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DATABASE NAME	FULL TEXT?	FIND IT?	DATES	DESCRIPTION
DATABASE NAME	FULL TEXT?	FIND IT?	DATES	DESCRIPTION
ABI/INFORM Global			1971-	Abstracts to articles from worldwide business periodicals. In-depth coverage of business, including theory & practice, management techniques, advertising, marketing, finance, corporate culture, human resources.
Abstracts in Anthropology			2001-	Abstracts of articles from important journals in all areas of anthropology: Archaeology, Cultural and Physical Anthropology, Linguistics. For 1970–2000 use the published paper version located at: 3^rd Floor, Reference Indexes Table 14.
Academic Search Complete			1990-	Comprehensive source for scholarly journals in all academic disciplines. More than 8,000 publications are indexed, and full text is provided. Most are peer-reviewed. Searchable cited reference sources are provided for selected titles.
Accounting & Tax			1971-	Comprehensive coverage of accounting and tax topics appearing in key industry publications and newspapers. The quintessential accounting database.
ACM Digital Library			1954-	The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library Portal has two components, the ACM Digital library with full text access to ACM publications and the Guide to Computing Literature. The ACM Digital Library provides full text access to all ACM journals, newsletters and conference proceedings. The Guide to Computing Literature provides comprehensive bibliographic coverage for the field of computer science. It indexes all ACM publications plus computing literature from othe publishers. It covers books, journal articles, conference proceedings, dissertations and theses, and technical reports.
America: History and Life			1964-	American Studies, Africana Studies, History.
American Chemical Society Journals			1996-	ACS is the leading publisher of peer-reviewed research in the chemical and related sciences, serving scientific communities worldwide through a commitment to quality, reliability, and innovation.
American Institute of Physics Journals			1990-	AIP provides publishing services to more than 25 scientific and professional societies and is a pioneer and leader in electronic publishing.
American Medical Association			1990-	Citations and abstracts from 12 medical journals, including The Journal of the American Medical Association.
L'Annee Philologique			1959-	Classics, English, Language & Literature.
Annual Reviews			1932-	Provides definitive critical reviews of the scientific and social scientific research literature of 34 disciplines.
Anthropological Index Online			1950-	Citations to articles from journals at the British Museum, in all areas of anthropology: Archaeology, Cultural and Physical Anthropology, Linguistics. Includes many non-English Language journals.
Applied Science & Technology Index			1983-	Find information from a wide variety of applied science specialties—acoustics to aeronautics, neural networks to nuclear engineering—from leading trade and industrial journals, professional and technical society journals, specialized subject periodicals, buyers' guides, directories, and conference proceedings. NOTE: Alternative access is available at WilsonWeb.
Art Full Text			1984-	Full text since 1997, with abstracts since 1994, of selected articles from international peer-selected publications in the visual arts. Indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in the indexed periodicals. NOTE: Alternative access is available at WilsonWeb.
Art Index			1984-	Citations to articles from international peer-selected publications in the visual arts, architecture, archaeology, crafts, design, etc. Indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in the covered periodicals. NOTE: Alternative access is available at WilsonWeb.
Art Museum Image Gallery				Art.
Art Retrospective			1929-1984	Citations to articles from leading English-Language, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch periodicals in the visual arts; also selected yearbooks and museum bulletins. Records 55 years of art journalism. NOTE: Alternative access is available at WilsonWeb.
ARTbibliographies Modern			1974-	Abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, reviews, and dissertations on all forms of modern and contemporary art, photography and design.
ARTFL Project			Current edition	American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language. Searchable literary database of French language texts, from the Middle Ages to the present. Also includes Diderot & d'Alembert's Encyclopedie and various dictionaries.
ArticleFirst			1990-	“Table of contents” database for over 16,000 cross-disciplinary journals covering business, social sciences, humanities, science and medicine, technology, and popular culture.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index			1994-	Citations, abstracts and references for 1,000 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities. Allows forward and backward cited reference searching from 1975 onward and general searching from 1994.
ARTstor			Current edition	Digital library of nearly 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.
