Comments for Hunter College Libraries Blog

Comment on MLA Style on the Web by Clay Williams

Clay Williams — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:47:56 +0000

This is exactly right, but we do run the risk of de-emphasizing the importance of a bibliography and the role it plays in critically thinking about academic research. The good students learn to see the works cited as a major avenue to further research on the topic.

Comment on HC Libraries Welcome Hannah Alcasid to Our Staff by Hal Grossman

Hal Grossman — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:58:29 +0000

Welcome, Hannah. I hope your time here is a long and happy one.

Comment on MLA Style on the Web by Manfred Kuechler

Manfred Kuechler — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:22:09 +0000

Rather than wasting much time with learning all the nitty-gritty details of MLA (or any other style) citations, students and faculty should use bibliographical software (EndNote, RefWorks) as mentioned (in passing) at the end of the post.
Such software stores in the separate pieces (like author, title, year) of a citation and then produces a bibliography/reference section in almost any style a user wants (including MLA). So students can focus on doing substantive research and writing rather than worry where to use a comma, a period, or a colon and whether to put the year next to author name or at the end, enclosed in parentheses or not.

In a nutshell: Don’t waste your time with MLA style details, focus on real work and let RefWorks/EndNote do the menial tasks.

Comment on New Function in CUNY+ by Manfred Kuechler

Manfred Kuechler — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:22:22 +0000

First off: Ever wondered why there are so few comments on this blog? The invitation (…”let us know what you think”) is nice, but there is no link for leaving a comment. You have to click “No comments” in small print to get to this “Leave a Reply” box.

As to content: The whole thing works only, if you have set up a RefWorks account already and there is no information on how to do this, not even a link to the relevant page: http://library.hunter.cuny.edu/refworks/

Then, a couple of screenshots would help:
http://screencast.com/t/HWjWQFwe
http://screencast.com/t/LRKyjjf8pCC

Next you will be asked to enter your Hunter e-mail user name and PW, then you get to the RefWorks screen (have your RefWorks login info ready):
http://screencast.com/t/N8AqkfpMbv

Comment on Linking Google Scholar to the Libraries by Manfred Kuechler

Manfred Kuechler — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:18:51 +0000

Nice screencast. However, the dimensions (921×788) are too large to fit on many user’s screens without scrolling. As a consequence, the viewer may not see the controls. Using the “pause”button is essential, as most people learn best when they put the new knowledge immediately into action. Maybe redo with reduced height?

As to contents:
a. the “related info at Hunter” link is particularly important for BOOKs, not just for journals
b. in order to promote use of bibliographical software (EndNote, RefWorks) the “reference export” option in Google Scholar should also be covered.

Finally, when using Google Scholar from Hunter there is no need (technically) to use the Google Scholar link from the library data bases page. Going directly to Google Scholar works as well. But, there is an advantage in training people to use the library page because this will always work.

Comment on Access to African Information by Dee Burton, Ph.D.

Dee Burton, Ph.D. — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:30:18 +0000

Greetings,
Yes, the ALUKA database will be valuable. It will be useful to me in my African health research. And it will be useful to students who take my course in Human Rights and Public Health.
Thank you for subscribing to this.
Dee Burton

Comment on Wexler’s Circulation Manager Harry Johnson Receives Presidential HEO Award by Joy Dunkley

Joy Dunkley — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:27:14 +0000

Harry so proud of you, you deserve it. I know the other members of the CUNYWide Circulation Committee share this my senitiment. As the ones on the frontline taking all the hits we are often overlooked.

Again, congrats and thanks for your constant help.

Comment on Congratulations to Professor Danise Hoover! by LaRoi Lawton

LaRoi Lawton — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:24:36 +0000

Congratulations Danise. This is a well deserved appointment!!!

LaRoi Lawton
Assistant Professor
Bronx Community College

Comment on Corrected Posting “Find It!” Link on PubMed by Brian Lym

Brian Lym — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:16:04 +0000

Am thrilled to see this news!! The HC Biology department will be very happy about this!

Brian

Comment on Corrected Posting “Find It!” Link on PubMed by Laura Cobus

Laura Cobus — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:24:37 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Manfred. It has helped us realize that the directions are not complete. We will be posting new instructions very soon.