Articles & Databases

Digital editions for the papers of those central to the founding and early history of the United States, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, John Marshall, and Dolly Madison.  For biographical information on individuals mentioned in these papers, see People of the Founding Era.  Background information and search tips for this database.  **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Covers the organization and key features of the American political system.  Material is divided into general overviews (Topics) and explorations of issues (Perspectives), supported with articles, images, speeches, and other documentation. **Patrons should read the Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Scholarly review of the broad field of cardiovasculal health. Full text from 2007-present. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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The American Hebrew was a weekly Jewish newspaper published in New York City. In 1903 it merged with the Jewish Messenger.   **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Covers American history from the European conquest to the present day.  Material is divided into general overviews (Topics) and explorations of issues (Perspectives), supported with articles, images, speeches, and other documentation.   **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of American Indians. Ideal resource for middle school, high school, and undergraduate research on American Indian history. Fully searchable, or browsable by era, tribe, state, and region. **Patrons should read the Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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The longest-running English-language Jewish newspaper still published in the United States.  **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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A rich collection of primary source material relating to U.S. history and culture, compiled by the Library of Congress National Digital Library Program.

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In depth biographies of more than 18,000 deceased men and women whose lives have help shape the United States.  For current biographies of figures from around the globe, consult Biography in Context. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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This database contains over 1,800 magazines, journals, and newspapers published between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and many other historically significant titles. Some of these titles are archived at the Center for Research Libraries (CRL). **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Includes the full text of Physical Review Letters, Physical Review X, Reviews of Modern Physics, and Physical Review. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Legislative and executive documents of the first 14 U.S. Congresses, including primary material on wide-ranging aspects of early American history. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Provides full text of many of the human rights organization's recent publications, including annual reports back to 1993, country reports, and thematic reports.

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Access billions of names in thousands of genealogical databases including Census and Vital Records, birth, marriage and death notices, the Social Security Death Index, Passenger lists and naturalizations, Military and Holocaust Records, City Directories, New York Emigrant Savings Bank records, and African American and Native American Records. Library version of Ancestry.com.  **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Contains citations to books, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays, and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world from 1920 to the present. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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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.  **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Formerly known as AP Multimedia.

Search and view millions of photographs from the Associated Press archive. Also includes audio and graphic files. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Provides information and detailed indexing to manuscript collections from over 5,000 U.S. repositories. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Provides researchers with comprehensive access to information about collections of manuscripts and archives.

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A national gateway to descriptions of archives in UK universities and colleges.

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A resource to find and preserve the papers and archives of the visual arts in America. 

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Contains 18 digitized archival collections exploring LGBTQ history and culture since 1940.  Includes three collections held by NYPL: The Mattachine Society of New York Records, 1951-1976; Gay Activists Alliance, 1970-1983; and ACT UP: The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power.   Other collections originate from institutions like the Lesbian Herstory Archives and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Historical Society. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Provides access to the tables of contents of journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences, published in Latin America.

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Provides a structured vocabulary of around 125,000 terms, scope notes, and other information for describing fine art, architecture, decorative arts, archival materials, and material culture.

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Indexes and abstracts articles from an international selection of periodicals including French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, and English-language journals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins.  **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Indexes articles in periodicals, yearbooks, and museum publications, 1929-1984.  **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Provides full abstracts of journal articles, books, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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A comprehensive index of artists represented at hundreds of museum sites, image archives, and other online resources.

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A full-text database that cross-searches Gale's literature collections: Contemporary Authors Online, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Literature Criticism Online, Literature Resource Center, Something About the Author Online, and Twayne's Authors Series. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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A full-text database that cross-searches Gale's primary source collections, including Eighteenth-Century Collections Online (ECCO), Nineteenth-Century Collections Online (NCCO), and Sabin Americana. *Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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A collection of nearly 2000 electronic French texts, including classic literary works, nonfiction, and technical writing.

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Artifex Press is a publisher of digital catalogues raisonnés. A catalogue raisonné is the definitive, comprehensive, and annotated compilation of all the known works of an artist. Artifex Press combines art-historical research with the flexibility of digital publishing, creating digital archives for various artists, including: Chuck Close, Jim Dine and Tim Hawkinson. When accessing the digital archives click on "institutional login." **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Contains fine arts auction records -- many with images --from international and national auction sales. Database is updated daily with records from 1989 to present, searchable by artist's name. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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ARTstor is a nonprofit resource that provides access to more than one million images in the arts, architecture, and other fields in the humanities and sciences.  **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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ArXiv is an e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, and quantitative biology.

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AskArt covers American artists providing biography, images, citations, museums owning their work and galleries representing the artist's work. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

Available only in Room 300, the Art & Architecture Division.

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ARL publishes reports, issue briefs, talking points, position statements, monographs, compilations of statistics, and many other types of documents on a wide range of current issues of interst to academic and research library professionals. ARL publications also includes SPEC kits. SPEC surveys gather information from ARL member institutions on current research library practices and policies. SPEC Kits combine the survey results and documentation from survey respondents to guide libraries as they address the ever-changing challenges facing libraries.

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A collection of websites providing information about a wide variety of professional and trade associations, cultural and art organizations, political parties and advocacy groups, labor unions, academic societies, and research institutions.

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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.  **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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The Atlanta Constitution (1868-1945) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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