Associations Unlimited			Current edition	The premier source for factual information about associations. Use this database to locate approximately 22,500 U.S. national nonprofit membership organizations in all fields. NOTE: Alternative access is available at Gale Databases.
ATLA Religion Database			1949-	Premier religion index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion.
Bibliography of the History of Art			1973-	Abstracts of multilingual publications in the visual arts and material culture of Europe and the Americas from late antiquity to the present. Multilingual search interface.
Biography Reference Bank			1984-	Biography, multidisciplinary. NOTE: Alternative access is available at WilsonWeb.
Black Thought and Culture			1600-	Africana Studies, American Studies, History.
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology			2007-	Entire text of the 11 volume encyclopedia. Short definitions of key concepts and longer entries on major topics, such as aging, deviance, globalization, and social movements.
BNA Tax Management Portfolios			Current edition	Comprehensive federal tax resource that includes research, guidance, and implementation tools all in one database. Portfolios cover areas like accounting & returns, deductions & credits, and special pass-through entities.
Book Review Digest Plus			1983-	Books & Monographs, multidisciplinary. NOTE: Alternative access is available at WilsonWeb.
Books in Print			Current edition	FirstSearch database that identifies in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audio recording, and video from North American publishers and U.S. distributors. Includes full text of selective reviews.
Business and Company ASAP			1980-	Information on companies, markets, industries, market trends, mergers & acquisitions, management theory, and company overviews. NOTE: Alternative access is available at Gale Databases.
Business and Company Resource Center			Current edition	Provides detailed company and industry news, and information such as company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodical articles. NOTE: Alternative access is available at Gale Databases.
Business Source Complete			1990-	Covers all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, finance, and economics. It also covers other sources of full-text information such as national economic reports and company profiles.
Cambridge University Press Journals			2000-	Multidisciplinary.
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications			1976-	Citations, with web links, to publications from the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the U.S. Federal Government. Contains a “Locate in a Library” feature for document citations which lack full-text links.
CCH Internet			Current edition	Comprehensive tax research network covering all aspects of taxes and tax law information for accounting and tax researchers.
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD)			1992-	A database that allows customized searches for full text children's book reviews by author, subject or genre. Includes links to notable book lists and award lists.
Choice Reviews Online			Current edition	Major source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources. Access is limited to four (4) simultaneous users.
CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)			1990-	Political Science.
CINAHL: Nursing and Allied Health			1981-	Access to all National League for Nursing and American Nurses' Association publications. Citations to journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, and conference proceedings. For topics such as biomedicine and alternative medicine.
Classical Music Library				Classical Music Library features over 50,000 tracks from almost 4,000 albums from Hyperion, Bridge Records, Sanctuary Classics, Artemis-Vanguard, Hänssler Classic, Vox and many more labels. Coverage includes music written from the earliest times (e.g. Gregorian Chant) to the present, including many contemporary composers. The repertoire ranges from vocal and choral music, to chamber, orchestral, solo instrumental, and opera. New recordings are being added regularly.
Classical Scores Library				Classical Scores Library provides access to almost 4,000 digital and printable scores. Music from the Medieval period through modern day is included. The repertoire ranges from vocal and choral music, to chamber, orchestral, solo instrumental, and opera. Study, scholarly, and performance scores are available and new scores are being added regularly.
Classification Web			Current edition	Full text access to Library of Congress (LC) Classification Schedules and LC Subject Headings. Updated weekly. Access is limited to four (4) simultaneous users.
College Source Online			Current edition	Education.
Columbia Earthscape			2005-	Geology, Environmental Studies & Sciences.
Communication & Mass Media			1990-	Includes full-text articles for nearly 350 journals, as well as citations and abstracts to over 400 titles. Covers topics such as film, television, broadcasting, digital media, advertising, and journalism.
CQ Electronic Encyclopedia of American Government			1700-	History, Law, Political Science, American Studies.
CQ Public Affairs Collection			1900-	History, Law, Political Science, American Studies.
CQ Researcher			1991-	History, Law, Political Science, American Studies.
CQ Supreme Court Collection			1700-	History, Law, Political Science, American Studies.
CQ Weekly			1983-	History, Law, Political Science, American Studies.
