All library databases
Academic OneFile |
Access to thousands of articles in scholarly journals and reference sources in the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, and literature. For movie reviews search by document type. (from NOVELny) Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Academic Search Complete |
Access to articles from magazines and peer-reviewed journals, as well as books, conference papers and proceedings, and educational reports from almost all academic areas of study. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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ACLS Humanities Ebooks |
Collection of over 4,000 books of high quality in the humanities that are recommended and reviewed by scholars frequently cited in the literature offered by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) in collaboration with other learned societies. Access: John Jay |
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ACM Digital Library |
Full text of over 300,000 articles published by the Association of Computing Machinery and indexes over 1.6 million articles, books, reports and conference proceedings in the computing literature. Access: John Jay |
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AGRICOLA (National Agriculture Society) |
Catalog and index to the collections of the National Agricultural Library, as well as a primary public source for world-wide access to agricultural information. The database covers materials in all formats and periods, including printed works from as far back as the 15th century. Useful for forensic science. Access: All |
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Agricultural & Environmental Science Database (formerly known as Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management) |
Covers environmental biotechnology, engineering, pollution in journal articles, conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications. Access: John Jay |
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Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database (NIH) |
Portal created by he National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to support researchers and practitioners searching for information related to alcohol research. Includes links to a number of databases, journals, and Web sites focused on alcohol research and related topics. Also included is a link to the archived Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database (ETOH), produced by NIAAA from 1972 through December 2003. Access: All |
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Alexander Street Press collections |
Search all of these Alexander Street collections simultaneously: American History in Video; Counseling and Therapy in Video; Criminal Justice and Public Safety in Video; Ethnographic Video Online; Human Rights Studies Online; Psychological Experiments Online; and the PBS Video Collection. |
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America: History and Life |
Index and some fulltext to journal articles and reviews on the history and culture of the United States and Canada. Inlcudes CLIO notes (see top of interface) providing chronologies and brief summaries of significant events and themes in history. Access: John Jay |
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American Chemical Society Journals |
Full-text of articles from a collection of the American Chemical Society journals. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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American Factfinder |
Provides access to data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas based on several censuses and surveys. Includes the following data:
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American History in Video |
More than 5,000 hours of videos from commercial and governmental sources, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries. Access: John Jay |
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American Memory Collections (LOC) |
Multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library of Congress' National Digital Library Program. Access: All |
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Amnesty International Library |
Makes available the text of news and newsletters, reports, actions, press releases, and other information about human rights issues around the world. Access: All |
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Annual Reviews |
Collection of Annual Review Journals featuring literature reviews in the fields of Social Science. Access: John Jay |
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AnthroSource |
From the American Anthropology Association, provides full access to AAA's current publications including an archive of all AAA journals. Access: John Jay |
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Applied Science & Technology Source |
Articles in journals and trade publications covering the applied sciences, including engineering, math, physics, and computer technology with coverage dating back to 1913. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts |
Indexes subjects in the applied social sciences including mental health services, social work, and substance abuse. (Content from Applied Science & Technology (formerly owned by Wilson) is now part of this database.) Access: John Jay |
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Art Abstracts |
Index to articles in leading periodicals in the Arts from 1984 to the present. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Art Museum Image Gallery |
A rich digital source of images and related multimedia of ancient to contemporary art, gathered from museums around the world. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Artemis Literary Sources |
See Gale Literary Sources Access: John Jay |
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index |
Multidisciplinary index to research journals in the arts and humanities. 1975 to present. Access: John Jay |
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ArXiv |
Well-established open-access pre-print server hosting unpublished e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance, Statistics, Electrical Engineering and Systems Science, and Economics. Access: All |
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bioArXiv |
A free online archive and distribution service for unpublished preprints in the life sciences, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Access: All |
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Biography In Context |
More than 650,000 biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study, including videos, audio selections, images, primary sources, and magazine and journal articles from hundreds of major periodicals and newspapers Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Biography Reference Center |
Original biographical profiles plus feature articles, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews, speeches, obituaries, and images. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Black Drama |
Full text of plays by playwrights from the USA, the Caribbean, and English-speaking countries in Africa. Excellent source for Harlem Renaissance writers. Access: John Jay |
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Black Thought and Culture |
Contains the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans, and includes interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamphlets, letters and other ephemeral material. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Book Review Digest Plus |
Provides excerpts or the full text of book reviews of current English-language fiction and non-fiction works from 1983 to the present. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Book Review Index Online (Full Text) |
A comprehensive online guide to book reviews that includes more than five million review citations from thousands of publications, with linking to more than 630,000 full-text reviews. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Britannica Academic |
Multi-disciplinary reference resource designed for college and academic libraries providing access to over 100,000 articles; 1,000s of illustrations, including photographs, drawings, maps, and flags; and over 75,000 definitions -- including pronunciation guides and word histories -- from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Bureau of Justice Statistics |
Searchable statistical reports on all aspects of criminal justice in the US. Access: All |
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Burney Newspaper Collection--17th and 18th Centuries |
A comprehensive collection of early English newspapers from London, the British Isles, and colonies, including many American titles. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Business Insights: Global |
Detailed company and industry profiles including SWOT reports, market share reports, and financial reports; thousands of company histories and industry essays from Gale's core business collection; case studies, scholarly journals, and business news for deep research coverage of global economies. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Business Source Complete |
Full text of peer-reviewed journals and magazines, country and industry reports, and case studies covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Census of Population and Housing 2010 |
