Illustrations in Periodicals:
Photographs, drawings, maps, reproductions of artworks, advertisements, and other illustrations and images can be readily found in newspapers and magazines.  Microform and reprint editions will likely be in black and white. See our Newspapers Research Guide for tips on finding current and historical mainstream and alternative serials in print, on microfilm, and online.


Photographs of New York City:
How to Find Historical Photos of New York City - NYPL Guide: A comprehensive research guide from the New York Public Library.

Beyond Wikipedia: Background & Reference Sources


Getty Research Institute:
The Getty's Search Tools and Databases include a wide range of resources for studying art and art history, including the Getty Research Portal, Collection Inventories and Finding Aids, Research Guides and Bibliographies, Digital Collections, Photo Archive, the Getty Vocabularies for fine art, architecture, decorative arts, archival materials, and other material culture, and more.


NYPL's Public Domain Collections: Free to Share & Reuse:
More than 180,000 of the items in The New York Public Library's Digital Collections are in the public domain and freely available to use and share however you like. Read more .


Open Access Sources:
Flickr: Millions of photographs uploaded by users. To search for reusable images, in ”Advanced Search”, choose from the pull-down menu the type of license needed (e.g. "Any license", "Creative Common license", etc.)

Openverse: An extensive library of free stock photos, images, and audio, available for free use.

Pixabay: Provides 1,000s of free stock photos, vector graphics and illustrations. All images and videos are released free of copyrights under Creative Commons CC0.

Smithsonian Open Access: Search over 4.9 million 2D and 3D open access digital items, including images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 21 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo. Filter search results by museum, topic, date range, resource type, place, or group.

Wikimedia Commons: A collection of millions of freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute.


Online Sources - Libraries & Museums (Selections):
Digital Public Library of America: "DPLA offers a single point of access to millions of items from libraries, archives, and museums around the United States. Users can browse and search DPLA’s collections by timeline, map, virtual bookshelf, and faceted search; save and share customized lists of items; explore digital exhibitions; and interact with DPLA-powered apps in the app library."  See the DPLA's Primary Source Sets of topically arranged resources.

Digital Culture of Metropolitan New York: DCMNY provides online access to digital collections of libraries, archives, museums and historical societies located in and around New York City. The collections include photographs, maps, letters, postcards, manuscripts, scrapbooks, programs from events, catalogues, memorabilia and ephemera, and much. New collections are being added on an ongoing basis, and contributors are also adding new material to existing collections.


ia and ephemera, and much. New collections are being added on an ongoing basis, and contributors are also adding new material to existing collections.Library of Congress: A vast resource containing millions of images of materials in every format, including maps, notated music, photographs, letters, diaries, newspapers, books, legislation, and audio visual materials.


f materials in every format, including maps, notated music, photographs, letters, diaries, newspapers, books, legislation, and audio visual materials.Manar Al-Athar: The Manar al-Athar digital archive, an open access photo archive based at the University of Oxford, provides high resolution, searchable and downloadable images for teaching, research, and publication.  The digital archive is in continuous development and contains nearly 82,000 images. Strengths include Late Antiquity (250–750 AD), the period of transition from paganism to Christianity, and then to Islam, especially religious buildings (temples, churches, synagogues, mosques) and monumental art (including floor mosaics), early Islamic art (paintings, mosaics, relief sculpture), as well as Roman and early Islamic (Umayyad) architecture, and evidence of iconoclasm. Material is labelled in both English and Arabic to facilitate regional use, with the main instructions also available in some other languages.


oclasm. Material is labelled in both English and Arabic to facilitate regional use, with the main instructions also available in some other languages.Metropolitan Museum of Art - Online Collection: Over 490,000 works of art from the museum's collection, 375,000 of which are open access and freely available to use, share, and remix without restriction.

Museum of the City of New York Collections Portal: A growing collection of more than 250,000 images and objects from the collections of the Museum of the City of New York.

NYC Municipal Archives Online Gallery: Over 1.6 million images from the collections of the Municipal Archives. Includes photographs, maps, motion picture and audio recordings.

New York Heritage Digital Collections: "[A] portal for learning more about the people, places and events that contributed to the making of New York State."


ork Heritage Digital Collections: "[A] portal for learning more about the people, places and events that contributed to the making of New York State."NYPL Digital Collections: Collection of more than 870,000 images covering nearly every topic imaginable. Formats include visually appealing items such as drawings, illuminated manuscripts, maps, photographs, posters, prints, and rare illustrated books, along with video, audio, and more. Search or browse by item, collection, or NYPL division.

NYPL Picture Collection: More than 45,000 images digitized from the NYPL's Picture Collection. The circulating collection consists of 1.5 million images clipped from books, magazines, and newspapers, as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923.


f 1.5 million images clipped from books, magazines, and newspapers, as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923.NYPL Prints & Photographs Online Catalog: The NYPL's Print Collection contains over 200,000 original prints, including woodcuts, engravings, etchings, lithographs, screen prints, and digital prints, and dates from the 10th C to the present.  The Photography Collection comprises more than 500,000 photographs by 6,000 photographers. Search across both collections using this catalog.

FSA-OWI (Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information) Photographs: A searchable collection of over 170,000 mostly public domain photographs taken between 1935 and 1944 by the FSA and OWI depicting life in America during the Great Depression and World War II.

Smithsonian Open Access: Search over 4.9 million 2D and 3D open access digital items, including images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 21 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo. Filter search results by museum, topic, date range, resource type, place, or group.


nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo. Filter search results by museum, topic, date range, resource type, place, or group.Museums & Libraries: Many museums and libraries have digital editions of their collections online, especially of their most visually striking holdings. Visit their websites to see what's available.


Map Collections:
Historical Map Collections in the NY Metropolitan Area: A list from the NYPL Map Division of significant map collections in and around New York City. The NYPL's Map Division itself is one of the world’s premier map collections in terms of size, scope, unique holdings, diversity and intensity of use.  It includes more than 433,000 sheet maps and 20,000 books and atlases published between the 16th and 21st centuries, many of which have been digitized.


Maps Online:
Following is a small sampling of open access maps to illustrate the wide variety of resources that are available online.

Africa Map Project: AfricaMap is based on the Harvard University Geospatial Infrastructure (HUG) platform, and was developed by the Center for Geographic Analysis to make spatial data on Africa easier for researchers to discover and explore.

Atlas of Historical Boundaries: From the Newberry Library.  "A powerful historical research and reference tool in electronic form. The Atlas presents in maps and text complete data about the creation and all subsequent changes (dated to the day) in the size, shape, and location of every county in the fifty United States and the District of Columbia."  Useful for records of past events, and for analyzing, interpreting and displaying county-based historical data like returns of elections and censuses.  Includes downloadable data and interactive maps.


ng, interpreting and displaying county-based historical data like returns of elections and censuses.  Includes downloadable data and interactive maps.Ancient Earth - Interactive Globe: Explore what planet earth looked like from 20 million to 170 million years ago.

David Rumsey Map Collection: A collection of over 200,000 maps dating from ~1550 to the present.  Includes maps of North and South America, Asia, Africa, Europe, Oceania, and the world.  “The collection includes atlases, globes, wall maps, school geographies, pocket maps, books of exploration, maritime charts, and a variety of cartographic materials including pocket, wall, children's, and manuscript maps.  Over 130,000 items from the collection have been digitized and are available online.

Digital Map Galleries (from the NYPL): Lists of sites containing contemporary and antiquarian maps. Compiled by Artis Q. Wright, Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, New York Public Library.


es containing contemporary and antiquarian maps. Compiled by Artis Q. Wright, Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, New York Public Library.Digital Public Library of America - Maps: Huge and growing collection of digital maps from a wide variety of sources.  Browse or search by Format, Contributing Institution, Date,  Language, Location, or Subject.

Library of Congress Digital Map Collections: Thousands of digitized maps in collections such as Discovery and Exploration; CIties and Towns; American Revoolution and its Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789; Panoramic Maps; Railroad Maps; and more. See the Geography & Map Reading Room's website for more information.

Mapping Inequality: Redlining in New Deal America: A set of maps that illustrate the discriminatory New Deal-era housing policies that fueled generations of urban inequality.


ining in New Deal America: A set of maps that illustrate the discriminatory New Deal-era housing policies that fueled generations of urban inequality.MLA Language Map: "The Language Map uses aggregated data from the 2006–10 American Community Survey (ACS) to display the locations and numbers of speakers of thirty languages commonly spoken in the United States. ... {Includes] information about over three hundred languages spoken in the United States, using data from the 2006–10 ACS, ACS 2005, and the 2000 US Census."

New Deal - Maps & Sites: Find thousands of New Deal public works and artworks around the country using these maps from the Living New Deal website.

Oculi Mundi: Oculi Mundi means the Eyes of the World.  "Oculi Mundi is a digital heritage destination: the home of The Sunderland Collection of world maps, celestial maps, atlases, globes and books of knowledge."

Old Maps Online: "Easy-to-use gateway to historical maps in libraries around the world."

OpenStreetMap: "A map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license."


istorical maps in libraries around the world."

OpenStreetMap: "A map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license."Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: A collection of more than 20,000 maps depicting all corners of the world.  The collection website was archived in 2021, but the digitized maps are still available there and on the UTexas, Austin library's collection portal.

Sanborn Maps - Fire Insurance Maps on the Web - NYPL List: This list links to fire insurance maps describing the built environment of cities across the United States and North America. The Sanborn Maps include information such as the outline of each building, the size and shape and construction materials, heights, and function of structures, location of windows and doors. The maps also give street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers. Textual information includes construction details, ownership and building use.  Printed Sanborn Maps are also available in the New-York Historical Society Library.


mation includes construction details, ownership and building use.  Printed Sanborn Maps are also available in the New-York Historical Society Library.Sanborn Maps Navigator - Library of Congress: Explore the U.S. through historic maps and newspaper photographs using a tool created by a LOC fellow that combines 32,000 maps from the Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlases collection and 1,494,585 photographs from the Newspaper Navigator dataset.  Click on different areas on the map, or on the items in the "Results from ..." section to see the Sanborn atlases from those areas. The newspaper photo will also update as you change geographic locations, randomly generating from within the chosen location.

