African History:
African Studies - Columbia University offers an excellent guide to content related to various African countries, and an overview of which libraries offer access. South African History Online (SAHO) - Website devoted to educator-friendly resources such as historical timelines, biography, about South African history. Established in 1998 and currently in partnership with multiple international universities. West African Arabic Manuscript Database - "A database/union catalogue of Arabic and Arabic-script writing from West Africa," hosted by UC Berkeley. Timeline of African Art History, from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Kenya National Archives - Sampling of images made digitally available via Google The GALA Queer Archive - "The GALA Queer Archive (GALA) is a catalyst for the production, preservation and dissemination of information about the history, culture and contemporary experiences of LGBTQIA+ people in South Africa."


Slavery in the United States:


Slavery in the United States:Slavery in the United States:Digital Library on American Slavery - Hosted by University of North Carolina Greensboro, includes "online access to all known runaway slave advertisements (more than 5000 items) published in North Carolina newspapers from 1751 to 1865." People not Property - A collaborative endeavor between the UNCG University Libraries, North Carolina Division of Archives and Records, and North Carolina Registers of Deeds.


collaborative endeavor between the UNCG University Libraries, North Carolina Division of Archives and Records, and North Carolina Registers of Deeds. collaborative endeavor between the UNCG University Libraries, North Carolina Division of Archives and Records, and North Carolina Registers of Deeds. collaborative endeavor between the UNCG University Libraries, North Carolina Division of Archives and Records, and North Carolina Registers of Deeds.The project is leading towards a unique, centralized database of bills of sales indexing the names of enslaved people from across North Carolina." Library of Congress - Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories - Oral History - "The recordings of former slaves in Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories took place between 1932 and 1975 in nine states." Library of Congress - Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves.  These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) of the Works Progress Administration, later renamed Work Projects Administration (WPA). Duke University - American Slavery Documents - "The type of materials include bills of sale, manumission papers, emancipation notes, bonds, auction notices and other assorted items.


ery Documents - "The type of materials include bills of sale, manumission papers, emancipation notes, bonds, auction notices and other assorted items.ery Documents - "The type of materials include bills of sale, manumission papers, emancipation notes, bonds, auction notices and other assorted items.ery Documents - "The type of materials include bills of sale, manumission papers, emancipation notes, bonds, auction notices and other assorted items.The documents represent nearly all of the states of the American south including: North Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi, but a few documents are from northern states like New York and New Jersey." Freemen's Bureau - Index to documents relating to the Bureau (established in 1865), which "supervised all relief and educational activities relating to refugees and freedmen, including issuing rations, clothing and medicine."


Overview:
There are many various resources relating to Africana Studies more broadly, and African-American history more specifically. Below we've organized the archival resources into a few sections to help break down thematically the places/topics that archival resources are likely to be found. ArchiveGrid is strongly encouraged as a search tool, to help navigate - you can search by person, place, or topic, and narrow to geographic location of the archival materials.


Beyond the Grad Center:
If the Graduate Center does not have the book you need you can have the book sent here from another library.

Request From CUNY: You can have books from other CUNY libraries sent to the Graduate Center. When you find an item in OneSearch, click the 'Request' tab, and enter your library barcode. Only books can be requested through CUNY. If you need an article or book chapter, submit an interlibrary loan request.

Interlibrary Loan: If the book you need is not available at any CUNY library or if you need an article from a journal not at the Grad Center or photocopies of a book chapter submit a request for this item via interlibrary loan. If you have questions or need help placing your request, email ill@gc.cuny.edu


Open Access Books:
Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa (2012, Ohio University Press) "is a critical reflection on peacebuilding efforts in Africa. The authors expose the tensions and contradictions in different clusters of peacebuilding activities, including peace negotiations; statebuilding; security sector governance; and disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration." Oral Literature in Africa - "Based on years of fieldwork, the study traces the history of storytelling across the continent of Africa." Slavery to Liberation: The African American Experience is a collection of Open Access articles intended to serve as a replacement text for an Introduction to African American history course, geared towards undergraduates. Published by Eastern Kentucky University (2019).


Dissertation Databases:
Dissertations & Theses Global: Indexes two-million dissertations from over one-thousand institutions, with citations from 1861-1980 and abstracts from 1980 to present. Includes the full text of most post-1996 CUNY dissertations and many post-1996 dissertations from other institutions, as well as thousands of earlier ones. To limit your search to CUNY dissertations, include 0046 in your search statement, selecting the school name/code search field. Non-U.S.dissertations can be searched in the Center for Research Libraries' catalog.

Dissertations & Theses @ City University of New York Graduate Center: CUNY dissertations dating back to 1965. Full text available except for embargoed works.


ations & Theses @ City University of New York Graduate Center: CUNY dissertations dating back to 1965. Full text available except for embargoed works.Graduate Center Retrospective Dissertations, 1965-2013: Current CUNY students, faculty and staff can log in with their CUNYfirst credentials to access GC dissertations and capstones from 1965-2013. (Pre-2014 master's theses are available only in print). If you want to move your dissertation or capstone into the publicly accessible CUNY repository, Academic Works, email the GC Dissertation Office at deposit@gc.cuny.edu . Making your dissertation free to the public helps broaden the reach of your scholarship and supports CUNY's mission of public service.

CUNYfirst credentials: used to log into Blackboard, CUNY-wide electronic resources, and other services. More information about the various CUNY accounts: https://libguides.gc.cuny.edu/cuny_accounts .


d, CUNY-wide electronic resources, and other services. More information about the various CUNY accounts: https://libguides.gc.cuny.edu/cuny_accounts .EThOS British Library Electronic Theses Online (temporarily offline): Searches 250,000+ theses, many available in full text with a free online account. Theses not available for immediate download take 30 days to digitize. Order via CUNY Graduate Center interlibrary loan to cover any digitization fees. Most UK universities participate except Oxford, Cambridge, and Univ of Southampton.

Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Online Catalog: The Center for Research Libraries provides a shared collection of five million books, journals, documents and newspapers to supplement member libraries’ holdings in the humanities, science, and social sciences. With a strategic emphasis on expanding electronic access to international primary source collections, CRL participates in a number of cooperative digitization efforts, yielding millions of pages of digitized content to date. CRL resources include:


ons, CRL participates in a number of cooperative digitization efforts, yielding millions of pages of digitized content to date. CRL resources include:The largest circulating collection of newspapers in North America – more than 16,000 newspaper titles from all world regions and from every U.S. state – mainstream dailies, underground and alternative press titles, rare publications from international conflict zones, U.S. ethnic titles, early African-American newspapers, and radio broadcast reports and transcripts Foreign journals rarely held in U.S. libraries, with a focus on science and technology Access to rich holdings in science, technology, and engineering print serials through a partnership with the Linda Hall Library More than 800,000 non U.S. dissertations Area Studies: major collections of news, government documents, and archives from Africa, Latin America, Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Southeast and South Asia Millions of pages of primary source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.


ry source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.ry source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.ry source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.and international legal and government resources


Citation Guides:
MLA Style Guide: From Purdue OWL. Full MLA guide not available online but this site answers basic questions.

Chicago Manual of Style Online: Full text of the 17th and 18th editions of the Chicago Manual of Style, including quick guide, questions and answers, and additional tools.

APA Style Guide: From Purdue OWL (online writing lab). Full APA guide not available online but this site answers basic questions.


Citation Managers:
Citation managers allow you to save and organize references and citations you gather during research. You can import citations from databases such as JSTOR, Humanities Full-Text, or  Academic Search Premier or manually enter citations. You can attach pdfs and images to the citations as well. They also generate bibliographies and footnotes. The Graduate Center supports Zotero and Refworks. Links and descriptions are below. If you want to have an introduction to any or all of the citation managers, make an appointment with a librarian .

Zotero: Saves and helps you to organize citations to articles, books, webpages, and more. Works with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari. Install the Zotero Word plug-in to quickly create bibliographies and add citations to papers.

Zotero Help: Short video tutorials and a userguide


ari. Install the Zotero Word plug-in to quickly create bibliographies and add citations to papers.

Zotero Help: Short video tutorials and a userguideRefworks: Online citation management licensed for all CUNY campuses. Generate footnotes and bibliography in any writing style; organize citations and notes in your private library. 25 MB limit on individual file size; 5 GB individual account limit. Group Code: RWGradC There is a new interface available for RefWorks; see the library guide Citation Managers & Style Guides for more information.


MaRLI-Manhattan Research Library Initiative:
This research initiative allows select researchers access and circulation privileges at Columbia University, NYU, and NYPL research libraries. To be eligible you must have a NYPL library card and demonstrate research need. Further information about MaRLI and the application process can be found on the NYPL website http://libguides.gc.cuny.edu/MaRLI


The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, one of The New York Public Library’s three research libraries, is a world-leading cultural institution devoted to the research, preservation, and exhibition of materials focused on African American, African Diaspora, and African experiences. Center for Brooklyn History - Finding Aid This guide is intended as an aid to researchers interested in archival material at the Center for Brooklyn History (CBH) that relates broadly to Black history in Brooklyn, including the history of slavery; abolitionism, social justice, and civil rights movements; free Black communities such as Weeksville; cultural celebrations representative of the wider African diaspora, including the West Indian Day Parade; and more. Materials range from colonial settlement through the Civil War, to post-Civil War through the 20th century.


ding the West Indian Day Parade; and more. Materials range from colonial settlement through the Civil War, to post-Civil War through the 20th century.ding the West Indian Day Parade; and more. Materials range from colonial settlement through the Civil War, to post-Civil War through the 20th century.ding the West Indian Day Parade; and more. Materials range from colonial settlement through the Civil War, to post-Civil War through the 20th century.Most materials concern the four Long Island counties (Kings, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk), but other New York areas are represented, as are other states. Brooklyn Public Library - African American Heritage Center There is a general reference collection consisting of books and periodicals, all with special emphasis on black culture. These specific works depict African American and Black diaspora, and the African American Heritage center houses two special collections. The Preserving Footsteps Collections and the Taneya Gethers-Muhammad children’s book collection.


