You can now access a design database called Designer’s Home through NYU Shanghai Library. URL: Term of the Service: until 09/30/2018 Access Methods: For PCs: direct access within the school’s IP domain, no registration needed For mobiles: access through accounts (accounts should be reactivated within the school’s IP domain in every 3 months ) What is Designer’s Home Designer’s Home is, at the moment, a leading and pioneering platform which targets towards skill learning, resource collecting, material downloading, idea sharing and design competing. The resource library of Designer’s home is divided into five sections, which are tutorials, news, lectures, resources and forum. High-quality tutorials and lectures are accessible to the users, as well as the latest news and information in the design industry. Along with that, the website also contains features like overall analysis of designer’s ideas and progressions, online sharing space in the user’s community, too. Designer’s Home is aiming to be a globally outstanding platform which serves designers in all sorts of dimensions. It covers nine main fields including industrial design, environmental art, graphic design, UI design, post-production of films, animation, game production, digital graphic, and photography. Tutorials on powerful software like Photoshop, Illustrator, CINEMA 4D on the website would be beneficial for various fields from still to animation designs. Join in the community of Designer’s Home and have fun with designing now! TEL: 400-881-6535 QQ: 3557302294 QQ group chat: 21596071
Monthly Archives: May 2018
Summer 2018 Webinars: Citation Management Tools
RefWorks and Zotero. Two powerful citation management tools that make it a breeze to gather resources, save citations, and quickly generate bibliographies. Now, the Global NYU Library makes it easy for you to learn how to use these tools from the comfort of your own home! This summer, you are invited to sign up for the following webinars: RefWorks Basics Offered twice – attend either one: Wednesday, June 6th at 10 PM Shanghai Local Time (June 6th, 10 AM EDT) Wednesday, July 11th at 11 PM Shanghai Local Time (July 11th, 11 AM EDT) Need help keeping track of the articles, books, etc. you find on your topic? RefWorks is a citation management tool that lets you import and organize the references you find as you search catalogs/databases, and automatically format bibliographies according to your selected style (MLA, APA, etc.). NOTE: This class is a real-time webinar that you will log into remotely. Easy-to-follow instructions and log in information will be emailed to you the day before the webinar. The same material will be taught at each session. If you plan on attending the workshop on either date please register here prior to the day. For more info on these RefWorks Webinars, contact Dan Perkins.
Zotero Basics Offered twice – attend either one: Tuesday, June 5th at 10 PM Shanghai Local Time (June 5th, 10 AM EDT) Tuesday, July 10th at 10 PM Shanghai Local Time (July 10th, 10 AM EDT) Need help keeping track of the articles, books, etc. you find on your topic? Zotero is a citation management tool that lets you import and organize the references you find as you search catalogs/databases, and automatically format bibliographies according to your selected style (MLA, APA, etc.). NOTE: You may want to download the Zotero software to your computer prior to attending the webinar. This class is a real-time webinar that you will log into remotely. Easy-to-follow instructions and log in information will be emailed to you the day before the webinar.
The same material will be taught at each session. If you plan on attending the workshop on either date please register here prior to the day. For more info on these Zotero Webinars, contact Dan Perkins
Want to learn more, but can’t attend a webinar? Email the Library at nyu-shanghai-librarian@nyu.edu for one-on-one support!
Library Hours in Summer
Hello everyone, we are open in summer! Please feel free to use the services here.
Noteworthy Social Science titles
- Leftover in China: the women shaping the world’s next superpower Roseann Lake (2018)
- Autobiographical comics Andrew Kunka (2017)
- The undocumented everyday: migrant lives and the politics of visibility Rebecca Mina Schreiber (2018)
These Social Science titles have interdisciplinary appeal. More recent titles are on their way. If you are looking for a specific title, email Jennifer to explore options.
Lake writes for The Economist, Time, Salon, etc. After living in China for five years, her research, demographic and historical, includes interviews with four individual women and their current experiences. Reviews available on Goodreads.
Kunka introduces readers to the genre, including key texts, history, glossary, and annotated guides. Graphic novels bring biographies to life and encourage deeper research via bibliographies. Celebrate visual literacy by including a graphic format in suggested readings. Several are available electronically.
Schreiber explores activism and documentation, empowerment and visibility. Schreiber contends migrants combine genres, mixing aesthetics while challenging surveillance and claiming protection. Applicable for politics, media, sociology, and social service readers.
