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  1 Step Census Locators (1910, 1920, 1930)

Search for Enumeration Districts by address for large cities including New York. more info

  2009 Video Voter Guide

Learn about the candidates running in the New York City primary election on September 15, 2009. more info

  Academic Search Premier  

Provides full text for 4,000 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. 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

  AccessUN

Index, articles and full-text database of United Nations documents covering 1998-2003. 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

  All-Russia Census 2002

The latest All-Russia Population Census took place on October 9-16, 2002. Conducted by Goskomstat, the State Committee on Statistics of the Russian Federation, this is first official census of modern Russia. 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

  Alternative Press Index

Indexes and abstracts alternative, radical, and leftist publications. 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

  Alternative Press Index Archive

Index of journals (1969-1990) covering cultural, economic, political & social change. 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

  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

  Amnesty International Library

Provides full text of many of the human rights organization's recent publications, including annual reports back to 1993, country reports, and thematic reports. more info

  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

  Bar Ilan's Judaic Library -- Only available in HSSL Room 111

Full-text, searchable versions of the Bible, Targum, and medieval rabbinic commentaries; Palestinian Talmud, Babylonian Talmud and Rashi, halakhic and aggadic midrashim; codes of Jewish law; and responsa. more info
Availability:   Dorot Jewish Division (Room 111 at Stephen A. Schwarzman Building)

  Bremen Emigration Lists, 1920-1939

Searchable database of passengers leaving Bremen for the years 1920 to 1939. more info

  Castle Garden Immigration Center, 1830-1892

Index of more than 10 million immigrants who arrived at the Port of New York from 1830-1892. Searching via S. Morse's One Step Search Form. more info

  Census CD

Includes the full set of Census data from Block Group level up to the nation, all 16 geographies included in the Census long form databases STF3A to D, all tracts, places, counties, states, Congressional districts, Zip codes, etc., for over 375,000 geographic locations in the US. It has all 3,500+ Census demographic variables for every area along with millions of street addresses from Tiger94, all distributed by the US Census Bureau. more info
Availability:   Science, Industry and Business Library

  Census: State and County Quick Facts

Tables of data from various Census Bureau programs, including profiles at national, state, and county levels. more info

  Chiefs of State and Cabinet Ministers of Foreign Governments

Provides an alphabetical listing by country of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of foreign governments. more info

  CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)

A comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. 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

  Cimorelli's Ship Information

Arrival dates and names of passenger ships which arrived at U.S. ports. This is not a database of passenger names but of ships. more info

  Congressional Directory

Provides contact information for members of the United States Congress. more info

  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

  Congressional Indexes 1789-1969

Includes U.S. House and Senate documents and reports, committee hearings, unpublished hearings, and commitee prints. more info
Availability:   Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

  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

  Congressional Universe

Provides comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information from Congressional Information Service, Inc. 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

  Country Studies - Library of Congress

Details of a country's political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions. more info

  Credo Reference  

This database which includes bilingual and biographical dictionaries provides a full text collection for over 270 reference works. 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

  Economist Intelligence Unit

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) includes Country Reports and Country Profile guides. 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

  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

  Eighteenth Century Journals II

Provides full-text, digital images from the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center collection of 17th and 18th century newspapers and periodicals. 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

  Ellis Island: American Family Immigration History Center

Covers the period 1892-1924 when 22 million passengers and crew members entered the Port of New York through Ellis Island. Search for an immigrant's name and view a digitized page of the passenger manifest. more info

  Ellis Island: Searching the Ellis Island Database in One Step

An enhanced search of the Ellis Island Database (1892-1924). more info

  Encyclopedia Judaica

Full-text searchable database of the 22 volumes. 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

  Encyclopedia of Governmental Advisory Organizations  

A directory of executive advisory bodies in the United States. 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

  Energy Administration Information

Energy statistics from the U.S. Government. more info

  Europa: Gateway to the European Union

Current information on the member countries of the European Union, including statistical data, policies, news, official documents, legal texts, and other publications. more info

  FamilySearch Genealogy Service

Produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), this site searches genealogical records worldwide including Ancestral Files, International Genealogical Index, and census and other vital statistics sources. more info

  FEDSTATS

National statistics from the U.S. Federal Government in the areas of Agriculture, Education, Income, Natural Resources, Crime, Energy, Labor, Safety, Demographics, Environment, National Accounts, Transportation, Economic, and Health. more info

  Foreign Relations of the United States

This digital facsimile of FRUS is a project of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago Libraries. An almost complete run from 1861-1960 with missing volumes being added as they can be acquired. more info

  Government Research Centers Directory

An online directory from publisher Gale. more info
Availability:   Branch Libraries; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

  GPO Access

A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free access to a wide array of databases and other online tools produced by the federal government. Includes the United States Code, the Code of Federal Regulations, the Federal Register (1994- ), and published versions of bills (1993- ). more info

  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

  Historical Census Browser

Provides population and economic census data for U.S. states and counties from the years 1790-1960. more info

  History Guide

Subject gateway to scholarly relevant information in history with a focus on Anglo-American history and the history of Central and Western Europe. more info

  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

  Infoshare Online

Provides a wide range of data on the neighborhoods of New York City -- population, immigration, land use, public assistance, birth, death, hospitalization and much else. more info
Availability:   Science, Industry and Business Library

  International Database

Provides demographic and socioeconomic statistics for 227 countries and areas of the world. more info

  JSTOR

A searchable, digitized archive -- from the first date of publication to the last three to five years -- of major scholarly journals in many academic fields. 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

  Left Index

Topics covered include politics, economics, the labor movement, ecology and environment, women's studies, race and ethnicity, social and cultural theory, sociology, art and aesthetics, philosophy, history, education, law, and globalization. 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

