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 | Academic Search Complete   |
over 7,100 journals in all disciplines more info |
| | CUNY's primary full-text database. Full text of over 7,100 journals in all disciplines, with indexing for another 4,000 titles. Also includes the text of books, conference papers, conference proceedings, and educational reports. |
| | America: History & Life |
indexes over 1,700 journals more info |
| | Abstracts of articles and reviews from over 1,700 journals published since 1954. |
| | Annual Reviews |
all 38 titles more info |
| | Full text of 38 Annual Reviews in the social sciences, biomedical sciences, and physical sciences from 1996 to the present. Earlier years of the Annual Reviews of Anthropology, Ecology and Systematics, and Sociology are available from JSTOR. Earlier years of the Annual Reviews of Genetics and Psychology are available from Academic Search Premier. Earlier years of Annual Review of Microbiology are available from Health Reference Center. |
| | Associations Unlimited (not available remotely) |
international directory more info |
| | Detailed listings for over 150,000 associations and professional societies worldwide, including 22,500 in the United States. |
| | Biography Reference Bank |
550,000 biographies more info |
| | Biographical information about over 550,000 people. Includes 380,000 periodical articles and more than 36,000 images. Over 80,00 profiles from reference works published by Garland, Greenwood, Harvard University Press, Houghton Mifflin, Oryx, Oxford University Press, and H. W. Wilson. There are 5,000 biographies from the 2004 edition of the American National Biography. A complete list of such sources is available. |
| | Black Thought and Culture: African Americans from Colonial Times to the Present |
monographs, essays, etc. more info |
| | Over 100,000 pages of monographs, essays, speeches, letters, and interviews. The 1,100 figures covered, when the database is complete, will include James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, Ralph Bunche, Angela Davis, Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, Marcus Garvey, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Thurgood Marshall, Huey Newton, Jackie Robinson, Paul Robeson, Bobby Seale, Booker T. Washington, Cornel West, and Richard Wright. |
| | Chicago Manual of Style Online |
text of 15th ed. more info |
| | Electronic version of the style guide includes text of fifteenth edition, as well as quick guide, questions and answers, and additional tools. |
| | CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online |
46 international affairs journals more info |
| | Full text of recent issues of 46 international affairs journals, as well as case studies and working papers. Abstracts only for additional journals. Access from home requires registering for CIAO access while at the Graduate Center. |
| | Communication and Mass Media Complete |
over 325 journals more info |
| | Includes the full text of over 325 journals in communications and media, as well as citations from several hundred additional titles. To determine its usefulness for a wide range of topics in the humanities and social sciences, consult the publications list within the database. |
 | Congressional Data Page |
more info |
| | Links to various sites around the country that house data relevant to studies of Congress, legislatures in general. |
| | CQ Researcher |
reports on international affairs, etc. more info |
| | Full-text reports from 1991 to the present on education, the environment, health, international affairs, technology, the U.S. economy, and other political and social issues. Each 12,000-word report includes bibliographies, maps, tables, and pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions. |
| | Digital Dissertations/Abstracts and Full Text |
citations, abstracts, recent text more info |
| | Indexes two-million dissertations from over one-thousand institutions, with citations from 1861 through 1980 and abstracts since 1980. The digitized full text of most CUNY dissertations submitted to UMI since January 1997 is free for users within the Graduate Center and remote access. Most post-1997 dissertations from other institutions are also available from some institutions. To limit your search to CUNY dissertations, include sc(0046) in your search statement. Foreign dissertations can be searched in the Center for Research Libraries' Dissertations from Outside the U.S. and Canada Database, though this resource is no longer being updated. |
| | EconLit |
indexes 750 journals more info |
| | Bibliographic citations of articles from over 750 international journals from 1969 to the present and abstracts of many articles beginning with 1987. Some books, dissertations, conference proceedings, etc. are also indexed. |
| | Economist |
1843-2003 archive more info |
| | Historical archive of The Economist from 1843 to 2003. Search Journals for sources of recent issues. |
| | Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences |
first and second editions more info |
| | Complete text of first and second editions and all supplements. Revisions and new articles added quarterly. Use the Search This Title box to search only this resource. Use the Search Wiley InterScience to search it along with the Wiley journals to which the library has access. |
| | Europa: Gateway to the European Union |
more info |
| | Provides coverage of European Union affairs and information on European integration. Users can also consult all legislation currently in force or under discussion, access the websites of each of the EU institutions and find out about the policies administered by the European Union.
