Additional Library Resources
- Library HomepageMain page of the Mina Rees Library website
- Interlibrary LoanNeed an article from a journal not at the Grad Center? Need a book that isn't available at any CUNY library? Submit an interlibrary loan request.
- 24/7 chat and email referenceNeed an answer right away? Reference help available 24 hours a day through Ask-A-Librarian chat and email service.
- D-PLACEThe Database of Places, Language, Culture and Environment brings together cultural, linguistic, environmental and geographic information for over 1,400 human societies or cultural groups. The database is searchable by geographical area, language family, cultural features, or environmental variables. Users can compare cultural practices between societies and display results in a table, map, or linguistic tree.
- Ethnic Studies Resources at CUNYThis guide compiles physical and digital resources that support research on Ethnic Studies across CUNY institutions.
Anthropology Resources Guide
This guide provides you with access to anthropology and related resources. Use the tabs towards the top of the page to go to the relevant section.
And please contact me with any questions, any time!
To find sources for journal and newspaper articles in print and online, select the Articles/Databases tab. If you have a citation and need to know if the library subscribes to the journal, search the title on the journals page (http://library.gc.cuny.edu/home.php?q=jour#journals).
To search for print and electronic books select the 'Books' tab
For information on bibliographic citation styles and citation managers such as Zotero select the 'Citing Sources' tab
For information on grants and fellowship opportunities select the 'Grants & Funding' tab
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.
- Encyclopedia of Human RelationshipsGuide to theories, concepts, and empirical findings about human relationships.
- Encyclopedia of IslamComplete text of the second and third editions of this reference work.
- Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic CulturesCritical essays on women, Muslim and non-Muslim, and Islamic cultures in every region where there have been significant Muslim populations. It aims to cover every topic for which there is significant research, examining these regions from the period just before the rise of Islam to the present.
- Brill Online Reference WorksContains the Encyclopaedia Islamica, which is in its early stages of development and serves as a guide to important themes, subjects, and personages related to Islam, and the Encyclopedia of the Qu'ran, which is an encyclopaedic dictionary of Qur'anic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis extended with essays on the most important themes and subjects within Qur'anic studies. With nearly 1000 entries in 5 volumes, the EQ is the first comprehensive, multi-volume reference work on the Qur'an to appear in a Western language.
- Cambridge Histories OnlineFull 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.
- Gale Ebooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library)Full text of over 1,800 reference works published by Gale, Brill Academic, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Greenwood, Sage, Salem Press, Wiley, and others. Titles include American Civil War Reference Library, Ancient Europe, 8000 BC to AD 1000, Encyclopedia of Aging, Encyclopedia of American Religions, Encyclopedia of Case Study Research, Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, Encyclopedia of Urban Studies, Encyclopedia of World Biography, Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, Magill's Survey of World Literature, Vietnam War Reference Library; World Education Encyclopedia.
- Oxford Bibliographies
Bibliographies in American Literature, Anthropology, Atlantic History, Cinema and Media Studies, Classics, Education, Geography, International Relations, Islamic Studies, Latin American Studies, Literary and Critical Theory, Medieval Studies, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, the Renaissance and Reformation, Urban Studies, and Victorian Literature. Bibliographies are drawn from books, journals, and internet resources.
- Oxford English Dictionary (OED)With 600,000 words and 3.7 million quotations from over 1,000 years, the OED is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the meaning, history, and pronunciation of words in the English language. The OED is updated quarterly with revised entries and new words and senses. The updates make up the Third Edition of the OED.
- Oxford DictionariesFormerly Oxford Language Dictionaries Online. Translations of thousands of Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish words and phrases.
- Oxford ReferenceText of nearly 400 Oxford University Press reference works in 25 core subject areas. Titles include Oxford Companions to American Literature, American Theatre, the Bible, British History, Classical Civilization, History of Modern Science, Music, Philosophy, Politics of the World, Shakespeare, United States History, and Western Art. Available titles may be found in OneSearch.
- SocINDEX with Full TextComprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and related areas of study. The database features 2.1 million records with subject headings from a 20,000+ term sociological thesaurus. Also contains abstracts for more than 4,650 journals, some dating to 1895 and extensive indexing for books/monographs and conference papers. Contains full text for more than 830 books and monographs, 16,800 conference papers, and 860 journals dating back to 1908. Searchable cited references and thousands of author profiles are also included.
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