There are some online databases you can use from any computer and some that you can use with a bar code number from the New York Public Library.
Anyone can use [there is a list of links, by category, on the ICP website that I have compiled for users, but here are some I recommend]:
NYPL Databases available from home:
Link to AP Multimedia Archive
Contains the Associated Press's current year's photo report and a selection of images from their vast negative and print library. Today, the Archive contains 700,000 photos, most of which are contemporary images made since late 1995, and grows daily as hundreds of new photos enter the Archive from AP's worldwide picture report. Additionally, there is a separate database containing graphics, maps, illustrations and logos prepared by AP Graphics.
Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for 4,000 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
Biography Resource Center
Provides biographical information on more than 335,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines.
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The Biography Resource Center is a comprehensive database of biographical information on more than 335,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. It combines more than 422,000 biographies from respected Gale Group sources such as Contemporary Authors, Encyclopedia of World Biography, and Newsmakers, with full-text articles from nearly 300 periodicals.
Books in Print Professional
Contains records of over three million English-language book titles currently in print and records for forthcoming and out-of-print books.
Custom Newspapers
Searchable full-text of 300 plus newspapers, both national and international.
MasterFILE Premier
Provides full text for over 1,800 general interest, business, consumer health, general science, and multicultural periodicals. In addition, this database offers indexing and abstracts for over 2,500 periodicals.
National Newspaper Index
Indexing of America's top newspapers in one search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, USA Today and The Washington Post.
New York State Newspapers
A collection of major New York State newspapers, available in full-text.
The following New York State newspapers are available in full-text: Buffalo News [Buffalo, NY], Herald-American [Syracuse, NY, New York Observer [New York, NY, New York Post [New York, NY, New York Times [New York, NY, and Post-Standard [Syracuse, NY].
New York Times, 1985-Present/New York Post 2000-Present
Full text of the New York Times (1985-present) and New York Post (2000-present).
Newspaper Source
Newspaper Source provides selected full-text for nearly 30 national (U.S.) including USA Today, and 20 international newspapers. The database also contains selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers, including The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The Detroit Free Press, The Miami Herald, The New York Daily News, The San Jose Mercury News, etc. In addition, full-text television and radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, FOX News, and NPR.
Worldcat
OCLC Worldcat is a union catalog that contains bibliographic records for over 62 million items of all types owned by OCLC member libraries around the world. Each record contains library holdings, so that if The New York Public Library does not own a specific item, one may use OCLC Worldcat to see which library does.
Useful to photo-librarians
Where can you go to find more information on a particular photographer? There are 3 sources that are readily available that can help you hunt down "stakeholders" in photographers:
Photography Guide
WATCH
From your friends at the NYPL!
The Art & Architecture division of the NYPL has put together a handy pdf that contains both resources available within the library and outside that pertain to their area.
The Irma & Paul Milstein Division of the NYPL has put together a great resource on doing all manner of genealogy research.
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