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Morningstar Investment Research Center

Sebastien Marion — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:23:40 GMT

'Morningstar Library Edition’ has re-launched under the new name ‘Morningstar Investment Research Center.’ Included are a new interface, and re-named databases to better showcase the product. According to Morningstar Associate Product Manager Sumita Ghosh, Morningstar is “not just about mutual funds – even though we are the leader in that field. We’re also about stock research and options data. We provide industry-level information and analysis.”

Below are a few screen captures of some of the homepage enhancements. Also useful is the quick reference, located at the Help and Education Center.

For those wishing to dive straight in, begin your search now.

ARTstor Collection News

Karen Cognato — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:49:02 GMT

ARTstor Collection Summary

In the past twelve months ARTstor has continued to expand the breadth and depth of its collections. This year 200,000 images were added to the Digital Library, bringing the total to approximately 700,000 images. This year 29 new collections were released and new content was added to 11 existing collections. And lastly, negotiated agreements with 11 new collection contributors were made.

New Collections:

A.C. Cooper and Related Archives (Frick Art Reference Library)
Architecture of Venice (Sarah Quill)
Art, Archaeology and Architecture (Canyonlights World Art Image Bank)
Carnegie Institution of Washington Photographs of Mayan Excavations
Clarence Ward Archive (National Gallery of Art, Department of Image Collections)
Classical Antiquity Lantern Slide Collection (Bryn Mawr College)
Classical Sculptures (Berlin State Museums)
Community Murals Collection (Timothy Drescher)
Egyptian and other Ancient Art (Arielle Kozloff Brodkey)
Exhibition Installation Photograph Collection (The Museum of Modern Art Archives)
Eyes of the Nation: A Visual History of the United States (Library of Congress)
Foto Reali Archive (National Gallery of Art, Department of Image Collections)
Graphic Design Collection (The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art)
Historic Illustrations of Art & Architecture (Minneapolis College of Art and Design)
Historic Scenic Collection (Alexander Adducci)
Image of the Black in Western Art (Harvard University)
Images for Academic Publishing (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
J. Paul Getty Museum Collection
Roy Lichtenstein
Manuscripts and Early Printed Books (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Modern Latin American Art (Jacqueline Barnitz, Art and Art History Department, The University of Texas at Austin)
The Natural History Drawings of the Endeavour Voyage, 1768–1771 (Natural History Museum, London)
New Museum of Contemporary Art Collection
QTVR Panoramas of World Architecture (Columbia University)
Mark Rothko
The Samuel H. Kress Collection
Sansoni Archive (Frick Art Reference Library)
Study Photographs of Tapestries in the Getty Research Library Photo Study Collection

Expanded Collections:

American Council for Southern Asian Art (ACSAA) Collection (University of Michigan)
Art, Archaeology, and Architecture (Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives)
ARTstor Slide Gallery
Contemporary Architecture, Urban Design and Public Art from the ART on FILE Collection
Contemporary Art (Larry Qualls Archive)
Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise Collection
Hartill Archive of Architecture and Allied Arts
Islamic Art and Architecture Collection (Sheila Blair, Jonathan Bloom, Walter Denny)
Italian and European Art from Scala Archives
The Mellon International Dunhuang Archive
Philadelphia Museum of Art Collection

New Collection Agreements:

Josef and Anni Albers
Asian Art Photographic Distribution (University of Michigan)
Carnegie Survey of Architecture of the South (Library of Congress)
Ezra Stoller Archive (Esto)
Ferguson/Royce Archive of Pre–Columbian Photography (Art and Art History Department, The University of Texas at Austin)
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Mellink Archive (Bryn Mawr College)
Mexican Retablos Collection (Douglas Massey)
Plans of Ancient and Medieval Buildings and Archaeological Sites (Bryn Mawr College)
Walters Museum of Art Collection
The Yale University Art Gallery and the Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale University)

How to Track Authors and Topics Using Search Alerts in Proquest

Sebastien Marion — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:12:34 GMT

Game Informer

Sebastien Marion — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:31:40 GMT

The Manhattan Library now subscribes to Game Informer, the most read video game magazine in the country. It is located on the 2nd floor of the library in the periodicals/magazines display.

