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Agricultural Sciences

Academic Search Complete - Over 5,500 full-text periodicals, including over 4,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition it indexes and abstracts over 10,000 publications including journals, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. The database features PDF content back to 1865, and searchable cited references for nearly 1,000 titles. It covers a wide range of subjects including animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, multicultural studies, food science and technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion and theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and more. Type: Full text, indexes and abstracts.


Biological Abstracts - Biological Abstracts focuses on the life sciences. BIOSIS monitors more than 5,000 international journals to ensure that virtually every life science topic is covered, including aquaculture, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, ecology, the environment, microbiology, neurophysiology, pathology, veterinary medicine, pharmacology, public health and toxicology. Type: Abstracts, some full text.


Biological Sciences - Abstracts and indexes to scientific and technical research literature in the biological sciences. Type: Indexing and abstracts.


BioOne - BioOne is full-text bioscience research journal database created by a collaboration between scientific societies, libraries, academe and the private sector. Most of BioOne's titles are published by small societies and non-commercial publishers and contain information on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences. Type: Full text.


ScienceDirect - A database for scientific research that contains more than 1,800 Elsevier Science journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences for the past four years. (See http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/licensing/additional/freedom/ for a list of specific titles.)As a starting point for the research process, and to expand the literature coverage beyond Elsevier Science journals, ScienceDirect also contains abstracts from the core journals in the major scientific disciplines. Type: Full text.


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Anthropology and Archaeology

Academic Search Complete - Over 5,500 full-text periodicals, including over 4,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition it indexes and abstracts over 10,000 publications including journals, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. The database features PDF content back to 1865, and searchable cited references for nearly 1,000 titles. It covers a wide range of subjects including animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, multicultural studies, food science and technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion and theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and more. Type: Full text, indexes and abstracts.


America: History and Life - This database contains abstracts from 2,000+ journals (from 1964 forward), providing historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes fulltext linking to matching Oxford University Press and Project Muse journals. Type: Abstracts and some full text.


America's Newspapers: New York - Full text coverage of a wide range of New York State newspapers from Albany, Batavia, Binghamton, Buffalo, Elmira, Ithaca, Lewisboro, Long Island, New York City, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Saratoga, Suffolk county, Syracuse, Troy, Utica, Watertown, and Westchester county.

Titles include the Buffalo News, Ithaca Journal, Journal News (Westchester), Newsday, Times Union (Albany), New York Times, Poughkeepsie Journal, Observer-Dispatch (Utica), Post Standard (Syracuse), Press & Sun Bulletin (Binghamton), Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, and more. Dates of coverage vary with the newspaper. Type: Full text.


Anthropology Plus - Contains two major anthropology indexes from the late 1800s to present in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology; ethnology, archaeology, folklore, and material culture; and interdisciplinary studies. Other subjects include art history, demography, economics, genetics, geography, geology, history, religion, and sociology. Type: index only.


AnthroSource - AnthroSource contains a retrospective archive of peer-reviewed journals, newsletters, and bulletins published by the American Anthropological Association - over 100 years of published scholarly research across approximately 31 publications. Type: Abstracts.


Biological Sciences - Abstracts and indexes to scientific and technical research literature in the biological sciences. Type: Indexing and abstracts.


GeoRef - Geology of North America (1785 on) and for the rest of the world (1933 on). Type: Indexing and abstracts.


Historical Newspapers - Proquest Historical Newspapers is a digital archive for leading newspapers in North America. The New York Times, the newspaper of record for the United States, is currently available, from its first issue in December 1851 through December 2004. Users can search and view article images and full page images, page through issues, and search by a variety of methods. Type: Full text.


JSTOR - Arts and Sciences Collection - The Arts and Sciences collections I, II, III and IV contain more than 240 titles in over forty disciplines. Topics include anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art, business education, geography, history, language & literature, law, mathematics, music, performing Arts, philosophy, political science, psychology, public policy, religion, sociology and more. Most issues appear three to five years after publication. For a full listing of journals go to www.jstor.org/about/collection.list.html. Type: Full text.


JSTOR - Sciences (Biology, Ecology and Health and General Science) - Contains full text from extensive back files of scholarly journals related to biological sciences, including ecology and botany, and health and general sciences, including nursing and epidemiology. Starting dates vary, but some go back to the 19th century. Most issues appear 3-5 years after publication. A list of the journals in this collection can be found at the http://www.jstor.org/about/biosci.list.html. Type: Full text.


Oxford Reference Online CORE - Oxford Reference Online contains approximately 100 reference books and dictionaries in a wide variety of fields including art, language, general reference, law, performing arts, history, politics, science, and medicine. Type: Full text.


Project Muse - Project Muse was established by John Hopkins University Press to provide digital access to journals. It provides online, worldwide access to the full text of over 100 scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, mathematics and social sciences. Type: Full text.


ScienceDirect - A database for scientific research that contains more than 1,800 Elsevier Science journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences for the past four years. (See http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/licensing/additional/freedom/ for a list of specific titles.)As a starting point for the research process, and to expand the literature coverage beyond Elsevier Science journals, ScienceDirect also contains abstracts from the core journals in the major scientific disciplines. Type: Full text.


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Art and Architecture

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals - Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals indexes the current periodical literature of architecture and design. It covers the international scholarly and popular literature, as well as the publications of professional associations, US state and regional periodicals, and major serial publications in the architecture and design of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. Type: Index.


JSTOR - Arts and Sciences Collection - The Arts and Sciences collections I, II, III and IV contain more than 240 titles in over forty disciplines. Topics include anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art, business education, geography, history, language & literature, law, mathematics, music, performing Arts, philosophy, political science, psychology, public policy, religion, sociology and more. Most issues appear three to five years after publication. For a full listing of journals go to www.jstor.org/about/collection.list.html. Type: Full text.


Project Muse - Project Muse was established by John Hopkins University Press to provide digital access to journals. It provides online, worldwide access to the full text of over 100 scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, mathematics and social sciences. Type: Full text.


Scipio: Art & Rare Book Sales Catalogs - SCIPIO is a union catalog of auction catalog records covering art and rare book auction sales catalogs from the late 16th century to upcoming auctions. Records contain information on dates and places of sale, catalog title, the auction house, sellers, institutional holdings, and titles of works. Both North American and European auction houses and some private sales are included. SCIPIO provides bibliographic access to sources of art objects and rare books, the history of collecting, and contemporary and historical market trends. Type: Index.


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Biography

African American Experience - African American history and culture is broken into topics such as history, biography, literature, arts, culture, business, civil rights, politics, sports, education, science, and more. Books, documents, WPA slave narratives, encyclopedia articles, and audio clips are some of the document types included. Type: Full text.


Biographies Plus Illustrated - 72,000+ biographies and obituaries and 20,000+ photographs. Many of the biographies are enhanced with full text, abstracts, and citations from H. W. Wilson databases. It includes the full text of the articles from Current Biography and the World Author Series. Type: Citations, abstracts, and some full text.


Biography and Genealogy Master Index - Citations for over 12 million entries for current and historical persons. Refer to the source cited for the biographical entry. [Note: Search various forms of a name to retrieve all possible records.] Type: Citations.


Oxford Reference Online CORE - Oxford Reference Online contains approximately 100 reference books and dictionaries in a wide variety of fields including art, language, general reference, law, performing arts, history, politics, science, and medicine. Type: Full text.


Twayne Authors Series - World, English, and US Authors - Contains the full text of the Twayne Literary Masters books which provide biographical and literary criticism information on a wide variety of World, US, or English authors. Type: Full text.


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Biological Sciences

Academic Search Complete - Over 5,500 full-text periodicals, including over 4,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition it indexes and abstracts over 10,000 publications including journals, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. The database features PDF content back to 1865, and searchable cited references for nearly 1,000 titles. It covers a wide range of subjects including animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, multicultural studies, food science and technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion and theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and more. Type: Full text, indexes and abstracts.


Biological Abstracts - Biological Abstracts focuses on the life sciences. BIOSIS monitors more than 5,000 international journals to ensure that virtually every life science topic is covered, including aquaculture, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, ecology, the environment, microbiology, neurophysiology, pathology, veterinary medicine, pharmacology, public health and toxicology. Type: Abstracts, some full text.


Biological Sciences - Abstracts and indexes to scientific and technical research literature in the biological sciences. Type: Indexing and abstracts.


BioOne - BioOne is full-text bioscience research journal database created by a collaboration between scientific societies, libraries, academe and the private sector. Most of BioOne's titles are published by small societies and non-commercial publishers and contain information on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences. Type: Full text.


CSA - Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) publishes abstracts and indexes to scientific and technical research literature. The Library subscribes to the GeoRef, Biological Sciences, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management, and PAIS. CSA maintains a search help site. Type: Indexing and abstracts.


JSTOR - Sciences (Biology, Ecology and Health and General Science) - Contains full text from extensive back files of scholarly journals related to biological sciences, including ecology and botany, and health and general sciences, including nursing and epidemiology. Starting dates vary, but some go back to the 19th century. Most issues appear 3-5 years after publication. A list of the journals in this collection can be found at the http://www.jstor.org/about/biosci.list.html. Type: Full text.


MEDLINE - MEDLINE 1966+. The U.S. National Library of Medicine's database of citations and abstracts to journal articles. Covers medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and much more. Type: Citations and abstracts.