CUNY Databases			Current Access	For off-campus access if QC proxy service is NOT working. Alternative method of connecting to 75+ CUNY databases from home with a current activated QC/CUNY ID card.
Custom Newspapers			1996-	Features full-text articles from more than 150 newpapers from around the world. Also includes selected full-text news and business coverage for another 280 sources. NOTE: Alternative access is available at Gale Databases.
Derwent Innovations Index			1963-	Provides patent information in the chemical, electrical and electronics, and mechanical engineering realms of technology. This includes patents in the areas of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, chemicals, plastics and polymers, medical devices and applications, agricultural and veterinary medicine.
Dictionary of Art Online (Oxford Art Online)			Current edition	A comprehensive visual arts encyclopedia, with full text of The Dictionary of Art (1996), regularly updated coverage, articles and bibliographies. Searchable art images and maps; links to other art resources; lesson plans, timelines, and thematic guides.
DISCovering Multicultural America			1995-	A multimedia reference source providing essays, documents, and images on the culture, history, and society of African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and Native-Americans. NOTE: Alternative access is available at Gale Databases.
Dissertation Abstracts International			1861-	Citations and abstracts of dissertations and master's theses from most North American institutions (1962 to present), and from some non-North American institutions (1976 to present). Updated monthly.
DRAM (Database of Recorded American Music)			Current edition	A scholarly resource of streaming audio of recordings, liner notes, and essays from New World, Composers Recordings (formerly Composers Recordings Inc., CRI), Albany Records, Artifact Recordings, Cedille Records, Cold Blue Music, Deep Listening, Frog Peak Music, innova Recordings, Mutable Music, Pogus Productions, and other important labels.
Duke University Press Journals			2000-	Full text access to 30 scholarly journals from Duke University, covering humanities and social science disciplines such as literature, cultural studies, history, and more.
EBSCO Animals			Current edition	Encyclopedia articles on a variety of topics describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals from EBSCO's Encyclopedia of Animals. Some images are available but can be viewed using Windows™ only.
EBSCO Textile Technology Complete				Textiles & Apparel
EconLit			1969-	Foremost source of periodical citations to economic literature. Includes links to topic areas such as econometrics, economic forecasting, environmental economics, monetary theory, and labor economics.
Economist Historical Archive			1843-2003	Contains over 8,000 issues of the weekly Economist periodical. This fully searchable database has facsimile images of articles, in color and in black and white. It also includes an enormous selection of exportable economic and financial statistical tables. NOTE: Alternative access is available at Gale Databases.
Education Full Text			1983-	Education, educational technology. NOTE: Alternative access is available at WilsonWeb.
Education Research Complete			1881-	Topics include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Provides indexes and abstracting for more than 3,000 journals back to 1881, as well as full text for more than 2,000 journals back to 1936, and includes full text for numerous education-related conference papers and more than 500 books and monographs back to 1972.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online			Current edition	History, Language & Literature. NOTE: Alternative access is available at Gale Databases.
Emerald Library			1994-	Collection of journals from Emerald Group Publishing, for business and library science related topics such as knowledge management, management, marketing, and public administration.
Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (ELIS)			2003-	Online version of the 2^nd edition of the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science published by Dekker. Updated quarterly.
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences			Current edition	Peer-reviewed encyclopedia articles in all areas of the life sciences. For topics such as biochemistry, ecology, evolution, genetics, immunology, microbiology, morphology, and virology.
ERIC			1966-	Education, Educational Technology.
Essay and General Literature			1985-	Citations to essays found in over 7,000 printed books, collections, and anthologies. NOTE: Alternative access is available at WilsonWeb.
Ethnic Newswatch			1990-	English and Spanish newspapers and magazines of the ethnic minority and native press. Provides unique viewpoints from the Arab-American, Asian-American, Jewish- American, Latino-American, Native-American, and other communities.
Factiva			Current edition	Dow Jones database containing periodical articles, newswires, press releases, television & radio transcripts, information on private & public companies. Access is limited to five (5) simultaneous users.
FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board)			Current edition	Original pronouncements, EITF Abstracts, implementation guides, derivative instruments, hedging activities, exposure drafts, and a topical index. Password required: Ask at Library Research Office (RO 307) or at Accounting Dept. (PH 215).
Film and Television Literature Index			1939-	Provides citations or abstracts to articles from more than 300 periodicals, as well as full-text for more than 70 journals. Covers topics such as film and television theory, broadcasting, preservation, restoration, and digital media.
Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia			Current edition	Education, encyclopedias.
Gale Databases			Current edition	Common menu listing Gale databases available at Queens College.
Gale Virtual Reference Library			1993-	Cross-searchable database of over 300 recent reference titles. Contains many multivolume encyclopedias in a variety of subject areas from business to education to medicine. NOTE: Alternative access is available at Gale Databases.
General Science Full Text			1984-	Easy-to-use and designed specifically for students and non-specialists, General Science Full Text is the first place to look for answers to science-related questions. This database features full text, plus the graphs, charts, diagrams, photos, and illustrations that convey an abundance of scientific information. NOTE: Alternative access is available at WilsonWeb.
GeoRef			1933-	GeoRef is the most comprehensive index to the literature of geology and earth sciences. Published by the American Geological Institute, GeoRef covers all aspects of geology from 1693 to the present for North America and 1933 to the present for the rest of the world. Containing over 2.6 million records, GeoRef is the electronic equivalent of the print indexes; Bibliography of North American Geology, Bibliography and Index of Geology Exclusive of North America, Geophysical Abstracts, and Bibliography and Index of Geology.
GreenFILE			1970-	Abstracts to popular and scholarly articles on the relationship between humans and the environment. Topics include pollution control, toxicity and health, global warming, natural resources, and environmental law.
Grove Music Online (new name is Oxford Music Online)			2001-	Contains the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the most comprehensive music encyclopedia; The Oxford Companion to Music, a general music encyclopedia, and The Oxford Dictionary of Music, a dictionary of music terms. Updated often.
Guide to Reference			2001-	An online portal to reference literature, this core library science publication is produced by the American Library Association and is aimed at practitioners, researchers and students. Includes bibliographic information, annotations and internal and external links to related sources and holdings.
HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index)			1970-	Authoritative, worldwide source for information about Central and South America, Mexico, Brazil, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States.
Health & Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module			1980-	Articles from health and medical journals, newsletters, and general interest periodicals. For topics such as fitness, public health, occupational health and safety, drugs, herbal remedies, alternative treatments.NOTE: Alternative access is available at Gale Databases.
Health Reference Center Academic			1980-	Nursing and allied health journals, as well as personal health information sources. For topics such as fitness, pregnancy, occupational safety and health, prescription drugs. NOTE: Alternative access is available at Gale Databases.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition			1980-	Scholarly journals in many medical disciplines. Includes Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, covering 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names. For topics such as nursing, allied health, and prescription drugs.
Historical Abstracts			1954-	Africana Studies, History, Jewish Studies, Women's Studies.
HRAF World Cultures (Human Relations Area Files: World Cultures)			1900-	Ethnographic texts from books, articles, dissertations, reports. Covers many cultures and ethnic groups for cross-cultural or comparative study in cultural anthropology. Text is searchable by culture, concept, and keyword; includes tutorials.
Humanities Full Text			1984-	Citations to articles in more than 600 general and specialized periodicals from across the humanities. Also includes citations to reviews, bibliographies, original works, and more. NOTE: Alternative access is available at WilsonWeb.
IIMP (International Index to Music Periodicals)			1874-	Citations to articles in scholarly and popular music journals. Particularly useful for reviews and popular music studies.
Index Master			Current edition	Legal database offering keyword searching of “tables of contents” and indexes for over 8000 published secondary law titles. A second search in the CUNY+ Catalog is necessary to learn if one of the law titles is available for use in a CUNY library.
Index to Current Urban Documents (ICUD)			1990-	Citations to public policy reports by local government agencies, from 500 U.S. and Canadian cities. Full-text of documents for the New England Region only.
Infoshare			1980-	Statistics for local areas of New York City and New York State. Demographic data from the 1980, 1990, 2000 census. Health, immigration, socio-economic data since the 1990s.
