Search databases and indexes to find citations and/or full text articles online.
America: History and Life
     
Citations and abstracts of journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. Includes major titles such as Journal of American History, American Historical Review, and American Quarterly. (For world history see Historical Abstracts).
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index
 
Part of the Web of Science, Arts & Humanities Citation Index provides citations to journal articles in the arts and humanities, including architecture, art, classics, dance, literature, music, philosophy, film, religion, and theater.
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ARTstor
ARTstor is a digital library of over one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and teaching purposes. Faculty members may request "instructor privileges" which provide enhanced functionality, including the ability to create shared folders, instructor commentary, and personal collections. For further information about instructor privileges, contact Linda Roccos (718.982.4004).
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Biography Reference Bank
Find biographies of noted individuals as well as links to biographical profiles, articles, interviews, and obituaries
published in books and periodicals since 1984. Includes some full text.
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Black Thought and Culture
Full text of over 1,200 books, essays, articles, pamphlets, and speeches related to African American history from colonial
times to the present. Sources include published books as well as previously unpublished materials such as letters,
correspondence, and interviews. In addition to searching by keyword, users can browse documents by multiple criteria such as
author, title, date, subject, or historical event.
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Book Review Digest Plus
Citations and select full text of fiction and non-fiction book reviews published since 1983. Encompasses more than one million reviews covering over 550,000 books.
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Brill's New Pauly - Encyclopedia Of The Ancient World
Online edition of Brill's New Pauly, the authoritative encyclopedia of the ancient world. Fifteen volumes (Antiquity, 1-15) are devoted to Greco-Roman antiquity and cover more than 2,000 years of history, ranging from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe. Five volumes (Classical Tradition, I-V) are uniquely concerned with the long and influential aftermath of antiquity and the process of continuous reinterpretation and revaluation of the ancient heritage, including the history of classical scholarship. Available in English and German.
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Cambridge Collections Online
Full text of the Cambridge Companions book series with over 320 titles and 70,000 essays, which provide introductions and overviews of major topics and figures in literature, art, philosophy, and religion. Also includes the Shakespeare Survey series, a compendium of Shakespeare criticism with each volume devoted to a particular theme or group of plays.
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Cambridge Histories Online
Full text of the Cambridge Histories series comprising over 250 titles covering various aspects of U.S. and British history including law, politics, religion, philosophy, science, and economics.
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Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities
Part of the Web of Science, Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities provides citations to papers and proceedings of social science and humanities conferences from 1990 to present.
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Historical Abstracts
Indexes over 18,000 articles based on review of over 2,100 journals published worldwide, plus books, from 1982. Links to JSTOR are now available. Click here for a list of the journal titles indexed.
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Historical Statistics of the United States
Electronic edition of the 5-volume Historical Statistics of the United States. Find historical statistics on topics such as population, income, employment, education, crime, and economics. Users can export data to spreadsheets or create custom tables.
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Humanities Full Text
Periodical coverage includes some of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines.
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JSTOR
FULL TEXT articles from the first issue of several hundred journals in the Arts & Sciences I-IV, General Science, Language & Literature collections. Try their Search Tutorial or their Browse Tutorial.
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Project MUSE
Project MUSE? offers nearly 250 quality journal titles from 40 scholarly publishers. As one of the academic community's primary electronic journals resources, Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.
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Readers' Guide Retrospective
The completed database will cover the years 1890 through 1982.
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Salem History
Full text history reference books from Salem Press. Provides general information about historical eras, events, and figures. Includes titles such as Milestone Documents, The Decades, Great Lives from History, and Great Events from History.
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Women and Social Movements
Digital collection of articles, essays, books, bibliographies, and primary source materials documenting the history of women's reform activities in the U.S. from 1600 to 2000.
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Search online catalogs to find books, journals, videos, and other materials in library collections.
CUNY+
Search CUNY+, the University's system-wide online catalog to find books and other resources located in the CSI library and other CUNY libraries.
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WorldCat
Union catalog containing records of library holdings all over the world. Use WorldCat to locate books, journals, audio and video recordings, and archival materials held by other libraries. If an item you want is not available at CUNY simply click "Find It" to request an interlibrary loan.
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Encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and other reference works available in print or online.
Conflict in Afghanistan: A Historical Encyclopedia
DS 351 .C54 2003
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Encyclopedia of African History
DT 20 .E53 2005, 3 vols.
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Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
DS 779.23 .E53 2005
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Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture
DS 822.5 .E516 2002
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Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
BP 40 .E525 2004, 2 vols.
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Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
DS 4 .E53 2002, 6 vols.
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Encyclopedia of Russian History
DK 14 .E53 2004, 4 vols.
