All Library Databases



Alphabetical list of databases
NFPA Codes Online

Online version of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) National Fire Codes.

Access level: John Jay
Nineteenth Century Collections Online

An eclectic collection of digital collections of primary source materials mostly from British and American libraries.

Access level: CUNY
Alternate access via CUNY login credentials
Northeast Slavery Records Index (NESRI)

A searchable compilation of records that identify individual enslaved persons and enslavers in the states of New York, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Jersey. NESRI indexes census records, slave trade transactions, cemetery records, birth certifications, manumissions, ship inventories, newspaper accounts, private narratives, legal documents and many other sources.

The index contains over 35,000 records and it is expected to grow as John Jay College professors and students locate and assemble data from additional sources.

Access level: Freely available to the public
NYC Department of Records and Municipal Archives Photo Gallery

Online gallery with more than 900,000 images—the largest collection of historical images of New York City in the world. The Online Gallery provides free and open research access to items digitized from the Municipal Archives' collections, including photographs, maps, motion pictures and audio recordings. 

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Access level: Freely available to the public
NYC Equitable Development Data Explorer

Interactive map for exploring how demographic, housing, and quality of life characteristics compare across neighborhoods and demographic groups in NYC over the past two decades.

Access level: Freely available to the public
NYC Health Data

Interactive visualization tools, downloadable datasets and rigorous research on New Yorkers’ health provided by the New York City Health Department.  

Includes data about the social, economic and health conditions and outcomes of New Yorkers, neighborhood-by-neighborhood;  over 200 NYC environmental health indicators in charts, maps and scatter plots; and tools to analyze  and visualize NYC health data from surveys, disease reports and vital records by sex, race/ethnicity, age and other stratifications.

Access level: Freely available to the public
NYPL Digital Collections

Explore 700,000+ items digitized from The New York Public Library's collections. New materials are added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more.

Access level: Freely available to the public
NYS Historic Newspapers

The NYS Historic Newspapers project provides free online access to a wide range of newspapers chosen to reflect New York's unique history.

Access level: Freely available to the public
Occupational Outlook Handbook (DOL)

Biennial publication of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Describes what workers do, working conditions, training and education needed, earnings and job prospects in a wide variety of occupations.

Access level: Freely available to the public
OER Metafinder tool

This OER Metafinder tool from the George Mason University Libraries is a federated search tool that allows users to search metadata from seventeen digital libraries and repositories, including the Digital Public Library of America, OER Commons, OpenStax, MERLOT, HathiTrust, DPLA, Internet Archive and NYPL Digital Collections.

Access level: Freely available to the public
Online Books Page

Provides author, title, and subject access to hundreds of thousands of non-copyrighted online books freely available on the Web.

Access level: Freely available to the public
Open Library

Open Library, a book digitization project of the Internet Archive, provides access to millions of books.   Books in the public domain can be downloaded for free by anyone. Books that are still subject to copyright can be borrowed via controlled digital lending.  An account is not needed to search this collection, but you need to create an Open Library account to either read on their Internet Archive book reader or download to epub/pdf. 
 

Access level: Freely available to the public
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).

Access level: CUNY
Alternate access via CUNY login credentials
Oxford Bibliographies Online

Topic overviews and bibliographies on pertinent topics in African Studies, Atlantic History, Chinese Studies, Criminology, Islamic Studies, Latino Studies, Military History and  Psychology with links to the full text of sources when available.

Access level: John Jay
OneSearch Tech fee
Oxford English Dictionary Online

The complete text of the OED's twenty-volume Second Edition and three-volume Additions Series. The worldwide standard source for English word definitions, word pronunciation, word history and usage.

Access level: CUNY
Oxford Reference

Over 200 reference books from Oxford University Press, including language dictionaries, and reference works in art, science, classics, business, history, law, literature, medicine, geography, performing arts, philosophy, and social science.

Access level: CUNY
Alternate access via CUNY login credentials OneSearch
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice

In-depth, peer-reviewed long-form articles on foundational and cutting-edge topics in Criminology and Criminal Justice.

Access level: John Jay
PAIS International

The Public Affairs Information Service was established to chronicle the world's public affairs, public and social policies, international relations, and world politics. The database contains and index to journal articles, government documents, grey literature and other materials from 1997 forward.

Access level: John Jay
OneSearch
Philosopher's Index

Index to books and journals  with some links to full text. Coverage from 1902 to the present.

Access level: John Jay
Tech fee
Philpapers

PhilPapers is a directory of online philosophy articles and books by academic philosophers and serves as the largest open access archive in philosophy. 

Access level: Freely available to the public