Library Essentials 101 Workshops this week
Do you have library questions? How to find and download an ebook? How to cite in your paper so you don’t get accused of plagiarism? Come to this workshop, where you get to pick what you want to learn! This…
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Three Online Workshops This Week
This week, you’re welcome to join us for three online workshop. Each will be held via Zoom, so you can attend from the comfort of your dorm or apartment. Please register ASAP! Event poster Data Visualization…
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What’s the big deal about sources and references?
Twenty years ago, a scholarly source was clearly different from everything else. Very little was online yet, but many voices were unjustly ignored. If you look at newspapers, magazines, or pulp novels, these are meant for…
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How to access full text articles, streaming films, and ebooks
You may feel frustrated searching Google after finding paywalls or questionable statements. The library has purchased many subscriptions to research, books, and film which may reveal this locked content. Unfortunately, you have to start from inside…
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People’s Republic of Desire
The documentary, People’s Republic of Desire by Hao Wu, prompts many venues for discussion. What does this film make you think about? From celebrity to aesthetics, ethics to marketing, finance to gender, the library can help…
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Library Closed During National Holiday
Dear faculty, staff, and students The NYU Shanghai Library’s collections and services will be closed from Sept. 28th to Oct. 6th for the National Holiday. The electronic resources and Academic Commons are accessible 24/7. Hope you enjoy a…
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Waiting for Paradise
If you missed the event Friday, or want to watch again with classmates, the DVD, Shanghai Waiting for Paradise, is available to check out on 4F. We have a viewing room if you don’t have a…
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The Cleaners
Libraries have evolved over time, from carefully curated collections of “the best” books to entertaining and educating collections. A librarian and editor, Mary Jo Godwin, argued, “A truly great library contains something in it to offend…
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South Asian Documentaries Film Festival
Are you drawn to documentaries? The library has many more you can stream. Or books and journals to read about documentaries. For example, how to analyze them; how to make them; or disciplines of study, such…
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Please Remember Me
Joe, a smiling man with silver hair and eyeglasses in a blue plaid shirt. Please Remember Me explores aging. How do health and social needs change over any person’s life? How do economic development, urbanization, and…