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New / Trial Databases

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The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
Civil Rights and Social Justice This link opens in a new window
Part of HeinOnline, this database covers the legal protections and definitions of civil rights in the United States. Includes publications from the Commission on Civil Rights, legislative histories on landmark legislation, briefs from relevant U.S. Supreme Court cases, and more.
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The collection provides full-text access to major American communist newspapers: The Daily Worker (1924-1958); The Ohio Socialist (1917-1919); People's Daily World (1986-1990); People's Weekly World (1990-2013); Sunday Worker (1936-1958); The Toiler (1919-1922); The Worker (1922-1924); The Worker (1958-1968).
Constellate This link opens in a new window
This is a web-based text analysis platform that uses repositories of scholarly and primary source content. Text content in Constellate comes from: JSTOR, Portico, Chronicling America, Doc South, South Asia Open Archives, and Reveal Digital. Full-text access for analysis varies based on the source. Constellate offers free and subscription access, and, at this time, GC users have access to the free version.
To get started, (1) click on “Build a dataset” and (2) log in or register for a new JSTOR account.
CUNYdid Slide Library (JSTOR) This link opens in a new window
The Graduate Center's slide library was scanned to create CUNYdid in JSTOR, a collection of almost 200,000 digital images for institutional use in Art History. Access is available to all CUNY affiliates.
Digital South Asia Library This link opens in a new window
The Digital South Asia Library provides digital materials for reference and research on South Asia. The Library includes: images, maps, statistics, books, journals, and more.
Ethnologue This link opens in a new window
The Ethnologue: Languages of the World database provides information about the world’s nearly 7,500 contemporary languages, including statistical, mapping, dialect, and usage data. Language descriptions in Ethnologue are organized by world area, UN region and country. Entries include the region(s) of use within the countries where the language is spoken, alternate names for the language, dialects of the language, the three-letter code that identifies the language according to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO 639-3) standard, the estimated population of speakers, genetic classification of the language, domains of language use and viability, language vitality rating according to EGIDS, scripts used to write the language, and citations of literature and other products of language development.
JSTOR Global Plants This link opens in a new window
This database supports research in botany, ecology, and conservation studies with digitized, high-resolution plant specimens and related materials, such as collectors’ correspondence, diaries, illustrations, and photographs.
JSTOR Primary Sources This link opens in a new window
This source includes three collections: 19th Century British Pamphlets; Struggles for Freedom - Southern Africa; and World Heritage Sites - Africa. The 19th Century British Pamphlets collection contains primary sources for the study of sociopolitical and economic factors impacting 19th-century Britain. Struggles for Freedom - Southern Africa contains documents and images, including periodicals, nationalist publications, records of colonial government commissions, local newspaper reports, personal papers, correspondence, United Nations documents, out-of-print and other relevant books, oral histories, and speeches. World Heritage Sites - Africa contains visual, contextual, and spatial documentation of African heritage sites. It includes photographs, 3D models, GIS data, site plans, aerial and satellite photography, images of rock art, excavation reports, manuscripts, traveler accounts, historical and antiquarian maps, books, articles, and other scholarly research.
Labor and Employment: The American Worker This link opens in a new window
Part of HeinOnline, this database explores the working class in the United States through an editorialized collection about the history of labor conditions and employment law in the United States. This database includes legislative histories, Supreme Court case briefs, accounts of historical labor riots, current reports on working conditions, scholarly articles, and an interactive timeline that charts labor efforts.
Refworld This link opens in a new window
This global law and policy database is operated by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). It includes documents and publications on refugee law and statelessness from the late 18th century until present. The document collections are: legal instruments; case law; policy and guidance; and research and reports. Content is provided by both UNHCR and external sources, such as academic and research institutions; governmental organizations; and judicial bodies.
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