their interrelated conversations, teasing out common threads, and exploring the new questions that the contributions pose to the field of performance.their interrelated conversations, teasing out common threads, and exploring the new questions that the contributions pose to the field of performance.their interrelated conversations, teasing out common threads, and exploring the new questions that the contributions pose to the field of performance.As both an intervention into and extension of current debates, this is a vital collection for any reader concerned with the value and legitimacy of performance as research.


Digital Collections:
AHDS Arts and Humanities Data Service American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment 1870-1920 Paris Review Art of Theater Interviews Theatron


New Databases:
Performing Arts Periodicals Database: Performing Arts Periodicals Database contains indexing from more than 395 journal titles – over 160 of which are available in full text – including American Theatre, Dance Chronicle, Dance Teacher, Theatre Journal, Theatre Survey, Opera News and others. Additional topic coverage includes stagecraft, circus performance, pantomime, puppetry, magic, performance art, film, and television. Coverage spans 1864 to the present.


verage includes stagecraft, circus performance, pantomime, puppetry, magic, performance art, film, and television. Coverage spans 1864 to the present.Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI): Electronic Arts Intermix's (EAI) Educational Streaming service provides full-length, streaming videos by artists. The EAI collection holds treasures of the emergent video art movement; many of the works are extremely rare. EAI's collection represents a unique artistic and cultural resource. The artists represented range from seminal figures in video art — such as Nam June Paik, Carolee Schneeman, Martha Rosler and Joan Jonas — to emerging multidisciplinary artists, including Paper Rad, Cory Arcangel and Takeshi Murata. The collection speaks to the rich history of single-channel video art, from artists' earliest analog video experiments of the 1960s to new digital media practices.


Ebooks:
Palgrave Connect: Theatre and Performance: 476 scholarly books published since 1999.

EBSCO Ebook Collection: Formerly known as NetLibrary, the EBSCO eBook Collection provides more than 2,800 scholarly and popular titles. Browse by subject category or search across the collection to find full text ebooks. Create a free account to enable full downloads.

Palgrave Connect: Over 4,000 scholarly books published during 2010-2014. Please note that after October 2015, these titles will migrate to the Springer platform.


Call numbers:
GT 500-2370 - Costume NA 6820-6845 - Theaters PN 1560-1590 - Performing Arts PN 1600-1988 - Drama


Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Subject headings are important tools for researchers. They make it easier to find related material, by providing standardized terms for searching, and by providing a structure for describing relationships between concepts. The subject headings published by the Library of Congress are used in most libraries in North America, and many around the world. Knowing the LC terms relating to your topic can help you to find material in many library collections. Here are some examples of headings that may be of interest for Theatre researchers. Subjects: Historical drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
 Historical drama -- 20th century.
 Dramatists -- 20th century -- Interviews.
 Drama--bibliography (useful for locating plays in collections and anthologies)
 Drama--indexes (useful for locating plays in collections and anthologies)
 English drama --Bibliography--Bibliography
 American drama -- Bibliography


Finding Books Outside of the GC:
WorldCat: What is WorldCat? WorldCat contains all the bibliographic records (with holdings information) cataloged by OCLC member libraries including books, manuscripts, computer data files, maps, computer programs, musical scores, films and slides, newspapers, videotapes, sound recordings, journals and magazines

Interlibrary Loan: There are two different methods for requesting articles and books not available at the Graduate Center. To have books from other CUNY libraries sent to the Graduate Center Library,use CLICS. To request articles not available at the Graduate Center and books not available at any CUNY library,use Interlibrary Loan (ILL).


Google Scholar:
Google Scholar is a time-saving, scholarly search interface accessible from within the Google interface. With Google Scholar, you can access peer-reviewed journal articles, books and book sections.


Other Important Databases:
Multi-Database Search: This resource allows the simultaneous searching of all the full-text and bibliographic databases to which all of CUNY subscribes, as well as the CUNY+ Online Catalog. It does not include the resources to which the Graduate Center subscribes separately

This resource allows the simultaneous searching of all the EBSCO databases to which the Graduate Center subscribes, as well as many non-EBSCO databases to which all of CUNY subscribes, all arranged alphabetically, and the CUNY Catalog.

New York Public Library Databases: Holders of New York Public Library cards have access to several bibliographic/full-text databases. Apply for a library card.


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


ve; The Making of the Modern World; The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive; U.S. Declassified Documents Online; and Women's Studies Archive.Black Drama: The expanded third edition of Black Drama contains the full text of more than 1,700 plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 200 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries. Many of the works are rare, hard to find, or out of print. More than 40 percent of the collection consists of previously unpublished plays by writers such as Langston Hughes, Ed Bullins, Willis Richardson, Amiri Baraka, Randolph Edmonds, Zora Neale Hurston, and many others. Part of the Drama Texts collection.


ngston Hughes, Ed Bullins, Willis Richardson, Amiri Baraka, Randolph Edmonds, Zora Neale Hurston, and many others. Part of the Drama Texts collection.Digital Theatre Plus via NYPL: Please visit New York Public Library. The New York Public Library offers on-site access to Digital Theatre Plus, which streams current British theatre productions from Shakespeare to contemporary plays, and opera, musical theatre, dance and ballet, symphonic and chamber music, theatre from Russia and South Asia, and film shorts. Includes study guides and other supplementary materials.

Humanities Source: Over 1,500 full-text journals dating back to 1907.  Includes millions of records covering archaeology, art, communications, dance, film, folklore, history, journalism, linguistics, literary and social criticism, classical studies, area studies and gender studies. Should be included in any humanities search.


urnalism, linguistics, literary and social criticism, classical studies, area studies and gender studies. Should be included in any humanities search.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.Oxford Index (All Oxford Databases): Search all Oxford University Press databases to which the Graduate Center subscribes: Oxford Art Online, Oxford Bibliographies Online, Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford Handbooks Online, Oxford History of Western Music, Oxford Journals Online, Oxford Language Dictionaries Online, Oxford Music Online, Oxford Reference Online, and Oxford Scholarship Online. After performing a search, you must check the "Show only full text provided by CUNY Graduate Center" box.


rence Online, and Oxford Scholarship Online. After performing a search, you must check the "Show only full text provided by CUNY Graduate Center" box.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 .

Routledge Performance Archive: The Routledge Performance Archive provides access to a unique and continually expanding range of audio-visual material from past and present performance practitioners.  The archive contains interviews, documentaries, masterclasses, contextual essays, and excerpted and full-length productions and experiments.


tioners.  The archive contains interviews, documentaries, masterclasses, contextual essays, and excerpted and full-length productions and experiments.Oxford Scholarly Editions Online: Annotated editions of hundreds of poems, plays, and prose works by English writers, published between the 1490s and 1880s. Other collections of are available through the New York Public Library remotely.

