It is surprising that so many J students are not aware that one of the databases the Research Center provides is Mango Languages. Mango offers English speakers 16 different language programs. The database interface is easy to navigate and each chapter has a fun theme. Mango lessons are based on everyday common words that you can start using right away. The system sets goals for students to understand what they need to accomplish and memory building and/or critical-thinking exercises are placed throughout the lesson.

The system is web-based and accessible remotely so that you can access it anywhere with your library card number. The premise of the program is that you can develop real conversation skills after one lesson.

So try Mango Languages today! This is a perfect tool to help build skills for summer internships.

Just a reminder that the Research Center will be closed on Monday, February 18th…

You can still use the databases off-campus, and if you haven’t done so already, download our Mobile app!

The Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides full text of US government documents going back to about mid-1990s.
It includes laws, bills, presidential papers, regulations and much much more.

Here’s a link to a new instructional video from the Government Printing Office that we learned about via the Federal Depository Library Program beta web site.

The Research Center is closing early today, due to Winter Storm Nemo.

We hope to be open again tomorrow at 1pm. Please check back here for details.

Barb Gray

Hey J-schoolers!

Melissa Noel our local librarian superstar just created this video on interlibrary loan that takes you step by step through the process. You can request any book from any CUNY library.

Check out our video on interlibrary loan

If so, you may be interested in the revised American Factfinder released yesterday by the Census Bureau:

When you open the below link you will see two new search tools
designed to make searching easy:

1) Community Facts, which lets you find data about a single geography (city, town, county, etc.), and 2) Guided Search, which lets you choose, in this order a) topics, and/or b) geographies, and/or c) race/ethnic group for People, Housing, and Business/Industry.

http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml

Check out our featured books of the month on pinterest.

Visual Journalism: A Guide for New Media Professionals by Christopher R. Harris and Paul Martin Lester

Regret the Error: How Media Mistakes Pollute the Press and Imperil Free Speech by Craig Silverman and Jeff Jarvis

The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity by Arlene Notoro Morgan, Keith Woods and Alice Eileen Pifer

Documentary Storytelling: Making Stronger and More Dramatic Nonfiction Films by Sheila Curran Bernard

New Media Design by Tricia Austin and Richard Doust

The Data Journalism Handbook by Jonathan Gray, Lucy Chambers, and Liliana Bounegru

Broadcast Journalism: Techniques of Radio and Television News by Andrew Boyd

The Art and Craft of Feature Writing: Based on The Wall Street Journal Guide by William Blundell

Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose by Constance Hale

Unreliable Sources: A Guide to Detecting Bias in News Media by Martin Lee