In Quotes:

"Asking a question is embarrassing for a moment, but not asking is embarrassing for a lifetime."

-- Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore. 

Improve Your Writing Today @ iTunes University

Who doesn't appreciate a good podcast?  Download 'Roy's Writing Tools' by Roy Peter Clark of The Poynter Institute.  Included are 50 free podcasts with an average listening time of 3 minutes, which cover everything from writer's block, to writing pace and structure.

Also available for download is Roy's 2 page guide 'Quick 50 Writing Tools' [PDF], what Wired senior editor and the author of What Technology Wants, Kevin Kelly, refers to as his favorite guide to writing: "After 30 years as both a writer and editor I can't think of much I would add to these 50 short tips. This PDF is now my favorite guide to writing well."

Description:

The Poynter Institute's Roy Peter Clark provides tools for your writing toolbox. Clark is the author of the book Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer. Poynter's podcasts are sponsored by The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism.

• Roy's Writing Tools (podcast)
• Quick 50 Writing Tools (pdf)

PIXAR Animation and NYIT

Did you know that PIXAR's beginnings were shaped here at NYIT by pioneering computer scientist, superhero and current Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios President, Dr. Edmund Catmull? @edcatmull.

For more information on PIXAR search the library's database Computers & Applied Sciences Complete. #NYITPride

Research Hacker: Bookmarks for Success

The following is Part 1 of a 5 Part series.  The series guides you through the process of creating an academic researcher's Web browser toolbar by highlighting 5 outstanding resources available to NYIT.

NYIT Journal locator

As publishers struggle to find a revenue model on the Internet, pay walls continue to rise.  You have probably been denied access to more than one website; sometime this can happen at a very important moment. 

The NYIT Library negotiates contracts on your behalf.  As a result,  NYIT Bears have access to 1000s, yes 1000s, of subscription based publications for free. Even better, access is available immediately from any location in the world, from New York City to Reykjavik, Iceland!

Create a folder in your Web browser's toolbar and name it Research.  Your first bookmark is to the NYIT Journal Locator. Use the journal locator to find and read newspapers like the Wall Street Journal, or magazines like the Economist.  Learn what full text newspapers, magazines and academic journals are freely available to you by performing a quick search.

Welcome

Welcome to another exciting year at NYIT!  Throughout the summer the libraries have been busy negotiating access to amazing new databases and ebooks.  Yes, you guessed correctly, all of this information is now free to you as members of the NYIT community.

To stay plugged-in throughout the semester and learn about these new resources and others, follow us on Twitter, friend us on Facebook, or simply read our blog.

Over the course of the coming weeks and months, you will learn how to use the digital library from anywhere in the world, how to log-in to the NYIT wireless network, and how to access the 1000s of resources now available to you as community members.

Already have a question you would like to ask?  Simply email us at askalibrarian@nyit.edu, or bookmark and visit libanswers.nyit.edu.

Let’s work hard and have a wonderful and successful year together!

Factiva Database Trial

The NYIT Library is please to offer a trial to Factiva.com.

Dow Jones's Factiva.com is a premier business and general reference resource with a broad collection of sources that reach across disciplines from business and current events to communications and technology, politics, foreign policy, and more. Factiva.com combines more than 28,000 sources to give users access to premium content from 159 countries in 22 languages. This broad range of content provides both local insight and global perspective on every business issue. Factiva.com gives users the power to monitor current news, track industry developments and global market activity, and research a global company.

This is currently a trial, if you would like to submit feedback please email Jeffrey Feinsilver at jfeinsilver@nyit.edu.

Link: Go to this database!
Trial period: 07-Jun-2011 - 07-Jul-2011
Publisher: ProQuest

New Ask a Librarian Launches

The new and improved Ask a Librarian service is now available 24/7 for all NYIT community members. This service builds a keyword-searchable knowledge base made up of questions and answers. Search engine users can plug in their questions to get immediate answers. Questions can be submitted through multiple channels.

To submit a question, do one of the following:

• Click the Ask a Librarian link on the library's homepage
• Send a text message to 516.324.2928
• Tweet your question to @nyitlibrary
• E-mail askalibrarian@nyit.edu

We also look great on mobile!
http://libanswers.nyit.edu