Academic OneFileThis link opens in a new windowPeer-reviewed, full-text articles from journals and reference sources covering the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995.
Winmo (formerly Advertising Red Books)This link opens in a new windowProvides relevant content on companies and the advertising agencies that work with them. Winmo can be used to identify agency clients, locate critical information about them, reveal the right contacts at those clients for prospecting, find a company by searching by the brand it owns, check out the competition, and more.
America: History and LifeThis link opens in a new windowIndex of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With indexing for 1,700 journals from as far back as 1910.
Anthropological IndexThis link opens in a new windowIndex to current periodicals held in the Anthropology Library at the Centre for Anthropology, The British Museum.
AnthroSourceThis link opens in a new windowOffers access to more than a century of full-text anthropological knowledge, across the breadth and depth of the discipline.
Associated Press Images CollectionThis link opens in a new windowcontains over 4.6 million photographs dating back to 1826, tens of thousands of graphics, more than 4,500 hours of audio files dating from the 1920’s, and news stories and headlines dating from 1997. The content is primary source and is provided by The Associated Press.
Art Full TextThis link opens in a new windowIncludes full-text, indexes and abstracts from hundreds of art periodicals and peer reviewed journals and thousands of art dissertations. Indexing of almost 200,000 art reproductions provides examples of styles and art movements, including works by emerging artists. The database covers fine, decorative and commercial art, folk art, photography, film, and architecture, and also includes a database-specific thesaurus.
ARTstorThis link opens in a new windowA digital image database with more than one million images. Interdisciplinary collections in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences. As a member of the Hofstra community, you can find and view images through the Libary's subscription without creating a personal account, but users who register for a free personal account can also save, organize and share images using Groups, download individual images or export entire Groups through the download to zip file or PowerPoint feature, and add your own content to a Personal Collection. Before you use ARTstor from home, please make sure to turn off any pop-up blockers and enable cookies on your computer.
As a member of the Hofstra community, you can find and view images through the Libary's subscription without creating a personal account, but users who register for a free personal account can also save, organize and share images using Groups, download individual images or export entire Groups through the download to zip file or PowerPoint feature, and add your own content to a Personal Collection. **Before you use ARTstor from home, please make sure to turn off any pop-up blockers and enable cookies in your browser.
Biography Reference Bank
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Brooklyn EagleThis link opens in a new windowDigitized version of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, which was originally published from 1841 to 1955, then revived for a short time from 1960 to 1963.
Business: InsightsThis link opens in a new windowIncludes business, company, and industry periodical articles, news articles, and press releases. Provides detailed information for domestic and international companies and associations, including information on corporate hierarchical structures, company financials and earning estimates, investment reports, corporate chronologies and company histories, brands and product information, industry and company rankings, market share data, industry overviews, HR Law Case Digests, and PDF reports on the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) for select companies.
Business Source PremierThis link opens in a new windowProvides full text, going as far back as 1886, for over two thousand journals, including more than one thousand peer-reviewed titles, in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.
Census.govThis link opens in a new windowStatistical information from US census data.
CIOSThis link opens in a new windowThe CIOS is a not-for-profit academic organization whose goal is to support research and education in communications-related disciplines (human communication studies, speech communication, rhetoric, journalism, mass communication, etc.) and to provide support for research and development of new relevant technologies. CIOS is the publisher of the peer-reviewed scholarly journal, "The Electronic Journal of Communication" and creator of ComIndex, the Visual Communication Concept Explorer, ComVista, ComAbstracts, ComAnalytics, ComContents, and ComUpdate.
Communication & Mass Media CompleteThis link opens in a new windowIncorporates the content of CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study. Includes indexes, abstracts and full text.
Congressional PublicationsThis link opens in a new windowDatabase of congressional publications and legislative histories. Also includes member biographies, committee assignments, voting records, and financial data; and the full text of key regulatory and statutory resources.
CountryWatchThis link opens in a new windowProvides information on each of the recognized countries of the world. Includes demographic, political, economic, business, cultural and environmental information, as well as daily news coverage.
CQ AlmanacThis link opens in a new windowBuilding on the reporting and analysis done throughout the year by CQ's news staff, the Almanac offers original narrative accounts of every major piece of legislation that lawmakers considered during a congressional session since 1946, with new content published every 2 years (per congressional session).
CQ Congress and the NationThis link opens in a new windowComprehensive coverage of Congressional action starting from 1945 and updated with new content every 4 years (each presidential election year).
CQ Press LibraryThis link opens in a new windowReference resource for research in American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs. Includes all of the individual CQ databases, listed separately.
CQ Encyclopedia of Political ScienceThis link opens in a new windowExplores the central ideas, ideologies, and frameworks underlying the study of politics, and highlights the intersections of politics with philosophy, cultural studies, sociology, religion, psychology, history, and economics.