Ingenta			1988-	Engineering, Physics.
INSPEC			1969-	INSPEC Database (coverage now available from 1969) contains nearly 10 million bibliographic abstracts and indexing to journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports and other literature from publications in the fields of physics, electrical and electronic engineering, communications, computer science, control engineering, information technology, manufacturing and mechanical engineering, operations research, material science, oceanography, engineering mathematics, nuclear engineering, environmental science, geophysics, nanotechnology, biomedical technology and biophysics. It is updated weekly.
International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance			1980-	Covers all aspects of theatre and the performing arts. Citations from journals, magazines, and books with significant international contributions.
JSTOR			1870-	500+ core journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Cover-to-cover full-text from a journal's first issue until about five years ago.
Junior Edition			Current edition.	Education. NOTE: Alternative access is available at Gale Databases.
Kraus Curriculum			Current edition	A searchable online collection of curricula from all over the country. Most (1983–2000) are available in microfiche format, but, with the 20^th edition (2001), many curricula are available full-text online.
LexisNexis Academic			1980-	Business, History, Law, Newspapers, Political Science.
LexisNexis Statistical			1973-	History, Political Science, Sociology, American Studies.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)			1960-	Covers various aspects of librarianship and information science. Indexes over 600 journals, selective books and research reports with full text access to some of them.
Library Literature & Information Science Full Text			1994-	WilsonWeb database with citations to English and foreign-language periodical articles, conference proceedings, book reviews, and library school theses. NOTE: Alternative access is available at WilsonWeb.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts			1973-	Covers all fields of linguistics, including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics. Includes all aspects of the study of Language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics.
LISA: Library & Information Science Abstracts			1969-	International database with abstracts to articles from over 440 periodicals in more than 68 countries. Updated bi-weekly.
Literature Resource Center			1900-	Extensive introductory material for the study of literary works, including authors' biographies, reviews, work overviews, bibliographies, and links to selected Web resources. Includes full-text material from Twayne's Authors Series, the Dictionary of Literary Biography, and other literary reference sources. NOTE: Alternative access is available at Gale Databases.
LitFinder			Current edition	Provides the full text of over 126,500 poems, as well as some short fiction, speeches and longer works, and citations for many more. Also includes author biographies and work overviews. Allows searching by century, format, or an author's ethnicity or gender. NOTE: Alternative access is available at Gale Databases.
LLMC Digital: Combined Collections (Law Libraries Microfilm Consortium)			1800-	Law.
MagillOnLiterature Plus			Current edition	Contains summaries and overviews of 35,000 works of literature and biographies of thousands of important authors. Includes both abstracts and the full-text contents of the Masterplots reference books, the Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, Magill Book Reviews, and more.
Making of the Modern World: The Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature			1450-1850	Provides full-text images of every page from 61,000 books on economics and business published during a four hundred year span, as well as of 406 pre-1906 serials. This collection contains 12 million pages focusing on areas such as commerce, finance, social conditions, politics, trade, and transport.NOTE: Alternative access is available at Gale Databases.
MAS Ultra - School Edition			Current edition	Education.
MathSciNet			1980-	MathSciNet is an electronic publication offering access to a carefully maintained and easily searchable database of reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for much of the mathematical sciences literature. Over 100,000 new items are added each year, most of them classified according to the Mathematics Subject Classification. MathSciNet contains over 2 million items and over 1 million direct links to original articles. Bibliographic data from retrodigitized articles dates back to the early 1800s. Reference lists are collected and matched internally from over 400 journals, and citation data for journals, authors, articles and reviews is provided. This web of citations allows users to track the history and influence of research publications in the mathematical sciences.
MEDLINE (EBSCO)			1953-	Articles from Index Medicus, International Nursing Index, Index to Dental Literature, HISTLINE, SPACELINE, PREMEDLINE, AIDSLINE, BIOETHICSLINE, and HealthSTAR, covering medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and health.
Medline (PUBMED)			1953-	Free access to biomedical information. Citations from Index Medicus, International Nursing Index, Index to Dental Literature, HISTLINE, SPACELINE, PREMEDLINE, AIDSLINE, BIOETHICSLINE, and HealthSTAR. Covers medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and health.
