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Available via the World Wide Web  NYPL Digital Gallery  Top Recommended Resource in Selected Type

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. more info

Available via the World Wide Web  NYPL Digital Library Collections  Top Recommended Resource in Selected Type

Gateway to The New York Public Library’s rare and unique collections in digitized form. more info

Available via the World Wide Web  Picture Collection Online, NYPL Mid-Manhattan Library  Top Recommended Resource in Selected Type

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

Connect On-Site from the Library  AP Multimedia Archive  Connect from home using your NYPL Branch Library card  Top Recommended Resource in Selected Type

Contains the Associated Press's current year's photo report and a selection of images from their vast negative and print library. more info
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Available via the World Wide Web  American Memory  Top Recommended Resource in Selected Type

A rich collection of primary source material relating to U.S. history and culture, compiled by the Library of Congress National Digital Library Program. more info

Connect On-Site from the Library  American Periodical Series Online  Top Recommended Resource in Selected Type

APS Online provides searchable full-text and page images from over 1,100 popular magazines, journals and newspapers which began publication between 1740 and 1900 with coverage through 1940. more info
Availability:   Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  ACLS History E-Book Project

see ACLS Humanities E-Book Project

Connect On-Site from the Library  ACLS Humanities E-Book Project

Provides online access to a fully searchable collection of high-quality books in the Humanities, recommended and reviewed by scholars. more info
Availability:   Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  African American Experience  Connect from home using your NYPL Branch Library card

Covers African American history and culture from its African origins to the present day, in addition to a collection of over 500 searchable titles. more info
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Mid-Manhattan Library; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  African-American History Online  Connect from home using your NYPL Branch Library card

Covering more than 500 years of African-American history, features biographies, primary sources, images, timelines, and maps and charts. more info
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Available via the World Wide Web  AHDS (Arts & Humanities Data Service)/Performing Arts

Searchable collection of online digital resources in the performing arts, mostly from Britain. more info

Connect On-Site from the Library  American Broadsides and Ephemera

Digital collection of broadsides printed between 1820-1900 and ephemera, such as invitations, menus and programs, printed between 1760-1900. more info
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  American Periodical Series Online

APS Online provides searchable full-text and page images from over 1,100 popular magazines, journals and newspapers which began publication between 1740 and 1900 with coverage through 1940. more info
Availability:   Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  American State Papers, 1789-1838

U.S. legislative and executive materials originating from 1789 -1838 but not published until the second and third quarters of the 19th century. more info
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  American Women's History  Connect from home using your NYPL Branch Library card

Provides direct access to thousand of entries—biographies, historical and topical entries, speeches, maps, timelines, tables and charts, primary sources, and photographs—that are essential to understanding the experiences of American women throughout our nation’s history. more info
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  America's Historical Newspapers

Full-text digital images of American newspapers published from 1690-1922. more info
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  Ancestry Library Edition

Access to more than 5 billion names in more than 4,000 genealogical databases including Census Records, Passenger Lists and UK & Ireland records. Library version of Ancestry.com. more info
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  Ancient & Medieval History Online  Connect from home using your NYPL Branch Library card

This database provides a balanced, global view of the ancient world as it explores six ancient centers of civilization—Africa, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Mesoamerica, and Mesopotamia, spanning the period from the early Hominids 3 to 5 million years ago through 1522 CE. more info
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  ARTstor

ARTstor is an independent not-for-profit organization that develops, stores and distributes electronically digital images and related scholarly materials for the study of art, architecture, and other fields in the humanities. more info
Availability:   Mid-Manhattan Library; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Available via the World Wide Web  Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online (1841-1902)

Developed by the Brooklyn Public Library, this free database provides access to the full-text of the Eagle from 1841 to 1902. more info

Connect On-Site from the Library  Career Cruising  Connect from home using your NYPL Branch Library card