NTIS - 1964+. Abstracts. Compiled by the U.S. National Technical Information Service, this database contains over 700,000 summaries of government-sponsored research in many topics including agriculture, business, communication, energy, engineering, environment, medicine, science, and much more. Type: Abstracts.


Oxford Reference Online CORE - Oxford Reference Online contains approximately 100 reference books and dictionaries in a wide variety of fields including art, language, general reference, law, performing arts, history, politics, science, and medicine. Type: Full text.


ScienceDirect - A database for scientific research that contains more than 1,800 Elsevier Science journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences for the past four years. (See http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/licensing/additional/freedom/ for a list of specific titles.)As a starting point for the research process, and to expand the literature coverage beyond Elsevier Science journals, ScienceDirect also contains abstracts from the core journals in the major scientific disciplines. Type: Full text.


Springer Protocols - Provides individual sets of instructions to allow scientists to recreate experiments in their own laboratory. Provides predefined written procedural methods in the design and implementation of experiments that describe safety, statistical methods, bias, reporting, procedural, and troubleshooting standards. Type: Full text.


Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide - Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide indexes the literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. All aspects of wildlife and wildlife management are covered. Publications are searched on topics such as fisheries, wildlife, zoology, aquaculture, and veterinary medicine. Federal documents, cd-roms, books, obituaries, dissertations, and technical reports are some of the document types included. Type: Citations and abstracts.


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Business

ABI/INFORM Dateline - North American business periodicals from 800 sources provide information on advertising, economics, human resources, finance, marketing, computers and more. In addition, there is information on over 60,000 companies. Part of ABI/Inform Complete. Type: Citations and abstracts.


ABI/INFORM Global - A database that covers business, finance and economics, ABI/INFORM Global contains journals (including the Wall Street Journal) and company profiles, providing a comprehensive way to explore and understand business research topics. Nearly 1800 worldwide business periodicals provide in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. There is also information on 60,000 + companies with business and executive profiles. Part of ABI/INFORM Complete. Type: Full text.


ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry - More than 750 business periodicals and newsletters with a trade or industry focus. Provides users with the latest industry news, product and competitive information, marketing trends, and a wide variety of other topics. Contains publications on every major industry, including finance, insurance, transportation, construction, and many more. Type: Full text.


Academic Search Complete - Over 5,500 full-text periodicals, including over 4,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition it indexes and abstracts over 10,000 publications including journals, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. The database features PDF content back to 1865, and searchable cited references for nearly 1,000 titles. It covers a wide range of subjects including animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, multicultural studies, food science and technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion and theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and more. Type: Full text, indexes and abstracts.


America: History and Life - This database contains abstracts from 2,000+ journals (from 1964 forward), providing historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes fulltext linking to matching Oxford University Press and Project Muse journals. Type: Abstracts and some full text.


America's Historical Newspapers - Early American newspapers published between 1690 and 1922, including titles from all 50 present states. The over 150 New York newspaper selections include newspapers from Albany, Ballston Spa, Cooperstown, Hudson, Ithaca, New York City, Rochester, Schenectady, Sing-Sing, Troy, and Utica. (PDF option available on view screen.) Files may be saved as Adobe Acrobat files. Type: Full text.


America's Newspapers: New York - Full text coverage of a wide range of New York State newspapers from Albany, Batavia, Binghamton, Buffalo, Elmira, Ithaca, Lewisboro, Long Island, New York City, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Saratoga, Suffolk county, Syracuse, Troy, Utica, Watertown, and Westchester county.

Titles include the Buffalo News, Ithaca Journal, Journal News (Westchester), Newsday, Times Union (Albany), New York Times, Poughkeepsie Journal, Observer-Dispatch (Utica), Post Standard (Syracuse), Press & Sun Bulletin (Binghamton), Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, and more. Dates of coverage vary with the newspaper. Type: Full text.


Big Online America - Big Online contains information on the largest private and public foundations, grants from US government agencies, and Canadian foundations, Canadian government grants, and Canadian corporate donors. Contains information about the foundation's history, directors, and a link to the 990 form. Type: Directory.


Business & Company ASAP - Contains full text articles on companies, markets and industries including market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews. Included are business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles with full text and images. Coverage is from 1980 to the present. Type: Full text (mostly).


Business & Company Resource Center - Includes company profiles, brand information, company histories, financial reports, periodical articles, and links to relevant Web sites. Type: Full text.


CCH Human Resources Management Network - Covers all aspects of human resources management, including wages, hours, taxation (state and federal), benefits, laws, OSHA regulations, pension, and compensation information. Also includes BenefitsAnswersNow and HRAnswersNow. Type: Full text.


CCH Internet Tax Research Network - Federal and New York State tax information. Includes Internal Revenue Code, Federal Tax Regulations, some journals, state laws and regulations, practice aids, commentaries and more. Type: Full text.


CorpTech Online Directory - A comprehensive source of information available today on 50,000 U.S. high technology manufacturing companies. It contains detailed profiles on public and private manufacturers and developers of technology products including smaller, privately held companies. Seventeen high tech industries are covered, from factory automation to biotech, computers to pharmaceuticals, and defense to environmental. Type: Directory.


EconLit - EconLit indexes economics and finance literature from around the world contained in journal articles, books, book reviews, collective volume articles, working papers and dissertations. Full text is included for many journals including: American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Literature, and Journal of Economic Perspectives. Type: Indexing, abstracts, full text.


Health & Wellness Resource Center - This database contains articles from medical publications, articles from general interest publications on medical topics, medical pamphlets, health organization directory, a medical encyclopedia, health news links, drug and herb information, a medical dictionary, alternative health encyclopedia, health assessment tools, and links to Internet sources. Type: Full text.


InfoTrac Custom Newspapers - This full text newspaper database has seven New York Newspapers, including the New York Times from 1985 on, and over fifty national and international newspapers. Type: Full text.


JSTOR - Arts and Sciences Collection - The Arts and Sciences collections I, II, III and IV contain more than 240 titles in over forty disciplines. Topics include anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art, business education, geography, history, language & literature, law, mathematics, music, performing Arts, philosophy, political science, psychology, public policy, religion, sociology and more. Most issues appear three to five years after publication. For a full listing of journals go to www.jstor.org/about/collection.list.html. Type: Full text.


Mergent BondViewer - Mergent BondViewer offers a wide range of up-to-date information on municipal and corporate bonds including ratings from Moody's, Standard and Poor's and Fitch. It has advanced search capabilities by company and industry and allows the creation of customized reports. Type: Full text.


Mergent Online - The successor to the Moodys Manual series, Mergent Online provides a wealth of financial and directory-type information. For global public companies it includes up to 15 years of customizable financial statement data, company histories, Moodys debt ratings and much more. Information on over 1,000,000 private companies worldwide is included in a Dun & Bradstreet component. A report builder function allows customizable analysis of the data. Type: Full text, directory.


National Newspaper Index - Provides indexing of America's top five newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. Dates covered are 1977 to present. Type: Indexing only.


New York State Newspapers - A subset of InfoTrac Custom Newspapers, this database includes the following seven full-text newspapers from around New York State: Buffalo News, New York Times (from 1985 on), New York Post, New York Observer, Syracuse Herald American, Syracuse Herald-Journal, and Post-Standard (Syracuse). Type: Full text.


New York Times - Historical - A digital archive for The New York Times, the newspaper of record for the United States, is currently available, from its first issue in 1851 through 2004. Users can search and view article images and full page images, page through issues, and search by a variety of methods. Type: Full text.


Newsbank - Online service that includes access to the following databases: America's Newspapers: New York and America's Historical Newspapers (1690 - 1922). Note: While America's Newspapers: New York only provides access to New York state newspapers, America's Historical Newspapers includes early American newspapers published in all 50 present states, including over 150 New York newspapers from Albany, Ballston Spa, Cooperstown, Hudson, Ithaca, New York City, Rochester, Schenectady, Sing-Sing, Troy, Utica and more. Type: Full text.


NTIS - 1964+. Abstracts. Compiled by the U.S. National Technical Information Service, this database contains over 700,000 summaries of government-sponsored research in many topics including agriculture, business, communication, energy, engineering, environment, medicine, science, and much more. Type: Abstracts.


Oxford Reference Online CORE - Oxford Reference Online contains approximately 100 reference books and dictionaries in a wide variety of fields including art, language, general reference, law, performing arts, history, politics, science, and medicine. Type: Full text.


PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service) - Indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories related to public affairs. Type: Indexing and abstracts.


Project Muse - Project Muse was established by John Hopkins University Press to provide digital access to journals. It provides online, worldwide access to the full text of over 100 scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, mathematics and social sciences. Type: Full text.


Readers Guide Full Text 1983-present - Contains comprehensive indexing and abstracting of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada, plus the full text of selected periodicals. Full-text coverage begins in January 1994 for most titles. Type: Indexing and abstracting, some full text (1994 on).


Readers Guide Retrospective - This database contains comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America. Phase One coverage includes the years 1969 through 1982. (The complete database will cover the years 1890 through 1982.) Type: Indexing.


Reference USA - Directory information, SIC codes, credit ratings, and number of employees for U.S. businesses and organizations, as well as telephone directory information for individuals. Type: Telephone directory information.


