From the moment the agreement to merge NYU and Polytechnic was signed, librarians on both campuses have been working to establish access to newly shared electronic resources. Providing access to these new resources involves both technical and licensing considerations, thus it will not occur overnight. The Dibner Library has already added several new electronic […]

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The IEEE Presidents’ Change the World Competition recognizes students who develop unique solutions to real-world problems using engineering, science, computing and leadership skills to benefit their community and/or humanity.
Identify a global or local problem, develop a solution, then explain how you have made a positive impact in the world. You could win $10,000 and attend […]

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Founded in 1932, Annual Reviews provides researchers and professors with a definitive academic resource in 37 scientific disciplines. Annual Reviews saves you time by synthesizing the vast amount of primary research literature and identifying the principal contributions in your field.

Editorial committees comprised of the most distinguished scholars in the discipline select all topics for review, […]

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Relief might be on the way for those frustrated by high textbook prices, especially those who don’t mind using electronic files, as we learn in Don’t Buy That Textbook, Download It Free.   A new model of academic publishing that mirrors Web 2.0 patterns and vocabulary, rather than that of traditional publishing houses, is gaining ground.  […]

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A new digital reader aims to bring the newspaper reading experience closer to the traditional hardcopy.   As we noted in earlier entries, there have been attempts to expand newspaper readership (and e-book readership) by utilizing advances in technology. These have ranged from expanding the functionality of the reader (The future of the book?), to altering […]

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Dibner Library is pleased to announce the addition of Oxford Journals to our electronic resource collection. As a major international publisher of academic and research journals, Oxford University  Press publishes over 200 journals, many in partnership with the world’s leading prestigious learned societies.  The collections cover Life Sciences, Mathematics & Physical Sciences, Medicine, Social Sciences, Humanities, […]

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In what will be welcome news for anyone with an interest in finding and reading information in old newspapers (either for fun or research), a vast quantity of old newspaper content will soon be available.  An article appearing in the in the New York Times,  Google to Digitize Newspaper Archives, explains that Google will begin scanning newspapers to create a digital archive.  At first, the material will be searchable only through Google Reader, […]

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Start the school year off right with these useful web applications and products.  The tools below can help you get organized, take notes, and even track a stolen laptop.

Evernote is one of the most popular online note taking applications available. It allows you to easily capture information from your computer, the web or your phone, […]

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Coming soon to your e-reader, more specialized, esoteric material, courtesy of small publishers. Are you a fan of digital readers, but have been frustrated by the limited variety of contemporary reading material? A wide range of copyright free material is accessible via project Gutenberg and other digital libraries, but contemporary copyrighted material has been limited […]

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Welcome back! We have been busy over at the Dibner Library this summer. Here is a quick roundup of what is new:
PolyCat - new online catalog
Search for books, movies, journal titles, and more with the library’s new and improved catalog, PolyCat. PolyCat makes it easy to refine your search results and find library […]

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