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


t by subject, title, or collection, or search across the full resource. Register for a free personal account to save materials and organize your work.Project Muse: The CUNY and Graduate Center subscriptions provide access to the full text of nearly 400 journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences along with over 70,000 e-books and 4,600 open access books.  Select “Browse All Muse” and filter by Access type “Only content I have access to” to see subscribed and OA content. Or look for the green check mark and OA icons that appear next to accessible titles when searching across the platform. E-books are also available via the separate link to Project Muse E-Books .


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Academic Search Complete: Access to articles from magazines and peer-reviewed journals, as well as books, conference papers and proceedings, and educational reports from almost all academic areas of study.

Britannica Academic: This database combines Encyclopædia Britannica and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, as well as content from magazines and academic journals, an interactive world atlas, a country comparison tool, and more.


ter's Collegiate Dictionary, as well as content from magazines and academic journals, an interactive world atlas, a country comparison tool, and more.Essay and General Literature: Contains citations to essays in collections of mostly scholarly works and miscellaneous works published since 1984 in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. More than 300 volumes are indexed annually. While there are no abstracts, complete contents of the volumes are listed. An extremely useful resource for all disciplines because it indexes sources not covered elsewhere. Search simultaneously with Essay and General Literature Retrospective.

Essay and General Literature Retrospective: Indexes 249,000 essays from collections of essays on many disciplines published in English from 1900 to 1984. Search simultaneously with Essay and General Literature Index.


from collections of essays on many disciplines published in English from 1900 to 1984. Search simultaneously with Essay and General Literature Index.Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL): Full text of over 400 reference books published by Gale, Brill Academic, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Greenwood, Sage, Salem Press, Wiley, and others. Titles include American Civil War Reference Library, Ancient Europe, 8000 BC to AD 1000, Encyclopedia of Aging, Encyclopedia of American Religions, Encyclopedia of Case Study Research, Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, Encyclopedia of Urban Studies, Encyclopedia of World Biography, Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, Magill's Survey of World Literature, Vietnam War Reference Library; World Education Encyclopedia.

General OneFile: Indexes over 12,000 periodicals, newspapers, reference books, and multimedia sources, with full text from 7,587 publications.


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General OneFile: Indexes over 12,000 periodicals, newspapers, reference books, and multimedia sources, with full text from 7,587 publications.General Science Full Text: Indexes scholarly, professional, and popular science periodicals published from 1984 to the present in the United States and the United Kingdom. Includes text for 93 publications from 1994 to present.

Business Insights Global: Detailed company and industry profiles including SWOT reports, market share reports, and financial reports; thousands of company histories and industry essays from Gale’s core business collection; case studies, scholarly journals, and business news for deep research coverage of global economies.

Business Source Complete: Full text of peer-reviewed journals and magazines, country and industry reports, and case studies covering management, economics, finance, accounting in both national and international business.


zines, country and industry reports, and case studies covering management, economics, finance, accounting in both national and international business.CQ Researcher: Full-text reports from 1991 to the present on education, the environment, health, international affairs, technology, the U.S. economy, and other political and social issues. Each 12,000-word report includes bibliographies, maps, tables, and pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions.

Gale US History in Context: Contains reference works, millions of news and periodical articles, primary sources related to United States history.

Gale World History in Context: Includes primary sources, reference, and multi-media content to contextualize world history.


to United States history.

Gale World History in Context: Includes primary sources, reference, and multi-media content to contextualize world history.ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research): ICPSR is the world's largest collection of digital social science data. ICPSR data cover topics from sociology, political science, economics, demography, education, child care, health care, crime, minority populations, aging, terrorism, substance abuse, mental health, public policy, and international relations. First-time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account; thereafter, you will need your email address and password to download data.

InfoShare: Population statistics, immigration trends, and more for New York City and New York State.


our email address and password to download data.

InfoShare: Population statistics, immigration trends, and more for New York City and New York State.Labor and Employment: The American Worker: Part of HeinOnline, this database explores the working class in the United States through an editorialized collection about the history of labor conditions and employment law in the United States. This database includes legislative histories, Supreme Court case briefs, accounts of historical labor riots, current reports on working conditions, scholarly articles, and an interactive timeline that charts labor efforts.

Social Explorer: Displays interactive maps of U.S. Census data going back to 1790.

Social Science Index Retrospective: Index to historical materials in the social sciences.

SocIndex: Contains core coverage sociology journals dating back to 1895. Also includes full text for many books, monographs, and conference papers.

TableBase: Specializes exclusively in tabular data on companies, industries, products and demographics, offering precise indexing, unambiguous table titles and links to full text.


ively in tabular data on companies, industries, products and demographics, offering precise indexing, unambiguous table titles and links to full text.Women and Social Movements: The collection currently includes documents from 120 projects and archives with respect to the history of womens’ social movements from 1600 to 2000.

Business Source Complete: Full text of nearly 4,000 scholarly business journals and periodicals as well as indexing for 7,000 titles. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.

CQ Researcher: Full-text reports from 1991 to the present on education, the environment, health, international affairs, technology, the U.S. economy, and other political and social issues. Each 12,000-word report includes bibliographies, maps, tables, and pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions.


l and social issues. Each 12,000-word report includes bibliographies, maps, tables, and pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions.Ethnic News Watch: Included are journals, magazines, and newspapers from ethnic and minority presses from 1990-present. Ethnicities include: African American/Caribbean/African; Arab/Middle Eastern; Asian/Pacific Islander; European/Eastern European; Hispanic; Jewish; Native People.

Foreign Policy: ForeignPolicy.com provides analysis of pressing global challenges by leading experts.

Global Issues in Context: Integrates news, global viewpoints, reference materials, country information, primary source documents, videos, statistics, and more. Contains Global Issues Viewpoints, and more than 3,000 exclusive commentaries that provide background and guidance on significant topics.


s, and more. Contains Global Issues Viewpoints, and more than 3,000 exclusive commentaries that provide background and guidance on significant topics.GreenR (Global Reference on the Environment/Energy/Natural Resources): GREENR focuses on the study of sustainability and the environment. Provides news, background information, video, unique commentaries, primary source documents and statistics, covering relevant categories including energy systems, healthcare, food, climate change, population, economic development. Also offers interactive maps and contextual multimedia, customizable journals and news, refereed case studies.


ange, population, economic development. Also offers interactive maps and contextual multimedia, customizable journals and news, refereed case studies.Gun Regulation and Legislation in America: More than 500 titles dealing with U.S. gun regulation and legislation. Included are periodicals, key compiled federal legislative histories, relevant congressional hearings, Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports, Supreme Court briefs, and more. Links to nearly 500 scholarly articles, an extensive bibliography, and a balanced selection of external resources to further research this subject are also provided. Research the National Firearms Act, the Miller and Heller decisions, and other key aspects of this subject.

Historical New York Times: The New York Times in .pdf format from 1851 to the last four years.


ller decisions, and other key aspects of this subject.

Historical New York Times: The New York Times in .pdf format from 1851 to the last four years.InfoShare: Demographic information about New York City drawn from city, state, and federal sources. Also includes some national statistics. Use the raw data to create customized tables. The information in Infoshare is supplemented by many free Web sites, including National Priorities Project Database, which provides a range of statistics relating to labor, poverty, and social programs by state.

LGBT Life with Full Text: Text from over 150 LGBTQi (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and Intersex) journals, magazines, and newspapers and over 150 books.

World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean: Features primary source documents about Latin America and the Caribbean; academic journals and news feeds covering the region; reference articles and commentary; maps and statistics; audio and video; and more.


he Caribbean; academic journals and news feeds covering the region; reference articles and commentary; maps and statistics; audio and video; and more.Law Library Microfilm Collection Digital: Digitized versions of thousands of legal documents, mostly from government sources. These materials should be of particular interest to researchers in history, political science, and sociology.

Legal Source: Information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world, with over 950 full-text journals with coverage dating back to 1908.

