Library Workshops & Events
Check the library calendar for workshops and events of interest, including Zotero trainings!
Featured Stories
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New Access to The Chief: A Voice for Workers
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Remembering Helga Bravmann Feder, with Gratitude
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New and Featured Streaming Film Databases: Docuseek and Electronic Arts Intermix
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Dissertations and Theses Year-in-Review, 2023-24
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Adrienne Rich: Teaching at CUNY, 1968–1974, Now Available on Manifold
28 April 2024 1:06 PM | No Comments
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E-Resources Archive
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The E-Book Detective Agency: Anatomy of an Ebook Search
Posted on May 20, 2020 | No CommentsNow Presenting: The E-Book Detective Agency Ebook, oh Ebook, where could you be? As our library spaces are currently closed, here at the Graduate Center Library we’ve turned our focus to providing seamless, lightning-quick access to electronic resources. Whether through InterLibrary Loan (request a book […] -
Tips & Tricks for Finding E-books
Posted on April 15, 2020 | 1 CommentNow that research has moved online for the foreseeable future, we’re all looking for electronic texts. In normal times, the GC library provides access to thousands of e-books though assorted databases. But now, because of the COVID-19 crisis, many publishers have temporarily opened access to […] -
Now Open: The Mina Rees E-book Detective Agency
Posted on April 6, 2020 | No CommentsWorking from home — including teaching, writing, and studying from home — only works if you have the tools to do it. For many of us in the GC community, the tools are books, some of them printed on paper and tantalizingly close (right there […] -
Online Library Workshops
Posted on March 20, 2020 | No CommentsHave webcam, will teach! Learning and thinking goes on despite social distancing and closed public spaces. We’re simply moving our f2f workshops onto the web. Coming up soon: Monday, March 23, 2pm Basic Research, Online Edition: Using the Library’s Virtual Resources If you’ve been putting […] -
The HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) will be inaccessible July 14 through July 15 at noon
Posted on July 12, 2019 | No CommentsThe HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC), the home of Hathi Analytics, will be inaccessible July 14 through July 15 at noon during the monthly maintenance period. The next maintenance period will be August 11-12, 2019. Capsule users should make sure any data they imported or […] -
Summer 2019 Electronic Resources Summary
Posted on July 11, 2019 | No CommentsIt’s been a bit of time since we had a post here about our collections. Yet a few things have been in the works. We’ve started this new guide that documents changes to our collections over time. You can see the most recent additions in […] -
Finding Fulltext when Google Scholar is Down
Posted on May 10, 2019 | 1 CommentThe Graduate Center version of Google Scholar is experiencing temporary difficulties; please try the library’s other online resources to find fulltext for scholarly articles and books: OneSearch Journals A-Z List Databases A-Z List You can find all of these resources on the library homepage, http://library.gc.cuny.edu/. You […] -
Spotlight on: The Alternative Press
Posted on April 8, 2019 | No Comments“Alternative press” is a broad term for independent, non-corporate, non-mainstream newspapers and magazines, and publications from radical, anti-establishment, or counter-culture groups. Alternative press outlets tend to cover stories the mainstream media (MSM) duck. And when they cover the same stories as the MSM, they tackle […] -
Temporary Issue with Finding Fulltext via Google Scholar
Posted on February 13, 2019 | No CommentsThe Graduate Center version of Google Scholar is experiencing temporary difficulties; please try the library’s other online resources to find fulltext for scholarly articles and books: OneSearch Journals A-Z List Databases A-Z List You can find all of these resources on the library homepage, http://library.gc.cuny.edu/. Thank […] -
Spotlight on: The Center for Research Libraries
Posted on November 15, 2018 | No CommentsFounded in 1949 as a cooperative of Midwest libraries, the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) has grown into an international consortium of more than 200 university, college, and independent research libraries. The GC’s Mina Rees Library is a member of CRL and through our affiliation […]
