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Art History Research Guide:
This guide collects resources from the Graduate Center's Mina Rees Library collections and beyond that support art history research topics. Use the links on the side of the page to navigate between different formats and tools. For more help, make a research appointment with Alycia Sellie, librarian for art history. Schedule an Appointment


ARTSTOR migrating into JSTOR August 1, 2024:
The Artstor website will be retired on August 1, 2024. Artstor's content, key resources, and functionality are moving to JSTOR. Local collections like CUNYdid have already been migrated into JSTOR . For more information, see our blog post or more information and documentation from JSTOR , like this guide .


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

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

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

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


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


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


Suggest a Book:
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 .


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

Arcade: New York Art Resources Consortium. This is the shared catalog of the libraries at the Frick Art Reference Library and the libraries of the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art.

Art Discovery Group Catalogue: This group catalogue, launched in May 2014, offers an art-focused research experience within the WorldCat environment. The catalogues of many important art libraries worldwide are searchable alongside additional content from a multitude of additional sources, promising more precise and relevant comprehensive results in a global setting.


le alongside additional content from a multitude of additional sources, promising more precise and relevant comprehensive results in a global setting.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.

Oxford Art Online: Oxford Art Online is a platform for searching across the following art reference works listed below.  Create an optional subscriber account to save searches. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2nd ed.) The Oxford Companion to Western Art And the Grove Dictionary of Art , which can also be searched separately at Grove Art Online (CUNY does not subscribe to the Benezit Dictionary of Artists )


he Grove Dictionary of Art , which can also be searched separately at Grove Art Online (CUNY does not subscribe to the Benezit Dictionary of Artists )College Art Association Monographs (via ACLS Humanities E-Book): The College Art Association Monographs began publication in 1944 and concluded in 1999. The series eventually issued 56 volumes with a variety of university presses and scholarly societies, including the Archaeological Institute of America, New York University Press, The Pennsylvania State University Press, and the University of Washington Press. The series published scholars who are among the most influential art historians of our time, and covers the history of art from Classical Antiquity into the early twentieth century, with most concentration in the Western tradition. In partnership with CAA, HEB now offers a range of titles from this distinguished series.


h century, with most concentration in the Western tradition. In partnership with CAA, HEB now offers a range of titles from this distinguished series.Digital Dada Archive: The Digital Dada Library provides links to scanned images of original Dada-era publication in the International Dada Archive.  These books, pamphlets, and periodicals are housed in the Special Collections Department of The University of Iowa Libraries.

HathiTrust Digital Library: Millions of books digitized by a variety of major research institutions. See this post for more information about public domain items available to all via HathiTrust .

Getty Publications Virtual Library: Free digital backlist titles from the Getty Publications Archives.


domain items available to all via HathiTrust .

Getty Publications Virtual Library: Free digital backlist titles from the Getty Publications Archives.Getty Research Portal: The Getty Research Portal is an online platform providing global access to digitized art history texts. The Portal is comprised of catalog records that link to full, digitized texts hosted by the contributing institutions or their service providers. Search the database of over 20,000 books published prior to 1923 or housed in institutional repositories. This differs from the Getty Virtual Library in that it includes publications from outside of the Getty as well.

Guggenheim Publications: Exhibition catalogs and essays, some available for online viewing and download.


lications from outside of the Getty as well.

Guggenheim Publications: Exhibition catalogs and essays, some available for online viewing and download.LACMA Reading Room: The Reading Room is a special corner of lacma.org dedicated to catalogues and brochures of exhibitions past. These are out-of-print, hard-to-find publications available here in full for free. From a unique set of publications focused on the Southern California art scene to rare books about German Expressionism, modern art, Southeast Asian art, and more, the catalogues and brochures here reflect the depth and breadth of LACMA’s collection and exhibition history. We continue to add new publications on an ongoing basis.


nd brochures here reflect the depth and breadth of LACMA’s collection and exhibition history. We continue to add new publications on an ongoing basis.Met Publications: Nearly 650 titles published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art published from 1964 to the present. MetPublications includes a description and table of contents for most titles, as well as information about the authors, reviews, awards, and links to related Met titles by author and by theme. Current book titles that are in-print may be previewed and fully searched online, with a link to purchase the book. The full contents of almost all other book titles may be read online, searched, or downloaded as a PDF. Many of these out-of-print books will be available for purchase, when rights permit, through print-on-demand capabilities in association with Yale University Press. For the Met's Bulletin, all but the most recent issue can be downloaded as a PDF. For the Met's Journal, all individual articles and entire volumes can be downloaded as a PDF.


ll but the most recent issue can be downloaded as a PDF. For the Met's Journal, all individual articles and entire volumes can be downloaded as a PDF.Contemporary Artists Index: A great index of contemporary artists and the solo and group exhibition catalogs in which they appear.

caa.reviews: Newly open access this reviews journal is published by CAA and covers a wide range of art related subject areas. Approximately 150 reviews are published annually.


Catalogue Raisonnés:
NYPL: What is a Catalogue Raisonné?: Guide to Catalogue Raisonnés with a helpful resources and recommendations for searching NYPL collections.

NYPL: Catalogues Raisonnés on How to Research an Artist guide: Guide to Catalogue Raisonnés with a helpful resources and recommendations for searching NYPL collections.

