Bobst Library Classes

What is Atlantic History?

Instructors: Andrew Lee, Librarian for History; Karen Kupperman, Silver Professor of the Early Modern Atlantic World
Come and learn about this burgeoning and exciting field from one of its most distinguished and popular figures, Karen O. Kupperman, Silver Professor of the Early Modern Atlantic World. Professor Kupperman is the author of numerous works and winner of both the American Historical Association Prize in Atlantic History and the Albert J. Beveridge Award of the American Historical Association for the best book in American History, including Canada and Latin America, 1995. (60 min.)

Data Sources: New York City and New York State Statistics

Instructor: Jason Phillips, Librarian for Sociology
(45 min.)

Finding Primary Sources in the Humanities

Instructor: Alexa Pearce, Reference Associate
The session includes an overview of several digital collections of primary source material, along with a presentation of search strategies for identifying and locating published primary sources available in the library's print collections. (45 min.)

How to Find Translations

Instructor: Diana Greene, Librarian for Slavic Studies
This mini-session will show you how to find out if a work has been translated into English or another language, and how to locate translations of books, poems, and short stories. (45 min.)

Finding Books and Articles

Discover the advantages of using NYU Libraries' resources over Google and other Web search engines. Learn how to find books and articles using BobCat, NYU Libraries' search system. For deeper article searching, learn about the Libraries' subscription databases (there are more than 1,000) and how to identify the databases most relevant to your research topic. Plus, discover techniques for searching effectively within databases and guidelines for critically evaluating the information you find. (60 min.)

Physical & Virtual Tour of the Library

A 30-min. "driving tour" of NYU Libraries' web site will acquaint you with the Libraries' catalog/databases and introduce you to services such as reference, Ask-a-Librarian, and interlibrary loan. A 30-min. walking tour follows to help you get your physical bearings around Bobst. (60 min.)

International Documents... Where to look and how to find them!

Did you know that Bobst Library is a full depositary for the United Nations since 1949? Did you also know that you have access to International Documents from such organizations as WHO, FAO, ILO, and the World Bank and databases such as SourceOECD, UNBISnet, and the IMF? Come to this session and learn what these collections have to offer and how to navigate and find what you need for your research. A brief tour of the physical collection will be included! (60 min.)

US Government Documents... Where to look and how to find them!

Interested in government documents? Did you know that Bobst Library collects approximately 67% of the documents distributed by the Federal Depository Library Program? We also have access to several important databases, such as LexisNexis Congressional, that help to easily locate and retrieve documents. Come to this session and learn about up to the minute resources as well as how to find historical references that are seemingly impossible to find. A brief tour of the physical collection will be included! (60 min.)

Locating Test Instruments

Instructors: Susan Jacobs, Librarian for Health Sciences; Scott Collard, Librarian for Education; Jason Phillips, Librarian for Psychology
Learn to locate resources related to test instruments in psychology, health and education. (60 min.)

Weekly statistical and GIS mapping clinics

Bring your statistics and GIS questions and your data. Tell us what you're doing or drop in to meet other researchers at NYU. Demos will be announced. For more information, send email to data.service@nyu.edu. No RSVP required.

STATA

This class will provide an overview on the basic operation of the STATA statistical package. In addition, instructors are invited to send email to data.service@nyu.edu to arrange individualized in-class tutorials. (60 min.)

SAS

This class will provide a overview on the basic operation of the SAS statistical package, available through ITS to NYU faculty, staff, and grad students. In addition, instructors are invited to send email to data.service@nyu.edu to arrange individualized in-class tutorials. (60 min.)

Finding Data Sources

An introduction to major numeric and spatial data resources available on the web and through the NYU library. Explore the components of a typical data study, its files, and documentation. (60 min.)

SPSS Intro

A introduction to the SPSS data analysis package, available through ITS for all NYU faculty, administrators, and staff. In addition, instructors are invited to send email to data.service@nyu.edu to arrange individualized in-class tutorials. (60 min.)

PubMed/Medline

Learn how to search Medline via PubMed effectively. (60 min.)

Primary Sources

Primary Sources provide firsthand evidence of historical events. Learn how to find primary sources in your respective fields. (45 min.)

Organizing Your Research: Zotero

An in-depth look at Zotero and how it helps keep results of your literature searches organized and accessible. (45 min.)

Finding Obscure Print Images

Find out how to search for obscure print images not found online. (45 min.)

Introduction to the General Social Survey (GSS)

For the last third of a century, the GSS has been monitoring social change and the growing complexity of American society. Bring your questions about the second most frequently analyzed source of information (after the U.S. Census) in the social sciences. (45 min.)

LexisNexis

Instructors: Jessica Alverson, Librarian for Journalism; Paula Feid, Undergraduate Librarian
The LexisNexis full-text database provides a ton of valuable content, but it can be hard to find what you're looking for. Learn how to find local and international news, statistics, and environmental information. (45 min.)

Intro to Endnote

Similar to RefWorks, EndNote is a tool for organizing your research. It allows you to import catalog and database references directly into your own personal bibliographies and automatically format works cited, footnotes and endnotes in standard styles (MLA, APA, etc.) (60 min.)

Finding Images (Photos, Illustrations, Works of Art)

Find out about the image databases NYU Libraries offers, such as Accunet/AP Photo Archive, ARTstor, and Camio. Also, learn how to find images using web search engines and discover strategies for finding illustrations in books and periodicals.Meets in the conference room in the Reference Center on the 1st floor. (45 min.)

E-Book Collections

Instructor: Alexa Pearce, Reference Associate
Discover the full-text book collections - multidisciplinary, reference, subject-focuses (history, literature, science, technology) - that NYU Libraries offer. Also, learn about ebrary, an e-book collection with special features like highlighting and notetaking, storing page markets, and saving to the virtual bookshelf. (45 min.)

Google Expert

Learn when and how to use advanced features in Google, Google Books and Google Scholar to find books, get full text journal articles, and create bibliographies. (60 min.)

RefWorks

RefWorks is a web-based tool, free to members of the NYU community, that helps manage and organize your research. As you search catalogs and databases, you can import references directly into your own bibliography file then automatically format footnotes, endnotes, and works cited using standard styles (MLA, APA, etc.) Learn how to use RefWorks features such as RefShare (facilitates data sharing and collaboration) and the built-in RSS feed reader. (75 min.)