LegalTrac: LegalTrac provides indexing for major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty publications, Bar Association journals, and international legal journals. The American Association of Law Libraries not only endorses LegalTrac, its special advisory committee selects, reviews, and enhances the content of this resource. The database offers coverage of federal and state cases, laws and regulations, legal practice and taxation, as well as British Commonwealth, European Union, and international law.


of federal and state cases, laws and regulations, legal practice and taxation, as well as British Commonwealth, European Union, and international law.Nexis Uni (previously LexisNexis): Nexis Uni is a full-text news, business, and legal database with sources from around the world, including local, regional, national, and international newspapers, scholarly journals, trade journals, and popular magazines, television and radio broadcasts, and newswires and blogs. Legal sources include federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790. Also contains business information on U.S. and international companies (see Dossier section) and patent data (see TotalPatent One section).

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Brill Online Reference Works: A selection of Brill Online Reference Works. The GC Library subscribes to a few titles (which have a green icon next to them on the front page): Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics (EALL) Foreign Law Guide Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures Qurʾānic Studies Online (includes Concordance et Indices de la Tradition Musulmane, Dictionary of Qurʾanic Usage, Early Western Korans, Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān, Encyclopedia of Canonical Hadīth, and Qurʾān Concordance) Encyclopaedia of Islam (in multiple editions and with a Historical Atlas of Islam)

Britannica Academic: This database combines Encyclopædia Britannica and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, as well as content from magazines and academic journals, an interactive world atlas, a country comparison tool, and more.


ter's Collegiate Dictionary, as well as content from magazines and academic journals, an interactive world atlas, a country comparison tool, and more.Cambridge Histories Online: First published in 1902, Cambridge Histories span subject areas across the humanities and social sciences. The GC’s subscription includes over 400 titles in American History; Ancient & Classical Studies; Asian History, British & European History; Global History, Literature, Middle East & African Studies, Music & Theatre; Philosophy & Political Thought; and Religion. **GC-subscribed Cambridge content is discoverable in CUNY OneSearch .


African Studies, Music & Theatre; Philosophy & Political Thought; and Religion. **GC-subscribed Cambridge content is discoverable in CUNY OneSearch .Gale Ebooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library): Full text of over 1,800 reference works published by Gale, Brill Academic, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Greenwood, Sage, Salem Press, Wiley, and others. Titles include American Civil War Reference Library, Ancient Europe, 8000 BC to AD 1000, Encyclopedia of Aging, Encyclopedia of American Religions, Encyclopedia of Case Study Research, Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, Encyclopedia of Urban Studies, Encyclopedia of World Biography, Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, Magill's Survey of World Literature, Vietnam War Reference Library; World Education Encyclopedia.

General OneFile: Indexes over 14,000 periodicals, newspapers, reference books, and multimedia sources, along with over 200,000 images, 3,300 audio files, and thousands of videos. Includes full text from 8,070 publications.


books, and multimedia sources, along with over 200,000 images, 3,300 audio files, and thousands of videos. Includes full text from 8,070 publications.Grove Art Online: Search the Grove Dictionary of Art via the Oxford Art Online platform. Grove contains entries on artists, architects, craftsmen, patrons, movements, locations, and periods, as well as bibliographies for further research and thousands of searchable images made available through Oxford’s partnerships with museums, galleries, and other outstanding arts organizations. Browse through Timelines of World Art , Subject Guides or Resources for Educators created by organizations like MoMA and the Met. Create an optional subscriber account to save searches.


rt , Subject Guides or Resources for Educators created by organizations like MoMA and the Met. Create an optional subscriber account to save searches.Grove Music Online: Search the Grove Dictionary of Music via the Oxford Music Online platform. Based on a work first published in 1879, Grove has been in continuous publication and has been the foremost English-language encyclopedia of music.  Includes over 52,000 articles charting the diverse history, theory and cultures of music around the globe.  Hundreds of new articles and article revisions are added each year.  Create an optional subscriber account to save searches.

MasterFILE Complete: Full text from over 2,300 mostly popular and general-interest periodicals, with full-text as far back as 1922. Also includes more than 1,000 reference books, 160,400+ primary source documents, and an image collection of over 1 million photos, maps, and flags.

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


: Formerly Oxford Language Dictionaries Online. Translations of thousands of Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish words and phrases.Oxford Reference: Text of nearly 400 Oxford University Press reference works in 25 core subject areas. Titles include Oxford Companions to American Literature, American Theatre, the Bible, British History, Classical Civilization, History of Modern Science, Music, Philosophy, Politics of the World, Shakespeare, United States History, and Western Art. Available titles may be found in OneSearch .


n Science, Music, Philosophy, Politics of the World, Shakespeare, United States History, and Western Art. Available titles may be found in OneSearch .SAGE Knowledge Handbooks: Handbooks covering such subjects as digital dissertations, multicultural measures, environmental change, economic geography, historical theory, international relations, Islamic studies, performance studies, qualitative and quantitative research in psychology, race and ethnic studies, social anthropology, sociolinguistics, and theories of social psychology. To find available content: Select “SAGE Reference” Click on “Browse SAGE Reference” Find and click on "Handbooks" under "By Content Types" Select “Content available to me" under “Quick Filters” and Click “Apply Filter” to limit your results to just those handbook titles available at the Graduate Center.


available to me" under “Quick Filters” and Click “Apply Filter” to limit your results to just those handbook titles available at the Graduate Center.Titles that are available through our library subscription: Encyclopedia of Human Relationships Handbook of International Relations Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology: Volume 1 Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology: Volume 2 SAGE Handbook of Environmental Change: Volume 1 SAGE Handbook of Environmental Change: Volume 2 SAGE Handbook of Research on Classroom Assessment The Handbook of Community Practice The SAGE Handbook for Research in Education: Engaging Ideas and Enriching Inquiry The SAGE Handbook of Developmental Disorders The SAGE Handbook of Digital Dissertations and Theses The SAGE Handbook of Economic Geography The SAGE Handbook of Geographical Knowledge The SAGE Handbook of GIS and Society The SAGE Handbook of Historical Theory The SAGE Handbook of Human Geography: Two Volume Set The SAGE Handbook of Identities The SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of Craft The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Multilevel Modeling The SAGE


he SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of Craft The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Multilevel Modeling The SAGEhe SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of Craft The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Multilevel Modeling The SAGEhe SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of Craft The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Multilevel Modeling The SAGEhe SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of Craft The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Multilevel Modeling The SAGEhe SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of Craft The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Multilevel Modeling The SAGEhe SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of Craft The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Multilevel Modeling The SAGEHandbook of Performance Studies The SAGE Handbook of Punishment and Society The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Geography The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research in Psychology The SAGE Handbook of Quantitative Methods in Psychology The SAGE Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Remote Sensing The SAGE Handbook of Social Anthropology The SAGE Handbook of Social Cognition The SAGE Handbook of Sociolinguistics The SAGE Handbook of Writing Development


E Handbook of Social Anthropology The SAGE Handbook of Social Cognition The SAGE Handbook of Sociolinguistics The SAGE Handbook of Writing DevelopmentSAGE Research Methods: An online collection of more than 1,000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos on how to design and carry out research projects. Browse by discipline or search for a particular research approach (i.e., qualitative, quantitative, ethnographic) and see descriptions and examples from books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, journals, and videos. Read more in our GC Library blog post about Sage Research Methods .

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


, and electronic and other forms of U.S. and international statistical data on industrial, business, social, educational, financial, and other topics.Business Insights: Global: An international business resource containing more than 460,000 detailed company and industry profiles including SWOT reports, market share reports, and financial reports. It also includes company histories, industry essays, case studies, scholarly journals, and business news for global economies. Research tools include interactive comparison charts for countries, companies, and industries, and a glossary of business terms. Updated daily.

