Ex Machina
This film has generated a lot of discussion online; beware of spoilers if you search now. After watching, the library invites you to explore any ideas it brought to mind. For example, what does it mean…
Author: NYU Shanghai Library
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Gold Underground
How can we work with coal? Whose lives are affected by each change made or missed? Continue the conversations begun as you watched the film, with classmates, professors, or visiting lecturers. Dig deeper into the processes,…
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Naxos Music Library: in the library and on your phone
When it comes to researching music, nothing beats listening to the real thing. Whether you’re looking for western classical music, jazz recordings, folk music, or ethnographic recordings, NYU Libraries has several streaming audio databases to help…
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Take part in Library Student Survey 2018
What does the Library mean to you? A place for you to study with friends? A book bank where you can find a kindred spirit? A battlefield in times of essay dues and project deadlines? Your…
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Manhattan
Drs Santtila and Weslake present this film to prompt discussion about assessing the value of a creation, specifically, how that assessment iregards the creator’s character. If a creator’s poor ethical choices are revealed over time, how do…
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Planned Downtime of Online Resources
Most online library systems will be unavailable starting at 17 March (Saturday) 5 AM. This outage is due to University work on Bobst Library’s power supply. Services affected include library catalog (BobCat), ejournals, ebooks and databases. Please…
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Recommended Titles on Data Visualization
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, by Edward R. Tufte The Elements of Graphing Data, by William S. Cleveland The Truthful Art: Data, Charts, and Maps for Communication, by Alberto Cairo The Big Book of Dashboards: Visualizing…
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Access content on FT.com
Have you been reading the Financial Times? NYU Shanghai now has a group subscription to FT.com. You have access to FT content as long as you are in campus, dormitory, or connected to NYU Shanghai VPN. Librarian…
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Try BobCat Beta now!
We are happy to announce the beta release of the new BobCat interface. Click on ‘Try BobCat Beta’ tab on NYU Shanghai Library website BobCat is NYU’s branded name for our Library discovery platform! The new BobCat Beta interface…
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Noteworthy Business Titles
Redirect: changing the stories we live by, by Timothy D Wilson The Ideas Industry: How Pessimists, Partisans, and Plutocrats Are Transforming the Marketplace of Ideas, by Daniel W. Drezner Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley,…