The Cooper Union Library: Start Here: Databases & Ebooks

For a complete list of our databases, you can click on "Databases A-Z".

Popular Journal & Article Databases

IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Journals, transactions, and magazines published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Also includes Bell Labs Technical Journal back to 1922 and MIT Press Computing & Engineering eBook Collection back to 1943. See journal title list here.
You will also see brief records, but not full text, for conference proceedings and other content. Use the item request form to request access.
JSTOR
JSTOR contains millions of academic journal articles and more than 110,000 ebooks from renowned scholarly publishers, as well as primary sources and millions of high-quality images.
Project MUSE
Provides full-text access to peer-reviewed scholarly journals and top quality ebooks in the humanities and social sciences.
ScienceDirect
Includes publications from the theoretical to the applied on Physical Sciences and Engineering, Life and Health Sciences, and Social and Behavioral Sciences.
SpringerLink Ebooks
Ebooks, ejournals, and reference works from the publisher Springer.
Wiley Online Library
An extensive collection of multidisciplinary ebooks and ejournals covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. Browse journals here.

Popular E-Books Databases

Art & Architecture ePortal
Features important works of scholarship in the history of art, architecture, decorative arts, photography, and design.
Ebook Central (ProQuest)
The most complete selection of ebooks for research, teaching and learning with content from leading publishers, and many titles available without restrictions.
Knovel
This rich collection of online reference works, data, and interactive tools enables you to solve complex engineering problems. The Cooper Union Library is able to provide access to Knovel through the generous support of the Anthony Carbone Fund.
Loeb Classical Library
Ancient Greek and Roman texts, with English translations.

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Current Cooper Union students, faculty and staff now have access to The New York Times, compliments of The Cooper Union Library.

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