Open Access Books:
There are many books freely available online, on a wide variety of topics. Below is a selection - we recommend searching on the Directory of Open Access Books , as well as other platforms, to find the most currently available material. Psychiatry and Decolonisation in Uganda (2019) Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa (2012) Youth and the Rural Economy in Africa (2021) Grassroots Governance? Chiefs in Africa and the Afro-Caribbean (2003) State and Societal Challenges in the Horn of Africa (2013)


Open Access Journals:
https://osf.io/preprints/africarxiv/ - A free preprint service for African scientists


Funding Sources:
Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies Research Grant Fulbright Scholars to Sub-Saharan Africa


Newspapers - NYPL:
The New York Public Library provides access to many historic, local, and
 international newspaper databases. You must go to an NYPL research
library to access these databases.

American Periodical Series Online: Coverage through 1940 of American periodicals and newspapers that began publishing between 1740-1900.

America's Historical Newspapers: Full text of over 1,000 US newspapers published from 1690-1922.

ProQuest Historical Database: Full text of major US newspapers and journals, coverage varies by title but dates range from 1740-2004


Recommended Reading:
Dorothea Salo, Innkeeper at the Roach Motel: Salo calls this important 2008 "basically a rant" about what wasn't then working with IRs. She is no nay-sayer about the possibilities for IR success, however.

Library Publishing Services: Strategies for Success: March 2012 SPARC publication discussing Purdue, Georgia Inst Tech, and University of Utah collaboration

UNESCO Policy Guidelines for the Development and Promotion of Open Access: By Alma Swan, 2012

Penn State IR info-gathering model: Library liaisons conduit to faculty and students, to feedback on platform iterations

Let's Stop Talking about Repositories: Catherine Mitchell, eScholarship Publishing Services, Univ of Cali

Projects Aims to Build Online Hub for Archival Materials Building a Digital Map of Scholarly Archival Materials: May 13, 2012 CHE article by Jennifer Howard on IR faculty archives

Institutional Repositories: Exploration of Costs and Value: Feb 2013 Univ. of Missouri team


Repositories of Interest:
IDEALS: University of Illinois: Includes faculty and student scholarly work, including theses since 2010

UR Researcher: University of Rochester: A university-based, long-term, digital repository for the management, dissemination and stewardship of digital materials. IRPlus software http://code.google.com/p/irplus/

eScholarship at University of California: A re-branded IR by California Digital Library http://escholarship.org/about_escholarship.html

NDLT Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations: Resources http://www.ndltd.org/resources

Purdue e-Pubs: book and journal pubs

Digital Conservancy: University of Minnesota


Taxonomy:
Digital Preservation in Open-Source Digital Library Software: sorry, an Elsevier article


OA Methodology & Implementation:
Maintaining Our Resolutions: Implementing the MIT Faculty Open Access Policy: Library led, but distributed responsibilities for IR maintenance

Librarians at University of Minnesota Make an Impact with Data Management Program: another distributed model with library outreach at the center

Encouraging Open Access: Univ of Rochester models IR+ as a workspace for faculty, preserving varying versions of work

Making the Case for and IR to Your Provost: UMass, cranberries and tractors

Making the Case for Open Access: from Oasis: Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook


Definitions:
What is a Patent? A patent is a grant of property right by the government to an inventor preventing others from making, using, or selling an invention for a period of 20 years from application date. Intellectual Property: Patents, Trademarks and Copyright Lessons and interactive quizzes from the National Paralegal Institute: Patents, Trademarks and Copyright


Key Information:
The most comprehensive source for U.S. patent and trademark information is the website of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office : Process for Obtaining a Utility Patent [flowchart] General Information Concerning Patents Guide to Filing a Utility Patent Application Current fee schedules Attorneys registered to practice before the U.S. PTO


News and Events:
USPTO Awards Competition: Patents for Humanity The pilot program encourages businesses of all kinds to apply their patented technology to addressing the world's humanitarian challenges.  As an incentive, winners will receive a certificate for expedited processing of certain matters before the USPTO. For more information ...


Patent Reform Law:
The Leahy-Smith "America Invents Act" (AIA) was signed into law on September 16, 2011. One important change is the transition from a "first-to-invent" to a "first-inventor-to-file" system, bringing US patent law into closer alignment with other countries around the world. USPTO's Frequently Asked Questions


Searching Trademarks:
TESS – Trademark Electronic Search System Search more than 3 million records for pending, registered, abandoned, cancelled or expired federal trademarks Records include logos or designs Links to TARR database for status information


What is a Trademark?:
A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol or design which identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods or services of one party from those of another. While federal registration is not necessary for trademark protection, registration does provide certain legal advantages. Need help with trademark searching? Questions? See our Patent and Trademark Services page.


Registering a Trademark:
Federal Registration of Trademarks Basic Facts about Trademarks US Patent and Trademark Office – Trademark process How to search and file trademark registrations (Video) USPTO Fees Trademark filing information (TEAS)


Science Resources at CUNY Campus Libraries: Science resources at individual CUNY campus libraries


Off-Site Access to GC Library Tools:
All Graduate Center students, faculty, and staff have off-campus access to the Graduate Center Library's subscription resources (databases, journals, etc.). Simply select a resource from the GC library site , and you will be asked to log in with your GC network username and password. (If you are a GC faculty member and do not have a network account, contact IT Services at itservices@gc.cuny.edu to request an account.)


About Dual Access to Science E-Resources:
After the first year of doctoral study, most science students gain an affiliation at a second CUNY campus and therefore enjoy access to library databases through both campus's libraries. So, after the first year, check both of your libraries for journals and databases you need. (Note that different CUNY libraries have different log-in procedures for off-campus access.) When looking for an article: When you know the title of the journal, search for the title at each library where you have access. (At the Graduate Center, use the Journal Title Search . At other libraries, the journal search tool might have slightly different names.) See an error in the GC's Journal Title Search results? Please let us know ! If you don't have access to the article through any library, request it through interlibrary loan (either through the Graduate Center or through your other library).


Graduate Center:
Graduate Center Databases: Log in with your GC credentials or use on site @ GC

Graduate Center Journals: Log in with your GC credentials or use on site @ GC


Brooklyn College:
Brooklyn College Databases: If you're affiliated with Brooklyn College, you can access these databases from anywhere using your CUNY Login.

Brooklyn College Journals: If you're affiliated with Brooklyn College, you can access these journals from anywhere using your CUNY Login.


City College:
City College Databases: If you're affiliated with City College, you can log in to these databases from anywhere using your City College email credentials.

City College Journals: If you're affiliated with City College, you can log in to these journals from anywhere using your City College email credentials.

Science & Technology Research Guide: Includes helpful, mostly free websites about science and technology.


College of Staten Island:
College of Staten Island Databases: If you're affiliated with the College of Staten Island, you can access these databases from anywhere using your CUNY Login.

College of Staten Island Journals: If you're affiliated with the College of Staten Island, you can access these journals from anywhere using your CUNY Login.


Hunter College:
Hunter College Databases: If you're affiliated with Hunter College, you can access these databases from anywhere using your Hunter NetID.

Hunter College Journals: If you're affiliated with Hunter College, you can access these journals from anywhere using your Hunter NetID.


John Jay College:
John Jay College Databases: If you're affiliated with John Jay, you can access these databases from anywhere using your John Jay username and password.

John Jay College Journals: If you're affiliated with John Jay, you can access these journals from anywhere using your John Jay username and password.

John Jay Recommended Science Databases: Listing of John Jay's science databases


Lehman College:
Lehman College Databases: If you're affiliated with Lehman College, you can access these databases from anywhere using your CUNY Login.

Lehman College Journals: If you're affiliated with Lehman College, you can access these journals from anywhere using your CUNY Login.


Queens College:
Queens College Databases: If you're affiliated with Queens College, you can log in to these databases from anywhere using your CUNY Login.

Queens College Journals: If you're affiliated with Queens College, you can log in to these journals from anywhere using your CUNY Login.


Article & Journal Impact:
Article Impact: One measure of the impact of an article is the number of times it has been cited by other articles. These databases offer robust cited reference searching:

Web of Science: Massive multidisciplinary index of scholarly publications, with especially strong coverage of the sciences and social sciences. Includes numerous sub-databases, most notably the Web of Science Core Collection, which provides cover-to-cover indexing of 21,000+ peer-reviewed journals. Includes citation data for publications, allowing searchers to identify highly cited articles, find citations to a given article/author, and track citations over time. Includes detailed author records and several unique search capabilities, such as the ability to search by author affiliation, grant number, or chemical structure. Also includes awarded grant information and associated publications.


the ability to search by author affiliation, grant number, or chemical structure. Also includes awarded grant information and associated publications.Google Scholar: Google Scholar provides a simple way to search broadly for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and articles from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities, and other scholarly organizations. Follow the steps to customize Google Scholar to make it easy to find full text at the GC.

