Research Tip of the Day By Natalia Sucre, Instruction & Digital Services Librarian The library’s own Tina Callender has some excellent leisure reading suggestions below to help you take a break from the hard work of finishing the semester during this global pause. [...]
By Nathan Schiller, Director of Academic Support If you’ve had a tutoring session with an LEC specialist, you know that we are guided by principles of self-directed learning. We believe self-directed learning is critical for [...]
By Kate Adler, Director of Library Services At this time, more serious and more strange than any of us may ever know, we need deeply to rely on one another. Our communities – in whatever form – [...]
By Natalia Sucre, Instruction & Digital Services Librarian As we acclimate to the new demands of social distancing and online learning, working, and living, the library will be reaching out and checking in with students [...]
By Nathan Schiller, Director of Academic Support As MCNY begins its two-week test period for moving all courses online in light of the COVID-19 situation, the LEC would like to offer some practical advice for [...]
By Natalia Sucre, Instruction & Digital Services Librarian The Background In early February, the MCNY community witnessed on stage a seldom discussed story: the flourishing of autonomous, Black prosperity in early twentieth-century America. The play [...]
By Nathan Schiller, Director of Academic Support When students come to the LEC, they often ask about APA Style. How do I cite a website? What’s a hanging indent? Why do I need five sources? [...]
By Kate Adler (Director of Library Services) & Natalia Sucre (Instruction & Digital Services Librarian) The Background Every year, in January and February the Library celebrates Black History and the Legacy of Dr. Martin [...]
By Nathan Schiller, Director of Academic Support When Joyce Moore (L) and Debra McCrary (R) started at MCNY a few years ago, they had never heard of the CA. Trying to understand—let alone complete assignments [...]
From time to time, we will be using this space to highlight student research. We’ll ask folks about their projects, their interests and the messy, wonderful, and oddly exciting world of research. To kick [...]