Oxford Scholarly Editions Online: *Please log in using your New York Public Library Credentials!* OSEO provides an interlinked collection of authoritative Oxford editions of major works from the humanities. Search this collection in addition to GC holdings for alternative coverage and titles.


New Database Package - ProQuest Arts Premium:
The library now has a subscription to ProQuest Arts Premium , which includes Art/Design/Architecture, Music/Performing Arts, and Screen Studies collections. Search them together or individually using the links below.

Arts Premium Collection: Encompasses thousands of journal titles in Art, Design, Architecture, Humanities, Film/Screen Studies, Music, Performing Arts, and more. With international coverage, and access to the definitive indexes in these fields. Coverage spans 1864 to the present.  Click "more" to see the full list of databases included in this collection.


e definitive indexes in these fields. Coverage spans 1864 to the present.  Click "more" to see the full list of databases included in this collection.Search Arts Premium as a whole or via individual databases in the following collections: Art, Design & Architecture Collection ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM) Arts & Humanities Database Design & Applied Arts Index (DAAI) International Bibliography of Art (IBA) Music & Performing Arts Collection Music Periodicals Database Performing Arts Periodicals Database Screen Studies Collection AFI Catalog FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database Film Index International


Monologues and Scenes:
There is no specific subject heading for scene books. You can perform a keyword search in the catalog for the term "monologues". If you are looking for a particular type of monologue, try combining the word "monologues" with a descriptive keyword, such as: monologues and men, monologues and women, monologues and classical and monologues and contemporary, etc. I'd recommend using the Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook: an actor's guide to over 1,000 monologues and scenes from more that 300 contemporary plays by Ed Hooks.


Finding Play Reviews Online:
Use the following selected databases to connect you to play reviews.

Humanities Source: Over 1,500 full-text journals dating back to 1907.  Includes millions of records covering archaeology, art, communications, dance, film, folklore, history, journalism, linguistics, literary and social criticism, classical studies, area studies and gender studies. Should be included in any humanities search.

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 .


s 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 .Readers' Guide Full Text Mega: Includes indexing of over 450 periodicals from 1983 to the present and searchable full text of articles from over 250 popular general-interest periodicals from 1994 to the present. PDF page images of full-text articles provide access to illustrations, photographs and other graphical content.

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


opular general-interest periodicals from 1890-1982, including full coverage of the original print volumes of Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature .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 tutorialsWeb of Science: Massive multidisciplinary index of scholarly publications, with especially strong coverage of the sciences and social sciences. Includes numerous sub-databases, most notably the Web of Science Core Collection, which provides cover-to-cover indexing of 21,000+ peer-reviewed journals. Includes citation data for publications, allowing searchers to identify highly cited articles, find citations to a given article/author, and track citations over time. Includes detailed author records and several unique search capabilities, such as the ability to search by author affiliation, grant number, or chemical structure. Also includes awarded grant information and associated publications.


Online Play Collections:
These selected databases includes full text of plays, selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera.

Doollee: A comprehensive free online database of modern playwrights and plays written in or translated into English since the production of Look Back in Anger in 1956.  It lists around 30,000 playwrights and about 100,000 plays, and can be searched by author, title, and number of male & female roles.  It also offers lists of literary agents, publishers, theaters, and plays with significant gay/lesbian elements.


e, and number of male & female roles.  It also offers lists of literary agents, publishers, theaters, and plays with significant gay/lesbian elements.Black Drama: The expanded third edition of Black Drama contains the full text of more than 1,700 plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 200 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries. Many of the works are rare, hard to find, or out of print. More than 40 percent of the collection consists of previously unpublished plays by writers such as Langston Hughes, Ed Bullins, Willis Richardson, Amiri Baraka, Randolph Edmonds, Zora Neale Hurston, and many others. Part of the Drama Texts collection.


ngston Hughes, Ed Bullins, Willis Richardson, Amiri Baraka, Randolph Edmonds, Zora Neale Hurston, and many others. Part of the Drama Texts collection.Early English Books Online: Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700. EEBO includes over 146,000 titles published in English and more than 30 other languages from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the ages of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War. Transcriptions are available for approximately 50% of the texts.

Theatre in Video: More than 400 videos of theatrical performances and documentaries. Includes plays by Aeschylus, Albee, Beckett, Chekhov, Fugard, Gogol, Hansberry, Ibsen, Miller, Moliere, O'Neill, Pinter, Pirandello, Shakespeare, Sophocles, Strindberg, Wasserstein, and others. Documentaries feature analyses of plays, performances, and techniques, as well as interviews with playwrights, directors, and actors.


ein, and others. Documentaries feature analyses of plays, performances, and techniques, as well as interviews with playwrights, directors, and actors.Routledge Performance Archive: The Routledge Performance Archive provides access to a unique and continually expanding range of audio-visual material from past and present performance practitioners.  The archive contains interviews, documentaries, masterclasses, contextual essays, and excerpted and full-length productions and experiments.


Play Catalogs & Indexes:
There are several tools to help you discover the collection that includes an individual play. Examples include: Catalog of broadsides of American verse in the Harris Collection of American poetry and plays Approximately 250,000 volumes of American and Canadian poetry, plays, and vocal music dating from 1609 to the present day. The GC has the catalog of the collection in microfilm: Microfilm (2nd Floor) MIC 2797 The collection, along with a research guide , is available online via Brown University Three centuries of drama : American and English, 1500-1800 A collection of approximately 5350 English plays and about 250 American plays, including every important play published in the English language in England during the period 1500 through 1800, and in the United States from 1714 through 1830. It also includes manuscripts never before published. Microform Reference - PR 1241 .W4 1966 ______________________________________________


rough 1830. It also includes manuscripts never before published. Microform Reference - PR 1241 .W4 1966 ______________________________________________Latin American play index: Two volume play index available under Reference.

Ottemiller's index to plays in collections : an author and title index to plays appearing in collections published between 1900 and 1985.: Located on Reference shelf.


Online Plays:
Federal Theatre Project Collection: The collection features stage and costume designs, still photographs, posters, administrative documents, and 68 scripts. The scripts are reproduced as images, not as searchable text documents.

Humanities Text Initiative: A very large database including texts from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century. Look especially under Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse.

Internet Classics Archive: The Internet Classics Archives includes over 440 texts from Classical Greece and Rome, including translations of the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes (but as of Jan. 2001, none of the Roman playwrights).

Internet Archive: Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies & music, as well as 150 billion archived web pages.


What are Primary Sources?:


What are Primary Sources?:What are Primary Sources?:Primary sources enable the researcher to get as close as possible to the truth of what actually happened during an historical event or time period. Primary source is a term used in a number of disciplines to describe source material that is closest to the person, information, period, or idea being studied.  A primary source (also called original source ) is a document, recording, artifact, or other source of information that was created at the time under study, usually by a source with direct personal knowledge of the events being described. It serves as an original source of information about the topic. Similar definitions are used in library science , and other areas of scholarship. In journalism, a primary source can be a person with direct knowledge of a situation, or a document created by such a person. Primary sources are distinguished from secondary sources , which cite, comment on, or build upon primary sources, though the distinction is not a sharp one.


