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Alerting Services, Tables of Contents, RSS Feeds and News

Alerting services help you keep current by providing email or RSS notifications of newly published research, journal tables of contents, and other types of information based on criteria you select on each of the databases, journals, and publishers linked. Speak with your subject librarian if you have questions. For more information, see library.nyu.edu/alerting.

To keep current with library news, e-services, events and more, subscribe to LibLink.

To keep up-to-date with the latest IT news, subscribe to the ITS news feed at www.nyu.edu/its/about/news.

Ask a Librarian

Ask a Librarian is the Libraries' virtual reference desk, where you can ask your library reference questions via email, instant message, and SMS text, as well as make an appointment to meet your subject librarian. For more information, see library.nyu.edu/ask.

Blackboard

The NYU Blackboard online learning system enables NYU faculty to create full-featured, online course environments for classes without having to learn HTML. Blackboard features:

Easy access to content, including articles, images, and multimedia
Enhanced communication, including class email lists, discussion boards, and real-time chat
Streamlined assessment, including tests, surveys, and grading, as well as many other features

To access NYU Blackboard, have an activated NYU NetID and log into NYUHome. Click on the Academics tab, then click on the course link in the Blackboard Courses channel.

To create a Blackboard course, click the Request a course for this semester link in the top right corner. Complete and submit the form, then return to the NYUHome Blackboard Courses channel. Click the Update Blackboard Course List link at the bottom of the channel or simply wait for the course link to automatically appear later that day.

ITS provides extensive support for NYU Blackboard via the Blackboard Ask ITS knowledgebase as well as in person and by telephone. All help resources can be reached by clicking on the Help icon at the top of your screen once logged into Blackboard, or see www.nyu.edu/blackboard/help.

If you cannot find the information you are looking for in the knowledgebase, you can Contact Us using the Ask ITS help form, or call the IT Service Desk at +1 212 998 3333.

Blogs

The NYU Blogs service offers members of the NYU community the ability to easily create and manage a blog. Blogs enable an individual to create an evolving website with the option to allow other members of a community or group to comment on postings. We hope that the NYU Blogs service will create a sense of community among students and offer faculty an up-to-date, innovative way of engaging their students and colleagues in discussion. For more information, and to build your own NYU Blog, see blogs.nyu.edu.

Borrow Books

Your NYUCard is your library card. You can also borrow books from the libraries at the New School, the New York School of Interior Design, Cooper Union, and Polytechnic Institute of NYU.

Book Loan Periods at Bobst Library
Faculty, Ph.D., and Masters students - 120 days
Undergraduate students - 60 days

Renew Books
Books borrowed from Bobst, Courant, Cooper Union, the New School, and the New York School of Interior Design libraries can be renewed on the web by signing into your e-shelf in BobCat.

Request Books
If you need a book that BobCat indicates is currently checked out, in processing, on order, at the bindery, or off-site, select "Request" next to the item you wish to recall or request from off-site. When the book becomes available, the library will notify you by email.

Additional Borrowers
You may also designate your research or teaching assistants as additional borrowers on your library account, allowing them to check out and renew books, and place requests on your behalf by presenting his or her valid NYUCard at Circulation. For more information and an online form to set this up, see library.nyu.edu/forms/ab.pdf.

Can't find a book that's supposed to be on the shelf? Try Quick Search.
If you can't find an item in the Bobst stacks even though the status of the book is "Available," fill out a "Quick Search" card (available throughout the library) and turn it in at the Bobst Circulation desk. A search will be conducted within 24 hours, and you will be notified of the results via email or telephone.

QuickCheck - Self-Checkout Machines in Bobst Library
Faculty and students can use Bobst Library and check out books 24 hours a day. QuickCheck self-checkout machines installed at the circulation desk on the main floor of Bobst, allow borrowers to check out books with a swipe of their NYU ID cards.

Find complete borrowing policies for Bobst Library at library.nyu.edu/services/borrow_renew.html.

Borrowing Privileges at Columbia and NYPL Research Libraries

NYU Libraries, Columbia University Libraries and the New York Public Library have launched an initiative to expand research collections and better serve our research clientele. The collaboration, dubbed the Manhattan Research Library Initiative, or MaRLI, enables NYU and Columbia faculty and doctoral students, as well as scholars whose work is based at NYPL, to check out materials from all three institutions, a first step to improve access to collections among the MaRLI members. The model is a departure from NYPL's historical practice, whereby research materials have not been allowed to circulate.