Mental Measurements Yearbook			Current edition	Education, Psychology.
Mergent Online			1995-	Contains corporate financial histories, including capital changes and operational histories for 10,000 U.S. public companies and 17,000 non-U.S. public companies. Includes links to Mergent News Reports and annual reports.
Military & Government Collection			2000-	History, Law, Political Science.
MLA International Bibliography			1926-	The most scholarly and comprehensive database for articles and books on the modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. More than 66,000 citations are added annually. NOTE: Alternative access is available at Gale Databases.
Music Index			1973-	Citations to articles in international music journals covering classical, popular, and world music. Actively expanding coverage for more recent decades.
National Newspaper Index			1977-	Access to timely topics in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post. NOTE: Alternative access is available at Gale Databases.
Nature			1997-	Includes Nature, the multidisciplinary weekly journal of science, as well as Nature research journals and Nature Reviews journals. Covers topics such as genetics, evolution, biotechnology, clinical practice, and research.
NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research)			1998-	Full text of working papers by economists on a wide variety of economic issues.
NetLibrary			1990-	Books & monographs.
New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)			1993-	Current research articles, clinical findings, review articles, perspective/editorials, on a variety of topics in all areas of medicine, such as clinical medicine, internal medicine, general medicine, primary care, family medicine and general practice.
New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics			Current edition	2^nd edition of the authoritative economics reference dictionary/encyclopedia. Contains over 1,850 essays by leading economists covering all aspects of economics.
New York State Newspapers			1980-	Current events coverage for 10 leading state newspapers, including the New York Times, New York Post, and Newsday. NOTE: Alternative access is available at Gale Databases.
New York Times			1980-	Full-text of the newspaper—images NOT available. Updated daily.
New York Times Historical			1851-2004	Full-page and full-article images, with searchable full-text from its first issue. Provides access to every page of the newspaper for the years covered.
Novelist			Current edition	Reader's advisory tool with access to subject headings, reviews, and annotations for over 155,000 fiction titles. Includes book award categories, book discussion guides, and feature articles.
Opposing Viewpoints			1992-	Basic information from reference books, magazine and news articles on many social issues, such as abortion, capital punishment, and welfare reform. NOTE: Alternative access is available at Gale Databases.
Optics Infobase			1917-	Provides access to current and past volumes of all journals published by the Optical Society of America. It also contains OSA's conference proceedings.
Oxford Art Online			Current edition	Gateway for art research, provides access to Dictionary of Art Online (Grove Art Online), The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
Oxford English Dictionary, 2^nd edition			Current edition	The OED is the authoritative dictionary of the English language and provides both current and historical definitions of over 500,000 words. Includes etymological notes and extensive quotations documenting the usage of words over time.
Oxford Music Online (formerly Grove Music Online)			2001-	Contains the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the most comprehensive music encyclopedia, The Oxford Companion to Music, a general music encyclopedia, and The Oxford Dictionary of Music, a dictionary of music terms. Updated often.
Oxford Reference Online Premium			2002-	Subject-based encyclopedias and dictionaries in many areas. Includes timelines, thesauri, and English, bilingual, and foreign language dictionaries.
Philosopher's Index			1940-	Scholarly research in major fields of philosophy, such as aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic, and metaphysics. Abstracts to journal articles and book essays, and citations to book reviews.
Physical Education Index			1970-	Feature a wide variety of content, ranging from physical education curricula, to sports medicine.
PLoS Journals (Public Library of Science)			2003-	Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Physics.
Pre-CINAHL			Current year	Current journal articles too recent to be indexed in CINAHL. Includes limited information about the articles, with NO subject searching. Once the articles are fully processed they are added to CINAHL and removed from Pre-CINAHL.
Primary Search			1990-	Education.
Project MUSE			1993-	Provides full text access, with abstracts, to articles and reviews from over 200 journals from university presses and scholarly societies. Wide coverage within the humanities and social sciences.
Proquest Databases			Current edition	Common menu listing Proquest databases available at Queens College, such as Platinum Periodicals, and others.