Torn Apart / Separados: "A rapidly deployed critical data & visualization intervention in the USA’s 2018 “Zero Tolerance Policy” for asylum seekers at the US Ports of Entry and the humanitarian crisis that has followed."

topoView: USGS topographic maps originally published as paper documents in the period 1884-2006 have been scanned and can be downloaded free of charge through topoView.


Continually Updated Data and Maps of Corona COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science & Engineering at Johns Hopkins:
Continually updated maps of Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases with downloadable data from the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.


CUNY Mapping Service @ the GC's Center for Urban Studies:
"Specializ[ing] in the development of online applications that provide intuitive access to powerful data sets, displayed visually through interactive maps and in other formats."  Projects include Welcome to 1940s New York , Open Accessible Space Information System (OASIS) in NYC , Visualizing Demographic Change: NYC and other major cities , and many others.


NYC Maps:
Atlases of NYC (From the NYPL Digital Collections): Thousands of maps of New York City, including Manhattan and Brooklyn 'fire insurance maps' from the 1850's-1860, showing streets, blocks, tax lots, natural and manmade features, and more.

NYCMap: New York City’s online map portal providing a wealth of information including the locations of schools, day care centers, senior centers, libraries, hospitals, subways, and more as well as links to websites for these facilities. This page is also a single access point to many of the numerous location-based applications on NYC.gov such as online property, building, statistics, and census information. The maps can be navigated either by entering a specific address or simply using zoom and scroll tools, similar to other online map applications. Consult the User Guide for tips on using this dynamic online resource.


r simply using zoom and scroll tools, similar to other online map applications. Consult the User Guide for tips on using this dynamic online resource.OldNYC: Mapping Historical Photographs of New York City: This free website provides an alternative way of browsing the NYPL's incredible Photographic Views of New York City, 1870s-1970s collection.

Open Accessible Space Information System (OASIS): OASIS "provides the richest source of community maps for New York City -- free and all in one place. It helps nonprofits, community groups, educators, students, public agencies, and local businesses develop a better understanding of their environment with interactive maps of open spaces, property information, transportation networks, and more."

Brooklyn Revealed: An interactive website created by the librarians at the New-York Historical Society that lets users discover how Brooklyn streets got their names, access images from the N-YHS collections, and read about Brooklyn history.


ical Society that lets users discover how Brooklyn streets got their names, access images from the N-YHS collections, and read about Brooklyn history.The Welikia Project: Navigate through a map of New York City in 1609.  "You can find your block, explore the native landscape of today’s famous landmarks, research the flora and fauna block by block..."


The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ® (TGN) "is a structured vocabulary, including names, descriptions, and other metadata for extant and historical cities, empires, archaeological sites, and physical features important to research of art and architecture ... intended to aid cataloging, research, and discovery." Search The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


GC Map Resources - Online & In Print:
The Graduate Center Library holds The Columbia Gazetteer of the World (in the reference collection and online) and a collection of maps and atlases in print and online. Atlases: Look for print atlases on the reference shelves under the Call Letter G and in the Atlas Case, which is located just before the reference shelves on the 2nd floor of the library, a short way from the reference desk. You can search for printed and electronic atlases in OneSearch . Select the Advanced Search and add the keyword "Atlas."  Set the Material Type to "Books."  Press Search to see results. Maps: You can also search for printed and electronic maps in OneSearch . Select the Advanced Search, add a place name as a Subject term (e.g., "New York") and enter the word "Maps" as an additional Subject term.  Press Search to see results.


World Map, 1493:
Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "[World Map]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2015. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/67ad9d8b-6e07-964a-e040-e00a1806723d.


<b>Highlighted/Selected Databases from the New York Public Library</b>:
To use these resources, instead of using your GC Network ID, please enter your New York Public Library barcode and PIN number. If you do not have a NYPL library card, you can apply for one online and pick it up at the nearest NYPL location .

American Periodical Series: This database contains over 1,800 magazines, journals, and newspapers published between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and many other historically significant titles. Some of these titles are archived at the Center for Research Libraries (CRL).

New York Public Library Database Highlights


s and women's magazines, and many other historically significant titles. Some of these titles are archived at the Center for Research Libraries (CRL).Brill Online Bibliographies: Search seven bibliography eBooks published by Brill: ABIA - Index of South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology, Bibliography of Arabic Books Online, Book History Online, Index Islamicus, Index to the Study of Religions, Linguistic Bibliography, and The International Aristotle Bibliography.

Cairn.Info: Cairn.info is an online collection of French language periodicals in the social sciences and humanities disciplines.

Frick Art Reference Library Periodicals Index: Indexes more than 150 prominent art history periodicals held by the Frick Art Reference Library, covering Western European and American fine arts and some decorative arts from the 4th-19th centuries.


dicals held by the Frick Art Reference Library, covering Western European and American fine arts and some decorative arts from the 4th-19th centuries.Liberty Magazine: The Liberty Magazine Historical Archive, 1924-1950 offers researchers and students of 20th century studies digital access to one of the most popular American illustrated weekly magazines of the 1920s-1950s.  The archive includes the complete 26-year run of the magazine - all scanned in full color.

Lynda.com: Lynda.com is an online educational site that includes over 3,000 courses (and over 130,000 videos) in popular fields like web design, web development, IT, education/instruction, media production, and business. Experts create and deliver all courses as well as provide supplemental materials like exercise files and relevant work samples. Users will need to create accounts in order to track course progress, create playlists of potential coursework, and keep course notes.


t work samples. Users will need to create accounts in order to track course progress, create playlists of potential coursework, and keep course notes.New York Tribune/Herald Tribune (1841-1962): Full text and full page and article images of the following titles: New-York Tribune (1841-1842); New-York Daily Tribune (1842-1866); New-York Tribune (1866-1924);  New York Herald, New York Tribune (1924-1926); The New York Herald Tribune (1926-1962).

Oxford Handbooks Online: The full collection of Oxford Handbook series, which provides peer-reviewed research articles from scholars in the field of archeaology, business & management, classical studies, criminology & criminal justice, economics & finance, history, law, linguistics, literature, music, philosophy, political science, psychology, and religion.

Periodicals Index Online: A database of millions of citiations for articles in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, across more than 300 years. Over 6,000 journals are included. Journals indexed span 37 key subject subject areas and multiple languages.


ial sciences, across more than 300 years. Over 6,000 journals are included. Journals indexed span 37 key subject subject areas and multiple languages.PressDisplay: Provides access to current newspapers from around the world in full-color, full-page format.  Includes over 2,000 U.S. and international titles.

Project Muse Ebooks: Provides full-text access to over 500 peer-reviewed scholarly journals and top quality book-length scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. The Graduate Center does not participate in Project Muse ebook collections, but you can access these titles when you log in through NYPL.

ProQuest African American Historical Newspapers: Includes the Atlanta Daily World 1931-2003, Baltimore Afro-American 1893-1988, Chicago Defender 1910-1975, Cleveland Call and Post 1934-1991, Los Angeles Sentinel 1934-2005, New York Amsterdam News 1922-1993, Norfolk Journal and Guide 1921-2003, Philadelphia Tribune 1912-2001, and Pittsburgh Courier 1911-2002.


l 1934-2005, New York Amsterdam News 1922-1993, Norfolk Journal and Guide 1921-2003, Philadelphia Tribune 1912-2001, and Pittsburgh Courier 1911-2002.ProQuest Jewish Historical Newspapers: Includes The American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger (1857-1922), The American Israelite (1874-2000),  Boston Advocate (1905-1909), The Israelite (1854-1874), The Jerusalem Post (1950-1988), the Jewish Advocate (1905-1990) and The Jewish Exponent (1887-1990),  and Palestine Post (1933-1950).

ProQuest Latin American Newstand: ProQuest Latin American Newsstand provides full-text information in Spanish and Portuguese from 41 newspapers from Puerto Rico and 11 Latin American countries, including Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil. The complete articles are available in ASCII format.

Times of India (1838-2003): Full text access to the Times of India, from 1838-2003.

Times of London: Archive of the Times of London, from 1785-2009.


Times of India (1838-2003): Full text access to the Times of India, from 1838-2003.

Times of London: Archive of the Times of London, from 1785-2009.University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO): University Press Scholarship Online offers full text of over 7,000 academic monographs in 21 subject areas covering the humanities, social sciences, medicine, and law from six leading university presses.

You must visit participating New York Public Library branches in person for access to these resources. The two nearest locations to the Graduate Center with access to all research databases are the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, and the Science, Industry and Business Library on Madison Avenue at 34th Street.

ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials: ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials provides the full-text access to major religion and theology journals. ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials contains full-text journals in English and other major European languages, and covers all aspects of religion.


TLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials contains full-text journals in English and other major European languages, and covers all aspects of religion.British Newspapers, 1600-1950: Searchable full-text adigital archive of historic British national, regional and international newspapers, including two major news media collections from the British Library : 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers & 19th Century British Newspapers - in addition to National & Regional papers from British Isles.

Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive: ull text of entertainment industry trade magazines covering film, music, broadcasting, and theater. Titles include Variety (1905-2000), Billboard (1894-2000), Broadcasting (1931-2000), Melody Maker (1926-2000) and more.

Frick Art Reference Library Periodicals Index: Indexes more than 150 prominent art history periodicals held by the Frick Art Reference Library, covering Western European and American fine arts and some decorative arts from the 4th-19th centuries.


dicals held by the Frick Art Reference Library, covering Western European and American fine arts and some decorative arts from the 4th-19th centuries.A collection of historical directories, member lists, and other name-rich sources, focusing on New York City during the long 19th century.  Documents are fully text-searchable and originate from the print collection of the New-York Historical Society.  Other categories of documents include maps, illustrated advertisements, burial lists, and gazetteers.

