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Featured Stories
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Interlibrary Loan: Access the World’s Library Resources from the GC
19 April 2024 3:45 PM | No Comments -
Teaching (and Reforming) the Next Generation of Pirates and Copyright Violators
10 April 2024 3:24 PM | No Comments -
A New Way to Log In to Interlibrary Loan
16 January 2024 11:34 AM | 1 Comment -
700,000 Interlibrary Loan Requests…and Counting! (updated)
12 December 2023 2:29 PM | No Comments -
Banned Books and Rights for the Incarcerated: Martin Sostre’s Afro-Asian Bookshop in Exile
03 October 2023 4:28 PM | No Comments
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Database Highlight Archive
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Spotlight on Primary Source Databases
Posted on September 30, 2020 | No CommentsThe Mina Rees Library offers access to scores of databases that contain primary sources. Formats include manuscripts and archives, historical newspapers and magazines, comics, zines, government documents, maps, data, film and video, audio, images, artworks, literary texts, printed ephemera, and more. Using these databases, you […] -
Accessing Psychological Tests at The Graduate Center
Posted on April 23, 2019 | No CommentsA critical skill for graduate psychology students to develop is the ability to locate psychological measurement tools. While numerous commercial websites such as Psychological Assessment Resources (PAR) and Pearson provide high-quality testing instruments, there are a few barriers affecting students. One is high cost, while […] -
Spotlight on: The Alternative Press
Posted on April 8, 2019 | No Comments“Alternative press” is a broad term for independent, non-corporate, non-mainstream newspapers and magazines, and publications from radical, anti-establishment, or counter-culture groups. Alternative press outlets tend to cover stories the mainstream media (MSM) duck. And when they cover the same stories as the MSM, they tackle […] -
Spotlight on: The Center for Research Libraries
Posted on November 15, 2018 | No CommentsFounded in 1949 as a cooperative of Midwest libraries, the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) has grown into an international consortium of more than 200 university, college, and independent research libraries. The GC’s Mina Rees Library is a member of CRL and through our affiliation […] -
Spotlight on: Historical Newspapers
Posted on July 27, 2018 | 1 CommentIf you’re interested in a deeper dive through the history of New York City (and beyond!), newspaper coverage might be the way to go. The Graduate Center has access to twenty-four databases that provide contemporary and historical newspaper coverage from around the world: several of […] -
CUNY Libraries Offer Free Access to The Wall Street Journal
Posted on March 13, 2018 | No CommentsWe are happy to announce that CUNY now offers a free membership to The Wall Street Journal via a CUNY-wide academic pass. Much like the New York Times Academic Pass, anyone with a valid CUNY email address can register to have free access to www.wsj.com and […] -
HathiTrust Digital Library @ the GC
Posted on February 13, 2018 | No CommentsSix million volumes from the HathiTrust Digital Library are now available for PDF download by Graduate Center affiliates. Downloadable titles include books and journals published in the US before 1923, works published outside the US before 1878, US federal government documents, and Creative Commons licensed open works. […] -
LexisNexis Makeover: Meet Nexis Uni
Posted on February 5, 2018 | No CommentsThe news, business and legal database we know and love has recently undergone a major face lift. What was formerly called “LexisNexis Academic” is now Nexis Uni—with a new, and hopefully more intuitive, interface. Click on images for a larger view. The new look and […] -
Spotlight on Grants & Funding
Posted on January 16, 2018 | 1 CommentWe’ve entered the New Year, but before starting the spring semester, consider taking a moment to search for grants and other sponsored research opportunities. The Graduate Center Library provides access to several grants and funding databases. 1) Pivot bills itself as a tool providing “access […] -
Database Highlight: SAGE Research Methods
Posted on January 10, 2018 | No CommentsIn this post we highlight SAGE Research Methods (SRM), a powerful tool that can help you: Plan and conduct qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods research, Analyze your findings, and Write up your results. SRM is content-rich and easy to navigate. It covers all the methods […]
