In addition to the electronic journals and database provided by the University for all CUNY libraries, the following databases are provided by the Graduate School of Journalism. Off-campus access to these resources is restricted. Click here for directions for off-campus access.

Title	Description	Coverage
ABI/Inform Complete — (ProQuest)	A business database package made up of ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade & Industryand ABI/INFORM Dateline.	Current
Access World News- Newsbank	Access World News from NewsBank provides full-text information and perspectives from over 600 U.S. and over 700 international sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues.	Varies by title
The African American Experience	The definitive electronic research tool for African American history and culture from one of the most respected publishers in the field.	1700’s – Present
Alt Press Watch	Showcases unique, independent voices from some of our nation’s most respected and cited grassroots newspapers, magazines, and journals. The database features over 502,000 articles from more than 190 publications	1970 – Present
AP Images	AP Images provides a robust collection images, graphics, audio and text files covering the news dating back more than 100 years.
AP StyleBook (registered users only)	Online version of the AP Stylebook.	N/A
Associations Unlimited	Contains information for approximately 460,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields, including IRS data on U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations. Updated Quarterly.	N/A
Business and Company Resource Center Newsletters – Newsletters ASAP (Gale)	Newsletters ASAP provides library researchers with the timely information and expert perspectives found in today’s most well-read and respected business and industry newsletters.	1980 – Present
The Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online	A database of names, descriptions, and characteristics of over 165,000 places in the world.	N/A
Communication Studies (SAGE)	This database includes the full text of 19 peer-reviewed journals published by SAGE and participating societies, encompassing over 12,800 articles and up to 53 years of backfiles.	1955 – Current
Contemporary Women’s Issues (RDS)	A multidisciplinary, full-text database that brings together relevant content from mainstream periodicals, “gray” literature, and the alternative press — with a focus on the critical issues and events that influence women’s lives in more than 190 countries.	1992 – Present
CQ Congress Collection	This collection combines rich legislative analysis and Congressional member biographies with vast amounts of data on members, votes, and interest groups. Includes biographies and votes for members back to 1945.	1945 – Present
CQ Global Researcher	Provides a definitive, in-depth coverage of global affairs from a number of international viewpoints. CQ Global Researcher offers focused, readable, single-topic reports on vital world issues. Written by seasoned journalists with years of international experience, these reports make use of such popular sections as “current situation,” “pro-con,” and a new feature called “voices from abroad.” Backfiles on global issues dating back to 1923 can be found on CQ Researcher	1923 – present
CQ Supreme Court Collection	Combines expert analysis of case and justice profiles and biographies with robust database of decisions in more than 8,000 cases since 1941. Offers an unprecedented glimpse into decision-making relationships among justices.	1941 – Present
CQ Voting and Elections Collection	Combines objective and informed analysis of U.S. elections (presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial) and voting behavior, with hard-to-find, authoritative election data.	1789 – Present
CountryWatch Elite	Provides up-to-date news and information on each of the recognized countries of the world. CountryWatch provides critical country-specific intelligence and data	Current
Credo Reference	A collection of online reference books covering all disciplines.	N/A
Critical Mention	Search and view news clips from more than 300 U.S. and international TV and radio broadcast stations.	current 30 days
CultureGrams	This series is one of the most trusted and widely used cultural reference. Providing information about the people, customs and courtesies, lifestyles along with 204 different country reports.	N/A
Electronic Encyclopedia of American Government	Provides answers to the full range of questions that students, government professionals, interested citizens, and other researchers have about the institutions of U.S. government. EAG offers thousands of concise, up-to-date explanations of the who, how, and why of American democracy.	2007
Factiva	A collection of more than 10,000 authoritative sources includes the exclusive combination of The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times ™, Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and the Associated Press, as well as Reuters Fundamentals, and D&B company profiles.	Varies
Facts on File News Services	Brings together World News Digest, Issues and Controversies and Today’s Science. This includes over seven decades of world news, the exploration of 800+ hot topics in business, politics, government, education and popular culture and news in scientific discoveries.	1940 – present
