CUNY Academic Works:
CUNY Academic Works collects, preserves, and provides public access to scholarly, creative, and pedagogical works created by members of the CUNY community. A service of the CUNY libraries, Academic Works serves several important purposes: as a primary publication venue for some works (e.g., dissertations, theses, and capstone projects , as well as white papers and conference presentations); as a site to share and showcase works published elsewhere (e.g., scholarly articles, book chapters); as a place to satisfy grant funders' open access and open data requirements. The Graduate Center section of Academic Works a great place for Graduate Center students, faculty, and staff to publicly share their work with the world. Learn more about how to add your work to CUNY Academic Works, or create an account to start uploading your work.


Pressbooks:
Pressbooks is online book production software, with editing functionality based on Wordpress. You can use Pressbooks to publish textbooks, scholarly monographs, syllabi, white papers, and more, in multiple formats including: Designed PDF (for print-on-demand and digital distribution) MOBI (for Kindle ebook readers) EPUB (for all other ebook readers) Pressbooks allows you to "edit as you go," making updates that are immediately live on the site. The platform is commonly used to create and share Open Educational Resources — typically more substantive texts, such as full length books or resource guides. Get started by signing up for a CUNY Pressbooks account .


Manifold:
Manifold @CUNY is a digital publishing platform where you can share your own scholarship or educational materials, upload texts that are openly licensed or in the public domain, upload texts for collective annotation with Hypothes.is , and more. Another option is to use the Manifold Reading Groups to build your own course reader from materials already available on the CUNY instance of Manifold. Check out CUNY Student Editions for examples of public domain texts that are "accessibly designed for students" in Manifold. Additional project collections include Libros En Espanol and Teaching and Pedagogy Resources . Manifold is best used as a display platform for pre-existing or finalized texts. As a creation platform, it lacks the editing functionality of Pressbooks (there is no way to modify a text once uploaded), which can be a barrier for those seeking to make continuous adjustments to their work. Get started by signing up for a Manifold @CUNY account .


OpenEd CUNY:
OpenEd CUNY is a hub for sharing Open Educational Resources (OER) created at CUNY. Built as a part of the University's involvement in the New York State OER Scale Up Initiative, the site is used by CUNY's twenty-five campuses to facilitate OER-enabled pedagogy and make the work that faculty, staff, and students are creating more visible and shareable. If you're interested in getting a sense of OER at CUNY, OpenEd CUNY allows you to search by material type (syllabus, module, full course, game), educational level, media format (audio, video, eBook), as well as subject area. Get started by signing up for an OpenEd CUNY account.


LGBTQ / Gender & Sexuality Studies: Find periodicals, journals, databases, archives, museums, libraries about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer topics.


Online Encyclopedias and Reference:
Biography Reference Bank: Contains biographical information on more than 500,000 individuals from antiquity to the present. Provides in-depth profiles from Current Biography and World Authors , the periodical coverage of Biography Index and specialist content of Junior Authors & Illustrators . Includes 700,000 full-text articles from magazines, journals, and reference sources, 36,000 images, and abstracts from magazines and journals. Searchable by occupation, activity, gender, place of origin, birthday, and lifespan.

glbtq: an encyclopedia: Featuring social sciences, literature, and the arts, "the glbtq project was founded in 2000 by Publisher Wik Wikholm to create the world's largest encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer culture and history and to deliver it online."

Outhistory.org: Online encyclopedia

Queer Resources Directory: Online files reflecting 1990s activism.


ulture and history and to deliver it online."

Outhistory.org: Online encyclopedia

Queer Resources Directory: Online files reflecting 1990s activism.NYPL - Jewish LGBTQ Studies: A focused research guide for queer Jewish topics and resources.


Starting Points:
WorldCat: The largest library catalog available. Use the FindIt! link to CUNY+ and Interlibrary Loan.

Ebsco Multi-Database Search (by categories, fewer titles): This resource allows the simultaneous searching of many of the full-text and bibliographic databases to which all of CUNY subscribes, arranged by category, as well as the CUNY Catalog.


Print Encyclopedias and Reference:
Cassell’s Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol, and Spirit : Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Lore (1997) Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture (2006) The Queer Encyclopedia of Film & Television (2005) Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America (2003)


Getting Started:
Researching LGBTQ history can be complex, interdisciplinary, and involves primary source materials that are categorized in many different ways. If you're having trouble finding information about your topic, check out the Homosaurus - "an international linked data vocabulary of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) terms. This vocabulary is intended to function as a companion to broad subject term vocabularies, such as the Library of Congress Subject Headings." This may help to suggest alternative keywords and subject terms. Seeking LGBTQ resources at CUNY ? Try the LGBTQIA+ Hub , an initiative of the University LGBTQ Council. Events , campus contacts , and info about preferred names/gender at CUNY . Seeking funding for your scholarly work in the field of LGBTQ Studies? Check out our page for related opportunities. We also encourage you to search within the grants databases listed on this page.


Articles | Databases: Links to databases that index journals with LGBT content.


News & Periodicals:
The Advocate: Established in 1967, the oldest continuing LGBT publication in the United States. The website contains approximately thirty percent of the print issue online, updated daily.

Bay Area Reporter: San Francisco Bay Area, California

Gay City News: New York City's gaily news.

Outweek Magazine Archive: Keyword searchable archive of the entire 105-issue run of NYC's Outweek Magazine, 1989 - 1991 chronicling AIDS and queer activism.

Windy City Times: Chicago


LGBTQ Article Databases:
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Issues Collection: Available from anywhere with a current NYPL library barcode, a database of 30 largely full-text journals covering gender studies, family, health beginning in 1980.

