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P4A Antiques Reference Database
Information in the database is drawn from about fifty leading regional auction houses located throughout the United States, plus other selected specialist auctions.
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PA Research
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PAIS Archive
Provides historical perspective on many of the 20th-century's public and social policies. more info
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PAIS International
Indexes journals, reports, and other documents that cover public policy, cultural and social issues, and international relations. more info
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Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
The online edition of The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics contains the full text of the 8 volume print edition. more info
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Palmer List of Merchant Vessels
This list consists of descriptions of historical merchant vessels including photographs whenever possible. more info
Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier
Digital library site devoted to Spanish exploration and settlement in North America from the 15th to the early 19th centuries. more info
Past Masters - Philosophy
A searchable database that contains scholarly texts by major western philosophers. more info
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Patents Searching
Searchable full text and bibliographic patent databases from the US Patent and Trademark Office, from 1 January 1976 to the most recent weekly issue date. more info
Patrologia Latina
The electronic version of the complete set Jacques-Paul Migne's collection of the works of the Church Fathers. more info
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People's Daily -- Only available in SAS Room 315(South Hall).
The People's Daily is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. With current circulation of 3 million, it offers the Chinese government's policies as well as selective national and international news. Provides full-text coverage of daily issues between 1946 to 2005. more info
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Performing Arts Yearbook for Europe
Directory of Performing Arts organizations in Europe, including the fields of music, dance, theatre and puppetry. Searchable by name or location. more info
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Periodicals Index Online
An interdisciplinary and international index to the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Over 4,700 journals are included. more info
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Perseus Digital Library
An online collection of textual and visual materials illustrating the Archaic and Classical Greek world. more info
PERSI - The PERiodical Source Index
A subject index covering more than 6,500 genealogy and local history periodicals since 1800. more info
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Philosopher's Index
Indexes and abstracts the literature on epistemology, ethics, logic, metaphysics,law, religion and science from periodicals, monographs, and other documents. more info
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Picture Collection Online, NYPL Mid-Manhattan Library
A collection of 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923. more info
Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002)
One of the most nationally circulated Black newspapers, the Courier reached its peak in the 1930s. A conservative voice in the African-American community, the Courier challenged the misrepresentation of African-Americans in the national media and advocated social reforms to advance the cause of civil rights. more info
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PoemFinder
A searchable database of indexed poems; some available full-text. At the Mid-Manhattan Library, please use LitFinder for access to this database. more info
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Polling the Nations
Polling the Nations is an online database of public opinion polls containing the full-text of 500,000 questions and responses from 14,000+ surveys conducted from 1986 through the present in the United States and 100 other countries around the world. more info
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Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1906)
Available as part of the 19th Century Masterfile, Poole's Index contains indexing of general periodicals published in the United States from 1802 through 1906. more info
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Popular Science
Popular Science is an American monthly magazine founded in 1872 carrying articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects. more info
Population Index
A searchable database of annotated citations from books, journals, working papers, dissertations, and bibliographies in the field of demographics and population more info
Prevention Magazine
Prevention is the #1 healthy lifestyle magazine brand and the 10th largest magazine in the nation, with more than 11 million readers. The top online health magazine destination, Prevention.com has 1.6 million unique visitors each month. more info
Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC)
The Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division’s catalog to about 65% of the Division's holdings. Many of the catalog records are accompanied by digital images--about one million digital images in all. more info
Private School Review
Provides profiles of private elementary day schools & high schools more info
Professional Development Collection EBSCO
Provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 450 full-text journals, designed for professional educators. more info
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Project Muse
A full-text database of recent issues of journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. **For best results use the browser Internet Explorer when using the database offsite. Firefox and Safari browsers will not produce a log in screen. more info
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Promt
Magazine and newspaper index for companies and industries focusing on markets and products around the world. more info
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Proquest Dissertations and Theses
Includes citations for dissertations from 1861 to those accepted as recently as last semester. Abstracts from 1980 - present. more info
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ProQuest Civil War Era (1840-1865)
Combines complete runs of eight newspaper titles, covering 1840-1865, as well as nearly 2,000 pamphlets covering a wide range of topics, focusing on the entire era — from Manifest Destiny through the end of the Civil
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ProQuest Historical African American Newspapers
Simultaneous search of the Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Chicago Defender (1910-1975), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), and the Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002). more info
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ProQuest Historical Database
Searchable full-text and page images from the Atlanta Constitution (1868-1942), the Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Boston Globe (1872-1926), Chicago Defender (1905-1975), Chicago Tribune (1849-1986), the Guardian & Observer (1791-2003), the Hartford Courant (1764-1984), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), Los Angeles Times (1881-1986), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), New York Times (1851-2006), New York Tribune (1841-1922), Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002), the San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922), Wall Street Journal (1889-1992), Washington Post (1877-1993), ProQuest Civil War Era database including New York Herald (1840-1865) and thousands of magazine articles published from 1740 to 1940. more info
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ProQuest Historical New York Newspapers & Magazines
Simultaneous search of the New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), The New York Herald (1840-1865), The New York Times (1851-2005), The New York Tribune (1900-1910), The Wall Street Journal (1889-1990) and and thousands of magazine articles published from 1740 to 1940. more info
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ProQuest Platinum
Periodicals covering a broad range of material: business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences, social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas. more info
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ProQuest Research Library
Provides articles from periodicals covering arts, business, children, education, health, humanities, law, multicultural studies, sciences, social sciences, and general interest. Full text is available for nearly two-thirds of its titles.
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PsycARTICLES
Provides full-text articles on current issues in psychology from respected sources, from 1988 to the present. more info
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Psychoanalytic Literature Jourlit/Bookrev Database
A searchable index to journals, books, and book reviews in the field of psychoanalysis more info
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
A full-text database of journal articles covering topics such as psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and experimental methods. more info
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PsycINFO
Indexes literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. more info
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Publishers Directory
A directory of United States and Canadian publishers. more info
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PubWEST
Search patents using the public version of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Web-based Examiners Search Tool database (PubWEST). This is one of the databases the USPTO makes available to professional searchers. Search and view all U.S. patents, applications published since March 15, 2001, and abstracts of European and Japanese patents. Images of many other foreign patents are available for viewing and printing. more info
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Pulitzer Prizes
A Web site that includes an archive of Pulitzer Prize-winning works from past years including photos, editorial cartoons, music clips, and the full text of all articles. more info
