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NARA's 1930 Census Microfilm Locator
An online database listing every roll of microfilm in the 1930 census, searchable by over 120,000 geographic locations. more info
Nation Archive (1865-present)
The archive contains PDF page images and searchable text for all issues of The Nation published from 1865 to the present. more info
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National Archives (formerly Historical Manuscripts Commission)
The United Kingdom's central advisory body on archives and manuscripts relating to British history. more info
National Newspaper Index (1977-present)
Indexing of America's top newspapers in one search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, USA Today and The Washington Post. more info
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National Newspapers (ProQuest)
Searchable full text from the 1980's to the present of The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and the Christian Science Monitor. more info
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National Portrait Gallery's Portrait Search
Search more than 80,000 records from the Catalog of American Portraits. more info
Naturalization Index to New York Petitions, 1792-1989
Access through Ancestry Library Edition - Search under U.S. Immigration Collection. This database contains an index to the petitions for naturalization filed in various federal, state and local courts in New York City. more info
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Naturalization index to records at the Kings County Clerk's Office, 1907-1924
Index to the Kings County (Brooklyn) naturalization records located in the Kings County Clerk's Office. more info
Naturalization Indexes for Greater New York
Indexes to naturalization records of the Eastern District (Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Nassau, Suffolk) 1865-1957, the Southern District (Manhattan & Bronx) 1824-1959, Bronx County Supreme Court 1914-1952, Queens County Clerk's Office, 1906-1957, Nassau County 1899-1989, Suffolk County 1865-1981, and Military Naturalizations for the New York Tri-State Area. more info
Naturalization Petition Index at the New York County Supreme Court, 1907-1924
Access through Ancestry Library Edition - Search under U.S. Immigration Collection. more info
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Nature (1869-present)
Nature is a weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology. Nature also provides news and interpretation of topical and coming trends affecting science, scientists and the wider public. more info
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Nelson's Marketplace
Includes three directories: Nelson's Directory of Investment Managers which provides profiles of 2,000 institutional money managers and their 8,000 investment products. Company profiles may be saved individually in PDF format, printed, or saved to disk or USB flash drive. Also includes Nelson's Directory of Plan Sponsors and Nelson's Directory of Pension Fund Consultants- This database is not on all networked computers. Please see a staff person at
the EIC desk to access this resource. more info
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New Book of Knowledge
An online version of the print encyclopedia for children plus NBK News, weekly current events stories plus special features geared especially for young students.
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New Book of Popular Science (for students)
A science encyclopedia with over 400 articles geared to student readers. more info
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New England Ancestors
Databases of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Highlights include full-text access to the New England Historical and Genealogical Register from 1847 to 1994 and the Massachusetts Vital Records to 1910. more info
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New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993)
Searchable full-text and page images of the leading Black newspaper of the 20th century. more info
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New York Ancestors
New York records and resources available from the New England Historic Genealogical Society. more info
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New York City (Manhattan) Building Permits Database, 1900-1986
A digitized version of the New York City (Manhattan) building permits from 1900-1986, searchable by address, owner, architect, building type and other fields. more info
New York City Census FactFinder
Department of City Planning reference collection including access to New York City population information from the 2000 U.S. Census. more info
New York City Death Index (1891-1948)
A searchable database of the death indexes for Manhattan (1891-1894), Manhattan and Brooklyn (1895-1897) and All Boroughs (1898-1948). more info
New York City Digital Collection of Historical Books
A subset of the Making of America digital library (the University of Michigan site), this collection consists of 335 volumes focusing on New York City, including several editions of the Directory of social and health agencies of New York City. The “Refine this search” link at the top of the page allows you to search by keyword within this collection. more info
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
The NYC agency that is responsible for identifying and designating the city's landmarks and historic districts. Some recent publications are available for download from this Web site. more info
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Reports
Provides free online access to the collection of Landmark designation reports. more info
New York City Marriages: Brides Index (1866?-1937)
A searchable database of the brides indexes for Manhattan 1866-1937; Kings County (Brooklyn) 1871-1913 and 1931-1937; Bronx 1899-1937; Queens 1904-1937; Richmond (Staten Island) 1898-1937. Not all years are 100% complete. more info
New York City Marriages: Grooms Index (1864?-1936)
A searchable database of the groom indexes for Brooklyn, 1864-1907, Manhattan, 1866-1907, Staten Island, 1898-1907, and All Boroughs,1908-1936. more info
New York City Property Mapping Information
LotInfo Pro provides access to lot information data including building footprints and dimensions, assessed and sale valuation and ownership. more info
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New York City Views
Images of New York City from the NYPL Digital Gallery, a free resource of images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of the Library. This link goes directly to image collections from the Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. more info
New York Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1890
Access through Ancestry Library Edition - Search under the Birth, Marriage & Death category. Digitized version of Gertrude A. Barber's extracts of deaths recorded in the "Brooklyn Eagle" (1841-1890) and the "New York Evening Post" (1801-1890). more info
