ubjects 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.Art Full Text: Full-text articles from more than 300 periodicals dating back to 1995; indexing and abstracting of 600 periodicals dating back to 1984; and indexing and abstracting of more than 13,000 art dissertations. Covers art history and criticism, architecture and architectural history, archaeology, antiques, museum studies, graphic arts, industrial design, landscape architecture, interior design, styles and art movements, folk art, painting, photography, pottery, sculpture, decorative arts, costume design, film, television and video, advertising art, non-western art, textiles and more.

Copy of American Studies with new layout


ng, photography, pottery, sculpture, decorative arts, costume design, film, television and video, advertising art, non-western art, textiles and more.Gale Literature: Gale Literature searches multiple databases at once, combining Gale Literature Resource Center (biographies, overviews, criticism, audio interviews, and reviews), Gale LitFinder (full text poems, plays, short stories, and speeches from all eras), and Gale eBooks (reference sources). It also includes the Gale Literary Index covering 165,000 authors and 215,000 works, and workflow tools to analyze information.


s (reference sources). It also includes the Gale Literary Index covering 165,000 authors and 215,000 works, and workflow tools to analyze information.Gale Primary Sources (formerly Artemis Primary Sources): Gale Primary Sources searches across 11 collections at once. It includes Archives of Latin American and Caribbean History, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century; British Library Newspapers; Eighteenth Century Collections Online; Nineteenth Century Collections Online; Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926; Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection; Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive; The Economist Historical Archive; The Making of the Modern World; The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive; U.S. Declassified Documents Online; and Women's Studies Archive.

Communication & Mass Media Complete: Includes the full text of over 450 journals in communications and media, as well as indexing and abstracts for more than 770 titles. Useful for a wide range of topics in the humanities and social sciences.


ations and media, as well as indexing and abstracts for more than 770 titles. Useful for a wide range of topics in the humanities and social sciences.Readers' Guide Full Text Mega: Includes indexing of over 450 periodicals from 1983 to the present and searchable full text of articles from over 250 popular general-interest periodicals from 1994 to the present. PDF page images of full-text articles provide access to illustrations, photographs and other graphical content.

Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982: Provides indexing of over three million articles from more than 550 popular general-interest periodicals from 1890-1982, including full coverage of the original print volumes of Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature .

World Newspaper Archive, 1800-1922: World Newspaper Archive includes historical newspapers published in Africa, Latin America, South Asia, and the United States, created in partnership with the Center for Research Libraries.


Borrowing 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 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: Submit an interlibrary loan request for books, book chapters, journal articles and more! If you have questions or need help placing your request, email ill@gc.cuny.edu.


Catalogs and Other Resources:
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.

WorldCat Discovery: WorldCat Discovery is a catalog and discovery system containing millions of records for print and electronic holdings in thousands of libraries around the world.


Visiting Other Libraries:
Other CUNY Libraries: All CUNY students and faculty have access to all CUNY libraries and may check out books at all but CUNY Law.  Reference books, special collections, audiovisual materials, and electronic resources may be used only within these libraries.

Metro Referral Cards: Ask at the reference desk on the second floor of the Graduate Center library for one-time-only passes to New York City area libraries, beyond CUNY. If items are available at a CUNY library, you would use CLICs (Inter-library borrowing) or visit that library in person; Metro Cards are used for one-time to access beyond CUNY's collections. For longer access, see MaRLI above.

MaRLI (Manhattan Research Library Initiative): This research initiative allows selected researchers access and circulation privileges at Columbia University, New York University, and New York Public Library's research libraries.


Primary Source Resources Outside CUNY:
Archive Grid: Searchable database containing over 7 million records describing archival collections in 1,400 libraries, archives, museums, and historical societies around the world.  Also useful for identifying archival repositories by location. Read more in our GC Library blog post about ArchiveGrid .

British Library: One of world's largest collections of primary documents.

Fales Library NYU: Open by appointment, the Fales Library has extensive archival and special collections.  Finding aids are available online.

Folger Shakespeare Library: World's largest collection of Shakespeare materials and other resources related to the Renaissance.

Large collection of manuscripts in the humanities.

Library of Congress: One of the world's largest collections of primary and secondary material.


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Large collection of manuscripts in the humanities.

Library of Congress: One of the world's largest collections of primary and secondary material.The Morgan Library: Materials related to the history, literature, and art of the Western world. Use of the library is by appointment. In addition, an application form must be completed.

NYPL Special Collections: In addition to the Manuscript & Archives Division there are numerous special collections that also contain primary source materials.

Umbra Search African American History: Umbra Search African American History brings together more than 500,000 digitized materials from over 1,000 libraries and archives across the country. Umbra Search pays homage to the Umbra Society of the early 1960s, a renegade group of Black writers and poets who helped create the Black Arts Movement.


The Elusive Dissertation:
There is no single source for a comprehensive dissertation search. WorldCat and ProQuest Digital Dissertations and Theses Full Text include most American dissertations. Dissertations @ The Center for Research Libraries lends non-American dissertations to member borrowers. Library catalogs and specialized repositories contain other titles. Request any dissertation through Interlibrary Loan . Though not every title is available through ILL, it is worth a try.


Dissertations at the Graduate Center:
Graduate Center dissertations from 1988 to the present are available for browsing in the Dissertation Reading Room on the first floor of the library. If you do not know the year of a dissertation, check the author or title in the CUNY Catalog or in Digital Dissertations . For more information about submitting your own thesis or dissertation, see the Dissertations & Theses guide.


Dissertation Databases & Repositories:
For more information on depositing dissertations and theses, see the Dissertations & Theses guide.

CUNY Dissertations in Academic Works, 2014-present: As of 2014, all Graduate Center dissertations and master's theses appear in the Graduate Center's institutional repository, Academic Works. Many dissertations/theses are open access in Academic Works, but some are embargoed and will not become available until a future date. Pre-2014 dissertations currently are in the process of being added to Academic Works. Unless requested otherwise by the author, these pre-2014 works are accessible only to the CUNY community.


he process of being added to Academic Works. Unless requested otherwise by the author, these pre-2014 works are accessible only to the CUNY community.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.

Networked Digital LIbrary of Theses and Dissertations: NDLTD finds additional electronic works produced outside North America.

Open Access Theses and Dissertations: Metadata from over 600 institutions, indexes over 1.5 million theses and dissertations.


outside North America.

Open Access Theses and Dissertations: Metadata from over 600 institutions, indexes over 1.5 million theses and dissertations.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:
APA Style Guide: From Purdue OWL (online writing lab). Full APA 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.

MLA Style FAQ: MLA does not make its complete style guide available to institutions, but this brief guide is useful.

MLA Style Guide: From Purdue OWL. Full MLA 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 Academic Search Complete or JSTOR or manually enter citations. You can attach PDFs and images to the citations as well. The citation managers also generate bibliographies and footnotes. There are two main citation managers supported by the Graduate Center: RefWorks, and Zotero. Links and descriptions are below. If you want to have an introduction to any or all of the citation managers, make an appointment with your 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 user guide


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

Zotero Help: Short video tutorials and a user guideRefworks: 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.


ASRC News and Updates:
I'm pleased to announce that The Graduate Center has been able to add or extend our access to the following journals! Please contact Mason Brown mbrown3@gc.cuny.edu with any questions. Advanced Energy Materials 2001-present Advanced Materials Interfaces 2014-present Advanced Optical Materials 2013-present Departures in Critical Qualitative Research 2020-present Joule 2017-present Lancet 1923-present Nature Climate Change (back file) 2007 - present Nature Electronics 2018-present Nature Reviews Chemistry 2017-present Nature Reviews Materials 2016-present Nature Sustainability 2018-present Social Epistemology 1987-present