Oral Histories:
Columbia Center for Oral History New Millennium Oral History Archives StoryCorps


Archives - Getting Started:
Archive Grid: Thousands of libraries, museums, and archives have contributed nearly a million collection descriptions to ArchiveGrid.

WorldCat: Search the collections of thousands of US and international libraries. If a book is not available at the Grad Center or other CUNY library, you can request it by clicking the 'Request through interlibrary loan' link. Includes archival locations.


Historical Databases:
An advert for P.T. Barnum's "Feejee Mermaid" in 1842 or thereabout . Author: P. T. Barnum or an employee, Source: Newspaper advert. This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.

RISM: Music Manuscripts after 1600: The database, also known as Repertoire International des Sources Musicales, documents the world's musical sources of manuscripts or printed music, works on music theory, and libretti held in libraries, archives, monasteries, schools, and private collections. It includes more than 620,000 manuscript records by over 22,500 composers found in over 800 libraries and archives in 32 countries around the globe.


. It includes more than 620,000 manuscript records by over 22,500 composers found in over 800 libraries and archives in 32 countries around the globe.Eighteenth Century Collection Online: ECCO contains digitized versions of the 180,000 books, pamphlets, and broadsides printed between 1701 and 1800 that are cataloged in the English Short-title Catalogue (ESTC) . The majority of the works are in English with several thousand in French or Latin, and smaller numbers in Ancient Greek, German, Italian, Scots Gaelic, Spanish and Welsh, and other languages. Use the Advanced Search option to limit results by language and/or collection categories such as fine arts, history and geography, law, literature and language, medicine, science, and technology, religion and philosophy, social sciences, general reference, or a combination of subjects. Illustrated works may be searched by cartoon, map, music, portrait, etc.


philosophy, social sciences, general reference, or a combination of subjects. Illustrated works may be searched by cartoon, map, music, portrait, etc.Early English Books Online: Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700. EEBO includes over 146,000 titles published in English and more than 30 other languages from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the ages of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War. Transcriptions are available for approximately 50% of the texts.


NYC Archives and Special Collections:
American Memory: Historical Collections from the Library of Congress Brooklyn Historical Society: Archives, Manuscripts and Special Collections Columbia University Archival Collections Portal Manuscript and Archives Division, New York Public Library New York Historical Society: Library Collections NYU Special Collections and Archives Shubert Archive (Flash site- make sure you've installed latest Flash plugin) Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives


Billy Rose Theatre Division, NYPL:
TITLE: [Scene from Othello with Paul Robeson as Othello and Uta Hagen as Desdemona, Theatre Guild Production, Broadway, 1943-44] SOURCE: Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 The Billy Rose Theatre Collection of The New York Public Library is one of the largest and most comprehensive archives devoted to the theatrical arts. This image is a work of an employee of the United States Farm Security Administration or Office of War Information domestic photographic units, created during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.


graphic units, created during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts: The Billy Rose Theatre Division of The New York Public Library is one of the largest and most comprehensive archives devoted to the theatrical arts. Encompassing dramatic performance in all its diversity, the division is an indispensable resource for artists, writers, researchers, scholars, students, and the general public. Through conservation and documentation efforts, it preserves and promotes the theatre, playing a dynamic role in the national and international theatrical communities.


Finding Video:
Digital Theatre Plus via NYPL: Please visit New York Public Library. The New York Public Library offers on-site access to Digital Theatre Plus, which streams current British theatre productions from Shakespeare to contemporary plays, and opera, musical theatre, dance and ballet, symphonic and chamber music, theatre from Russia and South Asia, and film shorts. Includes study guides and other supplementary materials.

Routledge Performance Archive: The Routledge Performance Archive provides access to a unique and continually expanding range of audio-visual material from past and present performance practitioners.  The archive contains interviews, documentaries, masterclasses, contextual essays, and excerpted and full-length productions and experiments.


tioners.  The archive contains interviews, documentaries, masterclasses, contextual essays, and excerpted and full-length productions and experiments.Theatre in Video: More than 400 videos of theatrical performances and documentaries. Includes plays by Aeschylus, Albee, Beckett, Chekhov, Fugard, Gogol, Hansberry, Ibsen, Miller, Moliere, O'Neill, Pinter, Pirandello, Shakespeare, Sophocles, Strindberg, Wasserstein, and others. Documentaries feature analyses of plays, performances, and techniques, as well as interviews with playwrights, directors, and actors.


Theater on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT), NYPL:
Since 1970, the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT) at the New York Public Library of the Performing Arts has preserved live theatrical productions and documented the creative contributions of distinguished artists and legendary figures of the theatre.  With the consent and cooperation of the theatrical unions and each production's artistic collaborators, TOFT produces video recordings of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theatre productions as well as dialogues between notable theatre personalities. Please Be Advised: Limited Walk-ins Due to class screenings, TOFT will at times be unable to take walk-in appointments. Please call their screening room in advance to confirm availability:  (212) 870-1642.


Finding Images:
ARTstor: The ARTstor Digital Library provides more than one million images with tools for teaching and research. Its collections comprise contributions from outstanding museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, and photo archives from all over the world.

Library of Congress American Memory: Online access to print, pictorial and audio-visual collections and other digital services

Museum of the City of New York's Collections Portal: Launched in December 2010, the Collections Portal currently offers more than 62,000 photographs of New York City, thousands of which have never been available for public viewing.

New York Public Library Digital Gallery: Provides access to over 275000 images digitized from the library collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, etc.


rovides access to over 275000 images digitized from the library collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, etc.Oxford Art Online: Oxford Art Online is a platform for searching across the following art reference works listed below.  Create an optional subscriber account to save searches. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2nd ed.) The Oxford Companion to Western Art And the Grove Dictionary of Art , which can also be searched separately at Grove Art Online (CUNY does not subscribe to the Benezit Dictionary of Artists )


Google Images Searches images available via Google, of mixed size and quality. Reel Poster Gallery Online gallery of vintage movie posters. World Digital Library Includes primary materials from world cultures, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, architectural drawings, and more. WorldImages Contains thousands of images on a range of global topics. This free site also includes some coverage of clothing and dress. LIFE Photo Archive Growing historical photo archive for LIFE magazine, hosted by Google. Getty Images Includes stock photography, editorial photos, and some moving images. VADS Thousands of visual arts images, including fashion, design, prints, and sculpture. Flickr Commons A free public collection of photographs from major photography archives. Contributors include the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, and more.


public collection of photographs from major photography archives. Contributors include the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, and more.public collection of photographs from major photography archives. Contributors include the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, and more.public collection of photographs from major photography archives. Contributors include the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, and more.American Memory From the Library of Congress, including many photographs and other visual elements documenting American history. Ad*Access Images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Still Images: Finding and Using Digital Media U.K. site with advice on finding images online, getting permissions, and other tips. Empire Online Includes documents segment called "The Visible Empire," which includes color plates, maps, and more. Images from the History of Medicine Keyword-searchable images from the National Library of Medicine. Includes portraits, pictures of institutions, caricatures, genre scenes, and graphic art in a variety of media. CalPhotos From UCB Biodiversity Sciences Technology Group, this site contains thousands of photos, including plants, animals, fossils, people, and world cultures. Fotosearch Stock Photography


Grants and Research Awards:
On the Move - Cultural Mobility Information Network: Recommended by the EO of the PhD program in Theatre at GC, this site provides funding opportunities in different countries or world regions.