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.

LGBT Magazine Archive: Available from home with an NYPL barcode, "LGBT Magazine Archive offers digital access to the backfiles of many of the most influential, long-running periodicals devoted to LGBT interests, including The Advocate, Gay News, and The Pink Paper, from 1950's to the present."


Interdisciplinary Article Databases:
These databases index articles on LGBT, sexuality, and gender-related topics. They include scholarly and non-scholarly publications, so be sure to limit to "Peer-Reviewed Journals Only," if you'd like to narrow the scope.

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


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


edings, etc.  While full text is available as far back as 1887 for a few titles, the text of most titles is available only for the past decade or two.JSTOR: A digital library containing journals, books, images, and primary sources. The GC’s subscription includes JSTOR’s Arts and Sciences I-XII collections of scholarly journals across the social sciences and humanities. Coverage begins with the first issue of almost every journal and continues through varying periods within the last five years. Also included are more than 700 freely accessible collections of illustrations, letters, literary documents, newspapers, magazines, photographs, postcards, and yearbooks; open access alternative press publications from the latter half of the 20th century; and thousands of research reports. 3+ million images in Artstor are also now discoverable in JSTOR. Browse content by subject, title, or collection, or search across the full resource. Register for a free personal account to save materials and organize your work.


t by subject, title, or collection, or search across the full resource. Register for a free personal account to save materials and organize your work.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 .


Journals at the Mina Rees Library:
LGBTQ Journals Available Through the Mina Rees Library: This link offers a list of over 50 journals relating to LGBTQ Studies, and/or whose titles include the words "lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer and transgender."

Gender Studies Journals Available Through the Mina Rees Library: This link brings together a selection of journals broadly relating to gender studies, inclusive of women's studies and other related topics.


Archives:
Archives gaies du Québec: The gay and lesbian archive in Québec, started in 1985.

Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives: Begun in 1978 to preserve Australia's very queer history.

Black Lesbian & Gay Archive @ the Schomburg: Not exactly official, but abundant with resources nonetheless.

Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives: Based in Toronto since 1973, a sizable and web-accessible queer archive.

Conservatoire des Archives et des Mémoires LGBT: A private collection of lgbt books and magazines, some archives, on the outskirts of Paris.

Deaf Queer Resource Center: DQRC was founded by Deaf Queer / Trans activist Dragonsani ("Drago") Renteria and launched on the web in 1995.

Fales Library Downtown Collection: New York University's archive with online finding aids.

Gay & Lesbian Archives of South Africa: University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg


Collection: New York University's archive with online finding aids.

Gay & Lesbian Archives of South Africa: University of Witwatersrand, JohannesburgGay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Issues Collection: Available from anywhere with a current NYPL library barcode, a database of 30 largely full-text journals covering gender studies, family, health beginning in 1980.

Gerber/Hart Library: Chicago's LGBT circulating library with over 14,000 volumes, 800 periodical titles, and 100 archival collections.

Glasgow Women's Library: Established in 1991, includes the Lesbian Archive of London.

GLBT Historical Society: San Francisco's glbt archive that shapes and reflects America's queerest city.

Hall-Carpenter Archives: Founded in 1980 as the United Kingdom's national lesbian, gay, and bisexual archive.

Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell: Seeks to preserve and make accessible primary sources that document historical shifts in the social construction of sexuality, with a focus on U.S. lesbian and gay history and the politics of pornography.


that document historical shifts in the social construction of sexuality, with a focus on U.S. lesbian and gay history and the politics of pornography.Internationaal Homo/Lesbisch Informatiecentrum en Archief (IHLIA): Amsterdam's large gay archive, now housed at the Amsterdam Public Library, with a lesbian archive branch in Leeuwarden.

Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction: Indiana University's sexology library and archive.

Leather Archives & Museum: Chicago's project founded in 1991, inclusive of but not limited to glbt communities, designed for education and research.

Lesbian Herstory Archives: Make an appointment to use the archive: 484 14th St. in Park Slope, Brooklyn, between 8th Avenue and Prospect Park West.

lgbt @ nypl: News from the Library up the Avenue, with links to relevant NYPL digital collections.

LGBT Religious Archives Network: Identifies collections, includes audio files and images, profiles, and exhibitions of material relevent to LGBT people and religious movements.


twork: Identifies collections, includes audio files and images, profiles, and exhibitions of material relevent to LGBT people and religious movements.Mazer Lesbian Archives: "The largest major archive on the West Coast dedicated to preserving and promoting lesbian and feminist history and culture."

National Archive of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender History: The archive at the NYC LBGT Community Center

One National Gay & Lesbian Archive: Founded by homophiles in 1952, now in collaboration as "the world's largest research library on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,and Transgendered heritage and concerns."

Gay & Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest: The Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives gathers, preserves and makes accessible primary source materials of lesbians in the Pacific Northwest in order to enhance public and scholarly understanding of a diverse regional herstory.

Lavendar Legacies Guide: The Society of American Archivists LAGAR sponsors events, a listserv, and an extensive directory of lgbt archival holdings in the US and Canada.


uide: The Society of American Archivists LAGAR sponsors events, a listserv, and an extensive directory of lgbt archival holdings in the US and Canada.Saskatchewan Resources for Sexual Diversity: The University of Saskatchewan's site focusing on resources gathered for the Neil Richards Collection of Gender and Sexual Diversity.

Schwulenarchiv Schweiz: Swiss Gay archive, established 1993.

Schwules Museum: Berlin's gay museum, with a big archive attached.