Gateway to the 2010 Census from the U. S. Census Bureau. Access: All |
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ChemIDPlus (NIH) |
Information on over 400,000 chemicals including synonyms, structures, and regulatory information from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health. Access: All |
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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers |
Provides access to America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963 and the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Access: All |
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CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) |
Comprehensive source for theory and research in foreign affairs; includes working papers from university research institutes and NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and conference proceedings. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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CINAHL |
The Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature with links to full text. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Communication & Mass Media Complete |
Journal articles, encyclopedias and handbooks in the fields of communications and mass media. For film reviews search by document type. For motion pictures search by subject. Access: John Jay |
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Contemporary Women's Issues |
A multidisciplinary, full-text database that brings together relevant content from mainstream periodicals, “gray” literature, and the alternative press — with a focus on the critical issues and events that influence women’s lives in more than 190 countries. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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CORE - (U.K.) |
Search for open access scholarly articles from institutions across the world. CORE’s mission is to aggregate all open access research outputs from repositories and journals worldwide and make them available to the public. Access: All |
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CORE: Open Access for the Humanities |
Articles, book chapters and other documents authored by humanities researchers and posted on Humanities Commons, a non-profit, academic social networking site. Access: All |
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CoreData.nyc |
Research tool for New York City housing and demographic information created by the Furman Center at NYU. Access: All |
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Counseling and Therapy in Video |
375 hours of videos of dramatized consultations, counseling sessions, and scenes, as well as documentaries, interviews and lectures Access: John Jay |
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Country Studies (LOC) |
Library of Congress authored books describing and analyzing the political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions of over 100 countries Access: All |
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CQ Almanac |
Chronicles and analyzes major bills and legislation in the House and Senate from 1945 through 2008. Includes legislative overviews, key votes, vote studies, roll call votes and public laws. Access: John Jay |
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CQ Magazine (formerly CQ Weekly) |
Weekly reports on the activities of the U.S. Congress including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates and all roll-call votes. Coverage from 1983 to the present. Access: John Jay |
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CQ Press Electronic Library |
Provides access to CQ publications available online including CQ Almanac, CQ Researcher Plus Archive, CQ Magazine (formerly CQ Weekly), Political Handbook of the World, Politics in America and Supreme Court Yearbook. Also provides access to these CQ resources now available on the Sage Knowledge Platform: Congress and the Nation, Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court, Historic Document Series, Vital Statistics on American Politics and the Washington Information Directory. More about how to use CQ publications » Access: John Jay |
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CQ Researcher Plus Archive |
Explores a single hot issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. Also Reports on international topics such as torture, nationalization of energy resources, peacekeeping around the world, etc. Coverage from 1923 to the present. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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CRCnetBase databases |
Use this platform to search all CRCnetBase databases at one time; FORENSICnetBASE; InfoSECURITYnetBASE; AND STATSnetBASE. Access: John Jay |
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Crime Report (www.thecrimereport.org) |
Comprehensive news service published by the Center for Media, Crime and Justice, at John Jay College, covering challenges and issues of 21st century criminal justice in the United States. Access: John Jay |
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Crime, Punishment and Popular Culture,1790-1920 |
Archive containing manuscripts, books, broadsheets and periodicals from 1790 - 1920. Collection covers Europe, North America, India and the Antipodes. Includes raw data about crime, its solutions, and the popular response. Access: John Jay |
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Criminal Justice Abstracts with Fulltext |
Provides scholarly articles and annotations of books and book chapters in criminal justice. Coverage from 1968 to the present. Access: John Jay |
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Criminal Justice and Public Safety in Video |
Over 400 documentaries, training videos, and interviews illustrating the strategies, techniques, and experiences of professionals in the criminal justice system. Access: John Jay |
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Criminal Justice Data for New York State |
Searchable statistical reports on criminal justice in NY state from the NY Division of Criminal Justice Services. Access: All |
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Criminal Justice Periodical Index |
Articles and images from national and international publications in criminal justice. Coverage from 1980 to the present. Access: John Jay |
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Criminal Trial Transcripts Collection, Lloyd Sealy Library |
An index to the Lloyd Sealy Library's Trial Transcripts of the County of New York 1883-1927. Several transcripts have been digitized and are available online. Access: All |
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Criminology & Criminal Justice Videos (Sage) |
Over 150 hours of videos including documentaries, interviews, and tutorials featuring criminologists talking about their work, case studies that show how that research affects policy and practices; films that take you inside forensics labs, correctional facilities, court rooms and the criminal investigation process. Access: John Jay |
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CUNY Graduate Center Legacy (Retrospective) Dissertations, 1965-2014 |
Electronic access to over 12,000 dissertations and capstones from the Graduate Center of the CIty University of New York published between 1965 and 2014. Requires authentication with a CUNY library barcode number. For more information read here. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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CUNY+ Catalog |
Find books, media and electronic resources in John Jay and and all CUNY Libraries. Access: All |
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Dictionary of Old English |
Defines the vocabulary of the first six centuries (600 - 1150 A.D.) of the English language, complementing the Middle English Dictionary (which covers the period 1100 - 1500 A.D.) and the Oxford English Dictionary (which documents the development of the English language to the present), the three together providing a full description of the vocabulary of English. Also see Dictionary of Old English Web Corpus which contains at least one copy of every surviving Old English text. Access: John Jay |
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Digital Collections, Lloyd Sealy Library |
Photographs, images, and other materials digitized from the Special Collections at John Jay College Library. Access: All |
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Digital Commons Network |
The Digital Commons Network brings together free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide. Curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions, the Network includes a growing collection of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work. Access: All |
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Directory of Open Access Books |
A discovery service for peer reviewed books published under an Open Access license. Access: All |
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Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) |
A curated, independent, searchable directory of open access peer-reviewed journals. Access: All |
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Dissertation and Theses Full Text |
