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AATA Online: Abstracts of International Conservation Literature  
AATA Online is a comprehensive database of 100,000 abstracts of literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage. A service of the Getty Conservation Institute in association with The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. Free registration required.

Academic Search Premier  [EBSCO] 
Academic Search™ Premier contains indexing for over 8,000 publications, with full text for more than 4,450 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.  Includes full text peer-reviewed journals.  Academic Search Premier contains unmatched full text coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, etc.  SUNYConnect

AP Images 
Photographs from the Associated Press (AP) newswire.

Architectural Index  (from 1982 to the present) 
An index to periodical articles on architecture and interior design. You may search for building type/subject, architect/designer/firm name, location/city, state or country, descriptor keywords, or author. At the home page, click on "I ACCEPT" to begin searching.

Art Full Text and Art Index Retrospective 1929-1984 
From H. W. Wilson. Includes many full-text articles and images. Subjects covered: "Advertising Art, Antiques, Archaeology, Architecture and Architectural History, Art History, Computers in Art, Crafts, Decorative Arts, Fashion Design, Folk Art, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Motion Pictures, Museology, Non-Western Art, Painting, Photography, Pottery, Sculpture, Television, Textiles, Video". The Library currently has Art Index in print form and Art Index Retrospective on CD-ROM.  Click for more information about Art Full Text & Art Retrospective.

ArticleFirst  [FirstSearch] 
Periodical index to citations (not full-text) to articles in over 12,500 periodicals on various subjects. Very good for popular, women's and fashion magazines. SUNYConnect

ARTStor    
The ARTstor Collection currently contains over 550,000 images.  The Collection documents artistic traditions across many times and cultures and embraces architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design as well as many other forms of visual culture.  For a tutorial on Using ArtStor [link to the Department of the History of Art], click here.

Note: As of July 2008, use the following browsers to access ArtStor:

PC Users:
Windows XP – IE 7.0*, Firefox 2.0.0.11
Windows Vista – IE 7.0*, Firefox 2.0.0.13
*FIT does not support IE 7.0 on campus computers.

Mac Users:
Mac OSX 10.5.2 – Safari 3.1. Firefox 2.0.0.13, Firefox 1.5.0.6
Mac OSX 10.4.11 – Safari 3.1, Firefox 2.0.0.6
 

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals [CD-ROM only in Library]  
A periodical index for architecture and architects. Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals on CD-ROM is available only through selected "Digital Library" workstations, Reference Room, 4th floor. At those stations, return to the Desktop; click on the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals icon.

The Library also has a print version; consult StyleCat   Library Catalog for location and holdings.

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BCIN: Bibliographic Database 
Bibliographic database of CHIN (Canadian Heritage Information Network) focusing on conservation and restoration of culture. Includes citations from the Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts (prior to 1998), technical reports, conference proceedings, journal articles, books, and more.

Bibliography of the History of Art [BHA]    
Limit 1 user at a time. Please EXIT when finished searching BHA.
The Bibliography of the History of Art indexes and abstracts articles, art-related books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and art exhibition and dealer's catalogs. This index covers European and American art from late antiquity to the present. The Bibliography of the History of Art includes and extends the coverage of its two predecessor art indexes: RAA (Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie) from 1973 to 1989 and RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art) from 1975 to 1989.

Business & Company Resource Center with PROMT and Investext Plus [Gale] 
Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings,investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Predicast's PROMT and Investext Plus databases are fully integrated in this database. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.   NOVELny

Business & Marketing Magazine Index: 1995-2006  [FIT Library] 
Index created in the FIT Library for periodical titles in the FIT Library which are not indexed by other sources. Topics include cosmetics & toiletries, fashion accessories, footwear, menswear, childrenswear, retailing, jewelry, and more. The titles indexed are available in Periodicals Services, 6th floor.