Spinnboden Archiv: Berlin's Lesbian Archive and lending library

Tretter Collection: University of Minnesota's collection of over 30,000 items in a wide variety of media, in over 56 languages.


Online History Resources:
Out of the Past -PBS.org LGBT History Online: Out of the Past -400 Years of Lesbian & Gay History in America holds clips, biographical overviews, and time lines.  To access content click links in the upper left corner titled: "Out of the Past | In the Present | The Film".

People with a History -Fordham Online Guide to LGBT History: Includes hundreds of original texts, discussions, and [soon] images, and addresses LGBT history in all periods, and in all regions of the world promoted by Fordham University's Internet History Sourcebooks Project.


ges, and addresses LGBT history in all periods, and in all regions of the world promoted by Fordham University's Internet History Sourcebooks Project.Digital Transgender Archive: The Digital Transgender Archive is an excellent search portal that helps bring together material form various online sources: you can search by topic (gender identity, drag queens, discos, etc.), genre (periodicals, photographs), and on a movable map. Their Global Terms section can be useful as a guide to different cultural terminology, though the content currently has more of a Western focus. The newspaper and periodical clippings can be especially illuminating, and includes pre-1900 material regarding gender non-conforming behavior and related culture, nonprofit organizations, and private collections.

Lesbian Herstory Archives Herstories Audio/Visual Collections: This site is coordinated with Pratt Institute, and offers access to spoken word and other content available in audio/visual formats.


Museums:
Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (1919-1933): An online exhibition about Magnus Hirschfeld's organization and pioneering archive.

Schwules Museum Berlin: Berlin's Gay Museum, Kreuzberg

American LGBTQ+ Museum: An evolving partnership with The New-York Historical Society.

Alice Austen House: Located on Staten Island, the AAH focuses on the life and historic home of American photographer, Alice Austen (1866-1952), who had a romantic partnership with Gertrude Tate for 50 years.

Pauli Murray Center: The Pauli Murray Center is located in the original family home of this Civil Rights activist who grew up in Durham, North Carolina. Murray's transgender identity has recently been established by scholars/biographer Rosalind Rosenberg, placing them more squarely in the pantheon of LGBTQ figures/activists.

Queer Britain: A charity working to establish the UK’s first national LGBTQ+ museum.


Using the search tool ArchiveGrid is a great way to start exploring related materials about a person or a topic in a broad sense – keeping in mind that individual collections may not be digitally accessible, and are likely be found in multiple geographic locations. A search for the HIV/AIDS activist group ACT UP, for example, yields results from the organization’s individual chapters across the United States, as well as the ACT UP Oral History Project , and personal papers at various institutions. This is a useful compilation of all LGBTQIA Archives in the United States and Canada. The Digital Transgender Archives is an online portal through which you can find linked archival materials, in one searchable location. There does not exist (at this time) an equivalent portal for other LGBTQ identities or topics.


linked archival materials, in one searchable location. There does not exist (at this time) an equivalent portal for other LGBTQ identities or topics. linked archival materials, in one searchable location. There does not exist (at this time) an equivalent portal for other LGBTQ identities or topics. linked archival materials, in one searchable location. There does not exist (at this time) an equivalent portal for other LGBTQ identities or topics.Navigating archival resources can be a challenge - feel free to be in touch  at library@gc.cuny.edu If you're interested in reading more, try our excellent Archival Resources Guide - note the tab on finding digital archival materials. NYPL's Research Guide also helps point to the LGBTQ content across their various collections. Here's a great blog post on the topic , by librarian Donna Davey. Curious about LGBTQ CUNY history? Check out our page for CUNY LGBTQ archival resources at the Graduate Center, LaGuardia, and Queens College. Tip - As you can see in the left-hand sidebar, there are many archives around the world relating to LGBT topics. By entering a zip code into ArchiveGrid, you can get a sense of which archives might be nearby - and adding a keyword to the search will help you identify relevant materials.


LGBT Resource Centers at CUNY:
For more information, contact your campus representative of the University LGBTQI+ Council. LGBTQ Resource Centers at CUNY College of Staten Island LGBTQ Resource Center John Jay LGBTQ+ Resource Center BMCC Pride Center LaGuardia SafeZone Hub City College LGBTQ+ Center and Gender Resources Other Campus-Based Support Brooklyn College Women's Center Lehman College LGBTQ Resources Baruch College LGBT+ Resources Additional Resources Hostos LGBT Career Resources Queens College - LGBTQ Minor LGBTQ Policy Center at Hunter College's Roosevelt House


The Graduate Center:
The Graduate Center is home to CLAGS , the nation's first University-based research center for LGBTQ Studies. There are also course offerings for currently enrolled doctoral and Master's students at The Graduate Center, in the form of: An interdisciplinary concentration in LGBTQ Studies for doctoral students An LGBTQ Studies track within the Women’s and Gender Studies MA Program CLAGS additionally offers Fellowships and awards for scholars within and beyond CUNY.


Programs and Courses of Study at CUNY:
An Overview of LGBTQ Studies at CUNY: CUNY offers a minor in LGBTQ Studies at both CityTech and Brooklyn College. The University encourages students to make use of the e-permit system, in order to access courses at other campuses, on various topics (CUNY BA is a unique undergraduate program in which students take courses entirely through the use of the e-permit system, in which one can create any major of their choice, including LGBTQ Studies).


