In addition to the electronic journals and database provided by the University for all CUNY libraries, the following databases are provided by the Graduate School of Journalism.
Off-campus access to these resources is restricted. Click here for directions for off-campus access.
| Title | Description | Coverage |
| ABI/Inform Complete — (ProQuest) | A business database package made up of ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade & Industryand ABI/INFORM Dateline. | Current |
| Access World News- Newsbank | Access World News from NewsBank provides full-text information and perspectives from over 600 U.S. and over 700 international sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. | Varies by title |
| The African American Experience | The definitive electronic research tool for African American history and culture from one of the most respected publishers in the field. | 1700's - Present |
| Alt Press Watch | Showcases unique, independent voices from some of our nation’s most respected and cited grassroots newspapers, magazines, and journals. The database features over 502,000 articles from more than 190 publications | 1970 - Present |
| AP StyleBook (registered users only) | Online version of the AP Stylebook. | N/A |
| Associations Unlimited | Contains information for approximately 460,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields, including IRS data on U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations. Updated Quarterly. | N/A |
| Business and Company Resource Center Newsletters – Newsletters ASAP (Gale) | Newsletters ASAP provides library researchers with the timely information and expert perspectives found in today's most well-read and respected business and industry newsletters. | 1980 - Present |
| The Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online | A database of names, descriptions, and characteristics of over 165,000 places in the world. | N/A |
| Contemporary Women's Issues (RDS) | A multidisciplinary, full-text database that brings together relevant content from mainstream periodicals, "gray" literature, and the alternative press -- with a focus on the critical issues and events that influence women's lives in more than 190 countries. | 1992 - Present |
| CQ Congress Collection | This collection combines rich legislative analysis and Congressional member biographies with vast amounts of data on members, votes, and interest groups. Includes biographies and votes for members back to 1945. | 1945 - Present |
| CQ Supreme Court Collection | Combines expert analysis of case and justice profiles and biographies with robust database of decisions in more than 8,000 cases since 1941. Offers an unprecedented glimpse into decision-making relationships among justices. | 1941 - Present |
| CQ Voting and Elections Collection | Combines objective and informed analysis of U.S. elections (presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial) and voting behavior, with hard-to-find, authoritative election data. | 1789 - Present |
| CountryWatch Elite | Provides up-to-date news and information on each of the recognized countries of the world. CountryWatch provides critical country-specific intelligence and data | Current |
| Credo Reference | A collection of online reference books covering all disciplines. | N/A |
| CultureGrams | This series is one of the most trusted and widely used cultural reference. Providing information about the people, customs and courtesies, lifestyles along with 204 different country reports. | N/A |
| Electronic Encyclopedia of American Government | Provides answers to the full range of questions that students, government professionals, interested citizens, and other researchers have about the institutions of U.S. government. EAG offers thousands of concise, up-to-date explanations of the who, how, and why of American democracy. | 2007 |
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Factiva |
A collection of more than 10,000 authoritative sources includes the exclusive combination of The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times ™, Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and the Associated Press, as well as Reuters Fundamentals, and D&B company profiles. | Varies |
| Facts on File News Services | Brings together World News Digest, Issues and Controversies and Today's Science. This includes over seven decades of world news, the exploration of 800+ hot topics in business, politics, government, education and popular culture and news in scientific discoveries. | 1940 - present |
| Gallup Brain | Features answers to more than 125,000 questions, and responses from ore than 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll. | 1935 - Present |
| Genderwatch | GenderWatch ™ provides authoritative historical and current perspectives on the evolution of gender roles as they affect both men and women. | 1970 - Present |
Guidestar (need to register individually to set up personal password) |
Leading
provider of information on nonprofit organizations, includes access to
all Forms 990 an organization has filed with the IRS and financial
statements. |
1998 - Present |
| Hoover's Academic | Features in-depth information on 40,000 public, private, U.S., and non-U.S. companies covered by Hoover's industry experts, basic information on more than 14 million mostly private to mid-sized companies, and provides coverage of more than 600 industries. | Current |
| Ident-A-Drug Reference | identifies drug products by the codes imprinted on them as well as the color and shape of the product. Ident-a-Drug Database is a subscription service that is continually updated as new drug products are introduced, or identification codes change. | N/A |
| Issues & Controversies - Facts on File | Provides a comprehensive source of up-to-date, in-depth, and objective information on the most prominent and hotly-debated issues of the day. | Sept. 1995 - Present |
| Lexis Nexis State Capital | Search state bills, laws, constitutions, and regulations across all 50 states at once, or access state newspapers of record. | 1984 - Present |
| Lexis Nexis Statistics | 30,000 individually indexed tables from drawn from American Statistics Index, Statistical Reference Index, and Index to International Statistics. | 1973 – Present |
| Marquis Who's Who | Features comprehensive profiles on over 1.4 million of the most accomplished individuals from all fields of endeavor including: government, business, science and technology, the arts, entertainment, and sports. | 1607 to the present |
| Mergent | Contains company reports, both domestic and international and annual reports. | Current |
| National Newspapers (ProQuest) | Includes coverage of 27 newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, plus other important U.S., international and minority interest papers. | 1980 - Present |
| Natural Medicine Comprehensive - Consumer | You can use this site to obtain reliable information on herbal remedies, dietary supplements, vitamins, minerals, and other natural products. Many of these products contain several ingredients. | N/A |
| New York Times Image Edition - Newsbank | The exact digital reproduction of the printed edition of the New York Times | April 12, 2007 - Present |
| Polling the Nations | A comprehensive collection of public opinion, containing 500,000 questions from over 14,000 surveys conducted in the United States and over 100 other countries around the world from 1986 to the present. | 1986 - Present |
| ReferenceUSA | The ReferenceUSA database contains, in module format, detailed information on more than 14 million U.S. businesses, 210 million U.S. residents, 855,000 U.S. health care providers, 1.5 million Canadian businesses, and 12 million Canadian households. | N/A |
| Research Library (ProQuest) | Full-text journals across a wide range of subject areas, including business, education, literature, political science, and psychology. | 1971 - Present |
| RAND New York | New York and U.S. public policy issues with an emphasis on statistics containing more than 60 databases, ranging from industry employment to immigration to school test scores. Much of the data is available at the national, state, county, city, and zip code levels. | 1969 - Present |
| Reuters News - Facts on File | Provides hourly updates of international headline news for FACTS.com. The headlines of these summaries are hyperlinks to the Reuters ® news stories. | Current |
| STAT-USA | Provides vital economic, business, and international trade information, including the National Trade Data Bank, produced by STAT-USA, an agency in the Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. | 1985 - Present |
| Tablebase | Specializes exclusively in tabular data on companies, industries, products and demographics. | Varies |
| Today's Science - Facts on File | Enhances the full back file of Today's Science On File, a permanent record of the significant developments in science and technology published monthly since September 1992. | Sept. 1992 - Present |
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Vanderbilt Television News Archive
(Need to register individually to set up personal password) |
The collection indexes more than 30.000 individual network evening news broadcasts from ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN and more than 9,000 hours of special new-related programming. | 1989 - Present |
| Washington Information Directory - CQ Press | The essential one-stop source for U.S. governmental and non-governmental organizations. WID provides citizens with capsule descriptions that let them quickly and easily find the right person at the right organization. | 2006 - 2007 |
