Below are selected electronic journals in the field. The library may own one journal in multiple formats (electronic, print, and microform). For a more comprehensive list of our journal holdings, please consult the catalog.
If you are looking for historical biographical information, you should try searchings these databases.
Search the person's name and limit by the word biography or interview or by the document type.
Full text of The New York Times for 1851-2017.
Note: The digitized Index allows users to search on and view terms exactly as they appeared in the New York Times print index and newspaper articles.
Full text of The Wall Street Journal for 1889-2003.
Remote access available through NYPL. Click here for more information on how to access NYPL resources online. Full text of the L.A. Times for 1881-1996.
Remote access available through NYPL. Click here for more information on how to access NYPL resources online. Full text of the Washington Post for 1877-2004.
If you are looking for biographical information about someone who is recently in the news, but not yet established as a notable individual, you should try searchings these databases.
Search the person's name and limit by the word biography or interview or by the document type.
Example: “Esperanza Spalding” AND interview
Includes former New York State Newspapers database content. Full text articles from thousands of national, international, state and local English language newspapers published between 1980 and present.
Remote access available through NYPL. Click here for information on how to access NYPL resources online. Index and abstracts to over 400 journals since 1983. Includes full text of many articles. Covers many subjects, including art, business, education and entertainment.
Full text of ethnic, minority, and native presses with diverse perspectives from 1959-present (varies by publication). Ethnicities include: African American/Caribbean/African; Arab/Middle Eastern; Asian/Pacific Islander; European/Eastern European; Hispanic; Jewish; Native People; and Multi-Ethnic People.
Provides authoritative historical and current perspectives on the subject of gender roles. Covers both men and women, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) studies; family studies; gender studies, and women's studies with a unique interdisciplinary approach. The collection represents multiple viewpoints from a wide variety of publications.
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