All Library Databases



Alphabetical list of databases
Films on Demand (Infobase Learning)

A comprehensive streaming video collection  of 1,000s of full length educational videos and clips covering a broad range of topics.

You can search by title, by keywords in segments, browsing titles alphabetically, and browsing or searching within the subject area. Most of the titles in the collection have closed-captioning and many have interactive transcripts.

Access level: John Jay
OneSearch Tech fee
Fire Codes Online

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

Access level: John Jay
FIREDOC

Index to over 70,000 technical documents, conference proceedings, and journal articles on all aspects of fire science, safety and engineering; some entries have links to online BFRL Publications.

Access level: Freely available to the public
Flickr: the Commons

The project currently includes over 200,000 images from more than 50 international cultural heritage institutions.

Access level: Freely available to the public
Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy website including access to Foreign Policy Magazine

Alternate access via CUNY login credentials
FORENSICnetBASE

This  collection of over 300 reference books in forensic science and related fields is included in search results on the Taylor and Francis platform. 

Note: It is no longer  possible to limit your search to just this collection.

Access level: John Jay
OneSearch Tech fee
Gale databases

Search all Gale databases at once other than for Gale Primary Sources.

 

Access level: John Jay
OneSearch
Gale EBooks (Gale Virtual Reference)

Hundreds of specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical directories and other ebooks in the subject fields of criminal justice, economics, history, literature, psychology, religion, science, world cultures, and more.

Access level: CUNY
Alternate access via CUNY login credentials OneSearch
Gale Literature

Portal for cross-searching literary databases from Gale, including these databases:

 

Access level: CUNY
Alternate access via CUNY login credentials
Gale Literature Criticism

The largest, most extensive compilation of literary commentary available.

Access level: CUNY
Alternate access via CUNY login credentials OneSearch
Gale OneFile News (formerly Infotrac Newstand including NYS Newspapers)

Provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers including the New York Times, as well as leading titles from around the world, including images, audio, and video clips (from NOVELny)

Access level: CUNY
Alternate access via CUNY login credentials
Gale Primary Sources

Cross-search dozens of historical archives covering hundreds of years of history through this single platform. Resources include monographs, manuscripts, trial transcripts, newspapers, maps, and photographs. Individual databases collections include :

  • 17th and 18th Centry Burney Collection
  • Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture 1790-1920
  • The Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2011
  • Eighteenth Century Collections Online
  • The Making of the Modern World
  • Nineteenth Century Collections Online
OneSearch
**Gale Primary Sources Learning Center

Use the links below for help on how to use these Gale Primary Sources:

Access level: John Jay
Alternate access via CUNY login credentials
Gale Virtual Reference Library (now called Gale EBooks)

Hundreds of specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical directories and other reference books in the subject fields of criminal justice, economics, history, literature, psychology, religion, science, world cultures, and more.

Access level: CUNY
Alternate access via CUNY login credentials OneSearch
Gartner Resource Center

Research and analysis on the global information technology industry; includes research papers on best practices and emerging industries and technologies.

The Gartner database is currently available only via the CUNY portal.  After logging in, look under the "IT Research" heading for the link to Gartner.

 

Access level: CUNY
Gender Studies Collection

Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines covering topics including gender studies, family and marital issues from the Academic OneFile and General OneFile databases.

Access level: CUNY
Alternate access via CUNY login credentials OneSearch
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)

Access level: CUNY
Alternate access via CUNY login credentials OneSearch
General Science Full Text

Access to popular and professional science journals published in the U.S. and Great Britain. Coverage from 1984 to the present.

Access level: CUNY
Alternate access via CUNY login credentials OneSearch
Getty Publications Virtual Library

Provides free online access to more than 250 backlist titles published by the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Conservation Institute, and the Getty Research Institute, with new titles added on an ongoing basis.

Access level: Freely available to the public
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.

Access level: CUNY
Alternate access via CUNY login credentials OneSearch