IFAR Catalogues Raisonnés: Catalogues raisonnés — scholarly compilations of an artist's body of work — are critical tools for researching the provenance and attribution of artwork. The International Foundation for Art Research has developed two electronic resources — a database of published catalogues raisonnés and one of catalogues in preparation. They can be searched separately or together and will be updated regularly. See the Users' Guide for details.


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

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

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


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

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

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


Databases for Art History: Links to databases that index art journals.


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


Affiliated with Multiple Campuses?:
Do you study at the GC but work at another campus, or maybe even two other campuses? If so, you are entitled to remote access to library e-resources (e.g., databases, e-journals, e-books) from all of your affiliated campuses. Different CUNY libraries have different e-resources, which you can check through each library's website.


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


ng, photography, pottery, sculpture, decorative arts, costume design, film, television and video, advertising art, non-western art, textiles and more.Art Index Retrospective: A periodical literature database that cumulates citations from the printed version of the Art Index, volumes 1-32 (1929-1984).  The database cites articles from periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins published throughout the world in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch. It also indexes reproductions of art works that appear in the indexed periodicals.  Art Full Text continues Art Index and begins coverage in 1984.


ch. It also indexes reproductions of art works that appear in the indexed periodicals.  Art Full Text continues Art Index and begins coverage in 1984.ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM): Abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art in all languages.  Entries date back to the late 1960s and cover the late 19th century to the present. ABM includes material on artists, art movements, and trends, and covers art history and theory, artist’s books, body art, calligraphy, ceramic and glass art, computer and electronic art, conservation, crafts, drawing, ethnic arts, fashion, graffiti, graphic design, illustration, museum design, painting, performance art and installation works, photography, printmaking, sculpture, theatre arts, and video art.


sign, illustration, museum design, painting, performance art and installation works, photography, printmaking, sculpture, theatre arts, and video art.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.

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


forming Arts Periodicals Database Screen Studies Collection AFI Catalog FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database Film Index InternationalArtstor: 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.Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals: A comprehensive index of articles from over 2,500 journals published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, landscape architecture, and historic preservation.  The database contains more than 800,000 records from the 1930s to the present with selective coverage dating back to the 1740s.  It also includes nearly 13,000 citations for architects' obituaries.


from the 1930s to the present with selective coverage dating back to the 1740s.  It also includes nearly 13,000 citations for architects' obituaries.Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) and Répertoire international de la littérature de l'art (RILA): The Getty provides access to the Bibliography of the History of Art, 1990-2007 ( BHA ) and the Répertoire international de la littérature de l'art , 1975-1989 ( RILA ). These citation databases, which can be searched together, index books, journal articles, conference proceedings, dissertations, festschriften, exhibition catalogs, reviews, and dealers' catalogs published between 1975 and 2007 on European and American visual arts from late antiquity to the early 21st century. The BHA and RILA cover painting, sculpture, drawing, prints, decorative and applied arts, popular and folk art, architecture and industrial design, and film from over 1,200 journals. See more about the BHA and RILA, and the list of indexed journals .


d folk art, architecture and industrial design, and film from over 1,200 journals. See more about the BHA and RILA, and the list of indexed journals .Burlington Magazine Index: Registration is free but required. The BMI is updated quarterly and currently covers the period 1903-1977. All the editorial content of The Burlington Magazine - articles, letters, reviews, calendars - and its illustrations are included with direct links to the full text in JSTOR.


t of The Burlington Magazine - articles, letters, reviews, calendars - and its illustrations are included with direct links to the full text in JSTOR.Electronic Arts Intermix Educational Streaming Videos: Electronic Arts Intermix's (EAI) Educational Streaming service provides full-length, streaming videos by artists. The artists represented range from influential 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. The list of artists with streaming videos is here , and the whole EAI collection is described in the broader artists catalog which includes items that are not available remotely. Unfortunately, these films are not searchable in OneSearch.


ribed in the broader artists catalog which includes items that are not available remotely. Unfortunately, these films are not searchable in OneSearch.Gale Fine Arts & Music Collection: More than 250 journals covered in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and the Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) index are available in full text.

Grove Art Online: Search the Grove Dictionary of Art via the Oxford Art Online platform. Grove contains entries on artists, architects, craftsmen, patrons, movements, locations, and periods, as well as bibliographies for further research and thousands of searchable images made available through Oxford’s partnerships with museums, galleries, and other outstanding arts organizations. Browse through Timelines of World Art , Subject Guides or Resources for Educators created by organizations like MoMA and the Met. Create an optional subscriber account to save searches.


rt , Subject Guides or Resources for Educators created by organizations like MoMA and the Met. Create an optional subscriber account to save searches.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 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 )

America: History & Life: Abstracts of articles covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. The database indexes 1,700 journals from 1964 to present and includes citations and links to book and media reviews.


, from prehistory to the present. The database indexes 1,700 journals from 1964 to present and includes citations and links to book and media reviews.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.

Making of America (Cornell): Digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.

Nineteenth Century Serials Edition: Complete runs of five nineteenth-century periodicals and a decade of a sixth. Includes advertisements. Free access provided by King's College, London.