Privacy Policy: This database collects personal information from users as part of its service. This information is stored by the vendor that creates the database and is subject to that vendor's private policy. We encourage you to read that vendor's private policy. The information you enter into this database is not stored by The New York Public Library. Career Cruising is a comprehensive bilingual (English and Spanish) interactive multimedia source which features profiles and information on hundreds of occupations, 2 and 4 year college and universities, and financial aid, including scholarship opportunities. more info
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Mid-Manhattan Library; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  Chicago Defender (1905-1975)

Searchable full-text and page images from The Chicago Defender archive. more info
Availability:   Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  Chicago Tribune (1849-1986)

Searchable full-text and page images from the Chicago Tribune archive. more info
Availability:   Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  Chinese Pamphlets

Chinese pamphlets, picture books and other propaganda issued during the early years of the People’s Republic of China between 1947 and 1954. more info
Availability:   Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Available via the World Wide Web  Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers

Chronicling America is a prototype Website providing access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages, and is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program. more info

Available via the World Wide Web  Congressional Documents & Debates, 1774-1875

Includes the records and acts of the U.S. Congress from the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention through the 43rd Congress. more info

Connect On-Site from the Library  Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980

A digital reproduction of the key publications of the United States Congress, the Congressional Serial Set documents the official activities of the House and the Senate, including the journals, reports and documents. IN PROGRESS. more info
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  Digital Gallery, NYPL

see NYPL Digital Gallery

Connect On-Site from the Library  Digital Library Collections, NYPL

see NYPL Digital Library Collections

Available via the World Wide Web  Digital Scriptorium

Images of dated and datable medieval and renaissance manuscripts. more info

Available via the World Wide Web  Digital South Asia Library

On-line information about contemporary and historical South Asia – including full-text documents, statistical data, electronic images, cartographic representations, and pedagogical resources for language instruction. more info

Connect On-Site from the Library  Early American Imprints, Series I. Evans (1639-1800)

Provides full text, digital images of books, pamphlets, broadsides and periodicals published in America from 1639-1800. more info
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  Early American Imprints, Series II, Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819)

Provides full-text, digital images of books, pamphlets, broadsides, state papers and government publications published in America from 1801-1819. more info
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  Early American Newspapers

see America's Historical Newspapers

Connect On-Site from the Library  Early English Books Online (EEBO)

Provides full text, digital images of every book printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and every book in the English language printed abroad, from 1475 to 1700. more info
Availability:   Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  Early English books Online Text Creation Partnership

The University of Michigan, the University of Oxford, the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), and ProQuest Information and Learning are engaged in an exceptional partnership to create structured SGML/XML text editions for a significant portion of the Short Title Catalog of Early English books published between 1473 and 1700. ProQuest has already created digital images for nearly 125,000 works, distributed under the title Early English Books Online. more info
Availability:   Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

Connect On-Site from the Library  EBSCO Animals (grades 5-12)  Connect from home using your NYPL Branch Library card

Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to nature and habitat of familiar animals. more info
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)

Provides full text, digital images of English-language books, pamphlets, broadsides and other materials published in the United Kingdom between 1701-1800. more info
Availability:   Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Available via the World Wide Web  England and Wales Historical Directories

A digital library of local and trade directories from England and Wales from 1750-1919. more info

Connect On-Site from the Library  Evans Digital Edition

see Early American Imprints, Series I. Evans (1639-1800)

Connect On-Site from the Library  Everyday Life and Women in America, c1800-1920

This digital collection provides access to rare primary source material on American social, cultural, and popular history from the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History, Duke University and The New York Public Library. more info
Availability:   Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  Facts On File History Database Center  Connect from home using your NYPL Branch Library card

Comprised of the World History Online, Ancient History & Culture, American Women's History, African-American History & Culture and American Indian History & Culture, this interface allows us to search across all five history databases more info
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Available via the World Wide Web  Family History Archive

Digitized full-text family histories. more info

Available via the World Wide Web  FamilySearch Record Search (Pilot)