Business Source Complete: Full text of nearly 4,000 scholarly business journals and periodicals as well as indexing for 7,000 titles. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.


ings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.CQ Researcher: Full-text reports on a wide range of topics including health, education, the environment, technology, the U.S. government and economy, international affairs, crime, civil liberties, social movements, transportation, agriculture, and other political and social issues. Reports are 12,000 words long and include topic overviews, background information, statistics, chronologies, maps, current outlook, pro/con statements, and extensive bibliographies. The CQ Researcher archive goes back to 1923 and includes reports from its predecessor publication, Editorial Research Reports .

Infoshare: Population statistics, immigration trends, socio-economic indicators, birth and death data, hospitalizations, local trade data, and other demographic information about New York City drawn from city, state, and federal sources. Profile or compare areas across the city and state, or use the raw data to create customized tables.


City drawn from city, state, and federal sources. Profile or compare areas across the city and state, or use the raw data to create customized tables.Labor and Employment: The American Worker: Part of HeinOnline, this database explores the working class in the United States through an editorialized collection about the history of labor conditions and employment law in the United States. This database includes legislative histories, Supreme Court case briefs, accounts of historical labor riots, current reports on working conditions, scholarly articles, and an interactive timeline that charts labor efforts.

Left Index: Guide to the literature of the left, with an emphasis on political, economic, social and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. Topics covered include art and aesthetics, ecology and environment, education, history, the labor movement, law and globalization, philosophy, race and ethnicity, social and cultural theory, and sociology. Includes more than 507,000 citations and abstracts (with some full text) and spans from 1982 and earlier to present.


d cultural theory, and sociology. Includes more than 507,000 citations and abstracts (with some full text) and spans from 1982 and earlier to present.Opposing Viewpoints in Context: Covers a range of social issues including racism, capital punishment, global warming, and voting rights with reference sources, newspaper and magazine articles, scholarly journals, court cases, government documents, statistics, viewpoints, maps, images, audio, video, primary documents, and websites.


articles, scholarly journals, court cases, government documents, statistics, viewpoints, maps, images, audio, video, primary documents, and websites.Roper iPoll (formerly Roper Center Archives): The world’s largest collection of poll data from 1935 to present.  Contains hundreds of thousands of questions and tens of thousands of individual-level datasets, with hundreds more added yearly. Includes broad topical coverage of opinions and behavior on social issues, politics, the environment, science and technology, health, economics, and more.  It also includes global data from over 120 countries, and historical archives that feature questions on topics such as World War II, the civil rights movement, and women’s history, along with a general social survey with cumulative data from 1972-2016 featuring a standard core of demographic and attitudinal variables. Access through the Graduate Center Library enables you to view poll questions, save up to 50 questions, search abstracts and download documentation.


. Access through the Graduate Center Library enables you to view poll questions, save up to 50 questions, search abstracts and download documentation.. Access through the Graduate Center Library enables you to view poll questions, save up to 50 questions, search abstracts and download documentation.. Access through the Graduate Center Library enables you to view poll questions, save up to 50 questions, search abstracts and download documentation.Create a free personal account to download datasets, save up to 500 questions at once, and use the RoperExplorer analytical tool with crosstabs functionality. Users who have accounts on the old "classic" Roper iPoll website will need to register again on the new site. Learn more about how to use Roper iPoll online: Roper Tutorials .


n the old "classic" Roper iPoll website will need to register again on the new site. Learn more about how to use Roper iPoll online: Roper Tutorials .Social Explorer: Over 500,000 data indicators including the latest demographic and socio-economic data; historical demographic data from 1790 to the present; the American Community Survey 1-, 3-, and 5-year estimates; Market Profile Data; Economic Indicators; change over time data from 1970 to present; U.S. data on agriculture, the environment, Black Lives Matter protests, schools, crime, health, population estimates, business patterns, elections, and other topics; Canadian Census; U.K. Census; European Statistics Data; and World Development Indicators.


n estimates, business patterns, elections, and other topics; Canadian Census; U.K. Census; European Statistics Data; and World Development Indicators.Social Science Premium Collection: This collection includes databases covering the international literature in the social sciences, including politics, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology, linguistics, library science, and education. Together, they provide abstracts, indexing, and full text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, and more.  Click "more" to see the full list of databases included in this collection.


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


olicy File Index Political Science Database Social Science Database Sociological Abstracts Sociology Database Worldwide Political Science Abstracts SocINDEX with Full Text: Comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and related areas of study. The database features 2.1 million records with subject headings from a 20,000+ term sociological thesaurus. Also contains abstracts for more than 4,650 journals, some dating to 1895 and extensive indexing for books/monographs and conference papers. Contains full text for more than 830 books and monographs, 16,800 conference papers, and 860 journals dating back to 1908. Searchable cited references and thousands of author profiles are also included.

U.S. History in Context: Content includes reference works, millions of news and periodical articles, and more than 5,000 rare and vital primary source documents that range from slave journals to presidential papers.


ns of news and periodical articles, and more than 5,000 rare and vital primary source documents that range from slave journals to presidential papers.Women and Social Movements, International - 1840 to Present: This digital archive includes 150,000 pages of conference proceedings, reports of international women's organizations, publications and web pages of women's non-governmental organizations, and letters, diaries, and memoirs of women active internationally since the mid-nineteenth century.  It also includes photographs and videos of major events and activists in the history of women’s international social movements as well as scholarly essays exploring themes illuminated by materials in the archive.


tivists in the history of women’s international social movements as well as scholarly essays exploring themes illuminated by materials in the archive.Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals: A comprehensive index of articles from over 2,500 journals published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, landscape architecture, and historic preservation.  The database contains more than 800,000 records from the 1930s to the present with selective coverage dating back to the 1740s.  It also includes nearly 13,000 citations for architects' obituaries.

Business Source Complete: Full text of nearly 4,000 scholarly business journals and periodicals as well as indexing for 7,000 titles. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.


ings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.CQ Researcher: Full-text reports on a wide range of topics including health, education, the environment, technology, the U.S. government and economy, international affairs, crime, civil liberties, social movements, transportation, agriculture, and other political and social issues. Reports are 12,000 words long and include topic overviews, background information, statistics, chronologies, maps, current outlook, pro/con statements, and extensive bibliographies. The CQ Researcher archive goes back to 1923 and includes reports from its predecessor publication, Editorial Research Reports .


ensive bibliographies. The CQ Researcher archive goes back to 1923 and includes reports from its predecessor publication, Editorial Research Reports .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.


ent, land and water use, and pollution. Also offers interactive maps and contextual multimedia, customizable journals and news, refereed case studies.ICPSR: Interuniversity Consortium for Political & Social Research: ICPSR, the world's largest collection of digital social science data, maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences. ICPSR data cover sociology, political science, economics, demography, education, child care, health care, crime, minority populations, aging, terrorism, substance abuse, mental health, public policy, international relations, and more. First-time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account; thereafter, you will need your email address and password to download data.


nd more. First-time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account; thereafter, you will need your email address and password to download data.Index to Current Urban Documents: Contains over 31,000 reports generated by local government agencies, civic organizations, academic and research organizations, public libraries, and metropolitan and regional planning agencies from more than 500 major cities in the U.S. and Canada. The core of the collection contains fiscal (budgets and financial reports) and architecture & planning documents (city, county and regional plans). The index also provides information on urban-related issues from hazardous waste disposal to arts in the community.

Infoshare: Population statistics, immigration trends, socio-economic indicators, birth and death data, hospitalizations, local trade data, and other demographic information about New York City drawn from city, state, and federal sources. Profile or compare areas across the city and state, or use the raw data to create customized tables.


City drawn from city, state, and federal sources. Profile or compare areas across the city and state, or use the raw data to create customized tables.LGBTQ+ Source: Full text from over 150 LGBTQi (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and Intersex) journals, magazines, and newspapers and over 150 books. The database includes comprehensive indexing and abstract coverage as well as a specialized LGBTQ+ Thesaurus containing over 10,000 terms.