Research Centers Directory via NYPL: Please log in using your New York Public Library credentials! Comprehensive guide to North America’s premier nonprofit research organizations. Information on each organization includes programs, staffing, and publications, as well as services of centers, laboratories, institutes, experiment stations, farms, research support facilities, technology transfer centers, think tanks, incubators, research parks, and more.

Foundation Grants to Individuals Online: Devoted to the needs of individuals, this database describes 10,000 grantmakers with details on funders that provide scholarships, fellowships, grants, and a wide range of financial support to students, researchers, artists, and other seekers of individual grants.


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


ress, and various other sources. Searchable by names of individuals or organizations, subject, geographic focus, population served, and other indexes.Pivot-RP: Grants, internships, and graduate and post-graduate fellowships in all subject areas. Search for open funding opportunities and information about previously awarded grants. Users may create an optional personal account to use enhanced features such as saving searches and tracking funding opportunities. Once you create an account, you can also claim and configure your user profile to receive personalized automated funding recommendations targeted to your research interests. To create an account, select the Use Email Address/Create Password option and fill out the form using your @gradcenter.cuny.edu or @gc.cuny.edu address. For Affiliated Member Institution, select "Graduate Center, The City University of New York." Look for the verification email in your inbox to finish the process. After the initial setup, you will be recognized as a GC researcher whenever you log into your personal account.


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

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

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

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


Citation Managers:
Citation managers allow you to save and organize references and citations you gather during research. You can import citations from databases such as 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 three main citation managers supported by the Graduate Center: EndNote, RefWorks, and Zotero. Links and descriptions are below. If you want to have an introduction to any or all of the citation managers, make an appointment with a librarian .

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

Zotero Help: Short video tutorials and a user guide


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

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


Library Workshops:
Check the library calendar for upcoming workshops about library research and scholarly publishing.


Quick Library Resources:
Library Homepage: Start here to get books, articles, databases, interlibrary loan, reference help and more.

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

Interlibrary Loan: Need an article from a journal not at the Grad Center? Need a book that isn't available at any CUNY library? Submit an interlibrary loan request .

24/7 chat and email reference: Need an answer right away? Reference help available 24 hours a day through Ask-A-Librarian chat and email service.


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

Metro One Day Pass: Ask at the reference desk on the second floor of the Graduate Center library for a one-time pass to visit New York City area libraries. These passes are issued by a librarian for materials that are not found in any CUNY library. For longer term access to nearby libraries, see MaRLI below.

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


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


Beyond the Graduate Center:
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.

NYPL & MaRLI: Take your current CUNY GC photo ID to any NYPL Research Library Circulation Desk to get automatic borrowing privilges for NYPL Research Libraries. Apply online to the MaRLI program for additional borrowing privileges at NYU & Columbia.

Interlibrary Loan: If the book you need is not available at any CUNY library, use Interlibrary Loan.  Going through WorldCat will help you fill out request forms automatically.


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

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.

SUDOC: Union catalog of French academic and research libraries. Includes over ten million bibliographic items, including books, theses and dissertations, journals, electronic resources, and more.


E-Books:
Gallica: Digital library created and administered by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Contains digital images of out of copyright materials from the national library and partner libraries.  Includes journal issues, books, images, maps, manuscripts, and more.


s of out of copyright materials from the national library and partner libraries.  Includes journal issues, books, images, maps, manuscripts, and more.ARTFL: A collection of digitized resources on the French language developed through a collaboration between the French government and the University of Chicago.  The main database, ARTFL-FRANTEXT, consists of more than 3,500 French language texts spanning the 12th through the 20th centuries, and ranging from classic works of literature to non-fiction prose and technical writing.  Additional subscription databases contain texts related to specific genres and writers, such as dictionaries, novels, Provençal poetry, histories of the French Revolution, 19th century French literary and artistic criticism, philosophical works, and ancient French texts.  Also includes nearly two dozen open access databases covering a wide range of topics, including 18th and 19th century encyclopedias, French revolutionary newspapers, pamphlets, and laws, classical French theatre, and online editions of the works of Voltaire, Rousseau, Montaigne, and others.


evolutionary newspapers, pamphlets, and laws, classical French theatre, and online editions of the works of Voltaire, Rousseau, Montaigne, and others.evolutionary newspapers, pamphlets, and laws, classical French theatre, and online editions of the works of Voltaire, Rousseau, Montaigne, and others.evolutionary newspapers, pamphlets, and laws, classical French theatre, and online editions of the works of Voltaire, Rousseau, Montaigne, and others.Select “Subscription Databases” or “Public Access” for details.


theatre, and online editions of the works of Voltaire, Rousseau, Montaigne, and others.Select “Subscription Databases” or “Public Access” for details.Cambridge Companions Online: Cambridge Core hosts the online version of Cambridge Companions, which are authoritative introductions to major writers, artists, philosophers, topics, and time periods.  The database includes more than 600 titles and 4,000 essays across the humanities and social sciences. It is fully searchable by author, title, topic, or theme. **GC-subscribed Cambridge content is discoverable in CUNY OneSearch . You can also use Cambridge Core to search all of the GC-subscribed material at once; check the box next to "Only search content I have access to."


h . You can also use Cambridge Core to search all of the GC-subscribed material at once; check the box next to "Only search content I have access to."Eighteenth Century Collection Online: ECCO contains digitized versions of the 180,000 books, pamphlets, and broadsides printed between 1701 and 1800 that are cataloged in the English Short-title Catalogue (ESTC) . The majority of the works are in English with several thousand in French or Latin, and smaller numbers in Ancient Greek, German, Italian, Scots Gaelic, Spanish and Welsh, and other languages. Use the Advanced Search option to limit results by language and/or collection categories such as fine arts, history and geography, law, literature and language, medicine, science, and technology, religion and philosophy, social sciences, general reference, or a combination of subjects. Illustrated works may be searched by cartoon, map, music, portrait, etc.


philosophy, social sciences, general reference, or a combination of subjects. Illustrated works may be searched by cartoon, map, music, portrait, etc.Oxford Academic via NYPL: Please log in using your New York Public Library credentials! Oxford Academic provides access to scholarly and academic books and journals from Oxford University Press and its partners. The publications cover a wide range of subjects, including the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law. Access to the AMA Manual of Style is also included. Content from Oxford Handbooks, University Press Scholarship Online, Oxford Scholarship Online, and Very Short Introductions can now be found through Oxford Academic.