Complete runs of five nineteenth-century periodicals and a decade of a sixth. Includes advertisements. Free access provided by King's College, London.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.

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.Alternative Press Index: The API indexes over 300 alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines from 1991 to the present. International and interdisciplinary in scope, the API spans the social sciences and humanities with a focus on the practice and theory of socialism, national liberation, labor, indigenous peoples, LGBTQ issues, feminism, ecology, democracy, and anarchism.

Contemporary Culture Index: ccindex indexes small run and scholarly journals covering architecture, art, cinema, cultural studies, design, literature, music, philosophy, social sciences and photography.

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.LGBTQ+ Source: Full text from over 150 LGBTQi (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and Intersex) journals, magazines, and newspapers and over 150 books. The database includes comprehensive indexing and abstract coverage as well as a specialized LGBTQ+ Thesaurus containing over 10,000 terms.

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 .

Social Theory: More than 150,000 pages of content by such major theorists as Theodor Adorno, Jean Baudrillard, Simone de Beauvoir, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Émile Durkheim, Michel Foucault, Jürgen Habermas, Karl Marx, Robert Merton, Dorothy E. Smith, and Talcott Parsons. Search across the resource or browse authors, titles, theories, or subjects.


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


Additional Websites, Journals and Other Resources:
A selection of individual journals that cover art and the humanities.

arthistoricum.net: A virtual library of art history that enables researchers to search digitized books and magazines, images, library catalogs, and over 5,000 websites. In English and German.

Big Red & Shiny: Boston based journal covering contemporary art, architecture and culture.

Blue Mountain Project, Princeton University: A digital repository of scarce and ephemeral texts published between 1848 and 1923.

caa.reviews: Newly open access this reviews journal is published by CAA and covers a wide range of art related subject areas. Approximately 150 reviews are published annually.

Digital Dada Archive: Dada books and journals.

East of Borneo: A collaborative online magazine of contemporary art and its history as considered from Los Angeles.


Archive: Dada books and journals.

East of Borneo: A collaborative online magazine of contemporary art and its history as considered from Los Angeles.Journal of Neo-Victorian Studies: Interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed e-journal dedicated to contemporary reimaginings of the 19th c in the humanities.

Modernist Journals Project: Digitized modernist journals including BLAST, Rhythm and other publications. Especially strong in literary publications.

Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide: A journal of nineteenth century visual culture.

Triple Canopy: Triple Canopy is an online magazine, workspace, and platform for editorial and curatorial activities


Art Magazine Indexes:
Avalanche Magazine Index: Avalanche was an artist journal published in New York City from 1970-1976 by Willoughby Sharp and Liza Béar. This website is an index to the contents of Avalanche. It is designed to help you identify articles, interviews, and other content within the magazine, which you can then seek out in print at a library near you.

Contemporary Culture Index: An illustrated and annotated web operation about the periodicals indexed in the database, and the self-reflective processes involved in its production.

Frick Art Reference Library Periodicals Index (via NYPL): *Log in with NYPL credentials* Indexes more than 150 prominent art history periodicals held by the Frick Art Reference Library, covering Western European and American fine arts and some decorative arts from the 4th-19th centuries.


dicals held by the Frick Art Reference Library, covering Western European and American fine arts and some decorative arts from the 4th-19th centuries.Radical Software: Though scholarly works on video art history often refer to Radical Software , there are few places where scholars can review its contents. Individual copies are rare, and few complete collections exist. This website makes it available and searchable on the internet.


Art History Teaching Resources:
Art History Teaching Resources (AHTR): Art History Teaching Resources (AHTR) is a peer-populated platform for art history teachers. AHTR is home to a constantly evolving and collectively authored online repository of art history teaching content including, but not limited to, lesson plans, video introductions to museums, book reviews, image clusters, and classroom and museum activities. The site promotes discussion and reflection around new ways of teaching and learning in the art history classroom through a peer-populated blog and fosters a collaborative virtual community for art history instructors at all career stages.


ARIES: ARt Image Exploration Space: ARIES is an interactive image manipulation system that allows for the exploration and organization of fine art images (of paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, etc.) taken from multiple sources (e.g. websites, digital photographs, scans) in a virtual space.

Tropy: Tropy is a tool intended to help you organize research photos (taken from archival visits, scattered on your own hard drives, etc.).


Getting started with ARTstor:
ARTstor's User Manual outlines key features and tools, the introductory guide might be useful to you (or your students!) or click through for teaching resources and presentation tips , or to watch short videos online .


Local Image Collection:
CUNYdid Slide Library (JSTOR): The Graduate Center's slide library was scanned to create CUNYdid in JSTOR, a collection of almost 200,000 digital images for institutional use in Art History. Access is available to all CUNY affiliates.


Image Collections:
Bildarchiv der Kunst und Architektur: Two million images of European art and architecture, primarily prior to the 20th century.

British Museum: Free non-commercial use images.

Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture: Images and digitized texts with a particular focus on decorative arts from early America.

Europeana: Europeana enables people to explore the digital resources of Europes museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections.

Frick Digital Image Archive: Works of art photographed between 1922 and 1967 by staff photographers in private homes and small public collections throughout the United States and in New York City galleries and auction houses.