PAIS Index - International and Archive: Bibliographic citations from international sources including journals, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more, covering public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general from 1915 to the present.

Statistical Insight: Includes indexing, abstracting, and full text of millions of statistical reports, publications, tables, and datasets on thousands of topics produced by U.S. federal agencies, state governments, private and academic organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations.


ousands of topics produced by U.S. federal agencies, state governments, private and academic organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations.Urban Studies Abstracts: Biographic records in community development, urban affairs, urban history, and related areas from 1973 to the present.

Gun Regulation and Legislation in America: More than 750 titles dealing with U.S. gun regulation and legislation. Included are periodicals, key compiled federal legislative histories, relevant congressional hearings, Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports, Government Accountability Office (GAO) Reports, Supreme Court briefs, and more. Links to nearly 500 scholarly articles, an extensive bibliography, and a balanced selection of external resources to further research this subject are also provided. Research the National Firearms Act, the Miller and Heller decisions, and other key aspects of this subject.


r research this subject are also provided. Research the National Firearms Act, the Miller and Heller decisions, and other key aspects of this subject.Law Library Microfilm Consortium: LLMC Digital includes thousands of digitized historical legal and government documents, including federal, state, and territorial governments of the U.S., and government publications from Canada, the U.K., Germany, and other countries. It also includes collections of Indigenous law, international law, and multi-jurisdictional special focus collections, such as Roman law, Islamic law, and Canon law. These materials should be of particular interest to researchers in history, political science, and sociology.

Legal Source: Information on current issues, studies and trends in the legal world, with over 1,200 full-text scholarly law journals and over 2.5 million records, including book reviews and case citations. Topic coverage includes criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical law, labor and human resource law, ethics, the environment, and more.  Coverage dates back to 1908.


ational law, federal law, organized crime, medical law, labor and human resource law, ethics, the environment, and more.  Coverage dates back to 1908.LegalTrac: LegalTrac provides indexing for more than 1,200 major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty publications, Bar Association journals, and international legal journals, including more than 200 titles in full text. The American Association of Law Libraries endorses LegalTrac and its special advisory committee selects, reviews, and enhances the content of this resource. The database offers coverage of federal and state cases, laws and regulations, legal practice and taxation, as well as British Commonwealth, European Union, and international law.


of federal and state cases, laws and regulations, legal practice and taxation, as well as British Commonwealth, European Union, and international law.Nexis Uni (previously LexisNexis): Nexis Uni is a full-text news, business, and legal database with sources from around the world, including local, regional, national, and international newspapers, scholarly journals, trade journals, and popular magazines, television and radio broadcasts, and newswires and blogs. Legal sources include federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790. Also contains business information on U.S. and international companies (see Dossier section) and patent data (see TotalPatent One section).

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Build Your Research Skills:
The Oxford Guide to Library Research is a valuable tool for unlocking the universe of sources available in libraries and online.

"Presenting various schools of thought ... Going to the Sources ... explores the dynamic, nature, and professional history of research papers, and shows readers how to identify, find, and evaluate both primary and secondary sources for their own writing assignments."  (From the intro to the 6th edition.)

The Craft of Research walks you the entire research process, from coming up with a topic to writing up your results, and offers guidance on organizing your thoughts around research.

" From Reliable Sources is ... an overview of the techniques historians must master in order to reconstruct the past. Its focus on the basics of source criticism, rather than on how to find references or on the process of writing, makes it an invaluable guide ..."  (Publisher's summary)


sics of source criticism, rather than on how to find references or on the process of writing, makes it an invaluable guide ..."  (Publisher's summary)Learning to Do Historical Research is a user-friendly online research primer that follows the steps laid out in The Craft of Research.


Evaluating Sources:
Good scholarship requires careful reading and critical analysis of information.  Whether you are using primary, secondary, or reference sources in print or online, be sure to evaluate them closely. Following are basic evaluation criteria, adapted from The Information-Literate Historian by Jenny L. Presnell, that can be applied to all types of sources: Author Authority Who created the item?  What is his or her affiliation? Audience and Purpose Who is the intended audience?  Why was the item created? Accuracy and Completeness Is the evidence reliable?  Are the important points covered? Footnotes and Documentation Are the author's sources clearly identified with complete citations to allow you to find the original source yourself? Perspective and Bias How do the author's bias and perspective inform the arguments and evidence presented?


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.


Catalogs and Other Resources (CUNY-wide links):
OneSearch: OneSearch combines many initial searches into one interface: it includes the CUNY library catalog; a massive index of articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers; and unique digital content. For more details, see our OneSearch blog post series.

WorldCat.org: Free union catalog containing the holdings of thousands of libraries.

EBSCOhost Ebook Collection: A small collection of Ebsco Ebooks.

Ebook Central (formerly Ebrary): A constantly expanding collection of thousands of ebooks on a broad variety of disciplines.

Book Review Digest Plus: Provides excerpts or the full text of book reviews of current English-language fiction and non-fiction works from 1983 to the present.

Book Review Index Online: A comprehensive online guide to book reviews that includes more than five million review citations from thousands of publications, with linking to more than 630,000 full-text reviews.


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 .


Access Journals and Databases Online:
To find specialized information sources within a discipline or academic field, search one of our specialized databases , or browse through our online journals .

Use the search box below to find a database (for example, "Social Explorer" or "CQ Researcher").

Just getting started? Try these all-purpose databases to begin your search for scholarly journal articles:

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


t by subject, title, or collection, or search across the full resource. Register for a free personal account to save materials and organize your work.Project Muse: The CUNY and Graduate Center subscriptions provide access to the full text of nearly 400 journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences along with over 70,000 e-books and 4,600 open access books.  Select “Browse All Muse” and filter by Access type “Only content I have access to” to see subscribed and OA content. Or look for the green check mark and OA icons that appear next to accessible titles when searching across the platform. E-books are also available via the separate link to Project Muse E-Books .


Specialized Databases:
Brill Online Reference Works: A selection of Brill Online Reference Works. The GC Library subscribes to a few titles (which have a green icon next to them on the front page): Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics (EALL) Foreign Law Guide Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures Qurʾānic Studies Online (includes Concordance et Indices de la Tradition Musulmane, Dictionary of Qurʾanic Usage, Early Western Korans, Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān, Encyclopedia of Canonical Hadīth, and Qurʾān Concordance) Encyclopaedia of Islam (in multiple editions and with a Historical Atlas of Islam)

Britannica Academic: This database combines Encyclopædia Britannica and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, as well as content from magazines and academic journals, an interactive world atlas, a country comparison tool, and more.


ter's Collegiate Dictionary, as well as content from magazines and academic journals, an interactive world atlas, a country comparison tool, and more.Cambridge Histories Online: First published in 1902, Cambridge Histories span subject areas across the humanities and social sciences. The GC’s subscription includes over 400 titles in American History; Ancient & Classical Studies; Asian History, British & European History; Global History, Literature, Middle East & African Studies, Music & Theatre; Philosophy & Political Thought; and Religion. **GC-subscribed Cambridge content is discoverable in CUNY OneSearch .


African Studies, Music & Theatre; Philosophy & Political Thought; and Religion. **GC-subscribed Cambridge content is discoverable in CUNY OneSearch .Gale Ebooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library): Full text of over 1,800 reference works published by Gale, Brill Academic, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Greenwood, Sage, Salem Press, Wiley, and others. Titles include American Civil War Reference Library, Ancient Europe, 8000 BC to AD 1000, Encyclopedia of Aging, Encyclopedia of American Religions, Encyclopedia of Case Study Research, Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, Encyclopedia of Urban Studies, Encyclopedia of World Biography, Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, Magill's Survey of World Literature, Vietnam War Reference Library; World Education Encyclopedia.