HarpWeek: Full-text digital database of Harper's Weekly (1857-1912), the leading American illustrated magazine of its day, covering political, military, social, and cultural stories. HarpWeek may be browsed by date or literary genre; the full text is searchable by keywords.

The Nation Archive: The full text of the Nation Magazine, from 1865-present. Available at all NYPL locations.


he full text is searchable by keywords.

The Nation Archive: The full text of the Nation Magazine, from 1865-present. Available at all NYPL locations.Periodicals Archive Online: Periodicals Archive Online is a major archive that makes the backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences available electronically, providing access to the searchable full text of hundreds of titles. The database spans more than two centuries of content, 37 key subject areas, and multiple languages.

Vogue Archive: The full text, full color, archive of Vogue Magazine, from 1892-present. Available at all NYPL locations.


Welcome / About this Guide:


Welcome / About this Guide:Welcome / About this Guide:This guide highlights a selection of resources that are available to Graduate Center students through the New York Public Library (NYPL). Some of these items are available from home (see the Remote Access NYPL Databases tab below) and all are accessible in person at an NYPL branch (some of which are included on the NYPL On-Site Only Databases tab). NYPL has many other resources and electronic offerings not listed here. See NYPL's Articles & Databases page for a complete list of their holdings.* "Remote Access NYPL Databases" are accessible wherever you have an internet connection To use these resources, instead of using your GC Network ID, please enter your New York Public Library barcode and PIN from your library card. You can apply for a library card online and pick it up at the nearest NYPL location . Please report any access issues using this form .


library card. You can apply for a library card online and pick it up at the nearest NYPL location . Please report any access issues using this form . library card. You can apply for a library card online and pick it up at the nearest NYPL location . Please report any access issues using this form . library card. You can apply for a library card online and pick it up at the nearest NYPL location . Please report any access issues using this form .For more information about getting a NYPL card, see Library Cards Remember that Graduate Center students have access to 120 day loans from many NYPL locations--see the MaRLI guide for full details. "NYPL On-Site Only Databases," you must visit participating New York Public Library branches for online access. The nearest branch to the Graduate Center with access to all research databases is the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street. Don't forget MaRLI and ILL : For full details about the Manhattan Research Library Initiative, see the NYPL & MaRLI page . Items at NYPL can also still be requested through Interlibrary Loan . *See the Graduate Center's Library Databases from A to Z list for all that is available through the Graduate Center Library.


Questions?:
MaRLI for Non-CUNY Users marli@nypl.org

NYPL Quick Start Guide for CUNY GC Privileges: CUNY GC photo ID card holders get NYPL Research Library borrowing privileges

NYPL MaRLI Quick Start Guide for NYU, Columbia Borrowing: CUNY GC affiliates register for NYU and Columbia MaRLI borrowing privileges through NYPL


NYPL Research Study Rooms:
Graduate Center students and faculty may apply to use New York Public Library’s research study rooms , spaces available in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building for those requiring intensive use of the library’s collections for the preparations of books, dissertations, or other research projects. There are three research study rooms: the Wertheim Study , the Shoichi Noma Reading Room , and the Frederick Lewis Allen Memorial Room (for authors under book contract).


Metro Referral Cards:
NYC reference librarians may issue Metro Referral passes for one-time, on-site use of a specific, named item from any metropolitan area library catalog.


CUNY-NYPL Funding:
The development of a permanent rapprochement between the Graduate School and the New York Public Library -- with a long-range commitment of public funds under an agreement that would permit the university's cooperation in the development of those NYPL policies that affect its research collections -- should be one of the Graduate School's top priorities for the near future. --Mina Rees. The First Ten Years of the Graduate School of the City University of New York . August 1972, p. 10. NYPL applies state aid provided on CUNY's behalf to purchase books supporting CUNY scholarship. Mutual NYPL-CUNY collaboration has strengthened recently with NYPL's lending program to CUNY faculty and graduate students. But, New York State and City aid to these two great public institutions has been reduced since 1998. Read more about NYPL-CUNY & track NYS funding for CUNY-NYPL .


Eligibility & Registration:


Eligibility & Registration:Eligibility & Registration:New York Public Library GC students and faculty are extended borrowing privileges for books in the NYPL research libraries that are not normally available for loan (see Lenders & Non-Participants for details). To activate these privileges, simply obtain an NYPL library card and go to Library Card Services, Room 217, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building , where you will be given a special sticker for your NYPL card. Use NYPL Classic Catalog buttons or email callaheadsasb@nypl.org to request NYPL books to pick-up and borrow. Scores and books from the Library for the Performing Arts are eligible for loan. Columbia University & New York University Apply online for MaRLI privileges to borrow from Columbia or NYU. Carefully match your research interests with collection strengths. Non-PhD CUNY grads apply as "independent scholars" and note your GC program. Receive e-mail approval within 5 business days with instructions.


engths. Non-PhD CUNY grads apply as "independent scholars" and note your GC program. Receive e-mail approval within 5 business days with instructions.engths. Non-PhD CUNY grads apply as "independent scholars" and note your GC program. Receive e-mail approval within 5 business days with instructions.engths. Non-PhD CUNY grads apply as "independent scholars" and note your GC program. Receive e-mail approval within 5 business days with instructions.Pick up MaRLI cards at Columbia Butler and NYU Bobst privileges offices; bring approval email, NYPL card, and another accepted form of ID .


MaRLI:  Manhattan Research Library Initiative:
The New York Public Library (NYPL) and the libraries of Columbia University and New York University have launched an initiative to expand access and use of their collections to better serve their users. The collaboration, dubbed the Manhattan Research Library Initiative (MaRLI), enables eligible users with a demonstrable research need not met by currently available resources, to borrow materials from all three institutions. CUNY Graduate Center photo ID card holders are eligible for NYPL Research Library borrowing privileges, with 120-day loans . Also, GC affiliates may register through NYPL for Columbia and New York University MaRLI borrowing privileges. See the Eligibility & Registration box below for details. Also, GC affiliates (and all NYPL cardholders) may use NYPL's databases, some of which are only available on site and some of which are available remotely. See our guide to NYPL databases .


New York Studies Research Guide:
This guide is intended to be used as a starting place for New York Studies research. If you have suggestions or comments about what information would be useful to gather here, please get in touch with New York Studies librarian Alycia Sellie (contact information on the right).


General Library Resources:
Graduate Center Library Website: Starting point for finding books, articles, journals, databases, interlibrary loan, electronic reference, and more

OneSearch: OneSearch combines many initial searches into one interface: it includes print books from all CUNY libraries; Graduate Center ebooks; a massive index of articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers; Graduate Center course reserves; dissertations at CUNY and beyond; and unique digital content.

Interlibrary Loan: Need an article from a journal not at the Graduate Center? Need a book that not available from any CUNY library? Go here to submit an interlibrary loan request.

24/7 E-mail and Chat Reference: Use this service to ask questions at any time. Email questions will be answered by Graduate Center librarians. Chat questions may be answered by librarians at other institutions.


Select New York City History Resources:
The Gotham Center for New York City History Bibliography: A bibliography about the history of New York with over 20,000 publications included.

The Gotham Center for New York History List of Archives: A list of local archives that collect the history of New York. To find other collections, try searching Archive Grid .

New York Historical Society Museum & Library: The New York Historical Society Library has a wealth of materials available on-site and online. Get started with your research using this guide .

New York Historical Society Newspaper Research Guide: The New-York Historical Society holds the fourth largest collection of American newspapers published before 1820: 634 titles by one estimate. This guide walks through how to find and use items in their collections.


ion of American newspapers published before 1820: 634 titles by one estimate. This guide walks through how to find and use items in their collections.New York State Historic Newspapers: Over 11 million pages from newspapers published in New York State between 1725 and 2020. The newspapers on the website are either in the public domain (any papers published before January 1, 1924) or have been cleared for use by the original copyright holders for members of the public for noncommercial, educational, and research purposes.

NYPL Guide: Researching New York City Neighborhoods: New York City neighborhoods, from their formation to present day, can be researched through the collections of NYPL and other institutions. Useful materials include neighborhood and borough-specific histories, NYC guidebooks, city agency reports, local newspapers, clippings, statistical data, and maps, among many other resources.

NYPL Guide: Early New York: This resource packet is aimed to help teachers use primary source images from NYPL's Digital Gallery as well as texts from NYPL's Databases to teach about Early New York.


is aimed to help teachers use primary source images from NYPL's Digital Gallery as well as texts from NYPL's Databases to teach about Early New York.NYPL Guide: How to Find Historic Photos of New York City: A guide to locating historic images of New York City.

NYU Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives: An important repository for labor history. Materials include books, pamphlets, and serials focusing on the history of labor, politics, political thought, civil rights, women's history, the Spanish Civil War, literature, the history of New York City, and the arts. Broadly speaking, the collections cover labor and the Left.


's history, the Spanish Civil War, literature, the history of New York City, and the arts. Broadly speaking, the collections cover labor and the Left.The Queens Museum and Museum of the City of New York 1939-1940 and 1964-1965 New York World’s Fairs Collection: The collections include books, pamphlets, printed ephemera, architectural drawings, original artwork, film and audio recordings, photographs, architectural models, textiles, and souvenirs. The varied formats and subjects of the materials provide a uniquely holistic perspective on the New York World’s Fairs and the events surrounding them that shaped the physical and cultural landscape of the city, even as their impact was felt around the globe.


Visiting Other Libraries:
Other CUNY Libraries: All CUNY students and faculty have access to all CUNY libraries and may check out books at all but CUNY Law.  Reference books, special collections, audiovisual materials, and electronic resources may be used only within these libraries.

