At yesterday’s Public Services Committee yesterday, we approved a change to the way call numbers are shown in OneSearch records. Now, the location and the call number are set in bold to make them stand out more.
Access to Cambridge Companions Online Has Been Restored
We can now access the content of the Cambridge Companions Online collection. Right now, access is just via the links on our databases pages, but in the next week, you should be able to find records in OneSearch for entries in them as well as records for entire volumes.
Gartner Database Login Change
UPDATE (11 September 2018): The information below that was posted yesterday is now out of date, as CUNY CIS has now decided that access to Gartner will be via a direct link instead of via the CUNY Portal. That direct link still requires that users log in with their CUNY Login (see below). Our A-Z link to Gartner will no longer instruct how to connect via the CUNY Portal but instead how to use your CUNY Login.
Access to Gartner continues to require you first to log into the CUNY Portal. What’s new as of 5 pm today is that your login for the CUNY Portal will use the CUNY Login system:
- Username: Your CUNYfirst username + @login.cuny.edu (e.g., [email protected])
- Password: Your CUNYfirst password
The separate login credentials we used to use for the CUNY Portal will no longer work. This change is part of the ongoing effort to cut down on the number of login credentials that members of the CUNY community need.
A link for Gartner is still found on our databases page (the link takes you to the CUNY Portal login page).
Dataset for Corporate Library in WRDS Is Now Called MSCI
If you need to access the Corporate Library dataset in WRDS, the listing for it on our A-Z databases page is now found under MSCI.
Problems with Records in OneSearch for New York Times and Wall Street Journal Articles
CUNY OLS and Ex Libris are looking into problems that CUNY and other schools are having with records for New York Times and Wall Street Journal articles. You may find that the “full text available” link for an article leads you to a page in the database that indicates the full text or the article couldn’t be found. If that happens, just go into one of the usual databases for full text access and search by title for the article you need.
With the New York Times, you may also see in your search results in OneSearch multiple records for the exact same article.
As soon as these problems are fixed by Ex Libris, I’ll post an update to the reference blog.
GIS Workshop Registration for Fall 2018 is now Open
Registration is now open for the fall semester’s GIS (geographic information systems) Practicum, Introduction to GIS Using Open Source Software (featuring QGIS). There will be two sessions this term, held in the GIS Lab at Baruch College:
- Friday October 26th
- Friday November 16th
The day-long workshop runs from 9am to 4:30pm. Current CUNY graduate students, faculty, and staff, and full-time Baruch undergrads are eligible to register. Advance registration is required; the fee is $30 and includes a detailed tutorial manual and a light breakfast. Participants must bring their own laptop with QGIS 2.18 pre-installed in order to take the class. Visit the GIS Practicum page to learn more and to register:
http://guides.newman.baruch.cuny.edu/gis/gisprac
Baruch librarians: feel free to circulate this info to students and faculty, but please do not post on listservs.
New Database: Market Research and American Business, 1935-1965
Description (from Adam Matthew Digital, the vendor)
provides a unique insight into the American consumer boom of the mid-20th century through access to the complete market research reports of Ernest Dichter, the era’s foremost consumer analyst, market research pioneer and widely-recognised ‘father’ of Motivational Research.
Access
Scanners Now Require Logging in Before Use
As noted in Harry Gee’s email earlier this week, the scanners on the 2nd floor now require users to sign in first with a Baruch username and password (or a guest username and password). Behind the monitor for each scanner is a small desktop computer with a power button (in case you need to turn a machine on).
Once you log in to a machine, you first see the Windows desktop and then a few moments later, the scanning software comes up (the same software as before). Once you’re done scanning, you can:
- email a PDF of the scan job
- send the scan to the color or the black-and-white printers
- save the file to a USB flash drive
- save the file to your Google Drive, Drobox, or OneDrive account
Cancellation of Grolier Online
The collection of databases that NOVELny provides to all public libraries and public higher ed institutions in New York state no longer includes Grolier Online. It has been removed from our database lists.
For other general encyclopedias, see this list on our databases pages.
Graphing Calculators for Fall 2018
The lottery for graphing calculator distribution is now open. The Newman Library News blog post about it has all the details. You can show students this news blog post (which includes a link the entry form) by starting out from any of these three paths:
- Go to “News” on the main navigation on the library website and look for the post (it should be the latest one).
- Look for the tweet on Dean Downing’s @ciobaruch Twitter account that is re-published on the library’s home page
- Go to the Technology Loan Service page on the library site, scroll down to the graphing calculators and click the link for “check fall 2018 availability”