The Cooper Union Library: STEM Outreach Resource Hub: Grades 9-12

Get an NYPL Library Card!

New York City has its advantages, even if you're stuck inside. If you live, work or attend school in New York, you can apply online for a free NYPL digital library card from the New York Public Library, which gives you free access to a bonafide bonanza of resources that you don't have to leave your couch to check out:

There's some overlap with The Cooper Union library's digital resources, but generally an NYPL card acts more as an expansion pack, bringing even more options for education, entertainment, and inspiration into your living room.

Apply for a NYPL Digital Library Card online or get a Regular NYPL Library Card. For help, click here to find NYPL's help webpage!

NYPL Library Cards are available free of charge to any person who lives, works, attends school or pays property taxes in New York State.

Get a Brooklyn Public Library Card!

Brooklyn Public Library's card is free for anyone who lives, works, pays property taxes or goes to school in New York state. Sign up for a BPL library card and get access to tons of resources:

For help, click here to find BPL's help webpage!

Get a Queens Public Library Card!

Whether located in Queens or not, anyone may sign up for a QPL free digital library eCard, which gives you free access to tons of resources:

Apply for a QPL eCard online* or get a Regular QPL Library Card**. For help, click here to find QPL's help webpage!

*QPL eCards are available free of charge to anyone.

**Regular QPL Cards are available free of charge to any person who lives, works, attends school or pays property taxes in New York State.

For High Schoolers

Hello! Here are some great resources and infographics that might be helpful for whatever research you are doing and involved in.

How to Formulate a Topic -- Developing Keywords

Open STEM Databases

Civil Engineering Database (CEDB) This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic database for all ASCE publications including journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, manuals, and magazines on all disciplines of civil engineering. The coverage dates back to 1872, with almost 300,000 entries as of March 2023. Includes links to fulltext for journals 1983 - present.
PubMed (MEDLINE and more) This link opens in a new window
PubMed comprises over 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. PubMed citations and abstracts include the fields of biomedicine and health, covering portions of the life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering.
National Library of Medicine (NLM) Databases for Researchers This link opens in a new window
Nearly 60 biomedical databases provided by a collaboration between the United States Government's National Library of Medicine and National Center for Biotechnology Information. This collections includes some of the most comprehensive and ubiquitous biomedical databases on the planet, and are all Open and Free.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Searches scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, and technical reports. Includes some full text links. Be sure to check out the advanced features available under "more..." below.
- To set up links to full text articles available from Cooper, log in to your Google account. Then, go to [Menu]--Settings--Library Links, search for Cooper Union and Save.

- Select Metrics to see lists of the top publications in various subject areas.

- Use the Cited By feature to follow an article forward in time - that is, to find other articles published after it that cite the older article.

Social Science Resources

Education and Social Justice Resources

Social Science (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Social Science Database offers indexing and full text for hundreds of academic journals, providing extensive coverage across a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, communication, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology.
Education (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Abstracts and indexing of over 900 education journals, many in full-text. Coverage includes 1988 - current.
Chronicle Of Higher Education This link opens in a new window
This premium version of The Chronicle includes the most recent issues, a backfile to 1989, as well as personalized features when you setup an optional individual login account.
Resource Center for Minority Data This link opens in a new window
The mission for the Resource Center for Minority Data (RCMD) is to provide educators, researchers, and students with data resources so that they can produce analysis of issues affecting racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States. RCMD provides access and analytic tools enhancements to use on the vast array of available data.
Gender Studies (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Discover balanced coverage of topics related to gender studies, family and marital issues, and more.
Provided by NOVELny—the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library.
Digital Transgender Archive This link opens in a new window
The purpose of the Digital Transgender Archive (DTA) is to increase the accessibility of transgender history by providing an online hub for digitized historical materials, born-digital materials, and information on archival holdings throughout the world.
EBook Diversity & Ethnic Studies (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Academic eBooks related to diversity, anti-racism, ethnic studies, disability studies, gerontology & age studies, migration studies, gender and sexuality studies, cultural studies, and religious studies.