Squeezed by your assignment? Ask a librarian

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Drive you nuts when searching for resources for your paper?

Locked at home and look for some help for your midterm?

What about asking a librarian?

If you’re worried about what and how to ask for help from our librarians, here are some tips.

1. What can I ask?

We’ve seen all kinds of questions students have asked during the appointments:

How do I know when I’ve searched enough?

How to access a journal article, book, or other publication that’s hard to find？

I haven’t used libraries like this much or at all before. How to use BobCat?

I’m not sure where to start and would like to talk it through.

What are the tips about searching in an unfamiliar discipline?

About what I’ve found – is this a publication? Is it credible? Does it count as peer-reviewed?

How to use Zotero, RefWorks, or EndNote?

It is too much and I am not sure how to narrow what I choose to read.

 

2. Where to find our librarians?

On Library’s homepage, you can find the chat box. Type your questions directly to the librarians, and they will respond timely online.

(This is not an auto-reply from robots!)

When the chat box goes offline, you can reach out to us through email: shanghai.library@nyu.edu.

Keep up with Global News

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Want to keep up with current events?

Good news!

You can access many of your favorite news sources through the NYU Libraries.

Check out some most popular media platforms for free!

???? Click the titles to access

The New York Times

  • Diverse channels and perspectives: business, sports, arts, and science

  • Using NYU email address to create a free account first

  • App access: Yes

  • Podcast: The Daily, Sway, The Argument, The Book Review, The Ezra Klein Show, Popcast, Modern Love, Still Processing, The Sunday Read

Wall Street Journal

  • Breaking news and current headlines particularly in business and finance from the US and around the world

  • Using NYU email address to create a free account first

  • App access: Yes

  • Podcast: Bad Bets, What’s News, Minute Briefing, Tech News Briefing, Your Money Briefing, Opinion: Potomac Watch, The Journal, WSJ’s The Future of Everything, The Data Agenda, UBS Business Unusual

A step by step guide to get free access to NYT & WSJ

Caixin Global

  • Up-to-date financial and business news in China

  • No registration required

  • 财新网 also available, independent from its English version, including the magazine 财新周刊

  • App access: Yes

  • Podcast: China Biz Roundup, China Stories, Caixin-Sinica Business Brief

Financial Times

(Currently for NYU Shanghai Only)

  • Stay connected to global news, commentaries, data and analysis

  • No registration required

  • App access: Yes

  • Podcast: FT News Briefing, FT Weekend, Working It, Payne’s Politics, Rachman Review, Top Stories Today, Money Clinic with Claer Barrett

Harvard Business Review

  • A general management magazine, covers a wide range of topics that include leadership, negotiation, strategy, operations, marketing, and finance.

  • No registration required

  • App access: No

  • Podcast: HBR IdeaCast, Women at Work, Dear HBR, Coaching Real Leaders, The Anxious Achiever, Exponential View, Cold Call, Race at Work, After Hours

The Economist

  • Focus on current affairs, international business, politics, and technology

  • No registration required

  • App access: No

  • Podcast: Editor’s Picks, Checks and Balance, The Intelligence, The Economist Asks, Money Talks, Babbage, The World Ahead

Times Higher Education

  • Academic data, world university rankings, news, opinions, features and book reviews

  • Using NYU email address to create a free account first

  • App access: No

  • Podcast: THE podcast

The Wire China

  • Stories of China’s economic rise, and its influence on global business, finance, trade, labor and the environment

  • No registration required

  • App access: No

South China Morning Post

  • News and insights from Hong Kong, China and the world
  • No registration required
  • App access: No
  • Podcast: Inside China, China Geopolitics, Eat Drink Asia, Post Books Podcast, Behind the Story, Inside China Tech, Asia Briefing, The Adventure Trail, Morning Studio
China Core Newspapers

  • A platform for browsing 617 Chinese popular newspapers starting from 2000

  • Featured Titles: 人民日报, 光明日报, 经济日报, 中国教育报, 中国人口报, 中国证券报, 中国青年报, 环球时报, 解放日报, 解放军报, 文汇报, 东方早报, 上海证券报, 第一财经日报

  • No registration required

  • App access: No

Check out our Research Guide on Accessing Current News Sources. You can browse through some of our more popular news sources, browse newspapers by keyword using one of the recommended databases, and learn how to find the most recent issues of a specific newspaper.