Metro Referral Cards: Ask at the reference desk on the second floor of the Graduate Center library for one-time-only passes to New York City area libraries, beyond CUNY. If items are available at a CUNY library, you would use CLICs (Inter-library borrowing) or visit that library in person; Metro Cards are used for one-time to access beyond CUNY's collections. For longer access, see MaRLI above.

MaRLI (Manhattan Research Library Initiative): This research initiative allows selected researchers access and circulation privileges at Columbia University, New York University, and New York Public Library's research libraries.


Primary Source Resources Outside CUNY:
Archive Grid: Searchable database containing over 7 million records describing archival collections in 1,400 libraries, archives, museums, and historical societies around the world.  Also useful for identifying archival repositories by location. Read more in our GC Library blog post about ArchiveGrid .

British Library: One of world's largest collections of primary documents.

Fales Library NYU: Open by appointment, the Fales Library has extensive archival and special collections.  Finding aids are available online.

Folger Shakespeare Library: World's largest collection of Shakespeare materials and other resources related to the Renaissance.

Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas: Large collection of manuscripts in the humanities.

One of the world's largest collections of primary and secondary material.


er, University of Texas: Large collection of manuscripts in the humanities.

One of the world's largest collections of primary and secondary material.The Morgan Library: Materials related to the history, literature, and art of the Western world. Use of the library is by appointment. In addition, an application form must be completed.

NYPL Special Collections: In addition to the Manuscript & Archives Division there are numerous special collections that also contain primary source materials.

Umbra Search African American History: Umbra Search African American History brings together more than 500,000 digitized materials from over 1,000 libraries and archives across the country. Umbra Search pays homage to the Umbra Society of the early 1960s, a renegade group of Black writers and poets who helped create the Black Arts Movement.


The Elusive Dissertation:
There is no single source for a comprehensive dissertation search. WorldCat and ProQuest Digital Dissertations and Theses Full Text include most American dissertations. Dissertations @ The Center for Research Libraries lends non-American dissertations to member borrowers. Library catalogs and specialized repositories contain other titles. Request any dissertation through Interlibrary Loan . Though not every title is available through ILL, it is worth a try.


Dissertations at the Graduate Center:
Graduate Center dissertations from 1988 to the present are available for browsing in the Dissertation Reading Room on the first floor of the library. If you do not know the year of a dissertation, check the author or title in the CUNY Catalog or in Digital Dissertations . For more information about submitting your own thesis or dissertation, see the Dissertations & Theses guide.


Dissertation Databases & Repositories:
For more information on depositing dissertations and theses, see the Dissertations & Theses guide.

CUNY Dissertations in Academic Works, 2014-present: As of 2014, all Graduate Center dissertations and master's theses appear in the Graduate Center's institutional repository, Academic Works. Many dissertations/theses are open access in Academic Works, but some are embargoed and will not become available until a future date. Pre-2014 dissertations currently are in the process of being added to Academic Works. Unless requested otherwise by the author, these pre-2014 works are accessible only to the CUNY community.


he process of being added to Academic Works. Unless requested otherwise by the author, these pre-2014 works are accessible only to the CUNY community.Dissertations & Theses Global: Indexes two-million dissertations from over one-thousand institutions, with citations from 1861-1980 and abstracts from 1980 to present. Includes the full text of most post-1996 CUNY dissertations and many post-1996 dissertations from other institutions, as well as thousands of earlier ones. To limit your search to CUNY dissertations, include 0046 in your search statement, selecting the school name/code search field. Non-U.S.dissertations can be searched in the Center for Research Libraries' catalog.

Dissertations & Theses @ City University of New York Graduate Center: CUNY dissertations dating back to 1965. Full text available except for embargoed works.

Networked Digital LIbrary of Theses and Dissertations: NDLTD finds additional electronic works produced outside North America.

Open Access Theses and Dissertations: Metadata from over 600 institutions, indexes over 1.5 million theses and dissertations.


outside North America.

Open Access Theses and Dissertations: Metadata from over 600 institutions, indexes over 1.5 million theses and dissertations.Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Online Catalog: The Center for Research Libraries provides a shared collection of five million books, journals, documents and newspapers to supplement member libraries’ holdings in the humanities, science, and social sciences. With a strategic emphasis on expanding electronic access to international primary source collections, CRL participates in a number of cooperative digitization efforts, yielding millions of pages of digitized content to date. CRL resources include:


ons, CRL participates in a number of cooperative digitization efforts, yielding millions of pages of digitized content to date. CRL resources include:The largest circulating collection of newspapers in North America – more than 16,000 newspaper titles from all world regions and from every U.S. state – mainstream dailies, underground and alternative press titles, rare publications from international conflict zones, U.S. ethnic titles, early African-American newspapers, and radio broadcast reports and transcripts Foreign journals rarely held in U.S. libraries, with a focus on science and technology Access to rich holdings in science, technology, and engineering print serials through a partnership with the Linda Hall Library More than 800,000 non U.S. dissertations Area Studies: major collections of news, government documents, and archives from Africa, Latin America, Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Southeast and South Asia Millions of pages of primary source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.


ry source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.ry source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.ry source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.and international legal and government resources


Citation Guides:
APA Style Guide: From Purdue OWL (online writing lab). Full APA guide not available online but this site answers basic questions.

Chicago Manual of Style Online: Full text of the 17th and 18th editions of the Chicago Manual of Style, including quick guide, questions and answers, and additional tools.

MLA Style FAQ: MLA does not make its complete style guide available to institutions, but this brief guide is useful.

MLA Style Guide: From Purdue OWL. Full MLA guide not available online but this site answers basic questions.


Citation Managers:
Citation managers allow you to save and organize references and citations you gather during research. You can import citations from databases such as Academic Search Complete or JSTOR or manually enter citations. You can attach PDFs and images to the citations as well. The citation managers also generate bibliographies and footnotes. There are two main citation managers supported by the Graduate Center: RefWorks, and Zotero. Links and descriptions are below. If you want to have an introduction to any or all of the citation managers, make an appointment with your librarian .

Zotero: Saves and helps you to organize citations to articles, books, webpages, and more. Works with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari. Install the Zotero Word plug-in to quickly create bibliographies and add citations to papers.

Zotero Help: Short video tutorials and a user guide


ri. Install the Zotero Word plug-in to quickly create bibliographies and add citations to papers.

Zotero Help: Short video tutorials and a user guideRefworks: Online citation management licensed for all CUNY campuses. Generate footnotes and bibliography in any writing style; organize citations and notes in your private library. 25 MB limit on individual file size; 5 GB individual account limit. Group Code: RWGradC There is a new interface available for RefWorks; see the library guide Citation Managers & Style Guides for more information.


Services Offered & Consultations:
Website Creation Wordpress Omeka Info Architecture Visualization Text Mining Topic Modeling LaTeX ebook creation Digital Research Tools Digital Preservation Tools Web Preservation Twitterbots Data Services


Introduction:
The Graduate Center Library supports all the ways that your research processes and results may manifest. In addition to helping with retrieval and citing of resources, the library can also help, via a consultation, with a digital project. If the consultation reveals that the project is beyond the library's scope or resources we can point you to other GC community constituents, such as the New Media Lab , the ITP program or Digital Fellows , that can possibly provide more intensive assistance. This LibGuide is a beta and we will continually be refining and enhancing it. Please contact the authors if you have any suggestions. Please make a consultation appointment with our [digital] librarians if you'd like to chat about your project during any phase of your project.


tions. Please make a consultation appointment with our [digital] librarians if you'd like to chat about your project during any phase of your project.Note: A great repository to look at is the DiRT Directory . A good review of tools: Top Tools for Digital Humanities Research by Nancy K. Herther. Disclaimer:  We might not be able to offer expert assistance in all the suggested tools. Furthermore, because of the fluidity of some open source projects, we cannot insure their longevity or link integrity.


The simplest is to use the Graduate Center’s Website Services portal . This is a great option for simple sites or blogs that do not need much customization or functionality.  The portal allows you to create one or many WordPress sites.  GC Website Services has a small set of carefully curated plugins and themes from the WordPress Plugin Repository & WordPress Theme Repository . Scroll down and login with your GC network credentials. Once logged in, click on Dashboard. From the menu on the left, click on <My Sites>. Click on Create a New Site . Enter a domain name under Site Domain: Enter your site’s title under Site Title : Until your site is fully developed, it is best to select the No radio button under privacy. Note: You can change this later. Click the < Create Site > button. Click on Dashboard=>My Sites and select the site that you just created. Click on Appearance =>Themes , scroll through, mouse-over, preview themes until you discover one that might work best with your vision.


just created. Click on Appearance =>Themes , scroll through, mouse-over, preview themes until you discover one that might work best with your vision. just created. Click on Appearance =>Themes , scroll through, mouse-over, preview themes until you discover one that might work best with your vision. just created. Click on Appearance =>Themes , scroll through, mouse-over, preview themes until you discover one that might work best with your vision.Note: You can change this later. Click on Settings=>Reading and select either the Your latest posts -or- A static radio button. This is setting determines if you intend to merely blog or have a structured website. After deciding, click the < Save > button.


CUNY Academic Commons:
Similar to the Graduate Center’s Website Services portal, the CUNY Academic Commons is another mult-Wordpress install that allows users (CUNY faculty, staff, graduate students, graduate alumni and postdocs) one or many WordPress sites. The Academic Commons is a bit more robust, because it has many more themes and plugins than GC’s Website Services. Additionally, you can request a theme and or plugin to be evaluated and possibly installed from the WordPress repositories or a customized child theme to be uploaded to the Academic Commons. Register here to access and use the Academic Commons. Note: A valid CUNY email address is required to register and use the site. Please read the ' Hosting Partner Handbook ' on how to further customize Wordpress' hyper-flexible platform.


