databases page and on the database pages for communication studies and for dictionaries and encyclopedias.
Records for this database are not yet indexed by Ex Libris for inclusion in the Primo Central Index, which means that the records can’t be found in OneSearch. The main point of access is by going directly to the database.
We now have access to a new database, Periodicals Archive Online, that is on the ProQuest platform. Somewhat like JSTOR, this database offers backfiles of scholarly journals as well as to a number of magazines, in some cases all the way back to the early 1800s. There is a link to the database on the main databases page.
It is expected that we’ll be able to discover records for these articles in OneSearch soon. We’re working with the CUNY Office of Library Services to determine which specific collections in SFX we need to activate.
We’ve long had access to MathSciNet on the American Mathematical Society’s own platform. This week, we were able to add another access point to the same database: EBSCOhost. If you browse the list of math databases or the main databases page, you’ll now see a separate link for “MathSciNet (EBSCOhost interface).”
Records from MathSciNet are also discoverable in OneSearch; if you click to view the full text from a record in OneSearch, you’ll likely be taken to the article on the American Mathematical Society platform.
We’ve recently started a subscription to a collection of streaming videos that demonstrate all aspects of physical examination for health care providers. The database is called Bates Visual Guide to Physical Examination and is linked to on the main databases page as well as the listings of nursing databases and health databases.
The collection is not yet indexed in the Primo Central Index, which means that records are not yet discoverable in OneSearch. The main point of access for now will be within the database itself.
We now have a subscription to a new collection on the ProQuest Historical Newspapers platform: Amsterdam News (1922-1993). There is a link to it on the A-Z databases page (under Amsterdam News) and on the page listing news databases.
Records for these articles aren’t yet discoverable in OneSearch (Ex Libris hasn’t yet indexed them yet for inclusion in the Primo Central Index, as the collection is too new). For the near future, the sole point of access to these articles will be through the database itself.
Description (from the vendor)
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text is the definitive online tool for film and television research. It is a comprehensive bibliographic and full-text database covering the entire spectrum of television and film. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, screenwriting, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews. The database provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 380 publications (and selected coverage of 300), as well as full text for more than 120 journals, and 100 books. In addition, Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text includes Variety movie reviews from 1914 to present and over 36,300 images from the MPTV Image Archive.
Trial Ends
October 29, 2017
Access
On and off campus
Feedback
Please share with any faculty who might be interested and recommend they use the trial feedback form (also linked to on the Trials tab on the databases page).
The outage in LibGuides from earlier this afternoon has been fixed by the vendor (Springshare).
Springshare has confirmed on their Twitter account that there is a system-wide problem. We are unable to access:
The Twitter account for Springshare is posting updates (as per usual) for this outage.
Finding out how Google Scholar works is a bit tricky, as Google is loathe to release too many details about how the service works. One window in to the inner workings can be found by looking at the posts on the Google Scholar Blog, the official blog from Google about the service. Some notable posts from the past year include:
If you direct students and faculty to Google Scholar, please make sure you tell them to use the link to it on our A-Z databases page. Our link is customized so that it automatically does the “Library links” settings in Google Scholar to indicate the searcher is from Baruch, which then ensures that a “Find Full Text at Baruch” link appears next to article that we have access to.
The laptop desk now loans laptop adapters for students who have their laptop but forgot their adapter. These are available for 3 hour loans.
We have adapters for Mac Air, Macbook Pro, Dell XPS and Dell Latitude laptops.
We also have phone changers for iPhone and Android model phones. These also loan for 3 hours.