The Cooper Union Library: HSS4-G: Translation: Cooper Union Databases

Peer Review

Peer Review is a process ensures that articles published in a journal represent the best scholarship available.

When an article is submitted, the journal editors send it out to other scholars in the same field (i.e., the author's peers) to get their opinion on the quality and relevance to the field of study, and the appropriateness to the journal itself.

Most databases provide some way to distinguish whether the citation is to a peer-reviewed (or refereed) journal. It is often a check box or radio button.

Interdisciplinary Article and eBook Databases

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary research database with access to content from over 14,000 active journals, magazines, and trade publications, with 90% of these peer-reviewed and more than 3000 including full text articles. Many of these are covered back to the 1960s and some as far back as 1911!
ACLS Humanities EBook (HEB) This link opens in a new window
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. [publisher's description]
Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
The most complete selection of ebooks for research, teaching and learning with content from leading publishers, and many titles available without restrictions.
Humanities Source (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Search the full text of more than 1,400 journals and citations to over 3.5 million articles. Covers the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities, including feature articles, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction, drama and poetry, book reviews, and reviews of ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, operas, plays, radio and television programs.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR contains millions of academic journal articles and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Cooper access includes all resources listed here.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text access to peer-reviewed scholarly journals and top quality ebooks in the humanities and social sciences.
SpringerLink This link opens in a new window
Ebooks, ejournals, and reference works from the publisher Springer.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
An extensive collection of multidisciplinary ebooks and ejournals covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. Browse journals here.

Off Campus Database Access

Databases at The Cooper Union

All web-based resources from our Library are available campuswide. Off campus access is available for most restricted e-resources via the Library web site. When you click on a restricted link from off campus, you will be prompted to enter the Library barcode from the back of your ID.

Be sure that your Library registration is up to date and that there are no blocks on your account. The most common reasons for a block are fines over $5 or an improper email address.

Databases at NYU or the New School

Due to licensing restrictions, you are not allowed to use their resources unless you are physically at NYU or the New School. If you are asked to input a NetID, you are not on their campuses.