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19th Century African American Newspapers
Academic Search Premier
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Provides full text for 4,000 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
Access: The Supplementary Index to Periodicals
Supplements the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature.
AccessScience
AccessScience is The McGraw-Hill Online Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.
AccessUN
Index, articles and full-text database of United Nations documents covering 1998-2003.
ACLS History E-Book Project
ACLS Humanities E-Book Project
Provides online access to a fully searchable collection of high-quality books in the Humanities, recommended and reviewed by scholars.
African American Experience
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Covering African American history and culture from its African origins to the present day this database provides a comprehensive collection of over 500 searchable virtual titles. Also included are timelines dating from the 15th century to present, primary and landmark documents, slave narratives, audio and image files, and classic texts, some dating from the 19th century. The classroom resources site includes lesson plans which include a subject index and glossary.
African American Newspapers: The 19th Century
Searchable full-text of the major African-American newspapers published in the United States during the 19th century.
African-American History Online
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Covering more than 500 years of African-American history, features biographies, primary sources, images, timelines, and maps and charts.
African-American Poetry
African-American Poetry contains nearly 3,000 poems by African-American poets of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
All-Russia Census 2002
The latest All-Russia Population Census took place on October 9-16, 2002. Conducted by Goskomstat, the State Committee on Statistics of the Russian Federation, this is first official census of modern Russia.
Alternative Press Index
Indexes and abstracts alternative, radical, and leftist publications.
Alternative Press Index Archive
Index of journals (1969-1990) covering cultural, economic, political & social change.
America: History and Life
Indexes the scholarly literature of the history and culture of Canada and the United States from prehistoric times to the present.
American Book Prices Current
Contains annual records of books, manuscripts, autographs, maps, and broadsides sold at auction in North America, the United Kingdom, Germany, Holland, Australia, and other locations, for the auction years starting with 1975.
American Broadsides and Ephemera
Digital collection of broadsides printed between 1820-1900 and ephemera, such as invitations, menus and programs, printed between 1760-1900.
American Film Scripts Online
Current edition includes 823 authorized versions of copyrighted screenplays, formatted in the conventional screenplay format. Also includes a bibliographic and biographic database of directors and writers. Search by character, scene, race, nationality, age, subject, and year of writing, as well as by author and title.
American Indian History Online
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Covering more than 5,000 years of culture, legends, and leaders of over 500 Native American groups, this database provides entries on primary source documents, biographies, maps & charts, images, and timelines. It also features searchable tribe and culture area indexes, as well as the ability to search for tribes by region.
American National Biography
Offers portraits of more than 18,000 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation.
American Periodical Series Online
APS Online provides searchable full-text and page images from over 1,100 popular magazines, journals and newspapers which began publication between 1740 and 1900 with coverage through 1940.
American State Papers, 1789-1838
U.S. legislative and executive materials originating from 1789 -1838 but not published until the second and third quarters of the 19th century.
American Women's History
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Provides direct access to thousand of entries—biographies, historical and topical entries, speeches, maps, timelines, tables and charts, primary sources, and photographs—that are essential to understanding the experiences of American women throughout our nation’s history.
America's Historical Newspapers
Full-text digital images of American newspapers published from 1690-1922.
Ancestry Library Edition
Access to more than 5 billion names in more than 4,000 genealogical databases including Census Records, Passenger Lists and UK & Ireland records. Library version of Ancestry.com.
Ancient & Medieval History Online
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This database provides a balanced, global view of the ancient world as it explores six ancient centers of civilization—Africa, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Mesoamerica, and Mesopotamia, spanning the period from the early Hominids 3 to 5 million years ago through 1522 CE.
Anthropological Index Online
Indexes articles in journals received by the British Museum's Department of Ethnography library. Particular emphasis is given to social and cultural anthropology and the archaeology of Eastern and Central Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
Anthropology Plus
Indexes articles and essays in anthropology and related fields, including archaeology, art history, linguistics, sociology, religious studies.
AP Multimedia Archive
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Contains the Associated Press's current year's photo report and a selection of images from their vast negative and print library.
Applied Science and Technology Abstracts
Abstract and Index Database. Locate articles in 390 of the key English language periodicals in applied sciences. Covers engineering, computers, mathematics, physics, energy related topics, chemistry, and data processing.
Applied Science and Technology Full Text
Full text articles from 150 journals along with indexing and abstracts for 730 periodicals. Covers a broad range of publications including trade and industry publications, professional and technical society journals, and directories.
ArchiveGrid (formerly RLG Archival Resources)
Provides researchers with comprehensive access to information about collections of manuscripts and archives.
Archives USA
Provides information and detailed indexing to manuscript collections from over 5,000 U.S. repositories.
Art Index Retrospective
Indexes articles in periodicals, yearbooks, and museum publications, 1929-1984.
ARTbibliographies Modern
Covers twentieth-century art, design, and photography movements.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Indexes articles and provides cited references found in over 1,130 journals in a wide variety of arts and humanities subjects including, archaeology, art, architecture, Asian studies, classics, dance, film, television, theater, music, literature, history, philosophy and religion.
ARTstor
ARTstor is an independent not-for-profit organization that develops, stores and distributes electronically digital images and related scholarly materials for the study of art, architecture, and other fields in the humanities.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials
ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials provides the full-text access to major religion and theology journals. ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials contains full-text journals in English and other major European languages, and covers all aspects of religion.
ATLA Religion Databases
Contains citations to articles, books, theses, and book reviews on all aspects of religion and theology.
Atlanta Constitution (1868-1942)
The Atlanta Constitution (1868-1942) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.
Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003)
The Atlanta Daily World had the first black White House correspondent and was the first black daily in the nation in the 20th century
Atlas Etnograficas De Cuba
Provides an historical and ethnographic overview of traditional and popular culture in Cuba.
Auto/Biography
Auto/Biography is an international and interdisciplinary journal addressing theoretical, epistemological, and empirical issues relating to autobiographical and biographical research. Its aim is to further develop the growing academic interest across a range of disciplines in life-studies, life-writing, life history, narrative analysis, and the representation of lives.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Indexes articles on architecture in its broadest sense, including archaeology, decorative arts, interior design, furniture, landscape architecture, and city planning from 1930s to present.
Bibliography of American Literature
Describes the works of America's most important literary writers from the time of the Revolution to 1930
Bibliography of Native North Americans
Citations to literature about native peoples of North America, including Aleuts; Eskimos or Inuit of Greenland, northern Canada, Alaska, and eastern Siberia; and other native peoples of Canada, the United States, and Mexico north of the northern boundary of Mesoamerica.
Bibliography of the Hebrew Book
Complete bibliography of Hebrew, Yiddish, and Ladino printed books, 1469-1960.
Bibliography of the History of Art
Includes and extends the Repertoire d' Art et d' Archeologie from 1973-1989 and the International Repertory of the Literature of Art from 1975-1989, covering European and American art from antiquity to present.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Indexes biographical listings in dictionaries and encyclopedias covering millions individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world.
Biography Index
Indexes English-language biographical material appearing in books, magazines, and selected newspapers.
Biography Resource Center
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Provides biographical information on more than 335,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines.
Black Studies Center
This fully cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies combines: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index of Black Periodicals (IIBP), and The Chicago Defender. Includes scholarly essays, recent periodicals, and historical newspaper articles.
Black Studies on Disk
Black Studies on Disk. Publisher's last update: 2004
Book Review Digest Plus
An index, with abstracts, to book reviews from publications in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain, including The New York Times Book Review, The Times Literary Supplement, and The New York Review of Books.
Book Review Digest Retrospective
Book Review Digest Retrospective provides excerpts from, and citations to, reviews of adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction. Citations with excerpts of reviews of juvenile and adult fiction and nonfiction in the English language are included. Virtually every book has at least one substantial review excerpt, and most have at least two.
Book Review Index Online
Book Review Index Online is a comprehensive source for book reviews from 1965 to the present and covers review published in nearly 500 periodicals and newspapers.
Books in Print
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A new interface from Books in Print, designed specifically for patrons.
Books in Print -- Global
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Covers 9 million English and Spanish-language titles from the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand.
Books in Print -- Professional
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Contains records of over three million English-language book titles currently in print and records for forthcoming and out-of-print books.
Books in Print - Spanish
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An online source for Spanish-language titles, covering in-print, forthcoming, audio,video, and out-of-print titles, and detailed publisher information.
Boston Globe (1872-1925)
The Boston Globe, considered the mainstay of Boston and New England, is a unique full-image archive offering complete coverage from 1872-1925. Contains key content on topics such as American industrialization and modern urban development.
BrainPOP
Watch fun animated online movies that help with school assignments. Hundreds of BrainPOP videos explain a wide variety of concepts in Math, Science, Social Studies, English, Art & Music, Health and Technology.
Business & Company Resource Center
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Includes company profiles,executives, mergers & acquisitions,ticker symbols, news & magazine articles, company histories and chronologies, financials, balance sheets, financial ratios, rankings, suits & claims (for civil claims suits in the area of Human Resources only), products & brands, industry overviews and associations. Covers 1980- to present. Subjects covered include finance, acquisitions & mergers, international trade, money management, new technologies & products, local & regional business trends, investments and banking.
Business Source Premier EBSCO
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Full text for over 2,470 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more
Career Cruising
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Career Cruising is a comprehensive bilingual (English and Spanish) interactive multimedia source which features profiles and information on hundreds of occupations, 2 and 4 year college and universities, and financial aid, including scholarship opportunities.
Career Library
Coin Career Library offers students, counselors, teachers, and parents a centralized location to work together on career guidance. This product brings together the proven reliability and ease of the Coin Career Guidance system, and the accessibility of the Internet, to make quick and easy-to-use career exploration and planning.
Chicago Defender (1905-1975)
Searchable full-text and page images from The Chicago Defender archive.
Chicago Manual of Style Online
Searchable, online version of the Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition) providing two basic documentation systems, the humanities style (notes and bibliography) and the concise author-date system used by those in the physical, natural, and social sciences.
Chicago Tribune (1849-1986)
Searchable full-text and page images from the Chicago Tribune archive.
Chicano Database
Includes citations to resources on Mexican-Americans, Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, Cuban-Americans, and Central American immigrants.
China Academic Journals
Full-text articles from Chinese academic journals.
Chinese E-Journal Collection (Qikan)
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Provides access to full text of 150 popular journals in Chinese language.
Chinese Pamphlets
Chinese pamphlets, picture books and other propaganda issued during the early years of the People’s Republic of China between 1947 and 1954. Unlike the high-end, made-for-export propaganda held by many Western libraries, this is the “street literature” of the revolution: the comic books, leaflets and other ephemera distributed to the population of the provincial cities and villages.
Christian Science Monitor (1988-present)
A major daily newspaper covering national and international news. Published in the US and noted for unbiased, concise and comprehensive coverage.
Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education Online is the top destination for news, advice, and jobs for people in academe. Published every weekday.
CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
A comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs.
Columbia Earthscape
Resource that connects the Earth and environmental sciences with their social, political, and economic dimensions. Selected full text resources on earth-systems science and impacts on public policy.