Get Free Magazines on Your Phone

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Looking for some leisure reading on a rainy day?

Waiting in line for the COVID PCR test?

Taking a break from online classes?

Take a look at these two digital platforms, which you can get a huge selection of magazines on your phone, tablet or PC — all at no charge.

01 Flipster

  • Easy-to-read, unlimited access to digital magazines, download for offline reading

  • Featured Titles: The Atlantic, Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, Fortune, the New Yorker, Wired, and Vanity Fair

  • No registration required

02 Pressreader

  • 7000+ newspapers and magazines from 150 countries and in 65 languages

  • Featured Titles: Beijing Review, Chicago Tribune, China Daily, New York Post, The Guardian, The Washington Post, BBC History Magazine, ELLE, Vogue, National Geographic Traveller, Modern Dog, and Modern Cat

  • No registration required

 

Enjoy reading! If you have any questions, contact us at shanghai.library@nyu.edu

Online Libroary Thursdays Starts Now

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Roary is BACK… ONLINE!

Do you have library questions during campus closure?

Join us for an online game to learn those answers and win PRIZES. 

The game will run from this Thursday to Sunday (3.24-3.27).

Mar. 24 – 27, 2022

Thursday – Sunday

Online

Follow the instruction below 😉

Instruction – How to…

1 Make sure you are connected to NYUSH VPN if off campus

2 Scan the QR code to log in with your NYU credentials

3 Enroll into the course (if you haven’t already)

4 Take the quiz

5 Make sure you get all the answers right!

6 Click Submit and finish

7 Check if you’ve got a notification for a Roary badge

8 The Library will contact you next week about how to pick up your prize.

Music Library on Your Phone

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Whether you’re looking for western classical music, jazz recordings, folk music, or ethnographic recordings, NYU Libraries has several streaming audio databases to help you find high-quality sound recordings from world-class performers, along with detailed liner notes that you might not find through services such as Youtube or Youku.

1.

Naxos Music Library has an emphasis on Western classical music and selections of world music and folk recordings

2.

Naxos Jazz Music Library has rich resources for sound recordings that you can stream directly from your computer.

On the go? 

Take Naxos with you with the Naxos or Naxos Jazz mobile apps, available through iTunes and Google Play

HOW to access the mobile apps?

Step 1

Download the app from your respective store:

A. Naxos Music Library (iTunes, Google Play)

B. NML-Jazz (iTunes, Google Play)

Step 2

If you have a Student Playlist account,

your email address and password will also act as your login credentials for the NML mobile apps.

OR

If you do not have a Student Playlist account, sign up or ask a librarian for help.

Step 3

Complete the registration process by clicking the activation link in your email.

Step 4

The email address and password you assign will act as your login credentials for the NML mobile apps.

Congratulations! You’re now ready to save personal playlists, and enjoy NML wherever you go. Log in to the NML app and enjoy!

(Please note that under certain rare circumstances, it can take up to 15 minutes for your registration to be completed.)

Remote Access to Financial Terminals

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During the remote teaching period, you might need to use financial terminals for your course assignment and research project remotely.

NYU Shanghai Library opens the financial terminals remote access from March 14th, 2022.

To apply for remote access, please fill out applications online:

Bloomberg: https://forms.gle/L8dVmrf1SMzdczND6
Wind: https://forms.gle/9RyjYQvKKTrUgvC9A 

Important Notes:
01

You should use financial terminals ONLY for the purpose of course assignments or scholarly research, with the knowledge that for-profit and/or personal uses are forbidden.

