Reference at Newman Library

Tag: Trials

Trial: American History 1493-1945

Vendor description: “This unique collection documents American History from the earliest settlers to the mid-twentieth century. It is sourced from the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the finest archives available for the study of American History.”

At the moment, only the first portion of this database is available, which covers “Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859.”

Trial ends: November 17, 2014

Access: on campus only; 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

Trial: Loeb Classical Library

Vendor description: “The mission of the Loeb Classical Library, founded by James Loeb in 1911, has always been to make Greek and Latin literature accessible to the broadest range of readers. The digital Loeb Classical Library extends this mission into the twenty-first century. Harvard University Press is honored to renew James Loeb’s vision of accessibility and presents an interconnected, fully searchable, perpetually growing, virtual library of all that is important in Greek and Latin literature. Epic and lyric poetry; tragedy and comedy; history, travel, philosophy, and oratory; the great medical writers and mathematicians; those Church Fathers who made particular use of pagan culture — in short, our entire Greek and Latin Classical heritage is represented here with up-to-date texts and accurate English translations. More than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek, and English texts are available in a modern and elegant interface, allowing readers to browse, search, bookmark, annotate, and share content with ease.”

Trial ends: December 13, 2014

Access: on campus only; 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

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

Trial: ACLS Humanities E-Book

For the next 60 days we have trial access to an ebook collection called ACLS Humanities E-Book. The titles are from a variety of quality publishers (including major trade publishers, university presses, and scholarly societies).

A link to the database can be found on the Trials tab of the databases page. Access requires a different password for each month of the trial. The user name and the monthly passwords are visible when you mouse over the link to the database.

Please share this with any members of the faculty who might be interested and encourage them to provide feedback.

Trial: Rosetta Stone

Through October 26, we have access to a trial for Rosetta Stone. Offered via the EBSCOhost platform, Rosetta Stone offers online instruction in 30 different languages. Access should work off campus as well. Here’s how get started:

  1. Go to the Trials tab on the main databases page and select “Rosetta Stone”
  2. If you are off campus, you’ll see our usual Baruch login; if you’re on campus, you’ll go straight to a Rosetta Stone/EBSCO login page.
  3. On the Rosetta Stone/EBSCO page, you’ll want to register as a first-time user. Enter your Baruch email address and select a password that has at least 6 letters and 1 number. Then select the language you want to try out.

Rosetta Stone works with your mic on your laptop, headset, etc. so you can learn to speak as well as read. You can do lessons without the mic, though, if you’re only interested in learning to read a language. One important thing to be aware of: once you’ve logged into Rosetta Stone, you can switch from one language to another. Instead, you have to log out entirely and when you’re back at the login screen, select a different language at that point.

Please share this trial with any faculty who might be interested and encourage them to provide feedback via the form on the Trials tab of our database page.

Trial to Intelecom

Through October 15, there is a CUNY-wide trial to Intelecom. This database offers a collection of streaming videos in the following areas:

  • Adult Basic Education
  • Environmental Studies
  • Health
  • History
  • Oceanography
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology

A link to the database can be found in the usual location on the Trials tab on the main databases page. To login, you’ll want to use the user name and password that are visible when you mouse over the link on the Trials tab.

Feel free to share news of this trial with any faculty who might be interested (and give them the user name and password info in your email). Feedback should be sent using the online form on the Trials tab.

Trial to the Criterion Collection

Through November 17, all of CUNY Baruch has trial access to the Criterion Collection, which offers streaming video for feature films from some of the world’s greatest directors (Kurosawa, Bergman, Cassavetes, Fellini, Truffaut, Fassbinder, Renoir, Antonioni, and more). I know what I’m doing this weekend….

Access is via the link the “Trials” tab on the databases page.

Please share this with any faculty who might be interested and encourage them to offer feedback on the form that’s on the Trials tab of the databases page.

 

Database Trial: Accessible Archives

Through October 11 November 9, all of CUNY has trial access to Accessible Archives. This database offers digitized newspapers and books published in America in the late 1800s and early 1900s. A link to this database can be found on the Trials tab of the main databases page.

Please share this with faculty that might be interested. Feedback should be provided via the form on the Trials tab of the main databases page.