Journal Impact: A journal's impact is calculated by analyzing (in different ways by different tools) how frequently its articles are cited. Journal-level metrics are provided by:


impact is calculated by analyzing (in different ways by different tools) how frequently its articles are cited. Journal-level metrics are provided by:Journal Citation Reports: Presents an array of citation-based metrics for journals indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection. Provides Journal Impact Factor (i.e., average number of citations in a given year to articles published by that journal in the previous two years, averaged over the number of articles published in those two years) for many but not all covered journals. Search or browse the database by journal (title or ISSN), subject category, or publisher. Compare metrics for up to four journals simultaneously.

SCImago Journal & Country Rank: SCImago Journal & Country Rank is a journal-ranking site that includes the journals contained in the database Scopus.

Google Scholar Metrics: Google Scholar Metrics provide an easy way for to gauge the visibility and influence of recent articles in scholarly journals.

For more information, see the Research Metrics guide.


Google Scholar:
Google Scholar provides a simple way to search broadly for scholarly literature, including journal articles and books. The Graduate Center Library has created a customized version that knows the library’s electronic journal holdings and links you directly to the articles in the library’s databases. Go to GC-customized Google Scholar Note: If you’re off campus, you’ll be prompted to log in with your GC credentials before you can access library subscriptions.


About the Friends of the Mina Rees Library:
The Graduate Center Friends of the Mina Rees Library welcome all to support the library’s print and digital collections. Friends of the Mina Rees Library who join at the $150 level or above are welcome to visit the library during our regular hours for on-site access to all of our resources, including computers, databases, and reference assistance. See the full schedule: Library Hours


Become a Friend of the Mina Rees Library:
To become a Friend of the Library , visit this page: a $250 contribution grants on-site library access privileges for one year, and $150 grants 6 months of on-site access. A $1000 contribution is rewarded by library access as well as year-long borrowing privileges for GC library books. For more information about the program, please contact: Jim Cronin Office of Institutional Advancement 212-817-7137 jcronin@gc.cuny.edu


Reference & Research Services:
Librarians are available during reference hours to help you with your research. We also have dozens of online subject guides on a wide range of topics. They are accessible from any device with an internet connection any time of day. See the full list of Subject Guides .


Access to On-Site Databases:
The Mina Rees Library holds subscriptions to more than 300 databases on subjects ranging from literature to science. Friends of the Library with library access privileges may access these databases on site any time the library is open. Browse the full A-Z list of databases our website.


Computers & Technology:
There are computers (Macs and PCs) available on the first floor and second floor, each offering a wide range of software, from Microsoft Office to statistics packages.  Friends of the Library with library access privileges may use any of these computers by requesting a guest pass at the Circulation Desk or Reference Desk when they visit. Guest Wi-Fi, scanners, printers, microform readers, and three workstations with a variety of media playback and recording equipment are also available in the library. See our Technology in the Library guide for more information.


Brewster Kahle - 20 April 2015:
Brewster Kahle founded the Internet Archive in 1996 to strive for “universal access to all knowledge.” The IA preserves vintage software, moving images, sound, and text. He is introduced by Professor William P. Kelly. Watch the video here .


William Kelly and Robert Darnton - 29 April 2013:
Graduate Center President William P. Kelly and Robert Darnton, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and University Librarian, Harvard University, and founder, Digital Public Library of America, discuss the new Digital Public Library of America and how research libraries serve the public interest. Watch the video here .


From Map Sheets to Minecraft - 8 May 2014:
Learn how archives can be opened up (NYPL’s map collection as a case study) and hear about the legal considerations underlying such projects from Ben Vershbow (Founder and Manager, NYPL Labs) and Greg Cram (NYPL’s Associate Director of Copyright & Information Policy). Watch the video here .


Paul LeClerc - 17 April 2012:
Friends of the Mina Rees Library present Paul LeClerc, former President of the New York Public Library, in conversation with CUNY Graduate Center President William P. Kelly and Professor William Kornblum. Watch the video here .


Friends of the Library Annual Events:
The Friends of the Mina Rees Library sponsor an annual public presentation on a topic of special interest to library donors.  You can view past events by clicking on the video links below.


Welcome!:
This subject guide is intended to give you a starting point for understanding the field of digital humanities. The best way to get to know DH is to explore different projects. If you're working on your own project, take a look at the resources and tools tabs.


Other introductory guides:
Getting Started in the Digital Humanities: Written in 2011 by Lisa Spiro, cofounder of Bamboo DiRT (list of digital research tools)

CUNY Digital Humanities Resource Guide: Intro to DH and lists of tools, projects, and resources.


What does "digital humanities" mean?:


What does "digital humanities" mean?:What does "digital humanities" mean?:A network of 3,500 19th-century novels clustered according to stylistic and thematic similarity. Books authored by men are in blue; those by women are in pink. Image by Matt Jockers from Macroanalysis (2013). Part of digital humanities (DH) studies is figuring out what exactly DH is . Every year, the Day of DH online event asks participants to define 'digital humanities.' Here are some responses from 2012: At its simplest, DH is the utilization of computers and computational tools for the exploration, analysis, and production of humanistic knowledge. —Jennifer Guiliano, University of Maryland Researchers working with digital materials, tools, or methods in the humanities; researchers creating new digital materials, tools, or methods in the humanities; researchers studying computing using humanities methods. —Stan Ruecker, University of Alberta A community of practice using and critiquing digital tools to further humanities study.


using humanities methods. —Stan Ruecker, University of Alberta A community of practice using and critiquing digital tools to further humanities study.using humanities methods. —Stan Ruecker, University of Alberta A community of practice using and critiquing digital tools to further humanities study.using humanities methods. —Stan Ruecker, University of Alberta A community of practice using and critiquing digital tools to further humanities study.—Amanda French, George Mason University Qualitative queries, quantified. —Michael Ullyot, University of Calgary DH is either 1) any digital approach to humanistic objects, or, 2) any humanistic approach to digital objects. —Glen Worthey, Stanford University More responses » In 2010, some scholars created the Manifesto for the Digital Humanities » In 2012, Debates in the Digital Humanities was published, which critically examined what DH is and does.


Examples of digital humanities questions:
Examples of questions DH methods may help answer: How can we understand history in new ways using digital tools? Blog post: Travel across the Roman Empire in real time with ORBIS ( Ars Technica , 2012) Example project: Classical Timeline (in progress) Can a computer program tell us who wrote anonymous texts? Famous article: Neural Network Applications in Stylometry: The "Federalist Papers" (1996) Short blog post: Software Helps Identify Anonymous Writers ( New York Times Bits Blog, 2012) How can we search, compare, and explore old documents? Example project: DIY History (30,000+ archival pages transcribed by the public) Video: About the Digital Thoreau Project (see Digital Thoreau itself)


DH Centers:
CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative: Based at the CUNY Graduate Center, the DHI fosters community and organizes events

NYPL Labs: The New York Public Library has a track record of well-designed and -received projects, like the Map Warper .

Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities: MITH at the University of Maryland is the center of great projects , many of which are literature-related.

Scholars' Lab: The University of Virginia's SLab supports projects that include digital history and online tools.

Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media: Located at George Mason University, CHNM has produced many well-reviewed projects and tools.

Center for Digital Research in the Humanities: CDRH at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln has produced many projects and is particularly strong in digital history.

centerNet — more DH centers: centerNet has collected links to dozens (hundreds?) of academic centers participating in DH work.


DH on Twitter:
The digital humanities has taken to Twitter like ducks to water. The links below are to 'Lists' of Twitter-ers who are involved in DH.

Twitterstorians: (Twitter historians)


Scholarly journals:
Literary and Linguistic Computing: (Access through John Jay)

Computers and the Humanities: (Access through John Jay)


Books (online & print):
Digital_humanities (PDF): Burdick, Anne, ed. Digital_humanities. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 2012. Web. More info »

Debates in the Digital Humanities: Gold, Matthew K., ed. Debates in the Digital Humanities. Minneapolis: Univ Of Minnesota, 2012. Web.

A Companion to Digital Humanities: Schreibman, Susan, Raymond George Siemens, and John Unsworth, eds. A Companion to Digital Humanities. Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2004. Web.

A Companion to Digital Literary Studies: Siemens, Ray, and Susan Schreibman, eds. A Companion to Digital Literary Studies. Malden: Blackwell, 2007. Web.

Graphs, Maps, and Trees (PDF of excerpt): Moretti, Franco. Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for a Literary History. London: Verso, 2005. Print. At John Jay: PN3383 .S67 M6713 1999


Blogs:
Digital Humanities Now: A stream of resources, job announcements, reports, and CFPs (calls for participation).

DH201: Intro to Digital Humanities class: The professor and students of this 2012 graduate course at UCLA kept a blog . See also the list of resources .

Sapping Attention: "Using tools from the 1990s to answer questions from the 1960s about 19th century America."

Digital Humanities Specialist: Elijah Meeks, a Stanford DHer, talks about visualization projects in progress.