02

Please only log on to the terminal after reserving your time (China Standard Time). Only one user can use the Bloomberg/Wind service at a time. We ask our users to be attentive to their booked slots. Anyone who violates the policy will be banned from using the terminal until the end of the semester.

03

Each Bloomberg/Wind terminal has a download limit through Excel Add-In (also known as API). When the terminal is at its limit, you will see an error message when loading data and wait for a week (for Wind) or a month (for Bloomberg) before it resets. Please remember to be considerate to fellow users – only download what you need or export data from the terminal interface directly which doesn’t count in the download limit of Excel Add-In.

04

If all the time slots for Bloomberg are booked, consider using Refinitive Workspace, also known as Eikon and the successor product to Thomson ONE. You can log in via the web platform, or via Refinitiv’s Mac and PC software on your own computer without booking a time slot. Individual account creation is required before you can log in. Librarians at Bobst Library process the requests once a week

05

Please turn your VPN (vpn.shanghai.nyu.edu) on before you access Bloomberg, Wind or Refinitiv Workspace remotely. If you have any questions on VPN, please contact IT for help through shanghai.it.help@nyu.edu.

22.3.14 Library Service Update

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Dear faculty, students, and staff,

In responding to the new changes of COVID regulation, our Library is here to support your learning, teaching and research. Contact us whenever you have any questions. We are available during regular working hours at shanghai.library@nyu.edu. For 24/7 assistance, you could also use the “Ask a Librarian” chat box on the website to receive instant responses to your questions. Through this instant chat service, librarians can assist you with a range of questions, including complex research questions, citation help, using e-resources, and guidance using ILL request forms.

Research and Instructional Technology Services

RITS has gathered some resources useful for online teaching and assessments to respond to the new changes in campus access and online instructions.
Should you need any support, please get in touch with RITS at shanghai.RITS@nyu.edu. We would offer consultation remotely by request.

Financial Terminals Remote Access

NYU Shanghai Library will open the financial terminals remote access to those who need to use them for course assignments and research projects during the remote teaching period, starting from March 14th, 2022.

Important Note:

  • You should use financial terminals only for the purpose of course assignments or scholarly research, with the knowledge that for-profit and/or personal uses are forbidden.
  • Please only log on to the terminal after reserving your time (China Standard Time). Only one user can use the Bloomberg/Wind service at a time. We ask our users to be attentive to their booked slots. Anyone who violates the policy will be banned from using the terminal until the end of the semester. 
  • Each Bloomberg/Wind terminal has a download limit through Excel Add-In (also known as API). When the terminal is at its limit, you will see an error message when loading data and wait for a week (for Wind) or a month (for Bloomberg) before it resets. Please remember to be considerate to fellow users – only download what you need or export data from the terminal interface directly which doesn’t count in the download limit of Excel Add-In.
  • If all the time slots for Bloomberg are booked, consider using Refinitive Workspace, also known as Eikon and the successor product to Thomson ONE. You can log in via the web platform, or via Refinitiv’s Mac and PC software on your own computer without booking a time slot. Individual account creation is required before you can log in. Librarians at Bobst Library process the requests once a week.
  • Please turn your VPN (vpn.shanghai.nyu.edu) on before you access Bloomberg, Wind or Refinitiv Workspace remotely. If you have any questions on VPN, please contact IT for help through shanghai.it.help@nyu.edu.

    To apply for remote access, please fill out applications online

    Bloomberg: https://forms.gle/L8dVmrf1SMzdczND6
    Wind: https://forms.gle/9RyjYQvKKTrUgvC9A 

Access & Borrowing

If you need help with acquiring library materials, or have any concern regarding your loaned items, please contact us at shanghai.circulation@nyu.edu.
For materials not available to you immediately, we highly recommend you to request scanned copies of a book chapter or journal article through our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service.

Meanwhile, we encourage you to access millions of e-resources through the Library website, which covers databases, ebooks, and multimedia resources.

Online Bloomberg Training Session – Mutual Funds

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A new online training for all students and faculty!