We now have access to the complete Royal Society of Chemistry collection! In addition to the basic title package, we can access these additional databases:


w have access to the complete Royal Society of Chemistry collection! In addition to the basic title package, we can access these additional databases:Royal Society of Chemistry Gold Collection: Graduate Center access to the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Gold Collection includes 52 current peer-reviewed journals that cover the core chemical sciences, including related fields such as biology, biophysics, energy and environment, engineering, materials, medicine and physics. See more... for the current journals title list. Also included in the Gold Collection: RSC Journal Archive (1841-2007) Analytical Abstracts Catalysts and Catalysed Reactions Chemical Hazards in Industry Laboratory Hazards Bulletin Methods in Organic Synthesis Natural Product Updates Synthetic Reaction Updates


sed Reactions Chemical Hazards in Industry Laboratory Hazards Bulletin Methods in Organic Synthesis Natural Product Updates Synthetic Reaction UpdatesCurrent Journals Title List Analyst Analytical Methods Biomaterials Science Catalysis Science & Technology Chemical Communications Chemical Science Chemical Society Reviews Chemistry Education Research and Practice CrystEngComm Dalton Transactions Digital Discovery EES Catalysis Energy & Environmental Science Energy Advances Environmental Science: Advances Environmental Science: Atmospheres Environmental Science: Nano Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology Faraday Discussions Food & Function Green Chemistry Industrial Chemistry & Materials Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry Journal of Materials Chemistry A Journal of Materials Chemistry B Journal of Materials Chemistry C Lab on a Chip Materials Advances Materials Chemistry Frontiers Materials Horizons Metallomics Molecular Omics Molecular Systems Design & Engineering Nanoscale Nanoscale Advances Nanoscale Horizons Natural Product Reports New


orizons Metallomics Molecular Omics Molecular Systems Design & Engineering Nanoscale Nanoscale Advances Nanoscale Horizons Natural Product Reports Neworizons Metallomics Molecular Omics Molecular Systems Design & Engineering Nanoscale Nanoscale Advances Nanoscale Horizons Natural Product Reports Neworizons Metallomics Molecular Omics Molecular Systems Design & Engineering Nanoscale Nanoscale Advances Nanoscale Horizons Natural Product Reports Neworizons Metallomics Molecular Omics Molecular Systems Design & Engineering Nanoscale Nanoscale Advances Nanoscale Horizons Natural Product Reports Neworizons Metallomics Molecular Omics Molecular Systems Design & Engineering Nanoscale Nanoscale Advances Nanoscale Horizons Natural Product Reports Neworizons Metallomics Molecular Omics Molecular Systems Design & Engineering Nanoscale Nanoscale Advances Nanoscale Horizons Natural Product Reports NewJournal of Chemistry Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry Organic Chemistry Frontiers Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Polymer Chemistry Reaction Chemistry & Engineering RSC Advances RSC Chemical Biology RSC Medicinal Chemistry RSC Sustainability Sensors & Diagnostics Soft Matter Sustainable Energy & Fuels Sustainable Food Technology


C Chemical Biology RSC Medicinal Chemistry RSC Sustainability Sensors & Diagnostics Soft Matter Sustainable Energy & Fuels Sustainable Food TechnologyAnalytical Abstracts: A literature updating service covering developments in analytical science. The searchable updates, which are also browsable by subject, consist of article abstracts and details of analyte, matrix and technique. Part of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Gold Collection, Analytical Abstracts contains records from dozens of different journals from 1980 on, and covers a wide range of topics including materials science, food analysis, pharmacology, and environmental monitoring.


erent journals from 1980 on, and covers a wide range of topics including materials science, food analysis, pharmacology, and environmental monitoring.Catalysts and Catalysed Reactions: Continued in Synthetic Reaction Updates. Each monthly issue of Catalysts & Catalysed Reactions contained around 200 graphical abstracts selected from key journals in the field, covering all areas of catalysis research including homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, biocatalysis, and kinetic and theoretical studies. The online database is fully searchable and indexed by reaction class, catalyst type, reactant, product, catalyst, journal and author. Part of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Gold Collection.


d indexed by reaction class, catalyst type, reactant, product, catalyst, journal and author. Part of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Gold Collection.Chemical Hazards in Industry: Chemical Hazards in Industry provides details of literature reports on safety and health hazards surrounding chemicals encountered in chemical and related industries. This resource covers a wide range of primary sources, including key scientific and trade journals. Search records according to subject and chemical keywords, or browse recently added articles. Topics covered include health and safety, chemical and biological hazards, plant safety, legislation, protective equipment and storage, all relating to the chemical and allied industries. Part of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Gold Collection.


ation, protective equipment and storage, all relating to the chemical and allied industries. Part of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Gold Collection.Laboratory Hazards Bulletin: Laboratory Hazards Bulletin provides details of literature reports on safety measures, potential hazards and new legislation affecting workers in laboratories. This resource covers a wide range of primary sources, including key scientific and trade journals. Search records according to subject and chemical keywords, or browse recently added articles. Part of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Gold Collection.

Methods in Organic Synthesis: Continued in Synthetic Reaction Updates . Each monthly issue of Methods in Organic Synthesis contained around 200 graphical abstracts selected from key journals in the field, covering all areas of synthetic chemistry including new reactions and reagents, asymmetric synthesis, and enzymatic transformations. The online database is fully searchable and indexed by reaction type, reactant, product, reagent, journal and author. Part of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Gold Collection.


lly searchable and indexed by reaction type, reactant, product, reagent, journal and author. Part of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Gold Collection.Natural Product Updates: A literature updating service for keeping current with recent developments in natural products chemistry. Covering a wide range of primary sources, Natural Product Updates includes the most important natural product articles published in the recent scientific literature, which are searchable by topic, natural source, biological activity and structure type.

Synthetic Reaction Updates: Synthetic Reaction Updates is a literature updating service for keeping current with recent developments in synthetic organic chemistry. Covering a wide range of primary sources, Synthetic Reaction Updates includes the most important reactions published in the recent scientific literature, presented as easy to read reaction schemes that are searchable by topic and reaction type. Part of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Gold Collection.


, presented as easy to read reaction schemes that are searchable by topic and reaction type. Part of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Gold Collection.I'm pleased to announce that we now have access to the full runs of three new titles that had been requested: Advanced Energy Materials Advanced Materials Interfaces Advanced Optical Materials . As usual, these can be accessed through these links, through the Journals search tab on the library website , or through the Grad Center's Google Scholar link. Please let me know if you have any questions, or have any additional title requests.

The ASRC and CUNY Grad Center can now access the full texts of two new journals. We now have access to Science Signaling from 2008 to the present, and Science Translational Medicine from 2009 to the present. You can access them from anywhere through these links, through the library catalog, or through the GC's link to Google Scholar .


2009 to the present. You can access them from anywhere through these links, through the library catalog, or through the GC's link to Google Scholar .The Entire Optical Society of America journal package is now available at the ASRC and the Graduate Center! You can access this new journal package through the link below, through the Journals and Databases tab on this guide, or through the library homepage. Remember, if asked to log in, be sure to use your Grad Center username and password, not your ASRC credentials.

Optics Infobase: OSA offers the largest collection of peer-reviewed optics and photonics content. This repository includes content from OSA's journals,co-publications, and papers. For a full list of journals included, click "more."


otonics content. This repository includes content from OSA's journals,co-publications, and papers. For a full list of journals included, click "more."Included Journals: Advanced Optics in Photonics AOP; Applied Optics AO; Applied Spectroscopy AS; Biomedical Optics Express BO; ExChinese Optics Letters COL; Current Optics and Photonics COPP; Journal of Display Technology JDT (2005-2016); Journal of Lightwave Technology JLT; Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy JNIRS; Journal of Optical Communications and Networking; Journal of Optical Networking JON (2002-2009); Journal of Optical Technology JOT; Journal of the Optical Society of America JOSA A; Journal of the Optical Society of America B JOSA B; Journal of the Optical Society of America JOSA (1917-1983); Journal of the Optical Society of Korea JOSK (1997-2016); Optica OPT; Optical Materials Express OMEx; Optics and Photonics News OPN; Optics Continuum; Optics Express OpEx; Optics Letters OL; Optics News ON (1975-1989); OSA Continuum OSAC (2018-2021); Photonics Research PR; Conference Proceedings.


ASRC Library Privileges:
Advanced Science Research Center faculty, staff, and students are eligible for the same library privileges as all GC faculty, staff, and students: on-site access to any CUNY library remote access to GC library resources (using GC network account credentials) borrowing privileges from all CUNY libraries except the CUNY School of Law interlibrary loan privileges (including delivery of ILL books to ASRC) For full details about library privileges, see the Access & Borrowing guide.


Ask a Librarian:
There are many ways to get help from a librarian — choose the method that best suits your needs: Chat: Chat with an academic librarian 24/7 . If available, a CUNY librarian will answer your chat. Email : Complete the question submission form and receive a reply by email. By Appointment: Schedule a one-on-one research consultation by contacting your subject librarian . In Person : Visit the reference desk (2nd floor of library) during reference hours . Phone : Call the reference desk at (212) 817-7077 during reference hours .


Upcoming ASRC Workshops:
Spring '25 classes will be posted soon. Thursday, February 13 - Advanced Web of Science Searching - 10:00-11:1010 am Thursday , February 27 - Zotero for Citation Management - 10:00-11:1010 am Thursday , March 26 - Zotero for Citation Management - 10:00-11:1010 am Thursday , April 2 - Open Access Publishing and Institutional Repository Use - 10:00-11:1010 am Thursday . April 23 - Predatory Publishers - 10:00-11:1010 am

All seminars will be conducted over Zoom.


Upcoming Library Workshops:
Monday, Feb 10, 2025 11-noon: Intro to the Library. Register here Monday, Feb 24, 2025 2-3pm: Advanced Web of Science searching. Register here Monday, March 3, 2025 6-7pm: Using Zotero for automatic citation management. Register here Monday, March 24, 2025 11-noon: Open Access publishing and searching. Register here Monday, April 21, 2025 2-3pm: Avoiding predatory publishers and evaluating journals. Register here All workshops take place over Zoom, and registration is required. These events are aimed at scientists, but are open to anyone. If you have any questions, please contact Mason Brown mbrown3@gc.cuny.edu .