CQ Encyclopedia of U.S. Political HistoryThis link opens in a new windowExplores the events, policies, people, ideas, institutions, groups, and movements that have created and shaped political life in the United States from the colonial period to the present day.
CQ Exit Polls: Surveying the American ElectorateThis link opens in a new windowThis reference work explores the trends in longitudinal variables asked in the national Election Day exit polls from their beginning in 1972 to the present.
CQ Guide to CongressThis link opens in a new windowThe institutional history of Congress along with analysis on the 2008 and 2010 shifts in power of the U.S. Senate and House of Represenatives.
CQ Guide to the Presidency and the Executive BranchThis link opens in a new windowOffers facts and analytical chapters that explain the structure, powers, and operations of the office and the president’s relationship with Congress and the Supreme Court.
CQ Guide to the U.S. Supreme CourtThis link opens in a new windowIncludes detailed information about the Supreme Court, from its origins and how it functions, to the people who have shaped it and the impact of its decisions on American life.
CQ Guide to U.S. ElectionsThis link opens in a new windowIncludes coverage of every major aspect of federal and gubernatorial elections throughout U.S. history.
CQ Historic DocumentsThis link opens in a new windowPublished annually since 1972, the Historic Documents Series primary source documents ranging from presidential speeches, international agreements, and Supreme Court decisions to U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions.
CQ Political Handbook of the WorldThis link opens in a new windowProvides information on the major aspects of each country's government and political party system, including key facts, government and political history, current issues, political parties and organizations, legislatures and cabinets, and communications information. Also profiles more than 38 non-UN intergovernmental organizations, such as OPEC, NATO, the WTO, regional banks, and the agencies and specialized bodies of the United Nations.
CQ Politics in AmericaThis link opens in a new windowProvides information on members of the U.S. Congress and their districts. Nonpartisan profiles of every member provide candid analysis of personalities, political styles, legislative agendas, political ambitions, and reputations at home and on the Hill. as well as data on their constituencies, apportionment, and redistricting.
CQ ResearcherThis link opens in a new windowResearch reports covering the areas of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published online 44 times a year by CQ Press.
CQ Supreme Court YearbookThis link opens in a new windowCoverage and analysis of every decision from the Supreme Court from 1989 to 2010. Includes year-end overviews, case summaries, essays on the most significant cases from each year and the trends in each term, tables and figures on voting patterns and trends in constitutional law, biographies of justices, and reference documents for understanding how the Supreme Court works.
CQ The African American Electorate: A Statistical HistoryThis link opens in a new windowTraces the history of the laws dealing with enfranchisement and disenfranchisement of African Americans and provides the election return data for African-American candidates in national and sub-national elections.
CQ Vital Statistics on American PoliticsThis link opens in a new windowOffers more than 230 tables and charts covering the full spectrum of American politics dating back to 1788.
CQ Vital Statistics on the PresidencyThis link opens in a new windowStatistical coverage of public approval of the president, elections, vetoes, executive orders, foreign affairs, the executive branch, congressional and judicial relations, public appearances, and much more
CQ Voting and Elections CollectionThis link opens in a new windowA research and reference tool providing data on the American voter, major and minor political parties, campaigns and elections, and historical and modern races for Congress, the presidency, and governorships.
CQ Washington Information DirectoryThis link opens in a new windowProvides contact and descriptive information on more than 10,000 federal government offices, regulatory agencies, congressional committees, judicial offices, public interest groups, nongovernmental organizations, and international organizations.
CQ Magazine (Formerly CQ Weekly)This link opens in a new windowProvides reports on issues looming on the congressional horizon, plus a complete wrap-up the previous week's news, including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates and all roll-call votes.
Dissertations & Theses A&IThis link opens in a new windowDissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1861 to the present day.
Ebscohost eBook CollectionThis link opens in a new windowCollection of academic ebooks; includes online reader utility.
EconLitThis link opens in a new windowContains more than 1.1 million records from 1886-present, covering virtually every area related to economics.
Education Full TextThis link opens in a new windowProvides full text of articles from as far back as 1996, in addition to indexing of periodicals dating back to 1983. Subject coverage includes adult education, multicultural/ethnic education, teaching methods and much more.
ERICThis link opens in a new windowThe Education Resource Information Center contains more than 1.3 million records and links to more than 323,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966.
FactivaThis link opens in a new windowGeneral news and business articles including the full-text of the Wall Street Journal, company profiles, economic reports, and exchange rates.
Streaming video database, providing multidisciplinary educational programs from Films Media Group.
Gale eBooksThis link opens in a new windowReference eBooks on wide array of subjects.
GeoRefThis link opens in a new windowGeosciences index database containing records for journals, books, maps, government reports, conference papers, and theses and dissertations.
