The Cooper Union Library provides access to an array of databases and other tools that provide access to scientific and scholarly databases on a variety of topics. Here are a few that can help get your started with your research:
Over 5,400 seminal books in the humanities and related social sciences, presented in collaboration with more than 120 publishers and Michigan Publishing. Books in the ACLS HEB collection have been recommended and reviewed by scholars and constituent learned societies of the American Council of Learned Societies.
The most complete selection of ebooks for research, teaching and learning with content from leading publishers, and many titles available without restrictions.
Search millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.
HeinOnline provides access to 300+ years of information on political development and the complete history of the creation of government and legal systems around the world. Fastcase provides access to a wide array of case law at the federal and state levels and enables users to access the full text of cases through their HeinOnline subscription without the hassle of using multiple research databases.
JSTOR contains millions of academic journal articles and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
Provides full-text access to peer-reviewed scholarly journals and top quality ebooks in the humanities and social sciences.
Includes publications from the theoretical to the applied on Physical Sciences and Engineering, Life and Health Sciences, and Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Ebooks, ejournals, and reference works from the publisher Springer.
An extensive collection of multidisciplinary ebooks and ejournals covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. Browse journals here.
Searching for images, datasets, archival manuscripts, original texts, historic newspapers or other primary sources can sometimes be a challenge. Here are a few of the type of search tools you can use, but librarians know a lot more. Contact us if you need help.
A repository of images of art, architecture, and design. PLEASE NOTE: The Artstor website will be retired on August 1, 2024. Content, key resources, and functionality are moving to JSTOR. Follow this link for more information.
Evans-TCP, a partnership among the TCP, the Readex division of NewsBank, and the American Antiquarian Society (AAS), created 5,000 accurately keyed and fully searchable SGML/XML text editions from among the 40,000 titles available in the online Evans Early American Imprints collection (series I).
The Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies has its roots in New Haven, Connecticut but its collection now spans the Americas, Europe, and Israel. For more than three decades its mission has stayed the same: to record and project the stories of those who were there.
Ancient Greek and Roman texts, with English translations.
Use this site to register for a free institutional New York Times account. Then go to nytimes.com whenever you want to read the New York Times. Valid for current students, staff, and faculty. Must be renewed every four years.
The Voices from the Great Hall digital platform encompasses all known sound and video recordings made in the Hall and held by The Cooper Union dating back to John Dewey’s 1941 address "In Philosophy." This historical collection, which documents over 3,000 Great Hall programs, also includes photographs, fliers, press releases, and other ephemera dating back to 1859.
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