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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.)
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.
Coverage of all business disciplines including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy, as well as business theory and practice.
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.
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.
An international collaboration of colleges, universities, nonprofit organizations, public libraries, and private collections based in Worcester, Massachusetts, at the College of the Holy Cross.
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.
Access to periodicals covering pre-school to college and most educational specialties. Also contains federal and international reports and publications.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
Author biographies, bibliographies, and literary criticism, including Shakespearean, contemporary, poetry, nineteenth-century, and short story criticisms.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
General reference publications covering all subjects. Includes reference books, biographies, primary source documents, an image collection, maps, and flags
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.
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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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.
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)
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
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.
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)