Statistical Universe - Indexes and provides full text links to documents contained in American Statistics Index (ASI), Statistical Reference Index (SRI), Index to International Statistics (IIS). Sources covered include government agencies, associations, and international associations. Type: Indexing and full text.


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Education

Academic Search Complete - Over 5,500 full-text periodicals, including over 4,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition it indexes and abstracts over 10,000 publications including journals, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. The database features PDF content back to 1865, and searchable cited references for nearly 1,000 titles. It covers a wide range of subjects including animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, multicultural studies, food science and technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion and theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and more. Type: Full text, indexes and abstracts.


Education Full Text - 6/83-Present, Abstracts since 1/94 Fulltext since 1/96. Indexes and abstracts articles of at least one column in length from English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the United States and elsewhere. English-language books relating to education published in 1995 or later are also indexed. Type: Indexing (1983 on); abstracts (Jan. 1994 on); some full text (Jan. 1996 on).


ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) - Indexing/abstracts of education (and related) journals, and research/technical reports from 1966 on. Selected full text of thousands of ERIC digests. U.S. Department of Education. Type: Full text for ERIC Digests and some articles.


JSTOR - Arts and Sciences Collection - The Arts and Sciences collections I, II, III and IV contain more than 240 titles in over forty disciplines. Topics include anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art, business education, geography, history, language & literature, law, mathematics, music, performing Arts, philosophy, political science, psychology, public policy, religion, sociology and more. Most issues appear three to five years after publication. For a full listing of journals go to www.jstor.org/about/collection.list.html. Type: Full text.


Project Muse - Project Muse was established by John Hopkins University Press to provide digital access to journals. It provides online, worldwide access to the full text of over 100 scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, mathematics and social sciences. Type: Full text.


Readers Guide Full Text 1983-present - Contains comprehensive indexing and abstracting of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada, plus the full text of selected periodicals. Full-text coverage begins in January 1994 for most titles. Type: Indexing and abstracting, some full text (1994 on).


Readers Guide Retrospective - This database contains comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America. Phase One coverage includes the years 1969 through 1982. (The complete database will cover the years 1890 through 1982.) Type: Indexing.


ScienceDirect - A database for scientific research that contains more than 1,800 Elsevier Science journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences for the past four years. (See http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/licensing/additional/freedom/ for a list of specific titles.)As a starting point for the research process, and to expand the literature coverage beyond Elsevier Science journals, ScienceDirect also contains abstracts from the core journals in the major scientific disciplines. Type: Full text.


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Environmental Science and Ecology

Academic Search Complete - Over 5,500 full-text periodicals, including over 4,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition it indexes and abstracts over 10,000 publications including journals, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. The database features PDF content back to 1865, and searchable cited references for nearly 1,000 titles. It covers a wide range of subjects including animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, multicultural studies, food science and technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion and theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and more. Type: Full text, indexes and abstracts.


Biological Abstracts - Biological Abstracts focuses on the life sciences. BIOSIS monitors more than 5,000 international journals to ensure that virtually every life science topic is covered, including aquaculture, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, ecology, the environment, microbiology, neurophysiology, pathology, veterinary medicine, pharmacology, public health and toxicology. Type: Abstracts, some full text.


Biological Sciences - Abstracts and indexes to scientific and technical research literature in the biological sciences. Type: Indexing and abstracts.


BioOne - BioOne is full-text bioscience research journal database created by a collaboration between scientific societies, libraries, academe and the private sector. Most of BioOne's titles are published by small societies and non-commercial publishers and contain information on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences. Type: Full text.


CSA - Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) publishes abstracts and indexes to scientific and technical research literature. The Library subscribes to the GeoRef, Biological Sciences, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management, and PAIS. CSA maintains a search help site. Type: Indexing and abstracts.


Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management 1981- - This database provides comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences from over 4000 scientific journals and thousands of other sources. Citations for articles from environmental science journals, includes: Agricultural & Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts, Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality, Ecology Abstracts, EIS ; Digests of Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental Engineering Abstracts, Health & Safety Science Abstracts, Microbiology Abstracts -Section A: Insdustrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts - section B: Bacteriology Pollution Abstracts, Toxicology Abstracts, Water Resources Abstracts.


GeoRef - Geology of North America (1785 on) and for the rest of the world (1933 on). Type: Indexing and abstracts.


JSTOR - Sciences (Biology, Ecology and Health and General Science) - Contains full text from extensive back files of scholarly journals related to biological sciences, including ecology and botany, and health and general sciences, including nursing and epidemiology. Starting dates vary, but some go back to the 19th century. Most issues appear 3-5 years after publication. A list of the journals in this collection can be found at the http://www.jstor.org/about/biosci.list.html. Type: Full text.


ScienceDirect - A database for scientific research that contains more than 1,800 Elsevier Science journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences for the past four years. (See http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/licensing/additional/freedom/ for a list of specific titles.)As a starting point for the research process, and to expand the literature coverage beyond Elsevier Science journals, ScienceDirect also contains abstracts from the core journals in the major scientific disciplines. Type: Full text.


Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide - Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide indexes the literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. All aspects of wildlife and wildlife management are covered. Publications are searched on topics such as fisheries, wildlife, zoology, aquaculture, and veterinary medicine. Federal documents, cd-roms, books, obituaries, dissertations, and technical reports are some of the document types included. Type: Citations and abstracts.


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Genealogy

19th Century Masterfile - A resource for pre-1920 studies that contains indexes to historical periodicals (1802 to 1906), including the New York Times and the New York Daily Tribune. Type: Indexing.


African American Experience - African American history and culture is broken into topics such as history, biography, literature, arts, culture, business, civil rights, politics, sports, education, science, and more. Books, documents, WPA slave narratives, encyclopedia articles, and audio clips are some of the document types included. Type: Full text.


African American Newspapers: The 19th Century - The database consists of six newspapers: The Freedom's Journal, The Colored American, The North Star, Frederick Douglass Paper, The National Era, Provincial Freeman, and The Christian Recorder. Dates covered are 1827-1902. Type: Full text.


America: History and Life - This database contains abstracts from 2,000+ journals (from 1964 forward), providing historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes fulltext linking to matching Oxford University Press and Project Muse journals. Type: Abstracts and some full text.


America's Historical Newspapers - Early American newspapers published between 1690 and 1922, including titles from all 50 present states. The over 150 New York newspaper selections include newspapers from Albany, Ballston Spa, Cooperstown, Hudson, Ithaca, New York City, Rochester, Schenectady, Sing-Sing, Troy, and Utica. (PDF option available on view screen.) Files may be saved as Adobe Acrobat files. Type: Full text.


Biographies Plus Illustrated - 72,000+ biographies and obituaries and 20,000+ photographs. Many of the biographies are enhanced with full text, abstracts, and citations from H. W. Wilson databases. It includes the full text of the articles from Current Biography and the World Author Series. Type: Citations, abstracts, and some full text.


Biography and Genealogy Master Index - Citations for over 12 million entries for current and historical persons. Refer to the source cited for the biographical entry. [Note: Search various forms of a name to retrieve all possible records.] Type: Citations.


Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective - This database contains the full text of major articles from the New York Herald, Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865. It includes descriptive news articles, eye-witness accounts and official reports of battles and events, editorials, advertisements and biographies. Type: Full text.


Godey's Ladys Book - In addition to extensive fashion descriptions and plates, the early issues included biographical sketches, articles about mineralogy, handcrafts, female costume, the dance, equestrienne procedures, health & hygiene, recipes & remedies, etc. Full text of sheet music is included, as well as works by authors such as Harriet Beecher Stowe. Type: Full text.


HeritageQuest Online - Contains the Periodical Source Index (PERSI),and full text of: the Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Legislation and Administration Relating to Participation in the Revolutionary War; Registers of signatures of depositors in branches of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company 1865 - 1874; ProQuest's Genealogy and Local History Collection of 25,000+ family and local history books; and the 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1860 -1880 and 1900-1920 censuses for the entire U.S. (Note: Check for variant spellings of names in the census, as abbreviations were often used for first names.) It also includes Private Relief Actions, Memorials, and Petitions from the Serial Set and content from the American State Papers, the predecessor to the Serial Set. The documents in the collection are from the years 1789-1969. Type: Full text.


Historical Newspapers - Proquest Historical Newspapers is a digital archive for leading newspapers in North America. The New York Times, the newspaper of record for the United States, is currently available, from its first issue in December 1851 through December 2004. Users can search and view article images and full page images, page through issues, and search by a variety of methods. Type: Full text.


Index to Early American Periodicals (1700-1935) - Indexes the microform collection owned by the New York State Library. Index to periodicals published between 1700 and 1850. Type: Indexing.


New York Times - Historical - A digital archive for The New York Times, the newspaper of record for the United States, is currently available, from its first issue in 1851 through 2004. Users can search and view article images and full page images, page through issues, and search by a variety of methods. Type: Full text.


Pennsylvania Gazette (1728-1800) - The Pennsylvania Gazette (1728-1800) - Considered The New York Times of the 18th century, the Gazette provides the reader with a first hand view of colonial America, the American Revolution and the New Republic, and offers important social, political and cultural perspectives of each of the periods. It includes editorials, letters, and the full text of important documents such as the U.S. Constitution. Type: Full text.


Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalogue: Chester County 1809-1870 - This database is primarily a listing of marriages, deaths and obituaries from the Village Record, published in West Chester, PA. Type: Full text.