LaGuardia Community College:
LaGuardia Community College is home to the LGBTQIA Consortium , boosting programming, activities, and scholarship across the University system. The initial CUNY Queens LGBTQ+ Consortium was made possible thanks to support from former City Council members, and expanded to other campuses in 2021. Check out their Youtube channel for recordings and clips of oral histories from CUNY students, faculty, and staff. Wagner Archives' LGBTQ Collection - "Presently the bulk Of this collection comes from the Daniel Dromm Papers and NYS Senator/Assemblyman Tom Duane."


Queens College:
Queens College Civil Rights Archive - "This exhibit showcases materials in the Queens College Archives that document LGBT issues and activism, both at the college and beyond. The efforts and experiences of two New York City area activists, Robert Rygor and Joan Nestle, a graduate of Queens College, are represented." The Queer Collection - A selection of books relating to LGBTQ topics, accessible to Queens College patrons.


LGBTQ Studies at CUNY:
Below is a sampling of the offerings relating to LGBT+ communities at CUNY - including campus centers, archival resources, and more! Feel free to reach out with any questions or suggestions for additions to this page.


This section contains opportunities relating to LGBTQ-specific research. However, your research may align with many other funding opportunities - be sure to do a comprehensive search, using multiple keywords relating to your topic/discipline, in the grants databases . American Psychological Association (APA) - " Roy Scrivner Research Small Grant Award : This program seeks to encourage the study of LGBTQIA+ family psychology and therapy through its support of promising young investigators whose graduate research is oriented toward issues in this general area." Association for Queer Anthropology - Small travel grants to attend annual conference. CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies is based at The Graduate Center and offers Fellowships & Awards for graduate students, including a dissertation prize, undergraduate and graduate research awards. Gay and Lesbian Review Artist's Grant - Up to $7500 for LGBTQ projects, with a creative or academic flair.


undergraduate and graduate research awards. Gay and Lesbian Review Artist's Grant - Up to $7500 for LGBTQ projects, with a creative or academic flair.undergraduate and graduate research awards. Gay and Lesbian Review Artist's Grant - Up to $7500 for LGBTQ projects, with a creative or academic flair.undergraduate and graduate research awards. Gay and Lesbian Review Artist's Grant - Up to $7500 for LGBTQ projects, with a creative or academic flair.The Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History - Founded in 1979, the Committee offers a variety of prizes and awards for work in the field of LGBTQ history, most notable the Gregory Sprague Prize " for an outstanding published or unpublished paper, article, book chapter, or dissertation chapter," and Audre Lorde Prize , for similar work in the form of a scholarly article. Cushing Research Fellowship - "The Texas A&M University Libraries and the College of Arts and Sciences are sponsors of the Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture Fellowship." Visiting Research Fellowships, UVIC - The University of Victoria is home to the Chair in Transgender Studies , offering Fellowships for community-based activists and researchers, University-aligned faculty and graduate students.


e Chair in Transgender Studies , offering Fellowships for community-based activists and researchers, University-aligned faculty and graduate students.e Chair in Transgender Studies , offering Fellowships for community-based activists and researchers, University-aligned faculty and graduate students.e Chair in Transgender Studies , offering Fellowships for community-based activists and researchers, University-aligned faculty and graduate students.The Transgender Archives at UVIC includes "records [that] span over 160 meters or 530 linear feet (1.5 football fields long), go back over 120 years, and are in 15 languages from 23 countries on six continents. UVIC collections comprise the largest trans archives in the world." The Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies offers a Summer Fellowship open to undergraduate and graduate students, who are interested in developing Open Educational Resources. One Archives LGBTQ Research Fellowship Program - "Since the inception of the LGBTQ Research Fellowship Program in 2018, we have welcomed more than 20 graduate students, scholars, and independent researchers to ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Each Fellow receives up to $1,500 to support their work and provide access to the collections at ONE.


esearchers to ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Each Fellow receives up to $1,500 to support their work and provide access to the collections at ONE.esearchers to ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Each Fellow receives up to $1,500 to support their work and provide access to the collections at ONE.esearchers to ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Each Fellow receives up to $1,500 to support their work and provide access to the collections at ONE.Desired outcomes of the Fellowship include scholarly writings, publications, media and art projects." Harry Harkins Travel Grant - for use at Duke University, " for researchers whose work would benefit from access to our gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender history collections. The grants are named in honor of Harry H. Harkins, Jr. T'73 for his generous support of this program and ongoing support of LGBT history and sexuality studies collections for Duke University Libraries." Scholars of Sexology Fellowship Program - The fellowship is to support graduate students whose scholarly work would benefit from the use of library and archival materials at The Kinsey Institute for Sex, Gender, and Reproduction. Applications are encouraged from all students enrolled in a graduate program in the United States and whose interests concern the anthropology, biology, psychology, sociology, history, politics, and methodology of sexology and sexuality studies. Recipients will receive $3,000.


he anthropology, biology, psychology, sociology, history, politics, and methodology of sexology and sexuality studies. Recipients will receive $3,000.he anthropology, biology, psychology, sociology, history, politics, and methodology of sexology and sexuality studies. Recipients will receive $3,000.he anthropology, biology, psychology, sociology, history, politics, and methodology of sexology and sexuality studies. Recipients will receive $3,000.One or two fellowships will be awarded. Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality - Offers a few grants/awards, some only available to members. Yale LGBTQ Research Fellowships - This fellowship supports scholars from any field pursuing research in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer studies at Yale University, utilizing the vast faculty resources, manuscript archives, and library collections available at Yale. Graduate students conducting dissertation research, independent scholars, and all faculty are invited to apply. Scholars residing within 100 miles of New Haven are ineligible. See also, the Sarah Pettit Doctoral Felllowship in Lesbian Studies ("Students studying or located in all geographical regions are welcome").