Digital Library of the Caribbean: The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) is a cooperative digital library for resources from and about the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean. The dLOC partner institutions are the core of dLOC. dLOC partners retain all rights to their materials and provide access to digitized versions of Caribbean cultural, historical and research materials currently held in archives, libraries, and private collections.


Reference:
Dictionnaire de l’Académie française: The ninth edition of the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, with links to the eighth edition as well.

Larousse Dictionaries: Monolingual and bilingual dictionaries.

Dictionnaires d'autrefois (ARTFL): French dictionaries of the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.

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


Science, Psychology, the Renaissance and Reformation, and Victorian Literature. Bibliographies are drawn from books, journals, and internet resources.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.


America, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, Magill's Survey of World Literature, Vietnam War Reference Library; World Education Encyclopedia.ARTFL: A collection of digitized resources on the French language developed through a collaboration between the French government and the University of Chicago.  The main database, ARTFL-FRANTEXT, consists of more than 3,500 French language texts spanning the 12th through the 20th centuries, and ranging from classic works of literature to non-fiction prose and technical writing.  Additional subscription databases contain texts related to specific genres and writers, such as dictionaries, novels, Provençal poetry, histories of the French Revolution, 19th century French literary and artistic criticism, philosophical works, and ancient French texts.  Also includes nearly two dozen open access databases covering a wide range of topics, including 18th and 19th century encyclopedias, French revolutionary newspapers, pamphlets, and laws, classical French theatre, and online editions of the works of Voltaire, Rousseau, Montaigne, and others.


theatre, and online editions of the works of Voltaire, Rousseau, Montaigne, and others.Select “Subscription Databases” or “Public Access” for details.Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism: More than 300 entries on critics, theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods from Plato and Aristotle to the present. Updated annually.


Ejournals:
L' Annee philologique: Full text of the French classics journal from volumes 1 (1924-1926) to 80 (2009). Published by the Société Internationale de Bibliographie Classique.  Free to GC users, but registration is required.

Le Débat: Histoire, politiques, et société, en français.


Databases: General:
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.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.MLA International Bibliography: The MLA Bibliography covers the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, popular culture, folklore, and film from the late 19th century to the present. It includes over 3 million citations to journal articles, books, articles in books, series, translations, scholarly editions, websites, and dissertations, with links to full text in JSTOR, Project MUSE, and other resources. The database also includes the MLA Directory of Periodicals and the MLA Thesaurus , the controlled vocabulary of thousands of subject terms, names, and works used in indexing the materials listed in the Bibliography .  For more results, use Gale Literary Sources .


housands of subject terms, names, and works used in indexing the materials listed in the Bibliography .  For more results, use Gale Literary Sources .Humanities Source: Over 1,500 full-text journals dating back to 1907.  Includes millions of records covering archaeology, art, communications, dance, film, folklore, history, journalism, linguistics, literary and social criticism, classical studies, area studies and gender studies. Should be included in any humanities search.

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 .


s 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 .Historical Abstracts: Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world (excluding the U.S. and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, the history of education, and more. Indexes more than 2,300 academic historical journals in over 40 languages from 1955 to the present. Includes links to full text, where available.


Open Access Databases and Digital Libraries:
Gallica: Digital library created and administered by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Contains digital images of out of copyright materials from the national library and partner libraries.  Includes journal issues, books, images, maps, manuscripts, and more.

The European Library: An online portal that offers access to digitized collections of the 48 national libraries of Europe, as well as leading research libraries in Europe.  Contains more than 28 million digital items and 159 million bibliographic records.

Revues.org: French platform gathering online journals in Humanities and Social Sciences, it currently contains 400 publications and more than 100,000 articles, of which 95% are available in full text.

HAL: France's nationwide open-access repository where authors of all disciplines can deposit scholarly documents.  Currently holds approximately 1.1 million resources.


ionwide open-access repository where authors of all disciplines can deposit scholarly documents.  Currently holds approximately 1.1 million resources.Fabula: Une association de chercheurs s'intéressant à l'articulation entre théorie et histoire littéraires, rassemblés autour d'un site Internet.

En outre, le site Fabula se veut un lieu de ressources et de rencontre destiné aux chercheurs du large domaine des études littéraires.

ARTFL Project: Over 2,600 French literary texts from the University of Chicago. The New York Public Library offers a more complete version of ARTFL texts online.

Digital Library of the Caribbean: The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) is a cooperative digital library for resources from and about the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean. The dLOC partner institutions are the core of dLOC. dLOC partners retain all rights to their materials and provide access to digitized versions of Caribbean cultural, historical and research materials currently held in archives, libraries, and private collections.

Bibliothèque électronique du Québec: Textes d'auteurs appartenant au domaine public.  1330 volumes à ce jour.


es, libraries, and private collections.

Bibliothèque électronique du Québec: Textes d'auteurs appartenant au domaine public.  1330 volumes à ce jour.Les volumes sont disponibles au format PDF, en deux  versions : l'une pour grand écran et l'autre pour liseuses. Ils sont aussi disponibles au format EPUB.


Newspapers:
Ethnic NewsWatch (and Ethnic NewsWatch: A History): This resource contains full-text of over 500 newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press. Includes Ethnic NewsWatch , which covers 1990 to the present, and Ethnic NewsWatch: A History , which includes materials dating back to 1959 and provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989. Publications are in a wide variety of languages including English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Creole, Inuktitut, Russian, Hindi, Japanese, Arabic, and others.


ns are in a wide variety of languages including English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Creole, Inuktitut, Russian, Hindi, Japanese, Arabic, and others.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


Primary Resources:
France Archives: France's archives portal.

Archives Nationales-France: National Archives of France.

Réseau francophone numérique: Digital resources contributed by national libraries or archives of francophone countries.

The European Library: An online portal that offers access to digitized collections of the 48 national libraries of Europe, as well as leading research libraries in Europe.  Contains more than 28 million digital items and 159 million bibliographic records.

Gallica: Digital library created and administered by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Contains digital images of out of copyright materials from the national library and partner libraries.  Includes journal issues, books, images, maps, manuscripts, and more.

IMEC (l'Institut Mémoires de l'édition contemporaine): A specialized archive of French writing and publishing. One of the most prestigious documentary source centers of contemporary French literary papers.