Pennsylvania Newspaper Record: Delaware County 1819-1870 - Consisting of five Delaware County newspapers, this database contains the full text transcriptions of articles, advertisements, and vital statistics, providing insight into technology, business activity and culture in a down-river milling and manufacturing area. Type: Full text.


Sanborn Maps - Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 provides access to large-scale maps (50 feet to an inch) of towns and cities in the United States. The State Library subscribes to the New York subset of these maps. Type: Full text and maps.


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Geology

Academic Search Complete - Over 5,500 full-text periodicals, including over 4,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition it indexes and abstracts over 10,000 publications including journals, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. The database features PDF content back to 1865, and searchable cited references for nearly 1,000 titles. It covers a wide range of subjects including animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, multicultural studies, food science and technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion and theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and more. Type: Full text, indexes and abstracts.


Applied Science and Technology Abstracts - Indexing 3/1983+. Abstracts 10/1993+. Covers topics such as acoustics, aeronautics, artificial intelligence, chemistry, computers, engineering, geology, plastics, textiles, and more. Type: Indexing and abstracts.


Biological Sciences - Abstracts and indexes to scientific and technical research literature in the biological sciences. Type: Indexing and abstracts.


BioOne - BioOne is full-text bioscience research journal database created by a collaboration between scientific societies, libraries, academe and the private sector. Most of BioOne's titles are published by small societies and non-commercial publishers and contain information on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences. Type: Full text.


CSA - Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) publishes abstracts and indexes to scientific and technical research literature. The Library subscribes to the GeoRef, Biological Sciences, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management, and PAIS. CSA maintains a search help site. Type: Indexing and abstracts.


Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management 1981- - This database provides comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences from over 4000 scientific journals and thousands of other sources. Citations for articles from environmental science journals, includes: Agricultural & Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts, Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality, Ecology Abstracts, EIS ; Digests of Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental Engineering Abstracts, Health & Safety Science Abstracts, Microbiology Abstracts -Section A: Insdustrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts - section B: Bacteriology Pollution Abstracts, Toxicology Abstracts, Water Resources Abstracts.


GeoRef - Geology of North America (1785 on) and for the rest of the world (1933 on). Type: Indexing and abstracts.


Government Periodicals Universe - Indexes over 170 government periodicals covering research in fields such as astronomy, anthropology, business, education, health and medicine, social science and science topics. Type: Indexing.


JSTOR - Sciences (Biology, Ecology and Health and General Science) - Contains full text from extensive back files of scholarly journals related to biological sciences, including ecology and botany, and health and general sciences, including nursing and epidemiology. Starting dates vary, but some go back to the 19th century. Most issues appear 3-5 years after publication. A list of the journals in this collection can be found at the http://www.jstor.org/about/biosci.list.html. Type: Full text.


National Climatic Data Center. (NOAA) - Provides online access to publications of the National Climatic Data Center, which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Includes satellite resources, climate resources and radar resources. Type: Full text.


NTIS - 1964+. Abstracts. Compiled by the U.S. National Technical Information Service, this database contains over 700,000 summaries of government-sponsored research in many topics including agriculture, business, communication, energy, engineering, environment, medicine, science, and much more. Type: Abstracts.


PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service) - Indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories related to public affairs. Type: Indexing and abstracts.


ScienceDirect - A database for scientific research that contains more than 1,800 Elsevier Science journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences for the past four years. (See http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/licensing/additional/freedom/ for a list of specific titles.)As a starting point for the research process, and to expand the literature coverage beyond Elsevier Science journals, ScienceDirect also contains abstracts from the core journals in the major scientific disciplines. Type: Full text.


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Government

19th Century Masterfile - A resource for pre-1920 studies that contains indexes to historical periodicals (1802 to 1906), including the New York Times and the New York Daily Tribune. Type: Indexing.


Academic Search Complete - Over 5,500 full-text periodicals, including over 4,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition it indexes and abstracts over 10,000 publications including journals, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. The database features PDF content back to 1865, and searchable cited references for nearly 1,000 titles. It covers a wide range of subjects including animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, multicultural studies, food science and technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion and theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and more. Type: Full text, indexes and abstracts.


CIS - CIS (Congressional Information Service) provides access to Government Periodicals Universe, History Universe, State Capital Universe and Statistical Universe. Type: Indexing, some full text.


Congressional Universe - Includes the full text of Congressional working papers, statutes-at-large and legislation. This database includes member biographical and committee assignments information, voting records, financial data, testimony, regulations and the full text key regulatory and statutory resources. Indexing of legislative histories and published hearings goes from 1970 to present. Congressional indexes, 1789-1969, and indexes to unpublished hearings through 1980 are also included. Type: Index and Full text.


ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) - Indexing/abstracts of education (and related) journals, and research/technical reports from 1966 on. Selected full text of thousands of ERIC digests. U.S. Department of Education. Type: Full text for ERIC Digests and some articles.


Government Periodicals Universe - Indexes over 170 government periodicals covering research in fields such as astronomy, anthropology, business, education, health and medicine, social science and science topics. Type: Indexing.


Index to Current Urban Documents - Full-text reports and research generated by local government agencies, civic organizations, academic and research organizations, public libraries, and metropolitan and regional planning agencies. The Library's subscription is for Region I (New York and New England). Note: This appears to be the documents indexed in the print volume 29. Type: Full text.


Loislaw - Loislaw contains federal law, federal regulations, state law, state regulations, court rules and court cases for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Also available are selected treatises, forms, manuals and journals from Aspen publishers on topics such as elder law, general litigation and securities. A citation research service is a part of the database as well. Type: Full text.


National Climatic Data Center. (NOAA) - Provides online access to publications of the National Climatic Data Center, which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Includes satellite resources, climate resources and radar resources. Type: Full text.


NTIS - 1964+. Abstracts. Compiled by the U.S. National Technical Information Service, this database contains over 700,000 summaries of government-sponsored research in many topics including agriculture, business, communication, energy, engineering, environment, medicine, science, and much more. Type: Abstracts.


PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service) - Indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories related to public affairs. Type: Indexing and abstracts.


Public Administration Abstracts - Public Administration Abstracts indexes and abstracts articles in areas related to public administration, including public administration research, public administration theory, elections, national and international politics and more. Type: Abstracts.


State Capital Universe - Contains bills, regulations, and statutes; information about state legislators, issues and policy in State Net Capitol Journal and other news sources, including state newspapers of record; and links to Web sites with state information. Not all states are covered under each topic. Type: Full text.


Statistical Universe - Indexes and provides full text links to documents contained in American Statistics Index (ASI), Statistical Reference Index (SRI), Index to International Statistics (IIS). Sources covered include government agencies, associations, and international associations. Type: Indexing and full text.


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Grants

Big Online America - Big Online contains information on the largest private and public foundations, grants from US government agencies, and Canadian foundations, Canadian government grants, and Canadian corporate donors. Contains information about the foundation's history, directors, and a link to the 990 form. Type: Directory.


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Health and Medicine

Abstracts in Social Gerontology - Abstracts in Social Gerontology indexes social gerontology, including the psychology of aging, elder abuse, society and the elderly, and health issues and more from 1990 to the present. Type: Abstracts.


Academic Search Complete - Over 5,500 full-text periodicals, including over 4,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition it indexes and abstracts over 10,000 publications including journals, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. The database features PDF content back to 1865, and searchable cited references for nearly 1,000 titles. It covers a wide range of subjects including animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, multicultural studies, food science and technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion and theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and more. Type: Full text, indexes and abstracts.


Alt-Health Watch - 1990+. A full-text database offering 50,000 articles on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care, and wellness. Also includes pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Type: Full text.


AMED (Alternative Medicine) - AMED (provided by the Health Care Information Service of the British Library) is an alternative medicine database including information on complementary medicine, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, podiatry, palliative care, and more. Coverage begins in 1979 for some titles. AMED covers relevant references to articles from over 400 journals (197 journals indexed in AMED are available in full text in Academic Search Premier). The scope of coverage is mainly European, with the majority of titles in English. Type: index.


Biological Abstracts - Biological Abstracts focuses on the life sciences. BIOSIS monitors more than 5,000 international journals to ensure that virtually every life science topic is covered, including aquaculture, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, ecology, the environment, microbiology, neurophysiology, pathology, veterinary medicine, pharmacology, public health and toxicology. Type: Abstracts, some full text.


Biological Sciences - Abstracts and indexes to scientific and technical research literature in the biological sciences. Type: Indexing and abstracts.


Health & Wellness Resource Center - This database contains articles from medical publications, articles from general interest publications on medical topics, medical pamphlets, health organization directory, a medical encyclopedia, health news links, drug and herb information, a medical dictionary, alternative health encyclopedia, health assessment tools, and links to Internet sources. Type: Full text.


Health Source: Consumer Edition - 1984+ for indexing/abstracts, 1990+ full text. Includes full text for over 270 journals, 1,100 pamphlets and 20 books. Covers health, nutrition, medical self-care, drugs and alcohol, and many other topics. Type: Indexing and abstracts (1984 on), full text (1990 on).


Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition - Provides nearly 540 scholarly full-text journals, pamphlets and some books focusing on medical disciplines such as health, nutrition, and medical self-care form the professional point of view. Type: Full Text.


