The NYIT library is pleased to now offer Daily Life America.

What is Daily Life America?

The fourth and most recent addition to Greenwood's flagship Daily Life Online suite of social-history products (a 33% addition of content), available as a standalone or integrated with Daily Life through History Basic or Daily Life through History Premium

A searchable, and ever-expanding, website that spotlights the day-to-day lives of average Americans, past and present

A virtual library of thousands of diverse sources: award-winning reference works, primary documents, illustrations, maps

A key resource supporting courses in American history and literature at the high school and college level—but with a fresh approach

A dazzling web experience for anyone with a hankering to explore the back roads and byways of the American experience

What's in Daily Life America?

• 98 recently published books, worth more than $9,000 if purchased separately, including
  • The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Regional Cultures
  • The Uniting States: The Story of Statehood for the Fifty United States
  • Encyclopedia of American Holidays and National Days
  • Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America
  • Famous American Crimes and Trials
• Thousands of primary documents (recipes, newspaper articles, etc.)
• State-by-State Resource Center: ready-reference information (capital, key cities, population, size), as well as nicknames, flags, mottoes, birds, songs, holidays, and observances
• Classroom resources (lesson plans, curriculum correlations)
• Multimedia
• Links to vetted websites
• More than 1,000 photos, drawings, maps
• Advanced search, advanced browse
• Semiannual enhancements
• Available as standalone or fully integrated with DLO suite

What does Daily Life in America cover?

• Food and cooking
• Holidays and festivals
• Clothing and fashion
• Housing and furnishings
• Religion and spirituality
• Folkways
• Games and amusements
• Music and dance
• Family life
• Women's history and culture
• Native American and other ethnic cultures
• Regional cultures
• And more...

Who needs Daily Life America?

Students looking for fresh research topics

Teachers of history, literature, drama, social studies, education (and more); the site covers every period outlined in the National Standards for United States History

History buffs with a taste for the offbeat, the gritty, the tangy

Librarians who serve all of the above

What sort of questions can Daily Life America answer?

• What's really the difference between New England and California accents?
• Why would an adobe house look as out place in Maine as a clapboard saltbox would look in Arizona?
• What in the world is lutefisk or a hushpuppy; how (and why) would you want to eat either of them?
• What were the Top Ten hits everyone was singing in the 1880s?
• What kinds of trouble were kids getting into while the American Revolution was going on?

Click here to begin exploring Daily Life America.

# - Sebastien Marion - Databases - 1/29/08; 10:22:50 AM -

The NYIT Library is pleased to offer full online access to the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. Included are 7100+ articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and hundreds of research updates in all areas of science and technology updated daily.  The online encyclopedia also includes over 2000 biographies of leading scientists, weekly updates of breakthroughs and discoveries in science and technology, a science dictionary, as well as links to related websites,  a podcast and RSS feed.

You can begin searching here.  If asked, simply enter your NYIT e-mail username and password.

# - Sebastien Marion - Databases - 10/10/07; 11:02:29 AM -

We are happy to announce that DynaMed is now available to the NYIT community.

What is DynaMed? 
DynaMed is a clinical reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other health care professionals for use primarily at the 'point-of-care'.  With clinically-organized summaries for nearly 2,000 topics, DynaMed is the only evidence-based reference shown to answer most clinical questions during practice.  Based on the results of a study published in Annals of Family Medicine (November/December 2005), not only did primary care clinicians answer more clinical questions with access to DynaMed than without DynaMed, but these clinicians also found more answers in DynaMed that changed clinical decisions.

DynaMed is updated daily and monitors the content of over 500 medical journals and systematic evidence review databases directly and indirectly by using many journal review services. Each publication is reviewed cover-to-cover, and each article is evaluated for clinical relevance and scientific validity. The new evidence is then integrated with existing content, and overall conclusions are changed as appropriate representing a synthesis of the best available evidence. Through this process of systematic literature surveillance, the best available evidence determines the content of DynaMed.

Using your NYIT email username and password you can login right now from either on or off-campus.  DynaMed is also available on your PDA.

