Use your CUNY Login Credentials to Access Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

The QC Library is pleased to inform library users that they will no longer need to remember another username and password to access interlibrary loan (ILL). Users can now access the interlibrary loan (ILL) system (ILLIAD) using their CUNY Login Credentials. Your CUNY Login credentials follow the pattern: Firstname.LastnameNN@login.cuny.edu, where “NN” is the last 2+ digits of your CUNY EMPLID.

When users select Interlibrary Loan from any access points on the QC Library website or catalogue, OneSearch, they will see a Login to ILLIAD button. By selecting that button, users will be prompted to login with their CUNY Login Credentials.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please review the ILL page or email us at illqc@qc.cuny.edu.

Electronic Resources: January 2022

New Subscription: The QC Library has a new subscription to the following resource:

Human Kinetics: Health Care in Sport and Exercise

Human Kinetics Health Care in Sport and Exercise

Access Provider: Bloomsbury
Description: Human Kinetics Health Care in Sport and Exercise is a comprehensive digital collection of 33 ebooks and over 450 videos (approximately 11 hours). Digitally exclusive on an unlimited access basis, this product offers students, researchers and instructors unrivaled access to Human Kinetics’ market-leading physical therapy, athletic training, and sport-related health care content.
Format: E-books, Plays, Texts, Streaming Videos
Access Portals: OneSearch, A-Z Database List

Users may browse our Electronic Resources Status Dashboard for all updates relating to our electronic resources’ collections.


New Trial: The library has a trial to Drama Online for January 2022.

Drama Online

Access Provider: Bloomsbury
Description: This award-winning digital library has been created as a response to the need for a high-quality online research tool for drama and literature students, professors, and teachers. It is the only resource to combine exclusively available playtext content and scholarly publications with filmed live performances, film adaptations, and audio plays.
Note: Complimentary Access through January 31, 2022.
Note 2: Titles are available in OneSearch
Format: E-books, Plays, Texts, Streaming Videos
Access Portals: OneSearch, A-Z Database List

Electronic Resources Round-up

The QC Library currently has trials to the following resources: 

Theatre Performance and Design Collection 

Theatre Performance

Access Provider: Alexander Street 
Description: Theatre Performance and Design Collection combines the most important video content types used in theatre education (filmed stage performances, master classes, documentaries, and training material) with previously unpublished production designs, reference texts, and top-of-the-line teaching tools, there really is no better way for faculty to bring the brilliance of stage right into their classrooms.  
Note: Access from September 1, 2021 through October 29, 2021 
Format: E-books, Streaming Videos 
Access Portals:  OneSearchA-Z Database List 

Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans

Early Imprints Series I

Access Provider: ReadEx-Newsbank
Description: Books, pamphlets, and broadsides published during the 17th and 18th centuries from the bibliography by Charles Evans and Roger Bristol’s Supplement; published in cooperation with the American Antiquarian Society.
Note: Access from September 27, 2021 through October 31, 2021
Format: Articles, E-Books
Access Portals:  OneSearch, A-Z Database List

Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker

Early Imprints Series II

Access Provider: ReadEx-Newsbank
Description: Books, pamphlets, and broadsides published during the early 19th century from the bibliography by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker; published in cooperation with the American Antiquarian Society.
Note: Access from September 27, 2021 through October 31, 2021
Format: Articles, E-Books
Access Portals:  OneSearch, A-Z Database List

ProQuest One Literature

ProQuest One Literature

Access Provider: ProQuest
Description: ProQuest One Literature is for scholars who must engage with an exhaustive and diverse set of scholarly resources around a given literary topic for research and course planning. It contains 3 million literature citations from thousands of journals, monographs, dissertations, and more than 500,000 primary works – including rare and obscure texts, multiple versions, and non-traditional sources like comics, theatre performances, and author readings.
Note: Access September 27, 2021 through October 31, 2021. Titles are available in OneSearch
Format: Articles, E-books, Journals, Streaming Videos
Access Portals:  OneSearch, A-Z Database List

Literaturnaia Gazeta Digital Archive (DA-LG)

Access Provider: East View Information Services
Description: Established on April 22, 1929 with the support of the “father of Soviet literature,” writer Maxim Gorky, Literaturnaia gazeta is a landmark publication in Russia’s cultural heritage. With its focus on literary and intellectual life, Literaturnaia gazeta allowed Soviet Russia’s preeminent authors, poets, and cultural figures a particular podium for commentary, affording perhaps fewer restrictions than might be possible in other publications.
Note: Access October 7, 2021 through November 3, 2021. Titles are available in OneSearch
Format: Newspapers, Primary Sources
Access Portals: OneSearch, A-Z Database List