Columbia Gazetteer of the World
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A unique world encyclopedia of geographical places and features with over 170,000 entries.
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry
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This premiere poetry on-line resource contains 250,000 full text poems and 450,000 citations, as well as poetry commentary, poets' biographies, and literary glossary terms.
Communication and Mass Media Complete
Communication & Mass Media Complete combines and enhances the content of CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index, two popular databases covering comunications and mass media studies. It offers full text for over 200 journal titles and contains citation coverage for additional sources.
Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980
A digital reproduction of the key publications of the United States Congress, the Congressional Serial Set documents the official activities of the House and the Senate, including the journals, reports and documents. IN PROGRESS.
Congressional Universe
Provides comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information from Congressional Information Service, Inc.
Consulta
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Provides access to a comprehensive collection of Spanish-language materials.
Contemporary Authors
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Biographical coverage of more than 100,000 writers, entries on contemporary authors.
Contemporary Women's Issues
Provides access to journals, newsletters, research reports, and fact sheets dealing with all aspects of women's issues worldwide.
CQ's Electronic Encyclopedia of American Government
Contains articles and illustrations on the history, structure, dynamics, operation, and personalities of the three branches of U.S. government.
Credo Reference
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This database which includes bilingual and biographical dictionaries provides a full text collection for over 270 reference works covering art, biography, business, geography, history and social science, language, law, literature, medicine, music, philosophy and psychology, religion, science and technology.
Custom Newspapers
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Searchable full-text of 300 plus newspapers, both national and international.
Design and Applied Arts Index
International index to design and craft journals.
Dictionary of Literary Biography
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Features information on literary figures from all time periods in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism. This is available in the Literature Resource Center.
Digital Gallery, NYPL
Digital Library Collections, NYPL
Directories in Print
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A guide to more than 10,000 business, professional, industrial, and other directories published in the United States.
Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers
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A directory of special libraries and information centers, covering all disciplines and specialties.
Dissertation Abstracts
Early American Imprints, Series I. Evans (1639-1800)
Provides full text, digital images of books, pamphlets, broadsides and periodicals published in America from 1639-1800.
Early American Imprints, Series II, Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819)
Provides full-text, digital images of books, pamphlets, broadsides, state papers and government publications published in America from 1801-1819.
Early American Newspapers
Early English Books Online (EEBO)
Provides full text, digital images of every book printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and every book in the English language printed abroad, from 1475 to 1700.
EBSCO Animals (grades 5-12)
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Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to nature and habitat of familiar animals.
EBSCO Primary Search
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Provides full text for over 50 magazines and over 100 pamphlets, designed for the elementary school student.
EBSCO Research Databases
Provides full-text coverage of periodicals, including newspapers, covering nearly all subjects.
EBSCOhost
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Abstracts and full-text of a wide variety of publications.
EconLit
Indexes and abstracts international literature on economics. Also includes the full-text for more than 480 journals.
Economist Intelligence Unit
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) includes Country Reports and Country Profile guides.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
Provides full text, digital images of English-language books, pamphlets, broadsides and other materials published in the United Kingdom between 1701-1800.
Eighteenth Century Journals II
Provides full-text, digital images from the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center collection of 17th and 18th century newspapers and periodicals. Topics covered include the writings of Sir Isaac Newton, the French Revolution, reviews of literature and fashion throughout Europe, political debates, and coffee house gossip and discussion.
Electronic Enlightenment
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Electronic Enlightenment is a database which provides unrivalled online access to 18th-century primary sources that can be searched or browsed as a complete collection.
Emerging Markets - Internet Securities
Full-text articles, news, company, industry and market information for emerging market countries around the world.
Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos
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La Enciclopedia estudiantil hallazgos en línea es una enciclopedia de conocimientos generales. Contiene información sobre gente, lugares, objetos, acontecimientos e ideas. Aprovecha esta enciclopedia para investigar y divertirte.
Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol
Comprehensive spanish-language encyclopedia available online. Esta amplia enciclopedia contiene más de 47,000 mil artículos, miles de fotos, tablas y mapas.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year.
Encyclopedia Americana
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The online version of encyclopedia with an added news database.
Encyclopedia Judaica
Full-text searchable database of the 22 volumes.
Encyclopedia of American Religions
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An encyclopedia of religions in the United States, including mainstream as well as small marginal groups.
Encyclopedia of Associations
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Includes nonprofit voluntary membership organizations, such as professional societies, trade associations, labor unions, cultural and religious organizations.
Encyclopedia of Governmental Advisory Organizations
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A directory of executive advisory bodies in the United States.
Environment Index EBSCO (formerly Environmental Issues and Policy Index)
Provides citations and selected full-text to articles from scientific, technical, and popular magazines and journals spanning a wide range of environmental topics.
ERIC (CSA)
The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature. In addition, ERIC provides coverage of conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs.
ERIC (EBSCO)
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U.S. Department of Education's Educational Resource Information Center database. Citations and abstracts from educational and education-related journals.
ERIC Document Reproduction Service
From the U.S. Department of Education, ready access to documents in the education field.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Collection of ethnic, minority, and native newspapers, magazines, and journals published in America.
Eureka - RLG Union Catalog
Evans Digital Edition
Everyday Life and Women in America, c1800-1920
This digital collection provides access to rare primary source material on American social, cultural, and popular history from the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History, Duke University and The New York Public Library.
Facts On File History Database Center
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Comprised of the World History Online, Ancient History & Culture, American Women's History, African-American History & Culture and American Indian History & Culture, this interface allows us to search across all five history databases
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
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Offers detailed descriptions of more than 2,000 popular jobs in 94 industries, as well as over 23,000 resources to help people select, plan, and advance their careers.
FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Plus
Formerly known as Film/TV Documentation Collections, FIAF Index to Film Periodicals Plus is a bibliographical resource offering coverage of hundreds of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals right up to the present day. Many of these key titles are available here in full text including complete runs. It is an essential reference work for any film researcher and contains a wide range of databases:
International Index to Film Periodicals, Treasures from Film Archives, Documentation Collections and FIAF Members' Publications.
Fiction Connection
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Use this readers advisory tool to discover titles similar to books you already enjoy.
Film Indexes Online
Includes Film Index International (British Film Institute) and the AFI Catalog (American Film Institute), covering all eras of filmmaking from the early silents to recent box-office hits. Provides information about the director, cast and crew, year of release and production. Credits, awards and a synopsis are also included. Person records include biographical information, a list of awards received, plus filmographies. References to film journals are also cited.
Foundation Directory Online Professional
Foundation Directory Online was developed by the Foundation Center, a nonprofit organization founded over 50 years ago to open up U.S. foundations to public view.
FRANCIS (International Humanities and Social Studies)
Abstracts in French or English are included for articles covering the humanities, social sciences, and economics.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia EBSCO[grades 5-8]
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Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries. Searchable by subject or keywords within the entry.
Gale Directory of Databases
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Gale's Ready Reference Shelf is an online directory of organizations, databases, and publications.
Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media
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Includes television stations, radio stations, and cable television companies in the United States and Canada.
Gale's Ready Reference Shelf
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Online directory of organizations, associations, databases, broadcast media, and publications.
General Science Abstracts
This database, produced by the H.W. Wilson Company, offers indexing and abstracts for more than 250 leading science journals and magazines from the US and Great Britain.
General Science Collection from EBSCO
This database was previously offered through NOVEL, but is no longer available as a free resource.
General Science Full Text
Full text science articles from 75 journals. Includes graphs, charts, diagrams, photos and illustrations. Indexing covers 250 periodicals with coverage dates back to 1984.
Global Reference Center
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Britannica's Global Reference Center, the home of comprehensive online content in a variety of global languages. These extensive and thorough databases are intuitive and fast, delivering trustworthy information from around the globe.
GreenFILE
Abstracts and indexes articles on the environment with information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling.
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
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The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia is based on the text of the Academic American Encyclopedia.
Grolier Online
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Includes access to the Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia as well as Roget's II: The New Thesaurus and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.
Grove Art Online
Grove Music Online
Guardian and Observer (1791-2003)
The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.
Hand Press Book database
European early print materials (c.1455-1830).
HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index)
Indexes books, articles, reviews, bibliographies, and literary works appearing in scholarly journals covering Latin America, the Caribbean, and Hispanic America.
HarpWeek
The online version of Harper's Weekly (1857-1912), the leading American illustrated magazine of its day, covering political, military, social, and cultural stories. HarpWeek may be browsed by date or literary genre; the full text is searchable by keywords.
Hartford Courant (1764-1984)
The Hartford Courant (1764-1984) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.
Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
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A comprehensive resource that provides integrated access to medical, health, and wellness information through an intuitive Web interface. Included in the database are full-text magazines, journals, pamphlets from a wide variety of medical sources as well as "Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine".
Health Source: Consumer Edition EBSCO
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Full text for journals including Consumer Reports on Health and Men's Health, as well as abstracts and indexing for general health, nutrition and professional health care publications.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition EBSCO
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Includes scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
Historical Abstracts
Abstracts of journal articles on world history since 1450, excluding U.S. and Canadian history, which is covered by America: History and Life.
Historical Statistics of the United States
This compendium of statistics provides quantitative, historical data about American social, economic and political conditions and development. The data is provided in both PDF and Excel formats. This is the online version of the 2006 print edition.
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
The History of Science, Technology, and Medicine database describes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in the history of science, technology, and medicine and allied historical fields.
History Resource Center: US
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Variety of historical data from primary sources and reference documents. Also includes photographs, illustrations, and maps.
History Resource Center: World
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A comprehensive collection of reference, full-text articles from scholarly publications, an array of primary sources, and images, maps and charts which provide expansive geographic and chronlogic research materials for the study of world history. From ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance, world history curricula is supported with over 1,800 primary sources, over 27 reference titles and more than 110 journals.
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers
Between 1715 and 2000, around 9.5 million pages for over 184,000 parliamentary papers were published. Since 2001, the number of papers has grown by approximately 4,000 for each parliamentary session. HCPP delivers searchable full text for each paper, along with a detailed subject index.
Humanities Abstracts
Indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals, including scholarly journals, in the diverse subject areas of the humanities.
Index to Jewish Periodicals
Index to Jewish Periodicals is the definitive index on Jewish history, activity and thought. This database provides a comprehensive guide to English-language articles, book reviews, and feature stories in more than 160 journals devoted to Jewish affairs. Index to Jewish Periodicals is intended for students of Jewish thought and others interested in contemporary Jewish and Middle Eastern affairs. Journal coverage dates back as far as 1988.
Index to Nineteenth-Century American Art Periodicals
Indexes periodical issues' entire contents: articles, art notes, illustrations, stories, poems, and advertisements. NOTE: This database is currently experiencing intermittent service outages.
Index to Printed Music: Collections & Series
The Index to Printed Music: Collections & Series is a tool for finding individual pieces of music printed in standard scholarly editions, as it indexes each individual piece in a collection. Music for specific performing forces is easily retrievable, thus offering detailed repertory for performers, conductors, and directors of ensembles.
Index to the Nineteenth Century Microfiche Collection
Provides access to over 25,000 titles available in the Nineteenth Century Microfiche Collection.
