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Amnesty International Library |
Makes available the text of news and newsletters, reports, actions, press releases, and other information about human rights issues around the world. Access: All |
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CQ Almanac |
Chronicles and analyzes major bills and legislation in the House and Senate from 1945 through 2008. Includes legislative overviews, key votes, vote studies, roll call votes and public laws. Access: John Jay |
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CQ Magazine (formerly CQ Weekly) |
Weekly reports on the activities of the U.S. Congress including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates and all roll-call votes. Coverage from 1983 to the present. Access: John Jay |
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CQ Press Electronic Library |
Provides access to CQ publications available online including CQ Almanac, CQ Researcher Plus Archive, CQ Magazine (formerly CQ Weekly), Political Handbook of the World, Politics in America and Supreme Court Yearbook. Also provides access to these CQ resources now available on the Sage Knowledge Platform: Congress and the Nation, Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court, Historic Document Series, Vital Statistics on American Politics and the Washington Information Directory. More about how to use CQ publications » Access: John Jay |
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CQ Researcher Plus Archive |
Explores a single hot issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. Also Reports on international topics such as torture, nationalization of energy resources, peacekeeping around the world, etc. Coverage from 1923 to the present. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Crime Report (www.thecrimereport.org) |
Comprehensive news service published by the Center for Media, Crime and Justice, at John Jay College, covering challenges and issues of 21st century criminal justice in the United States. Access: John Jay |
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Ethnic Newswatch |
Provides access to more than 200 newspapers, magazines and journals from the ethnic, minority and native press. Includes materials in Spanish. To find movie reviews limit the document type to movie review. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Fatal Encounters |
National database of people killed during interactions with law enforcement since 2000. Content based on a combination of media sources, public documents and information uploaded by volunteers. Users can search by name or by state, then depending on results, can search by county, year, age, race or signs of mental illness. Note: This database is a work in progress, and like any open web resource, seek to corroborate any data with other sources such as the Uniform Crime Reports database maintained by the FBI and accessible through the library website. Access: All |
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Films on Demand (Infobase Learning) |
Over 10,000 documentaries, dramas, and newsreels from the world Access: John Jay |
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Foreign Policy magazine |
Access Foreign Policy magazine from 1970 to present and its website, which focuses on leading global issues in national security, technology, markets, and energy & resources. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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General OneFile |
Access to articles in general periodicals, newspapers, reference books, as well as multimedia sources. Subjects include humanities, education, environmental issues, technology, health care, and politics. (from NOVELny) Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Global Issues In Context |
Focuses on issues beyond the United States, with news articles, videos, statistics, reference materials & some academic articles. Includes foreign, English language newspaper articles written for readers in other countries. User friendly; focus is on broad topics. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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GPO U. S. Government Printing Office |
Catalog to the official and authentic government publications of Congress and Federal agencies. Access: All |
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GreenFILE |
Scholarly, government and general-interest information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Topics include global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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GREENR (Global Reference On The Environment/Energy/And Natural Resources) |
Topics include global warming, food safety, access to health care, and the impact of economic development on international relations. Reader-friendly; may be especially appreciated by non-science majors and beginning science students. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Infotrac Newsstand |
Provides access to thousands of newspapers from the U.S. and foreign presses including images, audio and video clips. (from NOVELny) Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Killed by Police |
Aggregates corporate news reports and Facebook pages of people killed by nonmilitary law enforcement officers, whether in the line of duty or not, and regardless of reason or method. Inclusion implies neither wrongdoing nor justification on the part of the person killed or the officer involved. The post merely documents the occurrence of a death. Searchable by year beginning May 2013. Note: This database is a work in progress, and like any open web resource, seek to corroborate any data with other sources such as the Uniform Crime Reports database maintained by the FBI and accessible through the library website. Access: All |
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LexisNexis Academic |
Federal and state laws and cases, constitutions, municipal codes, law review articles, as well as articles from U.S. and foreign newspapers, magazines, trade publications and journals. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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National Newspaper Index |
Indexes and provides access when available to the top five U.S. newspapers: The New York Times,The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. Coverage from 1977 to the present. (from NOVELny) Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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National Newspapers Core (see US Major Dailies Collection) |
Provides full text access to
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New York State Newspapers Infotrac |
Access to a few dozen New York newspapers including the NY Post, The NY Times, The Informed Constituent (Albany), The Buffalo News, The Herald American (Syracuse) and Newsday (Long Island). (from NOVELny) Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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New York Times |
Full text access to the New York Times, Late Edition (East Coast) from June 1, 1980 to present. (Part of National Newpaper Core database). Access: John Jay |
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Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) |
Nexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources formerly found through the LexisNexisAcademic platform - including federal and state laws and cases, constitutions, municipal codes and law reveiw articles. The interface is designed to offer quick discovery across all content types. Personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents are also included. Top 10 Nexis Uni features to explore: http://www.lexisnexis.com/pdf/academic/nexis-uni/TipSheet-Top10-Uni-Feat... Alternate access via library barcode Access: John Jay |
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Opposing Viewpoints in Context |
Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, full-text magazine and newspaper articles, and multimedia on social issues (from NOVELny). Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Readers' Guide Full Text Mega Edition |
Provides access to general-interest periodicals published in the U.S. from 1983 to the present as well as comprehensive indexing to periodicals published from 1890 to 1982. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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Regional Business News |
Covers regional business news in metro and rural areas within the United States. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |
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US Major Dailies Collecton (formerly National Newspapers Core) |
Provides full text access to
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Vital Statistics on American Politics |
Provides summary data on political behavior such as voter turnout, election results, public opinion, media trends, campaign financing and more. Some charts provide data from the 1790s, but most focus on the 1940s to 2012. Data can be downloaded. Access: John Jay |
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Wall Street Journal |
Fulltext of the Wall Street Journal from 1984 to the Present. Access: John Jay |
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Wall Street Journal Digital - complimentary account |
All members of the CUNY community can set up an individual account to the Wall Street Journal's digital edition. |
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World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean |
Brings together primary source documents relating to Latin America and the Caribbean; academic journals and news-feeds; reference materials; maps; statistics; audio and video. Covers politics, economics, religion, culture, international affairs, the environment, science and technology. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess: CUNY |