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| | Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST) |
more info |
| | Documented information from research institutes around the world. It covers areas in the field of international relations and security, such as hard facts on armed conflicts and peace keeping, arms production and trade, military expenditure, armed forces and conventional weapons holding, nuclear weapons, chronology, statistics and other reference data. |
| | Foreign Affairs Online |
more info |
| | Comprehensive Web site on international affairs. |
| | Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Collection from US Dept of State |
more info |
| | Declassified State Department and other agency documents. |
| | Global Issues in Context  |
trial ends Dec. 31 more info |
| | CUNY has a trial through December 31 to this resource for international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues. Each of these gateway pages includes an overview, articles by local experts, and reference, periodical, primary source, and statistical information. Includes video and interactive graphs. |
| | GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) |
trial ends Dec. 31 more info |
| | CUNY has a trial through December 31 to this resource focusing on the physical, social, and economic aspects of environmental issues. Topic, organization, and country portals form research centers around issues covering energy systems, health care, agriculture, climate change, population, and economic development. Portals include authoritative analysis, academic journals, news, case studies, legislation, conference proceedings, primary source documents, statistics, and rich multimedia. |
| | H-POL |
more info |
| | Scholarly discussion of American political history. |
| | Historical Abstracts |
indexes over 1,700 journals more info |
| | Indexes over 1,700 journals in fifty languages as well as dissertations and selected monographs from 1954 to the present. |
| | Index to Current Urban Documents |
guide to governmental reports more info |
| | Guide to the reports and research generated by local government agencies, civic organizations, academic and research organizations, public libraries, and metropolitan and regional planning agencies in approximately five-hundred selected cities in the United States and Canada. Over 2,400 documents indexed annually. |
| | Infoshare |
New York City demographics more info |
| | Demographic information about New York City drawn from city, state, and federal sources. Also includes some national statistics. Use the raw data to create customized tables. The information in Infoshare is supplemented by many free Web sites, including National Priorities Project Database, which provides a range of statistics relating to labor, poverty, and social programs by state. |
| | International Financial Statistics (IMF) |
IMF statistics more info |
| | Standard source of international statistics compiled by the International Monetary Fund on all aspects of international and domestic finance. It reports, for most countries of the world, current data needed in the analysis of problems of international payments and of inflation and deflation. The Web interface allows subscribers to browse the database, select series of interest, display the selected series in a spreadsheet format, and save the selected series for transfer to other software systems such as Excel. Subscription paid by Student Technology Fee. |
| | Interuniversity Consortium for Political & Social Research (ICPSR) |
social science data sets more info |
| | Social science data from the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. |
| | Journal Citation Reports |
Web of Science citation statistics more info |
| | The number of articles published in journals indexed by the Web of Science and the number of citations to individual journals. This information may be viewed by journal name, subject, publisher, and country or territory. Be sure to choose science or social sciences before selecting a subject. Statistics are available only for 2007. Data for 2008 is expected to become available in the summer of 2009. |
| | JSTOR |
814 scholarly journals more info |
| | The Arts and Sciences I-VII collections of JSTOR offer the full text of 814 scholarly journals in African studies, African-American studies, American Indian studies, anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art history, Asian studies, business, classical studies, ecology, economics, education, feminist and women's studies, film studies, finance, folklore, geography, history, history of science, language, Latin American studies, law, literature, mathematics, Middle East studies, music, performing arts, philosophy, political science, population studies, psychology, public policy and administration, religion, Slavic studies, sociology, and statistics. (Science titles are available at Hunter, Medgar Evers, New York Tech, and Staten Island, additional business titles at Baruch, Hunter, and Queens.) These JSTOR collections will include 982 titles by the end of 2010. Coverage begins with the first issue of each journal and continues through varying periods within the last five years. Click here for a list of the journals by subject and the available dates. Click
here for an alphabetical list. To establish links to JSTOR articles, click here. JSTOR online help. |
| | Latin American and Caribbean Government Documents Project |
more info |
| | Organizes and describes the many Latin American and Caribbean official documents with links to the documents on the Internet. |
| | Law Library Microfilm Collection |
legal documents more info |
| | Digitized versions of thousands of legal documents, mostly from government sources. These materials should be of particular interest to researchers in history, political science, and sociology. |
| | LexisNexis |
news, business, legal, and medical database more info |
| | Full-text news, business, legal, and medical database with access to over 12,000 sources. Offers 1,639 news sources from around the world, including most of the world's major English-language newspapers, including The New York Times since June 1, 1980, and Chronicle of Higher Education since September 1997. It also includes many non-English language newspaper titles, as well as scholarly journals, trade journals, popular magazines, sources for legislation statues and codes, scientific and medical publications, and news blogs. |
| | Making of the Modern World |
economics texts 1450-1905 more info |
| | The Making of the Modern World: The Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature covers economics, banking, finance, transportation, manufacturing, history, political science, and sociology and includes the text of 61,000 books published during 1460-1850 as well as 466 pre-1906 serials. |
| | Military & Government Collection |
300 military publications more info |
| | Full text of nearly 300 military and general-interest publications as well as indexing and abstracting for an additional 400 titles. Also includes full text of 245 pamphlets. |
| | Multi-Database Search |
search all CUNY-wide electronic resources simultaneously more info |