Google Art Project: Thousands of images from art museums around the world.

LACMA: 20,000 high-res digital downloads for any use.


and auction houses.

Google Art Project: Thousands of images from art museums around the world.

LACMA: 20,000 high-res digital downloads for any use.Machiel Kiel Photographic Archive: Images of Ottoman-Islamic architectural monuments in the Balkan countries from the photo archive of Dutch historian Machiel Kiel.

National Gallery of Art Images: 20,000 open access images from the NGA available for download and use.

NYPL Digital Gallery: Search or browse over 700,000 images digitized from the collections of the NYPL.

Rijksmuseum: High-res digital downloads free (for non-commercial use only)

vads: the online resource for visual arts: VADS (the Visual Arts Data Service) is based at the Farnham Campus of the University College for the Creative Arts (United Kingdom). This website contains over 100,000 images covering an array of visual subjects a complete list can be found here: http://www.vads.ac.uk/collections/index.html

Van Alen Institute Design Archive: A selection of architectural drawings, photographs, and institutional records from over a century of design excellence at Van Alen Institute.


Archive: A selection of architectural drawings, photographs, and institutional records from over a century of design excellence at Van Alen Institute.Wikimedia Commons: Freely accessible images from museums, galleries, libraries, and archives.

Yale Digital Commons: 250,000 images without license.


Images and Copyright:
Two useful guides that discuss copyright, fair use and images: The College Art Association's Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts The Visual Resources Association developed a set of Fair Use Guidelines for images used in teaching and research (including disserations - see section 6) Copyright resources from CUNY


Digital Humanities:
Mapping Gothic France: A database of images, texts, charts, and historical maps that allow exploration of Gothic architecture and the formation of France in the 12-13th centuries.

The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities: Dozens of digital projects supported by the IATH including 'Leondardo a Vinci and his Treatise on Painting' 'The Complete Writings and Pictures of Dante Gabriel Rossetti' and 'The William Blake Archive'


Multimedia:
Ubuweb: Great source for audio and video recordings of avant-garde poetry and art.


Archival collections:
There are scores of archival collections within 2 hours of NYC, a few of the major sources are listed below. Detailed guides to archival holdings (finding aids) are frequently being made available online. While most archival collections require a visit to the holding library, some collections do fill photocopy requests.

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

Archives Directory for the History of Collecting: Developed by the Frick Collection Center for the History of Collecting, this resource allows researchers to locate primary source material about American collectors, dealers, agents and advisors, and the repositories that hold these records.


s researchers to locate primary source material about American collectors, dealers, agents and advisors, and the repositories that hold these records.Archives of American Art: The Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art is a repository of American artist and gallery archives. Some collections have been digitized and are available on the AAA website. Collections that have been microfilmed may be requested via interlibrary loan.

Collections include letters, diaries, business papers, sketches, interviews, scrapbooks, and oral histories.

Brooklyn Museum Archives: The Museum Archives contains institutional records, curatorial correspondence, expedition reports, and other related textual and visual records dating to the founding of the institution.

Fales Library NYU: Open by appointment, the Fales Library has extensive archival and special collections documenting NYC specific artistic activities and beyond. Finding aids available online.


e Fales Library has extensive archival and special collections documenting NYC specific artistic activities and beyond. Finding aids available online.Medici Archive Project: Search 200 volumes of of documents in the Medici Granducal Archive. The volumes contain 10,00 letters and biographic records for 11,000 people. People can be searched by role (actors, architects, painters, etc.)

MoMA Archive: Search finding aids online. The archive includes museum records and curator correspondence as well as oral histories and papers of artists, collectors, and galleries.

NYC Municipal Archives: Over 87,000 images from the New York City Municipal Archives

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

Paul Mellon Centre Archive (London): Highlights include the papers of W.G. Constable (1887-1976) first director of the Courtauld Institute and museum director; and Sir Brinsley Ford (1908-1999) collector, art connoissuer and editor of the Burlington Magazine.


Art Museum Libraries:
New York City is home to the some of the best art libraries in the country. Each library has their own set of rules and admissions practices so it is a good idea to review their 'Access' page before going. Typically you need nothing more than your CUNY ID and a pencil. Photocopy policies and prices and restrictions on cameras vary as well.

Avery Architecture & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University: Accessible to CUNY PhD students who are MaRLI card holders (no circulation privileges however) or have a METRO Referral pass to view items unavailable at the Graduate Center Library.

Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives: No appointment is necessary but researchers are asked to search the Libraries' catalog and to email citations prior to the visit.


raries and Archives: No appointment is necessary but researchers are asked to search the Libraries' catalog and to email citations prior to the visit.The libraries consist of a general art history library, the Wilbour Library of Egyptology, institutional and curatorial archives, and other  special collections. Also worth noting are the online exhibition history and links to additional web resources.

Frick Art Reference Library: The Frick Library is open to all researchers and no appointment is necessary. Researchers must obtain a Reader's Card, information is on the website.

In addition to monographs and periodicals covering European and American art history from the 4th-20th centuries, the Frick also has a large collection of auction and exhibition catalogs and a photo archive, the Frick is also home to the Center for the History of Collecting in America.