Search indexed records for your ancestors worldwide. Under development. New content added monthly. more info

Connect On-Site from the Library  Footnote

Searchable digitized images of millions of historical primary documents relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, U.S. Presidents, historical newspapers and naturalization documents, many from the National Archives. more info
Availability:   Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

Connect On-Site from the Library  Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874

Freedman's Bank Records are a great source for genealogists researching their African American heritage. This database is an index to registers of signatures of depositors and includes images of the original documents. more info
Availability:   Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

Available via the World Wide Web  Google Book Search

Google Books enables you to search the full-text of scanned books (contributed by The New York Public Library, other libraries and publishers) via the Web, and to read selections of the full-text of these digitized texts. more info

Available via the World Wide Web  Griffith’s Valuation

First full-scale valuation of property in Ireland published between 1847 and 1864. It allows researchers to locate 'occupants' to see who lived where. more info

Connect On-Site from the Library  Grove Art Online

see Oxford Art Online

Connect On-Site from the Library  HarpWeek

The online version of Harper's Weekly (1857-1912), the leading American illustrated magazine of its day, covering political, military, social, and cultural stories. HarpWeek may be browsed by date or literary genre; the full text is searchable by keywords. more info
Availability:   Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  HeritageQuest Online

Search U.S. Federal Census records, digitized family and local history books, an index to genealogical and local history periodicals, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files and the Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874. more info
Availability:   Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

Connect On-Site from the Library  Historical Statistics of the United States

This compendium of statistics provides quantitative, historical data about American social, economic and political conditions and development. The data is provided in both PDF and Excel formats. This is the online version of the 2006 print edition. more info
Availability:   Mid-Manhattan Library; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  House of Commons Parliamentary Papers

HCPP delivers searchable full text for each Parliamentary paper, along with a detailed subject index. more info
Availability:   Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Available via the World Wide Web  Internet Archives: Text Archives

Text Archive enables you to search and view the full-text of scanned books via the Web. more info

Available via the World Wide Web  Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies

Access to electronic resources in medieval studies worldwide. more info

Connect On-Site from the Library  Latino American Experience  Connect from home using your NYPL Branch Library card

Contains the history and culture of Latinos from the pre-Columbian Indigenous civilizations of the Americas to the present. more info
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Mid-Manhattan Library; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  Los Angeles Times (1881-1986)

Searchable full-text and page images from the Los Angeles Times archive. more info
Availability:   Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Available via the World Wide Web  Making of America (Cornell University Site)

Materials accessible here are Cornell University Library's contributions to Making of America (MOA), a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. more info

Available via the World Wide Web  Making of America (University of Michigan Site)

Materials accessible here are University of Michigan Library's contributions to Making of America (MOA), a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. more info

Available via the World Wide Web  Map Collection, Perry-Castaneda

Displays selected digitized images from the printed map collection housed at the University of Texas at Austin. more info

Connect On-Site from the Library  Modern World History Online  Connect from home using your NYPL Branch Library card

Covers the important civilizations and cultures of world history from prehistoric times through the modern era. Topical entries, biographies, maps, primary source documents, and timelines provide a detailed and comparative view of the people, places, and events that have defined world history. more info
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Available via the World Wide Web  MTA

Website of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York. more info

Available via the World Wide Web  Museum of the City of New York: Byron Collection

This database consists of over 22,000 photographs of New York City and its environs taken by the Byron Company between 1890 and 1942. more info

Available via the World Wide Web  MyCITI Map Portal

Through a partnership between the Municipal Art Society and the City of New York, users can access an enhanced New York City Map Portal for detailed maps, building and property data, subway information, community statistics and more. more info

Connect On-Site from the Library  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
Availability:   Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Available via the World Wide Web  National Portrait Gallery's Portrait Search

Search more than 80,000 records from the Catalog of American Portraits. more info

