Articles & Databases
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American Indian Experience
Full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of American Indians. Ideal resource for middle school, high school, and undergraduate research on American Indian history. Fully searchable, or browsable by era, tribe, state, and region. **Patrons should read the Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
The American Israelite
The longest-running English-language Jewish newspaper still published in the United States. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
American Memory
A rich collection of primary source material relating to U.S. history and culture, compiled by the Library of Congress National Digital Library Program.
American National Biography
In depth biographies of more than 19,000 deceased men and women whose lives have help shape the United States. For current biographies of figures from around the globe, consult Biography in Context. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
American Periodicals (1740-1940)
This database contains over 1,800 magazines, journals, and newspapers published between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and many other historically significant titles. Some of these titles are archived at the Center for Research Libraries (CRL). **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
American State Papers, 1789-1838
Legislative and executive documents of the first 14 U.S. Congresses, including primary material on wide-ranging aspects of early American history. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Access to this resource has been temporarily expanded to NYPL cardholders working from home, courtesy of Readex/Newsbank.
American Underworld: The Flash Press - Crime, Scandal, and Blackmail Papers of the Nineteenth Century
The Flash Press covered the seamier aspects of urban life in the mid-19th century. Covering topics such as, prostitution, gambling, urban gangs, illicit sporting activities, and sensational crimes. To many of their readers, the Flash Press also conveyed an implicit threat of blackmail, which often led to very ephemeral print runs. Dates of coverage 1826 to 1876.
This database provides access to a unique, rare, short-lived and often bawdy form of journalism. It covers many topical categories including but not limited to: satirical and often humorous articles on the illicit, low-life aspects of life in the city; urbane critiques of bordellos and their inhabitants; original poems and songs devoted to off-color episodes and characters; interviews with and articles about the most notorious “rakes” of the era; extensive coverage of police activities and sensational crimes and trials; detailed lists of ongoing criminal investigations, some of which are highly satirical; Reviews of the bawdiest theatrical performances; reports on both legal and illegal sporting events such as cock-fighting, bare-knuckle boxing, and horse racing; reporting on gambling and noteworthy gamblers; Rare and detailed coverage of the underground economy of urban America in the 19th century. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Access to this resource has been temporarily expanded to NYPL cardholders working from home, courtesy of Readex/Newsbank.
Ancestry Library Edition
Access billions of names in thousands of genealogical databases including Census and Vital Records, birth, marriage and death notices, the Social Security Death Index, Passenger lists and naturalizations, Military and Holocaust Records, City Directories, New York Emigrant Savings Bank records, and African American and Native American Records. Library version of Ancestry.com. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Access to this resource has been temporarily expanded to NYPL cardholders working from home, courtesy of ProQuest and its partner Ancestry.
Annual Bibliography of English Language & Literature
Contains citations to books, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays, and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world from 1920 to the present. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Anthropological Index Online
Indexes articles in journals received by the British Museum's Department of Ethnography library. Particular emphasis is given to social and cultural anthropology and the archaeology of Eastern and Central Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Applied Science & Business Periodicals Retrospective: 1913-1983
The Applied Science & Business Periodicals Retrospective database contains indexing and abstracts for major scientific and technical publications from 1913 to 1983. The index includes citations for more than 4.5 million articles and 1,700 periodicals. Some of the indexes included are: Industrial Arts Index, Business Periodicals Index and the Applied Science & Technology Index. There are also occasional full text articles are available, including the Harvard Business Review. Topics covered include acoustics, aeronautics, applied mathematics, atmospheric science, automatic control, automotive engineering, space science, textile industry & fabrics, transportation, waste management and more. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Archive Finder
Provides information and detailed indexing to manuscript collections from over 5,000 U.S. repositories. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
ArchiveGrid (formerly RLG Archival Resources)
Provides researchers with comprehensive access to information about collections of manuscripts and archives.
Archives of American Art
A resource to find and preserve the papers and archives of the visual arts in America.