Full text of dissertations published from 1997 and abstracts from 1980. Also, Indexes close to two million dissertations and theses from institutions in North America and Europe from 1861. Access: John Jay |
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Diversity Studies Collection |
Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines from AcademicOneFile and General OneFile databases that explore cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community. Access: John Jay |
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Drug Information Portal |
A gateway to selected drug information from the National Library of Medicine and other key government agencies. Access: All |
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DSM Legacy Collection |
DSM Legacy collection including DSM-I, DSM-II, DSM-III, DSM-III-R, DSM-IV and DSM-IV-TR. The standard diagnostic tool used by mental health professionals; each psychiatric disorder with its corresponding diagnostic code is accompanied by a set of diagnostic criteria and descriptive details. Access: John Jay |
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DSM-5 |
The most current edition of the standard diagnostic tool used by mental health professionals; each psychiatric disorder with its corresponding diagnostic code is accompanied by a set of diagnostic criteria and descriptive details. Access: John Jay |
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Early English Books Online |
EEBO contains page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473 to 1700. Access: John Jay |
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Ebook Central (formerly Ebrary) |
A constantly expanding collection of thousands of ebooks in a broad variety of disciplines from ProQuest (formerly Ebrary). Access: John Jay |
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Ebook Collection from Ebscohost (formerly Netlibrary) |
Access to thousands of commercially published electronic books in various disciplines, including recently-published titles in criminal justice (formerly Netlibary) Access: John Jay |
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Ebrary (now known as Ebook Central) |
A constantly expanding collection of thousands of ebooks in a broad variety of disciplines from ProQuest. Access: John Jay |
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EBSCOhost Academic Search Complete |
Access to articles from magazines and peer-reviewed journals, as well as books, conference papers and proceedings, and educational reports from almost all academic areas of study. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Econlit |
Access to articles in international economic journals, as well as essays, research papers, books, dissertations, book reviews, and working papers. Coverage from 1969 to the present. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: John Jay |
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Economist Historical Archive |
The full text of The Economist from 1843 to 2013. Essential reading for anyone engaged in politics, current affairs, business and trade worldwide. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Education Source |
For full-text resources in education with coverage dating back to 1929. (Content from Education Index and Retrospective (formerly owned by Wilson) is now part of this database.) Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online |
A digital archive of 150,000 books published in the eighteenth century, covering a broad spectrum of topics like law, history, science, and art. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Emerald Fulltext |
A collection of close to two hundred leading management and library and information services journals. Access: John Jay |
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Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences |
Electronic equivalent of the 3-volume encyclopedia. Access: John Jay |
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Environmental Studies and Policy |
Provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and other reference sources covering environmental issues and policies from the Academic OneFile and General OneFile databases. Access: John Jay |
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Environmental Studies and Policy Collection |
Includes the full text of over 700 journals and reference materials addressing environmental issues. More about this database (PDF) » Access: John Jay |
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ERIC |
Provides access to journal articles and documents in education. Coverage from 1966 to the present. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Essay and General Literature Index |
Index to 65,000 essays in 5,300 anthologies and collections. Coverage spans a range of the humanities and social sciences. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Ethnic Newswatch |
Provides access to more than 200 newspapers, magazines and journals from the ethnic, minority and native press. Includes materials in Spanish. To find movie reviews limit the document type to movie review. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Ethnographic Video Online |
Over 1,300 hours of streaming video, including ethnographic films, documentaries, select feature films, and previously unpublished fieldwork., for the visual study of human culture, behavior and society around the world. Access: John Jay |
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Europa World Year Book |
One of the world's leading reference works covering political, economic and commercial information in over 250 countries and territories. Country information includes a profile; statistics; and directories of major organizations in government and politics, society and media, and business and commerce. Also includes extensive information on international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union, and NATO. Access: John Jay |
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Europeana |
Europeana provides direct access to more than 15 million photos, paintings, film clips, audio files, maps, manuscripts, books, newspapers, and archival papers from major European cultural institutions. Access: All |
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Fatal Encounters |
National database of people killed during interactions with law enforcement since 2000. Content based on a combination of media sources, public documents and information uploaded by volunteers. Users can search by name or by state, then depending on results, can search by county, year, age, race or signs of mental illness. Note: This database is a work in progress, and like any open web resource, seek to corroborate any data with other sources such as the Uniform Crime Reports database maintained by the FBI and accessible through the library website. Access: All |
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Faulkner Advisory for IT Studies (FAITS) |
Reports by industry practitioners on wireless communications, data networking, security, streaming media, government information technology and healthcare IT topics, information management, the internet and web. Access: John Jay |
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Faulkner Security Management Practices |
Reports by industry practitioners on facility, IT, network, personnel, financial and legal security, risk and crisis management, and public safety. Access: John Jay |
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FedStats |
Gateway to U.S. government statistics from over 100 agencies. Access: All |
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Films on Demand (Infobase Learning) |
Over 10,000 documentaries, dramas, and newsreels from the world Access: John Jay |
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Fire Codes Online |
Online version of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) National Fire Codes. Access: John Jay |
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FIREDOC |
Index to over 70,000 technical documents, conference proceedings, and journal articles on all aspects of fire science, safety and engineering; some entries have links to online BFRL Publications. Access: All |
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Flickr: the Commons |
The project currently includes over 200,000 images from more than 50 international cultural heritage institutions. Access: All |
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Foreign Policy magazine |
Access Foreign Policy magazine from 1970 to present and its website, which focuses on leading global issues in national security, technology, markets, and energy & resources. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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FORENSICnetBASE |
A searchable collection of over 300 reference books in forensic science and related fields. Access: John Jay |
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Gale Literary Sources |
Portal for cross-searching literary databases from Gale, including these databases: Alternate access via library barcode Access: 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 :
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Gale Virtual Reference Library |
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. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: 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.