Video: How to Order Life Science, Medicine Articles Online Using 'Loansome Doc'

Sebastien Marion — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:36:56 GMT

In this latest video NYCOM Librarian Mahnaz shows you how to create an account, and order full text copies of articles via Pubmed Search from your medical library.

• Watch the video (requires Flash)

New Database: Daily Life America

Sebastien Marion — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:22:50 GMT

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.

Best Books of 2007

Sebastien Marion — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:20:48 GMT

2007 was a notable year for both fiction and non-fiction, alike. If you are interested, here are the Salon, Village Voice, and New York Times best books lists for the year.

Do you have a recent favorite book of your own? Let everyone know in the comments section below. Would you like the library's to purchase a book to be included in the collection? Use this form.

· 100 Notable Books of 2007

· Salon Book Awards 2007

· Village Voice, The Best of 2007

Library Hours, Spring Semester 2008

Sebastien Marion — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:38:13 GMT

Welcome back to another fun and exciting semester. To get started here are the library hours:

Education Hall, Art & Architecture, Old Westbury
Monday: 9am-9pm
Tuesday: 9am-9pm
Wednesday: 9am-9pm
Thursday: 9am-9pm
Friday: 9am-5pm
Saturday: 9am-5pm
Sunday: Closed

Manhattan Library
Monday: 9am-10pm
Tuesday: 9am-10pm
Wednesday: 9am-10pm
Thursday: 9am-10pm
Friday: 9am-10pm
Saturday: 10am-7pm
Sunday: 1pm-7pm

NYCOM Medical Library, Old Westbury
Monday: 8am-12am
Tuesday: 8am-12am
Wednesday: 8am-12am
Thursday: 8am-12am
Friday: 8am-12am
Saturday: 9am-12am
Sunday: 1pm-12am

Wisser Memorial Library, Old Westbury
Monday: 8am-10pm
Tuesday: 8am-10pm
Wednesday: 8am-10pm
Thursday: 8am-10pm
Friday: 8am-5pm
Saturday: 9am-5pm
Sunday: 1pm-6pm

ARTstor Collection Update

Karen Cognato — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:01:44 GMT

Installation Photos from the New Museum of Contemporary Art Collection Now in ARTstor

ARTstor is pleased to announce the release of over 6,000 images into the New Museum of Contemporary Art Collection. The images document installations from the Museum since its opening in 1977. This release coincides with the opening of the Museum's new facility in New York and greatly increases the Digital Library’s representation of contemporary art.

Learn more

New Addition to the ARTstor Digital Library: the Modern Latin American Art Collection

ARTstor and the Art and Art History Department at the University of Texas, Austin have collaborated on a project to digitize and distribute the teaching slides from Professor Jacqueline Barnitz’s collection. This release contains over 3,800 images that provide teachers, students and scholars with a core teaching collection in the area of modern Latin American art.

Learn more

More Manuscripts and Early Printed Books Images from the Bodleian Library, Oxford University

ARTstor is pleased to announce the addition of over 6,400 high quality images of manuscripts and early printed books from the Bodleian Library at Oxford University. This brings the collection contents to over 10,800 images. The entire collection will reach approximately 25,000 with subsequent releases through 2008.

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Images from the Kress Collection

The Samuel H. Kress Foundation and ARTstor are happy to announce the release of approximately 640 images of art works formerly belonging to the Kress Collection. Many of the greatest Italian artists appear in the Kress Collection, as do numerous significant works by less familiar masters.

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Images from the Carnegie Institution of Washington Mayan Excavations (Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University)

ARTstor, in collaboration with the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, is happy to announce the initial release of over 22,000 images of Mayan excavations. The images come from the renowned photographic archives of the Carnegie Institution of Washington (CIW), which documents archaeological excavations throughout Central America.

Learn more

Now Available in ARTstor: the Natural History Drawings of the Endeavour Voyage

In collaboration with the Natural History Museum in London, ARTstor has digitized and now released a collection of over 950 watercolors, drawings, and related paintings of botany and zoological subjects documented on Captain James Cook's voyage aboard the HMS Endeavour between 1768 and 1771.