Matthew L. Jockers: The blog of Matt Jockers, University of Nebraska—Lincoln. His work centers on understanding the history of literature with the help of computers.

Big list of blogs: The CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative put together this long list of recommended blogs.


Topics and themes in DH:
These are some topics that come up frequently in digital humanities-related discussions. Here's a jump start in understanding these themes.

Open access: Peter Suber's definition: "Open-access (OA) literature [e.g., academic articles] is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions."

Libraries and archives: Bethany Nowviskie's thoughts on one way libraries, rare books, and DH are related.

Race, gender, and queer issues: #transformDH became a theme in 2011 in response to the questions, who are digital humanists, and how can the digital humanities embrace diversity and inclusion?

Learning how to code: DH is often about building things — tools, websites, software, and more. Stephen Ramsay reflects briefly on whether this means digital humanists need to learn how to program. Don't forget to read his followup . Also recommended: Miriam Posners's reflections on coding culture and diversity .


sts need to learn how to program. Don't forget to read his followup . Also recommended: Miriam Posners's reflections on coding culture and diversity .Big data: This article in the Chronicle of Higher Education gives a good look at one humanities project that embraces "big data" (in short, an abundance of information, so much that only computers could read through it all).

Text mining: Marti Hearst's definition: "Text mining is the discovery by computer of new, previously unknown information, by automatically extracting information from different written resources." See also: Ted Underwood on why humanists should learn text mining .


'Raw materials':
Many DH projects reuse data someone else has gathered. Below are some resources for materials you can use in your project.

Texts: Project Gutenberg: Thousands of out-of-copyright books and digital texts

Texts: corpuses: If you need a large amount of text (a corpus), this list of corpuses will be useful. Includes both English literature and biomedical texts.

Texts: Open Library: "One web page for every book." Browse millions of book titles, many of which are available to read online or download. Create lists of books ( example ).

Data.gov: Data from the U.S. Government. Includes geographic data.

Old Maps Online: Search engine for historical maps (New York's got plenty!)


DH at CUNY:
The digital humanities have an increasing presence within CUNY, which in 2010 launched the CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative , a collaborative initiative across all CUNY campuses. Many DHI events take place at the Graduate Center. The Graduate Center has also launched its own Digital Initiatives , which sponsors events to support DH and new media studies.


About these projects:
A network of 3,500 19th-century novels clustered according to stylistic and thematic similarity. Books authored by men are in blue; those by women are in pink. Image by Matt Jockers from Macroanalysis (2013). The projects listed below are a very small sampling of digital humanities work. They are organized according to type: Language and literature Maps and geography History Video games You can explore other projects at DHCommons , the DH Centers list on the Resources tab, and reading through journals and blogs also listed on the Resources tab.


Text and literature:
From Pgogy's Bill project — "letting a computer read Shakespeare"

Transcribe Bentham: A crowd-sourcing project to digitally transcribe manuscripts handwritten by Jeremy Bentham, the British philosopher. From University College London.

Patchworks and Field-Boundaries: Visualizing the History of English: Creating graphic maps of the history of English language. View some of the maps »

Women Writers Online: This Brown University project has transcribed hundreds of early modern (1450-1800) texts written by women. Explore by reading, visualizing, and comparing.


Maps and geography:
Detail from an 1842 map held at NYPL .

HyperCities: Explore old maps overlaid on big cities. New York has many!

ORBIS: Mapping Roman communication and trade routes in terms of time and expense. From Stanford.

Mapping the Republic of Letters: Mapping an early modern social network using big data. See the tools page for a behind-the-scenes look.


History:
Page from an 11th-century illuminated Koran, digitized by the Walters Art Museum and put on Flickr

What's on the menu?: Crowd-sourced transcriptions of old restaurant menus. From NYPL.

Van Gogh Letters: Hundreds of letters to/from Vincent van Gogh, the Impressionist artist.

Crossing Brooklyn Ferry: A close reading edition of the Walt Whitman poem, supplemented with photos, history, and glosses (more info on a word or line).


Video games:
Old Nintendo controllers, disassembled. ( Original image )

Preserving Virtual Worlds: Video games are highly complex files. Scholars across the country researched how to preserve them. Now in its second phase .

Pox in the City: A video game is currently in development, designed to help students understand medical practices in the time of smallpox. See also: "Pox in the City" article (2013) »


Questions about these?:
DH Answers is a very active forum site used by DH students and scholars. If you're learning a new tool or looking for one, chances are someone else has asked a relevant question and gotten some answers. And if not — ask a question yourself!


Mega-lists of tools:
DiRT: Digital Research Tools (DiRT) wiki. Arranges many digital research tools by type of task, like "Write collaboratively" or "Convert/manipulate files."

Digital tools for arts & humanities: "This is a catalogue of software tools used at different stages of the research lifecycle in the arts and humanities."


About these tools:
Scan from the Archimedes Palimpsest project , which revealed two important ancient texts invisibly written in an old book The tools listed below may be of use in digital humanities projects. A DH project could be as simple as making a site on WordPress or as complicated as writing your own software (yikes!). Either way, other people have paved the way with useful tools you can use. Don't forget to cite the tool if you publish something using it. The tools below are organized by type: Exploring text and literature Text mining (advanced) Using maps or GIS data Building a website Visualizing data


Exploring text and literature:
Graph of Frankenstein (blue) vs. Dracula (red), from Google's ngram viewer

Google Ngram Viewer: See how often a word is used throughout history, and compare it to other words. This uses all of Google's book data. Fun to play with! (But sometimes susceptible to errors.)

Bookworm for Open Library: Like Google Ngram Viewer, but searches books in Open Library

Voyant Tools: Paste 'n' go online tool. Visualize frequently-used words and word trends in your text.

Guide to Scholarly Text Encoding (advanced): From the Women Writers Project at Brown, this is a guide to using the Text Encoding Initiative standard to make texts easier to publish and analyze.


Text mining (advanced):
Selection of stop words

Natural Language Tool Kit (advanced): The NLTK is a bundle of corpora and text processing libraries to use with the Python language. Useful for tasks such as splitting a text into sentences and determining grammatical structures.

MALLET (advanced): A suite of Java-based tools for natural language processing (NLP). Particularly good for topic modeling and document classification.

TAPoR (advanced): "TAPoR is a gateway to tools for sophisticated analysis and retrieval, along with representative texts for experimentation."


Using maps and GIS data:
Map of the Paris Exposition, 1900, from the Brooklyn Museum's Flickr (GIS = Geographic Information Systems)

Map Warper: Overlay historical maps on current maps.

Neatline: From the website: "Neatline allows scholars, students, and curators to tell stories with maps and timelines. As a suite of add-on tools for Omeka, it opens new possibilities for hand-crafted, interactive spatial and temporal interpretation."

Google Maps: Create your own maps. Turn on Maps Labs (small link, lower left) to see a few more tools.

Open Street Map: OSM is like the Wikipedia of maps. If you're good with code, you can also configure it for your project — see Documentation .


Building a website:
WordPress websites

WordPress: A very easy way to make a website with good navigation. Optimized for blogs. You can install WordPress on a site you host yourself, or you can have WordPress host your site for free.

Omeka: Have a lot of visual content? Build a website with Omeka, which was designed for scholars, museums, and libraries. Requires you to have access to your own server or have a web host.

Drupal (advanced): An extremely robust content management system (CMS) to install on a site that you host yourself. Drupal is widely used and is very customizable, but there is a steep learning curve.


Visualizing data:
Detail from a visualization of what New Yorkers complain about the most, by Wired . See post at Flowing Data , a great data visualization blog.

Tutorials from Flowing Data (advanced): Making complex and interactive visualizations of data. Often uses the statistical software environment R .


Education: Guide to print and electronic education resources


Suggest New Materials:
The library welcomes suggestions for new books and other materials. Need It Soon? Purchasing and processing new materials takes weeks. If you need an item quickly, request it via Interlibrary Loan . Faculty: To request materials for a GC course you're teaching, use the Reserve Request Form .


General Library Resources:
Graduate Center Library Website: Starting point for finding books, articles, journals, databases, interlibrary loan, electronic reference, and more

OneSearch: OneSearch combines many initial searches into one interface: it includes print books from all CUNY libraries; Graduate Center ebooks; a massive index of articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers; Graduate Center course reserves; dissertations at CUNY and beyond; and unique digital content.

Interlibrary Loan: Need an article from a journal not at the Graduate Center? Need a book that not available from any CUNY library? Go here to submit an interlibrary loan request.

24/7 E-mail and Chat Reference: Use this service to ask questions at any time. Email questions will be answered by Graduate Center librarians. Chat questions may be answered by librarians at other institutions.


E-Research Basics:
Our E-Research Basics guide acquaints you with the basics of doing online research through the Mina Rees Library. You'll find information about logging in for remote access, deciding on and searching within a database, locating specific articles and doing broad exploratory searches, determining whether the GC has access to a particular journal, and more.


E-Journals - directories:
E-Journals at the GC: Search the Grad Center e-journal collections by journal title or browse by subject.

Directory of Open Access Journals: An independent index containing over 17,000 peer-reviewed, open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities.