Google ScholarThis link opens in a new windowSearch across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Links to full text provided by Hofstra will appear to those who have been authenticated through the Library's website.
GreenFILEThis link opens in a new windowEnvironmental database collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.
Health and MedicineThis link opens in a new windowArticles from a wide range of full-text nursing and allied health journals, magazines, newsletters and select consumer health information sources with full-text reference works and hundreds of health-related videos and multimedia.
Health Source ConsumerThis link opens in a new windowProvides information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Offers access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines.
IEEE XploreThis link opens in a new windowA resource for discovery of scientific and technical content published by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and its publishing partners, including full-text documents from some of the world's most highly-cited publications in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics.
News (Gale)This link opens in a new windowA full-text newspaper resource providing access to more than 1,100 major U.S. regional, national and local newspapers as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.
JAMA NetworkThis link opens in a new windowIncludes the full text of Journal of the American Medical Association and other JAMA publications, as well as the specialty Archives Journals. All the journals publish Online First content.
Jstor is a digital archive of over one thousand five hundred academic journals and other scholarly content. Hofstra subscribes to several JSTOR collections and single titles.
Hofstra subscribes to JSTOR Arts & Sciences Collections I through VII, as well as the Life Sciences Collection and JSTOR 19th Century British Pamphlets
WMS DiscoveryThis link opens in a new windowonline catalog of Hofstra library holdings.
Nexis UniThis link opens in a new windowProvides access to full-text news, business and legal publications.
Mergent Key Business Ratios (Archives)This link opens in a new windowIncludes over one million financial statements of U.S. corporations, partnerships and proprietorships both public and privately owned, in all size ranges, and includes over 800 different lines of business as defined by the U.S. Standard industrial Classification (SIC) code numbers.
Military & Government CollectionThis link opens in a new windowOffers current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database. Includes periodicals, academic journals, and other content.
Newsday HistoricalThis link opens in a new windowCoverage from 1940 to 1994.
Newspaper SourceThis link opens in a new windowFull text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.
New York Times (Gale)This link opens in a new windowFull text of The New York Times (starting in 1985)
New York Times currentThis link opens in a new windowProvided by LexisNexis, full text coverage is from June 01, 1980 through current. (Abstracts from January 1, 1969 - May 31, 1980.) Also includes The New York Times on the Web online articles.
New York Times HistoricalThis link opens in a new windowCoverage of the New York Times from 1851 through 4 years prior to the current year.
DiscoveryThis link opens in a new windowSearches many of HUL's print and online resources (books, ebooks, journal articles, etc.) using Discovery.
Oxford English DictionaryThis link opens in a new windowEnglish dictionary includes present-day meanings as well as the history of individual words and of the language, traced through 3 million quotations, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to films scripts and cookery books.
PILOTSThis link opens in a new windowBibliographic database covering the Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress. Incluldes citations to literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events.
Political Risk YearbookThis link opens in a new windowCountry Reports for 100 countries, which assess potential political, financial, and economic risks to business investments and trade. Provides risk forecasts and analysis based on the Coplin-O'Leary Rating System, the original political risk rating system, including alternative regime scenarios.
Polling the NationsThis link opens in a new windowDatabase of public opinion polls containing the full text of 600,000+ questions and responses, from 18,000+ surveys and 1,700+ polling organizations, conducted from 1986 through the present in the United States and more than 100 other countries around the world.
Project MuseThis link opens in a new windowFull-text of scholarly journals from over 120 university presses and scholarly societies in the humanities and social sciences.
Statistical InsightThis link opens in a new windowTables selected from hundreds of US government and business reports, from 1999 to the present.
PsycINFOThis link opens in a new windowAbstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations in behavioral science and mental health. Journal coverage from the 1800s to the present.
PubMed/MedlineThis link opens in a new windowCitations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Pubmed CentralThis link opens in a new windowFull-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine.
Regional Business NewsThis link opens in a new windowFull text coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
SRDS (Standard Rate and Data Service)This link opens in a new windowDatabase of media rates and information. Cataloging more than 100,000 U.S. and international media properties. Includes detailed ad rates, dates and contact data, and direct links to media kits and audit statements.
UNDataThis link opens in a new windowPools major UN databases and those of several international into one single internet environment. The databases, tables and glossaries cover a wide range of themes including Agriculture, Crime, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Development, Industry, Information and Communication Technology, National Accounts, Population, Refugees, Tourism, Trade, as well as the Millennium Development Goals indicators.
WorldCatThis link opens in a new windowDatabase of all material cataloged by OCLC member libraries including books, manuscripts, websites and internet resources, maps, computer programs, musical scores, films and slides, newspapers, journals and magazines, sound recordings, articles, chapters, and papers.