Online Access at ASRC:
If you are physically present at ASRC,  when you access a subscription resource (database, journal, etc.) from the GC library website , you should not be prompted to log in with your GC network credentials. The individual databases and providers will recognize the ASRC IP address, and let you right in. You may be prompted to log in with your GC credentials when you are on campus if you are connected to the WiFi instead of a desktop. Be sure to use your GC user name and password and NOT your ASRC credentials.


Online Access Away from ASRC:
You can access library resources (journals, databases, etc.) from anywhere, not just the ASRC and GC. After selecting a resource on the library website, you will be prompted to log in with your GC network username and password. If you cannot get past the login screen, even if you know you’re entering correct account credentials, you may have been locked out by unsuccessful login attempts. Also, passwords expire every 180 days; you will be reminded to change your password before the expiration date. To unlock your account or reset your password, visit the GC's Password Reset page.


Sometimes, you don’t start at the library website but rather go directly to a journal website to find an article you want. When you do this, you will often hit a paywall, even for a journal the library subscribes to, because the GC and ASRC don’t share the same IP address range. The library has created a browser bookmarklet that will often save you the work of circling back to the library website to access the journal. The bookmarklet works by proxifying the URL of the article you want – that is, it rewrites the URL so that it’s diverted through the library’s proxy server. Visit our Proxy Bookmarklet page to access the bookmarklet link, as well as instructions for adding it to your browser and deploying it. Caveat: The bookmarklet will work only if both of these things is true: The GC library has access to the article. The library's access is via the site you’re at when you click the bookmarklet.


both of these things is true: The GC library has access to the article. The library's access is via the site you’re at when you click the bookmarklet.both of these things is true: The GC library has access to the article. The library's access is via the site you’re at when you click the bookmarklet.both of these things is true: The GC library has access to the article. The library's access is via the site you’re at when you click the bookmarklet.For a variety of reasons, the library does not always subscribe to a journal via the publisher’s website – sometimes our access comes via an aggregator database instead. (Suppose you want Article ABC from Journal XYZ , and suppose our access to Journal XYZ is through the database Academic Search Complete. If you go directly to the publisher’s website for Journal XYZ , the bookmarklet won’t result in access, since we don’t have access through that site. You’d need to go to the library website, determine the source of our access, and pursue the article that way.) Good News: The library's access to many science journals is directly via the publisher website (e.g., Science , Nature , Cell , and many others). This means that the bookmarklet will work for articles from these journals – no need to take a detour to the library website for these journals. One click of the bookmarklet and you’ll have the full text.


ILL via Google Scholar and PubMed:
Like to use Google Scholar? Set up the GC-customized version of Google Scholar . It adds GC library links to articles we have access to, which will vastly improve your Google Scholar experience. When the full text isn't available, the "Find It" links will auto-fill the GC ILL form for you. See ASRC ILL Instructions (above). Like to use PubMed? Bookmark the GC-customized version of PubMed . Unlike regular PubMed, it includes “Find It” buttons that direct you to full text via the GC library. When the full text isn’t available, the “Find It” buttons will auto-fill the GC ILL form for you.


Journals & Databases: Links to databases that index art journals.


Popular Journal/Publisher Packages for Science Research:
American Chemical Society Publications: Graduate Center access to ACS Publications includes full text of more than 80 ACS journals from their first issues to the present; current and legacy magazines; and the following: ACS Division Proceedings Online : Browse Proceedings by Division ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication

American Institute of Physics Journals: Journals from the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and AIP member societies. The Graduate Center Library's subscription includes Applied Physics Reviews, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, The Journal of Chemical Physics, Physics Today, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Review of Scientific Instruments, American Journal of Physics, Physics of Fluids, and AIP Advances.


The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Review of Scientific Instruments, American Journal of Physics, Physics of Fluids, and AIP Advances.American Physical Society Physical Review Journals: Contains the full text of journals published by the American Physical Society, including important titles like Physical Review , and Physical Review Letters .  Journals cover quantum information science; atomic, molecular, and optical physics; condensed matter and materials physics; particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology; statistical, nonlinear, biological and soft matter physics; accelerator science and technology; theoretical applications of physics; and research on fluids and materials.


ar, biological and soft matter physics; accelerator science and technology; theoretical applications of physics; and research on fluids and materials.Annual Reviews: Full text of 51 Annual Review journals in the social sciences, biomedical/life sciences, physical sciences and economics. The literature reviews synthesize current understanding of a topic, set the work in historical context, and include extensive bibliographies. Search across or browse reviews and journals in more than 45 scientific disciplines, including anthropology, astrophysics, biochemistry, criminology, earth and planetary sciences, linguistics, neuroscience, psychology, and sociology.

Cell Press Journals: Cell Press publishes over 50 scientific journals across the life, physical, earth, and health sciences, both independently and in partnership with scientific societies. Browse through for Cell content as well as:

The American Journal of Human Genetics Biophysical Journal Cancer Cell Cell Chemical Biology Cell Host & Microbe Cell Metabolism Cell Stem Cell Current Biology Developmental Cell Immunity Molecular Cell Neuron Structure


l Cell Chemical Biology Cell Host & Microbe Cell Metabolism Cell Stem Cell Current Biology Developmental Cell Immunity Molecular Cell Neuron StructureIEEE Xplore: The IEEE Xplore digital library is a powerful resource for discovery and access to scientific and technical content published by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and its publishing partners. IEEE Xplore provides Web access to more than 5.5 million full-text documents from some of the world's most highly cited publications in electrical engineering, computer science and electronics. Includes journals, conference papers, technical standards, books, and courses.

IOPscience Extra: Search across and access full text of all current and archived journals, as well as e-books from the Institute of Physics (IOP). IOP Journal List IOP Book List IOP Conference Proceedings are also available open access (no login required).


oks from the Institute of Physics (IOP). IOP Journal List IOP Book List IOP Conference Proceedings are also available open access (no login required).IOP Conference Proceedings: The IOP Conference Series includes open access proceedings from science conferences held worldwide. Key topics include physics, materials science, environmental science, bioscience, engineering, computational science, and mathematics.

Nature Journals and Archive: Full text of the journal Nature from 1869 to present, as well as many other Nature titles. Click more to see a selection from among the dozens of journals that are accessible.


Nature from 1869 to present, as well as many other Nature titles. Click more to see a selection from among the dozens of journals that are accessible.Nature Biotechnology Nature Cell Biology Nature Chemical Biology Nature Chemistry Nature Climate Change Nature Communications Nature Electronics (GC only, 2018-2023) Nature Genetics Nature Geoscience Nature Immunology Nature Materials Nature Medicine Nature Methods Nature Nanotechnology Nature Neuroscience Nature Photonics Nature Physics Nature Protocols Nature Reviews Cancer Nature Reviews Chemistry (GC only, 2017-2023) Nature Reviews Drug Discovery Nature Reviews Endocrinology Nature Reviews Genetics Nature Reviews Immunology Nature Reviews Materials (GC only, 2016-2023) Nature Reviews Microbiology Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology Nature Reviews Neurology Nature Reviews Neuroscience Nature Reviews Physics (GC only, 2019-2023) Nature Structural & Molecular Biology Nature Sustainability (GC only, 2018-2023) Scientific American

PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America from 1915 to the present.


only, 2018-2023) Scientific American

PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America from 1915 to the present.Optics Infobase: OSA offers the largest collection of peer-reviewed optics and photonics content. This repository includes content from OSA's journals,co-publications, and papers. For a full list of journals included, click "more."


otonics content. This repository includes content from OSA's journals,co-publications, and papers. For a full list of journals included, click "more."Included Journals: Advanced Optics in Photonics AOP; Applied Optics AO; Applied Spectroscopy AS; Biomedical Optics Express BO; ExChinese Optics Letters COL; Current Optics and Photonics COPP; Journal of Display Technology JDT (2005-2016); Journal of Lightwave Technology JLT; Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy JNIRS; Journal of Optical Communications and Networking; Journal of Optical Networking JON (2002-2009); Journal of Optical Technology JOT; Journal of the Optical Society of America JOSA A; Journal of the Optical Society of America B JOSA B; Journal of the Optical Society of America JOSA (1917-1983); Journal of the Optical Society of Korea JOSK (1997-2016); Optica OPT; Optical Materials Express OMEx; Optics and Photonics News OPN; Optics Continuum; Optics Express OpEx; Optics Letters OL; Optics News ON (1975-1989); OSA Continuum OSAC (2018-2021); Photonics Research PR; Conference Proceedings.


um; Optics Express OpEx; Optics Letters OL; Optics News ON (1975-1989); OSA Continuum OSAC (2018-2021); Photonics Research PR; Conference Proceedings.Public Library of Science (PLOS): PLOS is a nonprofit, open access publisher of the peer reviewed, Plan S compliant, and open data compliant journals PLOS Biology, PLOS Climate, PLOS Computational Biology, PLOS Digital Health, PLOS Genetics, PLOS Global Public Health, PLOS Medicine, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, PLOS ONE, PLOS Pathogens, PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, and PLOS Water.