Databases for Education Research:
Chronicle of Higher Education: Read the current issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education and access the latest news, advice, opinions, data, virtual events, and job listings.  To find Chronicle insights dating back to 1967 or to search the archives beginning in 1989, use this link and then filter the search. Additional options for coverage dating to 1988 may be found in the journal record in OneSearch .


ng in 1989, use this link and then filter the search. Additional options for coverage dating to 1988 may be found in the journal record in OneSearch .Education Source: Full text for over 1,800 journals, 550 monographs and education-related conference papers; indexing and abstracts for more than 2,850 academic periodicals; citations for over 4 million articles (including book reviews); and over 100,000 controlled and cross-referenced names of educational tests. Coverage spans all levels from early childhood to higher education and specialties such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.  Subjects include Adult Education, Continuing Education, Distance Learning, Government Funding, Multicultural/Ethic Education, Social Issues, Student Counseling, and Vocational Education.

Education Database: Includes over 1,000 full-text journals and 18,000 dissertations, and indexes over 1,200 education publications from 1988 to the present. Covers the literature on all levels of education as well as special education, home schooling, adult education, and related topics.


88 to the present. Covers the literature on all levels of education as well as special education, home schooling, adult education, and related topics.Education Week: An independent news organization covering K-12 education policy and practice since 1981. Education Week is a forum for news, information, advice and opinion for teachers, as well as discourse on critical issues in American education. Full text coverage from 1995 to the present with indexing beginning in 1993.

ERIC (EBSCO version): Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, ERIC provides access to education-related literature, covering journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations and theses, and books dating back to 1966. Contains abstracts and links to full text, when available. ERIC documents with ED numbers (but not EJ numbers) are available on microfiche on the second floor of the library from ED 000001 through ED 462533. Other ERIC documents may be available at the government's ERIC site.


n microfiche on the second floor of the library from ED 000001 through ED 462533. Other ERIC documents may be available at the government's ERIC site.ERIC (ProQuest version): Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, ERIC provides access to education-related literature, covering journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs from 1966 to the present. Contains abstracts and links to full text, when available. ERIC documents with ED numbers (but not EJ numbers) are available on microfiche on the second floor of the library from ED 000001 through ED 462533. Other ERIC documents may be available at the government's ERIC site.


n microfiche on the second floor of the library from ED 000001 through ED 462533. Other ERIC documents may be available at the government's ERIC site.LinkedIn Learning via NYPL: Please log in using your New York Public Library credentials! LinkedIn Learning, formerly known as Lynda.com, is an online educational site offering thousands of courses and video tutorials in Business (software and tools, marketing, project management, human resources, career development, etc.); creative fields (architecture, animation, audio and music, graphic design, motion graphics, photography, video, visualization, web design, etc.); Technology (cloud computing, data science, database management, DevOps, and mobile, software, and web development, and other fields); and certification exam prep and continuing education courses. Users can create accounts to track progress, create playlists, and keep course notes.

Professional Development Collection: Full text of 520 education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles, and more than 200 educational reports. Indexes an additional 700 journals.


xt of 520 education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles, and more than 200 educational reports. Indexes an additional 700 journals.Teacher Reference Center: Indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.

Child Care and Early Education Research Connections: Promoting high-quality research and informing policy through free access to thousands of publications and datasets.

Research Connections is a partnership between the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the Institute for Social Research, the University of Michigan.


niversity; the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the Institute for Social Research, the University of Michigan.Provides full-text articles in all subject areas from over 19,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources as well as thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR (National Public Radio) and CNN, and videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.  Subjects covered include biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science, and psychology.

Academic Search Complete: A multi-disciplinary database with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.  In addition to full text, the database includes indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and more than 13,200 publications, such as monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.  While full text is available as far back as 1887 for a few titles, the text of most titles is available only for the past decade or two.


edings, etc.  While full text is available as far back as 1887 for a few titles, the text of most titles is available only for the past decade or two.Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA): Indexes over 500 journals covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations, and education from 1987 to the present.  This database is part of the ProQuest Social Sciences Premium Collection.

Applied Science & Technology Source: Contains full text for almost 1,200 journals along with citations to millions of articles within a wide variety of applied science and computing disciplines, including aeronautics, nuclear engineering, and neural networks.  Coverage dates back to 1909.


e variety of applied science and computing disciplines, including aeronautics, nuclear engineering, and neural networks.  Coverage dates back to 1909.CQ Researcher: Full-text reports on a wide range of topics including health, education, the environment, technology, the U.S. government and economy, international affairs, crime, civil liberties, social movements, transportation, agriculture, and other political and social issues. Reports are 12,000 words long and include topic overviews, background information, statistics, chronologies, maps, current outlook, pro/con statements, and extensive bibliographies. The CQ Researcher archive goes back to 1923 and includes reports from its predecessor publication, Editorial Research Reports .


ensive bibliographies. The CQ Researcher archive goes back to 1923 and includes reports from its predecessor publication, Editorial Research Reports .JSTOR: A digital library containing journals, books, images, and primary sources. The GC’s subscription includes JSTOR’s Arts and Sciences I-XII collections of scholarly journals across the social sciences and humanities. Coverage begins with the first issue of almost every journal and continues through varying periods within the last five years. Also included are more than 700 freely accessible collections of illustrations, letters, literary documents, newspapers, magazines, photographs, postcards, and yearbooks; open access alternative press publications from the latter half of the 20th century; and thousands of research reports. 3+ million images in Artstor are also now discoverable in JSTOR. Browse content by subject, title, or collection, or search across the full resource. Register for a free personal account to save materials and organize your work.


t by subject, title, or collection, or search across the full resource. Register for a free personal account to save materials and organize your work.Palgrave Connect: Over 4,000 scholarly books published during 2010-2014. Please note that after October 2015, these titles will migrate to the Springer platform.

ProQuest (All Databases): Search across all ProQuest databases at once. OneSearch is another cross-database search option, allowing searching of even more databases and the CUNY Catalog.

Social Science Premium Collection: This collection includes databases covering the international literature in the social sciences, including politics, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology, linguistics, library science, and education. Together, they provide abstracts, indexing, and full text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, and more.  Click "more" to see the full list of databases included in this collection.


articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, and more.  Click "more" to see the full list of databases included in this collection.Search Social Science Premium as a whole or via individual databases: Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA) Criminal Justice Database Education Database ERIC International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) Library Science Database Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) Linguistics Database National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database PAIS Index Policy File Index Political Science Database Social Science Database Sociological Abstracts Sociology Database Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Social Science Database: Social Science Database indexes over 1,000 social science journals, with full text for 900 titles, providing extensive coverage across a wide range of disciplines including anthropology, communication, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology.


ge of disciplines including anthropology, communication, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology.Statistics Sources: Content of the 2010 edition. Guide to current sources of factual quantitative information about more than 20,000 specific subjects, incorporating almost 135,000 citations and more than 1,600 sources. Provides the widest possible range of print and nonprint, published and unpublished, and electronic and other forms of U.S. and international statistical data on industrial, business, social, educational, financial, and other topics.

Oxford Bibliographies: Bibliographies in American literature, Anthropology, Atlantic history, Cinema and Media Studies, Classics, Education, International Relations, Islamic studies, Latin American studies, Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, the Renaissance and Reformation, and Victorian Literature. Bibliographies are drawn from books, journals, and internet resources.


Science, Psychology, the Renaissance and Reformation, and Victorian Literature. Bibliographies are drawn from books, journals, and internet resources.Oxford English Dictionary (OED): With 600,000 words and 3.7 million quotations from over 1,000 years, the OED is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the meaning, history, and pronunciation of words in the English language.  The OED is updated quarterly with revised entries and new words and senses. The updates make up the Third Edition of the OED .

Oxford Handbooks Online: Collection of 600+ Oxford University Press handbooks in a wide range of subjects. Select “Unlocked” to see available titles, which may also be found in OneSearch . Other than Music, our collections do not include titles published after 2014. Those handbooks are available through the New York Public Library remotely .


r than Music, our collections do not include titles published after 2014. Those handbooks are available through the New York Public Library remotely .Oxford Art Online: Oxford Art Online is a platform for searching across the following art reference works listed below.  Create an optional subscriber account to save searches. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2nd ed.) The Oxford Companion to Western Art And the Grove Dictionary of Art , which can also be searched separately at Grove Art Online (CUNY does not subscribe to the Benezit Dictionary of Artists )


he Grove Dictionary of Art , which can also be searched separately at Grove Art Online (CUNY does not subscribe to the Benezit Dictionary of Artists )Oxford History of Western Music: The Oxford History of Western Music online offers an evolution of Western classical music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time, Richard Taruskin. The online version includes all 1.25 million words, 500 images, and 1,800 musical examples from the updated paperback edition with sophisticated search and browse functionality designed to maximize the dynamic possibilities of online reading and research. Taruskin’s text is accompanied by editorially selected links to relevant articles in Oxford Art Online.

Oxford Dictionaries: Formerly Oxford Language Dictionaries Online. Translations of thousands of Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish words and phrases.


: Formerly Oxford Language Dictionaries Online. Translations of thousands of Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish words and phrases.Oxford Academic via NYPL: Please log in using your New York Public Library credentials! Oxford Academic provides access to scholarly and academic books and journals from Oxford University Press and its partners. The publications cover a wide range of subjects, including the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law. Access to the AMA Manual of Style is also included. Content from Oxford Handbooks, University Press Scholarship Online, Oxford Scholarship Online, and Very Short Introductions can now be found through Oxford Academic.