General OneFile: Indexes over 14,000 periodicals, newspapers, reference books, and multimedia sources, along with over 200,000 images, 3,300 audio files, and thousands of videos. Includes full text from 8,070 publications.


books, and multimedia sources, along with over 200,000 images, 3,300 audio files, and thousands of videos. Includes full text from 8,070 publications.Grove Art Online: Search the Grove Dictionary of Art via the Oxford Art Online platform. Grove contains entries on artists, architects, craftsmen, patrons, movements, locations, and periods, as well as bibliographies for further research and thousands of searchable images made available through Oxford’s partnerships with museums, galleries, and other outstanding arts organizations. Browse through Timelines of World Art , Subject Guides or Resources for Educators created by organizations like MoMA and the Met. Create an optional subscriber account to save searches.


rt , Subject Guides or Resources for Educators created by organizations like MoMA and the Met. Create an optional subscriber account to save searches.Grove Music Online: Search the Grove Dictionary of Music via the Oxford Music Online platform. Based on a work first published in 1879, Grove has been in continuous publication and has been the foremost English-language encyclopedia of music.  Includes over 52,000 articles charting the diverse history, theory and cultures of music around the globe.  Hundreds of new articles and article revisions are added each year.  Create an optional subscriber account to save searches.

MasterFILE Complete: Full text from over 2,300 mostly popular and general-interest periodicals, with full-text as far back as 1922. Also includes more than 1,000 reference books, 160,400+ primary source documents, and an image collection of over 1 million photos, maps, and flags.

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


: Formerly Oxford Language Dictionaries Online. Translations of thousands of Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish words and phrases.Oxford Reference: Text of nearly 400 Oxford University Press reference works in 25 core subject areas. Titles include Oxford Companions to American Literature, American Theatre, the Bible, British History, Classical Civilization, History of Modern Science, Music, Philosophy, Politics of the World, Shakespeare, United States History, and Western Art. Available titles may be found in OneSearch .


n Science, Music, Philosophy, Politics of the World, Shakespeare, United States History, and Western Art. Available titles may be found in OneSearch .SAGE Knowledge Handbooks: Handbooks covering such subjects as digital dissertations, multicultural measures, environmental change, economic geography, historical theory, international relations, Islamic studies, performance studies, qualitative and quantitative research in psychology, race and ethnic studies, social anthropology, sociolinguistics, and theories of social psychology. To find available content: Select “SAGE Reference” Click on “Browse SAGE Reference” Find and click on "Handbooks" under "By Content Types" Select “Content available to me" under “Quick Filters” and Click “Apply Filter” to limit your results to just those handbook titles available at the Graduate Center.


available to me" under “Quick Filters” and Click “Apply Filter” to limit your results to just those handbook titles available at the Graduate Center.Titles that are available through our library subscription: Encyclopedia of Human Relationships Handbook of International Relations Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology: Volume 1 Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology: Volume 2 SAGE Handbook of Environmental Change: Volume 1 SAGE Handbook of Environmental Change: Volume 2 SAGE Handbook of Research on Classroom Assessment The Handbook of Community Practice The SAGE Handbook for Research in Education: Engaging Ideas and Enriching Inquiry The SAGE Handbook of Developmental Disorders The SAGE Handbook of Digital Dissertations and Theses The SAGE Handbook of Economic Geography The SAGE Handbook of Geographical Knowledge The SAGE Handbook of GIS and Society The SAGE Handbook of Historical Theory The SAGE Handbook of Human Geography: Two Volume Set The SAGE Handbook of Identities The SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of Craft The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Multilevel Modeling The SAGE


he SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of Craft The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Multilevel Modeling The SAGEhe SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of Craft The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Multilevel Modeling The SAGEhe SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of Craft The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Multilevel Modeling The SAGEhe SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of Craft The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Multilevel Modeling The SAGEhe SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of Craft The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Multilevel Modeling The SAGEhe SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of Craft The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Multilevel Modeling The SAGEHandbook of Performance Studies The SAGE Handbook of Punishment and Society The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Geography The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research in Psychology The SAGE Handbook of Quantitative Methods in Psychology The SAGE Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Remote Sensing The SAGE Handbook of Social Anthropology The SAGE Handbook of Social Cognition The SAGE Handbook of Sociolinguistics The SAGE Handbook of Writing Development


E Handbook of Social Anthropology The SAGE Handbook of Social Cognition The SAGE Handbook of Sociolinguistics The SAGE Handbook of Writing DevelopmentSAGE Research Methods: An online collection of more than 1,000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos on how to design and carry out research projects. Browse by discipline or search for a particular research approach (i.e., qualitative, quantitative, ethnographic) and see descriptions and examples from books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, journals, and videos. Read more in our GC Library blog post about Sage Research Methods .

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


, and electronic and other forms of U.S. and international statistical data on industrial, business, social, educational, financial, and other topics.Business Insights: Global: An international business resource containing more than 460,000 detailed company and industry profiles including SWOT reports, market share reports, and financial reports. It also includes company histories, industry essays, case studies, scholarly journals, and business news for global economies. Research tools include interactive comparison charts for countries, companies, and industries, and a glossary of business terms. Updated daily.

Business Source Complete: Full text of nearly 4,000 scholarly business journals and periodicals as well as indexing for 7,000 titles. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.


ings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.CQ Researcher: Full-text reports on a wide range of topics including health, education, the environment, technology, the U.S. government and economy, international affairs, crime, civil liberties, social movements, transportation, agriculture, and other political and social issues. Reports are 12,000 words long and include topic overviews, background information, statistics, chronologies, maps, current outlook, pro/con statements, and extensive bibliographies. The CQ Researcher archive goes back to 1923 and includes reports from its predecessor publication, Editorial Research Reports .

Infoshare: Population statistics, immigration trends, socio-economic indicators, birth and death data, hospitalizations, local trade data, and other demographic information about New York City drawn from city, state, and federal sources. Profile or compare areas across the city and state, or use the raw data to create customized tables.


City drawn from city, state, and federal sources. Profile or compare areas across the city and state, or use the raw data to create customized tables.Labor and Employment: The American Worker: Part of HeinOnline, this database explores the working class in the United States through an editorialized collection about the history of labor conditions and employment law in the United States. This database includes legislative histories, Supreme Court case briefs, accounts of historical labor riots, current reports on working conditions, scholarly articles, and an interactive timeline that charts labor efforts.

Left Index: Guide to the literature of the left, with an emphasis on political, economic, social and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. Topics covered include art and aesthetics, ecology and environment, education, history, the labor movement, law and globalization, philosophy, race and ethnicity, social and cultural theory, and sociology. Includes more than 507,000 citations and abstracts (with some full text) and spans from 1982 and earlier to present.


d cultural theory, and sociology. Includes more than 507,000 citations and abstracts (with some full text) and spans from 1982 and earlier to present.Opposing Viewpoints in Context: Covers a range of social issues including racism, capital punishment, global warming, and voting rights with reference sources, newspaper and magazine articles, scholarly journals, court cases, government documents, statistics, viewpoints, maps, images, audio, video, primary documents, and websites.


articles, scholarly journals, court cases, government documents, statistics, viewpoints, maps, images, audio, video, primary documents, and websites.Roper iPoll (formerly Roper Center Archives): The world’s largest collection of poll data from 1935 to present.  Contains hundreds of thousands of questions and tens of thousands of individual-level datasets, with hundreds more added yearly. Includes broad topical coverage of opinions and behavior on social issues, politics, the environment, science and technology, health, economics, and more.  It also includes global data from over 120 countries, and historical archives that feature questions on topics such as World War II, the civil rights movement, and women’s history, along with a general social survey with cumulative data from 1972-2016 featuring a standard core of demographic and attitudinal variables. Access through the Graduate Center Library enables you to view poll questions, save up to 50 questions, search abstracts and download documentation.


