September and October 2014 E-Resources Summary

This post is the latest in a series designed to keep the Graduate Center community updated about electronic resources available through the Graduate Center Library.

New Databases

(These and all other databases can be found on our A-Z list)

Metropolitan OperaDigital Theatre Plus includes streaming video of theatre that is currently being produced in the UK, alongside study guides and other supplementary materials.

Literary Research Guide is a selective, annotated guide to reference sources essential to the study of British literature, literatures of the United States, other literatures in English, and related topics.

Metropolitan Opera on Demand enjoy unlimited access to more than 500 Metropolitan Opera performances.

Upgraded Databases

Our subscriptions to both MasterFile and Medline have transformed into the Complete packages, which means we now have access to more full text in each database.

Interface Updates

You may have noticed that the ebook collection ebrary looks and functions a bit differently than it did last semester. For an idea of what has changed, here is an entire guide all about the new interface, or talk with your librarian!

New Research Guides

Film, Video and Streaming Collections A list of GC library databases that include streaming video and films
Primary Document Databases GC databases that include primary materials

New Electronic Journal Subscriptions

Culture, Theory and Critique
East Central Europe
Representations

Trials — Resources we are Considering

(see all of our current trials and complete the Trial Feedback Form at the Trials page)

wimmensAmerica’s Historical Newspapers features Early American Newspapers, 20th-Century American Newspapers, and American Ethnic Newspapers. The latter includes African American Newspapers, 1827-1998, Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980; and Ethnic American Newspapers from the Balch Collection, 1799-1971.

Loeb Classical Library Harvard University Press presents an interconnected, fully searchable, perpetually growing, virtual library of all that is important in Greek and Latin literature. 

Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels the first ever scholarly, primary-source database focused on adult comic books and graphic novels. Here are the works of artists both celebrated and overlooked, alongside interviews, criticism, and journal articles that document the continual growth and evolution of this art form.

World Bank eLibrary offers full-text access to the complete backlist of all books, working papers, and journal articles published by the World Bank since the 1990s. 

Just through October 18: Criterion Collection

About the Author

Alycia Sellie is the Associate Librarian for Collections at the Graduate Center Library.