Connect On-Site from the Library  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
Availability:   Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

Connect On-Site from the Library  New York Ancestors

New York records and resources available from the New England Historic Genealogical Society. more info
Availability:   Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

Available via the World Wide Web  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

Available via the World Wide Web  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

Available via the World Wide Web  New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Reports

Provides free online access to the collection of Landmark designation reports. more info

Available via the World Wide Web  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

Connect On-Site from the Library  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
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Available via the World Wide Web  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

Connect On-Site from the Library  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
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Available via the World Wide Web  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

Connect On-Site from the Library  New York Times (1851-2006)

Searchable full-text and page images from The New York Times archive. more info
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  Nueva enciclopedia Cumbre en linea  Connect from home using your NYPL Branch Library card

Una enciclopedia en el idioma español que contiene aproximadamente quince mil artí­culos con más de seis mil photos. more info
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Available via the World Wide Web  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

Available via the World Wide Web  OASIS

Access an interactive mapping system for New York City, supplemented by aerial photography, building and property data, environmental information, and data analysis tools. more info

Connect On-Site from the Library  Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center  Connect from home using your NYPL Branch Library card

A comprehensive full-text database that provides a wide scope of knowledge for nearly 5,000 current social topics in the forms of primary source documents, statistics, websites and multimedia. more info
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Mid-Manhattan Library; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  Origins Network

Irish, British and Scottish genealogy information online, featuring the Griffith's Valuation of Ireland. more info
Availability:   Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

Connect On-Site from the Library  Oxford Art Online

Contains the redesigned Grove Art Online, as well as The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Dictionary of Art Terms. more info
Availability:   Mid-Manhattan Library; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Contains over 50,000 biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of the British past, from the earliest times through the most recent years. more info
Availability:   Mid-Manhattan Library; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  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. more info
Availability:   Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Available via the World Wide Web  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

Available via the World Wide Web  Perseus Digital Library

An online collection of textual and visual materials illustrating the Archaic and Classical Greek world. more info

Available via the World Wide Web  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

Connect On-Site from the Library  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
Availability:   Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  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
Availability:   Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  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
Availability:   Countee Cullen Branch; Grand Concourse; Parkchester; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Seward Park; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970

Access to large-scale maps for towns and cities in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. more info
Availability:   Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience

This resource provides a core collection of primary and secondary resources in Black Studies, including full-text articles, book chapters, dissertations, reference materials, timelines, images and multimedia. more info
Availability:   Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  Slavery and Manumission Manuscripts of Timbuktu

From the Bibliothèque Commémorative Mama Haidara in Timbuktu, Mali, a collection of 19th century manuscripts relating to slavery and manumission in Timbuktu. The materials, in Arabic, provide documentation on Africans in slavery in Muslim societies. more info
Availability:   Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  The Nation Archive, 1865-

see Nation Archive (1865-present)

Connect On-Site from the Library  Times of London (1785-1985)

Searchable full-text and page images of The Times of London archive. more info
Availability:   Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  United States Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980

see Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980

Available via the World Wide Web  Valley of the Kings Online

Contains an interactive atlas of more than 250 tomb mappings,narrated tours of the Valley, a 3-D exploration of one of the largest tombs, images, articles,a glossary, bibliography and timeline. more info

Available via the World Wide Web  Virtual Gramophone/Canadian Historical Sound Recordings

The Virtual Gramophone/Canadian Historical Sound Recordings is a multimedia Web site devoted to the first half-century of recorded sound in Canada. more info

Connect On-Site from the Library  Wall Street Journal (1889-1992)

Searchable full-text and page images from the Wall Street Journal archive. more info
Availability:   Bronx Library Center; Countee Cullen Branch; Grand Concourse; Parkchester; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Seward Park; St. George Library Center; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Connect On-Site from the Library  Washington Post (1877-1993)

Searchable full-text and page images from the Washington Post archive. more info
Availability:   Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts