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E-journals, Databases, and Electronic Resources

Directions for Off-Campus Access
General/Reference:
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Biography Reference Bank (Wilson)
CareerOneStop (open to the public)
College Source Online (complete source of information for colleges and universities)
Custom Newspapers (Gale)
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
EBSCOHost (Search multiple databases)
FirstSearch (password available at the Reference Desk)
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia new!
GreenFILE (EBSCO)
Grolier Encyclopedia new!
Lexis-Nexis
MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO)
National Newspaper Index (Gale)
New York State Newspapers (Gale)
Oxford Reference Online
ProQuest Platinum Edition new!
Proquest Reference Online new!
Readers Guide Mega Edition (Wilson)
Readers Guide Retrospective (Wilson)
Virtual Reference Library (Gale)
 
Science:
American Chemical Society
American Museum of Natural History Research Library (open to the public)
Applied Science Index (Wilson)
Bioline International new!
Campus Susatainability Resource Center (open to the public)
Earth Portal (open to the public)
EMIS ELibM: Mathematical Journals (open to the public)
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Science (eBooks)
General Science {Wilson}
HighWire Press   (open to the public)
Journal@rchive (open to the public)
Livewire, the ACS Newsletter new!
MathSciNet
Nature  (from 1997-present)
Public Library of Science Biology   (open to public)
Science Magazine  (from 1997-present)
ScienceDirect new!
Wiley Interscience Journals new!
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Health:
CINAHL (EBSCO)
Health & Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module (Gale)
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)
JAMA - Journal of the A.M.A.
Medline Full Text (EBSCO)
New England Journal of Medicine
Nursing & Allied Health Source (ProQuest)
NOAH  (open to the public)
Public Library of Science Medicine  (open to the public)
PubMed  (open to the public)
SAGE Health Sciences Full Text Collection: 2006, 2007, 2008
 
Education / Library Science:
Education Full Text new!
Education Index Retrospective new!
Education Research Complete new!
ERIC (EBSCO)
Journal on Excellence in College Teaching (open to the public)
Kids Search new!
Library Literature {Wilson}
Library, Information Science & Technology Full Text
MAS Ultra - School Edition (EBSCO)
Primary Search new!
Professional Development Collection (EBSCO)
SAGE Education Full Text Collection: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Searchasaurus new!
Teacher Reference Center (TRC) (EBSCO) new! (open to the public)
 
Full-Text List:
Alphabetical List of Full-Text Materials
 
E-Books:
eScholarship Editions (open to the public)
Google Books (open to the public)
NetLibrary (create account while on campus)
Springer Books
 
Primary Resources
New York Public Library Digital Archive new!
Library of Congress American Memory Web Site new!
 
Test Preparation Materials:
Learn-a-Test: Learning Express Library
 
Trial Databases
Global Issues in Context (expires 12/31/09) new!
GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) (expires 12/31/09) new!
SAGE Criminal Justice & Criminology (ends December 7, 2009) new!


Business:
Associations Unlimited (Gale)
Business and Company ASAP (Gale)
Business & Company Resource Center (Gale)
Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
Economist (Gale)
Econlit (EBSCO)
Making of the Modern World (Gale)
MAPLight.org; Money and Politics: Illuminating the Connection (open to the public)
Military & Government Collection (EBSCO)
New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics new!
Regional Business News (EBSCO)
SAGE Management & Organization Studies Full-Text Collection: 2006, 2007, 2008
 
Social Science:
CIAO
Country Reports
CQ Researcher
Documenting the American South (open to the public)
Ethnic Newswatch (ProQuest)
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Multicultural Studies (eBooks)
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Social Science (eBooks)
GVRL Women and Gender Studies new!
Jewish Women's Encyclopedia (open to the public) new!
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale)
PsycARTICLES (EBSCO)
PsycINFO (EBSCO)
SAGE Psychology Full-Text Collection: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
SAGE Sociology Full-Text Collection: 2006, 2007, 2008
Social Sciences {Wilson}
SocIndex with Full Text (EBSCO)
 
Criminal Justice and History:
Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project: Lincoln/Net (open to the public)
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Law (eBooks)
Guard Times, the New York National Guard newspaper (open to the public)
Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2005) (ProQuest)
In the First Person: Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories, and Other Persoanl Narratives (only some parts are free)
Law Library Microfilm Collection Digital
Library of Congress Primary Sources by State (open to the public)
NCJRS (National Criminal Justice Reference Service) (open to the public)
Open Jurist (open to the public)
SAGE Political Science Full Text Collection: 2006, 2007, 2008
Social Sciences {Wilson}
SocIndex with Full Text (EBSCO)
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online (open to the public)
State Department's Background Notes new!
State of the Union Addresses new!
Uniform Crime Reports (open to the public)
 
Humanities:
Art Index (Wilson)
Art Museum Image Gallery new!
Artistic Properties Collection (open to the public) new!
Black Thought and Culture  new!
Cinema Image Gallery new!
Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO)
Duke University Press Journals
Eighteenth Century Collection Online new!
GVRL - Film and Cinema new!
GVRL Literature and Literary Criticism new!
Humanities (Wilson)
JSTOR (Arts & Sciences I-VII)
Mutopia Project, The (open to the public) new!
Naxos Music Library
Oxford Art Online
Oxford Music Online
Project Muse
SAGE Communication Studies Full Text Collection: 2007, 2008
Women and Social Movements
 
Literature
Book Review Digest Plus (Wilson)
Essay and General Literature (Wilson)
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Literature (eBooks)
Literature Criticism Online (Gale)
Literature Resource Center - LRC Scribner Writers Series Online (Gale)
Literature Resources from Gale
LitFinder (Gale) new!
Twayne Author's Series (Gale)
 
Catalogs:
Electronic Journals Service new!
Serials Directory (EBSCO)
World Cat
 
Demographics and Other Statistics:
American FactFinder (open to the public) new!
Economic Indicators (open to the public)
Economic News Releases (open to the public)
GenderStats new!
Infoshare
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) (contact Professor Sara Rofofsky Marcus for assistance) new!
NYCdata (open to the public)
Social Explorer new!
UNdata (open to the public)
World Bank - Data and Statistics new!
Yearbook of Immigration Statistics new!
 
Bibliographic Manager:
RefWorks (create account while on campus)

Notes:

  • Selecting a database causes a new browser window to open.
  • The Alphabetical List of Full-Text Materials is searchable by Title and ISSN.



Directions for Off-Campus Access FAQ
  • To access databases from off-campus, you must be a currently enrolled student, faculty member or staff member with an active I.D. in the CUNY library system. Check with the circulation desk of your library to make sure your I.D. is active.
  • Click on selected database.
  • Enter -- without spaces -- your 14-digit Library I.D. (barcode) number from your I.D. Card.


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