MEDLINE - MEDLINE 1966+. The U.S. National Library of Medicine's database of citations and abstracts to journal articles. Covers medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and much more. Type: Citations and abstracts.


Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database - A bibliographic and partial full text database that provides clinical data on natural medicines, herbal medicines and dietary supplements. Over 2000 monographs give updated and unbiased information about herbal medicines. Each product monograph provides a patient handout and all information is referenced. Drug interactions, safety concerns, effectiveness ratings, and ingredient listings are easily searchable. There is also a separate web site for patients. Type: Full text.


ScienceDirect - A database for scientific research that contains more than 1,800 Elsevier Science journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences for the past four years. (See http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/licensing/additional/freedom/ for a list of specific titles.)As a starting point for the research process, and to expand the literature coverage beyond Elsevier Science journals, ScienceDirect also contains abstracts from the core journals in the major scientific disciplines. Type: Full text.


Springer Protocols - Provides individual sets of instructions to allow scientists to recreate experiments in their own laboratory. Provides predefined written procedural methods in the design and implementation of experiments that describe safety, statistical methods, bias, reporting, procedural, and troubleshooting standards. Type: Full text.


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History

19th Century Masterfile - A resource for pre-1920 studies that contains indexes to historical periodicals (1802 to 1906), including the New York Times and the New York Daily Tribune. Type: Indexing.


Academic Search Complete - Over 5,500 full-text periodicals, including over 4,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition it indexes and abstracts over 10,000 publications including journals, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. The database features PDF content back to 1865, and searchable cited references for nearly 1,000 titles. It covers a wide range of subjects including animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, multicultural studies, food science and technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion and theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and more. Type: Full text, indexes and abstracts.


African American Experience - African American history and culture is broken into topics such as history, biography, literature, arts, culture, business, civil rights, politics, sports, education, science, and more. Books, documents, WPA slave narratives, encyclopedia articles, and audio clips are some of the document types included. Type: Full text.


African American Newspapers: The 19th Century - The database consists of six newspapers: The Freedom's Journal, The Colored American, The North Star, Frederick Douglass Paper, The National Era, Provincial Freeman, and The Christian Recorder. Dates covered are 1827-1902. Type: Full text.


America: History and Life - This database contains abstracts from 2,000+ journals (from 1964 forward), providing historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes fulltext linking to matching Oxford University Press and Project Muse journals. Type: Abstracts and some full text.


America's Historical Newspapers - Early American newspapers published between 1690 and 1922, including titles from all 50 present states. The over 150 New York newspaper selections include newspapers from Albany, Ballston Spa, Cooperstown, Hudson, Ithaca, New York City, Rochester, Schenectady, Sing-Sing, Troy, and Utica. (PDF option available on view screen.) Files may be saved as Adobe Acrobat files. Type: Full text.


Biographies Plus Illustrated - 72,000+ biographies and obituaries and 20,000+ photographs. Many of the biographies are enhanced with full text, abstracts, and citations from H. W. Wilson databases. It includes the full text of the articles from Current Biography and the World Author Series. Type: Citations, abstracts, and some full text.


Biography and Genealogy Master Index - Citations for over 12 million entries for current and historical persons. Refer to the source cited for the biographical entry. [Note: Search various forms of a name to retrieve all possible records.] Type: Citations.


Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective - This database contains the full text of major articles from the New York Herald, Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865. It includes descriptive news articles, eye-witness accounts and official reports of battles and events, editorials, advertisements and biographies. Type: Full text.


Godey's Ladys Book - In addition to extensive fashion descriptions and plates, the early issues included biographical sketches, articles about mineralogy, handcrafts, female costume, the dance, equestrienne procedures, health & hygiene, recipes & remedies, etc. Full text of sheet music is included, as well as works by authors such as Harriet Beecher Stowe. Type: Full text.


Index to Early American Periodicals (1700-1935) - Indexes the microform collection owned by the New York State Library. Index to periodicals published between 1700 and 1850. Type: Indexing.


MLA Bibliography - 1963+ Citations from over 6,000 journals covering literature, languages, linguistics and folklore. Type: Citations.


Pennsylvania Gazette (1728-1800) - The Pennsylvania Gazette (1728-1800) - Considered The New York Times of the 18th century, the Gazette provides the reader with a first hand view of colonial America, the American Revolution and the New Republic, and offers important social, political and cultural perspectives of each of the periods. It includes editorials, letters, and the full text of important documents such as the U.S. Constitution. Type: Full text.


Sanborn Maps - Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 provides access to large-scale maps (50 feet to an inch) of towns and cities in the United States. The State Library subscribes to the New York subset of these maps. Type: Full text and maps.


Scipio: Art & Rare Book Sales Catalogs - SCIPIO is a union catalog of auction catalog records covering art and rare book auction sales catalogs from the late 16th century to upcoming auctions. Records contain information on dates and places of sale, catalog title, the auction house, sellers, institutional holdings, and titles of works. Both North American and European auction houses and some private sales are included. SCIPIO provides bibliographic access to sources of art objects and rare books, the history of collecting, and contemporary and historical market trends. Type: Index.


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Language and Literature

African American Experience - African American history and culture is broken into topics such as history, biography, literature, arts, culture, business, civil rights, politics, sports, education, science, and more. Books, documents, WPA slave narratives, encyclopedia articles, and audio clips are some of the document types included. Type: Full text.


JSTOR - Arts and Sciences Collection - The Arts and Sciences collections I, II, III and IV contain more than 240 titles in over forty disciplines. Topics include anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art, business education, geography, history, language & literature, law, mathematics, music, performing Arts, philosophy, political science, psychology, public policy, religion, sociology and more. Most issues appear three to five years after publication. For a full listing of journals go to www.jstor.org/about/collection.list.html. Type: Full text.


MLA Bibliography - 1963+ Citations from over 6,000 journals covering literature, languages, linguistics and folklore. Type: Citations.


Twayne Authors Series - World, English, and US Authors - Contains the full text of the Twayne Literary Masters books which provide biographical and literary criticism information on a wide variety of World, US, or English authors. Type: Full text.


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Law

CCH Human Resources Management Network - Covers all aspects of human resources management, including wages, hours, taxation (state and federal), benefits, laws, OSHA regulations, pension, and compensation information. Also includes BenefitsAnswersNow and HRAnswersNow. Type: Full text.


CCH Internet Tax Research Network - Federal and New York State tax information. Includes Internal Revenue Code, Federal Tax Regulations, some journals, state laws and regulations, practice aids, commentaries and more. Type: Full text.


Congressional Universe - Includes the full text of Congressional working papers, statutes-at-large and legislation. This database includes member biographical and committee assignments information, voting records, financial data, testimony, regulations and the full text key regulatory and statutory resources. Indexing of legislative histories and published hearings goes from 1970 to present. Congressional indexes, 1789-1969, and indexes to unpublished hearings through 1980 are also included. Type: Index and Full text.


IndexMaster - Searchable tables of contents/indexes of 6,000 legal publications. Type: Indexing, tables of contents.


LegalTrac - 1980+ Some full text. Index to major legal publications, including law reviews, legal newspapers, and bar association journals. Covers case studies, government regulations, statutes, taxation, and international law. Type: Indexing, some full text.


Loislaw - Loislaw contains federal law, federal regulations, state law, state regulations, court rules and court cases for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Also available are selected treatises, forms, manuals and journals from Aspen publishers on topics such as elder law, general litigation and securities. A citation research service is a part of the database as well. Type: Full text.


State Capital Universe - Contains bills, regulations, and statutes; information about state legislators, issues and policy in State Net Capitol Journal and other news sources, including state newspapers of record; and links to Web sites with state information. Not all states are covered under each topic. Type: Full text.


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Library and Information Science

Academic Search Complete - Over 5,500 full-text periodicals, including over 4,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition it indexes and abstracts over 10,000 publications including journals, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. The database features PDF content back to 1865, and searchable cited references for nearly 1,000 titles. It covers a wide range of subjects including animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, multicultural studies, food science and technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion and theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and more. Type: Full text, indexes and abstracts.


Books in Print - Lists books that are currently available from publishers, due out soon (forthcoming), and out-of-print. Type: Bibliographic information.


ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) - Indexing/abstracts of education (and related) journals, and research/technical reports from 1966 on. Selected full text of thousands of ERIC digests. U.S. Department of Education. Type: Full text for ERIC Digests and some articles.


Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) - Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts (LISTA) indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s. Type: Indexing and abstracts.


WorldCat - The OCLC Online Union Catalog contains 40 million records describing items owned by libraries around the world. Each record contains library holdings and bibliographic information. Those who do not have a NYSL P card can access a free version of the database at http://www.worldcat.org. Type: Bibliographic information.


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Multi-Subject

Academic Search Complete - Over 5,500 full-text periodicals, including over 4,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition it indexes and abstracts over 10,000 publications including journals, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. The database features PDF content back to 1865, and searchable cited references for nearly 1,000 titles. It covers a wide range of subjects including animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, multicultural studies, food science and technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion and theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and more. Type: Full text, indexes and abstracts.


Accessible Archives - Online databases of primary source material from 18th & 19th centuries, including coverage of the Colonial Period, The French & Indian War, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, African-American History, and the Industrial Revolution. Users may search across all of the databases simultaneously or search only selected databases. The six databases are: Godey's Ladys Book 1830-1880; The Pennsylvania Gazette from 1728-1800; The Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective Nov. 1860 - April 1865; African American Newspapers: The 19th Century; The Pennsylvania Newspaper Record: Delaware County 1819-1870; and The Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalogue: Chester County 1809-1870. Type: Full text.


