databases Archive

Hathitrust Membership Cancellation

Posted on November 22, 2023 | No Comments
As a result of cuts to the library’s budget, we are sorry to report that our membership to Hathitrust will expire on December 31, 2023. This post is intended to help those who have been using Hathitrust make any needed preparations for this change in […]
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GC-customized WorldCat.org is down (please bear with us!)

Posted on April 27, 2021 | No Comments
The GC-customized version of WorldCat.org is temporarily down. This means we won’t see the Find it at CUNY link or the Request via Interlibrary Loan link as we search WorldCat. You can still use the un-customized version of WorldCat to look up materials from around the world. […]
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Technical Difficulties: GC-customized WorldCat.org is down

Posted on April 8, 2021 | No Comments
The GC-customized version of WorldCat.org is temporarily down. This means we won’t see the Find it at CUNY link or the Request via Interlibrary Loan link as we search WorldCat. You can still use the un-customized version of WorldCat to look up materials from around the […]
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Explore Survey Data with New Database: Roper Center Archives

Posted on May 3, 2018 | No Comments
The Roper Center Archives consist of over 23,000 datasets from public opinion surveys dating back to the 1930’s. Around 60% of these were conducted in the U.S., and they cover variety of topics including elections and politics, social issues, finances and the economy, education, health, international affairs, social movements and […]
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Spring 2018 E-Resources Summary

Posted on April 23, 2018 | No Comments
This post is the latest in a series designed to keep our community updated about changes in our collections and focuses primarily on electronic resources available through the Graduate Center Library. New Databases: (These and all other databases can be found on our full A-Z […]
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CUNY Libraries Offer Free Access to The Wall Street Journal

Posted on March 13, 2018 | No Comments
We 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 […]
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HathiTrust Digital Library @ the GC

Posted on February 13, 2018 | No Comments
Six 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. […]
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New Database: American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals

Posted on December 1, 2017 | No Comments
The Graduate Center Library now offers access to the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection. This collection is made up of five databases that contain over 6,500 digitized publications from 1691-1877. Documenting the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction via print culture from […]
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Ebook Central Replaces ebrary and Ebook Library: How to Migrate Your Bookshelves

Posted on June 9, 2017 | No Comments
The collections that were once known as ebrary and Ebook Library (EBL) have merged to a new ProQuest platform and are now known as Ebook Central. This platform offers a new look and updated features, but still contains the full corpus of the collections that […]
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May 2017 E-Resources Summary

Posted on May 12, 2017 | No Comments
This post is the latest in a series designed to keep the Graduate Center community updated about our collections; focused primarily on electronic resources available through the Graduate Center Library. New Databases: (These and all other databases can be found on our full A-Z databases […]
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