ScienceDirect: Full text for 2,600+ peer-reviewed journals and indexing and abstracting for many additional titles from their first issues. Most of the journals are in the sciences and social sciences, but there are several in the humanities, mostly in linguistics. Graduate Center access also includes indexing, abstracts, and tables of contents (but not full text) for thousands of e-books.


mostly in linguistics. Graduate Center access also includes indexing, abstracts, and tables of contents (but not full text) for thousands of e-books.Science Magazine: Full text of Science Magazine since 1880.  Search across the full run of the publication or browse by issue.  To reach the magazine archive, select Journals from the menu and then click on Science .  On the Science page, select Archive to view issues by decade, then navigate to specific years and issues.  Click on 1940s to display earlier decades.

SpringerLink: The Graduate Center has full-text access to recent issues of over 3,000 mostly social science and science journals in this database. Only the articles with a Download PDF link are available in full text.  Also includes thousands of titles from the Springer Ebook Collection, which can be accessed separately.


Download PDF link are available in full text.  Also includes thousands of titles from the Springer Ebook Collection, which can be accessed separately.Wiley Online Library: Full text of over 1,600 journals (most from 1997-present), 250 reference works, and thousands of online books in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.  Search across the database using the basic or advanced search options or use the subject filters to explore content by topic.


Popular Databases for Science Research:
AGRICOLA: A database produced by the National Library of Agriculture consisting of citations to journal articles (including abstracts) and bibliographic records describing monographs, serials, audiovisual materials and online content from around the world. Contains 5.2 million+ records and includes printed works from as far back as the 15th century encompassing all aspects of agriculture and related disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences.

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.arXiv: Open access to nearly 2 million scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics.

General Science Full Text: Indexes nearly 300 scholarly, professional, and popular science periodicals published from 1984 to the present in the United States and the United Kingdom. Includes full text for more than 100 publications from 1995 to the present. Subject coverage includes astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, conservation, health & medicine, oceanography, physics, zoology, and more.


e present. Subject coverage includes astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, conservation, health & medicine, oceanography, physics, zoology, and more.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.

GreenFILE: A collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles covering all aspects of the human impact on the environment, including global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1 million records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 15 thousand records.


ore. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1 million records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 15 thousand records.Gale In Context: Environmental Studies: Gale In Context: Environmental Studies focuses on the study of sustainability and the environment. Provides news, background information, video, unique commentaries, primary source documents and statistics, covering over 400 topics in a range of categories including energy systems, healthcare, food, climate change, population, economic development, land and water use, and pollution. Also offers interactive maps and contextual multimedia, customizable journals and news, refereed case studies.

Medline Complete: Full text of 2,500 medical journals, back to 1865 for some titles, as well as indexing for over 5,600 current biomedical journals. See this guide for more information about the differences between Medline, PubMed and PubMed Central.


xing for over 5,600 current biomedical journals. See this guide for more information about the differences between Medline, PubMed and PubMed Central.PubMed: More than 34 million citations for biomedical literature from Medline, life science journals, and online books. See this guide for information about the differences between Medline, PubMed and PubMed Central. By using this link, users will provided links to full-text resources available through the GC library.

PubMed Central: PubMed Central (PMC) is a free full-text digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).  See this guide for information about the differences between Medline, PubMed and PubMed Central.


of Health’s National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).  See this guide for information about the differences between Medline, PubMed and PubMed Central.Science in Context: Science In Context showcases how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues ranging from bacteria to obesity to weather patterns. The collection includes millions of full-text articles from national and global publications; 200+ experiments and projects; 330+ interactive simulations; and reference sources covering biology, chemistry, earth and environmental science, and physics.

Scientific Style and Format Online: Now in its eighth edition, the indispensable reference for authors, editors, publishers, students, and translators in all areas of science and related fields has been fully revised by the Council of Science Editors to reflect today’s best practices in scientific publishing.


eas of science and related fields has been fully revised by the Council of Science Editors to reflect today’s best practices in scientific publishing.CAS SciFinder-n: Requires registration . CAS SciFinder-n, formerly SciFinder Scholar, is an index of chemical and other scientific literature that pulls from the CAplus database of U.S. and international patents, CASREACT, the CAS Registry and Medline. Includes journal articles, substances, reactions, patents and more. CAS SciFinder-n includes relevance-ranked results, step-by-step procedures and protocols, citation mapping, biosequence searching, retrosynthetic analysis, patent landscape mapping, touch-screen enabled structure drawing and more. Both Graduate Center credentials and a SciFinder-n account are required for accessing CAS SciFinder-n remotely. New users must register first with a gc.cuny.edu or gradcenter.cuny.edu email address. Follow the "new users" link to register .

If you already have a SciFinder-n with another institution, make sure when you log in from the GC link for the first time that you click on "Not You," and then enter your new username/email and password.


ution, make sure when you log in from the GC link for the first time that you click on "Not You," and then enter your new username/email and password.SpringerProtocols: SpringerProtocols is a database of over 80,000 reproducible step-by-step laboratory protocols and methods in biomedicine and life sciences. Covers a range of subject areas including biochemistry, genetics, infectious diseases, molecular biology, neuroscience, and many others.

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.


ILL via Google Scholar and PubMed:
Like to use Google Scholar? Set up the GC-customized version of Google Scholar . It adds GC library links to articles we have access to, which will vastly improve your Google Scholar experience. When the full text isn't available, the "Find It" links will auto-fill the GC ILL form for you. See ASRC ILL Instructions (above). Like to use PubMed? Bookmark the GC-customized version of PubMed . Unlike regular PubMed, it includes “Find It” buttons that direct you to full text via the GC library. When the full text isn’t available, the “Find It” buttons will auto-fill the GC ILL form for you.


All Graduate Center Databases:
The databases you see on this page are just a small subset of all of the databases (collections of resources) available to you through the Graduate Center Library. See the full A-Z list to see all databases from every discipline.


Looking for a Specific Journal?:
Looking for a specific journal? Search by journal title to check availability across our subscriptions. Place an Interlibrary Loan request if you need access beyond what is immediately available.


Suggest a Journal Purchase:
Suggest a journal subscription: The Graduate Center Library welcomes journal subscription suggestions from the Graduate Center community. The library will carefully consider requests that are consistent with our Collection Policy .


Search for Books:
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.

WorldCat Discovery: WorldCat Discovery is a catalog and discovery system containing millions of records for print and electronic holdings in thousands of libraries around the world.


E-Books:
The Graduate Center Library provides access to many electronic books, which can be found in OneSearch . Note: Only those ebooks that list "Graduate Center" or "CUNY" under Holdings are accessible at the GC and ASRC.  Ebooks owned by other CUNY libraries can only be accessed by GC and ASRC users by physically visiting that library. For much more information about the library's ebook offerings, including a list of the library's ebook collections, see the E-Books guide.


Borrowing from Other Libraries:
If the Graduate Center does not have the book you need, you can have it delivered from another library: CLICS Intra-CUNY Lending: Using OneSearch , you can request to have a book from one CUNY library delivered to another CUNY library of your choice (Graduate Center, City College, etc.). Interlibrary Loan (ILL): If the book you need is not available at the Graduate Center, you can request it via interlibrary loan . The library will obtain a copy from another library and deliver it to you at the ASRC. If you have questions or need help placing your request, email ill@gc.cuny.edu.


Suggest a Book:
Suggest a book purchase: The Graduate Center Library welcomes book purchase suggestions from the Graduate Center community. The library will carefully consider requests that are consistent with our Collection Policy .


ILL Instructions for ASRC Researchers:
ASRC researchers are entitled to full GC interlibrary loan (ILL) privileges. Read the document below for step-by-step instructions for (1) how to register for ILL, (2) how to place ILL requests for articles, (3) how to place ILL requests for books to be delivered to ASRC, and (4) how to place ILL requests for other materials, including book chapters/sections.


Scan and Deliver Local Print Material:
Request Scan & Deliver from the GC library: request scans of print material available at the GC library, delivered electronically within 24 hours (Monday-Friday). Request up to a single article from a journal issue, or a single chapter from a book, as an Article or Book Chapter request through interlibrary loan .


ILL Help:
Email: ill@gc.cuny.edu Phone: (212) 817-7049 ILL Frequently Asked Questions


Upcoming Workshops: A description of upcoming research workshops


Upcoming ASRC Workshops:
Spring '25 classes will be posted soon. Thursday, February 13 - Advanced Web of Science Searching - 10:00-11:1010 am Thursday , February 27 - Zotero for Citation Management - 10:00-11:1010 am Thursday , March 26 - Zotero for Citation Management - 10:00-11:1010 am Thursday , April 2 - Open Access Publishing and Institutional Repository Use - 10:00-11:1010 am Thursday . April 23 - Predatory Publishers - 10:00-11:1010 am

All seminars will be conducted over Zoom.


