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Mobile Access available for OmniFile database

The Ritz Library now offers mobile access to OmniFile, a database that contains articles from almost 3,000 journals & magazines. With coverage begining in 1994, OmniFile allows you to get research material from a wide variety of publications, and a special emphasis upon the fine arts such as painting, photography & ceramics.

Access OmniFile by pointing your smartphone's browser to WilsonWeb Mobile. At the login prompt, put in your MyDCC username and password.

More information on DCC research services for smartphones and tablets is at the Ritz Mobile Access Guide.

Questions? Call 845.431.8634 or email Ritz Reference.

Gale Mobile Database App now available for Android phones

There's a new way to search some of the library's most popular databases from your mobile device. Gale Cengage is now offering a version of its Access MyLibrary app for the Android operating system . Some of the databases available through this app are:

• Opposing Viewpoints


• Literature Resource Center


• Virtual Reference Library

Download the app through the title of this post. More on Gale's support for mobile access is at:

Gale Apps

Mobile Access to ArtStor Now Available

ArtStor,the Ritz's database of digital images of art works, can now be accessed through Apple's iPad, iPhone, & iPod Touch mobile devices using Safari.

Containing over 1 million images of paintings, sculpture, drawing and photographs, ArtStor is considered to be the best Internet source for images of art works. All images are in extremely high resolution. A special feature of mobile access is Flashcard View, which allows users to test their knowledge of artworks without descriptions of the object.

To use ArtStor mobile, set up an account on the system. You must do that by accessing ArtStor from a computer on the DCC campus. Start by going to http://library.artstor.org/library/welcome.html . Register for an account through the "Welcome to ArtStor" link.

More information on this resource is available from ArtStor's Mobile page.

Go to The Ritz Mobile Access Guide for a listing of all the Ritz library's mobile applications.

Get Appy!!

Now you can easily get to some of the Ritz's best electronic resources from mobile devices!

Access My Library is an app for the iPhone Touch & iPad that allows you to search over 50 databases with millions of magazine & journal articles from the DCC Library. Interested?

Get more information on the app and download it for free from:

http://www.gale.cengage.com/apps/aml/CollegeStudent