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New York Emigrant Savings Bank, 1850-1883
Access through Ancestry Library Edition - Search under U.S. Immigration Collection. The Emigrant Savings Bank was established in 1850 by members of the Irish Emigrant Society. The bank kept records on depositors and borrowers that provide the name of the depositor, account date, and year and place of birth, if given. more info
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New York Herald (1840-1865)
Searchable full-text and page images from the New York Herald, 1840-1865. more info
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New York Heritage.org
New York Heritage.org is a portal to free digital collections about New York State's people, places, and institutions contributed by libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions. more info
New York Magazine
New York Magazine covers, analyzes, comments on and defines the news, culture, entertainment, lifestyle, fashion and personalities that drive New York City. New York Magazine, founded in April 1968, reaches 1.6 million readers each week and is published by New York Media Holdings, LLC. more info
New York Marriage Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1880
Access through Ancestry Library Edition - Search under the Birth, Marriage & Death category. Digitized version of Gertrude A. Barber's extracts of marriages recorded in the "Brooklyn Eagle" (1841-1880) and the "New York Evening Post" (1801-1837). more info
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New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Access through Ancestry Library Edition - Search under U.S. Immigration Collection. Index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of New York from 1820-1957. In addition, the names found in the index are linked to actual images of the passenger manifests. more info
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New York State Census 1905/15/25 - Obtaining AD/ED for NYC
Work in progress - The 1905/15/25 New York State census records are arranged by Assembly District (AD) and Election District (ED) and are only available on microfilm. In order to locate a person, you first need to know their address and then you need to convert that address into AD/ED. This website will help you obtain this information. more info
New York State County Histories
Full-text searchable 19th century histories of counties in all of New York state. more info
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New York State Historical Literature
A digital collection of hundreds of pamphlets and monographs chosen from Cornell University Library's extensive collection of New York State Literature. more info
New York State Literary Web Site
Literary maps of New York City and New York State. Click on author images and counties for biographies, literary organizations and sites, bookstores, and libraries. more info
New York State Newspapers
A collection of major New York State newspapers, available in full-text. more info
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New York State Tax Forms
You can find all forms and instructions that were previously printed for income tax returns. more info
New York State Unit History Project
Digital library of New York State military unit histories including Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, and Korean War. more info
New York Times (1851-2006)
Searchable full-text and page images from The New York Times archive. more info
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New York Times (1980-present)
Full-text articles from The New York Times.
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New York Times (1985-present) and New York Post (2000-present)
Full text of the New York Times (1985-present) and New York Post (2000-present). more info
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New York Tribune (1841-1922)
The New York Tribune (1841-1922) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. more info
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New York Tribune Index, 1875-1906
Indexing provided by 19th Century Masterfile. Look for New York Daily Tribune Index, 1875-1906. more info
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New Yorker
The Complete New Yorker on 8 DVDs. The full archive of the 4000+ issues published between 1925 and February 2005, including cartoons and advertisements. Available at the Mid-Manhattan Library, third floor, Language and Literature Collection. more info
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Newsletters in Print
A directory of newsletters in the United States, covering many subjects. more info
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NewsLink
Links to Web sites of media sources, including newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, and publishers more info
Newspaper Indexes, Archives & Morgues
Contains links to national and international newspaper archives and indexes available over the Internet. more info
Newspaper Source (EBSCO)
Searchable full text to over 170 U.S. newspapers and 20 international newspapers. Also includes newswires and TV and radio news transcripts. more info
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Nineteenth Century Art Worldwide
A scholarly e-journal devoted to the study of nineteenth-century painting, sculpture, graphic arts, photography, architecture, and decorative arts. more info
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Nineteenth Century Masterfile
see 19th Century Masterfile
Nineteenth Century Microfiche Collection (Index)
see Index to the Nineteenth Century Microfiche Collection
NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)
A guide to the latest health information and resources.
Acceso Computarizado a la Salud de Nueva York (NOAH, siglas en inglés) le proporciona al consumidor información sobre la salud en inglés y en español. more info
Nobel Prizes and Laureates
Search the Nobel e-Museum for information about the prize and past winners. more info
NUCMC
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections more info
Nueva enciclopedia Cumbre en linea
Una enciclopedia en el idioma español que contiene aproximadamente quince mil artículos con más de seis mil photos. more info
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NYCdata
NYCData is a compendium of factual data organized by 16 topics ranging from population and culture to historical labor force figures and consumer prices. more info
NYPL Catalog
The online catalog for the The New York Public Library. more info
NYPL Digital Gallery
Provides access to over 685,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.
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NYPL Digital Library Collections
Gateway to The New York Public Library’s rare and unique collections in digitized form. more info