International Center of Photography: NYC's only library devoted entirely to photography, the ICP's Research Library has regular hours for ICP members M-F and is open to the public by appointment.


ly library devoted entirely to photography, the ICP's Research Library has regular hours for ICP members M-F and is open to the public by appointment.Library at the Hispanic Society of America: Focused on the arts and cultures of Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. It includes the largest manuscript collection outside of Spain. Not all of the collection has been cataloged so contact the library directly with any question about holdings. No appointment is needed to use the library.

MoMA Library and Study Centers: MoMA has two library locations, one in Manhattan and one in Queens, both are open by appointment.  In addition, researchers have access to study centers and archives.

In addition to an extensive collection of books and periodicals covering the history of art in its many forms since 1880, the Library also has a large collection of artists' books. The Archives holds papers and notebooks of notable artists, organizations, and the Museum. Curatorial departments have study centers that are open to researchers as well. Contact the Archives and Study Centers directly to schedule an appointment.


orial departments have study centers that are open to researchers as well. Contact the Archives and Study Centers directly to schedule an appointment.NYPL Art & Architecture Collection: Located in room 300 at the south end of the Main Reading Room the Art & Architecture Collection is just one of many useful collections in the study of art and art history.

Other collections worth exploring include the Photography Collection, the Print Collection (includes artist books) and the Spencer Collection of illustrated books and manuscripts (especially strong in find bindings and livres d'artistes) all located in room 308. Permission to use the collections is required, researchers must apply by completing this form. Holdings for these special collections are scattered, some are in the online catalog others are not. Refer to the collection page for specific information related to finding materials.

The Morgan Library: The Morgan Library focus is on the history, literature, and art of the Western world. Use of the library is by appointment. In addition, an application form must be completed.


is on the history, literature, and art of the Western world. Use of the library is by appointment. In addition, an application form must be completed.Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Watson Library is the largest art museum library in the country. No appointment is needed although readers do need to complete a registration form upon the first visit. This library has a free self-service scanner.


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

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

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


Suggest New Materials for the GC Library:
We welcome suggestions for books and other materials for the Graduate Center Library. Please note that adding any item(s) to our collections can take many weeks to process. Thus, if you need an item we do not own very soon, please make a request via Interlibrary Loan . If you need materials for a specific class being taught at the Graduate Center, please use the Reserve Request Form .

Suggest a book: Use this form to place a request for a new book for the Graduate Center Library.

Suggest a new journal subscription: Place a request for a particular journal not yet represented in the Graduate Center Library's holdings

Suggest any other item for the GC Library: Use this form to suggest materials other than books or journals to be added to our collections.


Additional Library Resources:
Library Homepage: Main page of the Mina Rees Library website

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.

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

About D-PLACE .

Ethnic Studies Resources at CUNY: This guide compiles physical and digital resources that support research on Ethnic Studies across CUNY institutions.


Anthropology Resources Guide:
This guide provides you with access to anthropology and related resources. Use the tabs towards the top of the page to go to the relevant section. And please contact me with any questions, any time! To find sources for journal and newspaper articles in print and online, select the Articles/Databases tab.  If you have a citation and need to know if the library subscribes to the journal, search the title on the journals page (http://library.gc.cuny.edu/home.php?q=jour#journals). To search for print and electronic books select the ' 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 ' Grants & Funding' tab


Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.:
Encyclopedia of Human Relationships: Guide to theories, concepts, and empirical findings about human relationships.

Encyclopedia of Islam: Complete text of the second and third editions of this reference work.

Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures: Critical essays on women, Muslim and non-Muslim, and Islamic cultures in every region where there have been significant Muslim populations. It aims to cover every topic for which there is significant research, examining these regions from the period just before the rise of Islam to the present.


ms to cover every topic for which there is significant research, examining these regions from the period just before the rise of Islam to the present.Brill Online Reference Works: A selection of Brill Online Reference Works. The GC Library subscribes to a few titles (which have a green icon next to them on the front page): Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics (EALL) Foreign Law Guide Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures Qurʾānic Studies Online (includes Concordance et Indices de la Tradition Musulmane, Dictionary of Qurʾanic Usage, Early Western Korans, Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān, Encyclopedia of Canonical Hadīth, and Qurʾān Concordance) Encyclopaedia of Islam (in multiple editions and with a Historical Atlas of Islam)


e Qurʾān, Encyclopedia of Canonical Hadīth, and Qurʾān Concordance) Encyclopaedia of Islam (in multiple editions and with a Historical Atlas of Islam)Cambridge Histories Online: First published in 1902, Cambridge Histories span subject areas across the humanities and social sciences. The GC’s subscription includes over 400 titles in American History; Ancient & Classical Studies; Asian History, British & European History; Global History, Literature, Middle East & African Studies, Music & Theatre; Philosophy & Political Thought; and Religion. **GC-subscribed Cambridge content is discoverable in CUNY OneSearch .


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


America, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, Magill's Survey of World Literature, Vietnam War Reference Library; World Education Encyclopedia.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.

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

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


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

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


Articles/Databases: Links to databases that index art journals.


E-Journal Directories:
AnthroSource: Current issues of the American Anthropological Association's journals and bulletins as well as archived issues of all the AAA's journals, newsletters and bulletins.  Part of Wiley Online Library.

