Literature and Philosophy Texts

CUNY has a trial through April 30 to Past Masters, collection of primary texts by philosophers and literary figures from Aristotle, Jane Austen, and Francis Bacon to Ludwig Wittgenstein, Mary Wollstonecraft, and W. B. Yeats.  The texts are scholarly editions from university presses.

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Oxford Journals Online

As of November 4, the Graduate Center subscribes to Oxford Journals Online, providing the text of more than 200 Oxford University Press journals from 1996 to the present.  Use the database’s advanced search function to search by author, article titles, or journal or by year.  Although content prior to 1996 may be searched, the Graduate . . . → Read More: Oxford Journals Online

Oxford Bibliographies Online

The Graduate Center has a trial through July 31 to Oxford Bibliographies Online, covering Atlantic history, the classics, criminology, Islamic studies, and philosophy.  The bibliographies are drawn from books, journals, and Web resources.

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New Theatre in Video Titles

Videos of productions of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, Henrik Ibsen’sAn Enemy of the People, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, and Wendy Wasserstein’s Uncommon Women and Others are among 23 new titles available in Theatre in Video.  The database offers more than more videos of plays or drama documentaries.

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Oxford Bibliographies Online

The Graduate Center has a trial through June 2 to Oxford Bibliographies Online, providing bibliographies in the classics, criminology, Islamic studies, and social work.

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New JSTOR Content

As of March 31, all of CUNY has access to JSTOR Collection VIII, providing the full text of 88 journals, bringing the total of titles available to 1,420.  Newly available titles include Academe, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Comparative Literature Studies, English in Africa, For the Learning of Mathematics, International Journal of the Classical Tradition, Japanese . . . → Read More: New JSTOR Content

Electronic Books from ebrary

As of January 25, CUNY has access to 46,000 scholarly books in all disciplines from ebrary.  In addition to finding these books through author, title, subject, and keyword searches in the CUNY Catalog, it may be beneficial to browse ebrary directly to see what types of books are available.  For example, the 5,723 titles under . . . → Read More: Electronic Books from ebrary

Oxford Scholarship Online

As of November 17, the Graduate Center subscribes to Oxford Scholarship Online, providing the full text of hundreds of scholarly books published by Oxford University Press.  While the Graduate Center’s subscription allows access to abstracts of books in other disciplines, text is available for titles only in economics and finance, history, linguistics, literature, mathematics, music, . . . → Read More: Oxford Scholarship Online

EBSCO Multi-Database Search

Researchers may now simultaneously search all EBSCO databases to which the Graduate Center subscribes.  EBSCO Multi-Database Search includes Academic Search Premier, America: History and Life,  Business Source Premier, CINAHL, Communication and Mass Media Complete, EconLit, GreenFILE,  Health Source: Nursing, Historical Abstracts, Humanities International Complete, MasterFILE Premier, MEDLINE, Military and Government Collection, Philosopher’s Index, PsycARTICLES, PsycBOOKS, . . . → Read More: EBSCO Multi-Database Search

ARTstor

As of January 27, the Graduate Center subscribes to ARTstor, a database providing nearly one million images in the visual arts. In addition to scholars in art history, ARTstor should be of interest to students in anthropology, classics, history, literature, medieval studies, music, philosophy, renaissance studies, and theatre. Use the advanced search to limit searches . . . → Read More: ARTstor