Setting up a true development environment=>(X)AMPP:


Setting up a true development environment=>(X)AMPP:Setting up a true development environment=>(X)AMPP:You might need more flexibility with WordPress (the ability to install or develop any theme or plugin) or something beyond a WordPress site. If so, then the next option is for you. Note: We will be referring to XAMPP (Apache, MYSQL and PHP), which is for Windows, but analogs exists for Macintosh ( MAMP ) and Linux LAMP . Other distributions are available here with applications . Installing XAMPP Let’s discuss the why, before downloading and installing (X)AMPP. Wordpress or Omeka (the two most popular Content Management Systems (CMS) are database driven based solutions that means that the content is stored in a database. Content being stored in a database makes it easier to edit; no expertise is necessary.   Furthermore, your site is easily customized. Because the design and feel is typically independednt of content, so super simpel to change the look and feel accross the entire site.


ily customized. Because the design and feel is typically independednt of content, so super simpel to change the look and feel accross the entire site.ily customized. Because the design and feel is typically independednt of content, so super simpel to change the look and feel accross the entire site.ily customized. Because the design and feel is typically independednt of content, so super simpel to change the look and feel accross the entire site.How does this work?  The short answer is using PHP , the CMS makes calls to the database ( MYSQL ) and then the Apache Web Server software delivers  the processed content to web browsers .  With a traditional html page, the client (web browser) interprets, parses and renders all the code, but because contemporary CMS typically use PHP, the code needs to be processed by the server and the browser downloads the output.   In the case of CMS, the PHP makes a database query which writes & extracts information from the database, processes and renders the specific content. The advantage of (X)AMPP is it allows for the flexibility (the universe of themes and plugins are available to you as well as the ability to hack the the core) of your own development environmet without the cost of a server or webhost, such as Bluehost. It is also a sage place to learn, develop and test before committing to a server.


nvironmet without the cost of a server or webhost, such as Bluehost. It is also a sage place to learn, develop and test before committing to a server.nvironmet without the cost of a server or webhost, such as Bluehost. It is also a sage place to learn, develop and test before committing to a server.nvironmet without the cost of a server or webhost, such as Bluehost. It is also a sage place to learn, develop and test before committing to a server.The only difference to a local (X)AMPP install is that you do not need to pay for webhost and FTP.


Choose the path best for you.:
Depending up your needs and requirements, there are many options to develop your own website.


Themes:
The true power of a CMS, and especially Wordpress, is the ease and simplicity of changing the look and feel of your site without effecting the content. This is done when you select a theme. Check out the Wordpress theme repository for an array of free open source options. Guide to installing and using themes .


Child Themes:
You might want to radically change the theme that you are using. If so, a Child Theme is a great shortcut. Getting started with Child Themes .


Once XAMPP is installed:  c:\xampp\htdocs is the home of your content Download WordPress and unzip. Place in the c:\xampp\htdocs directory. Note: you have the option to rename the WordPress directory. Click on the xampp-control.exe icon in: C:\xampp Start Apache & MYSQL In your browser enter: http://localhost/ Click on phpMyAdmin. The phpMyAdmin control board will appear. Click on Databases. Enter a name for your database (‘wordpress’ or use something other than WordPress). In your:  c :\xampp\htdocs\wordpress  directory, w ith your text editor (windows: notepad/notepad++ Mac: text wrangler).


ething other than WordPress). In your:  c :\xampp\htdocs\wordpress  directory, w ith your text editor (windows: notepad/notepad++ Mac: text wrangler).ething other than WordPress). In your:  c :\xampp\htdocs\wordpress  directory, w ith your text editor (windows: notepad/notepad++ Mac: text wrangler).ething other than WordPress). In your:  c :\xampp\htdocs\wordpress  directory, w ith your text editor (windows: notepad/notepad++ Mac: text wrangler).Open: wp-config-sample.php  file and edit: ** The name of the database for WordPress */ define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘wordpress’); /** MySQL database username */ define(‘DB_USER’, ‘root’); /** MySQL database password */ define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ”); /** MySQL hostname */ define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); Save file as wp-config.php Go to: http://localhost/wordpress/ will be redirected to: http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php Enter: Site Title Username Password Email Address Then click the <Install WordPress> button. Login. The dashboard of your WordPress installation will appear.


Plugins:
Not a programmer, but want some special functionality that the core installation does not contain. Chances are that it may already exist as a plugin. Plugins extend Wordpress's core functionality. Before hacking the core and adding functions, see if the functionality already exists in a plugin that was developed by someone else by searching the plugin repository .


Introduction:
Wordpress, the world's most popular open source CMS is great for blogging and general website development. A tremendous community supplies themes and plugins to expand Wordpress's core functionality.


Omeka Install:
Once XAMPP is installed:  c:\xampp\htdocs is the home of your content Download Omeka and unzip. Place in the c:\xampp\htdocs directory. Note: you have the option to rename the Omeka directory. Click on the xampp-control.exe icon in: C:\xampp Start Apache & MYSQL In your browser enter: http://localhost/ Click on phpMyAdmin. The phpMyAdmin control board will appear. Click on Databases. Enter a name for your database (‘omeka’ or use something other than ‘omeka’). In your:  c :\xampp\htdocs\omeka  directory, w ith your text editor (windows: notepad/notepad++ Mac: text wrangler). Open:  db .ini  file and edit: [database] host = “localhost” username = “root” password = “” dbname = “omeka” prefix = “omeka_” charset = “utf8” ;port = “” More details on installing Omeka .


Intro:
Omeka is a great platform for publishing online collections. There are many themes and plugins, similar to Wordpress, that expands Omeka's core functionality.


Information Architecture:
A standard way to approach developing your site's architecture is via a card sort. You can card sort using analog methods or using software. Here is some information: Wikipedia Article How to Card Sort Ed Tech Wiki Card Sort Hot to Open Source Card Sort Software


Homepage layout & Wireframing:
Once you have a notion of the overall architecture of your site, you are ready to layout what you want your homepage to look like through wireframing. This can be performed with sketches or software. Wikipedia article on Wireframing Some 'free' wireframe tools Review of wireframe software solutions Wiry- an open source solution to wireframing Pencil Project


Introduction:
Before you start, especially if you are migrating existing content, it's best to organize your information and find an intuitive page order and hierarchy. rThere are many methods to develop or find your site's architecture, you can use software or just pursue an analog card sort.  Once you understand your information architecture, you can start building your homepage using wireframes.


Gephi:
Gephi Quick Start A simple tutorial


Introduction:
Your data has been extracted, collected and massaged, now it's time to present it.


Susan Steinman's Web Scraping of the NYPL Catalog:
Video of the presentation .

Susan Steinman's github .


Removing Extraneous Information:
The following python scripts will remove tags from downloaded html pages and stop words. Feel free to modify both.

Remove Stopwords: Use with the list (stopwords.txt)

Stopwords List: Use with remove_stopwords.py


Text Mining HathiTrust:
Text Analysis with the HathiTrust Research Center: CC-BY-NC 4.0 license

Please make a research appointment with one of us, if you would like to learn how to mine HathiTrust.


Important Articles on Text Mining:
Seven Ways Humanists Are Using Computers to Understand Text Computational Text Analysis for Social Science: Model Assumptions and Complexity Comparing Corpuses by Word Use


Tutorials & Projects:
Get Old Tweets Mining Twitter MORE Mining Twitter Mining the Dispatch An Introduction to Text Analysis With Python


Text Mining Tools:
AntConc (A freeware corpus analysis toolkit for concordancing and text analysis.) Voyant Tools (A web-based reading and analysis environment for digital texts.) The Natural Language Toolkit Orange


Social Feed Manager:
From the website: 'Social Feed Manager is a web application which allows users to create collections of data from social media platforms, including Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, and Sina Weibo. It is open source software and connects to the platforms’ public APIs to harvest data.' The Social Feed Manager


Introduction:
Text mining is a technique for deriving information from textual corpora. Its power and novelty comes from its treating text as a data source. Text mining has been associated with " distant reading ".


Beginning LaTeX:
Latex Homepage Getting Started with TeX, LaTeX, and Friends LaTeX Wikibook An introduction to LaTex LaTeX resources from Cambridge


( From Cambridge Department of Engineering ) Front/Back matter See the bibliographies page. bibliographies with biblatex Natural Science Citations - provides many options. See also the reference sheet CTAN has many bibliography styles in its bibtex section. bibtex editor Simple LaTeX Glossaries and Acronyms using the glossaries package The nomencl package How to add nomenclature sections Graphics Using Imported Graphics in LaTeX and PDFLaTeX (by Keith Reckdahl) explains all there is to know about putting graphics into LaTeX documents. The Hints about tables and figures in LaTeX and Hints on adding figures to multicolumn environments documents deal with common problems. See also Klaus Hoeppner's Strategies for including graphics in LaTeX documents How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX (Frank Mittelbach) Graphics for Inclusion in Electronic Documents (Ian Hutchinson) The xfig graphics editor. Gnuplot displays data graphically.


LaTeX (Frank Mittelbach) Graphics for Inclusion in Electronic Documents (Ian Hutchinson) The xfig graphics editor. Gnuplot displays data graphically. LaTeX (Frank Mittelbach) Graphics for Inclusion in Electronic Documents (Ian Hutchinson) The xfig graphics editor. Gnuplot displays data graphically. LaTeX (Frank Mittelbach) Graphics for Inclusion in Electronic Documents (Ian Hutchinson) The xfig graphics editor. Gnuplot displays data graphically.Use its "set term postscript eps color" to produce a postscript file which can be added to your latex document in the usual way. Matlab may be preferable. The pstricks tutorial show how to use the pstricks package to produce line drawings Matlab graphics with LaTeX Math The psfrag handout addresses the common problem of how to add LaTeX math to a postscript file. Part of Math into LaTeX (by G. Grätzer) is online AMS-LaTeX provides specialist support. The Short Math Guide for LaTeX comes from the American Mathematical Society Matlab has some support for LaTeX production. Type " help latex " inside matlab for details. Effective Scientific Electronic Publishing (by Markus G. Kuhn) and AcroTeX by D.P.Story cover PDF production. Maths cheat sheet (Martin Jansche) Math Tutorial for mimeTeX A Survey of Free Math Fonts for TeX and LaTeX (Stephen G.


D.P.Story cover PDF production. Maths cheat sheet (Martin Jansche) Math Tutorial for mimeTeX A Survey of Free Math Fonts for TeX and LaTeX (Stephen G.D.P.Story cover PDF production. Maths cheat sheet (Martin Jansche) Math Tutorial for mimeTeX A Survey of Free Math Fonts for TeX and LaTeX (Stephen G.D.P.Story cover PDF production. Maths cheat sheet (Martin Jansche) Math Tutorial for mimeTeX A Survey of Free Math Fonts for TeX and LaTeX (Stephen G.Hartke) Detexify - LaTeX symbol classifier lets you draw a symbol and will give you the corresponding LaTeX Tables Tables in LaTeX: packages and methods Table Editor (producing output in various formats, including LaTeX)


LaTeX Tools:
Online LaTeX editor (ShareLaTeX)


BibTex:
BibTeX is a citation tool used for creating bibliographies and reference footnotes/endnotes for research. BibTeX tutorial


LaTeX:
L A T E X is a word processing system favored for the ease with which it can be made to represent mathematical formulae, and its beautiful PDF layouts. LaTeX relies on plain text and markup tags to render documents, and is therefore very flexible in what it outputs.


Tools:
Calibre - E Book Management


Zotero: Saves and helps you to organize citations to articles, books, webpages, and more. Works with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari. Install the Zotero Word plug-in to quickly create bibliographies and add citations to papers.


Peter Organisciak's Guide:
Mark Eaton and Robin Davis suggested Peter Organisciak's guide as another good resource to learn how to create a Twitter Bot.


Please see Robin Davis' Github page . Download the files See the " Download ZIP " button toward the upper right.  Click it and save the folder to your desktop. Create a Twitter account for your bot Go to http://twitter.com and sign up for a new account of your choosing. Be sure to include your mobile number (required for using the API) Email address must be unique to Twitter users; try adding random periods in your Gmail address, if you have one Go to http://apps.twitter.com and create a new app This info isn't public so it can be messy Go to Keys and Access Tokens Create new access token Copy Consumer Key/Secret and Access Key/Secret to credentials.py Basic bot: mybot.py This script is a basic Twitter bot. It will tweet three things from a list inside the script.


Access Key/Secret to credentials.py Basic bot: mybot.py This script is a basic Twitter bot. It will tweet three things from a list inside the script. Access Key/Secret to credentials.py Basic bot: mybot.py This script is a basic Twitter bot. It will tweet three things from a list inside the script. Access Key/Secret to credentials.py Basic bot: mybot.py This script is a basic Twitter bot. It will tweet three things from a list inside the script.Right-click on mybot.py and select Edit with IDLE Take a look at the script; Robin and Mark will talk about what it's doing Select Run > Run Module from the window's menu bar Change it up! In tweetlist , add new things for your bot to tweet. Increase/decrease time between tweets in time.sleep(15) (15 is the number of seconds). Intermediate bot: mybot2.py This script sends out five tweets from the first five lines of an external .txt file. Right-click on mybot.py and select Edit with IDLE Right-click on twain.txt and open it in Notepad Take a look at both files; Robin and Mark will talk about what the script is doing Select Run > Run Module from the window's menu bar for mybot2.py Change it up! Go to http://gutenberg.org and choose a different text for your bot to tweet.


Run > Run Module from the window's menu bar for mybot2.py Change it up! Go to http://gutenberg.org and choose a different text for your bot to tweet. Run > Run Module from the window's menu bar for mybot2.py Change it up! Go to http://gutenberg.org and choose a different text for your bot to tweet. Run > Run Module from the window's menu bar for mybot2.py Change it up! Go to http://gutenberg.org and choose a different text for your bot to tweet.Download the file as "plain text" into the tutorial folder and open it in Notepad Remove junk at the beginning of the file Replace double linebreaks with single linebreaks with a find/replace In mybot2.py, replace twain.txt with the name of the new text file Make the bot send more or fewer tweets, or change which lines, by editing the numbers in for line in tweettext[0:5] . [0:5] means from the first thing up to (but not including) the fifth thing Advanced bot: mashup_madlib.py This script treats The Red Wheelbarrow as a mad-lib, filling in three blanks from two data sources: JSON files from @dariusk's collection of corpora . Advanced bot: respondingbot.py This script from Mark tweets a random line from a .txt file whenever @jasonchowbot tweets. Advanced bot: mashup_markov This script uses a Markov chain to create new sentences from another text, and tweets them.


Python Basics:
Mark Eaton and Robin Davis pointed the class to a good Python cheat sheet here .


Data to Play with & examples:
Here is some downloadable data that can be 'mined' while learning how to build your first bot. Some bot examples here .


Introduction:
The following is  a repackaging of content presented by Mark Easton and Robin Davis during a LACUNY Emerging Technology Committee meeting on December 15th, 2015.


PSPP:
PSPP: PSPP is a program for statistical analysis of sampled data. It is a free replacement for the proprietary program, SPSS


APIs: APIs for Scholarly Resources


What are Scholarly Research APIs?:
APIs, short for application programming interface , are tools used to share content and data between software applications.  APIs are used in a variety of contexts, but some examples include embedding content from one website into another, dynamically posting content from one application to display in another application, or extracting data from a database in a more programmatic way than a regular user interface might allow. Many scholarly publishers, databases, and products offer APIs to allow users with programming skills to more powerfully extract data to serve a variety of research purposes.  With an API, users might create programmatic searches of a citation database, extract statistical data, or dynamically query and post blog content. This guide was adapted from MIT's list of scholarly APIS .


List of APIs for Scholarly Resources:
API | What it does | How is it accessed | Result format | Registration | Limitations (record numbers, fields accessible) | Contact for technical questions

arXiv API | Gives programmatic access to all of the arXiv data, search and linking facilities | API calls are made using any web-enabled client (e.g. a web browser) to make an HTTP GET or POST request to an appropriate url.  API users can use the programming language of their choice. | Atom | Free to use, no registration or API key required. | No stated limitations, but high-volume users should contact arXiv . | arXiv Google Group

BioMed Central API | Retrieves: 1) BMC Latest Articles; 2) BMC Editors picks; 3) Data on article subscription and access; 4) Bibliographic search data | RESTful interface, queries are made as HTTP GET requests | JSON | Free to access, no registration required. | No limitations at present. | info@biomedcentral.com


erface, queries are made as HTTP GET requests | JSON | Free to access, no registration required. | No limitations at present. | info@biomedcentral.comCORE API | gives programmatic access to metadata and full-text of millions of OA research papers | RESTful interface, queries are made as HTTP GET requests | JSON | Free to use, API key required. Register for API key . | Quota applied for query volume, details at https://core.ac.uk/services#ap i | theteam@core.ac.uk

CrossRef REST API | Allows access to metadata records for over 75 million scholarly works that have CrossRef DOIs, covering around 5000 publishers.  Can be used for text- and data-mining , checking against funder mandates , and to obtain metadata in a variety of representations. | RESTful interface | JSON | No registration required. | No limitations at present. | labs@crossref.org


tain metadata in a variety of representations. | RESTful interface | JSON | No registration required. | No limitations at present. | labs@crossref.orgDigital Public Library of America (DPLA) API | Allows programmatic access to metadata in DPLA collections, including partner data from Harvard, New York Public Library, ARTstor, and others. | RESTful interface | Structured JSON-LD objects | Free to use; API key needed | No limitations at present | codex@dp.la ; Users can also submit issues to DPLA's Issue Tracker

HathiTrust Bibliographic API | Returns bibliographic, rights, and volume information when given standard identifiers (ISBN, LCCN, OCLC, etc.) for items in the HathiTrust Digital Library. Intended for use to retrieve information about small numbers of items at a time. | RESTful interface | JSON, MARC-XML | No registration required. | No stated limitations but intended for use to retrieve information about small numbers of items at a time. | feedback@issues.hathitrust.org


equired. | No stated limitations but intended for use to retrieve information about small numbers of items at a time. | feedback@issues.hathitrust.orgHathiTrust Data API | Can be used to retrieve content (page images, OCR, and in some cases whole volume packages), and metadata for HathiTrust Digital Library volumes. | Two methods of access: via a Web client , requiring authentication (users who are not members of a HathiTrust partner institution must sign up for a University of Michigan "Friend" Account ), or programmatically using an access key that can be obtained at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/kgs/request | XML, JSON, or binary representation | Varies depending whether access is via Web client (for members of HathiTrust partner institution), University of Michigan "Friend" Account , (for non-members), or using API key obtained at ttp://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/kgs/request | No stated limitations but is not meant for large-scale retrieval of data. | feedback@issues.hathitrust.org


tp://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/kgs/request | No stated limitations but is not meant for large-scale retrieval of data. | feedback@issues.hathitrust.orgIEEE Xplore XML Search API | Allows IEEE customers and 3rd parties such as federated search vendors to query the IEEE Xplore content repository and retrieve results for manipulation and presentation on local web interfaces | HTTP requests using structured URL queries | XML | Must be an IEEE customer (i.e. belong to an institution that subscribes to IEEE Xplore). Contact onlinesupport@ieee.org to receive API user guide. | Maximum of 200 results may be retrieved in a single query.  A query term can only contain a maximum of 10 words. | onlinesupport@ieee.org


ser guide. | Maximum of 200 results may be retrieved in a single query.  A query term can only contain a maximum of 10 words. | onlinesupport@ieee.orgJSTOR Data for Research | Not a true API, but allows computational analysis and selection of JSTOR's scholarly journal and primary resource collections  Includes tools for faceted searching and filtering, text analysis, topic modeling, data extraction, and visualization. | Web interface | CSV, varies depending on tool used | Free to access, registration is required to obtain results. No institutional affiliation is required. | Datasets are capped by default at 1,000 articles; users seeking larger results are asked to contact JSTOR Data for Research. | http://about.jstor.org/contact

Nature Blogs API | Blog tracking and indexing service; tracks Nature blogs and other third-party science blogs | RESTful interface, queries are made as HTTP GET requests | Default is JSON, some queries return Atom/RSS, CSV | Free to register, developer account and API key needed; see here . | 2 calls per second; 5,000 calls per day; RSS results are limited to 100 items maximum | developers@nature.com


account and API key needed; see here . | 2 calls per second; 5,000 calls per day; RSS results are limited to 100 items maximum | developers@nature.comNature OpenSearch API | Bibliographic search service for Nature content | REST API with two interfaces: 1) OpenSearch standard interface using keyword searches; 2) SRU  search interface using CQL structed queries | RSS, JSON, ATOM, SRU XML, TURTLE, depending on interface used | Free to register, developer account and API key needed; see here . | 2 calls per second; 5,000 calls per day | developers@nature.com

NLM APIs | NLM offers 21 different APIs for accessing various NLM databases. | Varies depending on API. | Varies depending on API. | Varies depending on API. | Varies depending on API. | Varies depending on API.


