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A New Way to Log In to Interlibrary Loan
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700,000 Interlibrary Loan Requests…and Counting! (updated)
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Banned Books and Rights for the Incarcerated: Martin Sostre’s Afro-Asian Bookshop in Exile
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Making the Impossible Possible: The Story of Puerto Rican Studies in Brooklyn College
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Quick Troubleshooting Tips
Posted on March 5, 2024 | No CommentsAre you encountering error messages or problems when trying to access articles, book chapters, or other materials via library databases? One quick and easy troubleshooting trick you can try is switching browsers. Alternatively, you can try clearing your browser’s cache/cookies, and here are some instructions: […] -
Project Muse Unavailable
Posted on February 23, 2024 | No Comments2/26/2024 update – Project Muse access is restored. The Project Muse database is currently unavailable. We are so sorry for the inconvenience and are working to restore access as soon as possible. Meanwhile, New York Public Library access to Project Muse may be an […] -
Google Scholar Changes
Posted on February 23, 2024 | No CommentsThe library has removed proxy support for Google Scholar, because Google blocks these requests assuming that each search request is a robot. This change means that Google will not automatically understand a patron’s institutional affiliation, so users will now need to point to Mina Rees’ […] -
Accessible Archives Unavailable
Posted on December 20, 2023 | No CommentsUpdate: as of December 27, Accessible Archives is back! The Accessible Archives database is currently unavailable. We are so sorry for the inconvenience and are working to restore access as soon as possible. Meanwhile, interlibrary loan may be an option to consider; check access privileges here. -
Hathitrust Membership Cancellation
Posted on November 22, 2023 | No CommentsAs a result of cuts to the library’s budget, we are sorry to report that our membership to Hathitrust will expire on December 31, 2023. This post is intended to help those who have been using Hathitrust make any needed preparations for this change in […] -
A New Login Option
Posted on August 20, 2023 | No CommentsIn our continual pursuit to improve our users’ experience, the library is happy to announce that we have added CUNY Login as a new login option for off-campus access to databases and journals. Because many CUNY platforms and services (e.g., OneSearch, Blackboard, CUNYfirst) use CUNY […] -
New Data Resource: TRACFed
Posted on March 3, 2023 | No CommentsThe Mina Rees Library is pleased to announce that we have acquired TRACFed, a source of information about the US federal government that provides our researchers, educators, and students with a comprehensive collection of federal data, information primarily obtained through the Freedom of Information Act […] -
Library Service Outage, Sunday, January 8th, 8am – 6pm
Posted on January 4, 2023 | No CommentsDue to scheduled IT maintenance, the library website, proxy, and blog will be intermittently unavailable on Sunday, January 8th between 8am and 6pm. When off-campus access to GC library databases is interrupted, some databases will still be available via the CUNY-wide list of databases using […] -
Temporary Outage: A-Z list and Research Guides
Posted on November 3, 2022 | No CommentsThe platform which hosts our A-Z list and our Research Guides is experiencing a temporary and intermittent outages. While the vendor, SpringShare, attempts to resolve the issue and bring LibGuides back, we suggest you use the CUNY-wide list to access a subset of e-resources. […]