| | This resource allows the simultaneous searching of the full-text and bibliographic databases to which all of CUNY subscribes,as well as the CUNY+ Online Catalog and all EBSCO databases to which the Graduate Center subscribes. It does not include the non-EBSCO resources to which the Graduate Center subscribes independently of CUNY. |
| | NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research |
professors' working papers more info |
| | Full text of working papers by over 500 professors. After selecting a title, click on Information for subscribers and others expecting no-cost downloads, and enter your CUNY e-mail address in the form. Access only for those with CUNY e-mail addresses. |
| | New York Times Full Text |
1851-2006 more info |
| | Actual page images from 1851 through 2006. The coverage for more recent years will become available later. When the results of a search are displayed, you have three retrieval options: 1. bibliographic citation and abstract; 2. article image (retrieved with Adobe Acrobat Reader); 3. page map, displaying the entire page on which the article appears. The full text of the Times since June 1, 1980, is available from Lexis-Nexis. |
| | NYCdata |
more info |
| | Demographic, political, financial, and cultural information. |
| | Opposing Viewpoints |
social-issues sources more info |
| | Social-issues information from newspaper and magazine articles, Gale reference sources, government and organizational statistics, primary documents, and over 1,800 annotated Web sites. |
| | Oxford Scholarship Online |
text of scholarly books in humanities and social sciences more info |
| | Text of hundreds of Oxford University Press books in economics and finance, history, linguistics, literature, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, and psychology. |
| | PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service International) |
public-policy citations more info |
| | Bibliographic citations from journals, books, government documents, and additional sources dealing with public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general from 1915 to the present. |
| | PAIS Archive |
citations beginning 1915 more info |
| | Bibliographic citations from journals, books, government documents, and additional sources dealing with public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general from 1915 to the present. |
| | ProQuest Platinum Periodicals |
1,509 periodicals more info |
| | Full text of 1,509 periodicals in all disciplines. A title list is available. |
| | ProQuest Reference |
3 reference works more info |
| | Includes Occupational Outlook Handbook from 1998 to the present, Ethnic Cultures of America (1997), and The World Factbook (1998). |
| | SAGE Political Science Collection |
29 journals since 1890 more info |
| | Full text of 29 SAGE political science journals from 1890 to the present. |
| | SAGE Premier |
510 SAGE Journals more info |
| | Full text of 510 SAGE journals in the social sciences, sciences, humanities, technology, and medicine. |
| | SAGE Sociology Collection |
37 journals since 1952 more info |
| | Full text of 37 SAGE sociology journals from 1952 to the present. |
| | Scopus |
science & social science index more info |
| | Abstract and citation database indexes 15,000 international peer-reviewed journals in the social sciences, sciences, and medicine from 1996 to the present. A more detailed description is available, as is a very helpful tutorial. |
| | Social Sciences Citation Index |
cited references since 1990 more info |
| | Bibliographic citation, abstract, cited references, and times cited. These records are for articles in major social science journals from 1975 to the present. To search only this portion of Web of Science, scroll to bottom of search screen and check only Social Sciences Citation Index. Scopus is a similar citation index. |
| | Social Sciences Full Text |
indexes articles since 1983 more info |
| | Indexes English-language periodicals in the social sciences from 1983 to the present. Includes abstracts for articles published beginning January 1994. Includes full text from 250 periodicals. |
| | Urban Studies Abstracts |
article abstracts since 1973 more info |
| | Biographic records in community development, urban affairs, urban history, and related areas from 1973 to the present. |
| | Web of Science |
cited references in all disciplines more info |
| | The Graduate Center subscribes to the full run of Web of Science, covering the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. After performing a search, click the Web of Science button for a complete record, which includes a bibliographic citation, abstract, cited references, and times cited. |
| | Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 |
primary sources more info |
| | Offers over 72,000 pages of documents and 800 images from the State Commissions on the Status of Women, with approximately 5,000 pages to be added annually. Also included is the first three volumes of Harvard University Press's Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, with the remaining volumes to be added in 2009-2010. |
| | World Data Analyst |
statistical profiles of 200 countries more info |
| | Statistical profiles of over 200 countries. |
| | World Development Indicators (WDI) Online |
more than 700 development indicators more info |
| | Data source on the global economy, containing statistical data for over 700 development indicators and time series data for 226 economies. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. Results can be scaled, charted, and mapped. Data can also be exported into other standard formats such as Excel. Subscription paid by Student Technology Fee. |
| | WorldCat (FirstSearch) |
holdings of thousands of libraries; make ILL requests through Find it! more info |
| | Holdings of thousands of American and international libraries. Make ILL requests with the Find it! button. Searchable in English, French, and Spanish. See a document guide or online tutorial to the database. See also the freely accessible version of WorldCat. |
| | Worldwide Political Science Abstracts |
indexes 1,500 journals more info |
| | Provides citations of articles in political science, international relations, international law, public administration, public policy, and related topics from 1975 to the present. It indexes over 1,500 titles, 67% of which are from outside the United States. Almost 500,000 records are included, with 20,000 more added annually. |
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| | Bureau of Labor Statistics |
more info |
| | The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. |
| | Docuticker |
more info |
| | Reports from government agencies and ngo's. |
| | FedStats |
more info |
| | FedStats provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government without having to know in advance which Federal agency produces which particular statistic. With convenient searching and linking capablilties to more than 100 agencies that provide data and trend information on such topics as economic and population trends, crime, education, health care, aviation safety, energy use, farm production and more, FedStats is your one location for access to the full breadth of Federal statistical information. |
| | Google U.S. Government Search |
more info |
| | Government Document Search Engine.
