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Academic OneFile Collection of journal articles, abstracts, ebooks, and magazine & newspaper articles, covering all subjects.
Academic OneFile Select Resource for academic research. Includes scholarly journals and selected general interest titles in a wide variety of subjects.
Academic Search Complete Journal articles, abstracts, ebooks, and magazine & newspaper articles, covering all subjects.
Academic Video Online (Alexander Street) Alexander Street Press Collection is a comprehensive video database containing three main collections: Academic Video Online, Nursing Education Online, and Veterinary Education Online. The Academic Video Online collection contains titles on a wide range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. Curated for the educational experience, the massive depth of content and breadth of content-types (such as documentaries, films, demonstrations, how to's etc.)
Contains American historical and cultural documents from 1691 – 1877 from the AAS, the oldest historical society in the United States.
Covers chemistry-related information.
Streaming videos. Available from off-campus
A collection of primary source documents that cover American history from the early settlers up until the end of World War II.
APA PsycArticles Articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and allied organizations.
APA PsycInfo Abstracts and some full-text to journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations from major psychological organizations.
Articles on applied sciences and computing, from 1913-present.
Text and images dating back to 1937.
Covers fine, decorative and commercial art, folk art, photography, film and architecture.
Streaming videos. Available from off-campus.
Digital library in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences.
AtoZ World Travel Travel resource with information about points of interest, security, transportation, food and restaurants, culture, and language.

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BCcampus Open Textbook Collection British Columbia's open textbook collection.
The world's largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives.
Biographical materials on people from all time periods, geographic locations, and fields of endeavor.
Biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study.
Notable individuals from antiquity to 1983.
Biographies from ancient times to the present.
Comprehensive collection of biographies.
Birds of the World feature 10,721 species accounts from Cornell University's Macaulay Library.
A curated selection of primary sources for teaching and learning about the struggles and triumphs of Black Americans.
Black Thought and Culture Covers the non-fiction work of leading African Americans, from Colonial times to the present.
Reviews of current fiction and non-fiction, providing review excerpts and full-text reviews (1983-present). Includes children's books as well as books for adults and young adults.
Book reviews in numerous disciplines, including literature, history, education, and psychology.
LaGuardia's student newspaper, The Bridge.
Resources from the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Brooklyn Public Library Many area public libraries are making additional content available electronically.
Alternate Name(s) Many area public libraries are making additional content available electronically.
Coverage of all business disciplines including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy, as well as business theory and practice.
Streaming videos. Available from off-campus.
Covers all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance, and economics.

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Career Research Guide The Library Media Resources Center own guide that provides links to career and job search resources.
Citation style used for some English and Humanities courses.
News and information regarding colleges and universities.
News and information about non-profits.
The Cumulative Index for Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL) provides scholarly and professional journal articles, evidence-based care sheets, quick lessons, and test preparations, from 1937- present.
Streaming videos. Available from off-campus.
Theory and research in international affairs.
Journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study (1924-present).
Helpful video courses to help you learn the basics of your computer.
Business and technical publications in the computer, electronics, and telecommunications industries.
A focus on critical issues and events influencing women's lives in more than 190 countries with content from mainstream periodicals, "gray" literature, and the alternative press.
Streaming videos. Available from off-campus.
CQ Researcher Weekly reports on issues in the news.
HeinOnline’s database assists in your research of criminal behavior, the criminal justice system, and the societal impact of crime.
Articles from magazines and journals, books, and monographs in areas related to criminal justice and criminology.
Streaming videos. Available from off-campus.
OpenEd CUNY is a curated digital library of open educational resources.
Streaming videos. Available from off-campus.

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Highlights of collections from libraries, archives and museums across the United States.
Highlights of collections from libraries, archives and museums across the United States on women.
Full-length filmed stage performances of classic and modern plays, along with interviews and workshops with those involved in the playmaking process.
An international collaboration of colleges, universities, nonprofit organizations, public libraries, and private collections based in Worcester, Massachusetts, at the College of the Holy Cross.
DOAB - Directory of Open Access Books A joint service of OAPEN, OpenEdition, CNRS and Aix-Marseille Université.
Covers free, quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals.

