New Database Trials

The Graduate Center has a trial through May 31 to Gateway to North America: People, Places,and Organizations of 19th Century New York. This resource, drawn from the collections of the New York Historical Society, offers over 1,500 residential and business directories, organization records, urban guidebooks, and similar historical documents. There are also trials through May . . . → Read More: New Database Trials

Early European Books Online

This trial has ended.

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Nineteenth Century British Library Newspapers

As of March 27, the Graduate Center subscribes to Nineteenth Century British Library Newspapers. This database includes complete runs of 48 newspapers, as well as partial runs of 131 more, specially selected by the British Library to best represent nineteenth-century Britain. Includes national and regional newspapers, as well as those from both established country or . . . → Read More: Nineteenth Century British Library Newspapers

Spring Break Workshops

Join the Mina Rees Library this week with Spring Break workshops:

Tuesday, March 26th, 6pm Research in Health WebinarTo join the webinar, click this link and ‘Enter as Guest’ This 30 minute webinar will provide an overview of several resources that will help students find information from books, journals, and dissertations. Registration is suggested but not required. Wednesday, March 27, . . . → Read More: Spring Break Workshops

Humanities Research Resources Webinar- Fri. 3/15, 12.30 pm

This 30 minute webinar will provide an overview of several primary and secondary resources useful for research in the humanities including newspaper, ebook, and dissertation databases. Several full text journal databases will be discussed as well. Registration is suggested but not required

The webinar will take place on Friday, March 15 at 12.30 p.m.  to join . . . → Read More: Humanities Research Resources Webinar- Fri. 3/15, 12.30 pm

Orientation to Resources at the NYPL 2/27

The New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at 42nd St. and 5th Ave. is an historical research library to which Graduate Center scholars have full and complete access. Books and specialized periodicals in the Library’s general collection support research in both American and European history, anthropology, political science, and other research interests in . . . → Read More: Orientation to Resources at the NYPL 2/27

Complete Oxford Handbooks Trial

The Graduate Center subscribes to the business and management, philosophy, political science, and religion portions of Oxford Handbooks Online but has a trial through March 6 to the complete database, including the sections on archaeology, classical studies, criminology and criminal justice, economics and finance, history, law, linguistics, literature, music, and psychology. Cambridge Companions Online and . . . → Read More: Complete Oxford Handbooks Trial

Orientation to Resources at the NYPL 2/27 & 3/27

The New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at 42nd St. and 5th Ave. is an historical research library to which Graduate Center scholars have full and complete access. Books and specialized periodicals in the Library’s general collection support research in both American and European history, anthropology, political science, and other research interests in . . . → Read More: Orientation to Resources at the NYPL 2/27 & 3/27

Silent Film Online

The Graduate Center has a trial through October 13 to Silent Film Online, offering 251 titles, including Battleship Potemkin, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The General, Intolerance, Metropolis, and Nosferatu.

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New Databases

As of July 2 the Graduate Center has access to several new electronic resources. The 17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers represents the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media, charting the development of newspapers, the free press, and the concept of news and totaling almost one-million pages and approximately 1,270 titles. National . . . → Read More: New Databases