CSA - Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) publishes abstracts and indexes to scientific and technical research literature. The Library subscribes to the GeoRef, Biological Sciences, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management, and PAIS. CSA maintains a search help site. Type: Indexing and abstracts.


EBSCO Electronic Journals Service (EJS) - EJS provides access to journals the State Library receives from EBSCO in print. Topics covered include psychology, education, medicine, economics, geology, criminal justice, information science, physics, history, and more. If you are asked to submit payment, please contact the library and let us know which journal(s) you were trying to reach. EJS also indexes (and in some cases abstracts) titles from thousands of journals which the State Library does not subscribe to and for which there is no full text. Contact your library to find out how to get a copy of these articles. Type: Full text and tables of contents.


EBSCOhost - Databases include MasterFILE Premier, Academic Search, Alt-HealthWatch, Applied Science and Technology Abstracts, Business Source Premier, CINAHL, Clinical Reference Systems, MEDLINE, e-pysche, EBSCO Online Citations, ERIC, Health Source: Consumer Edition, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, Newspaper Source, NTIS, The Serials Directory, and USP DI Volume II. Other EBSCOhost interfaces include: Text Only (for slower modem connections), EBSCOhost Español, and EBSCOhost Français. Type: Indexing, abstracts and some full text.


Grolier Online - Includes access to the Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia as well as Roget's II: The New Thesaurus and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Encyclopedia articles include links to further readings, a bibliography, selected full text articles, web page links, and links to related Encyclopedia Americana articles. The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia includes encyclopedia articles, news, timelines, quizzes and games, and research starters. It also includes an atlas and dictionary. Articles can be grouped by lexile level and are aligned to standards. The New Book of Knowledge is for middle grade students and includes literary selections, a timeline, projects and experiments, news, homework help and more. Type: Full text.


Index to Early American Periodicals (1700-1935) - Indexes the microform collection owned by the New York State Library. Index to periodicals published between 1700 and 1850. Type: Indexing.


InfoTrac - Provides access to Gale databases, including LegalTrac, Business and Company, Health Reference Center - Academic, and Biography and Genealogy Master Index. For more information see individual database descriptions on this list. Type: Multiple databases.


JSTOR - Arts and Sciences Collection - The Arts and Sciences collections I, II, III and IV contain more than 240 titles in over forty disciplines. Topics include anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art, business education, geography, history, language & literature, law, mathematics, music, performing Arts, philosophy, political science, psychology, public policy, religion, sociology and more. Most issues appear three to five years after publication. For a full listing of journals go to www.jstor.org/about/collection.list.html. Type: Full text.


JSTOR - Sciences (Biology, Ecology and Health and General Science) - Contains full text from extensive back files of scholarly journals related to biological sciences, including ecology and botany, and health and general sciences, including nursing and epidemiology. Starting dates vary, but some go back to the 19th century. Most issues appear 3-5 years after publication. A list of the journals in this collection can be found at the http://www.jstor.org/about/biosci.list.html. Type: Full text.


Kids Search - Kids Search is an interface to the Primary Search database. Designed specifically for students in kindergarten through the fifth grade, it contains full text for more than 50 popular, elementary school magazines. Full text is also available for over 100 student pamphlets, the Funk and Wagnall's encyclopedia, EBSCO Animals and a dictionary. Full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Type: full text.


netLibrary - Our collection of netLibrary electronic books (e-books) contains 3,772 copyrighted books. The netLibrary site also features thousands of public domain titles. Type: Full text.


NTIS - 1964+. Abstracts. Compiled by the U.S. National Technical Information Service, this database contains over 700,000 summaries of government-sponsored research in many topics including agriculture, business, communication, energy, engineering, environment, medicine, science, and much more. Type: Abstracts.


PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service) - Indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories related to public affairs. Type: Indexing and abstracts.


Project Muse - Project Muse was established by John Hopkins University Press to provide digital access to journals. It provides online, worldwide access to the full text of over 100 scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, mathematics and social sciences. Type: Full text.


ProQuest Platinum - Periodicals covering a broad range of material: business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences, social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas. Browsable subjects include arts and humanities; computers and Internet; education; environment; health; lifestyles and culture; politics and government; science and mathematics; social issues and policy; and sports and entertainment. Type: Full text.


Readers Guide Full Text 1983-present - Contains comprehensive indexing and abstracting of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada, plus the full text of selected periodicals. Full-text coverage begins in January 1994 for most titles. Type: Indexing and abstracting, some full text (1994 on).


Readers Guide Retrospective - This database contains comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America. Phase One coverage includes the years 1969 through 1982. (The complete database will cover the years 1890 through 1982.) Type: Indexing.


ScienceDirect - A database for scientific research that contains more than 1,800 Elsevier Science journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences for the past four years. (See http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/licensing/additional/freedom/ for a list of specific titles.)As a starting point for the research process, and to expand the literature coverage beyond Elsevier Science journals, ScienceDirect also contains abstracts from the core journals in the major scientific disciplines. Type: Full text.


WilsonWeb - Provides access to all the Wilson databases that NYSL subscribes to, which include Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated, Education Full Text 1983-present, Readers Guide Full Text 1983-present, and Readers' Guide Retrospective. Type: Indexing, abstracts and some full text.


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Newspapers

19th Century Masterfile - A resource for pre-1920 studies that contains indexes to historical periodicals (1802 to 1906), including the New York Times and the New York Daily Tribune. Type: Indexing.


African American Newspapers: The 19th Century - The database consists of six newspapers: The Freedom's Journal, The Colored American, The North Star, Frederick Douglass Paper, The National Era, Provincial Freeman, and The Christian Recorder. Dates covered are 1827-1902. Type: Full text.


America's Historical Newspapers - Early American newspapers published between 1690 and 1922, including titles from all 50 present states. The over 150 New York newspaper selections include newspapers from Albany, Ballston Spa, Cooperstown, Hudson, Ithaca, New York City, Rochester, Schenectady, Sing-Sing, Troy, and Utica. (PDF option available on view screen.) Files may be saved as Adobe Acrobat files. Type: Full text.


America's Newspapers: New York - Full text coverage of a wide range of New York State newspapers from Albany, Batavia, Binghamton, Buffalo, Elmira, Ithaca, Lewisboro, Long Island, New York City, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Saratoga, Suffolk county, Syracuse, Troy, Utica, Watertown, and Westchester county.

Titles include the Buffalo News, Ithaca Journal, Journal News (Westchester), Newsday, Times Union (Albany), New York Times, Poughkeepsie Journal, Observer-Dispatch (Utica), Post Standard (Syracuse), Press & Sun Bulletin (Binghamton), Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, and more. Dates of coverage vary with the newspaper. Type: Full text.


Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective - This database contains the full text of major articles from the New York Herald, Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865. It includes descriptive news articles, eye-witness accounts and official reports of battles and events, editorials, advertisements and biographies. Type: Full text.


Historical Newspapers - Proquest Historical Newspapers is a digital archive for leading newspapers in North America. The New York Times, the newspaper of record for the United States, is currently available, from its first issue in December 1851 through December 2004. Users can search and view article images and full page images, page through issues, and search by a variety of methods. Type: Full text.


InfoTrac Custom Newspapers - This full text newspaper database has seven New York Newspapers, including the New York Times from 1985 on, and over fifty national and international newspapers. Type: Full text.


New York State Newspapers - A subset of InfoTrac Custom Newspapers, this database includes the following seven full-text newspapers from around New York State: Buffalo News, New York Times (from 1985 on), New York Post, New York Observer, Syracuse Herald American, Syracuse Herald-Journal, and Post-Standard (Syracuse). Type: Full text.


Newspaper Source - Selected full text for over 150 U.S. and international newspapers. Full text of some major U.S. newspapers, including the Christian Science Monitor, the New York Daily News, the Chicago Tribune, the Miami Herald, and the San Jose Mercury News. Type: Indexing and abstracts, selected full text.


Pennsylvania Gazette (1728-1800) - The Pennsylvania Gazette (1728-1800) - Considered The New York Times of the 18th century, the Gazette provides the reader with a first hand view of colonial America, the American Revolution and the New Republic, and offers important social, political and cultural perspectives of each of the periods. It includes editorials, letters, and the full text of important documents such as the U.S. Constitution. Type: Full text.


Pennsylvania Newspaper Record: Delaware County 1819-1870 - Consisting of five Delaware County newspapers, this database contains the full text transcriptions of articles, advertisements, and vital statistics, providing insight into technology, business activity and culture in a down-river milling and manufacturing area. Type: Full text.


State Capital Universe - Contains bills, regulations, and statutes; information about state legislators, issues and policy in State Net Capitol Journal and other news sources, including state newspapers of record; and links to Web sites with state information. Not all states are covered under each topic. Type: Full text.


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NOVELNY Databases

Business & Company Resource Center - Includes company profiles, brand information, company histories, financial reports, periodical articles, and links to relevant Web sites. Type: Full text.


