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  • Printer outage Monday, 1/29/2018

    Update (10:00am):  Printer #3 on the 2nd floor is now working. Please stay tuned for additional updates on printer functionality today. Thank you for your patience. — The printers on both the 2nd floor and C level of the library are temporarily down. IT is […]

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    Technical Difficulties: Slow Journal Search

    The Journal Search tool on the GC Library website is experiencing temporary performance issues, which can lead to long wait times on your journal search results. If you are getting timed out or waiting too long, please try this alternative while we wait for our […]

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  • Get to Know the Web of Science Database (Upcoming Workshop!)

    You may not know this, but the Graduate Center Library provides access to a powerful resource which enables you to both delve into published literature and monitor new developments in your field. This resource is called Web of Science, and it offers a number of features […]

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    Goodbye Scopus

    Because of the Graduate Center’s budget constraints, the library can no longer sustain a subscription to Elsevier’s Scopus database. Librarians apply cost and use statistics (and other factors) to deliberations about electronic resource renewals and cancellations. We also – to the best of our ability – avoid duplication of […]

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  • Two Free Tools to Help Boost Your Online Scholarly Presence

    You may already be familiar with searching for articles and other academic works in the popular web search engine Google Scholar. You may have noticed the article-level metrics such as number of times cited (and by whom) that are included with your Google Scholar search […]

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    October 2016 E-Resources Summary

    This post is the latest in a series designed to keep the Graduate Center community updated about our collections; focused primarily on electronic resources available through the Graduate Center Library. Happy Halloween! New Databases (These and all other databases can be found on our full A-Z […]

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  • Impact of Open Scholarship on public audiences

    Have you ever wondered after making one of your works publicly accessible in CUNY Academic Works (or while considering doing so), “who is this new audience I am reaching?” In a post earlier this year CUNY’s Scholarly Communications Librarian, Megan Wacha, framed this question in […]

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    January and February 2016 E-Resources Summary

    This post is the latest in a series designed to keep the Graduate Center community updated about our collections; focused primarily on electronic resources available through the Graduate Center Library. Welcome back, GC students and faculty! New Databases (These and all other databases can be […]

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  • Will the change in my GC email address affect my access to library databases?

    The short answer is, no. Although both currently enrolled Graduate Center students and active graduates will be trading their old @gc.cuny.edu addresses for the new @gradcenter.cuny.edu, this change will not affect your ability to log into Graduate Center subscribed databases. (For faculty and staff at […]

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