Library Workshops & Events
Check the library calendar for workshops and events of interest, including Zotero trainings!
Featured Stories
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Dissertations and Theses Year-in-Review, 2025–26
02 June 2026 9:24 AM | 1 Comment -
An Archives Center for the Library
24 June 2025 11:37 AM | No Comments -
New Access to The Chief: A Voice for Workers
24 February 2025 4:06 PM | No Comments -
Remembering Helga Bravmann Feder, with Gratitude
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New and Featured Streaming Film Databases: Docuseek and Electronic Arts Intermix
23 October 2024 5:39 PM | No Comments
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The State of the Search: Finding & Accessing E-books, Eight Months In
Posted on November 6, 2020 | No CommentsIt’s now been almost eight months since the COVID-19 pandemic forced the shuttering of our library space and made us all overnight into digital researchers. The initial outpouring of expanded access to materials that came from publishers and database providers was enormously important as we […] -
On-Site Research Appointments and Print Options at NYPL are Expanded
Posted on November 5, 2020 | No Comments[Note: As of 11/25/2020, book requests from the Research Libraries and in-person appointments are temporarily suspended due to COVID-19.] Starting today, it’s possible to schedule an appointment to visit any of The New York Public Library’s four Research Libraries – the nearby Stephen A. Schwarzman […] -
The Art of Open Pedagogy
Posted on November 4, 2020 | No CommentsBelow is the third in a series of posts by participants in the Summer 2020 Open Pedagogy Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight to the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as their experiences […] -
A Mid-Semester Update
Posted on October 26, 2020 | No CommentsA Mid-Semester Update by Emily Drabinski, Interim Chief Librarian Dear Graduate Center community, I want to share a brief mid-semester update on library operations during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. Like you, we long to be back in our quiet scholarly oasis in midtown Manhattan. As we […] -
Why Open Access?
Posted on October 21, 2020 | No CommentsBelow is the second in a series of posts by participants in the Summer 2020 Open Pedagogy Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight to the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as their experiences […] -
Inclusive Education and Research in Astronomy
Posted on October 19, 2020 | No CommentsBelow is the first in a series of posts by participants in the Summer 2020 Open Pedagogy Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight to the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as their experiences […] -
LGBTQ Archives & Primary Source Collections
Posted on October 13, 2020 | No CommentsResearching LGBTQ history can be complex, interdisciplinary, and involves primary source materials that are categorized in many different ways. In this post, we’ll take a look at some of the archival collections that are available online. Using the search tool ArchiveGrid is a great way […] -
Spotlight on Primary Source Databases
Posted on September 30, 2020 | No CommentsThe Mina Rees Library offers access to scores of databases that contain primary sources. Formats include manuscripts and archives, historical newspapers and magazines, comics, zines, government documents, maps, data, film and video, audio, images, artworks, literary texts, printed ephemera, and more. Using these databases, you […] -
Fall Scholarly Communication Workshop Series
Posted on September 23, 2020 | No CommentsHow do scholars formally engage in conversation with each other? What kinds of works do scholars produce beyond books and articles? How can research impact be measured? What about journal quality? What are some easy ways to find open access versions of others’ works, and […] -
CUNY Webinar Series: Funding Fridays
Posted on September 21, 2020 | No CommentsCUNY’s Office of Library Services is collaborating with CUNY’s Office of Research and the Research Foundation’s Office of Award Pre-Proposal Support to offer Faculty Funding Fridays, a new webinar series for the CUNY community. The series, which features one webinar per month, kicks off this […]