# - Sebastien Marion - Databases - 5/30/07; 9:43:50 AM -

The NYIT Library is running a trial of Facts on File.  Facts on File provides students with complete one-stop sources of basic information on important contemporary topics and issues.  Every volume is a compact, self-contained reference work.  All the books are extensively researched, concisely written, and clearly formatted to yield information quickly and easily. 

All NYIT members are welcome to participate in this trial.  Interesting parties can e-mail to obtain the password.  The trial ends on June 15, 2007.

# - Sebastien Marion - Databases - 5/16/07; 3:54:08 PM -

Updated regularly, CCH Internet Research NetWork provides full text access to primary and secondary materials relating to accounting, federal taxes, federal tax archives, state taxes, securities law, human resources, employment law, health law, pension and welfare benefits, financial planning and services, government contracts, multistate taxes, law, taxation, income tax, and securities.

Get a Head Start by Browsing These Guides:

• Accounting Firms / Corporate Tax Departments - Quick Start Guide
• Legal Professionals - Quick Start Guide
• Corporations and Hospitals - Quick Start Guide

# - Sebastien Marion - Databases - 1/26/07; 3:18:48 PM -

The NYIT Library is pleased to provide access to Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage database.  Information which can only be accessed if you are an NYIT community member, NetAdvantage provides full text information concerning:

• Industry Surveys – Current profiles for many industries.
• Company Profiles and Corporation Records
• Stock Reports - Brief information on a stock's performance and investment potential.
• Bond Ratings
• Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives - A directory of public and private companies.
• Feature Articles - Standard & Poor's analysts offer independent and unbiased opinions on the stock market, the economy, and long and short-term prospects for equities, bonds, funds and industries.
• Market investment news - News including market snapshots, company quotes, equity indexes pages, the Outlook's market insight, S&P stock picks and pans, economic calendars, economic insights, industry in focus and Stovall's sector watch.

Start searching:

• Access Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage Now
• NetAdvantage Demonstration
• NetAdvantage User Guide
• Stock Report Features Guide
• Mutual Fund Guide
   

# - Sebastien Marion - Databases - 10/13/06; 2:27:45 PM -

NYIT Career Services is pleased to offer the NYIT community access to the VAULT Online Career Library.  Valuable for career and resume building, VAULT includes access to:

• 90+ Downloadable Career Guides
• 3,500 Employer Profiles
• 1,100+ Career Advice Articles
• Internship Information
• Over 2,000,000 messages in Vault’s Electronic Watercooler message board with inside information on various companies!

Use your NYIT e-mail address to obtain your password, and begin your career today!

Sample titles, include:

• Vault Guide to Resumes, Cover Letters, and Interviews
• Vault Guide to Top Internships
• Vault Guide to Technology Careers
• Vault Career Guide to Electrical Engineering
• Vault Guide to the Top Advertising & PR Employers
• Vault Guide to Starting Your Own Business
• Vault Guide to Conquering Corporate America for Women and Minorities

  

# - Sebastien Marion - Databases - 9/21/06; 10:10:09 AM -

A trial of the electronic service Book Index with Reviews (BIR) is now taking place.  BIR includes access to over 800,000 fully searchable book reviews, popularity ratings, and browseable lists of new releases.

For example, a summary to Malcolm Gladwell's bestseller Tipping Point, reads as follows:

"An introduction to the Tipping Point theory--first presented in a series of articles in "The New Yorker"--explains how minor changes in ideas and products can increase their popularity and how small adjustments in one's immediate environment can alter group behavior."

This brief review is followed by more extensive reviews from Library Journal, BookList and Publisher's Weekly.

Interested in reading about idea viruses, thin slicing and snap judgments?  Gladwell's bestsellers are available now at the following NYIT locations:

Blink: the Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Manhattan Library       Location 
BF448 .G53 2005         Standard shelving
Wisser Library             Location
BF448 .G53 2005         Reserve 



The Tipping Point

Manhattan Library       Location 
HM1033 .G53 2002      Standard shelving 
Wisser Library             Location 
HM1033 .G53 2002       Standard shelving  

 

# - Sebastien Marion - Databases - 9/19/06; 12:11:12 PM -

Will Wikipedia mean the end of traditional encyclopedias?  As pointed out by BoingBoing, The Wall Street Journal is currently hosting a debate between Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and Dale Hoiberg, editor in chief of Encyclopaedia Britannica.