Tools for Open Access:
Comprehensive List of OA Tools

Tools for OA: A list, currently under development, from the OA Directory covering citation impact, current awareness, directories, dissemination, quality evaluation, harvesters, open licenses, policy, and more.

Journal Tools

SHERPA/RoMEO: 95% of academic publishers offer standing permission for OA repository publication for some version of a work; check a journal's publishing policy here.

Beyond Beall's List: Better Understanding Predatory Publishers: Explains and contextualizes so-called "predatory" publishers.

DOI System: Paste a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) into the search box to resolve a DOI name.  Results turn up OA and non-OA articles.

Think, Check, Submit: A tool to help you choose the right journal for your research.


to resolve a DOI name.  Results turn up OA and non-OA articles.

Think, Check, Submit: A tool to help you choose the right journal for your research.HowOpenIsIt? Open Access Spectrum (OAS) Guide: A guide to help users understand the components of OA journals; learn the differences between more vs. less open journals; and decide where to publish their work.

BASE: Operated by Bielefeld University Library, BASE is one of the world's largest search engines for academic OA web resources.

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.

Book Tools

Online Books Page: UPenn's FAQ + tools for determining whether a book can go online.

Copyright


make it easy to find full text at the GC.

Book Tools

Online Books Page: UPenn's FAQ + tools for determining whether a book can go online.

CopyrightCreative Commons: A nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free, easy-to-use tools.

OA Policy Tools

ROARMAP (Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies): A searchable registry of open access policies and mandates adopted by universities, research institutions and research funders.

SHERPA/Juliet: Search research funders' open access policies.


Browser Extensions:
Following are two browser extensions that make it easy to find legally available OA versions of articles.  Read more about them in the article " Unpaywall and Open Access Button: Browser Extensions for Fast Access " on the GC Library's News & Events blog.

Unpaywall: An open database of millions of free scholarly articles that "harvest[s] Open Access content from over 50,000 publishers and repositories, and make[s] it easy to find, track, and use."

Open Access Button: A Firefox browser extension that allows you to freely and legally obtain research articles instantly or automatically request them from authors.


EndNote 20 Access Information:
Please complete this form for the product key and serial number. Windows Instructions: The newest version of EndNote, v21, is now available for Windows and for Mac Download link: Endnote v21 for Windows Mac Instructions: Download link: Endnote v21 for Mac Please contact your library liaison, Mason Brown, at mbrown3@gc.cuny.edu with any questions.


Background readings:
Below are a few articles that help to explain the concepts of Open Educational Resources. Also see the Further Reading section of this guide for more options.

OER Factsheet: A quick factsheet from SPARC .

OER: A Closer Look: This post from the Graduate Center Library blog explains the basic parameters of OER.

Open Textbooks Could Help Students Financially and Academically: An article from the Chronicle of Higher Education that examines the topic of rising textbook costs.

On Quality and OER - David Wiley: David Wiley explains why quality "is not necessarily a function of copyright status," and puts forth the argument for quality in OER.

A Faculty Perspective on Open Textbooks: Prof. Rajiv Jhangiani of Kwantlen Polytechnic University describes his journey in using open textbooks.

Further Reading: A round-up of articles, books and blog entries on OER, organized according to the tabs in this guide.


Explore OER:
OER and OA Resources for Women's & Gender Studies - A helpful guide provided by ACRL, with lists of open access (OA) feminist journals , and course modules . Leveraging OER for Queer Students - A blog post from the Community College Consortium for OER, 2019 OER and Critical Pedagogy: A Collaboration with Incomplete Artifacts - A reflective essay from a participant in the Mina Rees Library's 2022 Open Knowledge Fellowship Open to What? A Critical Evaluation of OER Efficacy Studies - An essay by librarian Ian McDermott about OER assessment. Open Pedagogy Notebook - A good starting place for exploring the educational uses of OER.


OER: 5 Common Myths:
OER Mythbusting :  The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) provides context for some common myths surrounding OER. Myth # 1: Open simply means free. Myth # 2: All OER are digital. Myth # 3: “You get what you pay for.” Myth # 4:  Copyright for OER is complicated. Myth # 5: OER are not sustainable. Read the full text of SPARC's OER Mythbusting guide .


An Overview of OER Open Educational Resources (OER) are "free and openly licensed educational materials that can be used for teaching, learning, research, and other purposes.” They are part of a wider movement to provide alternatives to the restrictions of traditional publishing models. Many types of educational content fall can fall under this category, but the two key components are: Free , meaning simply that materials that are free of charge . There are no associated costs with the item for the user, and institutions do not pay a subscriber's fee for access. Open , as in "openly licensed." When something is openly licensed , it means that the creator allows others to use and share their work, and potentially modify the content. Under traditional copyright, this type of sharing would not be permitted. Creative Commons Licenses are a way to extend more rights to users, in a sense "opening" the resource to others. See more about this topic in the following tab.


ommons Licenses are a way to extend more rights to users, in a sense "opening" the resource to others. See more about this topic in the following tab.ommons Licenses are a way to extend more rights to users, in a sense "opening" the resource to others. See more about this topic in the following tab.ommons Licenses are a way to extend more rights to users, in a sense "opening" the resource to others. See more about this topic in the following tab.Open Educational Resources at The Graduate Center The Mina Rees Library is home to the Open Knowledge Fellowship (formerly the Open Pedagogy Fellowship), generously supported by state funding administered through the Office of Library Services (OLS). Featured to the left is an open resource guide created by former Fellows, about contemporary and archival topics relating to police violence, feminist care narratives, and more - Towards a Critically Open Future (2022). The Open Knowledge Fellowship functions as a site of critical inquiry into topics relating to Open Educational Resources, Open Access, Open Data, and other movements away from the commercial publishing landscape. In 2020, the Mina Rees Library held a virtual Symposium - Towards an Open Future, featuring keynote speakers Audrey Watters and Walis Johnson , to further delve into the complex tensions between educational technology, data privacy, and the labor costs of "cost-free" resources.


Walis Johnson , to further delve into the complex tensions between educational technology, data privacy, and the labor costs of "cost-free" resources.Walis Johnson , to further delve into the complex tensions between educational technology, data privacy, and the labor costs of "cost-free" resources.Walis Johnson , to further delve into the complex tensions between educational technology, data privacy, and the labor costs of "cost-free" resources.Weaving together aspects of critical pedagogy and a decolonial approach to education more broadly, we seek to ask - how is knowledge created, and for whom?


Permissions:
If you're new to Creative Commons licenses, below is a guide to the symbols used in each license.


Copyright, Public Domain, and Fair Use:
Traditional Copyright About Copyrights - An informative summary of copyright principles, from Columbia University. U.S. Copyright Overview - Addresses the basics and key concepts of copyright law. Copyright FAQ - From Copyright.gov, answers to frequently asked questions. Feel free to also check out our more extensive copyright guide on this page . Public Domain Public Domain Slider - Helps to determine whether a work falls within the public domain. Best Practices from the Center for Media and Social Impact - Selected resources for journalism, teaching, and more. Fair Use Fair Use Evaluator - A website that helps to determine Fair Use.


Creative Commons:
Creative Commons licenses represent a departure from traditional copyright, which automatically reserves all rights for the creator of a work. By contrast, Creative Commons licenses offer users the ability to retain, revise, reuse, remix, and redistribute their work, depending on which license is chosen. To the left is an image of the six individual licenses. For a more specific breakdown of the symbols, see the box below: for a comprehensive explanation of each license, use the Choose a License tool to find out more, and to determine which combination of permissions will best fit your needs.


Below are a selection of OER repositories, so that you can easily locate openly-licensed educational materials (syllabi, textbooks, worksheets, and more). George Mason Metafinder - With the George Mason Metafinder, you can search across multiple OER repositories at once. OER Commons - Includes an advanced search function allowing users to limit to the specific type of material, license, and other detailed information. OpenEd CUNY on OER Commons Open Textbook Library - Coordinated through the University of Minnesota, the site offers peer-reviewed, open textbooks. OpenStax - From Rice University, the site offers a variety of open textbooks in science, math, and the humanities. MIT Open Textbooks - Open textbooks hosted by MIT, and searchable by department. MIT Open Courseware - "A web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content." You can also search for syllabi, videos, exams, and download readings.


pen Courseware - "A web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content." You can also search for syllabi, videos, exams, and download readings.pen Courseware - "A web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content." You can also search for syllabi, videos, exams, and download readings.pen Courseware - "A web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content." You can also search for syllabi, videos, exams, and download readings.OASIS Merlot Teaching Common s California Open Online Library for Education Saylor Open Michigan


OER at CUNY and SUNY:
OER at CUNY - An overview page of the efforts across CUNY, linking to press releases. OER in CUNY Academic Works - The institutional repository holds many openly-licensed syllabi, textbooks, and other course content created by CUNY faculty. OER Representatives across CUNY - The list of representaives on each CUNY campus. SUNY Open Textbooks - A repository of openly-licensed textbooks created at SUNY. SUNY OER Repository - Allows for searching of materials from SUNY. Opening Higher Ed - A slideshow by guest speaker Robin DeRosa, for the CUNY/SUNY 2018 OER Showcase.