Business Searching Interface [EBSCO]    
The Business Searching Interface (BSI) provides business researchers with the highly-refined tools that they need in order to conduct sophisticated searches for the business content that they require. Through the use of the new business-specific interface, the full text business content of Business Source® Premier  can be located and retrieved more quickly and with greater precision than ever before.  Since the content of the Business Source databases is gathered from a wide variety of sources including Academic Journals, SWOT Analyses, Trade Publications, Industry Profiles, Company Profiles, Market Research Reports, and Product Reviews, the new interface allows users to easily refine their searches to extract only the content from their preferred source-types.
In addition, BSI also features easy access to search options for Company, Industry, Author, Subject, and Publication lists all from the Basic Search Screen.   SUNYConnect

Business Source Premier  [EBSCO]   
Business research database, providing the full text for more than 8,800 serials. Provides full text back to 1965 (or the first issue published for that journal) and searchable cited references back as far as 1998.  Includes full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.   SUNYConnect

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CHIN (Canadian Heritage Information Network)  
A museum and heritage information gateway. Includes conservation and preservation; Canadian artists and culture; virtual exhibitions; museums and collection management; intellectual property; and reference and bibliographic resources in humanities and natural sciences.

CINAHL Plus with Full Text  [EBSCO] 
CINAHL Plus with Full Text provides indexing for 3,024 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health, with indexing back to 1937. CINAHL Plus with Full Text also contains searchable cited references for more than 1,160 journals and provides full text for hundreds of journals, plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials. PDF backfiles to 1937 are also included.   SUNYConnect

ClipArt.com [School Edition] 
With more than 6 million clipart images, photos, Web graphics & art, backgrounds, buttons, icons, illustrations, fonts and sounds, you'll never run out of ways to use Clipart.com content. Great For: Web sites, newsletters, brochures, advertisements, announcements, labels, e-greetings, Web templates, holiday and religious occasions and more. 

Clipart.com includes: Clipart Images, Photos, Web Graphics, Illustrations, Photo Objects, Fonts, Sounds

• Works with: Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, Quark, Word, Publisher and more.

Credo Reference        
Credo Reference [formerly xreferplus] is a reference collection from over 50 publishers, which has a network of cross-references that cut across topics, titles and publishers.  Has short, concise entries.  Includes dictionaries, guides, encyclopedias, US census and more...

Custom Newspapers  [Gale] 
Contains 150+ full-text newspapers, including the New York Times since 1995.  NOVELny

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DAAI: Design & Applied Arts Index (from 1973 to the present) 
A periodical index for fashion designers, graphic design, architecture, photography, design and crafts. Also includes databases for Education, Organizations, Archives and Periodicals. [The Library also has a print version; consult StyleCat   Library Catalog for location and holdings.]

DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
Covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals; many subjects and languages.  Note:  Journal title search is easy; article search is limited.

DonegerOnline / Doneger Creative Services [Online only through Digital Library on Library web page]  
Online trend forecasting for colors, fabrics and silhouettes for womenswear. Corresponds to the D3 print forecast books. Note: The online service is NOT available on the workstations in the Library.  Required username & password available through “Digital Library” on Library web page .

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EBooks  [FirstSearch] 
OCLC catalog of online electronic books available through libraries worldwide.  SUNYConnect

EBSCO Databases: Multiple Databases Search  [Open EBSCOhost Web]  
Periodical indexes and other sources including many full-text articles on various topics, and a photo image collection.    NOVELny

EBSCO Animals [EBSCO] 
Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.    NOVELny

EBSCOhost Español [EBSCO]  
Las instrucciones en EBSCOhost están en español.  Los artículos están en inglés.
The instructions are in Spanish in EBSCOhost.  The articles are in English.

EBSCOhost Text Only [EBSCO]    

ECO: Electronic Collections Online [FirstSearch]   
An OCLC collection of scholarly journals.   SUNYConnect

Education Research Complete  [EBSCO] 
Collection of full text education journals. Education Research Complete also covers areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues.

ERIC  [EBSCO]     
ERIC®, the Educational Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. ERIC provides full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.   SUNYConnect

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Fashion Designers: Index to Visual Resources in the FIT Library  [FIT Library]   
Indexes created in the FIT Library to access various resources on current fashion designers available within the FIT Library. Fashion Runway Collections Magazines is indexed by Designer and by Year/Season/Show.  Videofashion Index can also be searched by Designer and by Year. 

Fashion Runway Collection Magazines Index [FIT Library]   
Indexed by designer/brand or year/season to various fashion runway collections magazines since 2000.  Magazines are kept in Periodicals Services, 6th floor.  Ask by magazine name, date and volume number. 

