Library Services
Your one-stop shop for research help and useful links.
What is the "Research Assistance" link on the library website?
https://site.nyit.edu/library/research_assistance
A publication that features peer-reviewed writing and research in a specialized field.
What is an academic journal?
Library materials that are available for browsing and checkout for up to two weeks.
What is circulating collection?
A word or phrase used to guide your search.
What is a keyword?
A firsthand account of an event or idea, such as an autobiography or eyewitness report.
What is a primary source?
Live-chat service available from 8am-6pm.
What is Lib Chat?
A digital collection of academic publications such as journals, ebooks, and articles.
What is a database?
A collection of textbooks available for a 3-hour rental at the Circulation Desk.
What is a Course Reserve?
What is broad to narrow searching?
An intense process by which an article is vetted by experts in the same field.
What is peer-review?
3-D Printing, VR Headsets, and technology available for lending at the library.
What is the Innovation Lab?
A list of the available databases and journals through NYIT subscriptions.
What is the A-Z database list?
https://libguides.nyit.edu/az.php
A number used by libraries to identify where a book is located on a shelf.
What is a call number?
A website or application such as Mendeley or Zotero to help organize your sources while researching.
What is a citation manager?
A review, analysis, or summary of an event or idea, such as a documentary, film review, or biography.
What is a secondary source?
A designated space on campus you can reserve for private or group study.
What is a study room/pod?
The three biggest databases in academic research.
What is Gale, Ebsco, and ProQuest?
A digital resource that showcases all NYIT libraries' print and digital collections.
What is the library catalog?
https://nyit.on.worldcat.org/discovery
A question or phrase used to structure and direct the research process toward a thesis or topic.
What is a research question?
A necessary step in the research process which requires critically thinking about the author's intention, credibility, and relevancy.
What is evaluating a source?
An appointment you can book with a librarian virtually or in-person to help with citation, research, and source evaluation.
What is a research consultation?
This search tool is useful for searching articles, books, and media both inside and outside of the NYIT library system.
What is One Search?
A magazine or journal that is published at regular intervals.
What is a periodical?
A research method that expands on a niche, specific inquiry with broad phrases or keywords.
What is narrow to broad searching?
A collection of sources (eyewitness reports, analytical reviews, and commentary) on a particular topic, such as an encyclopedia.
What is a tertiary source?