Additional Resources:
Open Access Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) Directory of Open Access Journals BASE - "BASE provides more than 240 million documents from more than 8,000 content providers . You can access the full texts of about 60% of the indexed documents for free (Open Access). BASE is operated by Bielefeld University Library, Germany." CORE - "CORE is the world’s largest aggregator of open access research papers from repositories and journals. It is a not-for-profit service dedicated to the open access mission." (Based in the UK through Open University and Jisc.) Faculty Guide for Evaluating OER - A checklist from BC OpenCampus to help evaluate open materials.


OER Creation and Adaptation:
A Guide to Making Open Textbooks with Students (2017) - Designed to offer guidance for those interested in involving students in the process of open textbook creation and modification. Guide to Developing Open Textbooks (2016) -  Developed "to assist teachers and educational technology administrators to build, manage and maintain an open textbook platform." Open Pedagogy Notebook - A site created by Robin DeRosa and Rajiv Jhangiani, to facilitate online conversations between educators. 6 Steps to Adapting an Open Textbook - A post that clarifies some issues in adapting an OER textbook. Localization - A module designed to expolre this aspect of OER, "the process of taking educational resources developed for one context and adapting them for other contexts." Opening the Textbook: Open Education Resources in U.S. Higher Education - A 2017 Survey Report conducted by Babson Research Group, on the state of OER in the United States.


Attribution:
Open Attribution Builder - This tool is designed to quickly create attributions, so that you can properly credit the work.


Finding Open Content/Media:
Find OER: Open Professionals Educaton Network - An overview of where to find many types of open content (video, audio, etc). Images Flickr - Creative Commons Wikimedia Commons Pixnio - Public domain images (Note: test) NYPL Public Domain Images Video Vimeo - Creative Commons filter


Creating OER:
Below are resources relating to the creation of OER. Whether you're adapting an open textbook or developing a new resource, you'll want to find open content (images, videos, text)  that is available for use.


Resources:
Open Accessibility Toolkit - From the University of British Columbia, this helpful guide reviews best practices in working with video, audio, and other specific topics. The guide is also available in an Ebook format . Floe Inclusive Learning Design Handbook - Guidelines for accessibility, with an eye to those creating OER. Reading Ease and Accessibility - This short guide from the OpenLab at the New York City College of Technology provides guidance about writing for the web.


Tools:
WAVE - The Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool helps determine accessibility issues and how to resolve them. Create and Verify PDF Accessibility - Using Adobe Pro, the guide shows how to convert a PDF document into an accessible version. Create Accessible PDFs - From Microsoft, a guide on how to ensure PDF accessibility. CADET - Caption Description and Editing Tool


OER and Accessibility:
Many open resources are being created using digital tools, or compiled onto websites. Checking for accessibility helps to open the resource to the most users. Be sure to take a look at the comprehensive Accessibility at CUNY guide, "created to assist CUNY librarians, staff and faculty with their creation of accessible open educational resources."


Resources:
Year One Report : Includes statistics about course conversion and zero-cost impact across CUNY. OER Representatives across CUNY - The list of representatives on each CUNY campus. OER at CUNY - An overview page of the efforts across CUNY, linking to press releases.


Open Resources at CUNY:
CUNY Academic Commons - Developed at The Graduate Center, and designed to be "an online, academic social network for community members." CUNY Academic Works - The University's institutional repository includes a section for OER created at CUNY, as well as other scholarship. Manifold - Allows users to "publish dynamic digital texts with rich media support, powerful annotation tools, and  community dialogue." OpenLab - An open platform developed at the New York City College of Technology (CityTech). OpenCUNY - Hosted at the Graduate Center, OpenCUNY is " a DSC-sponsored, student-run, open-source WordPress platform that is free and open to all students."


Open Educational Resources at the Graduate Center:
Open Knowledge Fellowship - Supported by state funding, the Fellowship guides participants through the considerations in creating an OER course site and the broader scholarly landscape. Breaking Open: An Open Pedagogy Symposium - Held on May 3, 2019, the Symposium combined elements of interactive pedagogy with a critique of "open" rhetoric. Keynote speaker Clelia Rodriguez helped to frame the issues within a decolonial perspective and context. Building Open Infrastructure at CUNY - A compilation of OER across multiple disciplines, published on Manifold . See this page for various Open Access journals published at The Graduate Center.


Open Pedagogy:
Why Open? A Curation of Posts on Open Pedagogy Invisible Labor and Digital Spaces Opening Up Open Pedagogy What is Open Pedagogy? - David Wiley speculates about the possibilities between OER and open pedagogy. What is Open Pedagogy? - A Year of Open - Perspectives from multiple individuals, speculating on the nature of "open." Tim Robbins Presents Open Anthology of American Literature at MLA Convention OER: A Field Guide for Academic Librarians


Diversity and OER:
Diversity and Inclusivity - A page of resources from the OER18: Open to All conference, held in Bristol, UK. How OER Can Support Student Equity and Diversity OER Researchers Don't Disaggregate Data on Diverse Students. Here's Why They Should.


OER in Context:
Open Education Reader  My Open Pedagogy Textbook (2016) - Robin DeRosa OpenEdGroup - Provides a review of research studies about OER.


Further Reading: OER - A Critical Approach:
A Critical Take On OER Practices: Interrogating Commercialization Colonialism and Content Open Educational Resources and Rhetorical Paradox in the Neoliberal Univers(ity) - CUNY Prof. Nora Almeida explores the tensions between OER and the university system, with an emphasis on rhetoric and pedagogy. OER: Is the Federal Government Overstepping its Role? - (Winter, 2017) EducationNext. Ten Years Later: Why Open Educational Resources Have Not Noticeably Affected Higher Education, and Why We Should Care EduCauseReview (2/26/13)


Opportunities:
The Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies offers Summer Fellowships for graduate or undergraduate students seeking to develop Open Educational Resources. Open Research Fellowships sponsored by Open Education Group.


Readings:
Open Knowledge Institutions: Reinventing Universities (MIT Press, 2021)


CUNY Digital History Archive:
CUNY Digital History Archive: "An open, participatory digital public archive and portal that gives the CUNY community and the broader public online access to a range of archival materials related to the history of the City University of New York."


About this guide:
This guide provides an introduction to researching the history of The City University of New York. Are we missing something? Suggestions are welcome; contact Roxanne Shirazi with additions. The University provides a brief overview history on its website that provides a good starting point for those new to the institution.


General Histories:
CUNY's First Fifty Years: Providing a comprehensive history of the City University of New York, this book chronicles the evolution of the country's largest urban university from its inception in 1961 through the tumultuous events and policies that have shaped it character and community over the past fifty years. Reflecting on its uniqueness and broader place in U.S. higher education, Picciano and Jordan examine in depth the development of the CUNY system and all of its constituent colleges, with emphasis on its rapid expansion in the 1960s, and the end of its free tuition in the 1970s, and open admissions policies in the 1990s.


colleges, with emphasis on its rapid expansion in the 1960s, and the end of its free tuition in the 1970s, and open admissions policies in the 1990s.From the Free Academy to CUNY: From the Free Academy to CUNY provides a generally accessible narrative of the development of the City University of New York from its inception in 1847 as the Free Academy to its present status as the largest urban university in the country. The book includes an extensive bibliography of books, articles, dissertations and major policy documents, as well as chapter notes and an index.  The Free Academy was born in controversy and today the City University of New York is again in the midst of controversial changes. This book provides the background necessary to understand how the municipal college system emerged, developed and became a university. Over 120 annotated illustrations dramatize the 150 years in which it has been facing the challenge of educating "the children of the whole people." This book tells the story of an institution that, directly and indirectly has influenced the lives of innumerable New Yorkers, their families and New York City.


tells the story of an institution that, directly and indirectly has influenced the lives of innumerable New Yorkers, their families and New York City.Austerity Blues: Chapters 2 and 3 are focused on CUNY history from 1847-1976. Fabricant and Brier describe the extraordinary growth of public higher education after 1945, thanks largely to state investment, the alternative intellectual and political traditions that defined the 1960s, and the social and economic forces that produced austerity policies and inequality beginning in the late 1970s and 1980s.

New York Liberation School: In the 1960s and '70s—when Toni Cade Bambara, Samuel Delany, David Henderson, June Jordan, Audre Lorde, Guillermo Morales, Adrienne Rich, and Assata Shakur all studied and taught at CUNY—New York City's classrooms and streets radiated as epicenters of Black, Puerto Rican, queer, and women's liberation. Highlighting the decolonial feminist metamorphosis that transformed our educational landscape, New York Liberation School explores how study and movement coalesced across classrooms and neighborhoods.


that transformed our educational landscape, New York Liberation School explores how study and movement coalesced across classrooms and neighborhoods.Changing the Odds: Lavin and Hyllegard evaluate the open-admissions experiment at the City University of New York, initiated in 1970, which defined college as a right for all who had completed high school.