Learn more

Additional Images from the Mellon International Dunhuang Archives

ARTstor is pleased to announce a sizable addition to The Mellon International Dunhuang Archive. Nearly 40,000 images from the British Library manuscripts and over 28,000 images from the Bibliotheque national de France manuscripts will join the previously released images of the Buddhist cave shrines in Dunhuang, China.

Learn more

Fall 2007 Final Examination Schedules

Sebastien Marion — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:32:05 GMT

Below are the Fall 2007 final examination schedules for Manhattan and Old Westbury. Good luck!

How to Cite Your Research Paper

Sebastien Marion — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:53:40 GMT

Your instructor is likely to recommend a specific style for citing your research paper. The style guides published by the Modern Language Association (MLA) and the American Psychological Association (APA) are the two most commonly used. To learn more about MLA, click here, and for APA click here. For additional information on citing electronic resources, please click here.

Grove Art Online

Karen Cognato — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:41:38 GMT

Grove Art Online is the unsurpassed authority on all aspects of art from prehistory to the present day. It provides online access to the entire text of the acclaimed 34-volume Dictionary of Art plus many newly-commissioned articles. Offering unrivalled breadth and depth of content, Grove Art Online covers everything you need to know about artists, architecture, sculptors, genres, cultures, techniques, and museums.

Click here for a guided walk through demonstration.

ARTstor Update

Karen Cognato — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:55:46 GMT

ARTstor is pleased to announce the first release of images to the Mark Rothko Collection in the ARTstor Digital Library. This release includes 43 paintings scanned from eight-by-ten color transparencies not previously in public collections. Learn more

Ghiberti Collection Completed

Just released the final 30 images of the Ghiberti collection, depicting the cleaned Noah panel. Along with the previously added images of the partially cleaned panel, these images further underscore the importance of the recent restoration campaign and its photographic documentation by ARTstor. Learn more

New Additions

Approximately 2,300 additional images to the Islamic Art and Architecture Collection. This latest release focuses on Ottoman architecture in Turkey and brings the total number of images in this collection to over 14,800. Learn more

More European art and architecture from Scala Archives and Art Resource bringing the total number of Scala images now available to ARTstor users to approximately 10,500. Learn more

New Collection Agreements

ARTstor is pleased to announce the digitization of 70,000 images from the Ezra Stoller Archive. Ezra Stoller is widely recognized as the leading American architectural photographer of the 20th century. Learn more

Through a partnership with the Library of Congress, ARTstor will distribute approximately 200,000 images from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) image collections. Coverage spans across the United States and its territories, representing various periods and styles from the 17th through the 20th century. Learn more

ARTstor and the New Museum of Contemporary Art are collaborating to digitize and distribute approximately 7,000 images from the New Museum's photo archive. This collaboration will significantly increase the representation of contemporary art in the Digital Library. Learn more

ARTstor and the Library of Congress will collaborate to distribute images from the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South collection, a systematic record of early buildings and gardens in the American South. The Library of Congress will be digitizing the Carnegie Survey negatives for eventual distribution through the Digital Library. Learn more

Through a partnership with ARTstor, the Visual Resources Center at Bryn Mawr College will be contributing a collection of site plans for key ancient and medieval architectural monuments and archaeological sites. There are approximately 8,000 black and white slides depicting archaeological and building site plans, particularly relating to the classical and ancient Near East, as well as medieval Europe. Learn more

ARTstor and Douglas Massey will collaborate to bring approximately 130 images of Mexican retablos to the Digital Library. Dating from 1912 to 1996, these small, colorful oil paintings represent modern expressions of a traditional Mexican art form. Learn more

Video: How to Read Harvard Business Review Online for Free

Sebastien Marion — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:40:38 GMT

Apply for the Ethel B. Silverstein Student Awards

Sebastien Marion — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:09:14 GMT

Are you an undergraduate student with a high GPA and a record of service to NYIT? If so, you may qualify for the Ethel B. Silverstein Student Award ($150 per winner) offered by the NYIT Faculty Club and the Patrons of the Arts. Please click here for the Information Flyer and Application Form.