Spring Break Workshops

Join the Mina Rees Library this week with Spring Break workshops:

Tuesday, March 26th, 6pm Research in Health WebinarTo join the webinar, click this link and ‘Enter as Guest’ This 30 minute webinar will provide an overview of several resources that will help students find information from books, journals, and dissertations. Registration is suggested but not required. Wednesday, March 27, . . . → Read More: Spring Break Workshops

A Special Collection: Activist Women’s Voices

The Activist Women’s Voices Oral History Project and Archive project is underway. Librarian Shawn(ta) Smith with AWV interns Yasreen Ijaz (Spring 2012 – Fall 2013) and Erika Herzog (Spring 2013) and volunteer Rita Basmagian (Spring 2013) are reformatting the collection of cassette tapes to digital formats both to perserve the 1980 and 1990s interviews and to prepare them . . . → Read More: A Special Collection: Activist Women’s Voices

Humanities Research Resources Webinar- Fri. 3/15, 12.30 pm

This 30 minute webinar will provide an overview of several primary and secondary resources useful for research in the humanities including newspaper, ebook, and dissertation databases. Several full text journal databases will be discussed as well. Registration is suggested but not required

The webinar will take place on Friday, March 15 at 12.30 p.m.  to join . . . → Read More: Humanities Research Resources Webinar- Fri. 3/15, 12.30 pm

Social Sciences Research Video

The Research in Social Sciences webinar supplies a brief overview on researching databases in the areas of Social Science.  

Running Time: 29:07 View the Webinar here.

Webinar feedback is welcome.

Also, for more instruction on subject-specific resources, RSVP for additional upcoming webinars in Humanities, Health, and the Sciences.  

Humanities Research, Fri, Mar 15, 12:30pm . . . → Read More: Social Sciences Research Video

Social Science Research Webinar Today!

Today is the Webinar for research in Social Sciences.  

When: Today, Wednesday, March 6th at 6:00 p.m.Topic:  Social Science ResearchWhere: ONLINE!  At your computer, with headphones or speakers.  

This webinar will give a basic overview on materials in your subject area, subject librarians, and hints for topical resources.  In addition, a few effective . . . → Read More: Social Science Research Webinar Today!

Register for Spring Webinars & Workshops

The Mina Rees Library will hold evening and afternoon webinars & workshops for GC students this Spring.Register here!

March Webinars Social Sciences Research, Wed, Mar 6, 6:00pm Humanities Research, Fri, Mar 15, 12:30pm Research in Health, Tue, Mar 19, 6:00pm Research in the Sciences, Fri, Mar 29, 12:30pm

Special Off-Site Collaborative March Workshop @ . . . → Read More: Register for Spring Webinars & Workshops

Orientation to Resources at the NYPL 2/27

The New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at 42nd St. and 5th Ave. is an historical research library to which Graduate Center scholars have full and complete access. Books and specialized periodicals in the Library’s general collection support research in both American and European history, anthropology, political science, and other research interests in . . . → Read More: Orientation to Resources at the NYPL 2/27

Activist Women’s Voices Exhibit

 

A new exhibit lines the walls of the library 1st floor lobby display cases.  The Activist Women’s Voices Exhibition features original artifacts from the Activist Women’s Voices Special Collection. Mounted by Special Collections interns Yasmine Ijaz (Fall 2012) and Erika Herzog (Spring 2013), the display provides description of over thirty activist women from . . . → Read More: Activist Women’s Voices Exhibit

Orientation to Resources at the NYPL 2/27 & 3/27

The New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at 42nd St. and 5th Ave. is an historical research library to which Graduate Center scholars have full and complete access. Books and specialized periodicals in the Library’s general collection support research in both American and European history, anthropology, political science, and other research interests in . . . → Read More: Orientation to Resources at the NYPL 2/27 & 3/27

Internship Posting: Spring 2013 Special Collections Intern

The Mina Rees Library has digital special collections including The Murray Hill collection, the Erie Canal collection, and the Herald Square collection.  Newly acquired, the Activist Women’s Voices Oral History Project and Archive is being processed as a digital collection.  The AWV Project was established in 1995 by the Center for the Study of Women and Society, committed to . . . → Read More: Internship Posting: Spring 2013 Special Collections Intern