Right vs. Privilege: Evaluation of the first five years (1970-75) of CUNY's open admissions program.

Other Publications Brier, Stephen. “Why the History of CUNY Matters: Using the CUNY Digital History Archive to Teach CUNY’s Past.” Radical Teacher 108, no. 1 (May 31, 2017): 28–35. https://doi.org/10.5195/RT.2017.357 . Gordon, Sheila C. “ The Transformation of the City University of New York, 1945-1970 .” Ph.D. Diss., Columbia University, 1975. Available from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global. Zeemont, Anna, "“The Act of the Paper”: Literacy, Racial Capitalism, and Student Protest in the 1990s." Ph.D. Diss., CUNY Graduate Center, 2022. https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/4911


Historical Board of Trustees Meeting Documents:
Documents for upcoming and recent meetings of the Board of Trustees are located on the CUNY website.

BoT Meeting Minutes, 1940-current: The Minutes are the official record of the proceedings of each meeting of the CUNY Board of Trustees, approved by the Board of Trustees at its next meeting.

1969-current: all meetings 1940-1968: selected meeting minutes available

BoT Meeting Notices (2009-current): The Notices give the time, place, rules and procedures for the meetings of the Board of Trustees.

BoT Meeting Calendars (2009-current): The Agendas and supporting documents of upcoming meetings are drafts and subject to revision at any time prior to a meeting.

Personnel information such as resumes, legal matters, real estate and contract negotiations and other issues under review may not be included, and supplemental materials may be introduced at meetings, as appropriate.


and contract negotiations and other issues under review may not be included, and supplemental materials may be introduced at meetings, as appropriate.BoT Meeting Summaries of Disposition (2009-current): The Summaries are brief records of the items considered and the actions taken at the meetings.

BoT Committee Meeting Documents: CUNY Board of Trustees committee meeting notices, calendars of agenda items, summaries of disposition, and minutes.

Committees included: Academic Policy, Programs and Research; Audit; Facilities Planning and Management; Faculty, Staff and Administration; Fiscal Affairs; Student Affairs and Special Programs; Executive


Manual of General Policy:
The Manual of General Policy is a reference manual of policies that govern the University. ARTICLE I: Academic Policy, Programs, and Research ARTICLE II : Board of Trustees ARTICLE III: Fiscal Affairs ARTICLE IV: Facilities Planning and Management ARTICLE V: Faculty, Staff, and Administration ARTICLE VI: Legal ARTICLE VII: Student Affairs and Special Programs ARTICLE VIII: University Relations


CUNY Library Archives:
View a complete list of CUNY Archives , or click on an individual campus below:

Baruch College Archives: The Baruch College Archives collects and preserves records that document the history, mission, and daily functioning of Baruch College, as well as materials pertaining to people, activities and events associated with the College. Please see our Collecting Policy and Mission Statement for more information. In addition, the archives are responsible for keeping and maintaining several special collections which are unique to Baruch College and which are physically housed in the archives.

Borough of Manhattan Community College Archives: To preserve the history of the BMCC College and community, we collect publications and official records of the college, including catalogs, reports, yearbooks, brochures, minutes of meetings, and announcements, for use in the library only.


ficial records of the college, including catalogs, reports, yearbooks, brochures, minutes of meetings, and announcements, for use in the library only.Bronx Community College Library Archives: Archives & Special Collections collects, preserves, and makes available primary and secondary materials that document the history of Bronx Community College. Our mission to acquire and preserve materials is coupled with a commitment to outreach and access. Materials are described according to national standards established by the National Archives Records Administration and the Society of American Archivists. The Archives & Special Collections mounts regular exhibitions both in the Library and online. We are committed to collaborating with other BCC departments to digitize collection materials and make them freely available online. We host group visits to the Archives for tours and classroom instruction sessions.


igitize collection materials and make them freely available online. We host group visits to the Archives for tours and classroom instruction sessions.Brooklyn College Archives: The Archives and Special Collections division of the Brooklyn College Library is committed to acquiring, preserving, and providing access to the records of enduring value that document the Brooklyn College community and the Borough of Brooklyn, as well as the papers and memorabilia of individuals who have national and social importance.


Brooklyn College community and the Borough of Brooklyn, as well as the papers and memorabilia of individuals who have national and social importance.City College Archives and Special Collections: The Archives and Special Collections Division was established in 1960 and is maintained in a controlled, secure environment which includes ample compact moveable shelving. The archival collections document instruction, teaching, research, alumni and student life at the College through institutional records, publications, memorabilia, faculty papers, photographs, blueprints and media. Biographical information is collected on distinguished alumni, including the nine Nobel laureates who are City College alumni. These collections actively serve the City College community and are of continuing interest to scholars studying the history and sociology of higher education, as well as to biographers and journalists. The Special Collections include the Russell Sage Collection of over 100,000 reports and publications issued by social welfare organizations active in the United States from the late 19th Century to 1940.


ection of over 100,000 reports and publications issued by social welfare organizations active in the United States from the late 19th Century to 1940.ection of over 100,000 reports and publications issued by social welfare organizations active in the United States from the late 19th Century to 1940.ection of over 100,000 reports and publications issued by social welfare organizations active in the United States from the late 19th Century to 1940.Some European and Latin American materials are also included. Other collection strengths include books on clothing and costumes from around the world, the Thomason Tracts (140 pamphlets printed during the English Civil War), Restoration and 18th Century drama, and early 20th century British writers. There is also a small but choice collection of 17th and 18th century titles in the fields of astronomy, mathematics and chemistry.


ry British writers. There is also a small but choice collection of 17th and 18th century titles in the fields of astronomy, mathematics and chemistry.City College Dominican Archives: The mission of the CUNY Dominican Studies institute Archives, located at The City College of New York, is to identify, appraise, accession, process, preserve and provide access to archival materials that document the experience and contributions of the Dominican population in the United States. The Archives supplements and complements the efforts of the Institute's Dominican Library and research programs, greatly enriching the supply of primary source materials available to scholars, students and faculty in the area of Dominican studies.


earch programs, greatly enriching the supply of primary source materials available to scholars, students and faculty in the area of Dominican studies.The Archives & Special Collections of the CSI Library collects, preserves, and makes available primary and secondary materials that document the history of Staten Island and the College of Staten Island. The Archives’ focus is the history of the College and records the activities of the administration, academic departments, faculty, staff, students, and related organizations of the College of Staten Island and its predecessor institutions. The Special Collections concentrates on the history of Staten Island political culture and public policy discourse, especially in the period since consolidation with New York City in 1898.


n the history of Staten Island political culture and public policy discourse, especially in the period since consolidation with New York City in 1898.Graduate Center Archives: The Archives of the City University of New York Graduate School and University Center consist of reports, correspondence, pamphlets, books, periodicals, other publications, photographs, video and audio tapes or discs, and other materials, all documenting or otherwise related to its history and operations. They were gathered over the past 15 years or so, mainly from sources within the Graduate Center, but some documents came from the CUNY Administration and, via correspondence and copying, from some of CUNY’s component colleges. They are housed on the 2nd floor of the library and open (by appointment) to CUNY administrators, faculty and other staff members, students, and others authorized by the Chief Librarian.

Guttman Community College Archives: Guttman Community College Archives are stored in CUNY Academic Works, CUNY's institutional repository.


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Guttman Community College Archives: Guttman Community College Archives are stored in CUNY Academic Works, CUNY's institutional repository.Hostos Community College Archives: The Hostos Community College Archives functions as the institutional memory of the college. The archives collects unpublished materials of permanent historical value including official records, correspondence, papers and publications generated by the administration, academic departments, faculty, staff, special programs and student organizations since 1970. Through its collections the archives promotes an awareness of the diverse ethnic and cultural history of this unique bilingual institution and the surrounding South Bronx community that inspired it. The library’s archive unit also maintains a comprehensive collection of works published by and about Eugenio María de Hostos, namesake of the college.


The library’s archive unit also maintains a comprehensive collection of works published by and about Eugenio María de Hostos, namesake of the college.Hunter College Archives & Special Collections: The Archives & Special Collections division at Hunter College was formally established in January 1966 under the direction of the archivist, Frederick W. Stewart. Originating as the Archives Centre, the repository collects books and unpublished materials of historical value including records, correspondence, papers and publications generated by the administration, academic departments, administrative offices, faculty, staff and student organizations since 1869.


s and publications generated by the administration, academic departments, administrative offices, faculty, staff and student organizations since 1869.Hunter College CENTRO Archives of Puerto Rican Diaspora: The Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora, known as Centro Archives, collect, preserve and make available for research unique primary materials that document the history and culture of the Puerto Rican Diaspora with a concentration on New York City. Among the collections are the records of community based, legal, educational, cultural, civil rights organizations, the papers of activists, writers, artists, scholars, educators and elected officials.