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Encyclopedia of the Cold War: A Political, Social, and Military History
Covers all aspects of the Cold War, including military conflicts, diplomatic initiatives, important individuals and organizations, national histories, economic developments, societal and cultural events, and more.
Location: 1st Fl Reference D840.E63 2008
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Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: A Political, Social and Military History
DC 220 .E53 2006, 3 vols.
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Encyclopedia of the Interwar Years: From 1919 to 1939
D 727 .G745 2000
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Encyclopedia of the Korean War: A Political, Social, and Military History
Offers detailed information on the battles, leaders, and political events of the Korean War as well as its social and cultural impact.
Location: 1st Fl Reference DS918.E53 2000
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Encyclopedia of World War II: A political, social and military history
Introductory essays provide an overview of the war, its origins, and its legacy. These are followed by lengthy, alphabetically arranged, topical entries. Descriptions of individuals, atrocities, weapons, military tactics, campaigns, and battles are accompanied by statistical charts and black-and-white maps and photos. Controversies are explored as are the roles of women, music, art, propaganda, and the homefront during the war.
Location: 1st Fl Reference D740.E516 2005
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Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
D 209 .E97 2004, 6 vols.
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Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia
D 1051 .E92 2001, 2 vols.
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Facts About the 20th Century
CB 425 .O34 2001
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Great Events from History. The 18th Century, 1701-1800
D 286 .G74 2006 , 2 vols.
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Great Lives from History. The 17th Century, 1601-1700
CT 117 .G74 2006, 2 vols.
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Great Lives from History. The Middle Ages, 477-1453
CT 113 .G74 2005, 2 vols.
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Great Lives from History. The Renaissance and Early Modern Era, 1454-1600
CT 115 .G74 2005, 2 vols.
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New Encyclopaedia Britannica
AE 5 .E363 2003, 32 vols.
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Oxford Companion to Military History
D 25 .A2 O94 2001
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Resources freely available on the Internet.
American Memory
Digital collection of historical materials from the Library Congress. Includes a variety of manuscripts, pamphlets, images, audio and video recordings, maps, and sheet music that document U.S. history and culture. Users can search across all collections or browse by topic.
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History Matters
The U. S. Survey Course on the Web created at George Mason University it is designed for high school and college teachers and students of U.S. history survey courses and serves as a gateway to web resources and offers unique teaching materials, first-person primary documents, and guides to analyzing historical evidence.
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In the First Person
Index to letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, and autobiographies of over 18,000 individuals found in archival
repositories and other scholarly collections. Provides citations and in some cases links to full text, audio, and video files
that are freely available on the web (access to some texts requires a subscription).
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Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)
Gateway to web resources covering all aspects of Latin America, including history, geography, politics, economics, and culture.
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Making of America
Digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints. MoA is a collaborative effort of Cornell University and the University of Michigan.
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Presidents of the United States
Is the most comprehensive site on the Internet for presidential resources. The alphabetized subject headings are linked to most of the sites on the web that have information about the Presidents of the United States.
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United Nations
Portal to information about the United Nations and international issues. Includes UN reports, resolutions, meeting records, and press releases.
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World History Sources
This website helps world history teachers and students locate, analyze, and learn from online primary sources and to further their understanding of the complex nature of world history, especially the issues of cultural contact and globalization.
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Journals available online or in print at the CSI Library.
Custom Newspapers Full Text
Full text articles from over 150 regional, national and international newspapers. A list of available titles can be found by
clicking "Title List".
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History Journals at CSI
Most journals for History subjects are accessed through our journal locator; click for other subjects, or enter the name of the journal.
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National Newspaper Index
Index of five major newspapers: New York Times (from 1980), Wall Street Journal (from 1980), Christian Science Monitor (from 1980), Los Angeles Times (from 1982) and Washington Post (from 1980). Also includes index for New York Times Magazine (from 1977) and New York Times Book Review (from 1980).
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New York State Newspapers
Full text of select New York state newspapers, including the New York Times (from 1985), New York Post (from 2000), Albany Times (from 1986), and Buffalo News (from 1996). Coverage dates vary by publication.
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New York Times Historical
Full text of the New York Times from 1851 to 2005. Recent issues available thru Lexis-Nexis. Additional holdings.
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Staten Island Advance
Full text of Staten Island's local newspaper, the Staten Island Advance, from August 2006.
Issues from Aug. 1945 to Dec. 2007 are available on microfilm. See library catalog for holdings.
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Wall Street Journal
The financial newspaper of record offering in-depth coverage of national and international business, finance, and economic news. Full text is available for all issues published since 1984. Issues from 1889 to 2007 are available on microfilm. See library catalog for holdings.
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Images, audio, video, software, and other media resources.
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
Access to over 600,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.
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