A specialized archive of French writing and publishing. One of the most prestigious documentary source centers of contemporary French literary papers.l'Institut Mémoires de l'édition contemporaine (IMEC) rassemble, préserve et met en valeur des fonds d'archives et d'études consacrés aux principales maisons d'édition, aux revues et aux différents acteurs de la vie du livre et de la création

Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, des pairs, grands officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des anciens barons du royaume... Date of publication : 1726-1733

Bibliotheque virtuelle des manuscrits medievaux: A digital library of medieval manuscripts from French libraries across the country (but not the National Library), made available by the IRHT (Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes) . The interface is in French but easy to use. There is a map view that allows you to browse by city. You can also explore the library.


ire des Textes) . The interface is in French but easy to use. There is a map view that allows you to browse by city. You can also explore the library.Artstor: Artstor images and collections will be available on the JSTOR platform starting August 1, 2024. Please note: To download and save images, you must register for your own personal account (click "Register" for first time users on the upper right of the screen) . The GC does not have an institutional login. Artstor is a rich database of over 2.5 million images of art and architecture from 300 museums, libraries, artists, scholars, and photo archives around the world. In addition to its core collections, Artstor offers public collections consisting of roughly 1.3 million freely accessible images, videos, documents, and audio files cataloged, managed, and shared by various institutions. Images in Artstor may be freely used in noncommercial educational and scholarly activities. Artstor’s images are now also discoverable in JSTOR. See the “ Artstor on JSTOR ” guide.


y used in noncommercial educational and scholarly activities. Artstor’s images are now also discoverable in JSTOR. See the “ Artstor on JSTOR ” guide.Théâtrales: Une collection de textes et d'hypertextes en français sur le théâtre fondée par André G. Bourassa.

avec le soutien multimédia de Pierre Cormier et Martin Simoneau, de l'Université du Québec à Montréal, en novembre 1994. Elle a été mise en ligne le 1er mai 1995, avec la participationation initiale de Barry Russell (1943-2003), auquel a succédé Frédéric Kantorowski en novembre 2001. Le soutien multimédia est maintenant assuré par François Bourassa.


Questions?:
MaRLI for Non-CUNY Users marli@nypl.org

NYPL Quick Start Guide for CUNY GC Privileges: CUNY GC photo ID card holders get NYPL Research Library borrowing privileges

NYPL MaRLI Quick Start Guide for NYU, Columbia Borrowing: CUNY GC affiliates register for NYU and Columbia MaRLI borrowing privileges through NYPL


NYPL Research Study Rooms:
Graduate Center students and faculty may apply to use New York Public Library’s research study rooms , spaces available in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building for those requiring intensive use of the library’s collections for the preparations of books, dissertations, or other research projects. There are three research study rooms: the Wertheim Study , the Shoichi Noma Reading Room , and the Frederick Lewis Allen Memorial Room (for authors under book contract).


Metro Referral Cards:
NYC reference librarians may issue Metro Referral passes for one-time, on-site use of a specific, named item from any metropolitan area library catalog.


CUNY-NYPL Funding:
The development of a permanent rapprochement between the Graduate School and the New York Public Library -- with a long-range commitment of public funds under an agreement that would permit the university's cooperation in the development of those NYPL policies that affect its research collections -- should be one of the Graduate School's top priorities for the near future. --Mina Rees. The First Ten Years of the Graduate School of the City University of New York . August 1972, p. 10. NYPL applies state aid provided on CUNY's behalf to purchase books supporting CUNY scholarship. Mutual NYPL-CUNY collaboration has strengthened recently with NYPL's lending program to CUNY faculty and graduate students. But, New York State and City aid to these two great public institutions has been reduced since 1998. Read more about NYPL-CUNY & track NYS funding for CUNY-NYPL .


Eligibility & Registration:


Eligibility & Registration:Eligibility & Registration:New York Public Library GC students and faculty are extended borrowing privileges for books in the NYPL research libraries that are not normally available for loan (see Lenders & Non-Participants for details). To activate these privileges, simply obtain an NYPL library card and go to Library Card Services, Room 217, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building , where you will be given a special sticker for your NYPL card. Use NYPL Classic Catalog buttons or email callaheadsasb@nypl.org to request NYPL books to pick-up and borrow. Scores and books from the Library for the Performing Arts are eligible for loan. Columbia University & New York University Apply online for MaRLI privileges to borrow from Columbia or NYU. Carefully match your research interests with collection strengths. Non-PhD CUNY grads apply as "independent scholars" and note your GC program. Receive e-mail approval within 5 business days with instructions.


engths. Non-PhD CUNY grads apply as "independent scholars" and note your GC program. Receive e-mail approval within 5 business days with instructions.engths. Non-PhD CUNY grads apply as "independent scholars" and note your GC program. Receive e-mail approval within 5 business days with instructions.engths. Non-PhD CUNY grads apply as "independent scholars" and note your GC program. Receive e-mail approval within 5 business days with instructions.Pick up MaRLI cards at Columbia Butler and NYU Bobst privileges offices; bring approval email, NYPL card, and another accepted form of ID .


MaRLI:  Manhattan Research Library Initiative:
The New York Public Library (NYPL) and the libraries of Columbia University and New York University have launched an initiative to expand access and use of their collections to better serve their users. The collaboration, dubbed the Manhattan Research Library Initiative (MaRLI), enables eligible users with a demonstrable research need not met by currently available resources, to borrow materials from all three institutions. CUNY Graduate Center photo ID card holders are eligible for NYPL Research Library borrowing privileges, with 120-day loans . Also, GC affiliates may register through NYPL for Columbia and New York University MaRLI borrowing privileges. See the Eligibility & Registration box below for details. Also, GC affiliates (and all NYPL cardholders) may use NYPL's databases, some of which are only available on site and some of which are available remotely. See our guide to NYPL databases .


New!  Full Library Guide: Cite Your Sources:
Cite Your Sources: This guide covers the APA, MLA, Chicago, and Turabian styles, and provides links to a number of additional citation styles. It also includes information on citation management tools like Zotero and RefWorks, links to several automatic citation generators, and tips for avoiding plagiarism. Description and guide by: Prof. Donna Davey.


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

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

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


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

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

Zotero Help: Short video tutorials and a userguide


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

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


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Candid: Anyone who lives, works or studies in the five boroughs of New York City is eligible to visit the Candid Library in order to gain knowledge about grantmakers, their grants, and all aspects of fundraising, philanthropy, and nonprofit management. The foundation also offers in person and web based seminars.


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

Foundation Grants to Individuals Online: Devoted to the needs of individuals, this database describes 10,000 grantmakers with details on funders that provide scholarships, fellowships, grants, and a wide range of financial support to students, researchers, artists, and other seekers of individual grants.


de scholarships, fellowships, grants, and a wide range of financial support to students, researchers, artists, and other seekers of individual grants.Research Centers Directory via NYPL: Please log in using your New York Public Library credentials! Comprehensive guide to North America’s premier nonprofit research organizations. Information on each organization includes programs, staffing, and publications, as well as services of centers, laboratories, institutes, experiment stations, farms, research support facilities, technology transfer centers, think tanks, incubators, research parks, and more.