Anthropological Index Online: AIO indexes nearly 800 journals published in more than 40 languages held in the British Museum's Anthropology Library.  Records span 1957 to the present and cover all branches and areas of anthropology, including archaeology, cultural ethnography, linguistics, and physical anthropology.

HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals Index: HAPI indexes 400+ journals and includes the contents of 700+ journals published around the world on Latin America and the Caribbean since 1967. Includes over 335,000 citations and more than 170,000 links to full text articles covering political, economic and social issues along with the arts and humanities. Search using English, Spanish, or Portuguese.


to full text articles covering political, economic and social issues along with the arts and humanities. Search using English, Spanish, or Portuguese.Open J-Gate: Over 8,000 open access journals from all over the world. Browse by subject to find journals covering anthropology and archaeology. Does not include information about the journals, only pdfs of articles.

Serials Directory: Full bibliographic information and contact details for nearly 250,000 U.S. and international periodicals. Entries include indexing and abstracting information showing database coverage, ISSNs, publication frequency, title changes, Library of Congress classification, and more.


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


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


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


Databases Suites:
AnthroSource: Current issues of the American Anthropological Association's journals and bulletins as well as archived issues of all the AAA's journals, newsletters and bulletins.  Part of Wiley Online Library.

Anthropological Index Online: AIO indexes nearly 800 journals published in more than 40 languages held in the British Museum's Anthropology Library.  Records span 1957 to the present and cover all branches and areas of anthropology, including archaeology, cultural ethnography, linguistics, and physical anthropology.

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

About D-PLACE .


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

About D-PLACE .eHRAF World Cultures: eHRAF World Cultures is an online cross-cultural and ethnographic database containing descriptive information on cultures (based on the Outline of World Cultures or OWC) and ethnic groups from around the world. Each culture collection in eHRAF contains a variety of documents (books, articles, monographs, and dissertations) that have been subject-indexed at the paragraph level by trained anthropologists according to HRAF’s comprehensive Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM). This feature extends search capability well beyond keyword searching, allowing for precise culture and subject retrieval, even in a foreign language. As an ethnographic database, eHRAF appeals to many academic disciplines in the social sciences, humanities, medicine, and any other area with an interest in cultural diversity or anthropology.


to many academic disciplines in the social sciences, humanities, medicine, and any other area with an interest in cultural diversity or anthropology.Ethnologue: The Ethnologue: Languages of the World database provides information about the world’s nearly 7,500 contemporary languages, including statistical, mapping, dialect, and usage data. Language descriptions in Ethnologue are organized by world area, UN region and country. Entries include the region(s) of use within the countries where the language is spoken, alternate names for the language, dialects of the language, the three-letter code that identifies the language according to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO 639-3) standard, the estimated population of speakers, genetic classification of the language, domains of language use and viability, language vitality rating according to EGIDS, scripts used to write the language, and citations of literature and other products of language development.


nguage vitality rating according to EGIDS, scripts used to write the language, and citations of literature and other products of language development.HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals Index: HAPI indexes 400+ journals and includes the contents of 700+ journals published around the world on Latin America and the Caribbean since 1967. Includes over 335,000 citations and more than 170,000 links to full text articles covering political, economic and social issues along with the arts and humanities. Search using English, Spanish, or Portuguese.


to full text articles covering political, economic and social issues along with the arts and humanities. Search using English, Spanish, or Portuguese.Anthropological Index Online: The Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) in cooperation with Anthropology Library and Research Centre at the British Museum offer an index to articles in journals taken by the Library, which incorporates the former RAI holdings, covering all branches and areas of anthropology. In addition, AIO includes journals and periodicals of anthropological interest that are not in the Library’s catalogues. Films held at the Royal Anthropological Institute are equally indexed as part of the bibliography. The Library holds some 4,000 periodical titles (1,500 current). Nearly 650 journals, published in more than 40 languages, are indexed on a continuing basis. Records cover 1957 to the present.


itles (1,500 current). Nearly 650 journals, published in more than 40 languages, are indexed on a continuing basis. Records cover 1957 to the present.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 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.

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


the English language.  The OED is updated quarterly with revised entries and new words and senses. The updates make up the Third Edition of the OED .Oxford 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 Art Online: Oxford Art Online is a platform for searching across the following art reference works listed below.  Create an optional subscriber account to save searches. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2nd ed.) The Oxford Companion to Western Art And the Grove Dictionary of Art , which can also be searched separately at Grove Art Online (CUNY does not subscribe to the Benezit Dictionary of Artists )


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

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


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

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


City drawn from city, state, and federal sources. Profile or compare areas across the city and state, or use the raw data to create customized tables.American History in Video: Over 70,000 titles of streaming video content, more than half of which is contemporary video from the 1890s to the 1980s. Includes documentaries, interviews, feature films, performances, demonstrations, news programs and newsreels that span a wide range of subjects, including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.


news programs and newsreels that span a wide range of subjects, including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.Ethnographic Video Online: This online resource for the visual study of human culture and behavior contains more than 2,000 hours of classic and contemporary ethnographies, documentaries and shorts from every continent, covering hundreds of cultural groups and practices around the world. Includes video from leading producers in the discipline, previously unpublished footage from working anthropologists and ethnographers in the field, and select feature films. Wherever possible, videos include accompanying field notes, liner notes, filmmaker biographies, related articles, study guides, and other full-text materials.


possible, videos include accompanying field notes, liner notes, filmmaker biographies, related articles, study guides, and other full-text materials.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.