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Ebook Central Access to electronic books that can be searched as a collection or accessed as individual titles through our library’s online catalog.
EBSCO eBook Collection Access to electronic books that can be searched as a collection or accessed as individual titles through our library’s online catalog.
Spanish-language interface to select EBSCO databases (articles are in English and databases must be searched in English).
The American Economic Association’s electronic database.
An archive of issues of this respected global news weekly magazine.
Articles from education journals, periodicals, monographs, and yearbooks.
Access to periodicals covering pre-school to college and most educational specialties. Also contains federal and international reports and publications.
Books, pamphlets, essays, and broadsides primarily published in the United Kingdom during the 18th century.
Detailed marketing data.
Environmental Studies
Focuses on the interdisciplinary study of sustainability and the environment.
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education; contains digests, abstracts for journal articles, research reports, conference papers, books, and teaching guides.
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education; contains digests, abstracts for journal articles, research reports, conference papers, books, and teaching guides.
Essays and articles contained in anthologies and collections published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada from 1900-1984.
An interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) database of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
Ethnographic Video Online Streaming videos. Available from off-campus. Resource for the study of human culture, behavior, and society around the world.
Over 7,000 recognized languages are listed with a profile of the language and a map of where it’s spoken.

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FinancialFit is an online financial literacy program in order to help you make better financial decisions on your own.
Alternate Name(s) Foreign Policy has established itself at the forefront of media organizations devoted to the coverage of global affairs.
Originally-reported articles focusing on leading global issues in national security, technology, markets, and energy & resources.
Free TechBooks This site lists free online computer science, engineering and programming books, textbooks and lecture notes, all of which are legally and freely available over the Internet. Throughout this site, other terms are used to refer to a book, such as ebook, text, document, monogram or notes.

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Company and industry profiles including SWOT reports, market share reports, and financial reports.
Gale Ebooks Variety of reference books covering arts, biography, business, education, environment, general reference, history, information & publishing, law, library science, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, nation & world, religion, science, social science, and technology.
Gale Ebooks Variety of reference books covering arts, biography, business, education, environment, general reference, history, information & publishing, law, library science, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, nation & world, religion, science, social science, and technology.
For beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5.
For students in grades 6 to 8.
Includes reference works, millions of news and periodical articles, as well as rare and vital primary source documents that range from slave journals to presidential papers.
Contains primary sources and multi-media content aligned with state and national curriculum standards.
Author biographies, bibliographies, and literary criticism, including Shakespearean, contemporary, poetry, nineteenth-century, and short story criticisms.
Articles from newspapers from around the world.
Gale Primary Sources: Latin American and Caribbean History
Contains issues and events in contemporary Latin American and Caribbean history, as well as historical perspective back to the colonial period.
Provides information technology research and analysis.
Collection of journal articles, abstracts, ebooks, and magazine & newspaper articles, covering all subjects.
Collection of journal articles, abstracts, ebooks, and magazine & newspaper articles, covering all subjects.
Includes popular science magazines and professional journals.
Contains news, global viewpoints, reference materials, country information, primary source documents, videos, and statistics.
Country-by-country resource for learning about culture, customs, history, and language.
Using Google Scholar with Library databases video here.
Provides a simple way to search broadly for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.
Information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment.
Scholarly art encyclopedia, covering both Western and non-Western art.
Contains full texts of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
Titles from periodicals, key compiled federal legislative histories, and Supreme Court briefs.

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Provides information on health-related issues, including alternative medical practices.
Articles on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, and more.
Streaming videos. Available from off-campus.
Full-text coverage of information relevant to many areas integral to health policy.
Articles as well as generic drug patient education sheets from the American Hospital Formulary Service Consumer Medication Information (AHFSCM) guide.
HeinOnline Historical and government documents, including U.S. statutory materials, U.S. congressional documents, U.S. treaties, constitutions of the world, collections of classic treatises and presidential documents, and access to state and federal case law.
History Reference Source Collection of articles from history periodicals, reference books, encyclopedias, and non-fiction books.
Covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism.
Humanities articles: art, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, literary criticism, music, the performing arts, philosophy & religion.

