Mina Rees Library News

JSTOR Plant Science

madams — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:20:30 +0000

CUNY has a trial through the end of 2011 to JSTOR Plant Science, the largest online database of plant type specimens (over 800,000 as of July 2010). Included are plant type specimens, taxonomic structures, scientific literature, foundational reference works and books, correspondence, including handwritten letters and memorandum from the senior staff of the Royal Botanic Gardens from 1841 to 1928, and more than 20,000 paintings, photographs, drawings, and other images.

Research Centers Directory and Statistics Sources

madams — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:28:50 +0000

As of July 14, the Graduate Center subscribes to the online versions of the 2010 editions of Gale’s Research Centers Directory and Statistics Sources. Each entry in Research Centers Directory includes address, phone number, e-mail address, URL, description, size of staff, publications, scholarships, awards, etc. Statistics Sources is a guide to current sources of factual quantitative information about more than 20,000 specific subjects, incorporating almost 135,000 citations and more than 1,600 sources. Provides the widest possible range of print and nonprint, published and unpublished, and electronic and other forms of U.S. and international statistical data on industrial, business, social, educational, financial, and other topics. The Gale Directory Library interface searches both of these resources. Perform an advanced search to search them separately.

New Gale Virtual Reference Titles

madams — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:17:55 +0000

All of CUNY has access to 75 new titles and ten new editions of other titles in Gale Virtual Reference Library. New titles include Ancient Greece, Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development, Encyclopedia of Sexual Behavior and the Law, Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics, Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society, Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, Latina Writers, Literature of the Caribbean, Magill’s Survey of World Literature, The Nineties in America, Queer America: A GLBT History of the 20th Century, and Understanding Islam and Muslim Traditions. Most of these titles appear in the CUNY catalog or will soon.

Oxford Bibliographies Online

madams — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:55:36 +0000

The Graduate Center has a trial through July 31 to Oxford Bibliographies Online, covering Atlantic history, the classics, criminology, Islamic studies, and philosophy. The bibliographies are drawn from books, journals, and Web resources.

Islamic Resources Trial

madams — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:51:15 +0000

The Graduate Center has trials through July 30 to Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an, a guide to the primary religious text for one-sixth of the world’s population, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, and Index Islamicus, a bibliography of publications in European languages on all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world. Also available is Encyclopaedia Islamica, a guide to important themes, subjects, and personages related to Islam. Because Encyclopaedia Islamica is in its early stages of development, only entries beginning with A are available.

New Theatre in Video Titles

madams — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:19:05 +0000

Videos of productions of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, and Wendy Wasserstein’s Uncommon Women and Others are among 23 new titles available in Theatre in Video. The database offers more than more videos of plays or drama documentaries.

New Full-Text Databases

madams — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:21:05 +0000

As of June 18, Academic OneFile and General OneFile are available to all of CUNY. Academic OneFile indexes over 12,000 journals and reference sources in all disciplines, with text from 5,913 publications. It also includes transcripts and audio of NPR (National Public Radio) programs. General OneFile indexes over 12,000 periodicals, newspapers, reference books, and multimedia sources, with text from 7,670 publications. These resources are made available to state residents by NOVEL (New York Online Virtual Electronic Libary).

Cambridge Histories Online

madams — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:37:26 +0000

As of June 11 the Graduate Center subscribes to Cambridge Histories Online. This database offers the text of 250 Cambridge University Press reference works published since 1960. In addition to history, these titles cover economics, the history of science, the history of the book, language and linguistics, literature, music, philosophy, political and social theory, religion, theatre and performing arts, and warfare.

Encyclopedia of Human Relationships

madams — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:25:10 +0000

As of May 14, the Graduate Center subscribes to the online version of the multi-volume Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. This Sage reference work is a guide to theories, concepts, and empirical findings about human relationships.

Europa World Online

madams — Wed, 12 May 2010 12:55:44 +0000

The Graduate Center subscribes to Europa World Online. This resource provides economic and political information about over 250 countries and territories.