Research Guides: Library Resources for IMA: Home

Research strategies

Use Google/Wikipedia to identify synonyms and related terms of interest
Start simple (1-2 words!), and think critically about the results you're getting
Irrelevant results? Try synonyms, or try searching somewhere else
Write down new terms you come across (and try searching them, too)
Search in many different places (e.g,. library catalogs, Google Books, multidisciplinary databases, subject-specific databases...)
Look at reference lists and "citing references"
Ask for help!

Library search
Search across print, electronic, audio-visual, and some archival holdings available at Bobst Library as well as consortium libraries.
Google Books
Search inside the text of digitized books. Click on "Get the book" or "Find in a library" link to locate individual books at NYU.

Google Scholar
Massive collection of scholarly stuff (free to search, but to actually read articles off-campus, edit the "Library Links" section of Scholar Settings)
ProQuest Central
Library-subscribed "uber database" (includes newspapers, magazines, journal articles, etc., on all topics)

ACM Digital Library
Exhaustive collection of tech/IT articles and conference proceedings published by ACM ("more wacky")
IEEE Xplore
Exhaustive collection of tech/IT articles and conference proceedings published by IEEE ("more serious")
Databases grouped by subject and content type
Pick a subject, or pick a content type, and get a list of places to search!
Research guides for different subjects
Guides put together by subject librarians to help you find places to search for different kinds of info on different topics

Oxford Bibliographies
Similar to early internet "fan sites", these bibliographies explain (and link to) the most important/fundamental publications on a topic
Leonardo (MIT Press)
The premier journal of record in the art/science/technology field ("very ITP")
Dissertations & Theses Global
Includes full-text of nearly all North American dissertations completed since 1980's (great for their reference lists!)
Google Patents
Search across 87 million patents from 17 patent offices (including U.S., Europe, China, Japan, Korea, etc.)

Finding Experts
Webpage put together by NYU Libraries librarian for Journalism. Directories for national, international, regional organizations and governments. Includes links to NYU Public Affairs Offices and listings for NYU experts.

Gale Directory Library This link opens in a new window
Gale Directory Library lets you search across multiple directories at one time, including directories of organizations and associations.

NYC Green Book
The free, online version of the city's official directory. Includes listings for city, state, and federal agencies and courts, as well as a listing of national and international agencies and contacts.