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Access almost 13,000 industry and company research reports, economic and demographic data, and industry risk ratings class and job research.
International Clinical Educator’s (ICE) library includes streaming video collections of real patients and therapists in occupational therapy and physical therapy programs, as well as downloadable texts and workbooks with assignments, and practice labs.
Access to social science data and analysis tools.
Scientific and technical content published by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and its publishing partners.
Access to Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals both from and about Latin America.
Demographic data for New York City, New York State, and the United States.
Full text journals, periodicals, and other popular sources that pertain to terrorism and security.
Internet Archive Non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, and websites.
IOPScience is the Institute of Physics online service for scientific, technical, and medical journal content.

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Home of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), an international peer-reviewed general medical journal (1998-present).
Powerful tools and expert guidance to help you find a job. Must create an account to use.
Video modules demonstrating how to execute basic techniques commonly used in cellular and molecular biology.
Video modules demonstrating how to use standard pieces of laboratory equipment essential in many experiments, as well as how to perform basic laboratory functions.
JSTOR Scholarly journal articles in area studies, art, business & economics, history, humanities, law, medicine & allied health, science & mathematics, and social sciences.
Scholarly journal articles in feminist and women’s studies.
Scholarly journal articles in gender studies.

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Streaming videos. Available from off-campus.

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Learning Express: Job Search and Workplace Skills Provides tests, online tutorials, eBooks, and computer courses that can help you identify what you are good at and also assess your skills levels.
Articles from 1908 to the present on current issues and trends of the legal world.
LegalTrac Indexing for major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty publications, Bar Association journals, and international legal journals.
Contains all of the content from the most important and historically significant LGBT journals, magazines and regional newspapers, as well as more than full-text monographs and books.
Library science articles.
Poems and poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays.
LLMC Digital Law Library Microfilm Consortium (LLMC) offers access to legal and government documents, either on film or digitally.

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Reference source that bridges the gap between medical encyclopedias and self-help guides.
Digital images of unique primary sources that track the development of the modern, western world.
Popular magazine database specifically for high school libraries.
General reference publications covering all subjects. Includes reference books, biographies, primary source documents, an image collection, maps, and flags
Articles, reviews, abstracts, and citations dealing with mathematical sciences, provided by the American Mathematical Society.
Information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and pre-clinical sciences (1870-present).
Consumer and professional health and medical information, drug information, and a medical dictionary. Contains overviews of health and care issues, tutorials and clinical trial information.
Current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.
Milne Open Textbooks Milne Library Publishing at SUNY Geneseo manages and maintains Milne Open Textbooks, a catalog of open textbooks authored and peer-reviewed by SUNY faculty and staff. Milne Open Textbooks began as the project Open SUNY Textbooks: an open access textbook publishing initiative established by State University of New York libraries and supported by SUNY Innovative Instruction Technology Grants.
Provides citations for journal articles, books, and dissertations covering language, literature, folklore, linguistics, literary theory & criticism, and the dramatic arts.

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Reports of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Includes ebooks on a wide range of topics in science.
A list of women's history websites curated by the Archives Library Information Center (ALIC).
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) – Bookshelf Provides free online access to books and documents in life science and healthcare.
Archive of the National Geographic magazine from 1888-present.
The LaGuardia Natural Sciences Department open educational resources portal.
Research in all fields of science and technology (1997-present).
New medical research findings, review articles, and editorial opinions on biomedical science and clinical practice (1975-present).
New York Public Library New York Public Library gives you access to over 148,00 mainly literature and non-fiction eBook titles. However, very few will be textbooks. A New York Public Library card is required. New York residents can get a card online by using the Simply E app available through the Google Play or iTunes stores. Not a LaGuardia CC resource.
Compiled by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, this is a publicly searchable compilation of records that identify individual enslaved persons and their owners, beginning as early as 1525 and ending during the Civil War.
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3. If you don’t get the confirmation email, check your spam filter. If you still do not receive it, send an email from your school email account to edu@nytimes.com More details are here.
New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) Historical articles from The New York Times.
Nexis Uni Access to newspapers from around the world. Also contains legal and business information. Look up patents with TotalPatent One.
Access to newspapers from around the world. Also contains legal and business information. Look up patents with TotalPatent One.
Primary source collection between 1801 and 1900.
Journal articles covering nursing and health fields.
Streaming videos. Available from off-campus.