Library Catalogs:
OneSearch: OneSearch combines many initial searches into one interface: it includes print books from all CUNY libraries; Graduate Center ebooks; a massive index of articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers; Graduate Center course reserves; dissertations at CUNY and beyond; and unique digital content.

European Library: European national libraries.


Beyond the Grad Center:
If the Graduate Center does not have the book you need you can have it sent here from another library or visit many of the world reknown research and art libraries in New York City.

CUNY CLICS: You can have books from other CUNY libraries sent to the Graduate Center. From the library catalog, click the 'Request' link. CLICS can only be used for books. If you need photocopies of an article or book chapter submit an interlibrary loan request.

Interlibrary Loan: If the book you need is not available at any CUNY library or if you need an article from a journal not at the Grad Center, submit an interlibrary loan request for this item. If you have questions or need help placing your request, email ill@gc.cuny.edu.


Reference E-Books:
Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences: Complete text of first and second editions and all supplements of this important text. Note: first and second editions

Foundation Directory Online, FDO: The FDO profiles over 220,000 grantmakers and 900,000 recipients, and provides information on over 17 million grants. It covers private, independent, and corporate foundations, U.S. federal funders, public charities, and international foundations. The data in FDO is compiled from IRS Forms 990 and 990-PF, grantmaker websites, annual reports, printed application guidelines, the philanthropic press, and various other sources. Searchable by names of individuals or organizations, subject, geographic focus, population served, and other indexes.


ress, and various other sources. Searchable by names of individuals or organizations, subject, geographic focus, population served, and other indexes.Grolier Reference Online: Includes American Language Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed., American Heritage Spanish to English Dictionary, American Heritage English to Spanish Dictionary, Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, 3rd ed., and Encyclopedia Americana.

Oxford Dictionaries: Formerly Oxford Language Dictionaries Online. Translations of thousands of Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish words and phrases.

Oxford English Dictionary (OED): With 600,000 words and 3.7 million quotations from over 1,000 years, the OED is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the meaning, history, and pronunciation of words in the English language.  The OED is updated quarterly with revised entries and new words and senses. The updates make up the Third Edition of the OED .


the English language.  The OED is updated quarterly with revised entries and new words and senses. The updates make up the Third Edition of the OED .Oxford Reference: Text of nearly 400 Oxford University Press reference works in 25 core subject areas. Titles include Oxford Companions to American Literature, American Theatre, the Bible, British History, Classical Civilization, History of Modern Science, Music, Philosophy, Politics of the World, Shakespeare, United States History, and Western Art. Available titles may be found in OneSearch .

Oxford Bibliographies: Bibliographies in American literature, Anthropology, Atlantic history, Cinema and Media Studies, Classics, Education, International Relations, Islamic studies, Latin American studies, Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, the Renaissance and Reformation, and Victorian Literature. Bibliographies are drawn from books, journals, and internet resources.


Style Guides:
APA Formatting & Style Guide: From Purdue's online writing lab, a lengthy outline of style guide basics from the American Psychological Association. The full APA style guide is available in print book format only.

APSA Formatting & Style Guide: From the University of Wisconsin's writing center, an overview of the American Association of Political Science's style manual.

ASA Formatting & Style Guide: From Purdue's online writing lab, an outline of American Sociological Association manuscript formatting, in-text citations, and formatting the references page.

Associated Press Style: From Purdue's online writing lab, a lengthy outline of AP basics.

BibMe: Create MLA, APA, or Chicago style citations with ISBN, author, title. Format web sites, journals, videos, newspapers, and “other.” Save bibliography online then paste into a research paper.


ions with ISBN, author, title. Format web sites, journals, videos, newspapers, and “other.” Save bibliography online then paste into a research paper.Chicago Manual of Style Online: Full text of the 17th and 18th editions of the Chicago Manual of Style, including quick guide, questions and answers, and additional tools.

Citation Machine: Formats citations in APA, MLA, Turabian or Chicago writing style.

Citing Government Documents: Government documents can be more difficult to cite properly than standard books and journals.This short bibliography by Columbia University librarians suggests guides to government document citation formats.

ICMJE: International Committee of Medical Journals Editors: Includes style guide and other writing guides. Required style for CUNY Doctor of Public Health program dissertations.

Legal Citation: Cornell University's introduction to legal citation.

MLA Documentation & Style Guide: From the University of Wisconsin's writing center, the Modern Language's Association writing guidelines, summarized.


MLA Documentation & Style Guide: From the University of Wisconsin's writing center, the Modern Language's Association writing guidelines, summarized.MLA Formatting & Style Guide: From Purdue University's online writing lab, a lengthy outline of Modern Language Association style.

Turabian Quick Guide: Outline of Turabian style, based on the Chicago style.


Citation Managers:
Citation managers allow you to save and organize references and citations you gather during research. You can Import citations from databases. Attach pdfs and images. Generate bibliographies and footnotes. There are two main citation managers supported by the Graduate Center: Zotero and Refworks . To learn more, make an appointment with a librarian .

Zotero: Saves and helps you to organize citations to articles, books, webpages, and more. Works with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari. Install the Zotero Word plug-in to quickly create bibliographies and add citations to papers.


. Works with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari. Install the Zotero Word plug-in to quickly create bibliographies and add citations to papers.Refworks: Online citation management licensed for all CUNY campuses. Generate footnotes and bibliography in any writing style; organize citations and notes in your private library. 25 MB limit on individual file size; 5 GB individual account limit. Group Code: RWGradC There is a new interface available for RefWorks; see the library guide Citation Managers & Style Guides for more information.


Tests & Measurements:
Mental Measurements Yearbook: Information about and reviews of 3,000+ contemporary English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas, plus all previous editions of the Mental Measurements Yearbook dating back to 1938 (10,000+ full text reviews).

PsycTests: A database of full text psychological tests and measures designed for use with social and behavioral science research. Also includes structured information about tests of relevance to psychologists and professionals in related fields. Uncheck the APA Handbooks box to search only PsycTests.

Testlink (ETS Test Collection Index): Purchase online or find free in the Grad Center ETS Collection, shelved under "Tests in Microfiche," Graduate Center Library Fiche, North. Also see ETS Test Collection Catalog (Graduate Center Ref LB 3051 .E79 1993); Tests in Print, V. 1 - 6 (Graduate Center Ref LB 3051 .T455)


Beyond the Graduate Center:
NYU's Bobst Library has even more sources for tests and measures. You can get access to Bobst with a MaRLI card. Apply for MaRLI through the NYPL - all you need is an NYPL library card and a research need! One database to check out is Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI): This database indexes the use of tests and measurement instruments in journal literature in a variety of fields including public health, nursing, psychology, human resources, sociology, and communication from 1985-present. For additional resources, visit the NYU Psychological, Health, and Educational Tests Research Guide


Statistics and Data:
Childstats.gov: Annual report on the well-being of children and families in the United States.

Demographic Yearbook: The Demographic Yearbook disseminates statistics on population size and composition, births, deaths, marriage and divorce on an annual basis. Special topics issues cover a wide range of additional topics including economic activity, educational attainment, household characteristics, housing, ethnicity and language, among others.

Digest of Educational Statistics: Annual compilation of statistical data from the Dept. of Education on a broad range of educational topics.

Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences: Complete text of first and second editions and all supplements. Revisions and new articles added quarterly.

Nation's Report Card (NCES): Reports of the national assessment of educational progress.

State Education Data Profiles (NCES): State-wide data for all levels of education and selected demographic information.


ment of educational progress.

State Education Data Profiles (NCES): State-wide data for all levels of education and selected demographic information.Statistical Insight: Includes indexing, abstracting, and full text of millions of statistical reports, publications, tables, and datasets on thousands of topics produced by U.S. federal agencies, state governments, private and academic organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations.


Webinar Recordings:
These short videos cover a range of topics meant to help GC students perform research and organize their findings. Flash 10.3 or higher required to view.

NEW Nursing and Health Sciences Resources: This 30 minute webinar covers the databases CINAHL, PsycTests, Statistical Insights, Oxford Reference, and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.

Resources in Social Sciences: Search tips and resource recommendations for research in the social sciences.


Federal Government Information:
Congress.gov: Federal legislation information

National Library of Education: Contains the archives of the Department of Education.

U.S. Dept. of Education: Select "Research and Statistics"; the site is much stronger in post 1998 material.


NYS & NYC Government Information:
New York City Dept. of Education: Contains mostly current information.

New York City Municipal Library: Recent publications; Papers of the NYC Board of Ed, 1842-2002; Papers of Board members available online; photographs; City Hall Library

New York State Archives: See "Research Topics: Education"

New York State Research Library: Serves as a federal & NYS depository; includes links to local depository libraries; online collections, and "Historical Documents Inventory".

NYCdata: Demographic, political, financial, and cultural information about New York City from Baruch College’s Weissman Center for International Business.  Includes links to data sources.


Intro to ArcGIS: This is a brief introduction to using ArcGIS Desktop 10.1 to explore GIS concepts.


