An overview of the services, resources, and people of the CUNY Graduate Center Library.

1. Introduction to the
Graduate Center
Library

2. Library Website
library.gc.cuny.edu

3. Library Blog
gclibrary.commons.gc.cuny.edu

4. Twitter
@cunyGClibrary

5. Facebook
Mina Rees Library, CUNY Graduate Center

6. Nitty-Gritty

7. GC Photo ID Card
Also your library card!
• Get proof of tuition payment
• Go to Bursar (8th floor) for a Fall 2014 validation sticker
• Go to Room 9123 for GC photo ID card
• ID card + library barcode sticker = CUNY libraries card
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8. GC Email
https://wa.gc.cuny.edu
GC email username/password =
network login for library computers =
login for off-campus access to library databases

9. Library Services
and Resources

10. What’s Where?
1st Floor
Circulation/Reserves Desk
Dissertation Reading Room (Quiet!)
Computers
2nd Floor
Reference Desk
IT Help Desk
Books, Print Journals & Microfilm
Computers & Printers
Scanners & Digitization Equipment
Concourse Level
Computers & Printers
Computer Classrooms
Anywhere!
Library Databases
E-Journals
E-books

11. Course Reserves
Save Time and Money!
Many professors put required books on reserve in the library
(Circulation/Reserve Desk, 1st floor)
• Find reserve books in the library catalog
• Borrow them for 2 hours at a time, or overnight
• Overdue fine: $0.10/minute
Many professors share articles/chapters with students via
Blackboard or Academic Commons

12. Circulation & CLICS
CUNY’s Libraries Are Your Libraries!
Borrow books from other CUNY libraries:
• Go in person to any other CUNY library
• Use the CUNY library catalog to request books from other libraries (CLICS)
Loan periods:
• PhD students: 8 weeks
• Master’s students: 6 weeks
• Renewal limits vary across CUNY libraries
Overdue fines:
• $0.25/day – but $1/day if recalled

13. Live Research Demo
http://library.gc.cuny.edu/
Let’s Research Gregory Donovan…

14. Off-Campus Access
Everything’s the same once you log in.

15. Getting
Research Help

16. Ask a Librarian
Ask in Person
Reference Desk (2nd floor)
Ask by Chat
Library Website, 24/7

17. Meet Your Librarian

18. Workshops
September:
• Archival Research Conference
• Intro to Library Resources
• Citation Management: Zotero & RefWorks
October:
• Intro to Archival Research
• Intro to SPSS
• Intro to Grants Research
• Intro to Authors’ Rights
• Data for Social Justice: Finding, Analyzing, and Mapping Data
• …and more!
For details, consult our workshops handout
or online events calendar!

19. Beyond the GC Library
CUNY Libraries, Interlibrary Loan, and…