We encourage you to register for this important new service. For more information about MaRLI, including borrowing privileges registration and a list of participating sites at each institution, go to http://library.nyu.edu/marli.

Classroom Media Services & Wired Classrooms

Classroom Media Services, a division of Campus Media, provides audio and video systems, projection equipment, laptop computers (PC and Mac), and accessories available for general purpose use for NYU University-Registrar-scheduled classrooms. Equipment, delivery, training, and technical support are provided. Two business days notice is required to guarantee equipment availability. For online request forms, a comprehensive list of general purpose classrooms, installed classroom equipment inventory, and other additional information, see www.nyu.edu/campusmedia or call +1 212 998 2655.

Additional ITS-managed hands-on classrooms are available for class sessions that require a computer for each student. All computers have access to NYU-NET, the Internet, and a full suite of software. For more information, see www.nyu.edu/its/classrooms.

Bobst Library has three Smart Computer Classrooms (one with 24 Macs and two with 22 PCs each) that are used for library instruction. They can be reserved for University courses or specialized computer instruction based on availability. Each classroom has a fully equipped instructor's lectern, multi-media projector, DVD/VCR, and ceiling-mounted stereo speakers. For more information, email blcc@library.nyu.edu or call +1 212 998 9014.

Computer & Technical Support

ITS provides help with a wide range of computer and network services at NYU:

Ask ITS
The Ask ITS area within NYUHome is a central resource for technical support and training, as well as software downloads and important news alerts. Keep an eye on this area for new resources added throughout the year. Answers to frequently asked questions about ITS services and facilities (including NYUHome) are available at AskITS.nyu.edu.
Blackboard Support
For help with NYU Blackboard, see www.nyu.edu/blackboard/help.
NYURoam Wireless Assistance
For help with the NYURoam wireless network, see www.nyu.edu/its/wireless or sign up for a workshop at www.nyu.edu/its/classes/wireless.
ITS Client Services
- ITS staff are available to help you get started and explore new ways to further your instruction and research using technology-based tools. See Faculty Technology Services for more information.
- For help desk support on the use of ITS computer, email, and Internet-related services, including NYUHome, submit a question to the Ask ITS area in NYUHome, send email to AskITS@nyu.edu, or call the IT Service Desk at +1 212 998 3333.
- You can visit the IT Service Desk at 10 Astor Place, 4th floor, Monday-Friday, 9am - 6pm, during the academic year.

E-Journals, E-Books & Databases

The Libraries' collection of e-journals, e-books, databases, and other electronic materials expands daily. The Libraries subscribe to over 96,000 electronic journal titles over 700,000 e-books. You can access these electronic resources on-campus or off-campus and you can add links to e-journal articles and e-books for your students on Blackboard. When working off-campus, you'll be prompted to enter your NYU NetID and password.

Use the e-journals page on the library website to locate specific journals, link to articles, or browse all available issues. See library.nyu.edu/collections/ejournals.html.

Significant recent additions to the Libraries' e-collections include:

Scopus – You now have access to Scopus, the "largest abstract & citation database", created by Elsevier. Scopus will complement the databases you already know and love. It brings strong, broad coverage of information from around the world, especially 1996+. Many users prefer its search engine to find literature from social sciences (including arts and humanities), life sciences (Scopus includes all of Medline), and physical sciences (including engineering). Besides journal articles, Scopus retrieves worldwide patents, patent citations, preprints, web sites, conference papers (10% of the content) and trade publications.

Scopus' Author search feature helps separate authors with similar names. Its Affiliation search collects all Scopus records for specific institutions and analyzes them. Scopus offers several analytical tools you may find useful: the "author evaluator" is a particularly cool tool. Try the Citation Tracker as well.

African American Archives (from EBSCO) provides over one million pages of original historical documents pertaining to the African American experience over several centuries, and is richly-detailed with narratives and quantitative data alike.

Digital National Security Archive - Two new collections were added: Chile and the United States: U.S. Policy toward Democracy, Dictatorship and Human Rights, 1963-1990; and U.S. Intelligence and China: Collection, Analysis and Covert Action

Education in Video is the first online collection of streaming video developed specifically for training and developing teachers. Upon completion, the collection will contain more than 1,000 video titles totaling 750 hours of teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms.

Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, 1947-1980 - Sourced from the British Foreign Office files, this is an outstanding resource for the political and social history of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan in this period.

Hartford Courant, 1764-1984 (from ProQuest) - America's longest continuously published newspaper, The Hartford Courant is literally older than the nation. It provides historians and other researchers a front-row seat from which to view the birth of an independent nation. In The Courant's pages, today's researchers will find firsthand accounts of colonists' reaction to the Stamp Act, reports of the Boston Tea Party, a copy of the Declaration of Independence, and its chronicles of slavery in the United States.

Oxford Bibliographies Online - OBO is an innovative resource designed to help students and scholars find reliable sources of information, significantly reducing research time. Recommendations and original content by leading scholars provide expert guidance, pointing users towards the best research in the field. OBO directs users to exactly the right chapter, book, website, archive, or data set they need, and links directly from the citation to the full text works.

Rock and Roll, Counterculture, Peace and Protest - Popular Culture in Britain and America, 1950-1975 Music, politics, fashion, youth culture - the period from 1950 to 1975 witnessed dramatic changes in society. There was the onset of Rock & Roll; the introduction of computers and credit cards; the boom of radio and television; and campaigns for black power, civil rights and women's liberation. All around the world there were challenges to authority.

By focusing on substantial collections of original archival material (manuscript, typescript and ephemera) from key libraries in Britain and America, the collection provides the primary sources that will enable students and scholars to examine these issues in detail and at first hand.

The Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives, 1960 to 1974 - This Alexander Street Press collection documents the key events, trends, and movements in 1960s America - vividly conveying the zeitgeist of the decade and its effects into the middle of the next. Through letters, diaries, memoirs, and oral histories; accounts from official, radical, and alternative organizations; posters, broadsides, pamphlets, advertisements, and rare materials; and Universal newsreel footage of the times (150,000 pages total upon completion) the collection tells the story of the Sixties.

Times of India, 1838-2001 - The world's most widely circulated English daily newspaper was founded in 1838 to serve British residents of West India. Today this historical newspaper serves researchers interested in studying colonialism and post-colonialism, British and world history, class and gender issues, international relations, comparative religion, international economics, terrorism, and more. In its pages, The Times of India illuminates key historical events and provides coverage of sports, the Indian film industry, and other stories of everyday life.

The Vogue Archive contains the entire run of American Vogue magazine from 1892 to the present day (more than 400,000 pages in total) reproduced in high-resolution color page images. This fully searchable database constitutes a treasure trove of the work of the greatest designers, photographers, stylists and illustrators of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Also acquired in 2010-11 were E-journal backfiles from Wiley, Blackwell and Taylor and Francis; and e-book backlist and frontlist from Palgrave.

Over 1,200 databases are available which index scholarly journals, book chapters, dissertations, images, video, reports, statistics, and more. Most of these databases, including the new e-collections above, can be accessed via the Databases A-Z list on the Libraries' website. See https://arch.library.nyu.edu/.

Email & NYU Lists

Your NYUHome service enables you to access your NYU email from virtually any computer with Internet access and includes a customizable spam filter. If you prefer, you can also access your mail using a program such as Thunderbird, Outlook Express, or Apple Mail. The format of your official NYU email address is YourNetID@nyu.edu (e.g., aqe123@nyu.edu).

You may also set up an additional personal email address of your choosing through your NYUHome Preferences (e.g., your.name@nyu.edu).

For help with your NYU email, see www.nyu.edu/its/email.

To check your email on campus, you may use NYUHome stations in Bobst Library and around campus.

Lyris Lists are email discussion lists used to exchange ideas about specialized topics, post deadlines or homework assignments, and confirm meeting changes. For information about how to start or join an NYU List, see www.nyu.edu/its/lists.

Faculty Technology Services

ITS Faculty Technology Services (FTS) offers a wide range of technology resources and assistance targeted toward the needs of NYU faculty and graduate students to help them make optimal use of computers, media, and Internet resources in instruction and scholarship. FTS technologists provide expert help with all phases of faculty projects, including the selection of equipment, software, and media to suit your purposes, and with adapting and authoring new material in a multimedia/Web environment.

