Access Provider: Yale University Press Description: The Art & Architecture ePortal provides access to 286 ebooks by leading arts publishers such as the National Gallery of Art, Yale University Press, The MIT Press, and more. The collection provides access to museum catalogues, surveys, catalogues raisonnés, and artist monographs covering the history of art, architecture, decorative arts, photography, and design. A&AePortal offers high quality, zoomable, images and an array of tools for citations, annotations and note taking, and a bookshelf feature for future readings. Format: E-books Access Portals:OneSearch, A-Z Database list
New Subscription: The QC Library has a new subscription to the following resource:
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
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
The QC Library currently has trials to the following resources:
Theatre Performance and Design Collection
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in theatre education (filmed stage performances, master classes, documentaries, and training material) with previously unpublished production designs, reference texts, and top-of-the-line teaching tools, there really is no better way for faculty to bring the brilliance of stage right into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:OneSearch, A-Z Database List
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans
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
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
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
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:OneSearch, A-Z Database List
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:OneSearch, A-Z Database List
