New Databases

The Graduate Center has recently added the following resources.

American History in Video has over 1,600 hours of historical video from commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.

Filmmakers Library Online includes over 1,000 documentaries about race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal . . . → Read More: New Databases

New Web of Science Databases

The Graduate Center’s subscription to Web of Science has been expanded to include the following resources.

BIOSIS Citation Index indexes life sciences and biomedical research covering pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and more. Indexes journals, books, meetings, and patents from 1926 to present.

Book Citation Index: Science and Book Citation Index: . . . → Read More: New Web of Science Databases

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Society, offers over 1,500 residential and business directories, organization records, urban guidebooks, and similar historical documents.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

Register for Spring Webinars & Workshops

The Mina Rees Library will hold evening and afternoon webinars & workshops for GC students this Spring.Register here!

March Webinars Social Sciences Research, Wed, Mar 6, 6:00pm Humanities Research, Fri, Mar 15, 12:30pm Research in Health, Tue, Mar 19, 6:00pm Research in the Sciences, Fri, Mar 29, 12:30pm

Special Off-Site Collaborative March Workshop @ . . . → Read More: Register for Spring Webinars & Workshops

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

EndNote 6 for the Mac is now Available

EndNote 6 for the Mac is now available. To download, click here.  The Grad Center’s Student Tech Fee-sponsored subscription to Endnote ends December 31, 2012.

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EndNote 6 for Windows now Available

EndNote 6 for Windows is now available. To download, click here. Endnote 6 for Mac is expected shortly. The Grad Center’s Student Tech Fee-sponsored subscription to Endnote ends December 31, 2012.

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Digital National Security Archive Trial

The Graduate Center has a trial through October 25 to the Digital National Security Archive, a collection of 94,000 declassified government documents covering such topics as U.S. policy toward Afghanistan 1973-1990, the Berlin crisis 1958-1962, relations between China and the U.S. 1960-1998, the Cuban missile crisis, the Iran-Contra affair, and U.S. policy toward terrorism 1968-2002.

. . . → Read More: Digital National Security Archive Trial

Churchill Archive Trial

The Graduate Center has a trial through December 21 to the Churchill Archive, a collection of more than 800,000 Winston Churchill documents, including personal letters, official correspondence, speeches, telegrams, manuscripts, and government transcripts. The advanced search option allows searching by type of document and period. The resource may also be browsed by topic, people, place, . . . → Read More: Churchill Archive Trial

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