Faculty Services
For
further information regarding the services listed here, including important
policies and procedures, please consult other areas of the library's Web site
or contact the library at the telephone number listed with each service. All
services are provided free of charge to Baruch faculty.
INFORMATION RESOURCES
Borrowing Library Materials
Materials may be borrowed with a valid and barcoded CUNY ID. The loan period on general circulating materials for faculty is 16 weeks with a 16 week renewal. The loan period on video for faculty is a week. Upon your request, student aides and research assistants may borrow on your behalf once you have completed an authorization form at the circulation desk. A form to request VHS or Film is provided through the library's Web site through the Request Forms page. 646-312-1660.
Free Photocopying
The library provides free copy cards for making single copies from library materials using the photocopy machines and microfilm equipment in the library. 646-312-1655. For more information, see the Faculty Photocopy Cards policy page.
Database Searching
The library Web site provides access to many bibliographic and full-text databases that are accessible to faculty both on campus and off campus. Other databases are accessible via workstations in the library. A complete listing may be found on the library Web site here. Library faculty are available for consultation and will perform online database searches by appointment. 646-312-1610.
Interlibrary Loan
Faculty members can request that materials not owned by Baruch be borrowed from other libraries. Requests can be made through ILLIAD. 646-312-1674.
Database Training
Database searching experts offer regularly-scheduled workshops on searching specific databases. The schedule is posted near the reference desk in the library and on the library Web site through the Workshop Schedule page. Students may register for workshops online through the Workshop Sign Up Form. Specialized training is also available upon request. 646-312-1614.
New Publications Alerts
Faculty may elect to receive a copy of the table of contents of any journal
held by the library as each new issue arrives. For more information, please
contact Serials Librarian, Michael Waldman, at Michael_Waldman@baruch.cuny.edu.
Access to Other libraries
Faculty have access and borrowing privileges at all CUNY libraries, except the CUNY Law School Library. Materials may be used on-site at the Law Library, but borrowing may only be done through interlibrary loan. Materials borrowed from other CUNY libraries may be returned at Baruch. In some cases, the library can arrange limited access to other libraries in the New York metropolitan area. Faculty can search the online catalogs of many libraries through the Other Libraries page of the library Web site. 646-312-1617.
RESEARCH SUPPORT
Reference Service
Reference librarians and subject bibliographers provide assistance in locating materials, researching the literature, and obtaining specific information. Contact information can be found through the faculty directory of this Web site. 646-312-1617.
Data Resources
Library faculty are available to assist with the acquisition and use of machine-readable datafiles such as opinion polls, government surveys, numerical time series, and other raw data from research investigations. 646-312-1689.
Faculty Carrels
A limited number of faculty carrels are available in the library. Some are assigned on a semester basis and others may be used on a first-come-first-served basis each day. 646-312-1610.
Course Reserves
Baruch College's Newman Library maintains both traditional (library owned and personally owned books, videos, DVDs, and CDs) and electronic course reserve for faculty to use in order to make available to students course reading materials that are required in support of the curriculum. For more information on Reserves, see the Course Reserve Information page. For more information on Electronic Reserves, see the Electronic Reserves Guidelines page.
A reserve form is available through the Request Forms page. Copies of previous examinations can be made available to students in an interactive format on the campus network, as well as in hard copy at the reserve desk. 646-312-1660.
Networked CD-ROM Services
Newman Library is able to mount a limited number of CD-ROMs supplied by the faculty on its network. The data on these CD-ROMs are then available to users on the public workstations inside the library. Note: the mounting of commerical CD-ROM products on the library network is subject to the terms of the product license. For further information, contact Saad D. Abulhab.
Course Related Lectures
Library research workshops for students, tailored to meet the needs of particular course assignments, are available upon faculty request. The workshops, held during regular class periods, are conducted in electronic classrooms on the first floor of the Newman Library building. Workshops include instruction in the use of electronic research resources such as CUNY+, CD-ROMs, and the World Wide Web, as well as other useful sources in print. Each workshop provides hands-on experience. Explanations and demonstrations of effective searching techniques for print and electronic resources are provided. For faculty wishing to schedule a course related lecture contact Gerry Jiao , or request one here.
Course Assignments Consultation
Librarians are available to offer guidance on constructing or revising class research assignments and can suggest materials for instruction. 646-312-1609.
Recommending Purchases
Faculty may recommend the purchase of library materials to support instruction and student research through their department liaison or through Michael Waldman.
Instructional Materials
The library produces and distributes instructional materials for students such as Basic Research Strategy and How to Use the Library to Write Better Papers and Avoid Plagiarism, as well as a number of subject guides and material on how to use the online catalog. 646-312-1615.
Library Credit Courses
The library offers several credit courses designed to help students become more effective researchers, including Information Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities (Library 1015) and Information Research in Business (Library 1016). See this page of this Web site for more information. 646-312-1615.