Libraries and ITS Student Guide

This alphabetically arranged guide describes student services and resources provided by the NYU Libraries, Information Technology Services, and Classroom Media Services.

Keywords in blue text indicate a cross-reference to a related service.

INDEX

ALPHABETICAL LISTING
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I
J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R
S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

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Contact the Libraries & ITS

ITS Website

Libraries Website

About ITS
NYU's Information Technology Services (ITS) provides computing, network, and telecommunications services to help you with your coursework and research projects.

For information about ITS and help with computer and network use, contact the ITS Client Services Center, your helpdesk and IT-support resource, at 1-212-998-3333 or its.clientservices@nyu.edu, or browse the ITS website at www.nyu.edu/its/.
Some of the services ITS provides are: Internet access (through NYU ResNet, DIAL, NYURoam wireless, and on-campus NYUHome stations); NYUHome, your email and web portal; computer labs; helpdesk, phone and walk-in IT assistance; classes; telephone and voice mail services; and a variety of additional resources.
To access NYUHome and most other ITS computing resources, you will need an activated NetID and password.
To use NYU IT resources, you must comply with the NYU and ITS policies. Please visit www.nyu.edu/its/policies/ for more information, and check back periodically for updates.

About NYU Libraries
The Elmer Holmes Bobst Library on the southeast corner of Washington Square is NYU's main library. Bobst has 3.7 million books, 35,000 journal subscriptions, and a large collection of videos, CDs, DVDs, music scores, play scripts, government documents, and more. Twenty-eight subject librarians are available for research assistance.

NYU students can use seven other specialized NYU libraries as well as six additional NYC academic libraries (see Access to Other Libraries).
Access and borrowing privileges vary at NYU libraries. A valid NYUCard is required at all sites.

The Libraries' website has links to BobCat (the library catalog), thousands of electronic journals, hundreds of indexes/databases that help you locate newspaper and journal articles, Ask-a-Librarian email reference service, subject web pages to recommended research materials in your discipline, and tutorials with step-by-step instructions. There's also information about library hours and all library services.

http://library.nyu.edu/

Access to Other Libraries
Full-time NYU students and part-time students in degree programs have access and borrowing privileges at the Consortium Libraries: New School University, Cooper Union, and at the New York School of Interior Design. Materials from these libraries are included in BobCat. You can also use the New York Public Library, and selected libraries at Columbia, Yale, Princeton and other research libraries (reading privileges only). For more information see:

Accounts (ITS)
Please note that the use of certain ITS facilities and services will require you or your instructor to apply for a special account. See www.nyu.edu/its/accounts/ for application forms and more information. See also Technology Services for Advanced Students.

Albert
Albert, the University's online student information system that provides class listings, grades, and financial aid information, is accessible through the Home tab of NYUHome.

http://home.nyu.edu/

Articles via Databases
NYU Libraries subscribes to about 700 databases that index scholarly journals, book chapters, dissertations, images (AP Photo Archives and fine art), reports, statistics, and more. Most of these can be accessed from the Libraries' website. http://library.nyu.edu/collections/find_articles.html

To find scholarly journal articles, criticism, statistics, studies, and reports in a particular discipline, use one of the subject-specific databases, such as MLA Bibliography, Historical Abstracts, PsycInfo, or Web of Science. You can enter the title of a database or browse the complete A-Z list. If you're not sure which database to use, select a subject area from the drop-down menu.
To find background articles, news, feature stories, and some scholarly journal articles on a particular topic, you can begin your research with a multi-disciplinary database like ProQuest, WilsonOmni, or Lexis-Nexis. These databases are also available via the research tab in NYUHome.