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| | Government Document Center (Univ. of Michigan) |
more info |
| | The Documents Center is a central reference and referral point for government information, whether local, state, federal, foreign or international. Its web pages are a reference and instructional tool for government, political science, statistical data, and news. |
| | Government Information at NYPL (SIBL) |
more info |
| | Government information in all formats and at all levels (Federal, State, Local, International Organizations and Countries) is available at or through the Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL): |
| | International Documents Collection |
more info |
| | The International Document Collection contains useful material for researchers of global issues. (Northwestern Univ. Library) |
| | National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Books |
more info |
| | National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Books provide online access to critical declassified records on issues including U.S. national security, foreign policy, diplomatic and military history, intelligence policy, and more. |
| | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
more info |
| | UNHCR website. |
| | United Nations Official Document System |
more info |
| | Covers all types of official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993. |
| | United Nations Official Documents System (ODS) |
more info |
| | Full-text repository of official documents published by the U.N. Available at NYPL-SIBL. |
| | United Nations Treaty Series |
more info |
| | Collection of over 34,000 treaties and international agreements registered or filed and recorded with and published by the Secretariat since 1946.
Available at NYPL-SIBL
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| | Annenberg Political Fact Check |
more info |
| | Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. |
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| | American Political Science Association |
more info |
| | Leading professional organization for the study of political science. |
| | Brookings Institution |
more info |
| | Nonprofit public policy organization based. |
| | Center for Democracy and Technology |
more info |
| | The Center for Democracy and Technology works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age. |
| | Center for Strategic & International Studies |
more info |
| | At a time of new global opportunities and challenges, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) provides strategic insights and policy solutions to decisionmakers in government, international institutions, the private sector, and civil society. |
| | Council on Foreign Relations |
more info |
| | Providing up-to-date information and analysis about world events and American foreign policy. |
| | Political Studies Association of the U.K. |
more info |
| | The leading Association in its field in the UK, with an international membership including academics in political science and current affairs, theorists and practitioners, policy makers, researchers and students in higher education. |
| | RAND |
more info |
| | RAND conducts research and provides analysis to address challenges that face the United States and the world in areas including International Affairs and National Security.
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| | World Policy Institute |
more info |
| | The World Policy Institute, a non-partisan source of informed policy leadership for more than four decades, develops and champions innovative policies that require a progressive and global point of view. |
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| | Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy: Avalon Project at Yale Law School |
more info |
| | Digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. |
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| | Chronology of US Historical Documents |
more info |
| | US Historical Documents |
| | Gallup Organization |
more info |
| | Gallup polling information |
| | Immigration Data Hub |
more info |
| | Provides access to the latest immigration statistics, maps, and numbers for the United States and other countries. |
| | International Affairs Resources |
more info |
| | Directory of links to sources of information and analysis in international affairs, international studies, and international relations topics. |
| | Migration Information Source |
more info |
| | Analysis of international migration and refugee trends offering data on the movement of people worldwide. |
| | Political Database of the Americas |
more info |
| | Information about institutions and political processes, national constitutions, branches of government, elections, political constitutional studies and other subjects related to Latin America. |
| | PollingReport.com |
more info |
| | An independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion.
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| | Roper Center for Public Opinion Research |
more info |
| | The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is one of the world's leading archives of social science data, specializing in data from surveys of public opinion. |
| | Terrorism Research Center |
more info |
| | Independent institute dedicated to the research of terrorism, information warfare and security, critical infrastructure protection, homeland security, and other issues of low-intensity political violence and gray-area phenomena.
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