World History in Video: More than 1,750 documentaries exploring human history from the earliest civilizations to the late twentieth century.

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.


nnect: Over 4,000 scholarly books published during 2010-2014. Please note that after October 2015, these titles will migrate to the Springer platform.JSTOR Ebooks: A selection of electronic books from scholarly publishers. All permanently held ebooks are cataloged in OneSearch, and additional titles can be found in the JSTOR interface directly. Over 8,000 open access ebooks are available through JSTOR, and the GC also has access to Path to Open titles . Full chapters can be downloaded as PDFs, without limit to the number of chapters.


Anthropology Best Bets:
eHRAF World Cultures: eHRAF World Cultures is an online cross-cultural and ethnographic database containing descriptive information on cultures (based on the Outline of World Cultures or OWC) and ethnic groups from around the world. Each culture collection in eHRAF contains a variety of documents (books, articles, monographs, and dissertations) that have been subject-indexed at the paragraph level by trained anthropologists according to HRAF’s comprehensive Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM). This feature extends search capability well beyond keyword searching, allowing for precise culture and subject retrieval, even in a foreign language. As an ethnographic database, eHRAF appeals to many academic disciplines in the social sciences, humanities, medicine, and any other area with an interest in cultural diversity or anthropology.


nguage vitality rating according to EGIDS, scripts used to write the language, and citations of literature and other products of language development.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 .

SAGE Journals Online: Full text of 744 SAGE journals in the social sciences, sciences, humanities, technology, and medicine.  Offers option of searching SAGE journals to which the Graduate Center does not have full-text access.


sciences, humanities, technology, and medicine.  Offers option of searching SAGE journals to which the Graduate Center does not have full-text access.Serials Directory: Full bibliographic information and contact details for nearly 250,000 U.S. and international periodicals. Entries include indexing and abstracting information showing database coverage, ISSNs, publication frequency, title changes, Library of Congress classification, and more.

Social Sciences Full Text: Provides access to English-language social science journals, including full text from 215 titles beginning in 1995 and indexing and abstracts of over 625 titles beginning in 1983, 400 of which are peer-reviewed. Subject coverage includes addiction studies, anthropology, community health & medical care, communications, economics, environmental studies, ethics, family studies, gender studies, geography, international relations, law, mass media, minority studies, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, urban studies and more.


national relations, law, mass media, minority studies, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, urban studies and more.Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1983: Indexes hundreds of important journals in the social sciences. Subject coverage Includes addiction studies, anthropology, area studies, communications and mass media, community health and medical care, criminal justice, economics, environmental studies, family studies, gender studies, geography, international relations, law, minority studies, planning and public administration, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, sociology and urban studies.


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


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


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

Social Science Citation Index: Bibliographic citation, abstract, cited references, and times cited. These records are for articles in major social science journals from 1975 to the present.


aphic citation, abstract, cited references, and times cited. These records are for articles in major social science journals from 1975 to the present.Social Science Database: Social Science Database indexes over 1,000 social science journals, with full text for 900 titles, providing extensive coverage across a wide range of disciplines including anthropology, communication, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology.


ge of disciplines including anthropology, communication, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology.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.


Other Useful Databases:
Arts and  Humanities Citation Index: Part of Web of Science, this database finds bibliographic citations, abstracts, cited references, and the number of times cited for articles from 1,160 international journals in the arts and humanities since 1975 as well as relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals. Approximately 2,300 new records containing 15,525 new references are added each week.

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.America: History & Life: Abstracts of articles covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. The database indexes 1,700 journals from 1964 to present and includes citations and links to book and media reviews.


, from prehistory to the present. The database indexes 1,700 journals from 1964 to present and includes citations and links to book and media reviews.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.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.

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.


ore. Indexes more than 2,300 academic historical journals in over 40 languages from 1955 to the present. Includes links to full text, where available.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.

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


Interlibrary Loan:
ILL requests: Make an ILL request for any article you need.


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


ur search statement, selecting the school name/code search field. Non-U.S.dissertations can be searched in the Center for Research Libraries' catalog.Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Online Catalog: The Center for Research Libraries provides a shared collection of five million books, journals, documents and newspapers to supplement member libraries’ holdings in the humanities, science, and social sciences. With a strategic emphasis on expanding electronic access to international primary source collections, CRL participates in a number of cooperative digitization efforts, yielding millions of pages of digitized content to date. CRL resources include:


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


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


Anthropology Best Bets:
Book Review Digest Plus: Reviews of fiction and nonfiction in the humanities, social sciences, general sciences, and popular topics published in English since 1983. Includes over 600,000 full-text book reviews and more than 2 million citations to reviews. Textbooks, government publications, and technical books in law and the sciences are not included. Book reviews may also be found in Academic Search Complete, JSTOR, Project Muse, and most subject-specific databases.


d the sciences are not included. Book reviews may also be found in Academic Search Complete, JSTOR, Project Muse, and most subject-specific databases.Book Review Digest Retrospective: 1903-1982: Provides excerpts from and citations to reviews of adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction titles in the humanities, social sciences, general sciences, and popular topics published in English from 1903 through 1982. Covers 300,000 books and cites over 1.5 million book reviews found in over 500 popular magazines, newspapers, and academic journals. Entries include bibliographic information and book summaries. Book reviews may also be found in Academic Search Complete, JSTOR, Project Muse, and most subject-specific databases.