Available services include support and training on the following:

Sponsored research, including piloting and prototyping. Assistance in grant planning and writing, software and hardware acquisition, and project implementation.
Web-based content management services and delivery tools, such as Blackboard, Luna, and the NYU Faculty Digital Archive.
Media production technologies for advanced imaging, video editing, sound and audio production, CD and DVD creation, podcasting, and streaming services are available at the Digital Studio on the second floor of Bobst library.
Collaboration technologies, including Internet2, real-time video communications tools, and network-based multi-site performances.
Advanced digital media services, including museum quality digital prints, laser cut flat materials, and 3D color rapid prototyping are available at the ITS Advanced Media Studio on the second floor of 35 West 4th Street.
Digital scholarship and web-accessible scholarly databases.
High performance computing software and networks, and supercomputing systems at NYU and at a variety of non-NYU facilities.
Statistical, qualitative, ICPSR, and GIS analyses of data via the Data Service Studio.
NYU Faculty Digital Archive (archive.nyu.edu), a repository into which full-time NYU faculty can deposit their work in digital form.

For more information about ITS-supported technologies for faculty, see www.nyu.edu/its/faculty, or contact the Digital Studio, a collaborative facility of the Libraries and ITS, at digital.studio@nyu.edu + 1 212 992 9233.

IDs & Accounts

The Internet, NYU email, NYUHome, Library resources, Blackboard, and many other online NYU resources require a NYU NetID (Network IDentifier) and create a password.

To activate your NYU NetID and create a password:

Connect to the ITS Start page at start.nyu.edu from any Internet-connected computer.
Enter your NetID. Your NetID is usually printed on the back of your NYUCard. If you do not know your NetID, follow the instructions on the ITS Start page to determine what it is.
To acquire a NetID, you will need to input your date of brith and your University ID number, which starts with the letter N and is printed on the back of your NYUCard.
Follow the steps on the ITS Start page to activate your NetID and create your password.
Follow the instructions in the NYUHome section of this guide to access the NYUHome portal for the first time.

For more information about passwords, see Computer & Network Security.

If you have problems or questions, please call the IT Service Desk at +1 212 998 3333.

Note: Certain ITS facilities and services for you and your students require you to apply for a special account. For application forms and more information, see www.nyu.edu/its/accounts.

Interlibrary Loan

Use the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service to obtain loans or copies of items that the NYU or Consortium libraries do not own. Most ILL requests for books take about a week to fill. Journal articles arrive in a couple of days and are posted electronically for retrieval. Submit requests and track their progress online at library.nyu.edu/ill.

ITS Service Catalog

New IT Service Catalog Available ITS has launched a new IT Service Catalog to help raise awareness of and facilitate access to the wide range of services we support. Visit www.nyu.edu/its/servicecatalog to browse services by location, role, category or keyword, and to learn more about each service and how to access it. We welcome your questions about and suggested improvements to this new version of the IT Service Catalog; please submit your feedback to the IT Service Desk at AskITS@nyu.edu or 212-998-3333.

Libraries at NYU

The Elmer Holmes Bobst Library on the southeast corner of Washington Square is NYU's main library for the Washington Square campus. Wireless access is available throughout Bobst. The library has 30 subject librarians to work with you. The Libraries' website is your gateway to the Libraries' services and collections: library.nyu.edu.

The other NYU libraries are:

Law Library
Frederick L. Ehrman Medical Library
John and Bertha E. Waldman Dental Library
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Library
Jack Brause Real Estate Library
IFA Stephen Chan Library of Fine Arts
IFA Conservation Center Library
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World Library
NYU-Poly Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology
NYU Abu Dhabi Library

For details and links to these libraries' websites, see library.nyu.edu/about/locations.html.

Libraries, Non-NYU

NYU faculty have on-site access and borrowing privileges at Consortium and affiliated libraries:

The New School
Cooper Union
NY School of Interior Design

Full-time faculty have on-site borrowing privileges at Columbia and the New York Public Library research libraries. Research libraries at Yale, Princeton, and other institutions in New York, the U.S., Canada, and Europe can also be accessed. For more information, see library.nyu.edu/about/access.html.

Library Catalogs

BobCat is the catalog for Bobst, the Institutes of Fine Arts, Courant Mathematical Sciences, Real Estate, and the Study of the Ancient World as well as The New School, Cooper Union, NY School of Interior Design, New-York Historical Society, and Brooklyn Historical Society libraries. See www.bobcat.nyu.edu for details.