John Jay College Special Collections: The John Jay College Library Special Collections hold unique material related to the mission of the Sealy Library and John Jay College. Materials are in published and unpublished form including books, broadsides, pamphlets, prints, serials and archival materials.


and John Jay College. Materials are in published and unpublished form including books, broadsides, pamphlets, prints, serials and archival materials.Kingsborough Community College Archives: The Kingsborough Archives are located on the second floor (Room L214) of the Robert J. Kibbee Library. The Archives contain valuable primary source materials dating to Kingsborough's founding in 1964, including photographs, documents, correspondence, yearbooks and course catalogs. The archives also store newspapers, magazines, and other historic items relevant to the Robert J. Kibbee Library, Kingsborough Community College, the Brooklyn community, and the New York area. The collections within the Archives are noncirculating but are available to students, staff, faculty and independent researchers by appointment only.


The collections within the Archives are noncirculating but are available to students, staff, faculty and independent researchers by appointment only.LaGuardia Community College Institutional Archives: The Institutional Archives resides in the Library Media Resources Center of the college. As with other special collections the mission or charge is to collect, arrange, describe and preserve specific materials that areas relate to the history and development of LaGuardia Community College and selected materials of the City University of New York that relate to the college.

LaGuardia Community College LaGuardia and Wagner Archives: The LaGuardia and Wagner Archives was established in 1982 to collect, preserve, and make available primary materials documenting the social and political history of New York City. The Archives serves a broad array of researchers: journalists, students, scholars, exhibit planners and policy makers examining the history of Greater New York. The Archives also produces public programs exploring that history.


lars, exhibit planners and policy makers examining the history of Greater New York. The Archives also produces public programs exploring that history.Lehman College Special Collections: The Special Collections Division of the Library (Room 230) contains such Lehman records as yearbooks, catalogs, newspapers, reports, photographs and memorabilia. Rare books and limited editions of books in various disciplines are also housed in the Division's temperature and humidity controlled environment. Beyond College records, Special Collections also holds the Bronx Institute Archives of: oral history interviews; local history books; maps and atlases; newspapers; photographs and archival materials.

Medgar Evars College Archives & Special Collections: The Special Collections currently contain rare books, periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, etc., relating to several subject areas: the African American Experience of the Diaspora; Southern Africa from the 1960s to 1980s; the African and Caribbean heritage. These materials are listed in CUNY+ and can be used in-house only.


spora; Southern Africa from the 1960s to 1980s; the African and Caribbean heritage. These materials are listed in CUNY+ and can be used in-house only.New York City College of Technology Library Archives: The Library Archives are located on the 2nd floor of the Ursula C. Schwerin Library.They are open to CUNY students, staff, & faculty and the public by appointment only.The Archives contain historical materials from City Tech's precursors: the New York Trade School, Voorhees Technical Institute and the New York City Community College.

Queensborough Community College Archives: QCC faculty, staff, students, and alumni are granted access to the College Archives with a CUNY ID card. Non-QCC patrons must contact the College Archivist to obtain permission to use the College Archives. A picture ID and the topic of research is required for entry into the Archives.


he College Archivist to obtain permission to use the College Archives. A picture ID and the topic of research is required for entry into the Archives.Queens College Special Collections and Archives: The Queens College Special Collections and Archives, part of the Benjamin Rosenthal College Library, comprises 4,500 cubic feet of primarily college records from 1937 to the present. Collecting began formally in the late 1960's, supplementing earlier efforts to preserve largely unorganized records. The department is especially interested in the materials that preserve the history of the Borough of Queens and the New York City region. Our collections are particularly strong in capturing the College’s history of excellence in the areas of Performing Arts, Literature, Politics, and Civil Rights.

York College Archives: The College Archives are located in the Library. It is open by appointment with the archivist only. It contains official and non-official York records as yearbooks, catalogs, Bulletins, reports, photographs and realia. Rare books and the Bassin Collection of Yiddica and Hebraica are also housed in the Archives.


s, catalogs, Bulletins, reports, photographs and realia. Rare books and the Bassin Collection of Yiddica and Hebraica are also housed in the Archives.York College Music History Archive: The Music Archive, which is housed in the York College Library, collects documents, music manuscripts, memorabilia, recordings, and artifacts pertaining to African American musicians and composers who lived in Southeast Queens. The Music History Archive is currently closed for processing.


Data Sources:
CUNY Fast Facts: Commonly requested statistics from CUNY's Office of Applied Research, Evaluation, and Data Analytics

Interactive Student Data Book: From CUNY's Office of Applied Research, Evaluation, and Data Analytics

Student Data Book Archive: Data on admissions, enrollment, degrees granted, race/ethnicity, retention and graduation rates, ranging from 1967-1998 and 2003-2017 (missing 1989-1991). Sorted by campus, totals grouped by senior colleges and community colleges. PDF only.

Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) CUNY Disclosures: Federally mandated reports on diversity, retention rates, graduation rate, transfer rate. Only the most recent data is posted online.


Data Hub:
The Office of Research, Evaluation, and Program Support (REPS) provides data on many CUNY programs through its Data Hub . Statistics are available for these programs: College Now CUNY Start and Math Start Foster Care Initiative (FCI) New York City Science and Engineering Fair


Budget and Finance:
The CUNY Office of Budget and Finance releases information online, including: audited financial statements budget requests procurement opportunities


Graduate Center Statistics:
The Graduate Center's Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness provides interesting historical data as visualizations on Tableau , including: Doctoral Degrees Awarded and Time to Degree, 1965–2017 Eight- and Ten-Year Graduation Rates Graduate Center Student Diversity, 2011-2017


Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK):
Founded in 1965, the Percy Ellis Sutton Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK) program was the first higher education opportunity program in the U.S. and continues today at CUNY's four-year colleges.


Dissertations Related to SEEK:
The SEEK program, and developmental education and remediation in general, are frequent subjects of graduate study. Below are a few dissertations that pay special attention to these issues at CUNY.


and remediation in general, are frequent subjects of graduate study. Below are a few dissertations that pay special attention to these issues at CUNY.Alford, Schevaletta M. " An Exploratory Study of Peer Relationships Among Students in the SEEK Compensatory Educational Programs at Two Four-Year Urban Commuter Colleges ." Ed.D. Diss, Teacher's College, Columbia University, 1995. Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. Croke, Erin. " Toward An Understanding of Demographic Change at the City University of New York: 1990 – 2010 ." Ph.D. Diss, City University of New York, 2013). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. Duitch, Suri. " Open Admissions and Remediation: a Case Study of Policymaking by the City University of New York Board ." Ph.D. Diss, City University of New York, 2010. Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. Duncan, Patricia. " An Analysis of the Relationship of Identified Background Variables to Academic Achievement of Students in the SEEK Program in a Unit of City University of New York ." Ph.D. Diss, New York University, 1989.


d Variables to Academic Achievement of Students in the SEEK Program in a Unit of City University of New York ." Ph.D. Diss, New York University, 1989.d Variables to Academic Achievement of Students in the SEEK Program in a Unit of City University of New York ." Ph.D. Diss, New York University, 1989.d Variables to Academic Achievement of Students in the SEEK Program in a Unit of City University of New York ." Ph.D. Diss, New York University, 1989.Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. Dyer, Conrad M. " Protest and the Politics of Open Admissions: The Impact of the Black and Puerto Rican Students' Community (of City College). " Ph.D. Diss, City University of New York, 1990. Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. Fumita, Hirosuke. " Relationships of Remediation with Chances for Graduation and Time Taken to Graduate: A Study on the 1984 and 1989 Cohorts of CUNY SEEK Students ." Master's Thesis, Hunter College, 2001. Available in print at Hunter College Cooperman Library Special Collection, 2nd floor. Galinski, Raymond. " An Evaluation of the Effects of the Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK) Program on Short- and Intermediate-Term Outcomes ." Ph.D. Diss, City University of New York, 2017. Available from CUNY Academic Works. Glazer, Judith S. " A Case Study of the Decision in 1976 to Initiate Tuition for Matriculated Undergraduate Students of the City University of New York .


zer, Judith S. " A Case Study of the Decision in 1976 to Initiate Tuition for Matriculated Undergraduate Students of the City University of New York .zer, Judith S. " A Case Study of the Decision in 1976 to Initiate Tuition for Matriculated Undergraduate Students of the City University of New York .zer, Judith S. " A Case Study of the Decision in 1976 to Initiate Tuition for Matriculated Undergraduate Students of the City University of New York ." Ph.D. Diss, New York University, 1981. Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. LaLande, Paula-Marie. " Perceptions of the Historical Changes in the Search for Education, Elevation and Knowledge Program (SEEK) at Queens College: A Historical Case Study Emphasizing the Views of Faculty, Counselors, and Administrators . " Ed.D. Dissertation, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2003. Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. Molloy, Sean. " A Convenient Myopia: Seek, Shaughnessy, and the Rise of High-Stakes Testing at CUNY ." Available from CUNY Academic Works. Montague, Janice. " Weaving One's Way: First-Time College Students ." Ed.D. Dissertation, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1991. Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. Nazon, Marie C. " A Study of Predictors of College Completion Among SEEK Immigrant Students ." Ph.D. Dissertation, City University of New York, 2010. Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.