SDGO Online | Sustainable Development Goals Online

Access Provider: Taylor & Francis
Description: Taylor & Francis’ Sustainable Development Goals Online collection is a carefully curated interdisciplinary collection of digital content mapped to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDG Online collection includes more than 12,000 of the most important and relevant book chapters and journal articles, published under the Routledge and CRC Press imprints, in an online library covering all 17 SDGs.
Note: Access from October 14, 2021 through November 30, 2021
Format: Articles, E-books, Journals
Access Portals: OneSearch, A-Z Database List

Electronic Resources can be accessed via the library catalogue, OneSearch, and the A-Z Database List. Accessing library resources remotely will prompt users to sign into proxy using their CUNY Credentials, the same that is used for Blackboard and CUNYFirst. For more information on remote access, please review our Remote Access FAQ.  Users may browse the Electronic Resources Status Dashboard for updates.

Queens College users who would like to suggest a resource to add to our catalogue and/or to trial, may do so by completing the Suggest-a-Title form. General information on QC Library’s Electronic Resources can be found on our website, Research → Electronic Resources



Past Trials

Drama Online Oberon Collection 

Drama Online Oberon

Access Provider: Bloomsbury 
Description: Oberon Books has long been recognised as one of the most exciting publishers specialising in drama and the performing arts, with a reputation for publishing challenging and compelling works. From ground-breaking British plays to the best of international drama and plays in translation, this is a unique and inspiring collection of over 500 titles that features a diverse gathering of canonical and contemporary drama. 
Note: Access from September 1, 2021 through October 1, 2021. All titles (database and ebooks) are available in OneSearch 
Format: E-books, Plays, Texts 
Access Portals: OneSearchA-Z Database List 

Human Kinetics Library 

Human Kinetics Library

Access Provider: Bloomsbury 
Description: The Human Kinetics Library is built around a mission to increase the knowledge, enhance the performance and improve the health and fitness of all people around the globe through authoritative information about physical activity and sport. The platform features a growing collection of cross-searchable ebooks and videos from the world’s leading educational publisher for fitness, exercise, coaching and sport. 
Note: Access from September 1, 2021 through October 1, 2021. All titles (database and ebooks) are available in OneSearch 
Format: E-books, Streaming Videos 
Access Portals: OneSearchA-Z Database List 

Cochrane Library

Cochrane Library (ISSN 1465-1858) is a collection of databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.

Queens College Library provides access to:

  1. Cochrane Library
  2. Cochrane Clinical Answers
  3. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  4. The Cochrane Central Registrar of Controlled Trials Database

Cochrane Library is available via the following portals:

Please note that you will be prompted to sign into the Queens College Library’s proxy to access content. You may sign into the proxy using your CUNYCredentials, the same that you use for Blackboard. The following FAQ provides more information on how to sign into proxy. 

Access is valid from May 17th, 2021 through December 31st, 2021. Users are advised to complete the Electronic Resources Access Form or email us at, technicalservices@qc-cuny.libanswers.com should they encounter any issues. 

New Subscription: Digital Theatre +

Digital Theatre + is one of the world’s leading platforms for the performing arts. The platform founded in 2009 provides unlimited access to over 1000+ full-length productions and educational resources. Educational resources include study guides, essays, research materials, performance studies, workshop programmes, and interviews. 

Digital Theatre + is now the home of the Broadway HD collection which was formerly availabsle via AVON. 

For more information on accessing Digital Theatre+, please browse our beginners starter package. 

Digital Theatre+ is available via the following portals:

Please note that you will be prompted to sign into the Queens College Library’s proxy to access the content. You may sign into the proxy using your CUNYCredentials, the same that you use for Blackboard. The FAQ provides more information on how to sign into the proxy. 

Access is valid from May 10th, 2021, through June 30th, 2022. Users are advised to complete the Electronic Resources Access Form or email us at, technicalservices@qc-cuny.libanswers.com should they encounter any issues. 

New Subscription: JoVE | Education Biology

The Queens College Library is pleased to announce its new subscription to JoVE | Education Biology. The Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is a leader in publishing quality science videos with a focus on promoting scientific research and education. The JoVE | Education Biology subscription includes access to the following:

  • JoVE Core | Biology: This section has over 300 concise and easy-to-understand animated video lessons that explain key concepts in biology, plus more than 150 scientist-in-action videos that show actual research experiments conducted in today’s laboratories.
  • JoVE Core | Molecular Biology: Showcases the molecular processes of the cell through clear and concise animated video lessons. Additionally, in scientist-in-action videos, these concepts’ application is demonstrated through real experiments in modern laboratories.
  • JoVE Lab Manual Biology: Comprehensive, curriculum-focused videos for both instructors and students in introductory biology lab courses.
  • JoVE Science Education | Basic Biology: Basic Biology is a streaming video database that focuses on basic biology topics specifically related to laboratory techniques and methods.
  • JoVE Science Education | Advanced Biology: Advanced Biology contains videos for the teaching of a variety of topics in advanced biology, including neuroscience, developmental biology, genetics, cell biology, immunology and microbiology.