InfoTrac Junior Edition
This database was previously offered through NOVEL, but is no longer available as a free resource.
International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full Text
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text contains all of the content available in International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance as well as full text for 100 titles, including Canadian Theatre Review, Dance Chronicle, Dance Teacher, Modern Drama, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, Research in Dance Education, Research in Drama Education, Studies in Theatre and Performance, TDR: The Drama Review, Theater, and many more. Additional full text available includes more than 50 books & monographs.
International Index for the Performing Arts Full Text (IIPA)
IIPA covers the subjects of dance, film, television, drama, recorded sound,theater, stagecraft, musical theater, broadcast arts, circus performance, comedy, storytelling, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic and more. Contains over 172,013 records providing current and retrospective coverage, with citations dating back to 1864.
International Index to Black Periodicals
International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text
Indexes over 350 and provides full text for nearly 100 international music periodicals from more than twenty countries, with over 50 of the publications indexed exclusively in IIMP. IIMP is both current and retrospective with over 30,000 records dating from 1996 to the present and other records dating as far back as 1874.
International Research Centers Directory
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A directory of research institutes and scientific bureaus throughout the world.
JapanKnowledge Classics
Includes Nihon daihyakka zensho, Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan, Imidas, Gendai yogo no kiso chishiki, Nihon jinmei daijiten, JK Who’s Who, Japanese-English dictionaries, and full-text journal Shukan ekonomisuto (April 2002 – current); full-text of books in the Toyo bunko series; and other fully searchable sound and visual databases. Requires Japanese capable browser.
JSTOR
A searchable, digitized archive -- from the first date of publication to the last three to five years -- of major scholarly journals in many academic fields.
Kaiser Index to Black Resources, 1948-1986
The Kaiser Index to Black Resources or the Black Studies Database (BSD) includes more than 170,000 citations drawn from significant and influential journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, pamphlets and reports relevant to the Black experience from 1948-1986.
Kids Search
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An interface that is designed especially for grades K-8. Kids Search makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.
Lands & Peoples
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An encyclopedia of countries, cultures, and current events geared to student readers.
Latin American Newstand
ProQuest Latin American Newsstand provides full-text information in Spanish and Portuguese from 41 newspapers from Puerto Rico and 11 Latin American countries, including Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil. The complete articles are available in ASCII format.
Latino American Experience
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Focused on the history and culture of Latinos from the pre-Columbian Indigenous civilizations of the Americas to the present, this comprehensive database features virtual searchable content from over 150 titles, an image file, timelines, primary and landmark documents, virtual origin maps and links to Spanish language content. Also included are image, title and subject indexes, and classroom resources which provide additional activities, lesson plans, blogs and essays.
LearningExpressLibrary
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Test preparation materials and interactive practice exams that will help people improve their scores on academic, civil service, military, and professional licensing and certification exams.
Left Index
Topics covered include politics, economics, the labor movement, ecology and environment, women's studies, race and ethnicity, social and cultural theory, sociology, art and aesthetics, philosophy, history, education, law, and globalization.
Lexis Nexis Digital Congressional Hearings Digital Collection
Provides access to every published and unpublished hearings from 1824 to the present.
LGBT Life with Full Text (formerly GLBT Life)
LGBT Life provides complete indexing and abstracting of content related to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender studies in over 230 journals, magazines, and newspapers. LGBT Life also provides full text from a number of important sources including monographs and publications such as The Advocate, New York Blade, and Out.
Library Literature
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Indexes periodicals and books, reports, pamphlets, and library school theses on all aspects of library and information science.
Libros en Venta
LIBROS EN VENTA en América Latina y España (LEV) has been the reference source of record and acquisition tool of choice for Spanish-language books-in-print since 1964. LIBROS EN VENTA includes in-print titles from over 26,000 Latin American and Spanish publishers.
Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin
The ASLO Bulletin was launched in 1992 as an informal means of communication among members, and in 2001 was renamed the Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin as part of a major revision of its purpose and content. It is published four times annually and includes peer-reviewed articles, informational and opinion articles concerning events within and beyond the society, meeting announcements, and advertisements.
Limnology and Oceanography: Methods
L&O:Methods considers manuscripts whose primary focus is methodological, and that deal with problems in the aquatic sciences. In order to provide the most rapid publication consistent with high standards, the journal appears in electronic format only, and the entire submission and review system is online. Articles are posted as soon as they are accepted and formatted for publication.
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts
Covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
Literary Manuscripts
Literary Manuscripts is drawn from the nineteenth century holdings of the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. While the holdings of the Berg extend from 1480 to the present day, its most extensive holdings date from the nineteenth century. The following fifteen author collections were selected with guidance from Dr Isaac Gewirtz, curator of the collection. They were selected with reference to the importance of each authors' contribution to Victorian literature, and the strength and significance of the Berg's holdings for that author.
Literature Online
A searchable library of works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, plus biographies, bibliographies, and key secondary sources.
Literature Resource Center
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Features information on literary figures from all time periods in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism.
LitFinder
An online source that includes three separate databases: Poem Finder, Story Finder and Essay/Speech/Play Finder.
Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005)
First hand coverage of the grass-roots struggle against the racially restrictive housing covenants of the 1940s. Considered to be the major newspaper of the Black community in Los Angeles during the 20th century. The oldest and largest black newspaper in the western United States and the largest African-American owned newspaper in the U.S.
Los Angeles Times (1881-1986)
Searchable full-text and page images from the Los Angeles Times archive.
Los Angeles Times (1985-present)
Full-text of the daily paper.