. Access through the Graduate Center Library enables you to view poll questions, save up to 50 questions, search abstracts and download documentation.. Access through the Graduate Center Library enables you to view poll questions, save up to 50 questions, search abstracts and download documentation.. Access through the Graduate Center Library enables you to view poll questions, save up to 50 questions, search abstracts and download documentation.Create a free personal account to download datasets, save up to 500 questions at once, and use the RoperExplorer analytical tool with crosstabs functionality. Users who have accounts on the old "classic" Roper iPoll website will need to register again on the new site. Learn more about how to use Roper iPoll online: Roper Tutorials .


n the old "classic" Roper iPoll website will need to register again on the new site. Learn more about how to use Roper iPoll online: Roper Tutorials .Social Explorer: Over 500,000 data indicators including the latest demographic and socio-economic data; historical demographic data from 1790 to the present; the American Community Survey 1-, 3-, and 5-year estimates; Market Profile Data; Economic Indicators; change over time data from 1970 to present; U.S. data on agriculture, the environment, Black Lives Matter protests, schools, crime, health, population estimates, business patterns, elections, and other topics; Canadian Census; U.K. Census; European Statistics Data; and World Development Indicators.


n estimates, business patterns, elections, and other topics; Canadian Census; U.K. Census; European Statistics Data; and World Development Indicators.Social Science Premium Collection: This collection includes databases covering the international literature in the social sciences, including politics, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology, linguistics, library science, and education. Together, they provide abstracts, indexing, and full text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, and more.  Click "more" to see the full list of databases included in this collection.


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


olicy File Index Political Science Database Social Science Database Sociological Abstracts Sociology Database Worldwide Political Science Abstracts SocINDEX with Full Text: Comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and related areas of study. The database features 2.1 million records with subject headings from a 20,000+ term sociological thesaurus. Also contains abstracts for more than 4,650 journals, some dating to 1895 and extensive indexing for books/monographs and conference papers. Contains full text for more than 830 books and monographs, 16,800 conference papers, and 860 journals dating back to 1908. Searchable cited references and thousands of author profiles are also included.

U.S. History in Context: Content includes reference works, millions of news and periodical articles, and more than 5,000 rare and vital primary source documents that range from slave journals to presidential papers.


ns of news and periodical articles, and more than 5,000 rare and vital primary source documents that range from slave journals to presidential papers.Women and Social Movements, International - 1840 to Present: This digital archive includes 150,000 pages of conference proceedings, reports of international women's organizations, publications and web pages of women's non-governmental organizations, and letters, diaries, and memoirs of women active internationally since the mid-nineteenth century.  It also includes photographs and videos of major events and activists in the history of women’s international social movements as well as scholarly essays exploring themes illuminated by materials in the archive.


tivists in the history of women’s international social movements as well as scholarly essays exploring themes illuminated by materials in the archive.Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals: A comprehensive index of articles from over 2,500 journals published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, landscape architecture, and historic preservation.  The database contains more than 800,000 records from the 1930s to the present with selective coverage dating back to the 1740s.  It also includes nearly 13,000 citations for architects' obituaries.

Business Source Complete: Full text of nearly 4,000 scholarly business journals and periodicals as well as indexing for 7,000 titles. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.


ings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.CQ Researcher: Full-text reports on a wide range of topics including health, education, the environment, technology, the U.S. government and economy, international affairs, crime, civil liberties, social movements, transportation, agriculture, and other political and social issues. Reports are 12,000 words long and include topic overviews, background information, statistics, chronologies, maps, current outlook, pro/con statements, and extensive bibliographies. The CQ Researcher archive goes back to 1923 and includes reports from its predecessor publication, Editorial Research Reports .


ensive bibliographies. The CQ Researcher archive goes back to 1923 and includes reports from its predecessor publication, Editorial Research Reports .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.


ent, land and water use, and pollution. Also offers interactive maps and contextual multimedia, customizable journals and news, refereed case studies.ICPSR: Interuniversity Consortium for Political & Social Research: ICPSR, the world's largest collection of digital social science data, maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences. ICPSR data cover sociology, political science, economics, demography, education, child care, health care, crime, minority populations, aging, terrorism, substance abuse, mental health, public policy, international relations, and more. First-time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account; thereafter, you will need your email address and password to download data.


nd more. First-time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account; thereafter, you will need your email address and password to download data.Index to Current Urban Documents: Contains over 31,000 reports generated by local government agencies, civic organizations, academic and research organizations, public libraries, and metropolitan and regional planning agencies from more than 500 major cities in the U.S. and Canada. The core of the collection contains fiscal (budgets and financial reports) and architecture & planning documents (city, county and regional plans). The index also provides information on urban-related issues from hazardous waste disposal to arts in the community.

Infoshare: Population statistics, immigration trends, socio-economic indicators, birth and death data, hospitalizations, local trade data, and other demographic information about New York City drawn from city, state, and federal sources. Profile or compare areas across the city and state, or use the raw data to create customized tables.


City drawn from city, state, and federal sources. Profile or compare areas across the city and state, or use the raw data to create customized tables.LGBTQ+ Source: Full text from over 150 LGBTQi (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and Intersex) journals, magazines, and newspapers and over 150 books. The database includes comprehensive indexing and abstract coverage as well as a specialized LGBTQ+ Thesaurus containing over 10,000 terms.

PAIS Index - International and Archive: Bibliographic citations from international sources including journals, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more, covering public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general from 1915 to the present.

Statistical Insight: Includes indexing, abstracting, and full text of millions of statistical reports, publications, tables, and datasets on thousands of topics produced by U.S. federal agencies, state governments, private and academic organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations.


ousands of topics produced by U.S. federal agencies, state governments, private and academic organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations.Urban Studies Abstracts: Biographic records in community development, urban affairs, urban history, and related areas from 1973 to the present.

Gun Regulation and Legislation in America: More than 750 titles dealing with U.S. gun regulation and legislation. Included are periodicals, key compiled federal legislative histories, relevant congressional hearings, Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports, Government Accountability Office (GAO) Reports, Supreme Court briefs, and more. Links to nearly 500 scholarly articles, an extensive bibliography, and a balanced selection of external resources to further research this subject are also provided. Research the National Firearms Act, the Miller and Heller decisions, and other key aspects of this subject.


r research this subject are also provided. Research the National Firearms Act, the Miller and Heller decisions, and other key aspects of this subject.Law Library Microfilm Consortium: LLMC Digital includes thousands of digitized historical legal and government documents, including federal, state, and territorial governments of the U.S., and government publications from Canada, the U.K., Germany, and other countries. It also includes collections of Indigenous law, international law, and multi-jurisdictional special focus collections, such as Roman law, Islamic law, and Canon law. These materials should be of particular interest to researchers in history, political science, and sociology.

Legal Source: Information on current issues, studies and trends in the legal world, with over 1,200 full-text scholarly law journals and over 2.5 million records, including book reviews and case citations. Topic coverage includes criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical law, labor and human resource law, ethics, the environment, and more.  Coverage dates back to 1908.


ational law, federal law, organized crime, medical law, labor and human resource law, ethics, the environment, and more.  Coverage dates back to 1908.LegalTrac: LegalTrac provides indexing for more than 1,200 major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty publications, Bar Association journals, and international legal journals, including more than 200 titles in full text. The American Association of Law Libraries endorses LegalTrac and its special advisory committee selects, reviews, and enhances the content of this resource. The database offers coverage of federal and state cases, laws and regulations, legal practice and taxation, as well as British Commonwealth, European Union, and international law.


of federal and state cases, laws and regulations, legal practice and taxation, as well as British Commonwealth, European Union, and international law.Nexis Uni (previously LexisNexis): Nexis Uni is a full-text news, business, and legal database with sources from around the world, including local, regional, national, and international newspapers, scholarly journals, trade journals, and popular magazines, television and radio broadcasts, and newswires and blogs. Legal sources include federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790. Also contains business information on U.S. and international companies (see Dossier section) and patent data (see TotalPatent One section).

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Government Document Research Guides:
Following are research guides from a variety of sources that will help you find federal, state, and local government information in print, on microfilm, and online.