You can also connect to catalogs for NYU's Law, Medical and Dental libraries, and catalogs from other NYC, national, and global research libraries (NYPL, OCLC WorldCat, etc.) at library.nyu.edu/collections/other_catalogs.html.

Library Instruction

Learning to use peer-reviewed literature and other scholarly resources can be invaluable to your students' academic success. If you're assigning a research paper in class, you may want to:

Request a course-specific library instruction session tailored to the assignment and research needs of your class. For details, see library.nyu.edu/forms/instruct.html.
Assign your students one of the ready-to-go, downloadable exercises created by NYU librarians to help students develop library research skills. See nyu.libguides.com/libexercises.
Encourage your students to attend a pre-scheduled library instruction class. The schedule of classes is at library.nyu.edu/classes.
Encourage students to use the Library Research button on Blackboard course pages to link to BobCat, databases, and research guides in their subject area.
Refer graduate, honors, and advanced undergraduate students needing individual research assistance to a Subject Librarian; refer novices needing extra help to the Undergraduate Librarian. See Subject Librarians for contact information.

NYUHome

NYUHome is a service for NYU faculty, staff, administrators, and students that provides information and facilitates collaboration and communication. It is a highly customizable portal to many web-based services and tools, including your NYU email, Albert (the University's online student information system that provides class listings, grades, and financial aid information), Blackboard, online file storage, forums, campus events, library research tools, your own personal web page, software, and more.

The Ask ITS area in NYUHome provides one convenient location for you to request help from ITS, learn about important security and technology news, download helpful software, and access instructions on how to connect to various NYU electronic resources. For information about making the most of your NYUHome service, browse the NYUHome Help at www.nyu.edu/its/nyuhome.

How to Access NYUHome
To access NYUHome for the first time, activate your NetID, then follow the instructions below to activate your service.

Open a web browser.
Go to home.nyu.edu.
Log in using your activated NetID and password.
Explore the various channels and tabs within NYUHome. Access your NYU email from the main page. Select Preferences to reset your password and to customize your NYUHome screen, email spam filter, and email address.

Off-Campus Access to Library E-Content

Databases, e-journals, and e-books are available on-campus and off-campus. When you are off-campus and try to connect to a subscription e-resource, you will automatically be asked to log in to the NYU EZProxy using your NetID and password. Your NetID is on the back of your NYUCard. Use the same password you use for NYUHome.

Paging and Delivery Service

You can now have circulating books from the Bobst and Courant Libraries paged and held for you at the library of your choice: Bobst, Courant, Institute of Fine Arts, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, NYU-Poly, the Jack Brause Library at SCPS Midtown Center, or NYU Abu Dhabi. It is easy to use the service. When using BobCat, sign in with your netID. When you find an item you want, click on "Getit!". If the book circulates and is available at Bobst or Courant you will see the "Request" option. Click on "Request", specify your preferred library for pick up, and we'll let you know via e-mail when the item is ready for pickup.

For more information about the paging service, including turnaround time, see: http://library.nyu.edu/services/deliveryservices.html.

Recommend a Library Purchase

Faculty participation in the selection process of books, journals, videos, and music is welcomed. Requests can be sent directly to your Subject Librarian or you can use the following online forms:

Books and journals: library.nyu.edu/forms/colform.html

Videos and music: library.nyu.edu/forms/video_purchase.html

Reserves, Course

Instructors may place books, music, videos, personal materials, and links to e-journal articles, images, and audio from the Libraries' licensed collections on BobCat Course Reserves. Submit requests at library.nyu.edu/services/reserves_faculty.html.

See also Linking to E-Journals in Blackboard.

Subject Librarians

Bobst Library has 30 subject librarians who serve as liaisons between the library and academic departments. Contact your subject librarian to:

Recommend book or media titles for purchase.
Schedule library research classes for your students.
Request a library services update for yourself or demonstrations of discipline-specific databases for department meetings.
Schedule a consultation to learn more about library services, procedures, and collections.

For a full list of subject librarians and their contact information, see library.nyu.edu/research/lib_arc.html.

Technology & Computer Training Classes

Taking advantage of the technology resources available to you and your students can be invaluable to your research and to your students’ success. ITS classes and talks can help with training.

For information, see www.nyu.edu/its/classes.