February 18th, 2013 | Published in startofthesemester
Just wanted to welcome everyone back and send out a reminder that I’m here to help–with intensive research for all those papers that will be coming up, but also with the little stuff.
If you’re having trouble finding a copy of an assigned text or want to find out more about what’s available through CUNY, send me an email (asellie at brooklyn dot cuny dot edu), or you can set up an appointment, also!
January 22nd, 2013 | Published in startofthesemester
Here are some updated slides to help you start your spring semester and to show all the ways the library can help you with your projects and papers this semester!
November 14th, 2012 | Published in Meta
I’m going to be helping teach my colleagues to use the CUNY Academic Commons and WordPress later this month and am making this post so that we can play with it, but also to highlight three useful getting-started links:
Blog FAQ’s: http://help.commons.gc.cuny.edu/faq/#Questions_about_Blogs
Tweaking Your Site: http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/wiki/index.php/Tweaking_Your_Site
Writing Posts: http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_Posts
WordPress HELP!! Group (a place on the Commons to ask Questions, etc.): http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/wordpress-help/
How to Modify your Personal Commons Site: http://philosophy.commons.gc.cuny.edu/how-to-modify-your-personal-commons-site/
November 3rd, 2012 | Published in classguides
I’ve been looking for some film clips to help a student working on research for their thesis and potentially for use in documentary work* today in the library, and thought I’d share some of my findings here:
1. Library of Congress/American Memory Project (click here for list of Moving Image collections–some of which may be in the public domain) “American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.”
2. The Internet Archive (click here for video collections) “The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library. Its purposes include offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format.”
3. The Internet Archive TV News ”This service is designed to help engaged citizens better understand the issues and candidates in the 2012 U.S. elections by allowing them to search closed captioning transcripts to borrow relevant television news programs. The collection now contains 350,000 news programs collected over 3 years from national U.S. networks and stations in San Francisco and Washington D.C. The archive is updated with new broadcasts 24 hours after they are aired. Older materials are also being added.”
4. The Vanderbilt Television News Archive “The Vanderbilt Television News Archive is the world’s most extensive and complete archive of television news. We have been recording, preserving and providing access to television news broadcasts of the national networks since August 5, 1968.”
These and more items can be found under the “Links for Films and Videos” tab on the Film Subject Page.
*and remember, if you’re going to use these clips in your own work beyond the classroom, you have to consider copyright and fair use. Here’s a bit more info to get you started: from the Center for Social Media, on documentaries and fair use, and a paper by Margaret Hennefeld on film and fair use.
October 20th, 2012 | Published in classguides
These are a few local collections that you could explore for your Archives assignment. If there are great collections that aren’t listed here, (if I’ve overlooked your favorite!) please leave a comment!
Image courtesy Flickr user dolescum
Click through for the full list of archives.
October 6th, 2012 | Published in Handouts
Check it out! The power of librarian collaboration led Prof. Jill Cirasella to improve and share this new handout all about Boolean Search Tips–now you can use these amazing strategies in all kinds of library databases and search like a librarian!
October 4th, 2012 | Published in Reference
It’s Banned Books week–and the BCL Library has a timeline of a number of banned and challenged books up in the library near the Reference Desk that you can look at and comment upon. Additionally, you can see many of the books at the library’s Pinterest page.
October 4th, 2012 | Published in Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Check out these vintage library posters! To find out where the call number of your book lives at the Brooklyn College Library, you can use the bookmarks at the reference desk or this chart on our website: Call Number Locations
And remember:
Images courtesy of flickr user Enokson. Check out the full run of posters here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vblibrary/sets/72157623618957199/with/4480092802/
September 19th, 2012 | Published in Uncategorized
Here’a a link to my handout that I have been using with classes this semester: Fall 2012
It’s a bit of the basics in terms of what you can do in database searching, with information about our Brooklyn College Library resources.
Please leave a comment if you have more suggestions or research tips! Feel free to use and improve the handout!
August 30th, 2012 | Published in Checklists
Here’s a guide that is useful at the start of the semester–it highlights all the things that you can do to prepare for research and study in the semester to come here at Brooklyn College:
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