, institutes, experiment stations, farms, research support facilities, technology transfer centers, think tanks, incubators, research parks, and more.Pivot-RP: Grants, internships, and graduate and post-graduate fellowships in all subject areas. Search for open funding opportunities and information about previously awarded grants. Users may create an optional personal account to use enhanced features such as saving searches and tracking funding opportunities. Once you create an account, you can also claim and configure your user profile to receive personalized automated funding recommendations targeted to your research interests. To create an account, select the Use Email Address/Create Password option and fill out the form using your @gradcenter.cuny.edu or @gc.cuny.edu address. For Affiliated Member Institution, select "Graduate Center, The City University of New York." Look for the verification email in your inbox to finish the process. After the initial setup, you will be recognized as a GC researcher whenever you log into your personal account.


Business: Guide to print and electronic business resources


Library Workshops:
Check the library calendar for upcoming workshops about library research and scholarly publishing. NYPL encourages instructors to bring their classes for a visit to learn about their collections: Bring Your Class to the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building .


Library Blog:
Consult the library blog to see what's new. Subscribe to receive new posts by email.


Request Articles, Books and More through Interlibrary Loan:
The GC Library ILL team can get you information from other libraries, help you access locally available information, and connect you to free online resources. ILL is usually fast (unless it is rare or from far away...but we can still often get those items, too) and always easy and worth a try!


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


Business, Economics, & Financial Resources Guide:
Use the tabs towards the top of the page to go to the relevant section. Please contact me if you need further assistance. Please visit Baruch College's Newman Library website for a more complete listing of Business related sources. To find sources for journal articles select the Find Articles tab To search for print and electronic books select the ' Find Books' tab For information on bibliographic citation styles and citation managers such as Zotero select the ' Citing Sources ' tab For information on grants and fellowship opportunities select the ' Funding' tab


Business Libraries in NYC:
Newman Library, Baruch College: The Newman Library has an abundance of books, magazines, and databases that cover business, economics, and finance.

As a GC student you are able to use the Newman Library and check out books, but you may not be able to print or access all databases. Contact the Reference Desk for further access information (646) 312-1610

Thomas Yoseloff Business Center, NYPL: NYPL's research and information center devoted to science and business. Located in the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) at 455 Fifth Avenue between 39th and 40th Street.


Upcoming Workshops:
Workshops and others can also be found on the library calendar


Additional Library 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.

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

24/7 chat and email reference: Need an answer right away? Reference help available 24 hours a day through Ask-A-Librarian chat and email service.


E-Journals - directories:
Directory of Open Access Journals: Over 7,000 free online journals arranged by subject.

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


Best Bets:
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.

EconLit: Full-text articles in all fields of economics, including capital markets, country studies, econometrics, economic forecasting, environmental economics, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, and urban economics. Also includes citations and abstracts to journal articles, books, collective volume articles, dissertations, working papers, and book reviews dating back to 1886. EconLit is updated weekly and contains more than 1.6 million records.


e articles, dissertations, working papers, and book reviews dating back to 1886. EconLit is updated weekly and contains more than 1.6 million records.Economist Historical Archive: 1843-2020: Historical archive of The Economist from 1843 to 2020 covering political, business, scientific, technological, and cultural issues around the world. Search across the archive or browse complete issues by date. Use the Journals tab to identify databases containing recent issues.


es around the world. Search across the archive or browse complete issues by date. Use the Journals tab to identify databases containing recent issues.Making of the Modern World: The Making of the Modern World: Part I, The Goldsmiths'-Kress Collection , covers economics, banking, finance, transportation, manufacturing, history, political science, and sociology, and includes the text of over 62,400 books, pamphlets, essays, and serials published between 1450 and 1850. Part II, 1851-1914 , consists of monographs, reports, correspondence, speeches, and surveys from around the world. The documents cover social, economic, and business history, political science, technology, industrialization, and the birth of the modern corporation, allowing researchers to trace the impact of the Industrial Revolution on the political and social conditions of nineteenth-century workers, factory owners and national economies.


e the impact of the Industrial Revolution on the political and social conditions of nineteenth-century workers, factory owners and national economies.Regional Business News: Provides full text coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering metropolitan and rural areas within the United States and Canadian provinces.  Includes newspapers, radio and television news transcripts, trade publications, magazines and newswires, including content from publishers such as The Washington Post , Crain’s New York Business , and PR Newswire US .

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.


Interdisciplinary Resources:
While these databases don't focus on arts and humanities they do index relevant journals and newspapers. Includes scholarly and general publications.

Academic OneFile: Provides full-text articles in all subject areas from over 19,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources as well as thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR (National Public Radio) and CNN, and videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.  Subjects covered include biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science, and psychology.


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


edings, etc.  While full text is available as far back as 1887 for a few titles, the text of most titles is available only for the past decade or two.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 .


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


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

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


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

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


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

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

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

For more information, see the Research Metrics guide.


CUNY OneSearch:
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.


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

CUNY CLICS: You can have books from other CUNY libraries sent to the GC library, or to the CUNY library of your choice. Find a book in OneSearch, log in, and initiate a request. CLICS is for circulating books only, not reference books, electronic books, periodicals, etc. If you need a scan of an article or book chapter, submit an interlibrary loan request.

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.

Interlibrary Loan: If the book or article you need is not available at the GC library, you can request it via interlibrary loan.


es around the world.

Interlibrary Loan: If the book or article you need is not available at the GC library, you can request it via interlibrary loan.Outside CUNY: NYPL, MaRLI, METRO, & SHARES: Graduate Center users receive special NYPL privileges and may be eligible through MaRLI for borrowing privileges at NYU and Columbia. METRO and SHARES provide other possibilities for access to books.


Ebooks:
The library provides access to many thousands of ebooks, accessible through a variety of databases. Most can be found using OneSearch . Consult our ebooks guide for more information.


Quick Tips about GC Ebooks:
Find most CUNY and Graduate Center eBooks in OneSearch , with links to the full text. See also our tips for locating e-books blog post. Some ebooks are licensed for CUNY-wide use; others are licensed only to invididual CUNY campuses Graduate Center affiliates do not have remote access to ebooks held by other CUNY campuses. If you have a dual affiliation, you can access each campus's electronic collections using the OneSearch interface and credentials for that school. Printing and downloading options will vary according to platform or publisher, and is often prohibited or extremely limited. If there’s an e-book you can’t find, try Interlibrary Loan (ILL): Requests for chapters of books are often sent as electronic files through Interlibrary Loan , whereas whole ebooks are often not available via ILL due to licensing and digital restrictions of library ebooks. Try a request for a chapter or section!