We Come as Friends
This film presents some current issues in Africa. Questions of responsibility, support, influence, and many more come to mind. Which will you follow for a term paper this year or next fall? If you are inspired to learn more, the library on 4F has several books and journal articles from the speakers, directors, and facilitators. Check out the shelves around DT and HG in the stacks. Africa’s freedom railway: How a Chinese development project changed lives and livelihoods in Tanzania Monson, Jamie • 2009; Indiana University Press; 9780253002815 The star raft: China’s encounter with Africa Snow, Philip • 1988; Weidenfeld and Nicolson; 1555841848 Chinese migrants and Africa’s development: new imperialists or agents of change? Giles Mohan; Zed Books; 2014; 9781780329178 Gender and the south China miracle two worlds of factory women Lee, Ching Kwan • 1998; University of California Press; 9780520920040 China returns to Africa: a rising power and a continent embrace Chris Alden • 2008; Columbia University Press; 9780231700986 Ideology and practice: relations between China and Tanzania in historical perspective, 1968-1985 Prah, Kwesi Djapong Lwazi Sarkodee, 2016; 9781569024850 DT445.5.C6 P73 2016 The specter of global China: politics, labor, and foreign investment in Africa Lee, Ching Kwan • 2018; University of Chicago Press; 9780226340661 Reserves: HG5782 .L43 2018 Against the law: labor protests in China’s Rustbelt and Sunbelt Lee, Ching Kwan • 2007; University of California Press; 9780520250970 HD8739.G828 L44 2007 Africa-China partnerships and relations: African perspectives Prah, Kwesi Djapong Lwazi Sarkodee • 2017; 9781569025789 Divinity and experience: the religion of the Dinka Lienhardt, R. G. (R. Godfrey) • 1961; Oxford University Press; 0198234058 Mapping the New African Diaspora in China Race and the Cultural Politics of Belonging. Lan, Shanshan • 2017; Taylor and Francis; 9781317203537 The dragon’s gift: the real story of China in Africa Brautigam, Deborah • 2009; Oxford University Press; 9780191572210 The world in Guangzhou: Africans and other foreigners in south China’s global marketplace Mathews, Gordon, 2017; University of Chicago Press; 9780226506074 Les Nuer: description des modes de vie et des institutions politiques d’un peuple nilote Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (Edward Evan) The Nuer (a documentary from 1971) by George Breidenbach Nuer dilemmas: coping with money, war, and the state Hutchinson, Sharon Elaine • 1996; University of California Press; 0520088697 The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Taylor, Ian; 2010; Routledge; 9780415548601 DT38.9.C5 T395 2011 China’s South-South relations Gransow, Bettina; 2013; LIT Verlag GmbH & Co. KG Wien; 9783643903464 DT38.9.C5 C45 2013 China’s new role in Africa Taylor, Ian; 2009; Lynne Rienner Publishers; 9781588266361 In New York, but you are encouraged to request a chapter scan by inter-library loan. China in Africa: articulating China’s Africa policy Kachiga, Jean; 2013; 159221942X DT38.9.C5 K33 2013 Antwi-Boateng, O. a. (2017). New World Order Neo-Colonialism: A Contextual Comparison of Contemporary China and European Colonization in Africa. Journal Of Pan African Studies, 10(2), 177-195. Hyunh, T. T. (2018). China Town malls in South Africa in the 21st century: Ethnic Chinatowns or Chinese state projects? Asian and Pacific Migration Journal 27(1), 28 – 54 Hyunh, T. T. (2016). A ‘Wild West’ of trade? African women and men and the gendering of globalisation from below in Guangzhou. Identities 23(5), 501-518 Karatasli, S. S., & Kumral, S. (2017). Territorial Contradictions of the Rise of China: Geopolitics, Nationalism and Hegemony in Comparative-Historical Perspective. Journal Of World-Systems Research, 23(1), 5-35. doi:10.5195/JWSR.2017.591 Large, D. (2013). China, Africa and beyond. The Journal of Modern African Studies, 51(4), 707-714. Lawrence, O. A., & Akwu, O. J. (2014). China’s contemporary role in Africa’s political economy.* Quarterly Journal of Chinese Studies, 2*(4), 56-66. Rossi, C. R. (2016). The International Community, South Sudan, and the Responsibility to Protect. New York University Journal Of International Law & Politics, 49(1), 129-180. Zambakari, C. (2013). South Sudan and the nation-building project: Lessons and challenges. International Journal Of African Renaissance Studies, 8(1), 5-29. Zhao, S. (2014). A Neo-Colonialist Predator or Development Partner? China’s engagement and rebalance in Africa. Journal Of Contemporary China, 23(90), 1033-1052.