Archives of Sexuality and Gender
Contains 51 digitized archival collections exploring LGBTQ history and culture since 1940. Includes three collections held by NYPL: The Mattachine Society of New York Records, 1951-1976; Gay Activists Alliance, 1970-1983; and ACT UP: The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power. Other collections originate from institutions like the Lesbian Herstory Archives and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Historical Society. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Art Full Text
Indexes and abstracts articles from an international selection of periodicals including French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, and English-language journals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Art Index Retrospective
Indexes articles in periodicals, yearbooks, and museum publications, 1929-1984. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
ARTbibliographies Modern
Provides full abstracts of journal articles, books, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Artemis Literary Sources
A full-text database that cross-searches Gale's literature collections: Contemporary Authors Online, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Literature Criticism Online, Literature Resource Center, Something About the Author Online, and Twayne's Authors Series. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Artifex
Artifex Press is a publisher of digital catalogues raisonnés. A catalogue raisonné is the definitive, comprehensive, and annotated compilation of all the known works of an artist. Artifex Press combines art-historical research with the flexibility of digital publishing, creating digital archives for various artists, including: Chuck Close, Jim Dine and Tim Hawkinson. When accessing the digital archives click on "institutional login." **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
ARTstor
ARTstor is a nonprofit resource that provides access to more than one million images in the arts, architecture, and other fields in the humanities and sciences. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Publications
ARL publishes reports, issue briefs, talking points, position statements, monographs, compilations of statistics, and many other types of documents on a wide range of current issues of interst to academic and research library professionals. ARL publications also includes SPEC kits. SPEC surveys gather information from ARL member institutions on current research library practices and policies. SPEC Kits combine the survey results and documentation from survey respondents to guide libraries as they address the ever-changing challenges facing libraries.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials
ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials provides the full-text access to major religion and theology journals. ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials contains full-text journals in English and other major European languages, and covers all aspects of religion. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Atlanta Constitution (1868-1945)
The Atlanta Constitution (1868-1945) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003)
The Atlanta Daily World had the first black White House correspondent and was the first black daily in the nation in the 20th century. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Atlas of Analytical Signatures of Photographic Processes
The Atlas of Analytical Signatures of Photographic Processes is intended for practicing photograph conservators, curators, art historians, archivists, library professionals, and anyone responsible for the care of photograph collections. Its purpose is to aid in the formulation of analytical questions related to a particular photograph and to assist scientists unfamiliar with analysis of photographs when interpreting analytical data. The Atlas contains interpretation guides with identification of overlaps of spectral peaks and warnings of potential misidentification or misinterpretation of analytical results.
Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
Complete datasets of maps and text detailing every change in the size, shape, location, name, organization, and attachment of each U.S. county and state from the creation of the first county in 1634 through 2010.
AudioBookCloud
Listen online to audio books in many different categories: fiction, non-fiction, classics and Spanish language. There are 1,000 books in the collection. These books are always available, never on hold, and no need to download. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
The Austin American Statesman (1871-1975)
Searchable full text and full image articles from the Austin American Statesman from 1871 to 1975. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Indexes articles on architecture in its broadest sense, including archaeology, decorative arts, interior design, furniture, landscape architecture, and city planning from 1930s to present. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
The Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988)
The longest-running family-owned African American newspaper in the United States. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
The Baltimore Sun (1837-1988)
Searchable full-text and page images from the Baltimore Sun Archive. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Bartleby.com Great Books Online
Full-text access to a variety of standard reference books, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Online version of the 1901 edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations may be browsed by author (chronologically or alphabetically).
Berg Fashion Library
Comprehensive coverage of world fashion from reference titles, journal articles, ebooks, and images. Select "Resource Area" to access lesson plans, thematic reading lists, and biographies. Please note that Fairchild Books and Fashion Photography Archive content is not included in the Library's subscription. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Best's Library Center
Best's Library Center combines the time-honored Best's Insurance Reports in a single platform, allowing users to assess companies' financial strength, performance ratios and market segments. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Bible in English
Contains 20 different versions of the English Bible from the tenth to the twentieth century, including 12 full Bibles, five New Testament texts, two versions of the Gospels only, and William Tyndale's translations of the Pentateuch, Jonah and the New Testament. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Bibliography of American Literature
Describes the works of America's most important literary writers from the time of the Revolution to 1930. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Bibliography of Native North Americans
Citations to literature about native peoples of North America, including Aleuts; Eskimos or Inuit of Greenland, northern Canada, Alaska, and eastern Siberia; and other native peoples of Canada, the United States, and Mexico north of the northern boundary of Mesoamerica. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**