Online Resources - GC & Beyond:
Census.gov: Vast repository of current and historical information on the U.S., including population, the economy, housing, foreign trade, business statistics, geography and maps, government statistics, and more.

Congress.gov: The official website for U.S. federal legislative information from the Library of Congress.

Foreign Relations of the United States: "Presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. Produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian, the series began in 1861 and now comprises more than 450 individual volumes. The volumes published over the last two decades increasingly contain declassified records from all the foreign affairs agencies."

GovInfo: A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) providing free public access to official publicatns from the Federal Government.


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GovInfo: A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) providing free public access to official publicatns from the Federal Government.Index to Current Urban Documents: Contains over 31,000 reports generated by local government agencies, civic organizations, academic and research organizations, public libraries, and metropolitan and regional planning agencies from more than 500 major cities in the U.S. and Canada. The core of the collection contains fiscal (budgets and financial reports) and architecture & planning documents (city, county and regional plans). The index also provides information on urban-related issues from hazardous waste disposal to arts in the community.

Infoshare: Population statistics, immigration trends, socio-economic indicators, birth and death data, hospitalizations, local trade data, and other demographic information about New York City drawn from city, state, and federal sources. Profile or compare areas across the city and state, or use the raw data to create customized tables.


City drawn from city, state, and federal sources. Profile or compare areas across the city and state, or use the raw data to create customized tables.Law Library Microfilm Consortium: LLMC Digital includes thousands of digitized historical legal and government documents, including federal, state, and territorial governments of the U.S., and government publications from Canada, the U.K., Germany, and other countries. It also includes collections of Indigenous law, international law, and multi-jurisdictional special focus collections, such as Roman law, Islamic law, and Canon law. These materials should be of particular interest to researchers in history, political science, and sociology.

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


ncial, and cultural information about New York City from Baruch College’s Weissman Center for International Business.  Includes links to data sources.PAIS Index - International and Archive: Bibliographic citations from international sources including journals, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more, covering public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general from 1915 to the present.


reports, conference papers, web content, and more, covering public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general from 1915 to the present.U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980: Digital reproductions of every publication from the 15th through the 96th Congress. Consists of over 355,000 publications (over 10 million pages) originally bound in 14,000 books; 67,000 maps; and thousands of illustrations and statistical tables relating to U.S. cultural, legislative, military, political, social, and scientific history.  Among the topics addressed are women’s suffrage and minority rights; the environment, energy and natural resources; Native American life; race relations, international relations; wars, worldwide discovery and exploration; and investigations of all kinds.  Search by keyword, publication, or bill number.  Or browse by subject, index term, person, act of Congress, location, publication type, committee, or congress.  Cross-searchable with the American State Papers, 1789-1838, which contains legislative and executive documents of the 1st through 14th Congress.


ess.  Cross-searchable with the American State Papers, 1789-1838, which contains legislative and executive documents of the 1st through 14th Congress.U.S. Declassified Documents Online: Declassified executive branch documents from presidential libraries and executive agencies consisting of intelligence studies, policy papers, diplomatic correspondence, cabinet meeting minutes, briefing materials, and domestic surveillance and military reports.  This digital collection began as the Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS) on microfiche and fills a gap in post-World War II domestic and foreign policy studies.


on began as the Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS) on microfiche and fills a gap in post-World War II domestic and foreign policy studies.American State Papers, 1789-1838: A collection of legislative and executive documents from the first 14 U.S. Congresses. Covers major historical events, including Lewis and Clark’s Expedition, Aaron Burr’s Conspiracy and Arrest, the Treaty of the Creek Indians made by Andrew Jackson, and many other events.  Also includes speeches and messages of Presidents Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Madison.  Browse or search for documents related to Native Americans, foreign relations, commerce and navigation, public lands, military affairs, and many other topics.  Approximately two-thirds of the publications cover the first 14 Congresses (1789-1817), while the remaining third chronologically overlap with the Congressional Serial Set (1817-1838). The American State Papers are not a complete record of the activities of this time period because of the fire of 1814 and the lack of record keeping.


U.S. Statistics:
Bureau of Economic Analysis: BEA is an agency of the Department of Commerce. BEA produces economic accounts statistics that enable government and business decision-makers, researchers, and the American public to follow and understand the performance of the nation's economy.

Bureau of Labor Statistics: The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor is the principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy.

Census.gov: Vast repository of current and historical information on the U.S., including population, the economy, housing, foreign trade, business statistics, geography and maps, government statistics, and more.

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data): Download, graph, and track 825,000 US and international time series from 114 sources.


ent statistics, and more.

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data): Download, graph, and track 825,000 US and international time series from 114 sources.Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Reports: IPEDS is a system of surveys conducted annually by the National Center for Education Statistics, including institutional statistics, completion rates, information on library collections and expenditures, and more. Reports archive covers 2003-2017.

Measures for Justice: MFJ was founded in 2011 to develop a data-driven set of performance measures to assess and compare the criminal justice process from arrest to post-conviction on a county-by-county basis. The data set comprises measures that address three broad categories: Fiscal Responsibility, Fair Process, and Public Safety.


a county-by-county basis. The data set comprises measures that address three broad categories: Fiscal Responsibility, Fair Process, and Public Safety.Pew Research Center: Pew is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, and nonadvocacy fact tank that conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. They study U.S. politics and policy; journalism and media; internet, science and technology; religion and public life; Hispanic trends; global attitudes and trends; and U.S. social and demographic trends.

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics: Full-text, with statistics, of the current Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics; with ongoing updates.


Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics: Full-text, with statistics, of the current Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics; with ongoing updates.Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2013- (@ NYPL): Published since 1878, the SA is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the US. The Census Department terminated its collection of data for the Statistical Compendia program effective October 1, 2011 after losing Congressional funding.  Beginning in 2012, ProQuest assumed responsibility for updating and maintaining the SA. This database incorporates editions from 1970 to the present. The database is available at all NYPL locations.

Statistical Abstract of the United States, Earlier Editions: Statistical Abstracts from the 1870s to the 2010s along with Historical Statistics of the United States 1789-1957, Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1957, Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, and several Statistical Abstract Supplements.


ited States, Colonial Times to 1957, Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, and several Statistical Abstract Supplements.Statistical Insight: Includes indexing, abstracting, and full text of millions of statistical reports, publications, tables, and datasets on thousands of topics produced by U.S. federal agencies, state governments, private and academic organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations.

STATS America: States and counties in profile, plus side-by-side comparisons. A service of the Indiana Business Research Center at IU's Kelley School of Business. Includes thousands of data items from hundreds of data sets from dozens of federal and state sources, along with some commercial or private source data.


cludes thousands of data items from hundreds of data sets from dozens of federal and state sources, along with some commercial or private source data.Statistics Sources: Content of the 2010 edition. Guide to current sources of factual quantitative information about more than 20,000 specific subjects, incorporating almost 135,000 citations and more than 1,600 sources. Provides the widest possible range of print and nonprint, published and unpublished, and electronic and other forms of U.S. and international statistical data on industrial, business, social, educational, financial, and other topics.


New York City and State Data and Statistics:
New York City Open Data: Explore, export, and crunch open data related to New York City.  Datasets are searchable or browsable by Agency, Category (Business, Education, Environment, etc.), Recently Published, and Popular datasets.

NYC Community District Profiles: Profiles of each of NYC's 59 legally defined community districts, with data on population, births, deaths, land usage, local issues, income, and more.

New York State Open Data: "Browse and download over 1,600 New York State data resources on topics ranging from farmers' markets to solar photovoltaic projects to MTA turnstile usage."

NYC Planning Dept.: Data portal that includes the Population Division, which "is responsible for the compilation, analysis, and dissemination of census and related federal, state, and local data for city agencies, local communities, and the media."  The site also links to NYC Economic data, Open Data, and Maps & Geography.


tate, and local data for city agencies, local communities, and the media."  The site also links to NYC Economic data, Open Data, and Maps & Geography.Infoshare: Population statistics, immigration trends, socio-economic indicators, birth and death data, hospitalizations, local trade data, and other demographic information about New York City drawn from city, state, and federal sources. Profile or compare areas across the city and state, or use the raw data to create customized tables.