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

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

Dissertations @ CRL: 800,000 foreign dissertations for interlibrary loan


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


Starting Points:
WorldCat: The largest library catalog available. Use the FindIt! link to CUNY+ and Interlibrary Loan.

Ebsco Multi-Database Search (by categories, fewer titles): This resource allows the simultaneous searching of many of the full-text and bibliographic databases to which all of CUNY subscribes, arranged by category, as well as the CUNY Catalog.


Google Scholar:
Use FindIt! to link to GC resources.


GLBTS Census Data:
How to Find Same-Sex Couple Info in the 2010 Census Go to http://factfinder2.census.gov . Enter PCT15 in the "topic or table name" search box. Enter your State of choice or leave blank for a national search. Click Go. Choose Table for Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF1) 100-Percent Data (1st table).


Encyclopedias and Reference:
Biography Reference Bank: Contains biographical information on more than 500,000 individuals from antiquity to the present. Provides in-depth profiles from Current Biography and World Authors , the periodical coverage of Biography Index and specialist content of Junior Authors & Illustrators . Includes 700,000 full-text articles from magazines, journals, and reference sources, 36,000 images, and abstracts from magazines and journals. Searchable by occupation, activity, gender, place of origin, birthday, and lifespan.

Lambda Legal: Lambda Legal is the oldest and largest national legal organization whose mission is to safeguard and advance the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and policy work.

Log Cabin Republicans: Log Cabin Republicans is the nation's only organization of Republicans who support fairness, freedom, and equality for gay and lesbian Americans.


ans: Log Cabin Republicans is the nation's only organization of Republicans who support fairness, freedom, and equality for gay and lesbian Americans.National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: Founded in 1973, NGLTF's Policy Institute is a think tank that provides research and policy analysis to support the struggle for complete equality.

Same-Sex Marriage Legal Literature Bibliography: Compiled since 2002 with frequent updates and hosted by Rutgers University, this bibliography is organized topically and by US and international selected jurisdictions.

Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law: Advances sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy through rigorous, independent research and scholarship, and disseminates it to judges, legislators, policymakers, media and the public.  Includes information on leading reports and research.


Primary Sources / Archives:
The Digital Transgender Archive National Transgender Archive Library , at GLBT Historical Society. "The National Transgender Library and Archive was the project of Dallas Denny, an Atlanta-based activist, writer, and organizer in the transgender community." 10 boxes. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8tx3n8v/ Yale University Transgender Collection - " The Transgender Collection includes illustrated publications and printed ephemera that chronicle transgender and gender variant communities, performance, and identities." 1942-2015. 14 boxes.


Overview:
Terminology - List of terms used to describe gender identity in various databases.


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, Humanities Full-Text, or  Academic Search Premier or manually enter citations. You can attach pdfs and images to the citations as well. They also generate bibliographies and footnotes. The Graduate Center supports Zotero and Refworks. Links and descriptions are below. If you want to have an introduction to any or all of the citation managers, make an appointment with a librarian .

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

Zotero Help: Short video tutorials and a userguide


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

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


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

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

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

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


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


ns are in a wide variety of languages including English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Creole, Inuktitut, Russian, Hindi, Japanese, Arabic, and others.Nexis Uni (previously LexisNexis): Nexis Uni is a full-text news, business, and legal database with sources from around the world, including local, regional, national, and international newspapers, scholarly journals, trade journals, and popular magazines, television and radio broadcasts, and newswires and blogs. Legal sources include federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790. Also contains business information on U.S. and international companies (see Dossier section) and patent data (see TotalPatent One section).

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

Nexis Uni video tutorialsNew York State Newspapers: Now a part of Gale OneFile: News. Includes the following NY publications among thousands of others from around the world: New York magazine, New York Daily News, The New York Observer, New York Post, The New York Sun, The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review New York Times Upfront, amNewYork, International New York Times, The Ticker, Our Town, WPIX-TV, Columbia Daily Spectator, Our Town Downtown, UN News Service, Washington Square News, and West Side Spirit. Use the Publication Search Tool to find specific titles.

New York Times Archive, 1851-2018: Actual page images from 1851 through 2018.  Following years are added annually. When the results of a search are displayed, you have three retrieval options:  1. bibliographic citation and abstract; 2. article image (retrieved with Adobe Acrobat Reader); 3. page map, displaying the entire page on which the article appears. For current access, see New York Times Academic Pass .


Middle Eastern Studies: A guide to resources for students in the interdisciplinary Middle Eastern Studies program.


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


he Graduate Center, submit an interlibrary-loan request for this item. If you have questions or need help placing your request, email ill@gc.cuny.edu.24/7 E-mail and Chat Reference: Use this service to ask reference questions at any time.  E-mail questions will be answered by Graduate Center librarians.  Chat questions may be answered by librarians at other institutions.  Please do not use this service for circulation, interlibrary loan, or Information Technology questions.  Contact these departments directly.

Manhattan Research Library Initiative (MaRLI): GC students and faculty now have the opportunity to borrow books through a newly launched pilot program.

established by NYPL Research Libraries with Columbia and NYU libraries.  See http://bit.ly/n4IlSL or http://bit.ly/oul6dP for more information.

CRL Research Guide: The College and Research Libraries has a guide for Middle Eastern Studies materials in their collection.

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.


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


Middle Eastern Studies Resources Guide:
This guide provides you with easy access to sources specifically relevant to the Middle Eastern Studies program. For a general list of all library resources, see the A to Z list.  Fell free to contact me if you need further assistance. To search databases and other web resources select the ' Databases' tab To find sources for journal or newspaper articles select the Articles tab 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 ' Funding' tab


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.