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Open Educational Resources (OER) developed at SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library.
Search our library.
OneSearch Advanced Search Searches the book catalog and multiple (but not all) databases for print books, ebooks, book chapters, articles, CDs, videos, etc. that are available for LaGuardia students, staff, and faculty.
Open Ed Manitoba Part of the Canada Open Educational Resource Group's initiative to help create a cohesive effort, specifically for open education, across Canada.
Open Library - Ontario, Canada Part of the Canada Open Educational Resource Group's initiative to help create a cohesive effort, specifically for open education, across Canada.
Open Textbook Library Open textbooks are textbooks that have been funded, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed. These books have been reviewed by faculty from a variety of colleges and universities to assess their quality. These books can be downloaded for no cost, or printed at low cost. All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization.
OpenEd CUNY OpenEd CUNY is a curated digital library of open educational resources containing high quality, openly-licensed educational resources.
OpenStax Educational Resources Freely available, peer-reviewed textbooks in STEM, social sciences, humanities and AP subjects.
Opposing Viewpoints How-to use Opposing Viewpoints video here. A one-stop source for information on today's most controversial and talked about social issues. This database features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites. (100% Full Text)
Online version of Oxford English Dictionary.
A package of journals chosen for community college students, from 1996 - present.
Reference entries across Oxford’s dictionaries, companions, and encyclopedias.

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Open-access medical journal from the Public Library of Science (PLOS) (2004-present).
Open-access medical journal from the Public Library of Science (PLOS) (2004-present).
Provides test preparation and practice tests (such as TOEFL, GED, TEAS, CNA, TASC, CLEP, and firefighters’ exam) as well as self-testing on math, writing, and grammar. Includes job search and workplace skills preparation. Must create an account to use.
Provides education journals from around the world.
Project MUSE A collection of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and more.
Provides users with reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and more. Includes 12,000 full text dissertations representing the most rigorous scholarship in nursing and related fields.
Citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

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Queens Public Library - eBooks Provides access to over 70,000 eBooks and other digital content. Apply online for a ECard if you do not already have a Queens Public Library card. Not a LaGuardia CC Library resource

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Contains popular general-interest journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
Coverage of business journals, newspapers, and newswires within the U.S. (1984-present)

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Access to electronic books that can be searched as a collection or accessed as individual titles through our library’s online catalog.
Articles from national and global publications as well as experiments and projects.
Scientific research, global news, and commentary. Includes ScienceNOW, a collection of daily news briefs (1997-present).
ScienceDirect Articles in the physical sciences, engineering, life sciences, health sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
Access to bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials.
Primary source collection of the slavery system from the 16th through the 19th centuries.
Legal materials on slavery in the U.S. and the English-speaking world.
Demographic data, maps, and profile reports of the United States.
Covers concepts, trends, opinions, theories, and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences.
SocINDEX with Full Text A sociology research database that includes more than 1,986,000 records, and full text for 708 journals dating back to 1908. This database also includes full text for more than 780 books and monographs, and full text for 9,333 conference papers. (1880-present)
Scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols and reference works.
Statista Provides access to recent statistics and studies including market researchers, trade organizations, scientific journals, and government databases.

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Contains popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines.
The Online Books Page An index of over two million online books freely readable on the Internet.

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Data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Collection of periodicals supporting topics in U.S. history.
Over 51,600 bibliographic records covering essential areas related to urban studies.

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Streaming videos. Available from off-campus.

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The financial newspaper of record offering in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as coverage of hard news stories. (1984-present) (100% Full-Text)
Access to this resource is restricted to LaGuardia students registered in specific paralegal courses.
Covers life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
A chronology of U.S. women’s history.
Streaming videos. Available from off-campus.
Watch Politicians and Revolutionaries, Pre-Columbian Literature, and Conquest and Colony from Films On Demand
Streaming videos. Available from off-campus.
Find books in other libraries.
Find books in other libraries.

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17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers Collection of early English news media; includes newspapers, news books, Acts of Parliament, addresses, broadsides, pamphlets, and proclamations.
60 Minutes News reports from the popular CBS program.

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