Intro to ArcGIS Guide:
This guide will help you: Become familiar with ArcGIS Find spatial and tabular data to use with ArcGIS Manipulate & analyze data using ArcGIS Print (or save) a map from your data Locate tutorials, how-to videos, and ArcGIS documentation Related guides: Intro to GIS


Overview:
ArcGIS is the industry standard GIS software package and is produced by Esri (formerly ESRI, or Environmental Systems Research Institute). It is a Windows-only suite of programs: ArcMap: for making maps and conducting analyses ArcCatalog: for organizing data and metadata, similar to "My Computer" on a Windows PC ArcScene: incorporates 3D visualizations of terrain into maps ArcGlobe: for 3D visualizations of very large raster or vector data sets ArcGIS lets you analyze data sets in relation to each other, spatially. For example: Where is the best location in the Northeast US for a new power plant? How will projected climate change affect the range of the Mink Toad? Which zip codes in Brooklyn are the most toxic (i.e., most SuperFund sites)?


Alternatives to ArcGIS:
ArcGIS is expensive and not intended for casual use, nor is it available from off-campus. Other GIS applications may be more appropriate for your project: Google Fusion Tables - Heat maps and other visualization tools, for working with your own uploaded data QGIS - Quantum GIS is an open source GIS project that runs on both Windows and Mac Many Eyes - Data visualization site allows you to upload and map data from countries and US counties. Requires free registration. GeoCommons - Versatile option for distributing, mapping, and some analysis of spatial data. Tableau Public - Quickly build interactive maps based on states, counties, ZIP codes or countries. WorldMap - Open source system from Harvard for creating maps, uploading and downloading shapefiles and KMLs R Maptools - For users of the statistical programming language R, this package can draw simple maps.


Intro to ArcGIS class materials:
Class handout Class introduction/overview Screencast


Where can I use ArcGIS?:
This is a guide to using ArcGIS 10.1 Desktop, which is available on all workstations in the Graduate Center Library. From the Start menu, choose "All Programs" then navigate to ArcMap. For off-campus access to ArcGIS, log in to Citrix . You'll find ArcGIS in the Statistics folder. Also, ArcExplorer , a less versatile version of the software, is available for free download. Alternatively, QGIS is a free, open source GIS platform that can be downloaded and used at home.


Evaluating Data Sources:
Not all data are created equally! Here are some questions to consider before downloading: Who operates this site, and where do the datasets come from? What kind of data do they have (raster, vector, tabular)? How would you describe its scope or target audience? What file formats are available? What geographic areas (extents)? What descriptive information about the data set (metadata, or README file) was available? Was there information about projection or coordinate system? How easy was the site to navigate? What caused confusion, if anything?


New York City MapPLUTO - NYC tax lot data and features BYTES of the BIG APPLE - boundary, zoning, and streets data Baruch's GIS Data Repository - includes a mix of public and Baruch/CUNY-only data DoITT - Services: GIS - transportation networks, survey points, water bodies, building footprints, and open spaces mapped by the NYC Department of Information Technologies and Telecommunications NYC Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene - Community Health Survey data, boundaries for health districts and public health office locations New York State NYS GIS Clearinghouse Cornell University Geospatial Information Repository (CUGIR) United States Census Bureau TIGER Products Includes shapefile boundaries for Census geographies. National Atlas from the US Geological Survey USDA Geospatial Data Gateway from the US Dept. of Agriculture DATA.gov US Federal agency data; can limit to geospatial data International Data by Country From DIVA-GIS UNEP GEO Data Portal from the UN Environment Programme


Sources for Tabular Data:
New York City NYC Open Data New York State Open New York NYS Data Center economic and demographic data for NYState Federal Agencies USDA Geospatial Data Gateway from the US Dept. of Agriculture Soil Surveys (US) provides access to soil data to download and online interactive maps from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service National Ocean Service Data Explorer provides centralized access to distributed NOS geospatial data, tools, applications and services National Transportation Database includes transportation facilities, transportation networks, and associated infrastructure Geospatial Data from the Energy Information Agency Environmental Dataset Gateway (EDG) from the Environmental Protection Agency


Data for GIS:
Point: A single pair of coordinates (e.g., buildings, landmarks)

Line: Something with length but not width (e.g., roads, streams, railroads)

Polygon: An area with boundaries (e.g., states, census tracts)

Vector data represent discrete features, which could have names or attributes. Vector features comprise three types: Common formats: shapefile, KML or KMZ Raster data represent surfaces or continuous features using cells (pixels) in a grid. Raster files are frequently used to show rainfall or elevation. Satellite imagery and scanned maps are also examples of raster data. Common raster file formats : TIFF, Esri GRID, IMG Tabular data contains records for places that can be converted by plotting coordinates or joining identifiers to a vector file. Common table file formats: delimited text files, spreadsheets


Data Inputs List of data formats supported in ArcGIS List of supported raster and image data formats Geodatabase : The default data structure for recent versions of ArcGIS, intended to more efficiently manage files that are part of the relational database. The geodatabase will show up on your computer as a folder with the .gdb extension. If all the layers being used for a project are inside the geodatabase, then the geodatabase folder and all contents should make the entire project easy to move and share. Layer File (.lyr extension):  Similar to .mxd files, these store references (e.g., full path) to actual data (e.g., Shapefiles) and also to store how the data is displayed, associations, etc. Map Document (.mxd extension): A file representing a map workspace created in ArcMap.


and also to store how the data is displayed, associations, etc. Map Document (.mxd extension): A file representing a map workspace created in ArcMap. and also to store how the data is displayed, associations, etc. Map Document (.mxd extension): A file representing a map workspace created in ArcMap. and also to store how the data is displayed, associations, etc. Map Document (.mxd extension): A file representing a map workspace created in ArcMap.Sort of a bookmark file, which tells the program which layers and tables are being used for the particular map and how they are being symbolized.  All the files referred to that are being used to build the layers and store the data must be accessible. Raster Image Formats: ArcGIS can open selected raster dataset formats. These may be georeferenced (registered), such as certain JPEG files or the GeoTIFF format. Even if an image is not registered, they can be manually georeferenced so you can overlay other layers.  See documentation or the University of Michigan's help guide or go to the official help pages . Shapefile :  Most commonly used format for spatial data, these files have the extension .shp. When you open one of these layers, it also uses several auxiliary files that are in the same folder as the .shp file (i.e., several related files are needed for the shapefile to open).


Data Conversion Tools:
Sometimes the data you need won't be in the format you want. Here are some tools to correct for that: ArcGIS Conversion Toolbox GDAL QGIS shp2kml FME


Geodatabases:
ArcCatalog lets you see the organization of your connected folders, geodatabases, feature classes, and other data. You can open ArcCatalog by clicking on its name on the right side of your data window, or from the Windows menu in ArcGIS. Within ArcCatalog, it's recommended that you organize your project files within a geodatabase for a variety of reasons (including processing speed, expanded functionality). Geodatabases often appear as single files with the “.gdb” extension or “.mdb” extension. In a GDB, “shapefiles” are referred to as “feature classes.” Otherwise, they perform the same function when you add them as layers to your map in ArcGIS. What is ArcCatalog? Building a Geodatabase Tutorial


Coordinate Systems:
To determine which projection, if any, is defined for a layer, double-click that layer's name in the Table of Contents to bring up the Properties dialog. Look at the Source tab. A data frame's coordinates will be set by the first layer that you open. Most of the time, ArcGIS can project spatial data from different coordinate systems as long as these are defined . If your layers aren't lining up or you're adding data that lacks projection information, you'll need to do some extra work. Why Don't My Layers Line Up? | Georeferencing of Scanned Maps [PDF]


Common functions in ArcGIS:
Selecting data by attribute Selection data by location Joining/relating attribute tables Geocoding data Georeferencing raster data Symbology


Layout View:
Once your data analysis and symbology are completed to your satisfaction, you can format your map (with a legend, scale, compass rose, inlay, and rights information) using the Layout View in ArcMap. You can toggle between Data View and Layout View using the icons at the bottom of the ArcMap window. Alternatively, you can select Layout View from the ArcMap "Windows" menu. A quick tour of page layouts


Saving Maps:
The default file format for maps is .mxd. When you save in this format, however, it serves as an index file (it points to underlying data, but doesn't include it). If you reopen a .mxd file and it can't find the data for a particular layer, a red exclamation point will appear next to the layer name. Right-clicking on this exclamation point will let you browse to the new/correct source of the data. Alternatively, you can export your data as a map package (.mpk). This will be a much larger file, but will include the underlying data. Creating a map package


Help Documentation:
The Help Documentation for ArcGIS Desktop is surprisingly thorough and includes many tutorials. It's available from the Help menu in ArcGIS, or online . Content can be browsed by topic or searched by keyword. Individual help pages can be bookmarked for later reference.


ESRI Tutorials and Videos:
Esri makes some tutorials available for free online, and through the ArcGIS Help menu: expand the Essentials Library and then choose "Getting Started with ArcGIS Desktop.”. These free videos from Esri are typically just a few minutes long, and cover a range of specific how-to topics for ArcGIS Desktop , ArcGIS online , and for several of the desktop extensions and special applications. More in-depth recorded training seminars on specific topics are also available. These are also free , and typically are recordings of 1-hour webinars.