Ebook Central: Ebook Central combines what were formerly ebrary and Ebook Library (EBL) into one new platform. Contains electronic books in all disciplines from a number of academic publishers. Available titles may also be found in OneSearch .


one new platform. Contains electronic books in all disciplines from a number of academic publishers. Available titles may also be found in OneSearch .The Read Online and download options for full text on Ebook Central is available to anyone on campus. Due to restrictions put in place by the vendors, there may be limitations on the number of pages that are downloadable in some ebooks.

HathiTrust Digital Library: Millions of books digitized by a variety of major research institutions. See this post for more information about public domain items available to all via HathiTrust .

JSTOR Ebooks: A selection of electronic books from scholarly publishers. All permanently held ebooks are cataloged in OneSearch, and additional titles can be found in the JSTOR interface directly. Over 8,000 open access ebooks are available through JSTOR, and the GC also has access to Path to Open titles . Full chapters can be downloaded as PDFs, without limit to the number of chapters.


e through JSTOR, and the GC also has access to Path to Open titles . Full chapters can be downloaded as PDFs, without limit to the number of chapters.New York Review of Books: Full text of all New York Review of Books content from the first issue in 1963 to the present. Browse by year or issue or search across the archive by article title, author, book, contributor, or subject.

Social Sciences Full Text: Provides access to English-language social science journals, including full text from 215 titles beginning in 1995 and indexing and abstracts of over 625 titles beginning in 1983, 400 of which are peer-reviewed. Subject coverage includes addiction studies, anthropology, community health & medical care, communications, economics, environmental studies, ethics, family studies, gender studies, geography, international relations, law, mass media, minority studies, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, urban studies and more.


national relations, law, mass media, minority studies, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, urban studies and more.Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1983: Indexes hundreds of important journals in the social sciences. Subject coverage Includes addiction studies, anthropology, area studies, communications and mass media, community health and medical care, criminal justice, economics, environmental studies, family studies, gender studies, geography, international relations, law, minority studies, planning and public administration, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, sociology and urban studies.


rity studies, planning and public administration, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, sociology and urban studies.SocINDEX with Full Text: Comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and related areas of study. The database features 2.1 million records with subject headings from a 20,000+ term sociological thesaurus. Also contains abstracts for more than 4,650 journals, some dating to 1895 and extensive indexing for books/monographs and conference papers. Contains full text for more than 830 books and monographs, 16,800 conference papers, and 860 journals dating back to 1908. Searchable cited references and thousands of author profiles are also included.


raphs, 16,800 conference papers, and 860 journals dating back to 1908. Searchable cited references and thousands of author profiles are also included.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.

WorldCat (FirstSearch): Holdings of thousands of American and international libraries. Make Interlibrary Loan (ILL) requests with the Find it! button. Searchable in English, French, and Spanish.


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

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


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


ford Handbooks, University Press Scholarship Online, Oxford Scholarship Online, and Very Short Introductions can now be found through Oxford Academic.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.English Short Title Catalogue: A vast database of bibliographic records, with holdings, of every surviving copy of letterpress produced in Great Britain or any of its dependencies, in any language, worldwide, from 1473-1800. Includes references to microfilm, digital, and other facsimile versions. The ESTC is co-managed by the British Library and the Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research (CBSR) at UC Riverside.


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

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

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


CRL Dissertations:
Based in Chicago, CRL was founded in 1948 by a consortium of Midwestern universities seeking to pool lesser-used resources. The collection holds over 800,000 dissertations from 90+ universities in Germany (66%), Netherlands (2%), France (16%), Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the UK; also from Latin America, South America, and Africa. What CRL does not own, it will acquire for interlibrary loan to Graduate Center affiliates.


CRL Resources:
Anthropology @ CRL: Highlights CRL's philosophy and religion collections. Additional resources include books, newspapers, dissertations for interlibrary loan

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


CRL Reference:
CRL librarians will identify resources relevant to your work. Contact Mary Wilke , CRL's Member Liaison & Outreach Services Director, with reference questions.


Citation Guides:
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.

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


Citation Managers:
Citation managers allow you to save and organize references and citations you gather during research. You can import citations from databases such as 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 here .

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.


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


Career Resources:
Versatile PhD: Versatile PhD's mission is to help humanities and social science and STEM graduate students identify and prepare for possible non-academic careers. Additional career planning help can be found at the Office of Career Planning & Professional Development .


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.


University-based Funding Directories:
GRAPES - UCLA Graduate & Postdoctoral Extramural Support: Contains over 500 private and publicly funded awards, fellowships, and internships.

Michigan State University Grants for Individuals Compilation: Includes a frequently updated comprehensive list of grants to individuals organized by academic discipline or subject, population group, and academic level.


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.