ProQuest Newspapers			1985-	30+ major U.S. newspapers, such as Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, and San Francisco Chronicle.
PsycArticles			1894-	Peer-reviewed journal articles and book reviews in psychology from 63 journals. Fifty are published by the American Psychological Association (APA), and thirteen from allied organizations.
PsycINFO			1887-	Citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations in the field of psychology and related disciplines, such as psychiatry, pharmacology, and nursing. Covers psychological aspects of the social sciences.
RAMBI—The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies			1966-	Selective international bibliography listing periodical articles and book essays in the field of Judaica. Based primarily on the holdings of The Jewish National & University Library in Israel.
RCL Web			1990-	A core list of academic information resources; guides users to research materials , and helps library professionals with various aspects of collection development.
Reader's Advisor			Current edition-	The premier finding tool for reader's advisor practitioners covering over 400 genres and reading interests.
Readers' Guide Full Text			1983-	General interest database. Citations to articles from popular periodicals, such as magazines. Covers current events, news, health, education, the arts, etc. NOTE: Alternative access is available at WilsonWeb.
Readers' Guide Retrospective			1890-1982	Citations to articles from 375 popular, general interest magazines, published in the United States from 1890 to 1982, reflecting the history of 20^th century America. NOTE: Alternative access is available at WilsonWeb.
Reference Link			1979-	Cross-searchable database combining Gale Virtual Reference Library (encyclopedias), magazines, newspapers, news-wire services, and general reference databases.
RefWorks			Current edition	Database for research management, writing, and collaboration. Users can create a personalized profile to create, gather, manage, store, and share citations regardless of original format. Citation lists and bibliographies can be generated using many standard citation formats (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.). NOTE: A group code may be required for Home Access, ask at the Library Research Office (RO 307).
Regional Business News			1993-	Database incorporating 75 business journals, newspapers, and news-wires covering all metropolitan and rural areas in the United States. Updated daily.
Research Library			1971-	Abstracts to articles from magazines, newspapers, scholarly journals, and trade periodicals with citations of book reviews. For a broad range of topics in all subject areas.
RIA Checkpoint (formerly AICPA Professional Library)			Current edition	Includes the tax code and regulations, Tax Court cases, AICPA professional standards, technical practice aids, audit and accounting guides, and other tax material.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature			1967-	International in coverage, with citations to scholarly works about music in all kinds of media: Books, journals, online resources, research-based sound recordings & films, dissertations, and more.
Roper Center Public Opinion Archives			1935-	History, Political Science, American Studies.
Safari Books			2000-	Books & Monographs, Accounting, Business, Computer Science.
Sage Premier			1999-	Full-text access to over 500 Sage journals in the disciplines of Communication Studies, Education, Health Sciences, Management, Political Science, Sociology, Urban Studies.
Sage Communication Studies			1955-	Access to journal articles covering media culture, digital media, television, broadcasting, journalism, and the communications/new media industry.
Sage Education			1926-	Education.
Sage Health Sciences			1879-	Full-text articles from 26 journals for topics such as autism, aging, child psychology, clinical psychiatry, health care, nursing, and public health.
Sage Management & Organization Studies			1947-	Covers the full-text of 40 journals, with up to sixty years of backfiles.
Sage Political Science			1912	Political Science.
Sage Psychology			1944-	Full-text articles from 34 peer-reviewed journals, for topics such as family studies, language acquisition, learning disabilities, neuropsychology, and personality.
Sage Sociology			1952-	Full-text articles from 37 peer-reviewed journals, for topics such as consumerism, ethnicity, gender, leisure, and work.
Sage Urban Studies & Planning			1965-	Full-text articles from 12 peer-reviewed journals, for topics such as community development, public administration, regional geography, and spatial dynamics.
Science Citation Index Expanded			1994-	Access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references from the leading scholarly science and technical journals in more than 150 disciplines.
Science Direct (Elsevier)			1990-	ScienceDirect has scholarly articles from over 900 journals in social, behavioral, health, and life sciences. Over 1,250 journals within the collection have full-text articles available from 1995 to the present.