With over one million entries, Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that anyone around the world can edit.  The NYIT Library also subscribes to the complete edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica Online.  An excellent source for getting started with background research, you may access Britannica here. 

Researching from your home or office?  Simply plug-in your NYIT e-mail username and password.

# - Sebastien Marion - Databases - 9/14/06; 12:05:51 PM -

Oxford Reference Online has been upgraded.  Now, in addition to the 100+ e-titles already available to the NYIT community, the Premium Collection includes titles in the Oxford Companions series, as well as the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.  That’s over 100 dictionaries and reference books, all readable from the comfort of your home or office.

The Premium Collection also includes improved search functionality which makes it easy to choose between longer or shorter entries from subject reference titles, definitions from English or bilingual dictionaries, and quotations.

You can learn more about individual e-titles and begin your search by following the links below:

• Full Title Listing
• Subject Reference
• English Dictionaries
• Bilingual Dictionaries
• Quotations and Proverbs
• Begin Searching Oxford Reference Online Premium
  

# - Sebastien Marion - Databases - 8/2/06; 10:31:48 AM -

Interested in performing legal research?  The NYIT Library's subscription database Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe provides searchable access to a comprehensive spectrum of full-text information from over 5,600 sources, selected to meet legal research needs.  These include:

·        U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information

·        Shepard’s® Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789

·        Business news journals, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news

·        National and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources.

Are you searching from your home or anywhere off-campus? When prompted, simply enter your NYIT e-mail username and password.

 

# - Sebastien Marion - Databases - 11/11/05; 1:45:45 PM -

Searching for an electronic dictionary?  The NYIT Library system subscribes to The Oxford Reference Core Collection (OECC).  The OECC includes over 100 dictionaries, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. 

Looking for an electronic encyclopedia?  The NYIT Library system also subscribes to The Encyclopedia Britannica Online.  Our subscription includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year.  You can also use Encyclopedia Britannica Online to search an Internet directory that includes more than 300,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors.

Remember, you are able to access all of these resources remotely - when prompted simply enter your NYIT e-mail username and password.

# - Sebastien Marion - Databases - 10/4/05; 3:42:16 PM -

R2 is a web-based application that aggregates health sciences book content from leading publishers in a single platform. This service is available exclusively through hospital, academic, and institutional libraries.  The NYCOM Medical Library has arranged a free trial of this service for NYIT students.  You can click here to login.

# - Sebastien Marion - Databases - 8/12/05; 4:38:04 PM -

- have the complete 32-volume print set of the Encyclopedia Britannica in your apartment or office?  We didn’t think so!  Now, NYIT community members have complete free access to the entire electronic edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, including the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, the Britannica Internet Directory, and the Britannica Book of the Year.  When prompted for a password, just plug-in your NYIT e-mail username and password and begin searching.

# - Sebastien Marion - Databases - 6/29/05; 9:12:56 AM -

A small database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.

# - Sebastien Marion - Databases - 3/25/05; 11:04:05 AM -

The Oxford Reference Core Collection contains close to 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. It is a fully-indexed, cross-searchable database of these books, giving subscribers unprecedented access to a comprehensive information resource.

# - Sebastien Marion - Databases - 3/24/05; 8:43:38 AM -

General Science provides information on all aspects of the scientific world and offers full-text coverage for more than 60 of the most popular science publications, including Archaeology, Astronomy, Discover, National Wildlife, New Scientist, Popular Science, Science News, Scientific American, and many others. Subject areas covered include the observation, description, identification, and experimental investigation of phenomena and the application of science to industrial or commercial objectives. The database also includes Great Scientific Achievements of the Twentieth Century, a multi-volume encyclopedia from Salem Press.

# - Sebastien Marion - Databases - 3/24/05; 8:41:58 AM -