Join us to learn the basics and functions of using the Bloomberg terminals, focusing on the module of Mutual Funds, including:

World Mutual Fund Market, Mutual Fund Trade Blotter, Mutual Fund Managers, Fund Screening, Historical Fund Analysis, News Search and Data API.

The Bloomberg analyst will exemplify those functions in the real economy and practical implications, like mutual funds performance and fund risk.

Welcome to bring your questions for the Q&A part.

Time: 12:30 PM – 2 PM | Wednesday, 3/16/2022

Place: Zoom

RSVP: https://engage.shanghai.nyu.edu/event/7977917

Note: Due to Bloomberg’s policy, there will be no recording provided after the session. Workshop slides can be shared with the participants if needed.

Library Service Update in the Evolving COVID-19 Situation

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Dear faculty, students and staff,As NYU Shanghai moves to swiftly adapt to the evolving COVID-19 situation, our Library is similarly preparing to accommodate this changing situation.We understand that access to library resources and the research services our librarians provide is essential to your learning, teaching and research.To better support you during this period of upheaval, the NYU Shanghai Library has updated our online and on campus services.

Research & Instructional Technology Services

For Faculty who teach online for the first time, you could refer to the Teaching with NYU Zoom guide and other recording resources we had on the Digital Teaching Toolkit site to get prepared.For Students who are going to take class with NYU Zoom for the first time, please follow the guideline before class to get prepared.It is recommended to join the Zoom session 15 mins prior to the class in case any technical issues arise.

Access & Borrowing
For materials not available to you immediately, we highly recommend you to request scanned copies of a book chapter or journal article through our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service.Meanwhile, you can access millions of e-resources through the library website, which covers databases, ebooks, and multimedia resources.Our Library staff team is available to help you with any question that you might have. You could also contact us by phone (21) 20595615, email shanghai.library@nyu.edu or the “Ask a Librarian” chat box on the website. You will receive instant responses to your questions (from human, not a robot!).

This Thursday: Libroary Thursdays

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This semester, we prepared more fun activities and gifts for you. 

Stop by the 4th floor, learn some FAQ, and win prizes!

First come, first served.

12 PM – 2 PM

Thursday, 3/10/2022

Library, 4th Floor, Academic Building

What exactly is  Libroary Thursdays?

It tells you handy tricks and useful know-hows of NYU Shanghai Library through fun games and activities.

Book Highlight to Celebrate Women’s History Month

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“Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered.”

——Michelle Obama

Women’s History Month – March is a month to recognize, celebrate, and honor the experiences and achievements of women around the world.

We select some resources in our Library to cherish women globally. Although it is impossible to be fully comprehensive, we hope to honor women’s contributions and empower more women in various fields.

The Awakening by Kate ChopinThe link for the book: The Awakening

Physical copy available

Lotus: A Novel by Lijia ZhangThe link for the book: Lotus: A Novel

Physical copy available

The Book of Change by Eileen ChangThe link for the book: The Book of Change

Physical copy available

Half a lifelong romance (半生缘) by Eileen ChangThe link for the book: Half a lifelong romance (半生缘)

Physical copy available (both in Chinese and English)

The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson

The link for the book: The selected poems of Emily Dickinson

Physical copy available

Valley of Amazement by Amy TanThe link for the book: Valley of Amazement

Physical copy available

How Women Rise by Sally Helgesen & Marshall GoldsmithThe link for the book: How Women Rise

Physical copy available

The Short Story of Women Artists by Susie HodgeThe link for the book: The short story of women artists

Physical copy available

Women, Art, and Society by Whitney ChadwickThe link for the book: Women, art, and society

Physical copy available

Nice Chinese Girls Don’t Film directed by Jennifer AbodThe link for online streaming: Nice Chinese Girls Don’t

Is there a poet, author, musician, or artist whose works you’d like added to this list? Please email us and make a suggestion to shanghai.librarian@nyu.edu – we love your input!

For more information and resources about the art books, literature, and films available at NYU Shanghai, click this link for the non-comprehensive list!x