NLM databases. | Varies depending on API. | Varies depending on API. | Varies depending on API. | Varies depending on API. | Varies depending on API.OECD Data API | Allows programmatic access to a selection of OECD datasets | A dataset identifier, a list of dimension item identifiers, and some additional parameters need to be supplied in a URL | SDMX-JSON | Free to register.  Registration is not required but is strongly encouraged. | 1 million data points; not all OECD datasets are covered; IEA datasets are excluded | http://stats.oecd.org/FAQAndContact.aspx

ORCID API | Queries and searches the ORCID researcher identifier system and obtain researcher profile data | RESTful interface | HTML, XML, or JSON | Two options: 1) Users can access the Public API,which only returns data marked as "public"; 2) Become an Orcid member to receive API credentials: see here. | Data retrieved through Public API is limited | http://about.orcid.org/help/contact-us


) Become an Orcid member to receive API credentials: see here. | Data retrieved through Public API is limited | http://about.orcid.org/help/contact-usPLoS Article-Level Metrics API | Retrieves article-level metrics (including usage statistics, citation counts, and social networking activity) for articles published in PLOS journals and articles added to PLOS Hubs: Biodiversity | RESTful interface, queries are made as HTTP GET requests | XML, JSON, CS | Free to register.  API key needed.  Go to http://api.plos.org/registration/ . | Max is 1000 requests a day.  Users should wait 5 seconds for each query to return results.  High-volume users should contact api@plos.org.  API users are limited to no more than five concurrent connections from a single IP address | api@plos.org ; Questions can also be posted in PLoS API Google Group


re limited to no more than five concurrent connections from a single IP address | api@plos.org ; Questions can also be posted in PLoS API Google GroupPLoS Search API | Allows PLoS content to be queried using the 23 terms in the PLoS search, for integration into web, desktop, or mobile applications | RESTful interface, queries are made as HTTP GET requests | XML | Free to register.  API key needed.  Go to http://api.plos.org/registration/ . | Max is 7200 requests a day, 300 per hour, 10 per minute.  Users should wait 5 seconds for each query to return results.  Requests should not return more than 100 rows.  High-volume users should contact api@plos.org.  API users are limited to no more than five concurrent connections from a single IP address. | api@plos.org ; Questions can also be posted in PLoS API Google Group


e limited to no more than five concurrent connections from a single IP address. | api@plos.org ; Questions can also be posted in PLoS API Google GroupPubMed E-Utilities API | Set of 8 server-side programs for searching 38 NCBI Entrez databases of biomedical literature and data | To access data, a piece of software posts an URL using a fixed sytax to NCBI's E-Utilities server, then retrieves and processes data.  Users can use any programming langauge that can send the URL and interpret the XML response (e.g. Perl, Python, Java, C++, etc.) | XML | Free to register; registration is not necessary but strongly encouraged. | 3 URL requests per second; large jobs should be limited to weekends or business hours | eutilities@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Scopus | Supports multiple use cases, including displaying publications on a website, showing cited-by counts on a website, federated searching, populating repositories with metadata, populating VIVO profiles, and others. | Various depending on use case. | Varies depending on use case. | Free to register. | Varies depending on use case. | http://www.developers.elsevier.com/action/contactus


on use case. | Varies depending on use case. | Free to register. | Varies depending on use case. | http://www.developers.elsevier.com/action/contactusSpringer Text- and Data-Mining Access | Allows text- and data- mining access to researchers via their subscribing institutions for non-commercial research purposes. | Researchers can download content for TDM purposes directly from the SpringerLink platform. Full-text content can be accessed programmatically at friendly URLs based on the content’s DOI.  Can use a web browser, or HTTP GET requests using any convenient scripting tool, e.g. curl, wget, Python’s urllib, among others. | Varies depending on use case. | No registration or API key is required. | No stated limitations but TDM researchers are asked to be considerate and limit their downloading speed to a reasonable rate. | mikail.shaikh@springer.com


tated limitations but TDM researchers are asked to be considerate and limit their downloading speed to a reasonable rate. | mikail.shaikh@springer.comSpringer Images API | Provides images and related text for over 300,000 free images available on Springer Images. | RESTful interface, using structured URL requests | XML, JSON, JSONP | Free to register.  API key needed. | No stated limitations.  High-volume users should contact Springer. | support.api@springer.com

Springer Metadata API | Provides metadata for over 5 million online documents (e.g. journal articles, book chapters, protocols). | RESTful interface, using structured URL requests | XML in PRISM Aggregator message format, JSON, JSONP | Free to register.  API key needed. | No stated limitations.  High-volume users should contact Springer. | support.api@springer.com


rmat, JSON, JSONP | Free to register.  API key needed. | No stated limitations.  High-volume users should contact Springer. | support.api@springer.comSpringer Open Access API | Provides metadata, full-text content, and images for over 80,000 open access articles from BioMed Central and SpringerOpen journals. | RESTful interface, using structured URL requests | XML in Springer's A++ format, JSON | Free to register.  API key needed. | No stated limitations.  High-volume users should contact Springer. | support.api@springer.com

STAT!Ref OpenSearch API | Bibliographic search service for displaying syndicated results on a website. | Uses OpenSearch specifications. | RSS, ATOM, HTML | Free to register for users at subscribing host institution. | Limits exist but are not specified; high-volume users should contact STAT!Ref. | support@tetondata.org


er for users at subscribing host institution. | Limits exist but are not specified; high-volume users should contact STAT!Ref. | support@tetondata.orgWeb of Science Web Services | Bibliographic search service. Allows automatic, real-time querying of records.  Primarly for populating an institutional repository. | Uses SOAP protocol to access | XML | Free to register if you are affiliated with a host institution that subscribes to Web of Science. | Extractable data is limited to particular fields, databses, and filedepths, also depends on host institution's subscription. | http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/support/

World Bank Indicators | Provides access to nine World Bank statistical databases: | RESTful interface | XML, JSON | Free to use, no registration or API key required. | Requests volume, while not specified, should be "reasonable" | data@worldbank.org


ce | XML, JSON | Free to use, no registration or API key required. | Requests volume, while not specified, should be "reasonable" | data@worldbank.orgWorld Bank Projects | Provides access to data on all closed, active, and planned World Bank projects | RESTful interface | XML, JSON, Atom | Free to use, no registration or API key required. | Requests volume, while not specified, should be "reasonable" | data@worldbank.org

World Bank Finances | Provides access to the data on the World Bank’s loans, credits, financial statements and other data related to the financial operations | RESTful interface | XML, JSON and RDF | Free to use, no registration or API key required. | Requests volume, while not specified, should be "reasonable" | data@worldbank.org


, JSON and RDF | Free to use, no registration or API key required. | Requests volume, while not specified, should be "reasonable" | data@worldbank.orgUN ComTrade | Allows access to data on International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) and the work of the International Merchandise Trade Statistics Section (IMTSS) of the United Nations Statistics Division | Some services in REST, some in SOAP | XML, CSV, depending on service | Comtrade Web Services requires IP authentication, users must have site license account. However, access to metadata and data availability is not restricted. | Depending on access rights, the following data can be obtained: Comtrade Data, Tariff Line Data, Total Trade, Annual Totals, Processed Data or Original Data. The latest three are restricted for data exchange between UN and OECD. | comtrade@un.org


Total Trade, Annual Totals, Processed Data or Original Data. The latest three are restricted for data exchange between UN and OECD. | comtrade@un.orgWiley Text and Data Mining | Allows text- and data-mining access to content in the Wiley Online Library | Accessible via CrossRef's TDM service ; RESTful interface | JSON | Must be part of a subscribing institution to have full text access. Users will encounter a click-through agreement and will receive a Client API Token, which is needed when requesting full text of articles. | 6 queries per minute; 200 character-limit | labs@crossref.org for support using the CrossRef TDM service to access Wiley content; journalshelp.wiley.com for other inquires


At the GC:
GC Digital Initiatives: Digital Initiatives events, programs, workshops and consultations at The Graduate Center, CUNY.


Programming/Tagging Languages:
Qriollo: Uses keywords in Rioplatense Spanish, spoken in Buenos Aires

Latino: Inspired by Python, an educational language


Sample Projects:
HDH (Humanidades Digitales Hispánicas) 2017: Sociedades, Políticas, Saberes: Visit the HDH 2017 > Actas HDH2017 to get the full Proceedings of this conference, and browse projects and papers. Themes included social media; imaging technologies; GIS; digital archiving and information architectures; artistic projects; text and language technologies; critical reviews; digital publishing; data modeling and analysis. Speakers were primarily from Spain.

3er encuentro de humanistas digitales (RedHD): Hosted by El Colegio de México y la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

Aracne: LINGUISTICS Research on lexical variation in Spanish newspapers in the period 1914-2014, with visualizations of the results.


e México (UNAM).

