Rosh Hashanah: Happy New Year!

(image via flickr)

Rosh Hashanah is fast approaching–it’s almost time for apples and honey! This sweet treat is one of many customs that symbolize the wish for a sweet new year.

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month

The beginning of the semester is the best time to register with Touro Libraries to be prepared for any work your classes may bring, but it’s also a good idea to make sure you have a public library card as well. The good news is that you have one of the premier public libraries right in your neighborhood. Here’s the NYPL on all they have to offer:

Brighton Beach Library: An Interview with Bella Reytblat

What is the name of your site and where is it located?

The Brighton Beach branch is located in south Brookyn at 532 Neptune Avenue. The location is convenient by public transportation, including the B, Q & F subway lines, plus several buses.

How many years have you been working at this site?

Proquest RefWorks on iPad

(CC0 image via Pexels)

This post was updated on April 19 2017.

RefWorks is the newest addition to our suite of tools and resources for our students and faculty at Touro. It’s easy to use and can save you oodles of time saving, organizing, and citing your research, like with its one-click bibliography generator. It’s a lifesaver on a laptop, but will it work on your mobile device? Since many of our Health Sciences students use iPads in the classroom, in labs, and to complete their coursework—plus the Midtown, Midwood, and LCW branches of Touro Libraries offer iPads to borrow—I took a close look at how RefWorks works on iOS. Read on to see my findings and get tips to get the most out of the new RefWorks on iPad.

Machon L’Parnasa: An Interview with Abin Thakuri

The library at Machon L’Parnasa/Institute for Professional Studies

What is the name of your site and where is it located?

It’s the library for Machon L’Parnasa/Institute for Professional Studies, sometimes referred to as the Boro Park 45th Street library. We’re located in Borough Park neighborhood, which is situated just south of the Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, at 1301 45th Street. We are situated between the D and F subway lines, but I usually walk or bike to work. I live not too far away and like to get some extra exercise now that I don’t play soccer every day anymore.

In Remembrance of 9/11

The 9/11 Memorial at Sunset (CC image by Dave Z)

In honor of the upcoming 15th anniversary of September 11th, learn more about the 9/11 Memorial and take a day to reflect and to serve.

On Sunday, the 9/11 Memorial plaza will be open to the public from 3 p.m. to midnight for the viewing of Tribute in Light. This illumination, representing the Twin Towers, reaches four miles into the sky and is visible within a 60-mile radius on a clear night.

It’s Official! RefWorks Comes To Touro

Beginning this month, the new, totally redesigned RefWorks will be available free to everybody with a Touro.edu email address. Last year, Touro Libraries had a trial of the updated reference manager, first the beta version code-named Flow, and then the initial release. Faculty, students, and librarians alike liked the product so much that we are happy to announce our official subscription has begun. 

Going Places: A New Semester at Touro

Happy first day of classes! The library would like to welcome all of our students, both new and returning. We hope to be seeing a lot of you over the next academic year.

If this is your first semester, it’s possible you’ve relied on Google to complete most of your coursework up to this point. You might even get by for a while in college, but sooner or later, you’re going to hit a wall…

Happy Labor Day!

Did you know that Labor Day celebrations have their roots right here in New York City? The holiday can be traced back to a workers’ march in Union Square on Sept. 5, 1882. To learn more, check out this post on the meaning and history of Labor Day.

We hope that you have a safe, relaxing, and reflective holiday weekend. Whether you’ve already begun classes or this is your last bit of summer break, we wish you luck for the fall semester and hope that you’ll visit often.

All library locations will be closed on Sunday & Monday September 4th-5th in observation of the holiday.