Science Online			1997-	Premier scholarly journal publishing original scientific research articles in all fields of science. Also includes sections for book reviews, editorials, job postings, news, and training.
SciFinder (QC Account Users Only)			1990-	SciFinder provides intuitive searching and easy access to research literature in chemistry and chemical engineering through Chemical Abstract's CAPLUS, CASREACT, and REGISTRY databases, and MEDLINE's biomedical database. First-time users must set up an account here by using a QC computer workstation on campus. SciFinder should be accessed using Firefox or IE7. Users of IE8 need to activate “Compatibility View” with these instructions.
SearchaSaurus			Current edition	Education, Encyclopedias.
Serials Directory			Current edition	EBSCO database, providing bibliographic information and Current Edition prices for 212,000 U.S. and international serials.
Social Explorer			1940-	United States demographic data, maps, and reports taken from the Federal Census, from 1940 to 2000.
Social Sciences Citation Index			1994-	Citations from thousands of scholarly journals in the social sciences. Tracks cited references to determine what journal articles cite or reference other journal articles.
Social Sciences Full Text			1983-	English-language journals in the major social sciences. For topics such as criminology, family, public administration, and social work. Abstracts to journal articles and citations to book reviews. NOTE: Alternative access is available at WilsonWeb.
SocINDEX			1950-	Abstracts to English-language journal and magazine articles, conference papers, book chapters and book reviews. For topics such as demography, family, gender, and social work.
Sociological Abstracts			1952-	International literature in all topics of sociology including criminology, demography, family, and social welfare. Abstracts to journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers, and citations to book reviews.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text			1985-	The most comprehensive source for articles from sports and sports medicine journals. Provides full text for more than 430 journals.
Springer Link Collection			1997-	Engineering, Medicine, Physics.
STAT-USA			1985-	History, political science, american studies, economics. Password required, ask at Library Research Office (RO 307).
Teacher Reference Center			2000-	Education.
Textile Technology Complete			1900-	Covers scientific and technological aspects of textile production and processing. Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, books, conferences, theses, technical reports and trade literature. Provides access to full text articles for almost 50 journals, as well as 50 books and monographs.
Twayne's Authors Series			1956-	Provides analysis and background information about 600 important authors and their works. An excellent starting point for literary research. NOTE: Alternative access is available at Gale Databases.
Ulrichsweb.com			Current edition	Expanded version of Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, providing detailed bibliographic information for over 300,000 U.S and international serials in all subject areas. Updated weekly.
Urban Studies Abstracts			1990-	Abstracts to journal and magazine articles for topics in urban affairs, such as architecture, city planning, community development, urban economics, urban history, and urban renewal.
Web of Science			1994-	Web portal to Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Sciences Citation Index Expanded.
Wiley Interscience			1990-	Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Physics, Psychology.
WilsonWeb			Current edition	Wilson databases available at Queens College.
Women and Social Movements (Scholars edition)			1600-2000	History, Labor Studies, Political Science, Sociology, Women's Studies, Africana Studies, American Studies.
World Shakespeare Bibliography Online			1961-	A searchable index of citations to over 118,000 books, articles, reviews, and audiovisual materials concerning the works of Shakespeare. Citations can also be browsed, by the play or the type of research material.
WorldCat (OCLC Catalog)			1000-	Books & Monographs, multidisciplinary.
CUNY-Wide Trials			Current trials	Trial databases from CUNY. Trial periods vary, usually from one to six months.
Informe (QC Trial)			1994-	Trial database available until June 30, 2009.
Nursing and Allied Health Collection (QC Trial)			1980-	Trial database available until June 30, 2009.
Publishing Opportunities Database (QC Trial)			Current Trial	Trial database available until October 31, 2009. Provides listing of open publishing opportunities for research faculty and students. Information drawn from three distinct sources including Journal Call for Papers, Conference Call for Papers and Special Issue Call for Papers. It contains information on: scope and topics on which manuscripts are sought; manuscripts formatting requirements; submission guidelines for authors; etc
Research Starters - Business (QC Trial)			Current trial	Trial database available until June 30, 2009.
Research Starters - Education (QC Trial)			Current trial	Trial database available until June 30, 2009.

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