Grolier Online - Includes access to the Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia as well as Roget's II: The New Thesaurus and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Encyclopedia articles include links to further readings, a bibliography, selected full text articles, web page links, and links to related Encyclopedia Americana articles. The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia includes encyclopedia articles, news, timelines, quizzes and games, and research starters. It also includes an atlas and dictionary. Articles can be grouped by lexile level and are aligned to standards. The New Book of Knowledge is for middle grade students and includes literary selections, a timeline, projects and experiments, news, homework help and more. Type: Full text.


Health & Wellness Resource Center - This database contains articles from medical publications, articles from general interest publications on medical topics, medical pamphlets, health organization directory, a medical encyclopedia, health news links, drug and herb information, a medical dictionary, alternative health encyclopedia, health assessment tools, and links to Internet sources. Type: Full text.


InfoTrac Custom Newspapers - This full text newspaper database has seven New York Newspapers, including the New York Times from 1985 on, and over fifty national and international newspapers. Type: Full text.


Kids Search - Kids Search is an interface to the Primary Search database. Designed specifically for students in kindergarten through the fifth grade, it contains full text for more than 50 popular, elementary school magazines. Full text is also available for over 100 student pamphlets, the Funk and Wagnall's encyclopedia, EBSCO Animals and a dictionary. Full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Type: full text.


National Newspaper Index - Provides indexing of America's top five newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. Dates covered are 1977 to present. Type: Indexing only.


New York State Newspapers - A subset of InfoTrac Custom Newspapers, this database includes the following seven full-text newspapers from around New York State: Buffalo News, New York Times (from 1985 on), New York Post, New York Observer, Syracuse Herald American, Syracuse Herald-Journal, and Post-Standard (Syracuse). Type: Full text.


Primary Search - Designed specifically for elementary school libraries, it contains full text for more than 50 popular, elementary school magazines. Full text is also available for over 100 student pamphlets, an encyclopedia and a dictionary. Full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). (Searchasaurus is the more graphical interface to Primary Search.) Type: Full text.


ProQuest Platinum - Periodicals covering a broad range of material: business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences, social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas. Browsable subjects include arts and humanities; computers and Internet; education; environment; health; lifestyles and culture; politics and government; science and mathematics; social issues and policy; and sports and entertainment. Type: Full text.


Searchasaurus - Searchasaurus is a colorful interface to Primary Search. Designed specifically for elementary school libraries, it contains full text for more than 50 popular, elementary school magazines. Full text is also available for over 100 student pamphlets, an encyclopedia and a dictionary. Full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Type: Full text.


Twayne Authors Series - World, English, and US Authors - Contains the full text of the Twayne Literary Masters books which provide biographical and literary criticism information on a wide variety of World, US, or English authors. Type: Full text.


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Political Science

19th Century Masterfile - A resource for pre-1920 studies that contains indexes to historical periodicals (1802 to 1906), including the New York Times and the New York Daily Tribune. Type: Indexing.


Academic Search Complete - Over 5,500 full-text periodicals, including over 4,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition it indexes and abstracts over 10,000 publications including journals, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. The database features PDF content back to 1865, and searchable cited references for nearly 1,000 titles. It covers a wide range of subjects including animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, multicultural studies, food science and technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion and theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and more. Type: Full text, indexes and abstracts.


African American Experience - African American history and culture is broken into topics such as history, biography, literature, arts, culture, business, civil rights, politics, sports, education, science, and more. Books, documents, WPA slave narratives, encyclopedia articles, and audio clips are some of the document types included. Type: Full text.


Congressional Universe - Includes the full text of Congressional working papers, statutes-at-large and legislation. This database includes member biographical and committee assignments information, voting records, financial data, testimony, regulations and the full text key regulatory and statutory resources. Indexing of legislative histories and published hearings goes from 1970 to present. Congressional indexes, 1789-1969, and indexes to unpublished hearings through 1980 are also included. Type: Index and Full text.


Government Periodicals Universe - Indexes over 170 government periodicals covering research in fields such as astronomy, anthropology, business, education, health and medicine, social science and science topics. Type: Indexing.


Index to Current Urban Documents - Full-text reports and research generated by local government agencies, civic organizations, academic and research organizations, public libraries, and metropolitan and regional planning agencies. The Library's subscription is for Region I (New York and New England). Note: This appears to be the documents indexed in the print volume 29. Type: Full text.


JSTOR - Arts and Sciences Collection - The Arts and Sciences collections I, II, III and IV contain more than 240 titles in over forty disciplines. Topics include anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art, business education, geography, history, language & literature, law, mathematics, music, performing Arts, philosophy, political science, psychology, public policy, religion, sociology and more. Most issues appear three to five years after publication. For a full listing of journals go to www.jstor.org/about/collection.list.html. Type: Full text.


PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service) - Indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories related to public affairs. Type: Indexing and abstracts.


Project Muse - Project Muse was established by John Hopkins University Press to provide digital access to journals. It provides online, worldwide access to the full text of over 100 scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, mathematics and social sciences. Type: Full text.


Public Administration Abstracts - Public Administration Abstracts indexes and abstracts articles in areas related to public administration, including public administration research, public administration theory, elections, national and international politics and more. Type: Abstracts.


State Capital Universe - Contains bills, regulations, and statutes; information about state legislators, issues and policy in State Net Capitol Journal and other news sources, including state newspapers of record; and links to Web sites with state information. Not all states are covered under each topic. Type: Full text.


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Psychology

Abstracts in Social Gerontology - Abstracts in Social Gerontology indexes social gerontology, including the psychology of aging, elder abuse, society and the elderly, and health issues and more from 1990 to the present. Type: Abstracts.


Academic Search Complete - Over 5,500 full-text periodicals, including over 4,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition it indexes and abstracts over 10,000 publications including journals, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. The database features PDF content back to 1865, and searchable cited references for nearly 1,000 titles. It covers a wide range of subjects including animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, multicultural studies, food science and technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion and theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and more. Type: Full text, indexes and abstracts.


Alt-Health Watch - 1990+. A full-text database offering 50,000 articles on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care, and wellness. Also includes pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Type: Full text.


AMED (Alternative Medicine) - AMED (provided by the Health Care Information Service of the British Library) is an alternative medicine database including information on complementary medicine, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, podiatry, palliative care, and more. Coverage begins in 1979 for some titles. AMED covers relevant references to articles from over 400 journals (197 journals indexed in AMED are available in full text in Academic Search Premier). The scope of coverage is mainly European, with the majority of titles in English. Type: index.


Biological Abstracts - Biological Abstracts focuses on the life sciences. BIOSIS monitors more than 5,000 international journals to ensure that virtually every life science topic is covered, including aquaculture, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, ecology, the environment, microbiology, neurophysiology, pathology, veterinary medicine, pharmacology, public health and toxicology. Type: Abstracts, some full text.


Biological Sciences - Abstracts and indexes to scientific and technical research literature in the biological sciences. Type: Indexing and abstracts.


Health & Wellness Resource Center - This database contains articles from medical publications, articles from general interest publications on medical topics, medical pamphlets, health organization directory, a medical encyclopedia, health news links, drug and herb information, a medical dictionary, alternative health encyclopedia, health assessment tools, and links to Internet sources. Type: Full text.


Health Source: Consumer Edition - 1984+ for indexing/abstracts, 1990+ full text. Includes full text for over 270 journals, 1,100 pamphlets and 20 books. Covers health, nutrition, medical self-care, drugs and alcohol, and many other topics. Type: Indexing and abstracts (1984 on), full text (1990 on).


Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition - Provides nearly 540 scholarly full-text journals, pamphlets and some books focusing on medical disciplines such as health, nutrition, and medical self-care form the professional point of view. Type: Full Text.


JSTOR - Arts and Sciences Collection - The Arts and Sciences collections I, II, III and IV contain more than 240 titles in over forty disciplines. Topics include anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art, business education, geography, history, language & literature, law, mathematics, music, performing Arts, philosophy, political science, psychology, public policy, religion, sociology and more. Most issues appear three to five years after publication. For a full listing of journals go to www.jstor.org/about/collection.list.html. Type: Full text.


JSTOR - Sciences (Biology, Ecology and Health and General Science) - Contains full text from extensive back files of scholarly journals related to biological sciences, including ecology and botany, and health and general sciences, including nursing and epidemiology. Starting dates vary, but some go back to the 19th century. Most issues appear 3-5 years after publication. A list of the journals in this collection can be found at the http://www.jstor.org/about/biosci.list.html. Type: Full text.


MEDLINE - MEDLINE 1966+. The U.S. National Library of Medicine's database of citations and abstracts to journal articles. Covers medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and much more. Type: Citations and abstracts.


PsycArticles - PsycArticles contains full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology from American Psychological Association and affiliated journals. It includes all journal articles, book reviews, letters to the editor, and errata from each journal. Type: Full text.


PsycBooks - PsycBooks has over 21,000 chapters from over 1,400 books published by APA and other distinguished publishers. It includes over 700 classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology and over 1,500 authored entries from the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology. Type: Full text.


PsycINFO - PsycINFO contains indexing and abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical reports, all in the field of psychology. Journal coverage is from 1887 to present. It also includes information about the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business and law. Many journals indexed in PsycInfo are available in full text in Academic Search Premier. Type: indexing and abstracts.


ScienceDirect - A database for scientific research that contains more than 1,800 Elsevier Science journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences for the past four years. (See http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/licensing/additional/freedom/ for a list of specific titles.)As a starting point for the research process, and to expand the literature coverage beyond Elsevier Science journals, ScienceDirect also contains abstracts from the core journals in the major scientific disciplines. Type: Full text.