Reference Online (Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.):
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 .

Current Contents Connect: Middle East: Complete tables of contents and bibliographic information from the world’s leading scholarly journals and books from 1998 to the present. Also includes relevant, evaluated Web sites and documents.


information from the world’s leading scholarly journals and books from 1998 to the present. Also includes relevant, evaluated Web sites and documents.Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Online: The Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Online includes topics from interdisciplinary fields, such as anthropology, psychology, sociology, philosophy, and computer science. All relevant fields in Arabic linguistics, both general and language specific are covered; it is interdisciplinary in scope and represents different schools and approaches in order to be as objective and versatile as possible.


c are covered; it is interdisciplinary in scope and represents different schools and approaches in order to be as objective and versatile as possible.Encyclopaedia of Islam: Selected titles from this reference collection exploring Islam's past and present: The Encyclopaedia of Islam (Second Edition) Online sets out the present state of our knowledge of the Islamic World. It is an authoritative source not only for the religion, but also for the believers and the countries in which they live. Encyclopaedia of Islam (Second Edition) Glossary and Index of Terms treats the technical terms in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu and other languages or dialects of the Islamic world. Encyclopaedia of Islam, Third Edition (EI-Three) is an entirely new work, with articles reflecting the great diversity of current scholarship. Published in five substantial segments each year, both online and in print, EI-Three's scope includes comprehensive coverage of Islam in the twentieth century and of Muslim minorities all over the world.


h online and in print, EI-Three's scope includes comprehensive coverage of Islam in the twentieth century and of Muslim minorities all over the world.h online and in print, EI-Three's scope includes comprehensive coverage of Islam in the twentieth century and of Muslim minorities all over the world.h online and in print, EI-Three's scope includes comprehensive coverage of Islam in the twentieth century and of Muslim minorities all over the world.Historical Atlas of Islam or Atlas Historique de l’Islam provides an overview of Islamic history from its inception up to the beginning of the twentieth century. Regional and city maps are used to address a broad variety of topics.


Islamic history from its inception up to the beginning of the twentieth century. Regional and city maps are used to address a broad variety of topics.Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures Online: The Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures Online is an interdisciplinary, trans-historical, and global project embracing women 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. The Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures Online crosses history, geographic borders and disciplines to reflect the very latest research on gender studies and the Islamic world.

Qurʾānic Studies Online: Includes Concordance et Indices de la Tradition Musulmane Online , Dictionary of Qurʾanic Usage , Early Western Korans Online , Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān , and Qurʾān Concordance .


de la Tradition Musulmane Online , Dictionary of Qurʾanic Usage , Early Western Korans Online , Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān , and Qurʾān Concordance .Foreign Law Guide: Foreign Law Guide (FLG) offers information on sources of foreign law, including complete bibliographic citations to legislation, the existence of English translations and selected references to secondary sources in one virtual destination. Broad in content and global in scope, the FLG systemically covers approximately 190 jurisdictions which are updated by a global team of experts.

Oxford Reference: Text of nearly 400 Oxford University Press reference works in 25 core subject areas. Titles include Oxford Companions to American Literature, American Theatre, the Bible, British History, Classical Civilization, History of Modern Science, Music, Philosophy, Politics of the World, Shakespeare, United States History, and Western Art. Available titles may be found in OneSearch .

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


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


Databases:
Current Contents Connect: Middle East: Complete tables of contents and bibliographic information from the world’s leading scholarly journals and books from 1998 to the present. Also includes relevant, evaluated Web sites and documents.

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


ubjects covered include biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science, and psychology.Business Source Complete: Full text of nearly 4,000 scholarly business journals and periodicals as well as indexing for 7,000 titles. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.


ings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO): CIAO is a comprehensive source for theory and research in international politics and related fields, including security studies, global finance, diplomatic practice, humanitarian law, global governance, development studies, and environmental studies. The material in CIAO covers a wide range of scholarship from 1990 onward and includes full-text articles, e-books, videos, working papers, policy briefs, political and economic data, maps, and current analysis and commentary from government research organizations, independent think tanks, university analysis centers, and scholarly journals.

EBSCO Electronic Journals Service (EJS): EJS consolidates e-journals from major publishers and covers all disciplines. Search across the database and/or browse journals, view tables of contents and abstracts, and link to full text from over 20,000 titles, including scholarly journals not available from other resources.


view tables of contents and abstracts, and link to full text from over 20,000 titles, including scholarly journals not available from other resources.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.

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


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


t by subject, title, or collection, or search across the full resource. Register for a free personal account to save materials and organize your work.Left Index: Guide to the literature of the left, with an emphasis on political, economic, social and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. Topics covered include art and aesthetics, ecology and environment, education, history, the labor movement, law and globalization, philosophy, race and ethnicity, social and cultural theory, and sociology. Includes more than 507,000 citations and abstracts (with some full text) and spans from 1982 and earlier to present.


d cultural theory, and sociology. Includes more than 507,000 citations and abstracts (with some full text) and spans from 1982 and earlier to present.Nexis Uni (previously LexisNexis): Nexis Uni is a full-text news, business, and legal database with sources from around the world, including local, regional, national, and international newspapers, scholarly journals, trade journals, and popular magazines, television and radio broadcasts, and newswires and blogs. Legal sources include federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790. Also contains business information on U.S. and international companies (see Dossier section) and patent data (see TotalPatent One section).