Aracne: LINGUISTICS Research on lexical variation in Spanish newspapers in the period 1914-2014, with visualizations of the results.Biblioteca Electrónica Textual del Teatro en Español de 1868-1936 (BETTE): LITERATURA. Tagged text of plays in the Spanish Edad de Plata are made available. So far, the project includes works by García Lorca, Valle, Muñoz, Echegaray, Unamuno, Valera, Clarín and Dicenta.

Bib-ACMé: Bibliografía digital de novelas argentinas, cubanas y mexicanas (1830-1910): Tagged texts made available at: https://github.com/cligs/bibacme

Project P.S. Post Scriptum: Digital Archive of Ordinary Writing, Early Modern Portugal and Spain: LINGUISTICA. Well-documented archive of processed texts (using adapted versions of TEI, and Eagles tag system for Spanish, among other standards).

BdPn: Biblioteca digital del pensamiento novohispano: A project by the College of Philosophy and Letters of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). The website includes a digital library, a visualization tool, and publications.


phy and Letters of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). The website includes a digital library, a visualization tool, and publications.Atlas Lingüístico de la Península Ibérica: Access to the Linguistic Atlas of the Iberian Peninsula, including unpublished material about the project, its history, scope, the survey questionnaire, and the interviewers.

Archivo Digital Valle-Inclán (GIVIUS): A large project intending to produce a model of author-based digital archives, building a database of Valle-Inclán's works, papers, images, and more. The digital archive is not yet launched, pending the clearance of copyrights.


Geopolitics of Knowledge:
¿De qué hablamos cuando hablamos de Humanidades Digitales?: Gimena del Rio Riande (2014). ¿De qué hablamos cuando hablamos de Humanidades Digitales?. I Jornadas Nacionales de Humanidades Digitales. Asociación Argentina de Humanidades Digitales, Buenos Aires.

Digital Dialogue #MITHDD: Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) at the University of Maryland Digital Dialogue #MITHDD: Elaborating a (Digital) Methodology of the Oppressed in US Latina/o Digital Humanities, featuring Dr. Lorena Gauthereau

Humanidades digitales, dejarlas ser: Cuartas-Restrepo, J.M. (2017). Revista colombiana de educación. n.72, pp.65-78.

Alfabetización digital: ¿De qué estamos hablando?: Ferreiro, E. (2011). Educação e Pesquisa 37(2) pp. 423-438.

Centros y fronteras: el panorama internacional: Spence, Paul. (2014). Humanidades Digitales: desafíos, logros y perspectivas de futuro. López Poza, S. & Pena Sueiro, N., eds. A Coruña: SIELAE pp. 37-61.


ce, Paul. (2014). Humanidades Digitales: desafíos, logros y perspectivas de futuro. López Poza, S. & Pena Sueiro, N., eds. A Coruña: SIELAE pp. 37-61.Geographical and linguistic diversity in the Digital Humanities: Galina Russell, I. (Sept 2014). Literary and Linguistic Computing 29:3 pp. 307-316

Postcolonial Studies, Digital Humanities, and the Politics of Language: Blog post by Golumbia, David. (2014)

El término Humanidades Digitales y los Estudios Latinoamericanos: una revisión bibliográfica: Svensson, A. (2014). Anuario Americanista Europeo, No 12, Sección Documentación p. 1-28.

Las humanidades digitales: Una oportunidad para los hispanistas del siglo XXI: Megias, JML. (2014). Humanidades digitales: una aproximación transdisciplinar / coord. por Álvaro Baraibar Etxeberria, pp. 99-116.

Networking Peripheries: An exploration of the diverse experiments in digital futures as they advance far from the celebrated centers of technological innovation and entrepreneurship.


The Command Line Interface and Basic Bash:
Command Line Interface & Basic Bash Commands: This video introduces viewers to the command line interface and some basic commands. Created for the Digging Deeper, Reaching Further (DDRF) project

Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)


QGIS:
Intro to QGIS video: Do you want to learn more about QGIS, the free and open source software for mapping and geospatial analysts?  This webinar will present several quick demos to help you get started with QGIS.


Introduction:
There are many ways to approach mapping. The GC has ArcGIS installed on its public workstations. There is also an open source analog that you can install on your computer called QGIS .  However both require a steep learning curve and might be toocomplicated for your purposes.   Other approaches such as using a Wordpress plugin such as MapMaker with Google Maps  API or Open Street Maps might be just as useful and requires a lot less frontend investment rather  than learning a new complicated platform. Here is a more comprehensive guide to help inform your decision. Make an appointment with Stephen (sklein@gc.cuny.edu) or Steve (szweibel@gc.cuny.edu) to explore the best path toward your mapping needs. Meanwhile, here is a useful guide that might get you started.  Also, Frank Donnelly, a Baruch College librarian, occasionally gives classes so watch this page .


Other Resources & Tools:
Taguette: Taguette is a free and open source tool for qualitative research. You can import your research materials, highlight and tag quotes, and export the results!


What is Interlibrary Loan (ILL)? Interlibrary loan is a service through which we get information--loans and copies, print and digital--from other libraries. Use ILL anytime you cannot get what you need through CLICS (access to CUNY books) or open access resources. In addition, GC library patrons can use the MaRLI program for direct access to NYU, Columbia and NYPL research libraries. Back to Top How do I create an ILL account? Your ILL username and password will be the same as your Graduate Center network account. When you log in to ILL for the first time, you will be presented with the registration screen. Please fill it in completely. After submitting your information on that page you will be able to place ILL requests. If you forget your password, please contact the IT department to resolve the issue. Back to Top Who can use ILL at GC? ILL is offered to Graduate Center students with a current GC library barcode and no outstanding library fines.


sue. Back to Top Who can use ILL at GC? ILL is offered to Graduate Center students with a current GC library barcode and no outstanding library fines.sue. Back to Top Who can use ILL at GC? ILL is offered to Graduate Center students with a current GC library barcode and no outstanding library fines.sue. Back to Top Who can use ILL at GC? ILL is offered to Graduate Center students with a current GC library barcode and no outstanding library fines.CUNY doctoral faculty, visiting GC faculty, retired GC faculty, and GC staff are welcome to use the service, provided they have GC ID cards with GC library barcodes. Non-Graduate Center students, faculty with non-GC barcodes, and non-GC staff are not offered ILL services here. Try instead at your local college or public library. Back to Top What security precautions should I take using ILL? When using a public workstation, always log out of your ILL account and exit from the Web browser at the end of your session. Back to Top What can I request through ILL? You can order any journal article unavailable at the Grad Center through ILL. You can also request any book that is listed as being at another CUNY library, through the CUNY libraries’ CLICS service OR through interlibrary loan OR through the new OneSearch database. The choice is yours! And, if a book (or any other item) is not listed in the CUNY catalog, then you can order it through ILL.


new OneSearch database. The choice is yours! And, if a book (or any other item) is not listed in the CUNY catalog, then you can order it through ILL. new OneSearch database. The choice is yours! And, if a book (or any other item) is not listed in the CUNY catalog, then you can order it through ILL. new OneSearch database. The choice is yours! And, if a book (or any other item) is not listed in the CUNY catalog, then you can order it through ILL.We also have a new service called Scan & Deliver: If the GC Library has a journal or book in print or on microfilm, you can request an article or chapter, and we will scan it and send it to you! Back to Top Can I borrow music or media items through CUNY Libraries? If you need music scores or any audio-visual material, even if it is owned by another CUNY library and listed in the CUNY catalog, please request the material through ILL rather than the CUNY catalog. Back to Top Can I request a print copy of a book if the library has access to an e-book edition? Yes, even if the GC/CUNY has access to an e-book, if you prefer a print copy, then you can request it via CLICS or ILL. Please just make a note that this is your preference in the ILL form. Back to Top How many ILL requests may I make? Graduate Center students may have 20 ILL requests active at any time, including books currently in your possession, as well as other books and articles in process.


er students may have 20 ILL requests active at any time, including books currently in your possession, as well as other books and articles in process.er students may have 20 ILL requests active at any time, including books currently in your possession, as well as other books and articles in process.er students may have 20 ILL requests active at any time, including books currently in your possession, as well as other books and articles in process.Once an article or book chapter is delivered to you in PDF format, it does not count against the 20-item limit. Graduate Center faculty may have an unlimited number of requests active at any time. Back to Top What is Scan & Deliver? Scan & Deliver is a pilot program wherein we "scan and deliver" information that we have available here in print form and send you an electronic link to it so that you can access it wherever you may be. Just make these requests the same way you would make an interlibrary loan request. If you know we have the material, just add that information in the notes field. We can copy articles and book chapters, but not more than one chapter of any one book or one article of any one journal issue because of copyright guidelines. We cannot copy items that are on Course Reserves. We hope that this service will be a great help to everyone and that we can continue to staff it into the future. Please send all questions and comments to us at ill@gc.cuny.edu .


ll be a great help to everyone and that we can continue to staff it into the future. Please send all questions and comments to us at ill@gc.cuny.edu .ll be a great help to everyone and that we can continue to staff it into the future. Please send all questions and comments to us at ill@gc.cuny.edu .ll be a great help to everyone and that we can continue to staff it into the future. Please send all questions and comments to us at ill@gc.cuny.edu .Back to Top How long are PDF files available on the ILL server? Most journal article and book chapters are delivered to you in electronic PDF format (Adobe's Portable Document Format). When you receive an email that your ILL article is available, follow the emailed link to log in to your ILL account and look for the PDF under Electronically Received Articles. Copies are available for 30 days only, so please download it within that time frame! Back to Top How long does ILL take? Many ILL books arrive within a week, and many electronically-delivered articles take less than 24 hours. However, delivery time depends on which library is lending the item, so it can vary. You can log in to your ILL account to track your requests. Please contact us at ill@gc.cuny.edu if your request takes longer than you expect.