The NYU-Poly community can now access 1,400 full text journals in 14 subject areas through Wiley InterScience.
Wiley InterScience is a leading international resource for quality content in scientific, technical, medical and professional areas. You can easily browse through the available journals either by title or subject area.

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Dibner Library will be closed Saturday, August 30 - Monday September 1 (Labor Day) so squeeze in that final trip to the beach or backyard BBQ.  Regular library hours for the Fall 2008 semester are:
Monday - Friday:  9 am - 11 pm
Saturday & Sunday:  10 am - 9 pm
For a complete schedule including holiday closings, […]

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The Dibner Library now offers online access to many of the journals published by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), the largest organization in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences. Log in to the RSC database to explore this rich collection that covers the major areas of chemistry - physical, inorganic, organic, and materials.
The […]

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The first day of classes is around the corner - is your backpack fully stocked? Long gone are the days when a spiral notebook and new pack of pencils is all you needed. To get an edge in today’s classroom, check out these back-to-school suggestions from U.S. News & World Report. From […]

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Microsoft recently released a set of new software that helps scholars write, edit, and publish academic articles. The tools, which are add-ons to popular programs such as Word, also seek to help readers conduct searches in electronic databases more efficiently by making it easy for authors to electronically embed research details.
The Article Authoring Add-in […]

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SpringerLink is a comprehensive online collection of scientific, technological and medical journals, books and reference works designed for researchers and scientists.  Dibner Library’s access to this database has expanded to include millions of full-text articles from peer reviewed journals.  Most journal titles include complete back issues from 1997 in PDF and/or HTML format.
SpringerLink’s single, integrated […]

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How would you react to a machine that smiles at you? Would you be concerned if a robot looked sad or worried?
These are the questions that motivated a team of scientists at the University of the West of England to build “Heart Robot.” Heart Robot is a puppet designed to respond to humans on […]

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We are pleased to announce the addition of the SAGE database to the library’s electronic collections. SAGE provides the full text of over 480 peer-reviewed scholarly journals in a wide range of disciplines including:

Business & Management
Economics & Development Studies

Engineering
Geography & Environmental Science
Health Sciences
Materials Science
Research Methods & Evaluation

All journals are available in full-text .pdf […]

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A recent post  mentioned a Science article that asked if the Internet was good or bad for science.  An article in the New York Times had me mentally revisiting a topic I often considered when the web was young.  Is the Internet good or bad for reading? My perspective back then was that it […]

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