Gallup Brain	Features answers to more than 125,000 questions, and responses from ore than 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll.	1935 – Present
Genderwatch	GenderWatch ™ provides authoritative historical and current perspectives on the evolution of gender roles as they affect both men and women.	1970 – Present
Guidestar (see librarian)	Leading provider of information on nonprofit organizations, includes access to all Forms 990 an organization has filed with the IRS and financial statements.	1998 – Present
Hoover’s Academic	Features in-depth information on 40,000 public, private, U.S., and non-U.S. companies covered by Hoover’s industry experts, basic information on more than 14 million mostly private to mid-sized companies, and provides coverage of more than 600 industries.	Current
Ident-A-Drug Reference	identifies drug products by the codes imprinted on them as well as the color and shape of the product. Ident-a-Drug Database is a subscription service that is continually updated as new drug products are introduced, or identification codes change.	N/A
Issues & Controversies – Facts on File	Provides a comprehensive source of up-to-date, in-depth, and objective information on the most prominent and hotly-debated issues of the day.	Sept. 1995 – Present
Lexis Nexis State Capital	Search state bills, laws, constitutions, and regulations across all 50 states at once, or access state newspapers of record.	1984 – Present
Lexis Nexis Statistics	30,000 individually indexed tables from drawn from American Statistics Index, Statistical Reference Index, and Index to International Statistics.	1973 – Present
Marquis Who’s Who	Features comprehensive profiles on over 1.4 million of the most accomplished individuals from all fields of endeavor including: government, business, science and technology, the arts, entertainment, and sports.	1607 to the present
Mergent	Contains company reports, both domestic and international and annual reports.	Current
National Newspapers (ProQuest)	Includes coverage of 27 newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, plus other important U.S., international and minority interest papers.	1980 – Present
Natural Medicine Comprehensive – Consumer	You can use this site to obtain reliable information on herbal remedies, dietary supplements, vitamins, minerals, and other natural products. Many of these products contain several ingredients.	N/A
New York Times Image Edition – Newsbank	The exact digital reproduction of the printed edition of the New York Times	April 12, 2007 – Present
Polling the Nations	A comprehensive collection of public opinion, containing 500,000 questions from over 14,000 surveys conducted in the United States and over 100 other countries around the world from 1986 to the present.	1986 – Present
ReferenceUSA	The ReferenceUSA database contains, in module format, detailed information on more than 14 million U.S. businesses, 210 million U.S. residents, 855,000 U.S. health care providers, 1.5 million Canadian businesses, and 12 million Canadian households.	N/A
Research Library (ProQuest)	Full-text journals across a wide range of subject areas, including business, education, literature, political science, and psychology.	1971 – Present
RAND New York	New York and U.S. public policy issues with an emphasis on statistics containing more than 60 databases, ranging from industry employment to immigration to school test scores. Much of the data is available at the national, state, county, city, and zip code levels.	1969 – Present
Reuters News – Facts on File	Provides hourly updates of international headline news for FACTS.com. The headlines of these summaries are hyperlinks to the Reuters ® news stories.	Current
STAT-USA	Provides vital economic, business, and international trade information, including the National Trade Data Bank, produced by STAT-USA, an agency in the Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.	1985 – Present
Tablebase	Specializes exclusively in tabular data on companies, industries, products and demographics.	Varies
Today’s Science – Facts on File	Enhances the full back file of Today’s Science On File, a permanent record of the significant developments in science and technology published monthly since September 1992.	Sept. 1992 – Present
TracFed	Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) is a data gathering, data research, and data distribution organization associated with Syracuse University. The data provided is collected from the federal government, mostly under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and is made available to the public.	1986 – present
Vanderbilt Television News Archive (Need to register individually to set up personal password)	The collection indexes more than 30.000 individual network evening news broadcasts from ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN and more than 9,000 hours of special new-related programming.	1989 – Present
Washington Information Directory – CQ Press	The essential one-stop source for U.S. governmental and non-governmental organizations. WID provides citizens with capsule descriptions that let them quickly and easily find the right person at the right organization.	2006 – 2007