JoVE resources are accessible via the following portals:

Please note that you will be prompted to sign in to the library’s proxy to access the content. You may sign into the proxy using your CUNY Credentials, the same that you use for Blackboard. The following FAQ provides more information on how to sign into the proxy. 

Access is valid from May 1st 2021, through May 31st 2022. Users are advised to complete the Electronic Resources Access Form or email us at, technicalservices@qc-cuny.libanswers.com should they encounter any issues. 

Celebrating Diversity: Double Feature!

Welcome to Celebrating Diversity, a library newsletter series showcasing books and resources that tell the stories of the many cultural and ethnic groups that call Queens home. Whether you are preparing an academic assignment or looking for your next great read, we hope you find inspiration in the history and culture of our colleagues, friends, and neighbors in “The World’s Borough.”

May is both Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month and Jewish American Heritage Month. Professors Q. Joan Xu and Izabella Taler, our expert subject librarians in these areas, are kicking off this series with featured ebooks and other resources from their Research Guides.

Access to ebooks and most other featured resources requires a valid QCard: please contact us if you have any issues logging in.

Asian/Pacific American and Jewish American Heritage Month

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month was first declared in 1978. The month of May was chosen to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843, and to mark the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. The majority of the workers who laid the tracks were Chinese immigrants (https://asianpacificheritage.gov/).

Jewish American Heritage Month’s history is more recent, as it was declared by President George W. Bush in 2006.

Two ebooks examine the intersections of Asian American and Jewish American experiences and are highly recommended:

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Modeling Citizenship by Cathy Schlund-Vials
ISBN: 9781439903179
Publication Date: 2011-04-23

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JewAsian by Helen Kiyong Kim; Noah Samuel Leavitt
ISBN: 9780803285651
Publication Date: 2016-07-01

Asian/pacific American heritage Resources

Professor Xu’s Asian Studies Research Guide has a comprehensive array of ebooks and websites. Here are some highlights:

Featured Websites

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: this guide, produced by the National Park Service, Library of Congress, and other federal partners, has extensive history and heritage information, and a special portal for educators.

APA Heritage: San Francisco’s official celebration site lets you virtually explore Asian food, literature, films, museums, and performances.

Featured ebooks
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The Color of Success by Ellen D. Wu
ISBN: 9780691168029
Publication Date: 2015-12-29

The Color of Success tells of the astonishing transformation of Asians in the United States from the “yellow peril” to “model minorities”–peoples distinct from the white majority but lauded as well-assimilated, upwardly mobile, and exemplars of traditional family values–in the middle decades of the twentieth century

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Negotiating Tradition, Becoming American by Rifat Anjum Salam
ISBN: 9781593326203
Publication Date: 2013-12-01

Salam examines how second generation South Asian Americans assimilate by analyzing their family experiences, their structural circumstances and their adult life choice through the lens of arranged marriage.

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Scent of Apples by Bienvenido N. Santos; Jessica Hagedorn (Foreword by); Allan Punzalan Isaac (Introduction by)
ISBN: 9780295995113
Publication Date: 2015-09-01

This collection of sixteen stories brings the work of a distinguished Filipino writer to an American audience.

Jewish American heritage Resources

Research Services Librarian Izabella Taler, liaison for Jewish Studies, presents highlights from the Jewish Studies Research Guide.

Featured E-Resources and Websites

The Association of Jewish Libraries leads one to extensive information related to Jewish Americans.

Jewish Review of Books includes much more than just reviews. It also offers articles about “religion, literature, culture, and politics, as well as fiction, poetry, and the arts.”

Ethnic NewsWatch is another great resource-you will find articles published in journals and newspapers including  American Jewish History, Jerusalem Post, Jewish Chronicle, and Jewish Film & New Media.

Featured ebooks

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American Jewish History by Gary Phillip Zola (Editor); Marc Dollinger (Editor)
ISBN: 9781611685091
Publication Date: 2014-11-04

Recommended for an overview of the American Jewish historical experience, and for students looking for primary source materials.

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New York’s Yiddish Theater by Edna Nahson (Editor); Museum of the City of New York Staff
ISBN: 9780231176705
Publication Date: 2016-03-08

Explore the historic role of American Jews in the entertainment industry. An excellent source for students interested in performing arts, New York City history, and the evolution of theater.

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Typically Jewish by Nancy Kalikow Maxwell
ISBN: 9780827613027
Publication Date: 2019-03-01

A humorous romp through Jewish American culture and history, organized into chapters like “Worrying,” “Kvelling,” “Dying,” and “Noshing.”