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Reference

Books in Print - Lists books that are currently available from publishers, due out soon (forthcoming), and out-of-print. Type: Bibliographic information.


OCLC FirstSearch - Online service that includes access to the following databases: WorldCat, Books in Print, and MLA International Bibliography. For more information see the individual descriptions on this list. Type: Multiple databases.


Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Online - The accepted authority on the evolution of the English language, the OED details the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past, from across the English-speaking world. Citations include quotations, etymological analysis and variant spellings. The OED Online contains the complete text of the 20-volume Second Edition as well as the New Edition in progress. Type: Full text.


Oxford Reference Online CORE - Oxford Reference Online contains approximately 100 reference books and dictionaries in a wide variety of fields including art, language, general reference, law, performing arts, history, politics, science, and medicine. Type: Full text.


Scipio: Art & Rare Book Sales Catalogs - SCIPIO is a union catalog of auction catalog records covering art and rare book auction sales catalogs from the late 16th century to upcoming auctions. Records contain information on dates and places of sale, catalog title, the auction house, sellers, institutional holdings, and titles of works. Both North American and European auction houses and some private sales are included. SCIPIO provides bibliographic access to sources of art objects and rare books, the history of collecting, and contemporary and historical market trends. Type: Index.


Serials Directory - Bibliographic information and prices for serials and many newspapers. No links to full text. Type: Bibliographic information and prices.


WorldCat - The OCLC Online Union Catalog contains 40 million records describing items owned by libraries around the world. Each record contains library holdings and bibliographic information. Those who do not have a NYSL P card can access a free version of the database at http://www.worldcat.org. Type: Bibliographic information.


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Standards

ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Standards - The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) subscription contains all Standards and Performance Test Codes and their supplements. Our subscription allows only one user to log on at a time. Please log out when you are finished so that others may use the database.

ASME Standards requires the FILE Open plugin. The download can be accessed at http://plugin.fileopen.com.


ASQ (American Society for Quality) Standards - The American Society for Quality (ASQ) subscription contains standards, specifications, glossaries, tables and guidelines. Included are subjects such as definitions, symbols, formulas, and tables for control charts and acceptance sampling; quality systems terminology; guide for quality control; control chart method of analyzing data and controlling quality during production; general requirements for a quality program; sampling procedures and tables for inspection by attributes and by variables for percent nonconforming; and generic guidelines for quality systems. Our subscription allows only one user to log on at a time. Please log out when you are finished so that others may use the database.

ASQ Standards requires the FILE Open plugin. The download can be accessed at <http://plugin.fileopen.com>.


IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc.) Standards - The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE) Standards Service includes all IEEE Standards, IEEE/ANSI Approved Standards, and IEEE Computer Society Draft/Standards, as well as the Quick Reference to IEEE Standards. These documents cover topics such as: amplifiers, antennas, brushes, bushings, circuits, computers, connectors, crystals, dielectrics, diodes, generators, signal graphs, heating information theory, insulators, land vehicles, lightening arrestors, microphones, missiles, radiation receivers, rectifiers, regulators, relays, sheaths, switches, switch-gear, symbols, telemetry, telephones, television, transducers, transformers, transmission, waveguides, and much more. Our subscription allows only one user to log on at a time. Please log out when you are finished so that others may use the database.

IEEE Standards requires the FILE Open plugin. The download can be accessed at <http://plugin.fileopen.com>.


NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) - NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) collection includes all of the NFPA fire codes, standards, and handbooks. Some of the areas covered by the codes, handbooks and standards include fire protection, hazardous materials, health care facilities, fire prevention, fire alarms, fire extinguishing systems, occupational safety and health; and the national electrical code. Our subscription allows only one user to log on at a time. Please log out when you are finished so that others may use the database.

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Statistics

Academic Search Complete - Over 5,500 full-text periodicals, including over 4,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition it indexes and abstracts over 10,000 publications including journals, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. The database features PDF content back to 1865, and searchable cited references for nearly 1,000 titles. It covers a wide range of subjects including animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, multicultural studies, food science and technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion and theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and more. Type: Full text, indexes and abstracts.


Applied Science and Technology Abstracts - Indexing 3/1983+. Abstracts 10/1993+. Covers topics such as acoustics, aeronautics, artificial intelligence, chemistry, computers, engineering, geology, plastics, textiles, and more. Type: Indexing and abstracts.


EconLit - EconLit indexes economics and finance literature from around the world contained in journal articles, books, book reviews, collective volume articles, working papers and dissertations. Full text is included for many journals including: American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Literature, and Journal of Economic Perspectives. Type: Indexing, abstracts, full text.


Government Periodicals Universe - Indexes over 170 government periodicals covering research in fields such as astronomy, anthropology, business, education, health and medicine, social science and science topics. Type: Indexing.


Index to Current Urban Documents - Full-text reports and research generated by local government agencies, civic organizations, academic and research organizations, public libraries, and metropolitan and regional planning agencies. The Library's subscription is for Region I (New York and New England). Note: This appears to be the documents indexed in the print volume 29. Type: Full text.


JSTOR - Sciences (Biology, Ecology and Health and General Science) - Contains full text from extensive back files of scholarly journals related to biological sciences, including ecology and botany, and health and general sciences, including nursing and epidemiology. Starting dates vary, but some go back to the 19th century. Most issues appear 3-5 years after publication. A list of the journals in this collection can be found at the http://www.jstor.org/about/biosci.list.html. Type: Full text.


National Climatic Data Center. (NOAA) - Provides online access to publications of the National Climatic Data Center, which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Includes satellite resources, climate resources and radar resources. Type: Full text.


NTIS - 1964+. Abstracts. Compiled by the U.S. National Technical Information Service, this database contains over 700,000 summaries of government-sponsored research in many topics including agriculture, business, communication, energy, engineering, environment, medicine, science, and much more. Type: Abstracts.


Project Muse - Project Muse was established by John Hopkins University Press to provide digital access to journals. It provides online, worldwide access to the full text of over 100 scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, mathematics and social sciences. Type: Full text.


ScienceDirect - A database for scientific research that contains more than 1,800 Elsevier Science journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences for the past four years. (See http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/licensing/additional/freedom/ for a list of specific titles.)As a starting point for the research process, and to expand the literature coverage beyond Elsevier Science journals, ScienceDirect also contains abstracts from the core journals in the major scientific disciplines. Type: Full text.


Statistical Universe - Indexes and provides full text links to documents contained in American Statistics Index (ASI), Statistical Reference Index (SRI), Index to International Statistics (IIS). Sources covered include government agencies, associations, and international associations. Type: Indexing and full text.


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Technology

ABI/INFORM Dateline - North American business periodicals from 800 sources provide information on advertising, economics, human resources, finance, marketing, computers and more. In addition, there is information on over 60,000 companies. Part of ABI/Inform Complete. Type: Citations and abstracts.


ABI/INFORM Global - A database that covers business, finance and economics, ABI/INFORM Global contains journals (including the Wall Street Journal) and company profiles, providing a comprehensive way to explore and understand business research topics. Nearly 1800 worldwide business periodicals provide in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. There is also information on 60,000 + companies with business and executive profiles. Part of ABI/INFORM Complete. Type: Full text.


ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry - More than 750 business periodicals and newsletters with a trade or industry focus. Provides users with the latest industry news, product and competitive information, marketing trends, and a wide variety of other topics. Contains publications on every major industry, including finance, insurance, transportation, construction, and many more. Type: Full text.


Academic Search Complete - Over 5,500 full-text periodicals, including over 4,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition it indexes and abstracts over 10,000 publications including journals, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. The database features PDF content back to 1865, and searchable cited references for nearly 1,000 titles. It covers a wide range of subjects including animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, multicultural studies, food science and technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion and theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and more. Type: Full text, indexes and abstracts.


Applied Science and Technology Abstracts - Indexing 3/1983+. Abstracts 10/1993+. Covers topics such as acoustics, aeronautics, artificial intelligence, chemistry, computers, engineering, geology, plastics, textiles, and more. Type: Indexing and abstracts.


CorpTech Online Directory - A comprehensive source of information available today on 50,000 U.S. high technology manufacturing companies. It contains detailed profiles on public and private manufacturers and developers of technology products including smaller, privately held companies. Seventeen high tech industries are covered, from factory automation to biotech, computers to pharmaceuticals, and defense to environmental. Type: Directory.


Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) - Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts (LISTA) indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s. Type: Indexing and abstracts.


NTIS - 1964+. Abstracts. Compiled by the U.S. National Technical Information Service, this database contains over 700,000 summaries of government-sponsored research in many topics including agriculture, business, communication, energy, engineering, environment, medicine, science, and much more. Type: Abstracts.


Oxford Reference Online CORE - Oxford Reference Online contains approximately 100 reference books and dictionaries in a wide variety of fields including art, language, general reference, law, performing arts, history, politics, science, and medicine. Type: Full text.


ScienceDirect - A database for scientific research that contains more than 1,800 Elsevier Science journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences for the past four years. (See http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/licensing/additional/freedom/ for a list of specific titles.)As a starting point for the research process, and to expand the literature coverage beyond Elsevier Science journals, ScienceDirect also contains abstracts from the core journals in the major scientific disciplines. Type: Full text.


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