  Lexis Nexis Digital Congressional Hearings Digital Collection

Provides access to every published and unpublished hearings from 1824 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

  LRS- NY State Legislative Retrieval System

Full-text database of New York State legislative information. Access bill status, bill text, and summary. Includes Committee agendas, floor calendars, daily sheets, chapters for the current year, veto and approval messages, and related documents. Searchable by bill number, word or phrase, or search links. Provides NY State legislative information going back to 1995. more info
Availability:   Science, Industry and Business Library

  Map Collection, Perry-Castaneda

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

  Martindale.com

An online directory of lawyers and law firms around the world. more info

  Monthly Catalog of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)

Citations to publications of U.S. Government agencies. more info
Availability:   Science, Industry and Business Library

  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

  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

  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

  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 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

  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

  New York State Tax Forms

You can find all forms and instructions that were previously printed for income tax returns. more info

  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
Availability:   Mid-Manhattan Library

  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

  PAIS Archive

Provides historical perspective on many of the 20th-century's public and social policies. 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

  PAIS International

Indexes journals, reports, and other documents that cover public policy, cultural and social issues, and international relations. 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

  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

  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
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

  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

  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
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

  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. more info
Availability:   Bronx Library Center; Mid-Manhattan Library; 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

  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
Availability:   Science, Industry and Business Library

  Search for Missing Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisements Placed in the Boston Pilot

From 1831 through 1921, the Boston Pilot newspaper printed a "Missing Friends" column with advertisements from people looking for "lost" friends and relatives who had emigrated from Ireland to the United States. This collection of 31,711 records is available here as a searchable online database. more info

  Social Sciences Citation Index

Indexes articles and provides cited references found in over 1,700 leading social science journals in more than fifty subjects. Also includes articles from over 3,000 science and technology journals. 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

  Social Services Abstracts

Provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, social welfare and community development. 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

  SOCIndex

SocINDEX with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. 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

  Sociological Abstracts

Indexes and abstracts literature in theoretical and applied sociology, and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. 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

  Soundex Converter

"The soundex system is a method of indexing names in the 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 US Censuses." more info

  SourceOECD

SourceOECD is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. This library comprises 20 book collections by theme, containing all of the OECD monographs and reports, 24 periodicals, a reference title, and the OECD statistical databases. more info
Availability:   Science, Industry and Business Library

  Statistical Universe

Indexes and abstracts statistical sources from government and nongovernment agencies. Some graphs are available. more info
Availability:   Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

  STAT-USA/Internet

International trade and export information from the U.S. Department of Commerce including the National Trade Databank (NTDB), Foreign Traders index, and market research reports by product and country. Other national economic statistics too. more info
Availability:   Science, Industry and Business Library

  Tax Forms, Federal and State

Download and print federal and state tax forms for all 50 states. more info

  Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet

Provides full-text access to the Congressional Record, bills, public and private laws, roll call votes, and schedules of both houses. more info

  Trademark Electronic Search System (Tess)

Searchable trademark database from the US Patent and Trademark Office, which includes the full bibliographic text of pending and registered trademarks. This site is a resource for application and general information about trademarks. more info

  U.S. Census

Provides in-depth U.S. census data. more info

  United Nations Documents and Publications Index

UN materials searchable by subject, session, document number, UN sales number, title and country. more info
Availability:   Science, Industry and Business Library

  United Nations Official Documents System (ODS)

ODS covers all types of official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993. Older UN documents are, however, added to the system on a daily basis. ODS also provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards. The system does not contain press releases, UN sales publications, the United Nations Treaty Series or information brochures issued by the Department of Public Information. more info
Availability:   Science, Industry and Business Library

  United Nations Treaty Series

Collection of over 34,000 treaties and international agreements registered or filed and recorded with and published by the Secretariat since 1946 more info
Availability:   Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

  United States Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980

see Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980

  United States Copyright Office

Links to general information and publications about copyright and the copyrighting process. more info

  United States Exports History: Historical Summary

U.S. Bureau of the Census annual summaries of export shipments from 1991-1995. more info
Availability:   Science, Industry and Business Library

  United States Exports of Merchandise

From the Bureau of the Census, International Harmonized System, Commodity Classification and Harmonized Tariff Schedules by country and by customs district. Monthly and annual summaries. more info
Availability:   Science, Industry and Business Library

  United States Government Manual

Contains comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of the federal government. more info

  United States Government Printing Office

Provides free electronic access to a catalog of products published by the Federal Government. more info

  United States Imports History: Historical Summary

From the U.S. Bureau of the Census: Annual import statistics for the years 1991 - 1995. more info
Availability:   Science, Industry and Business Library

  United States Imports of Merchandise

From the Bureau of the Census, International Harmonized System, Commodity Classification and Harmonized Tariff Schedules by country and by customs district. Monthly and annual summaries. more info
Availability:   Science, Industry and Business Library

  United States State Department: Major Publications

Provides access to publications of the US State Department prior to January 21, 2001. more info

  USATrade

Provides official exports and imports data on more than 17,000 commodities. Reveals what merchandise is being shipped, where it is being shipped, and how much it is worth. Includes quantity and value of exports and imports by 2-, 4-, 6-, and 10 digit Harmonized System codes plus the total quantity and value of exports and imports for more than 250 countries and each customs district more info
Availability:   Science, Industry and Business Library

  WATCH: Writers, Artists, and Their Copyright Holders

Contains the names and addresses of copyright holders, or contact persons for authors and artists whose archives are housed in North America and the United Kingdom. more info

  World Factbook

Covers the following for countries around the world: maps, current issues, history, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. more info

  Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Indexes journals covering political science and related fields. 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