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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: John Jay |
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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) Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: 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. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: 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: All |
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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. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: 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: All |
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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: All |
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GPO U. S. Government Printing Office |
Catalog to the official and authentic government publications of Congress and Federal agencies. Access: All |
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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: John Jay |
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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. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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GREENR (Global Reference On The Environment/Energy/And Natural Resources) |
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. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: 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: All |
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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. |
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Health & Wellness Resource Center |
Reader-friendly collections of articles on common health issues, grouped by topic. Includes some academic articles. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Health Reference Center Academic |
Access to nursing and allied health journals, other medical journals, newsletters and consumer health magazines. (from NOVELny) Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition |
Access to articles in scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also includes AHFS Consumer Medication Information, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Hein Online |
Several historical American and international law collections incuding law reviews and journals from their first volume of publication, the Federal Register, Presidential Documents, Attorney Generals Opinions, World Constitutions, legal classics, and the newest collection, Slavery in America and the World; History, Culture and Law. Access: John Jay |
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Historic American Newspapers (LOC) |
Contains historic newspapers from 1836-1922 and a U.S. Newspaper Directory for American newspapers published between 1690-present. Website produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress. Access: All |
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Historical Abstracts |
Provides access to academic historical journals that cover the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Coverage is from 1955 to the present. Access: John Jay |
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History of Capital Punishment Database |
Collection of materials from the National Death Penalty Archives on the nature, history, operation, effects, psychology, desirability, and compatibility with religious and moral precepts, of the death penalty. Includes periodicals, trials, hearings, bibliographies and other related works. Access: John Jay |
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Humanities Source |
Articles in all aspects of the humanities including art, literature, music and philosophy, with access dating back to 1907. (Content from Humanities Index (formerly owned by Wilson) is now part of this database.) Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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ICPSR |
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research provides access to an archive of social science data. Datasets are available for statistical manipulation. For advanced users. Access: John Jay |
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IEEE Xplore Digital Library |
Provides unlimited, full-text access to the entire IEEE and IET collection of journals, magazines, and conference proceedings, plus all active and historical IEEE standards. Great for electrical engineering, computer science and electronics. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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IEEPassport.org |
Comprehensive search engine for exploring 9,500 study abroad programs. Directory by country, field of study, cost, length of study, etc. Includes sources of scholarship funding, internships, and other information about study abroad. Access: All |
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IMDb |
Collection of movie information. IMDb tries to catalog every pertinent detail about a movie, from who was in it, to who made it, to trivia about it, to filming locations, and even where one can find reviews and fan sites on the web. Access: All |
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Index to Legal Periodicals and Books (see Legal Source) |
Now part of Legal Source, the Ebsco database providing articles on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world with coverage dating back to 1908. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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InfoSECURITY netBASE |
A searchable collection of over 60 handbooks on information technology security. Access: John Jay |
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Infoshare Online |
Population statistics, immigration trends, socio-economic indicators, birth and death data, hospitalizations, local economic data, and more for New York City. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Infotrac Newsstand |
Provides access to thousands of newspapers from the U.S. and foreign presses including images, audio and video clips. (from NOVELny) Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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International Bibliography of the Social Sciences |
An index to the social sciences that is unique in its broad coverage of international material and incorporates over 100 languages and countries. Access: John Jay |
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International Security & Counter Terrorism Reference Center |
Selected articles, news feeds, reports, summaries, books, blogs, FAQs, and proprietary Background Information Summaries that pertain to terrorism and security. Access: John Jay |
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Issues & Controversies in American History |
Background articles, timelines, photographs and maps relating to events in American history. Includes select primary documents and points of view on major issues and controversies. Access: John Jay |
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JSTOR |
A searchable collection of the complete runs (minus the most recent 2 to 5 years) of hundreds of the most significant scholarly journals. To focus on a discipline, select Narrow by Discipline -- e.g., Film Studies. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Kanopy at John Jay College |
Currently streaming about 200 documentaries, feature films and instructional films to the John Jay community. Please note as of 4/19/2018, for financial reasons, we have had to cease our PDA model and are no longer able to offer our users the ability to choose and add more videos to our Kanopy collection themselves. Our access is currently restricted to films users have already viewed sufficient times to have triggered licenses. Faculty wishing to request special access to specific titles should contact the media librarian Ellen Sexton esexton at jjay.cuny.edu Please note that New York Public Library provides access to a much larger collection.
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Kanopy at the New York Public Library |
Available to NYPL card holders age 13 and older. More than 30,000 feature films, documentaries, foreign language, and training videos. Access: All |
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Kanopy ethnographic films (DER collection) |
Classic ethnographic films including Dead birds, N!ai, the story of a K!ung woman, the Ax fight, First contact, and contemporary works, from Documentary Educational Resources. Please note as of 4/19/2018, for financial reasons, we have had to cease our PDA model and are no longer able to offer our users the ability to choose and add more videos to our Kanopy collection themselves. Our access is currently restricted to films users have already viewed sufficient times to have triggered licenses. Faculty wishing to request special access to specific titles should contact the media librarian Ellen Sexton esexton at jjay.cuny.edu Access: John Jay |
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Killed by Police |
Aggregates corporate news reports and Facebook pages of people killed by nonmilitary law enforcement officers, whether in the line of duty or not, and regardless of reason or method. Inclusion implies neither wrongdoing nor justification on the part of the person killed or the officer involved. The post merely documents the occurrence of a death. Searchable by year beginning May 2013. Note: This database is a work in progress, and like any open web resource, seek to corroborate any data with other sources such as the Uniform Crime Reports database maintained by the FBI and accessible through the library website. Access: All |
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Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) |
Portal to select internet resources relating to Latin American studies organized by subject and country, providing access to a wide variety of full-text resources. Access: All |
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Legal Source |
Articles on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world with coverage dating back to 1908. Content from Index to Legal Periodicals and Books (formerly owned by Wilson) is now part of this database. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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LexisNexis Academic |
Federal and state laws and cases, constitutions, municipal codes, law review articles, as well as articles from U.S. and foreign newspapers, magazines, trade publications and journals. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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LexisNexis Academic (Nexis Uni-NEW!) |
Nexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources formerly found through the LexisNexisAcademic platform - including federal and state laws and cases, constitutions, municipal codes and law reveiw articles. The interface is designed to offer quick discovery across all content types. Personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents are also included. Alternate access via library barcode Access: CUNY |
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LGBT Life |
Contains the full text for hundreds of the most important and historically significant LGBT journals, magazines and regional newspapers as well as monographs and books. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Library & Information Science Source |
Articles in the field of library, information science, and education techology. (Content from Library Literature and Information Scrience (formerly owned by Wilson) is now part of this database.) Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts |
Covers all aspects of the study of language and to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics. Access: John Jay |
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Literature Resource Center |
Provides access to full text biographies, critical analyses, reviews, and bibliographies of work from novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Litfinder |
Provides access to literary works and authors throughout history and includes more than 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. The database also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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LLMC (Law Library Microfilm Collection) - Digital |
An archival collection of legal materials with historical federal legislative, executive and judicial papers (including temp. commisions like the Wickersham Comm.), selected state documents, and historically significant international documents. Access: John Jay |
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Loeb Classical Library (digital) |
Provided by the Harvard University Press, this online resource provides more than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek, and English texts in a modern interface that allows readers to browse, search, bookmark, and annotate content. Content cannot be downloaded or printed. (Note: The library has the print edition of the Loeb Classical Library).
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Making of the Modern World |
Provides the full text of 61,000 works of literature in business, politics, and economics published from 1450 to 1850. Includes the full Goldsmiths Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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MasterFILE Complete |
Articles from many popular sources covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and more. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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MathSciNet |
Articles in mathematics from the American Mathematical Society. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Medline Complete |
Provides many of the materials indexed in Medline. Covers medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and more. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Medline via PubMed (NIH) |
National Library of Medicine's database (via PubMed interface) of millions of references to articles published in licensed or freely available biomedical journals. Access: All |
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MedlinePlus (NIH) |
Provides access to authoritative consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine and other organizations as well as drug information and an illustrated medical encyclopedia. Access: All |
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Mental Measurements Yearbook |
Information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests of educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas; Yearbooks 9 through 19. Access: John Jay |
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MetPublications |
A portal to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's comprehensive book and online publishing program with close to 700 titles published from 1964 to the present. Access: All |
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Military and Government Collection |
Articles from journals and other periodicals and current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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MLA International Bibliography |
Index to scholarly journal articles on language and literature and critical analysis of films. Coverage from 1926 to the present (Note: many are not available at John Jay.) Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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National Archive of Criminal Justice Data |
Data collections relating to criminal justice from federal and state agencies, and grant-funded projects. Provides documentation, and browsing and downloading access to most of the data. Access: All |
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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Working Papers |
Full-text of NBER Working Papers from November 1994 to the present -- approximately 500 papers are published annually. The NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals. Key focus areas include developing new statistical measurements, estimating quantitative models of economic behavior, and analyzing the effects of public policies. Access: John Jay |
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National Geographic Magazine Archive |
The complete archive from 1888 to 1994 of the award-winning magazine, which features in-depth coverage of cultures, nature, science, technology, and the environment; and spectacular photographic essays. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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National Newspaper Index |
Indexes and provides access when available to the top five U.S. newspapers: The New York Times,The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. Coverage from 1977 to the present. (from NOVELny) Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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National Newspapers Core (see US Major Dailies Collection) |
Provides full text access to
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National Registry of Exonerations |
Provides detailed information about all known exonerations of innocent criminal defendants in the United States from 1989 to the present. Includes statistical and interactive displays that allow you to sort the data based on different issues including by DNA and Non-DNA exonerations, type of crime, race and contributing factors. Access: All |
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Nature |
Nature Journals is a database providing access to the full content of the premier science journal Nature, as well as the following 28 additional journals published by Nature: Nature Biotechnology, Nature Cell Biology, Nature Chemical Biology, Nature Chemistry, Nature Climate Change, Nature Communications, Nature Genetics, Nature Geoscience, Nature Immunology, Nature Materials, Nature Medicine, Nature Methods, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Neuroscience, Nature Photonics, Nature Physics, Nature Protocols, Nature Reviews Cancer, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, Nature Reviews Endocrinology, Nature Reviews Genetics, Nature Reviews Immunology, Nature Reviews Microbiology, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, and Scientific American. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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NAXOS Music Library |
A comprehensive collection of classical music available online, comprising the complete Naxos, Marco Polo and Dacapo catalogues, which include Classical, Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese music. Access: John Jay |
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NCBI Bookshelf (NIH) |
A growing collection of searchable biomedical books hosted by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, which advances science and health by providing access to biomedical and genomic information. Access: All |
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NCJRS — National Criminal Justice Reference Service |
Searches and often provides the full text of federal, state, local, and foundation reports, as well as abstracts of journal articles and other websites. Access: All |
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Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations |
NDLTD is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations; full-text is free for all; excellent source for international dissertations. Access: All |
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New York City Charter, Code, and Rules |
Searchable and browsable public portal to the laws of New York City including: New York City Charter, New York City Administrative Code and the Rules of the City of New York. Access: All |
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New York City Crime Map |
Interactive crime map created by the NYPD showing date and location for the seven major NYS penal law felonies (murder, rape, robbery, felonious assault, burglary, grand larceny and grand larceny motor vehicle). Data available for current and previous calendar year and by month within each period. Access: All |
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New York Code, Rules, and Regulations - NYCRR |
Click on title to access in LexisNexis Academic and then click on TOC - Table of Contents -- in upper left hand side of screen Or arrows to browse. See subject guide on Finding Legal Information for more information. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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New York Public Library Databases |
Holders of New York Public Library cards have access to 100s of electronic databases, many of which are accessible wherever you have an Internet connection. Any person who lives, works, attends school or pays property taxes in New York State is eligible to receive a New York Public Library card free of charge. You can apply for a NYPL card online and pick it up at the nearest NYPL location. Access: All |
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New York State Newspapers Infotrac |
Access to a few dozen New York newspapers including the NY Post, The NY Times, The Informed Constituent (Albany), The Buffalo News, The Herald American (Syracuse) and Newsday (Long Island). (from NOVELny) Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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New York State Slavery Records Index |
A searchable compilation of records that identify individual enslaved persons and their owners, beginning as early as 1525 and ending during the Civil War. Data comes from census records, slave trade transactions, cemetery records, birth certifications, manumissions, ship inventories, newspaper accounts, private narratives, legal documents and many other sources. The index contains over 35,000 records and it is expected to grow as John Jay College professors and students locate and assemble data from additional sources. Access: All |
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New York Times |
Full text access to the New York Times, Late Edition (East Coast) from June 1, 1980 to present. (Part of National Newpaper Core database). Access: John Jay |
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New York Times Digital Edition |
All members of the John Jay Community with a valid John Jay email address may sign up for complimentary access to the New York Times digital edition (nytimes.com and smartphone apps). Claim or renew your academic pass and see more details. Access: John Jay |
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New York Times Historical File |
Full text of articles and page images of the New York Times from 1851 to 2014. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Newspaper archives |
Freely available list of newspaper archives. Access: All |
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Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) |
Nexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources formerly found through the LexisNexisAcademic platform - including federal and state laws and cases, constitutions, municipal codes and law reveiw articles. The interface is designed to offer quick discovery across all content types. Personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents are also included. Alternate access via library barcode Access: John Jay |
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NFPA Codes Online |
Online version of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) National Fire Codes. Access: John Jay |
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online |
An eclectic collection of digital collections of primary source materials mostly from British and American libraries. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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NYC Department of Records and Municipal Archives Photo Gallery |
Online gallery with more than 900,000 images—the largest collection of historical images of New York City in the world. The Online Gallery provides free and open research access to items digitized from the Municipal Archives' collections, including photographs, maps, motion pictures and audio recordings. Read the full press release.Access: All |
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NYPL Digital Collections |
Explore 700,000+ items digitized from The New York Public Library's collections. New materials are added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more. Access: All |
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NYS Historic Newspapers |
The NYS Historic Newspapers project provides free online access to a wide range of newspapers chosen to reflect New York's unique history. Access: All |
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Occupational Outlook Handbook (DOL) |
Biennial publication of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Describes what workers do, working conditions, training and education needed, earnings and job prospects in a wide variety of occupations. Access: All |
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Online Books Page |
Provides author, title, and subject access to hundreds of thousands of non-copyrighted online books freely available on the Web. Access: All |
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Opposing Viewpoints in Context |
Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, full-text magazine and newspaper articles, and multimedia on social issues (from NOVELny). Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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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. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Oxford Bibliographies Online |
Topic overviews and bibliographies on pertinent topics in African Studies, Atlantic History, Chinese Studies, Criminal Justice, Islamic Studies, Latino Studies, Military History and Psychology with links to the full text of sources when available. Access: John Jay |
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Oxford English Dictionary Online |
The complete text of the OED's twenty-volume Second Edition and three-volume Additions Series. The worldwide standard source for English word definitions, word pronunciation, word history and usage. Access: CUNY |
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Oxford Music Online |
Comprises The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online, and The Oxford Companion to Music. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Oxford Reference Online Premium |
Over 200 reference books from Oxford University Press, including language dictionaries, and reference works in art, science, classics, business, history, law, literature, medicine, geography, performing arts, philosophy, and social science. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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PAIS International |
The Public Affairs Information Service was established to chronicle the world's public affairs, public and social policies, international relations, and world politics. The database contains and index to journal articles, government documents, grey literature and other materials from 1997 forward. Access: John Jay |
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PBS Video Collection |
This collection of documentary films and series from the history of the Public Broadcasting Service contains a core of 245 titles, selected for their high quality and relevance to academic curricula, covers many educational disciplines, including history, science and technology, diversity studies, business, and current events. It includes access to the films and series Frontline, NOVA, American Experience, Odyssey, and films by Ken Burns and Michael Wood. Access: John Jay |
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Philosopher's Index |
Index to books and journals from 43 countries with content representing a variety of languages with some links to full text. Coverage from 1940 to the present. Access: John Jay |
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PILOTS (Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress) |
Bibliographic database covering the Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress (PILOTS) and other mental-health conditions resulting from traumatic events. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and produced by the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Access: John Jay |
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Pivot |
Comprehensive source of global funding opportunities. Users must set up individual accounts using their CUNY email. Access: CUNY |
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Political Science Complete |
Provides indexing and abstracts for almost 3,000 journals,and full-text articles for 500 top-ranked scholarly journals. Also includes reference works and professional conference papers. Coverage includes law and legislation, comparative politics, political theory, international relations, humanitarian issues, and non-governmental organizations. Access: John Jay |
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Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (LOC) |
Photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings from the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. Access: All |
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Professional Development Collection |
Highly specialized collection of electronic information for professional educators, professional librarians and education researchers. Access: CUNY |
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Project MUSE |
An interdisciplinary collection of high quality, peer reviewed journals. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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ProQuest Dissertation and Theses Full Text |
Full text of dissertations published from 1997 and abstracts from 1980. Also, Indexes close to two million dissertations and theses from institutions in North America and Europe from 1861. Access: John Jay |
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Protection of Assets |
Online access to the Protection of Assets Manual and Bulletin, the basic manual for security personnel. Access: John Jay |
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PsyArXiv |
A fairly new searchable preprint server for hosting unpublished academic papers in psychology. Access: All |
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Psyc Combined Databases |
Search PsycINFO (Psychological Abstracts), PsycARTICLES, PsycBOOKS, and PsycEXTRA all together with one search. Access: John Jay |
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PsycARTICLES |
Thousands of articles from journals published by the APA and allied organizations. Coverage from 1988 to the present. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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PsycBOOKS |
Books published by the APA, including 700 classics and more than 1,500 authored entries from the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology. Access: John Jay |
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PsycEXTRA |
Companion database to the scholarly PsycINFO database. It consists of technical and annual reports, newsletters, magazines, newspapers, consumer brochures and more. Access: John Jay |
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Psychiatry Online |
The homepage of the American Psychiatric Association with links to several of its journals, textbooks, and the DSM-5. Access: John Jay |
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Psychological Experiments Online |
Psychological Experiments Online is a multimedia collection that pairs audio and video recordings of experiments in psychology with thousands of pages of primary-source documents. It includes notes from experiment participants, journal articles, books, field notes, and final reports in topics from obedience to authority and conformity to operant. The collection contains over 70 streaming videos totaling more than 45 hours of viewing time. Videos include lectures, presentations, documentaries, experiment footage and interviews. Access: John Jay |
