Humanities Proprietary Databases

• ***** Central Search (Googlize ebooks & ejournals) - Search all or selected proprietary & some public domain ebooks & ebook & ejournal databases. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• Academic Search Complete - Designed for academic institutions. Search articles in over 5,300 publications (over 4,460 peer-reviewed) back to 1865, citations & abstracts for 9,300 journals & 10,900 publications (monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.), cited references for 1,000 journals. Covers all areas of academic study (area studies, biology, chemistry, ethnic & multicultural studies, general science, law, mathematics, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, etc.). Updated daily. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• ACLS Humanities E-Book Project - Was the History E-Book Project. Search & browse 1,500 ebooks on African, American, Asian, European, Jewish, Latin American, Middle Eastern, etc., history. Covers comparative history & the history of technology (computers, etc.). Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual ebooks. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), Law, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• American National Biography (ANB) - Search & browse over 17,400 articles with descriptive bibliographies & 2,500 illustrations of famous, distinguished, infamous, dead Americans. Limit to special collections on Black History, Women's History, Asian Pacific American Heritage, Hispanic Heritage, American Indian Heritage. Has a teacher's guide. Updated quarterly. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, South, Berlin, France), Law, TUI.



• Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, The - Search citations for about 141,000 titles & over 15,000 author biographies. Covers over 90% of all books published in the Hebrew languages (3,800 Yiddish, 2,800 Ladino, etc.) from 1473 to 1960. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, France, Israel, Moscow, South), Law, LIJ.



• Communication & Mass Media Complete - Combines CommSearch & Mass Media Articles Research. Search articles in 285 journals. Covers advertising, business communications, education, speech pathology, etc.. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, Israel), TUI.



• Credo Reference - Was xreferplus. Search over 210 reference sources (biographies, conversions, dictionaries, encyclopedias, quotations) in 16 academic disciplines. Covers art, business, history, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, psychology, science, social sciences, technology, etc.. Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual ebooks. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• Dissertations & Theses @ Touro - Search over 440 School of Health Sciences & 150 Graduate School of Jewish Studies masters theses. All theses also listed in UMI's printed Masters Abstracts International, included in the ProQuest Digital Dissertations Database, preserved on microfilm in the UMI vault & at the Midtown Library. Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual theses. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ. TO DOWNLOAD THESES, FOLLOW THE ONLINE INSTRUCTIONS & DOWNLOAD THE ACROBAT READER IF NECESSARY.



• ebrary - Search & browse over 31,000 ebooks. Covers all areas of academic study. To get started, go through the ebrary Quick Start Training Program flash demo (covers the ebrary Reader & ebrary InfoTools) or read the ebrary Quick Start Guide. Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual ebooks. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), THmed, TUI, TUN, LIJ. WHEN YOU LOG IN THE FIRST TIME, DOWNLOAD THE EBRARY READER.



• Ereserves - Link to required electronic course material selected by professors & input by library staff after filing with the Copyright Clearance Center. Includes ebooks & ejournal articles; scanned book chapters & journal articles; Web sites, documents, databases, etc.; Course Reserves pages in the Books & Media (Library Catalog). Read "Information for New Users," then go to "Electronic Reserves & Reserve Pages" & search for material by course, department, instructor, document. There is a link to EReserves in Blackboard courses that require online course materials. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, South), Thmed.



• Gale Virtual Reference Library - Provided by NOVEL, NY State Library's free public statewide virtual library pilot project funded via a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to the NY State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Search & browse 27 works. Covers business, history, law, literature, medicine, science, social science. Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual ebooks. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), Law, THmed.



• History Reference Online Elite - Search 270 history reference ebooks. RESTRICTED to TC (NY).



• Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism, The - Search a historical survey with over 240 entries. Covers critics & theorists, critical schools & movements, critical & theoretical innovations of specific countries & historical periods. RESTRICTED to TC (NY).



• JSTOR Arts & Sciences I, II, III & IV and Business II Collections - Browse articles in over 500 arts, sciences & business journals back to the mid-1800s. Covers education, history, Jewish studies, language & literature, law, mathematics, political science, sociology, etc.. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• Literary Reference Center - Search information from major reference works, books, literary journals, original content from EBSCO Publishing. Includes over 10,000 plot summaries, synopses, work overviews; 75,000 articles of literary criticism; 130,000 author biographies; full-text of 300 literary journals; 500,000 book reviews; 25,000 classic & contemporary poems; 11,000 classic & contemporary short stories; full-text of 7,500 classic novels; 3,000 author interviews; 1,000 images of literary figures. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Israel).



• Literature Online - Search over 350,000 works of English & American poetry, drama, prose; 175 full-text literature journals; other key criticism & reference resources. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South).



• Literature Resource Center - Search the entire Literature Resource Center, or click on Advanced & limit by database (Contemporary Authors; Contemporary Literary Criticism - Select; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Scribners Writer Series, Twayne's [English Authors, US Authors, World Authors). Has a Literary-Historical Timeline, Encyclopedia of Literature, links to Authors on the Highway & the Gale Literary Index, biographies, bibliographies, critical analyses of over 120,000 authors (2,500 in-depth), articles from 250 periodicals. Use eJournals to link to individual titles & the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual ebooks. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, Berlin, France, Moscow), TUI.



