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Environmental Studies (Gale in Context)

Topics include global warming, food safety, access to health care, and the impact of economic development on international relations. Reader-friendly; may be especially appreciated by non-science majors and beginning science students.

Access level: CUNY
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Gale databases

Search all Gale databases at once other than for Gale Primary Sources.

 

Access level: John Jay
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Gale EBooks (Gale Virtual Reference)

Hundreds of specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical directories and other ebooks in the subject fields of criminal justice, economics, history, literature, psychology, religion, science, world cultures, and more.

Access level: CUNY
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Gale Literature

Portal for cross-searching literary databases from Gale, including these databases:

 

Access level: CUNY
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Gale Literature Criticism

The largest, most extensive compilation of literary commentary available.

Access level: CUNY
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Gale OneFile News (formerly Infotrac Newstand including NYS Newspapers)

Provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers including the New York Times, as well as leading titles from around the world, including images, audio, and video clips (from NOVELny)

Access level: CUNY
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Gale Primary Sources

Cross-search dozens of historical archives covering hundreds of years of history through this single platform. Resources include monographs, manuscripts, trial transcripts, newspapers, maps, and photographs. Individual databases collections include :

  • 17th and 18th Centry Burney Collection
  • Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture 1790-1920
  • The Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2011
  • Eighteenth Century Collections Online
  • The Making of the Modern World
  • Nineteenth Century Collections Online
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Gale Virtual Reference Library (now called Gale EBooks)

Hundreds of specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical directories and other reference books in the subject fields of criminal justice, economics, history, literature, psychology, religion, science, world cultures, and more.

Access level: CUNY
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Gartner Resource Center

Research and analysis on the global information technology industry; includes research papers on best practices and emerging industries and technologies.

The Gartner database is currently available only via the CUNY portal.  After logging in, look under the "IT Research" heading for the link to Gartner.

 

Access level: CUNY

Gender Studies Collection

Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines covering topics including gender studies, family and marital issues from the Academic OneFile and General OneFile databases.

Access level: CUNY
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General OneFile

Access to articles in general periodicals, newspapers, reference books, as well as multimedia sources. Subjects include humanities, education, environmental issues, technology, health care, and politics. (from NOVELny)

Access level: CUNY
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General Science Full Text

Access to popular and professional science journals published in the U.S. and Great Britain. Coverage from 1984 to the present.

Access level: CUNY
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Getty Publications Virtual Library

Provides free online access to more than 250 backlist titles published by the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Conservation Institute, and the Getty Research Institute, with new titles added on an ongoing basis.

Access level: Freely available to the public

Global Issues In Context

Focuses on issues beyond the United States, with news articles, videos, statistics, reference materials & some academic articles.  Includes foreign, English language newspaper articles written for readers in other countries.  User friendly; focus is on broad topics.

Access level: CUNY
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Google Book Search

Google is in the process of scanning complete books from some of the world's great libraries. Books in the public domain can be read in their entirety. Some books will display in part.

Access level: Freely available to the public

Google Scholar

Crawls (indexes) the content of publishers' websites, scholarly journals, indexes, academic websites, institutional repositories, etc. to find information of a scholarly nature. Does not provide comprehensive coverage of any one field. Enter through the library's website so that you will be linked to the library's licensed resources. 

Access level: Freely available to the public

govinfo (U.S. government information)

govinfo provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government (replaced FDsys).

Publications on govinfo include:

  • Legislative, Executive, and Judicial content:
    • Bills and Statutes, congressional committee materials, and proceedings of Congress
    • Presidential and regulatory materials
    • Opinions from more than 100 U.S. courts
  • New content daily- Congressional Record, Federal Register, House and Senate Calendars
  • Multiple file formats- PDF documents, audio, photos, XML
  • Curated collections- Nancy Reagan tribute, documents related to the sinking of the Titanic
  • Digitized historical content- oldest dates back to 1793
  • High-profile publications- 9-11 Report, Post JFK Assassination Audio, Warren Commission Report and Hearings, Financial Crisis Inquiry Report, Nixon’s Watergate Grand Jury Testimony, and landmark legislation: Civil Rights Act and Obamacare
Access level: Freely available to the public

Grant Forward

Search engine dedicated to helping institutions and individuals find grants to fund their research. It provides a personalized funding recommendation service to simplify the grant search process. 

Please note that users have to set up individual accounts and will be recognized by their email domains.

Access level: John Jay

GreenFILE

Scholarly, government and general-interest information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Topics include global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

Access level: CUNY
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Grove Art Online (Oxford Art Online)

Access to the entire text of the 34 vol. Dictionary of Art from Grove, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, with updates and links to images.

Access level: CUNY
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Grove Music Online (Oxford Music Online)

Comprises The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online, and The Oxford Companion to Music.

Access level: CUNY
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Guide to Law Online (LOC)

An annotated guide to national and international sources of government and legal information prepared by the Law Library of Congress; includes links to treaties, constitutions, and codes.

Access level: Freely available to the public

Gun Regulation and Legislation in America

Brings together over 500 relevant titles including periodicals, federal legislative histories, congressional hearings, Congressional Research Study (CRS) Reports and Supreme Court Briefs.

Access level: Freely available to the public