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PsycINFO |
The most comprehensive index and access to materials in psychology articles and books. Coverage from 1887 to the present. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Public Administration Abstracts |
Information on public administration and related areas such as organizational structures, public service personnel, economic issues, taxation, society issues, theory and research in the field. Access: John Jay |
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Public Library of Law |
A collection of free law materials including case law, statutes, regulations, court rules, and federal and state constitutions. Access: All |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
Well known open access publisher, founded as a non-profit in 2001 to transform research communication by publishing journals with rigorous reporting and peer review. Access: All |
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Pubmed (NIH) |
Searches citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Some are free or available via a John Jay subscription. Some are for sale. Access: All |
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PubMed Central |
PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). Access: All |
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Race and Justice Clearinghouse |
An index to selected NGO reports, books and journal articles that focus on race and ethnicity and their interaction with the criminal justice and juvenile justice systems. Includes links to the full text of publications by the Sentencing Project. |
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RDS Tablebase |
Specializes in tabular data on companies, industries, products and demographics. International in scope and covering more than 90 industries, TableBase® gives users access to thousands of tables including: company and brand rankings, imports and exports, industry and product forecasts, market share, number of users/outlets, production and consumption statistics, trends and demographics, usage and capacity. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Readers' Guide Full Text Mega Edition |
Provides access to general-interest periodicals published in the U.S. from 1983 to the present as well as comprehensive indexing to periodicals published from 1890 to 1982. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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RefWorks |
A web-based bibliographic citation management service that is useful for tracking citations, generating bibliographies and citing sources in papers. More about RefWorks. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Regional Business News |
Covers regional business news in metro and rural areas within the United States. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Sage Journals |
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Sage Knowledge Collection |
A searchable collection of subject encyclopedias, including major titles in criminal justice, research methods, psychology, and social issues from Sage publishers. Formerly called Sage e-Reference Collection. Access: John Jay |
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Scholastic (formerly Grolier Online) |
Contains the Encyclopedia Americana, the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, and the New Book of Knowledge. (from NOVELny) Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Science Citation Index |
Multidisciplinary index to research journals in the sciences, including medicine, mathematics and statistics. 1997 to present. Access: John Jay |
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Science Direct |
Access to journals in the sciences and social sciences. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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SCOPUS |
Abstract and citation database to peer-reviewed journal titles from international publishers in science, technology, social science and medicine. Results can be refined by author affiliation, funding source, and more. Coverage from the 1960's to the present. Access: John Jay |
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Serials Directory |
Provides access to bibliographic information and pricing for popular serials.Contains nearly 250,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers; data from more than 108,000 publishers worldwide, including e-mail and Internet addresses; and Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal Classifications. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Shepard's Citations |
Search for cited cases and check the validity of a citation. Available only through LexisNexis Academic. Click on 'Search by content type' on the upper right, then find Shepherd's Citations under 'Legal.' Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Slavery and Anti-Slavery |
Includes collections on the transatlantic slave trade, the global movement for the abolition of slavery, the legal, personal, and economic aspects of the slavery system, and the dynamics of emancipation in the U.S. as well as in Latin America, the Caribbean, and other regions. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law |
Brings together all known legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. This includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery. Much of the non-legal material in this collection is based on the holdings of the Buffalo Public Library. Its rare book collection contains hundreds of nineteenth century pamphlets and books on slavery. Access: John Jay |
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SocArXiv |
SocArXiv is a free and publicly accessible platform for social scientists to upload working papers, pre-prints, published papers, data, and code. Access: All |
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Social Explorer |
Displays interactive maps of U.S. Census data going back to 1790. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Social Sciences Citation Index |
Multidisciplinary index to research journals in the social sciences. 1900 to present. Access: John Jay |
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Social Sciences Full Text |
Provides accesses to journals in anthropology, criminology, economics, law, geography, policy studies, psychology, sociology, social work, and urban studies from 1983 to the present and indexes material from 1929 to 1983. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Social Sciences Premium Collection (ProQuest) |
Compilation of ProQuest collections in the social sciences with deep coverage of sociology, politics (including PAIS International), criminal justice, education (including ERIC), and linguistics. Provides abstracts, indexing and full text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers and more. Access: John Jay |
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Social Services Abstracts |
Accesses journal articles, book reviews, dissertations, and current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. Coverage from 1980 to the present. Access: John Jay |
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SocINDEX with Full Text |
Contains core coverage journals dating back to 1895, and some priority coverage journals. Also includes full text for many books, monographs, and conference papers. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Sociological Abstracts |
Scholarly articles, books, and dissertations in sociology and subdisciplines. Coverage from 1952 to the present. Access: John Jay |
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Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online |
Statistics from the current Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics with ongoing updates and the archive back to 1994. The print version is available at the Reference Desk. |
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Springerlink Online |
Hundreds of scholarly journals and Ebooks published by Springer (or formerly by Palgrave), as well as online Reference books--not all indexed Ebooks are available fulltext. Coverage from 1997 to the present. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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SSRN |
Very large, well established repository of social science (and other) academic papers. It was founded in 1994 as an open repository, but bought in 2017 by a for-profit publisher, Elsevier. The vast majority of the papers hosted on the site are free to download. Access: All |
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |
Entries are maintained and kept up to date by experts in the field. Access is unlimited and free to everyone. Access: All |
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Statista |
An international statistical database that aggregates data and reports from more than 18,000 sources, trade organizations, scientific journals, government databases, and market researchers. Access: John Jay |
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Statistical Abstract of the U.S. |
Comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Current print edition of ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States is available at the reference desk -- HA 202.A5.