Fashion Snoops [Campus only; no remote access]    
Fashion trends for girls, boys, junior women and young men. News items, reports of runway shows and retail stores.

FashionDVD Index   
FashionDVD is a subscription service which covers fashion runway shows.  The format is DVD and all are available at the Circulation Desk, 5th floor. The Index allows you to search by year/season or designer/brand name.

FirstSearch Databases 
Includes many topics such as: Conferences & Proceedings; Education; Engineering & Technology; General & Reference; Medicine & Health Sciences; Public Affairs & Law.  SUNYConnect

Databases include [See separate description for description of each database]:

• ArticleFirst      • Ebooks       •ECO
• WorldAlmanac       • WorldCat (includes Internet resources)

FITDIL: FIT Digital Image Library    
The FIT Digital Image Library [FITDIL] is  database of approximately 9,045 digital images from various FIT collections.  Currently FITDIL has several Department of the History of Art collections and images from the Library's Special Collections: Frances Neady Collection, Highlights from the Joseph Love Archives, The Bergdorf Goodman Highlights, The Halston Hats Collection, The Jerry Miller Highlights.  Click for more information.
How to access the Library Special Collection slideshows:

• Click on Slideshows.
• Select Slideshow Author : Library.
• Select Folder : Library Special Collections.
• Select from the list the slideshow you wish to view.

 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 
Journal from the Ecological Society of America.

• Click on Search the Journal. 
• Highlight Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
• Begin your search.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia [EBSCO] 
Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries. Searchable by subject or keywords within the entry.   NOVELny

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Gale Cross Searchable Databases [PowerSearch] 
Periodical indexes and other sources including many full-text articles. Topics include general interest, science and health, business information on companies and products, art, politics.  Cross Searchable Databases [PowerSearch] allows you to search multiple databases at the same time.    SUNYConnect.  Click for information about Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Databases available [See separate description for description of each database]:

• Business & Company Resource Center with Investext Plus • Junior Edition, K12
• Custom Newspapers • Literature Resource Center
• Expanded Academic ASAP • Newspapers ASAP
• Gale Virtual Reference Library • New York State Newspapers
• General Business File ASAP • National Newspaper Index
• Health Reference Center Academic • Opposing Veiwpoints Resource Center
• Informe! • PROMT
• General OneFile • Twayne Authors Series

Gale Virtual Reference Library  [Gale] 
Includes resources on fashion, literature, business, religion, science, culture & society, history and more.  SUNYConnect 

General Business File ASAP (from 1980 to the present) [Gale] 
Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available.

General OneFile  (from 1980 to the present) [Gale] 
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles-- many with images. Updated daily.   SUNYConnect

General Science Collection [EBSCO] 
This database offers full text coverage for more than 60 of the most popular science publications. Providing information on all aspects of the scientific world, the General Science Collection offers full text information dating back as far as 1992.

Global Books in Print  
Provides information about books which are available in print worldwide.

GreenFILE [EBSCO]     
A bibliographic database of information about environmental concerns, such as global warming, energy conservation, natural resources, and pollution. GreenFILE covers content going back more than 35 years and contains backfiles to volume one, issue one for Bioscience, Journal of Environmental Planning & Management , Journal of Ecology, and Conservation Biology.  Contains bibliographic information for key non-scholarly titles such as: E -The Environmental Magazine, Natural Life, and Mother Earth News. Contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for certain titles and searchable sited references for more than 200 titles as well.

Also available free at: www.greeninfoonline.com.

Grove Art Online See Oxford Art Online

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HarpWeek 
HarpWeek is the full-text, full-image electronic version of Harper’s Weekly magazine. Coverage is limited to the Civil War years (1857 to 1865). Includes news, fiction, editorials, advertisements, travel narratives. Good for images of clothing of the period.  SUNYConnect

Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module  [Gale]   
Use this Resource Center to find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, Herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only.  SUNYConnect

Health Reference Center Academic [Gale] 
Over 239,000 articles (some full-text) from health-related reference books, pamphlets, periodicals and directories. Find articles on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs, and more.    NOVELny  

Here & There Forecast Online
Online trend forecasting service reports on trends in a funky, fresh way that incorporates European high fashion into the American sportswear sensibility.
NOTE: Here & There Online is unavailable until further notice.

Hoover's Online