Reference Ebooks:
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.


America, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, Magill's Survey of World Literature, Vietnam War Reference Library; World Education Encyclopedia.Oxford Handbooks Online: Collection of 600+ Oxford University Press handbooks in a wide range of subjects. Select “Unlocked” to see available titles, which may also be found in OneSearch . Other than Music, our collections do not include titles published after 2014. Those handbooks are available through the New York Public Library remotely .

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 .


Best Bests:
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.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


Statistical Resources:
International Monetary Fund (IMF): eLibrary Data Online: Current international statistics data are compiled by the International Monetary Fund on all aspects of international and domestic finance. Through the free eLibrary Data Online portal users can access the publicly available resources and features offered by IMF, including International Financial Statistics, Balance of Payment Statistics, Government Finance Statistics, and Direction of Trade Statistics databases. Users can browse each database or dataset, create queries, and export data in a variety of formats. Click more to see available data resources including (but not limited to):


tabase or dataset, create queries, and export data in a variety of formats. Click more to see available data resources including (but not limited to):International Financial Statistics Balance of Payment Statistics Government Finance Statistics Direction of Trade Statistics Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves (COFER) Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (CDIS) Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS) Financial Access Survey (FAS) Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs) Fiscal Monitor Regional Economic Outlook: Asia & Pacific Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East & Central Asia Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook: Western Hemisphere Data To save content and searches, download data or set alerts, you can set up a personal account: click on "Sign in or register" and follow the directions provided.


ntent and searches, download data or set alerts, you can set up a personal account: click on "Sign in or register" and follow the directions provided.International Monetary Fund (IMF): eLibrary: A comprehensive database of IMF publications, including flagships, books, journals, series, analytical papers, notes and manuals, and official reports and documents dating back to 1946. Includes information on macroeconomics, globalization, development, trade and aid, technical assistance, demographics, emerging markets, policy advice, poverty reduction, and more. Search across the eLibrary or browse by topic, country, series, or type of resource.

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.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.


For More Information...:
For additional information about managing references and creating bibliographies, consult the library's more extensive Cite Your Sources guide. Need help? Check the library calendar for upcoming citation management workshops and drop-in help sessions, or request an appointment with a librarian .


Guides to Common Citation Styles:
APA Style Online: The style and grammar guidelines pages present information about APA Style as described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition. The full APA style guide is available in print . This supplementary site from APA includes quick reference materials and updates.

MLA Style Overview: Overview of MLA style, including the details of citations and bibliographies, from Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab).

MLA FAQ: Answers to frequently asked questions about MLA style.

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

Turabian Quick Guide: This site gives a quick overview of Turabian style, which is a simplified version of Chicago style.


wers, and additional tools.

Turabian Quick Guide: This site gives a quick overview of Turabian style, which is a simplified version of Chicago style.Scientific Style and Format Online: Now in its eighth edition, the indispensable reference for authors, editors, publishers, students, and translators in all areas of science and related fields has been fully revised by the Council of Science Editors to reflect today’s best practices in scientific publishing.

Style Guides from Purdue OWL: Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides overviews of numerous styles, including APA, Chicago, MLA, AMA, and IEEE.


Citation Managers:
The GC library supports two citation managers: Zotero and RefWorks. Citation managers allow you to save and organize references you gather during research. They allow you to easily import citations from library databases and other websites, and to manually enter information about sources that aren't represented online. Citation managers also generate bibliographies in a wide variety of styles.


Zotero Basics:
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.


For More Information...:
For more information about funding sources, visit the library's Grants & Funding guide.


GC Office of Research and Sponsored Programs:
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs: The office of Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP) is the CUNY Graduate School and University Center’s central administrative unit for overseeing GC-CUNY applications for, and awards of, governmental and foundation funding.


Resources from Candid:
Candid NY - Resource Center, Library, Free Workshops: Webinar trainings are available from Candid (formerly Foundation Center).


Databases for Grants, Awards, Fellowships:
Pivot-RP: Grants, internships, and graduate and post-graduate fellowships in all subject areas. Search for open funding opportunities and information about previously awarded grants. Users may create an optional personal account to use enhanced features such as saving searches and tracking funding opportunities. Once you create an account, you can also claim and configure your user profile to receive personalized automated funding recommendations targeted to your research interests. To create an account, select the Use Email Address/Create Password option and fill out the form using your @gradcenter.cuny.edu or @gc.cuny.edu address. For Affiliated Member Institution, select "Graduate Center, The City University of New York." Look for the verification email in your inbox to finish the process. After the initial setup, you will be recognized as a GC researcher whenever you log into your personal account.


l in your inbox to finish the process. After the initial setup, you will be recognized as a GC researcher whenever you log into your personal account.GrantForward: CUNY provides access to this database through the Research Foundation . GrantForward is a funding search and grant recommendation service. Create an account using your @gradcenter.cuny.edu or @gc.cuny.edu email address, and set up a profile to begin receiving automatic grant recommendations based on your research interests. GrantForward uses data-crawling technology to update a database of sponsors and funding opportunities gathered from over 9,000 US Sponsors. For support using GrantForward visit https://www.grantforward.com/support .

FOLIO (Foundation LIterature Online): An online digital repository of foundation-sponsored research reports and publications covering the full scope of philanthropic activity.


ure Online): An online digital repository of foundation-sponsored research reports and publications covering the full scope of philanthropic activity.Assistance Listings (formerly Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA): Database of all federal programs available to state and local governments (including the District of Columbia); federally-recognized Indian tribal governments; territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and non-profit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.   ~22,000 described.

Research Centers Directory via NYPL: Please log in using your New York Public Library credentials! Comprehensive guide to North America’s premier nonprofit research organizations. Information on each organization includes programs, staffing, and publications, as well as services of centers, laboratories, institutes, experiment stations, farms, research support facilities, technology transfer centers, think tanks, incubators, research parks, and more.


Share Your Work:
You wrote it...now what? How will you put your work out into the world? CUNY offers a variety of platforms for posting, publishing, or otherwise sharing your work online. Different platforms have different features and purposes—for example, what's best for sharing an article you previously published in a subscription-based journal may not be best for making an educational text you wrote discoverable by other instructors. This page summarizes the different publishing platforms available to you as a member of the CUNY community.


Questions?:
Overwhelmed by the options? All Graduate Center students, faculty, and staff are welcome to contact us for additional information or guidance about platforms, copyright, permissions, etc.: Jill Cirasella , Scholarly Communication Librarian and University Liaison, is the library's primary point person for questions about scholarly publishing, including questions about CUNY Academic Works, copyright, fair use, publisher contracts, and Creative Commons licenses. Elvis Bakaitis , Head of Reference, is the library's primary point person for questions creating and sharing open educational resources (OER), including questions about Pressbooks, Manifold, and OpenEd CUNY.