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

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


housands of subject terms, names, and works used in indexing the materials listed in the Bibliography .  For more results, use Gale Literary Sources .Middle Eastern and North African Newspapers: The Middle Eastern & North African Newspapers collection includes publications from across this dynamic region, providing unique insights into the history of individual countries, as well as broad viewpoints on key historic events from the late nineteenth century through the present. Key topics include the decline of colonialism, the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the Suez Crisis, the Cold War, the rise of the petroleum industry, twentieth-century pan-Arab movements, both World Wars, the establishment of the state of Israel, the Iran-Iraq War, and the recent Arab Spring. Content is predominantly in Arabic but also includes key titles in English and French.

New York Public Library Databases: NYPL card holders have remote access to hundreds of databases and online resources.  Additional online resources are available on site at NYPL.  Apply for a library card online . See also the New York Public Library Electronic Resources Guide .


l online resources are available on site at NYPL.  Apply for a library card online . See also the New York Public Library Electronic Resources Guide .Nineteenth (19th) Century British Newspapers: The GC’s subscription includes Parts I and II, comprised of 69 titles published between 1800 and 1900, selected by the British Library to best represent 19th century Britain. Includes national and regional newspapers, as well as those from both established country or university towns and the industrial powerhouses of the manufacturing Midlands, as well as Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Also includes newspapers that helped lead particular political or social movements such as Reform, Chartism, and Home Rule. The penny papers aimed at the working and clerical classes are also present.


ar political or social movements such as Reform, Chartism, and Home Rule. The penny papers aimed at the working and clerical classes are also present.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.

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


reports, conference papers, web content, and more, covering public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general from 1915 to the present.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

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


periodicals from 1994 to the present. PDF page images of full-text articles provide access to illustrations, photographs and other graphical content.Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982: Provides indexing of over three million articles from more than 550 popular general-interest periodicals from 1890-1982, including full coverage of the original print volumes of Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature .

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


examples from books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, journals, and videos. Read more in our GC Library blog post about Sage Research Methods .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.

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


Multi-database search:
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.


Journals:
Middle Eastern Journals at the GC: Click here to search our library catalog for online journals.

General GC Journals Search, A-Z: Journals and ejournals included.

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


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


E-Books:
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 .

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.

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


d popular titles. Browse by subject category or search across the collection to find full text ebooks. Create a free account to enable full downloads.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.

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 .


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.

ACLS Humanities E-book: A fully searchable online collection of over 5,700 scholarly ebooks in the humanities from 125 publishers.  Offered through a collaboration between the American Council of Learned Societies, Michigan Publishing (Univ. of Michigan), and the open source Fulcrum publishing platform.


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

Oxford Reference: Text of nearly 400 Oxford University Press reference works in 25 core subject areas. Titles include Oxford Companions to American Literature, American Theatre, the Bible, British History, Classical Civilization, History of Modern Science, Music, Philosophy, Politics of the World, Shakespeare, United States History, and Western Art. Available titles may be found in OneSearch .


n Science, Music, Philosophy, Politics of the World, Shakespeare, United States History, and Western Art. Available titles may be found in OneSearch .Oxford 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.


Beyond CUNY:
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

Manhattan Research Library Initiative (MaRLI): Collaboration between The New York Public Library and the libraries of Columbia University and New York University.


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


ve; The Making of the Modern World; The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive; U.S. Declassified Documents Online; and Women's Studies Archive.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.ICPSR: Interuniversity Consortium for Political & Social Research: ICPSR, the world's largest collection of digital social science data, maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences. ICPSR data cover sociology, political science, economics, demography, education, child care, health care, crime, minority populations, aging, terrorism, substance abuse, mental health, public policy, international relations, and more. First-time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account; thereafter, you will need your email address and password to download data.


nd more. First-time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account; thereafter, you will need your email address and password to download data.Manar Al-Athar: The Manar al-Athar digital archive, an open access photo archive based at the University of Oxford, provides high resolution, searchable and downloadable images for teaching, research, and publication.  The digital archive is in continuous development and contains nearly 82,000 images. Strengths include Late Antiquity (250–750 AD), the period of transition from paganism to Christianity, and then to Islam, especially religious buildings (temples, churches, synagogues, mosques) and monumental art (including floor mosaics), early Islamic art (paintings, mosaics, relief sculpture), as well as Roman and early Islamic (Umayyad) architecture, and evidence of iconoclasm. Material is labelled in both English and Arabic to facilitate regional use, with the main instructions also available in some other languages.


oclasm. Material is labelled in both English and Arabic to facilitate regional use, with the main instructions also available in some other languages.Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Digitized primary source collections of books, manuscripts, newspapers, periodicals, photographs, and maps held in the British Library, the Bodleian Library, the U.S. and U.K. National Archives, the Library of Congress, and other repositories.  The GC’s subscription consists of eight collections: Asia and the West: Diplomacy & Cultural Exchange ; British Politics & Society ; British Theatre, Music & Literature: High and Popular Culture ; Europe and Africa: Commerce, Christianity, Civilization, & Conquest ; European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection ; Photography: The World through the Lens ; Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925 ; and Women: Transnational Networks .


: The Corvey Collection ; Photography: The World through the Lens ; Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925 ; and Women: Transnational Networks .Opposing Viewpoints in Context: Covers a range of social issues including racism, capital punishment, global warming, and voting rights with reference sources, newspaper and magazine articles, scholarly journals, court cases, government documents, statistics, viewpoints, maps, images, audio, video, primary documents, and websites.

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


Miscellanea:
Archival Research: The GC Library guide on how to do archival research.

ArchiveGrid: Information about primary source material, including historical documents and personal papers, held in archives, special collections, and manuscript collections around the world. Also helps researchers contact archives to request information, arrange a visit, and order copies.