Mango Languages
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Learn a new language with this interactive database that provides step by step lesson plans for nine different languages. This database features ESL lessons for Brazilian Portuguese, Polish and Spanish speakers. A text translator is also provided.
Marquis Who's Who on the Web
Basic biographical information on over 1 million of the most accomplished individuals worldwide from all fields of endeavor.
MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO)
This database was previously offered through NOVEL, but is no longer available as a free resource.
MEDLINE
Compiled by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) and published on the Web by Community of Science, MEDLINE® is the world's most comprehensive source of life sciences and biomedical bibliographic information. It contains records from over 4,900 publications from 1950 to present.
Middle Search Plus
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Provides fulltext access to magazines covering general topics for middle and junior high school students.
MLA Directory of Periodicals
The MLA Directory of Periodicals offers detailed information on over 7,100 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the International Bibliography. The detailed entries include editorial contact information, as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines.
MLA International Bibliography
Indexes scholarship in world literature, including poetry, fiction, drama, film, linguistics, and folklore.
Modern World History Online
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Covers the important civilizations and cultures of world history from prehistoric times through the modern era. Topical entries, biographies, maps, primary source documents, and timelines provide a detailed and comparative view of the people, places, and events that have defined world history.
Nation Archive (1865-present)
The archive contains PDF page images and searchable text for all issues of The Nation published from 1865 to the present.
National Newspaper Index (1977-present)
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Indexing of America's top newspapers in one search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, USA Today and The Washington Post.
National Newspapers (ProQuest)
Searchable full text from the 1980's to the present of The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and the Christian Science Monitor.
Naturalization Index to New York Petitions, 1792-1989
Access through Ancestry Library Edition - Search under U.S. Immigration Collection. This database contains an index to the petitions for naturalization filed in various federal, state and local courts in New York City.
Naturalization Petition Index at the New York County Supreme Court, 1907-1924
Access through Ancestry Library Edition - Search under U.S. Immigration Collection.
Nature (1869-present)
Nature is a weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology. Nature also provides news and interpretation of topical and coming trends affecting science, scientists and the wider public.
New Book of Knowledge
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An online version of the print encyclopedia for children plus NBK News, weekly current events stories plus special features geared especially for young students.
New Book of Popular Science (for students)
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A science encyclopedia with over 400 articles geared to student readers.
New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993)
Searchable full-text and page images of the leading Black newspaper of the 20th century.
New York Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1890
Access through Ancestry Library Edition - Search under the Birth, Marriage & Death category. Digitized version of Gertrude A. Barber's extracts of deaths recorded in the "Brooklyn Eagle" (1841-1890) and the "New York Evening Post" (1801-1890).
New York Emigrant Savings Bank, 1850-1883
Access through Ancestry Library Edition - Search under U.S. Immigration Collection. The Emigrant Savings Bank was established in 1850 by members of the Irish Emigrant Society. The bank kept records on depositors and borrowers that provide the name of the depositor, account date, and year and place of birth, if given.
New York Marriage Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1880
Access through Ancestry Library Edition - Search under the Birth, Marriage & Death category. Digitized version of Gertrude A. Barber's extracts of marriages recorded in the "Brooklyn Eagle" (1841-1880) and the "New York Evening Post" (1801-1837).
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Access through Ancestry Library Edition - Search under U.S. Immigration Collection. Index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of New York from 1820-1957. In addition, the names found in the index are linked to actual images of the passenger manifests.
New York State Newspapers
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A collection of major New York State newspapers, available in full-text.
New York Times (1851-2005)
Searchable full-text and page images from The New York Times archive.
New York Times (1980-present)
Full-text articles from The New York Times.
New York Times (1985-present) and New York Post (2000-present)
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Full text of the New York Times (1985-present) and New York Post (2000-present).
New York Tribune (1841-1922)
The New York Tribune (1841-1922) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.
Newsletters in Print
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A directory of newsletters in the United States, covering many subjects.
Newspaper Source (EBSCO)
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Searchable full text to over 170 U.S. newspapers and 20 international newspapers. Also includes newswires and TV and radio news transcripts.
Nineteenth Century Microfiche Collection (Index)
Nueva enciclopedia Cumbre en linea
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Una enciclopedia en el idioma español que contiene aproximadamente quince mil artículos con más de seis mil photos.
Nursing and Allied Health Collection
This database was previously offered through NOVEL, but is no longer available as a free resource.
OCLC FirstSearch
Provides access to a wide variety of articles in a number of databases as well as a union catalog of books in libraries all over the world
OCLC WorldCat
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a comprehensive full-text database that provides a wide scope of knowledge for nearly 5,000 current social topics in the forms of primary source documents, statistics, websites and multimedia, including its viewpoint articles that present the pros and cons of the issue. This database also includes a language translator which allows documents to be converted into eight different languages.
Oxford Music Online
Oxford Music Online is a new gateway that offers users the ability to access and cross-search the vast resources of Oxford's music reference in one location. Contains the redesigned Grove Music Online, as well as The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music.
Oxford Art Online
Oxford Art Online is an innovative new gateway that offers users the ability to access and search the vast content of Grove Art Online and Oxford art reference in one location. Contains the redesigned Grove Art Online, as well as The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Dictionary of Art Terms.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Contains over 50,000 biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of the British past, from the earliest times through the most recent years.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED), 2nd Edition
The online edition of the 20-volume dictionary.
Oxford Reference Online
Oxford Reference Online brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource.
P4A Antiques Reference Database
Information in the database is drawn from about fifty leading regional auction houses located throughout the United States, plus other selected specialist auctions.
PAIS Archive
Provides historical perspective on many of the 20th-century's public and social policies.
PAIS International
Indexes journals, reports, and other documents that cover public policy, cultural and social issues, and international relations.
Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
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The online edition of The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics contains the full text of the 8 volume print edition. In addition, the online Dictionary is a dynamic resource for economists which: allows remote access to members of subscribing institutions; offers excellent search and browse facilities, both full text and advanced, which make it; possible to explore the Dictionary with great speed and ease; contains hyperlinked cross-references within articles, making it an indispensable tool for researchers and students; features carefully selected and maintained links to related sites, sources of further; information and bibliographical citations; incorporates quarterly additions and updates.
Patrologia Latina
The electronic version of the complete set Jacques-Paul Migne's collection of the works of the Church Fathers.
Peace Research Abstracts
Peace Research Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to peace research, including conflict resolution, international affairs, peace psychology, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
Periodicals Index Online
An interdisciplinary and international index to the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Over 4,700 journals are included.
Philosopher's Index
Indexes and abstracts the literature on epistemology, ethics, logic, metaphysics,law, religion and science from periodicals, monographs, and other documents.
Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002)
One of the most nationally circulated Black newspapers, the Courier reached its peak in the 1930s. A conservative voice in the African-American community, the Courier challenged the misrepresentation of African-Americans in the national media and advocated social reforms to advance the cause of civil rights.
PoemFinder
A searchable database of indexed poems; some available full-text. At the Mid-Manhattan Library, please use LitFinder for access to this database.
Polling the Nations
Polling the Nations is an online database of public opinion polls containing the full-text of 500,000 questions and responses from 14,000+ surveys conducted from 1986 through the present in the United States and 100 other countries around the world.
Professional Development Collection EBSCO
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Provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 450 full-text journals, designed for professional educators.
Project Muse
A full-text database of recent issues of journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. **For best results use the browser Internet Explorer when using the database offsite. Firefox and Safari browsers will not produce a log in screen.
Proquest Dissertations and Theses
Includes citations for dissertations from 1861 to those accepted as recently as last semester. Abstracts from 1980 - present.
ProQuest Civil War Era (1840-1865)
Combines complete runs of eight newspaper titles, covering 1840-1865, as well as nearly 2,000 pamphlets covering a wide range of topics, focusing on the entire era — from Manifest Destiny through the end of the Civil
War.
ProQuest Historical African American Newspapers
Simultaneous search of the Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Chicago Defender (1910-1975), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), and the Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002).
ProQuest Historical Database
Searchable full-text and page images from the Atlanta Constitution (1868-1942), the Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Boston Globe (1872-1925), Chicago Defender (1905-1975), Chicago Tribune (1849-1986), the Guardian & Observer (1791-2003), the Hartford Courant (1764-1984), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), Los Angeles Times (1881-1986), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), New York Times (1851-2005), New York Tribune (1841-1922), Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002), the San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922), Wall Street Journal (1889-1991), Washington Post (1877-1992), ProQuest Civil War Era database including New York Herald (1840-1865) and thousands of magazine articles published from 1740 to 1940.
ProQuest Historical New York Newspapers & Magazines
Simultaneous search of the New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), The New York Herald (1840-1865), The New York Times (1851-2005), The New York Tribune (1900-1910), The Wall Street Journal (1889-1990) and and thousands of magazine articles published from 1740 to 1940.
ProQuest Platinum
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Periodicals covering a broad range of material: business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences, social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas.
ProQuest Research Library
Provides articles from periodicals covering arts, business, children, education, health, humanities, law, multicultural studies, sciences, social sciences, and general interest. Full text is available for nearly two-thirds of its titles.
PsycARTICLES
Provides full-text articles on current issues in psychology from respected sources, from 1988 to the present.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
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A full-text database of journal articles covering topics such as psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and experimental methods.
PsycINFO
Indexes literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work.
Publishers Directory
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A directory of United States and Canadian publishers.
Rarebooks.info
Bibliography of rare books available for consultation on the internet.
Readers' Guide Abstracts
Readers' Guide Abstracts combines Readers' Guide indexing with high-quality informative abstracts.
Indexing begins in 1983 and abstracting begins in 1984.
Readers' Guide Retro (1890-1982)
Indexes the most popular, general-interest periodicals published in the United States from 1890 to 1982.
Regional Business News (formerly Business News Wire)
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Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Business News Wire is now called "Regional Business News"
Regional One Source
Statistical reference source provides access to U.S. data from 29 top-level subjects to 39,000 data items.
Religion and Philosophy Collection
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A full-text database of journal articles in the fields of philosophy and religion.
Research Centers Directory
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A directory of reseach centers, covering all subjects and disciplines.
Resources for Children with Special Needs
Provides information about programs and services for children birth to 21 with disabilities and other special needs in the NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. It includes national organizations and residential programs such as camps and schools that serve children from New York City
RILM: Abstracts of Music Literature
The online version of the Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (1969-present) is a continuously updated bibliography of music literature providing broad international coverage including records in over 202 languages from 3,700 journals.
RIPM: Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals: 1800-1950
An index of specialized music journals, daily newspapers, articles in literary periodicals, theatrical journals and magazines, as well as engravings and lithographs in the illustrated press.
RISM: International Inventory of Musical Sources after 1600
Documents the world's musical sources of manuscripts or printed music, works on music theory and libretti stored in libraries, archives, monasteries, schools and private collections. The RISM databases represent a worldwide effort to identify and describe sources of music and writings about music from the earliest times through ca. 1850.
RLG Union Catalog
An online catalog of materials from approximately fifty research libraries.
Russian National Bibliography
Bibliographic access to books, newspapers, journals, book criticism and reviews, the arts, sheet music, dissertations and maps.
San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922)
The San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.
Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970
Access to large-scale maps for towns and cities in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience
This resource provides a core collection of primary and secondary resources in Black Studies, including full-text articles, book chapters, dissertations, reference materials, timelines, images and multimedia.
Science Citation Index
Multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the sciences. Indexes 5,900 journals in 150 scientific disciplines. Topics include: Agriculture, Astronomy, Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology,Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Materials Science, Medicine, Neuroscience, Oncology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Physics, Plant Sciences,Psychiatry, Surgery, Veterinary Science, Zoology. (A citation index contains the references cited by the authors of the articles covered by the index. Use these references to do cited reference searching. A cited reference search enables you to find articles that cite a previously published work. Also search by topic, author, source title, and address.)
Science Full Text Select
Full text articles to a broad range of science literature.
Science Online
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This database covers fields of Animal Anatomy, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Science, General Science, Genetics and Cell Biology, Human Anatomy, Human Physiology, Life Science, Marine Science, Physical Science, Physics, Space & Astronomy, and Weather & Climate. Its six categories, Diagrams, Definitions, Biographies, Essays, Experiments and Timeline are cross-referenced through hyperlinks and are cross-searchable by keyword, topic, and year.
Scientific American Archive Online
Contains the editorial contents of Scientific American Magazine, from 1993 to the present. Issues are in PDF format. Search by full-text, title or author (advanced search) or browse issues by date.
Searchasaurus [grades 1-3]
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Full-text articles from over 80 magazines and pamphlets appropriate for children in grades 1-3.
SimplyMap
Simply Map includes thousands of demographic, business, and marketing data variables.
Slave Trade CD-ROM
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database contains detailed information on two-thirds (27,227) of the slaving voyages that sailed between 1650 and 1867.
Slavery and Manumission Manuscripts of Timbuktu
From the Bibliothèque Commémorative Mama Haidara in Timbuktu, Mali, a collection of 19th century manuscripts relating to slavery and manumission in Timbuktu. The materials, in Arabic, provide documentation on Africans in slavery in Muslim societies.
Small Business Resource Center
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Covers major areas of starting and operating a business. Search and browse topics including sample business plans, how-to articles, overviews, and directories, including the Encylopedia of Business Information Sources,
Encyclopedia of Management and Small Business Management, Consultant's and Consulting Organizations directory and more. Includes business books from John Wiley and over 200 business journals, including titles like: Better Asset Management, Black Enterprise, Consumer Comments, Cosmetics International, and more.
Social Sciences Citation Index
Indexes articles and provides cited references found in over 1,700 leading social science journals in more than fifty subjects including anthropology, area studies, criminal justice, economics, education, environmental studies, ethnic studies, library science, history, international relations, political science, psychology, sociology, urban studies and women’s studies. The SSCI also includes selected, relevant articles from more than 3,000 science and technology journals.
Social Services Abstracts
Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,300+ serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews.
SOCIndex
SocINDEX with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. Its extensive scope and content provide users with a wealth of extremely useful information encompassing the broad spectrum of sociological study. The database features more than 1,986,000 records with subject headings from a 19,600+ term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers.
Sociological Abstracts
Indexes and abstracts literature in theoretical and applied sociology, and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Teen Health & Wellness
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Provides students with comprehensive curricular support and self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more.
Textile Technology Index
Provides international coverage of the literature of textiles and related subjects Coverage includes the various aspects of textile production and processing, and the automation and management systems of these operations. Includes many of the major resources of the apparel, home furnishings, flooring, and polymer industries.
The Scientist
The Scientist reports on and analyzes the issues and events that impact the world of life scientists. Articles cover a variety of topics such as vaccines on trial, reducing malaria to its constituent parts, and survival in the microfluidic market.
Times Literary Supplement
Search the complete facsimile edition and exhaustive index for articles, biographical information on contributors, and new information on previously anonymous contributors.
Times of London (1785-1985)
Searchable full-text and page images of The Times of London archive.
TOPICsearch [grades 5-12]
This database was previously offered through NOVEL, but is no longer available as a free resource.
Twayne's Authors Series
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Contains the full text of frequently-used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors.
Twentieth Century African American Poetry
The Database of Twentieth Century African-American Poetry is a collection of poetry written by important and influential African-American poets of the 20th century.
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
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Directory of international magazines, journals, annuals, irregular publications, and newspapers.
United States Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980
Universal Database of Russian National Bibliography
Bibliographic access to books, newspapers, journals, book criticism and reviews, the arts, sheet music, dissertations and maps.
Universal Database of Russian Newspapers
Provides access to the full-text of current issues of Russian newspapers.
Urban Studies Abstracts
Urban Studies Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
Wall Street Journal (1889-1991)
Searchable full-text and page images from the Wall Street Journal archive.
Wall Street Journal (1984-present)
Full-text articles from the Wall Street Journal.
Washington Post (1877-1992)
Searchable full-text and page images from the Washington Post archive.
Washington Post (1987-present)
Full-text articles from the Washington Post.
Web of Science
Provides access to the Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
What Do I Read Next?
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Suggests new fiction and nonfiction titles to read.
Who's Who on the Web
Women's Wear Daily (WWD) Online
The electronic version of the fashion industry's daily news source.
World Biographical Information System (WBIS) Online
Contains short biographical information on millions of people worldwide from the 8th century B.C. to the present.
World Book Online Reference Center
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Comprehensive access to encyclopedia articles, web links, periodical articles, videos, maps and more.
World Shakespeare Bibliography
Provides annotated entries for books, articles, theatrical productions, audiovisual materials, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare.
WorldCat -- OCLC
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Search for materials held in libraries around the world.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Indexes journals covering political science and related fields.