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STATSnetBASE |
A searchable collection of 400 reference books in statistics. Access: John Jay |
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Supreme Court Database (NSF) |
Provides legal scholars with extensive data, like background issues, reasons for acceptance, chronology, outcome impacts, and judge's opinions, for Supreme Court Cases since 1953. Funded by the National Science Foundation. Access: All |
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Testing & Education Reference Center |
Provides information on undergraduate and graduate programs and interactive online practice tests for entrance exams, certifications, and licensing tests, including LSAT, GRE, and SAT, as well as civil service exams. Includes Peterson's Guides. Access: John Jay |
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TOXNET (NIH) |
Indexes journal articles, books, and reports (written for scientists) on the toxicological, pharmacological, biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and other chemicals. Coverage from 1965 to the present. Access: All |
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TRACFED |
Data about federal enforcement activities -- criminal, civil, and administrative -- including detailed information about federal staffing, federal enforcement agencies, and income and demographic statistics. Access: John Jay |
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Transportation Article File |
Index to articles in journals and books on transportation from Northwestern University's Transportation Library. Access: All |
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Transportation Research Information Service (TRIS) Online |
Provides access to 400,000 bibliographic records covering transportation research published in books, journal articles, technical reports and other media Access: All |
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U.S. Fire Administration Library (FEMA) |
Library catalog of the National Fire Academy. Indexes journal articles, books, and reports in fire science and emergency management. Items not owned by John Jay may be available via Interlibrary Loan. Access: All |
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Ulrich's Global Serials Directory |
A source of detailed information on more than 300,000 periodicals (also called serials) of all types. Access: John Jay |
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Umbra Search |
A searchable collection of over 500,000 primary source documents relating to African American history and culture digitized by over 1,000 libraries libraries and archives across the country. Access: All |
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Uniform Crime Reports (FBI) |
The FBI's compendium of crime statistics. It includes volumes from 1995 to the present. The print version is available at the Reference Desk. Access: All |
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Urban Studies Abstracts |
Articles and reports as well as book abstracts about crime and other urban problems, possible solutions, studies of police departments, social welfare agencies, and more. Access: John Jay |
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US Major Dailies Collecton (formerly National Newspapers Core) |
Provides full text access to
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Vault Career Guides |
Vault provides detailed information on companies, industries, and professions and offers detailed information including education requirements, skill requirements, salaries, advancement prospects, and more. Vault also provides comprehensive career guides. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Very Short Introductions |
Short but authoritative introductions to topics written by authors who are experts in their field. These short introductions cover a range of subjects in the arts and humanities, law, medicine and health, science and mathematics and the social sciences. Access: John Jay |
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VictimLaw |
Information on victims rights and protections including Constitutional provisions, statutes, court rules, administrative code provisions, case summaries, and attorney general opinions. Includes overviews of the justice system and a glossary. Access: All |
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Vital Statistics on American Politics |
Provides summary data on political behavior such as voter turnout, election results, public opinion, media trends, campaign financing and more. Some charts provide data from the 1790s, but most focus on the 1940s to 2012. Data can be downloaded. Access: John Jay |
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Wall Street Journal |
Fulltext of the Wall Street Journal from 1984 to the Present. Access: John Jay |
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Wall Street Journal Digital - complimentary account |
All members of the CUNY community can set up an individual account to the Wall Street Journal's digital edition. |
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Web of Science |
Searching and Citation checking through the use of Science Citation Index (from 1997), Social Science Citation Index (from 1900), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (from 1975). Access: John Jay |
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Westlaw Campus Research |
Comprehensive legal database providing access to Federal and state laws and cases including some unpublished decisions; statutes and regulations from the Federal government and all states; and select legal materials from International jurisdictions. Secondary sources include the legal encyclopedias American Jurisprudence 2d and New York Jurisprudence; American Law Reports (ALR) articles that summarize and analyze court decisions on a particular legal issue; and law review articles and journals. Also provides access to newspapers, magazines, newswires and business information.
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Wiley Online Library |
Full text of over 1,400 journals from the newly-merged Wiley-Blackwell Publishers. (Note: You can search all Wiley ePublications on this platform, but you can only access the full text of the Wiley journals subscribed to by John Jay). Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Women and Social Movements in the U.S. 1600-2000 |
Brings together primary documents, books, images, scholarly essays, book reviews, audio recordings, Web site reviews, and teaching tools, all documenting the multiplicity of women’s activism in public life. Access: CUNY |
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World Constitutions Illustrated (HeinOnLline) |
Provides access to the current constitution of every country in its native language (English translations for most), and links to related scholarly articles, books, bibliographies, and web sites. Access: John Jay |
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World Health Organization Statistical Information System |
A guide to health and health-related statistical information from the World Health Organization. Includes statistics on AIDS/HIV and other diseases. Access: All |
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World Legal Information Institute |
A free, independent and non-profit global legal research facility providing access to over 1230 databases from 123 jurisdictions developed collaboratively by 14 Legal Information Institutes including the Cornell Legal Information Institute. A good resource for finding contemporary legal materials from foreign countries. Access: All |
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World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean |
Brings together primary source documents relating to Latin America and the Caribbean; academic journals and news-feeds; reference materials; maps; statistics; audio and video. Covers politics, economics, religion, culture, international affairs, the environment, science and technology. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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WorldCat |
A union catalog of libraries around the world. Includes books, media, manuscripts, and other formats dating back to the 12th century. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts |
Journal articles and book abstracts in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. Coverage from 1975 to the present. Access: John Jay |
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