• Marquis Who's Who On The Web - Search over 1 million concise & comprehensive biographies of accomplished individuals worldwide from all fields of endeavor. Drawn from 20 Marquis print titles back to 1985 (Who Was Who in America, Who's Who in (America, American [Art, Education, History, Law, Nursing], 20th Century America, the East, Midwest, South & Southwest, West, the World, Entertainment, Finance & Business, Media & Communications, Medicine & Healthcare, Religion, Science & Engineering), Who's Who Among Human Services Professionals, Who's Who of (American Women, Emerging Leaders in America). Updated daily. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, South, Berlin), Law, TUC, TUI.



• Military & Government Collection - Search & browse articles in 400 periodicals & 245 pamphlets. Covers all branches of the military & government. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, Israel, Moscow), Law, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• netLibrary - Search over 13,180 ebooks. Covers all areas of academic study. To get started, go through the Welcome to NetLibrary flash demo (covers econtent & eaudiobooks) or read the NetLibrary QuickStart Guide & NetLibrary Audiobooks QuickStart Guide. Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual ebooks. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ. WHEN YOU LOG IN THE FIRST TIME, CREATE YOUR OWN ACCOUNT. CHECKOUTS LAST FOUR HOURS.



• NoodleTools - Generate, edit, publish an MLA Works Cited list or APA References list that complies with rules of the current MLA Handbook & APA Publication Manual. For detail on using this program, read our Creating Your Bibliography with NoodleTools. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South). WHEN YOU LOG IN THE FIRST TIME, CREATE YOUR OWN ACCOUNT. WHEN FINISHED, CLICK ON LOG OUT TO CLOSE YOUR SESSION. FACULTY - Create a Class Name for your students so they can share their citation/reference lists with you for review & comment.



• OCLC FirstSearch - Search over 30 bibliographic, numeric, full-text specialty databases. Includes Arts & Humanities Citation Index, BasicBIOSIS, Biology Digest, Business and Management Practices, Clase and Periodica, Contemporary Women's Issues, Dissertation Abstracts Online, EconLit, GEOBASE, MDX Health Digest, Media Review Digest, PAIS International, ProceedingsFirst, SIRS Researcher, WorldCat, etc.. RESTRICTED to TC (NY) library PCs.



• Original Sources - From Encyclopaedia Britannica. Search & browse original source documents in history, politics & government, philosophy, religion, science, the social sciences & original work of literary figures writing in English & other languages. Has a quotation finder, concordance. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel), Law, LIJ.



• Otzar Ha-Hochma Electronic Library - Search 28,000 ebooks (the Bible, Mishna, Talmud , Jewish thought & philosophy [1,400 Chabad-related]). Includes subject indexes & an every-word index for 5,000 books that are not Talmud or Pentatuech. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, France).



• Oxford Reference Online (premier collection) - Search & browse over 100 ebooks in 24 categories. Covers the English language, history, literature, physical sciences & mathematics, politics & social sciences, religion & philosophy, science, etc.). Includes bilingual dictionaries. Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual ebooks. RESTRICTED to TC (NY). WHEN FINISHED, CLICK ON LOG OUT TO CLOSE YOUR SESSION.



• ProQuest (all inclusive) - Search articles in periodicals. Includes The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, etc.. Encompasses ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, ProQuest Biology Journals, ProQuest Computing, ProQuest Education Journals, ProQuest Health Management, ProQuest Medical Library, ProQuest Newspapers, ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source, ProQuest Psychology Journals, ProQuest Science Journals, ProQuest Social Science Journals, Research Library. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY).



• PsycINFO - Search nearly 2.3 million citations & summaries of articles (2,100 journals, 97% peer-reviewed), book chapters, books, dissertations back to the 1800s. Covers the psychological aspects of medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law, etc..RESTRICT ED to TC (NY, South, Berlin), Law, THmed, TUI, TUN.



• Public Documents Masterfile - Search & browse citations of federal, state, local, international public documents back over 200 years, Includes links to World Bank publications back to 1946. RESTRICTED to TC (NY).



• Research Library - Search articles in 2,000 journals back to 1971. Covers the arts, business, children, education, health, humanities, international, law, literature, military, multicultural, political science, psychology, sciences, social sciences, etc.. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, Berlin, Israel, Moscow), Law, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• SAGE Premier Collection - Search articles in over 485 journals. Covers business, health science, humanities, social sciences, science, and technology. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, Berlin, France), Law, THmed, LIJ.



• ScienceDirect Social & Behavioral Sciences College Edition - Search articles in over 550 journals. Includes reference works, handbooks, book series. Covers business, education, health, history, psychology, etc.. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), TUC, TUI.



• Scribner Writers Series, The - Browse biographies & search signed essays (15-20 pages long with a bibliography of primary & secondary sources) drawn from 13 print Scribner series. Covers over 1,600 authors & literary genres. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel).



• Theatre in Video with BBC Shakespeare Content - Watch more than 250 of the world’s most important plays, together with more than 100 video documentaries, online in streaming video. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South).



• Twayne's Authors Series, The - Browse biographies & search bibliographies & critical analyses (175-200 pages long) drawn from 600 books in Twayne's World, English, US print series. Covers authors & their works, history & influence of literary movements, development of literary genres. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel), Law.



• Web Sites of Print Subscriptions - EBSCOhost EJS (Electronic Journals Service). Link to Web sites for over 150 of Touro College Libraries' print subscriptions, most with articles back several years. RESTRICTED to TC (NY).