Social Explorer: New York City, Los Angeles, and national demographic maps based on Census data. A companion to Infoshare.


International Statistics:
ASEANStats: From the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

Europa World Year Book: Latest edition available at NYPL's Science, Industry & Business Library (Call Number: *R-SIBL JN1.E85) and Schwarzman Building.

Gender Equality Data and Statistics: GenderStats (from the World Bank) is an electronic database of gender statistics and indicators designed with user-friendly, menu-driven features. It offers statistical and other data in modules on several subjects. The data in each module is presented in ready-to-use format. Users have the option of saving the country views in Excel (or another spreadsheet software) to customize reports.

International Monetary Fund: Statistics and data on countries of the world.

North Korean Economy Watch: News and analysis of the North Korean economy from a researcher at the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University.


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North Korean Economy Watch: News and analysis of the North Korean economy from a researcher at the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University.Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation: The OECD promotes policies to improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. They collect and analyze a wide range of data and publish regular outlooks, annual overviews, and comparative statistics.

Statistical Insight: Includes indexing, abstracting, and full text of millions of statistical reports, publications, tables, and datasets on thousands of topics produced by U.S. federal agencies, state governments, private and academic organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations.

United Nations Data: "A World of Data" from 34 databases and 6 million records.  Also includes links to individual country statistics sites.

The World Bank - Countries & Economies Data: Find data and statistics by Country, Topic, or Indicators.  Browse and search the Data Catalog and Microdata.


Data:
Consult the following Graduate Center Library Research Guides for tips on finding and using data in your research:

Also see:

Google Dataset Search: A new search tool from Google that "lets you find datasets wherever they’re hosted, whether it’s a publisher's site, a digital library, or an author's personal web page."   Read more in Google's blog post .

D-PLACE: The Database of Places, Language, Culture and Environment brings together cultural, linguistic, environmental and geographic information for over 1,400 human societies or cultural groups. The database is searchable by geographical area, language family, cultural features, or environmental variables. Users can compare cultural practices between societies and display results in a table, map, or linguistic tree.

About D-PLACE .


ironmental variables. Users can compare cultural practices between societies and display results in a table, map, or linguistic tree.

About D-PLACE .Open Knowledge International: "a worldwide non-profit network of people passionate about openness, using advocacy, technology and training to unlock information and enable people to work with it to create and share knowledge."


ionate about openness, using advocacy, technology and training to unlock information and enable people to work with it to create and share knowledge."Roper iPoll (formerly Roper Center Archives): The world’s largest collection of poll data from 1935 to present.  Contains hundreds of thousands of questions and tens of thousands of individual-level datasets, with hundreds more added yearly. Includes broad topical coverage of opinions and behavior on social issues, politics, the environment, science and technology, health, economics, and more.  It also includes global data from over 120 countries, and historical archives that feature questions on topics such as World War II, the civil rights movement, and women’s history, along with a general social survey with cumulative data from 1972-2016 featuring a standard core of demographic and attitudinal variables. Access through the Graduate Center Library enables you to view poll questions, save up to 50 questions, search abstracts and download documentation.


. Access through the Graduate Center Library enables you to view poll questions, save up to 50 questions, search abstracts and download documentation.. Access through the Graduate Center Library enables you to view poll questions, save up to 50 questions, search abstracts and download documentation.. Access through the Graduate Center Library enables you to view poll questions, save up to 50 questions, search abstracts and download documentation.Create a free personal account to download datasets, save up to 500 questions at once, and use the RoperExplorer analytical tool with crosstabs functionality. Users who have accounts on the old "classic" Roper iPoll website will need to register again on the new site. Learn more about how to use Roper iPoll online: Roper Tutorials .


U.S. Legislation:
Congress.gov: The official website for U.S. federal legislative information from the Library of Congress.

U.S. Supreme Court: Find opinions, argument transcripts, case documents, historical information, the Court's calendar, and more on the Court's official site.

GovInfo: A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) providing free public access to official publications from the Federal Government.


Primary Law and Secondary Sources:
Criminal Justice Database: Indexes over 620 international criminal justice publications from 1981 to the present, with full text for more than half of the titles. Supports research on crime, corrections administration, criminal law, criminal justice, law enforcement, addiction, family law, industrial security, and rehabilitation. Includes correctional and law enforcement trade publications, dissertations, crime reports, and crime blogs.

Legal Source: Information on current issues, studies and trends in the legal world, with over 1,200 full-text scholarly law journals and over 2.5 million records, including book reviews and case citations. Topic coverage includes criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical law, labor and human resource law, ethics, the environment, and more.  Coverage dates back to 1908.


ational law, federal law, organized crime, medical law, labor and human resource law, ethics, the environment, and more.  Coverage dates back to 1908.LegalTrac: LegalTrac provides indexing for more than 1,200 major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty publications, Bar Association journals, and international legal journals, including more than 200 titles in full text. The American Association of Law Libraries endorses LegalTrac and its special advisory committee selects, reviews, and enhances the content of this resource. The database offers coverage of federal and state cases, laws and regulations, legal practice and taxation, as well as British Commonwealth, European Union, and international law.


of federal and state cases, laws and regulations, legal practice and taxation, as well as British Commonwealth, European Union, and international law.Nexis Uni (previously LexisNexis): Nexis Uni is a full-text news, business, and legal database with sources from around the world, including local, regional, national, and international newspapers, scholarly journals, trade journals, and popular magazines, television and radio broadcasts, and newswires and blogs. Legal sources include federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790. Also contains business information on U.S. and international companies (see Dossier section) and patent data (see TotalPatent One section).

Nexis Uni video tutorials


siness information on U.S. and international companies (see Dossier section) and patent data (see TotalPatent One section).

Nexis Uni video tutorialsHeinOnline: An online research platform containing millions of pages of periodicals, government documents, international resources, case law, and more. CUNY’s subscription includes the following databases: Civil Rights and Social Justice Gun Regulation and Legislation in America Labor and Employment: The American Worker LGBTQ+ Rights Open Society Justice Initiative Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law


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

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

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


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. To get started using Zotero, consult our online tutorial .

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


About this Guide:
This guide summarizes changes to the Graduate Center Library's collections, primarily highlighting electronic resources (online databases and electronic journal subscriptions). Check the Archive on the left for prior years.

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2025 Changes to Graduate Center Collections:
Ebook Collections Added JSTOR Path to Open 2025 ebook titles (made possible due to funding from the Doctoral and Graduate Students' Council) MIT Press Direct to Open 2025 ebooks and backlog (made possible due to funding from the Doctoral and Graduate Students' Council) Databases Cancelled due to ASRC Budget Cuts Optics Infobase Royal Society of Chemistry Gold Collection Three Thieme Journals: Planta Medica, Synthesis, Synlett


2024 Changes to Graduate Center Collections:


2024 Changes to Graduate Center Collections:2024 Changes to Graduate Center Collections:Databases Added Docuseek Complete Collection Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) Educational Streaming Video collection Ethnologue (made possible due to funding from the Doctoral and Graduate Students' Council) Labor and Employment: The American Worker Philpapers (made possible due to funding from the Doctoral and Graduate Students' Council) Women and Social Movements: Developments and the Global South, 1919-2019 Ebook Collections Added JSTOR Path to Open 2023 and 2024 ebook titles (made possible due to funding from the Doctoral and Graduate Students' Council) MIT Press Direct to Open 2024 ebooks and backlog (made possible due to funding from the Doctoral and Graduate Students' Council) Streaming Video Added Making the Impossible Possible: The Story of Puerto Rican Studies in Brooklyn College Database Cancellations due to CUNY Budget Cuts Cambridge Companions Online (alternative access available online via New York Public Library ) Hathitrust membership (more on alternative access in this