Intro to ArcGIS class materials:
Class handout Class introduction/overview


Selecting Data by Attribute:


Selecting Data by Attribute:Selecting Data by Attribute:To create a new layer with only a subset of your data that matches a particular attribute, use the selection menu, and select “Select by Attributes". Then, in the dialog box, choose the layer that has the feature(s) you want to select, and choose the field in that layer’s table you want to search by. Next, choose the operator you want to use (equals, greater than, etc.), then enter the value you’re looking for in the large text box at the bottom. If you don’t know offhand the value you’re looking for, click the “get unique values” button to see all available values in that field of that table. The search is based on SQL queries and must be entered with quotations marks correctly, so you may want to use the “Get Unique Values” button to choose from presets rather than typing things in. Your selection will now be highlighted in the attribute table. To export this data to a new layer, right-click on the layer you selected from, select "Data", and choose "Export Data".


ghted in the attribute table. To export this data to a new layer, right-click on the layer you selected from, select "Data", and choose "Export Data".ghted in the attribute table. To export this data to a new layer, right-click on the layer you selected from, select "Data", and choose "Export Data".ghted in the attribute table. To export this data to a new layer, right-click on the layer you selected from, select "Data", and choose "Export Data".Then you will have the option to add this new layer to your data window. If you say yes, then you can remove the original layer. Select by Attribute (Data Management)


Selecting Data by Location:
Another option is to create a selection by location (i.e., by searching for features having a particular spatial characteristic). Go to the selection menu and choose “Select by Location”. Then, choose the layer you want to select features from. Next, choose a “source layer”, or the layer with the spatial/locational aspects you want to cross-reference with the first layer. You have a number of options for operations, and you can play with them to see how they work, and if you get the expected results. One common method is “contains”. "Intersect" is also commonly used, as it will select areas where the two layers intersect. Select by Location: graphic examples


Join (based on attributes): You can add you own data in various tabular formats (.dbf .xls .csv or other delimited text) to the attributes of a geographic layer (e.g., polygon, line, or point).  You need to have a locational variable in your own data and one in the target GIS layer that have matching values so that the program can match up the rows correctly (e.g., match a county name to a county name). Online help: overview ; how to join Perform a join by right clicking in the Table of Contents on the name of the layer that you want to add data to and look for the Joins & Relates option.  This opens the Join Data dialog box.  Choose the option to join based on attributes. Such a join will add all the columns of your tabular data to the attributes of the geographic layer (shapefile, etc.) in the map project.


attributes. Such a join will add all the columns of your tabular data to the attributes of the geographic layer (shapefile, etc.) in the map project. attributes. Such a join will add all the columns of your tabular data to the attributes of the geographic layer (shapefile, etc.) in the map project. attributes. Such a join will add all the columns of your tabular data to the attributes of the geographic layer (shapefile, etc.) in the map project.This method will not alter the attribute table (the .dbf table) of the geographic layer in the underlying file:  it's an on-the-fly link to your data.  A useful alternative is the Join Field tool (described below). Numeric versus text fields: Special care must be taken with the variable definitions, especially when numerals are being used as codes, which should be text (string) variables (e.g., Zip Codes, ANSI codes).  Excel is notoriously awkward about defining and saving such fields correctly, and it's easy to strip leading zeros.  String values must join to string values, and numeric to numeric.   You can use ArcCatalog to first import Excel data into a File Database to control the field definition: Tutorial from UNC-Chapel Hill .  Or, you can use the Table to Table tool to control the field definitions. Online help.


control the field definition: Tutorial from UNC-Chapel Hill .  Or, you can use the Table to Table tool to control the field definitions. Online help. control the field definition: Tutorial from UNC-Chapel Hill .  Or, you can use the Table to Table tool to control the field definitions. Online help. control the field definition: Tutorial from UNC-Chapel Hill .  Or, you can use the Table to Table tool to control the field definitions. Online help.Join (based on spatial location): This also adds more columns to a target layer's attribute table, but: The added data comes from the attributes of another geographic layer, not from purely tabular data. The join is based on the location of features in the layers, rather than on common values in an attribute field. The result will be a new layer (i.e., a new shapefile) that includes the newly expanded attribute table. It doesn't alter the attributes of the original layer that you're joining to. You might typically use this to determine the location of each point in a layer and associate each with the attributes (including geographic identifiers) of a geographic polygon (e.g., a census tract, whose attributes would include the number of the tract). Perform a join by right clicking in the Table of Contents on the name of the layer that you want to add data to and look for the Joins & Relates option.  This opens the Join Data dialog box. Choose the option to join based on location.


Vector Data:
Geocoding addresses: ArcGIS can determine the location of addresses, for instance if you have a spreadsheet with address data.  You need to have a steet layer formatted appropriately. ArcGIS will create a point at the location of each address. Quick Tour of Geocoding | Tutorial from ESRI | Address Geocoding with ArcGIS Plotting X/Y data: You can plot your data that has coordinate information (latitude/longitude or any other coordinate system) into ArcGIS.  The program plots the locations as points on your map. Adding X,Y Coordinate Data as a Layer


Raster Data:
You can georeference raster imagery such as satellite/aerial photos, or scanned paper maps, so that ArcGIS will know its location and allow you to overlay other GIS layers. This involves matching control points in your raster image and on your already-georeferenced target data. Fundamentals of georeferencing a raster dataset


Tutorial:
Changing a layer's symbology allows you to depict demographic data on the map.  Use the layer's Properties dialogue (right-click on the layer's name in the Table of Contents) and choose the Symbology tab .  Choosing "Quantities" and then "Graduated Color" is often useful to visualize numeric data in ranges as a choropleth map .  You will often want to normalize the value of a variable with a total for that geographic unit (e.g., divide the population size of a certain age group by the total population). Online help on displaying layers in general


Data Management: This guide outlines the how's and why's of managing research data at the CUNY Grad Center.


Data management:
This guide will help you with: Formatting & organizing your data Documenting your data effectively Backing up and securing your data Sharing & archiving your data Granting requirements for data management Other resources : The Research Data Management Workbook DataWorks! Help Desk Knowledge Base Data Quality Literacy: A Guidebook


Data Management Lectures and Books:
Margaret Smith's Instructional Slides Steve Zweibel's Instructional Slides Kristin Briney's 'The Research Data Management Workbook'


CUNY Computing and Information Services: Security Policies & Procedures CUNY Computing and Information Services: Endpoint Encryption Best Practices CUNY Academic Commons: Data Management Tools (Note: Some of the tools listed on this page may not be appropriate for data management plans or long-term data management.) Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (OIRA)'s Guiding Questions and General Tips for Working with Data for Program Reviews handout. All CUNY faculty members, postdoctoral scholars, graduate and undergraduate students involved in human subjects research as key personnel must complete the applicable Basic Course (e.g. HSR for Social & Behavioral Faculty, Graduate Students, & Postdoctoral Fellows ) in the protection of human subjects prior to Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval of their protocol.  See more info about research compliance courses . Rebecca Banchik is the GC's Director of the Human Research Protection Program .


of their protocol.  See more info about research compliance courses . Rebecca Banchik is the GC's Director of the Human Research Protection Program . of their protocol.  See more info about research compliance courses . Rebecca Banchik is the GC's Director of the Human Research Protection Program . of their protocol.  See more info about research compliance courses . Rebecca Banchik is the GC's Director of the Human Research Protection Program .Adrienne Klein , is the GC's Director of Special Projects and Research Integrity Officer, of Research and Sponsored Programs .


Essentials to a Data Management Plan (DMP):
Data Management Plans include information on: Data description / dictionar y , file organization , formats and naming. See guide to file organization from Simmons University. Readme file.  See guide to writing “readme” style metadata from Cornell University. Storage & data backup plan Security Discovery & Data Sharing Preservation methods. See guide to preservation best practices from DataONE. DataOne's ' Primer on Data Management: What you always wanted to know ' is a comprehensive guide helping users become familiar to the most relevant steps in the data lifecycle.


What counts as data?:
Observational: data captured in real-time, usually irreplaceable (e.g., censor data, telemetry, survey data, sample data, neuroimages) Integrated and transformed : data from different sources, but transformed so disparate data ensuring data compatibility (document provenance, workflows and changes). Experimental: data from lab equipment, often reproducible, but can be expensive (e.g., gene sequences, chromatograms, toroid magnetic field data) Simulation: data generated from test models where model and metadata (inputs) are more important than output data (e.g., climate models, economic models) Derived or compiled: data that is reproducible, but very expensive (e.g., text and data mining, compiled database, 3D models, data gathered from public documents)


DMPTool:
The DMPTool is an online tool that includes data management plan templates for many of the large funding agencies that require such plans. The tool includes general guidance, links to helpful documentation, issues to consider, and specific questions to think about as you prepare your data management plan. Space is provided to compose a response for each of the main areas that your funding agency would like for you to address in your plan. You can save and come back to your plan as often as you like. When you are finished, you can export your plan in plain text format and insert it into your grant proposal.


Why?:
Most Scientific Research Data From the 1990s Is Lost Forever Growth in the Time of Depth Leakage


Evaluate your data needs:


Evaluate your data needs:Evaluate your data needs:MIT's Data Management Overview Data description What type of data will be produced? Will it be reproducible? What would happen if it got lost or became unusable later? How much data will there be? How quickly will it grow? How often will it change? Once archives/stored, what kind of access will be needed to use it? Who will use the data now, and in the future? Who controls the data (PI, student, lab, CUNY, funding agency)? What intellectual property considerations might apply? How long should the data be retained? How long would you expect it to be useful, e.g.