European Library Catalog: Combined searching of the resources of European national libraries.


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:
Dissertations @ CRL: 800,000 foreign 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:


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.


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


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.


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

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

MLA Style 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 .

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

Zotero Help: Short video tutorials and a userguide


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

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


Websites:
Association for Middle East Women's Studies (AMEWS): an organization of scholars and individuals with an interest in women and gender studies in the context of the Middle East/ North Africa and beyond, including transnational and diasporic communities in Europe as well as North and South America. AMEWS is affiliated with the Middle East Studies Association of North America, Inc. and works with academic networks around the world. Membership in AMEWS is open to anyone with an interest in Middle East/Muslim women and gender studies.

Middle East Studies Association (MESA): A private, non-profit, non-political learned society that brings together scholars, educators and those interested in the study of the region from all over the world.


rofit, non-political learned society that brings together scholars, educators and those interested in the study of the region from all over the world.As part of its goal to advance learning, facilitate communication and promote cooperation, MESA sponsors an annual meeting that is a leading international forum for scholarship, intellectual exchange and pedagogical innovation. It is responsible for the International Journal of Middle East Studies, the premiere journal on the region, the MESAReview of Middle East Studies and a quarterly newsletter. An awards program recognizes scholarly achievement, service to the profession and exemplary student mentoring.

Middle East Virtual Library (MENALIB): A mega-information portal for Middle East, North African, and Islamic Studies. It provides access to electronic fulltext materials or electronic bibliographical records of printed materials and manuscripts.

Includes facsimiles and digitized texts, images and maps. Many items are in German or Arabic.


Career and Job Outlook:
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 .


CUNY-Wide Funding Sources:
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.


Grants and Research Awards:
Center for Digital Education: The Center for Digital Education (CDE) is a national research and advisory institute specializing in K-12 and higher education technology trends, policy and funding.  The Grants list includes Science, Engineering, and Social Science Opportunities, specifically in education.

Social Science Research Foundation Fellowships List: The Social Science Research Council is an independent, nonprofit international organization founded in 1923. It nurtures new generations of social scientists, fosters innovative research, and mobilizes necessary knowledge on important public issues.


in 1923. It nurtures new generations of social scientists, fosters innovative research, and mobilizes necessary knowledge on important public issues.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.


University Funding Directories:
Duke University Office of Research Support: Duke University compiled resources on funding opportunities by discipline.  Includes Arts & Humanities, Medical Funding, and Community Project subjects.

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.


Article Databases:
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.

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

Nexis Uni video tutorials


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

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


Electronic Journals Related to Grants Research and Writing:
Children and Youth Funding Report: Provides coverage of federal, foundation, and private grant opportunities for programs in the areas of public assistance, child welfare, youth crime, juvenile justice, education, mental health, substance abuse, disability services, and health care.

Chronicle of Philanthropy: The Chronicle provides news and information for tax-exempt organizations in health, education, religion, the arts, social services, and other fields, as well as fund raisers, professional employees of foundations, institutional investors, corporate grant makers, and charity donors. Along with news, it offers such service features as lists of grants, fundraising ideas and techniques, statistics, reports on tax and court rulings, summaries of books, and a calendar of events.


ures as lists of grants, fundraising ideas and techniques, statistics, reports on tax and court rulings, summaries of books, and a calendar of events.Philanthropy News Digest (from Candid): Foundation News & Commentary embodies and promotes the goals of the Council on Foundations, serving as a vehicle for information, ideas, analysis and commentary relevant to effective grantmaking.

Nonprofit Management and Leadership: Nonprofit Management and Leadership (NML) is the first journal to bring together the best thinking and most advanced knowledge about the special needs,challenges, and opportunities of nonprofit organizations.

Nonprofit World Funding Alert: Since 1995, the leading on-line funding newsletter providing monthly updates on current grant and funding opportunities for nonprofit organizations.  Readers will find the latest information on national and regional funding opportunities from across the country, categorized by type (i.e., civic, educational, health, etc.), as well as in-depth profiles on various foundations


portunities from across the country, categorized by type (i.e., civic, educational, health, etc.), as well as in-depth profiles on various foundationsVOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations: Voluntas is essential reading for all those engaged in research on the Third Sector (voluntary and nonprofit organizations) including economists, lawyers, political scientists, psychologists, sociologists, and social and public policy analysts. It presents leading-edge academic argument around civil society issues in a style that is accessible to practitioners and policymakers


NYPL & MaRLI (Manhattan Research Library Initiative): NYPL, NYU, & Columbia borrowing


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

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

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


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


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


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


Eligibility & Registration:


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


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


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


120 Day Loans:
Library | Faculty Loans | Graduate Student Loans*

NYU Bobst Library | 120 days | 120 days

NYU Courant Library | 120 days | 40 days

Columbia Libraries | 120 days | 120 days

NYPL | 120 days | 120 days

*NYPL welcomes applications from CUNY master's level graduate students as well as PhD students. Master's level students apply as independent scholars. Loan periods are 120 days, subject to recall. Onsite only renewals allowed for NYPL items; NYU and Columbia may allow remote renewals.


Access:
MaRLI users have access to participating collections during regular hours with privileges as follows: On-site access comparable to members of the host institution On-site access to electronic resources excluding those with prohibitive licenses Borrowing privileges for circulating print on- and off-site items which may be scanned as appropriate for delivery All MaRLI loans are subject to recall notices. Overdue loans and recalls are subject to fines determined by the host institution Reference service as offered by the host institution For more information, see the MarLI Guide at NYPL.