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Academic Search Premier
Includes full text of many articles, plus index entries for others. Subject areas covered include arts & literature, humanities, science, social science and many other specialties. Updated daily.
Library card requiredARTstor
A comprehensive image resource for students, teachers and scholars, with new collections added monthly. All images are rights-cleared for educational use.
Library card requiredBibliography of the History of Art
A searchable bibliography of works on European and American visual arts material published between 1975 and 2007. Search by subject, artist, author, article, or journal title.
Free & accessible anywhereBlack Thought and Culture
Collects published works by leading African American writers, spanning the 1700s to the present. Includes books, interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamplets and letters.
Library card requiredBlack Women Writers
Collects fiction, poetry and essays by black women published in Africa and the Americas from the 1700s to the present.
Library card requiredBrainPop
Watch animated movies, play learning games, and more. Includes BrainPOP Jr. (K-3), BrainPOP, BrainPOP Español, and, for English language learners, BrainPOP ESL. Videos and activities cover topic areas within Science, Math, Social Studies, English Language Arts, and more.
Library card requiredChinese Electronic Journal Database (Qikan)
A full-text resource of over 500 Chinese popular and scholarly periodicals published in China. Search this Chinese database to find periodical articles for adults, young adults and children.
Library card requiredCreative Commons
Creative Commons searches openly licensed and public domain images. Search for works that are available to the public for free and legal sharing, use, repurposing, and remixing.
Free & accessible anywhereCreativebug
Creativebug is a video-learning site for art and craft classes. New classes from top artists are released every day, with instructors bringing a lifetime of practice and proven teaching methods. Public Performance Rights are included for programming.
Interested in becoming a Creativebug Instructor? Brooklyn Public Library is partnering with the Creativebug editorial team to recruit Brooklyn-based creators and artists, particularly those who can help increase the diversity and representation of Creativebug's course catalog. Apply here: https://cbug.tv/BecomeAnInstructor
Library card requiredDirectory of Open Access Journals
Free community-curated directory that indexes and connects to full text, open access, peer reviewed scientific and scholarly journals.
Free & accessible anywhereEbscohost Espanol
Artículos con texto completo de revistas, diarios y revistas académicas, índices generales, y otros recursos en ambos Español e Inglés. EBSCOhost Español tiene una función de traducción, pero no es garantizado obtener una traducción completamente exacta.
Library card requiredERIC Educational Resources Information Center
Collection of education research and information. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.
Free & accessible anywhereEuropeana
Web portal to the digital resources of many European museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections. Formats include books, paintings, films, objects, sound recordings and archival records.
Free & accessible anywhereFlipster
Get access to major magazines and journals to read on your smartphone, tablet, or PC. Check out Flipster's getting started guide here. To get the free Flipster app, search for "Flipster" in either Google Play or Apple's App Store
Library card requiredGale eBooks
24/7 access to reference ebooks. No checkout necessary. Titles can be browsed, searched, and downloaded anytime from any Internet-connected device. Topics include arts, business, education, history, law, literature, medicine, religion, science, and social science.
Library card requiredGale In Context: High School
Gale in Context High School (Formerly Student Resources) contains information on a variety of topics in an easy to read format. Includes primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, magazine articles, audio and video clips, and thousands of photographs and illustrations. Includes topics in science, health, history, literature, current events, sports, world cultures, and business/economics. Easy to search and topics are comprehensive in content.
Library card requiredglobalEDGE
A knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals to information, insights, and resources on global business activities, created by the International Business Center at Michigan State University.
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GreenFile
Resource draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling and more.
Library card requiredInstructables
Get step-by-step, user created instructions on how to make just about anything. Examples include instructions on building a digital microscope or sewing a zipper.
Free & accessible anywhereMasterFILE Premier
Full text articles covering a broad range of subjects including general reference, business, education, health, general science and multicultural issues.
Library card requiredMiddle Search Plus
Middle Search Plus is a full-text database providing popular middle school magazines, reference e-books, and thousands of primary source documents and videos. Subjects include history, current events, science and sports.
Library card requiredNew York City Department of Education's Find A School Database
Locate information on New York City's public schools. Search by borough, grade, school name, and zip code.
Free & accessible anywhereNew York State Legislature
Legislative information related to both houses of the New York State Legislature. Look up bill text, summaries, committee agendas, and voting records from 1995 to the present.
Free & accessible anywhereOxford Research Encyclopedias
Oxford Research Encyclopedias are a collection of essays on a variety of topics, designed to give readers an overview of a subject that they can understand in half an hour of reading or less.
Remote users: Type your Brooklyn Public Library card number in the box "Sign in with your library card", click Sign In, and then select Brooklyn Public Library.
Library card requiredOxford Very Short Introductions
The full text of the entire catalog of Oxford University Press's Very Short Introductions series. The books in this platform offer concise overviews to a range of academic subjects in the arts & humanities, law, medicine & health, science & mathematics, and social sciences.
Remote users: Type your Brooklyn Public Library card number in the box "Sign in with your library card", click Sign In, and then select Brooklyn Public Library.
Library card requiredPopulation Reference Bureau Data Center
A data searching tool from the nonprofit Population Reference Bureau, including information on income, housing prices, health, and labor force.
Free & accessible anywherePressReader
Access to current newspaper editions from around the world in a full color readable online format.
Library card requiredProfessional Development Collection
Articles and abstracts from academic journals for professional educators.
Library card requiredProject Muse
Humanities and social science content for the scholarly community. Complete, full-text versions of scholarly journals and books from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies.
You may encounter locked content. When browsing or searching "All Muse", select "Only Content I have access to" to find subscription content. We apologize that some content is not available via Brooklyn Public Library's subscription.
Library card requiredSimplyAnalytics
Demographic, business, and marketing data on a local level; users may create reports and maps with hundreds of demographic, business and marketing variables.
Remote access to SimplyAnalytics is available to anyone within Kings County (Brooklyn) with a Brooklyn Public Library card. Exceptions to remote access content are below:
- PRIZM Premier behavioral marketing & audience segments and Nielsen Scarborough local market research are only available to users on-site at any Brooklyn Public Library location. PRIZM and Scarborough data is not available to remote users.
- On-site users will sign in to SimplyAnalytics with their BPL card number and PIN. Remote users will sign in to SimplyAnalytics with an email address and password. First-time remote users must follow the "Create an Account" link. You may have on-site and remote SimplyAnalytics accounts but these accounts are NOT connected. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Smarthistory
Smarthistory is an always-free resource for learning about global art history featuring curated article, image and video content—created by respected scholars in collaboration with museum curators—that is engaging, informative, and accessible. Patrons can explore a wealth of high-resolution images of art from museums, galleries and cultural heritage sites throughout the world, all of which are free to download and use for classroom presentations and projects under Creative Commons (CC) licensure.
Free & accessible anywhereSports Market Analytics
SBRnet and the Sports Market Analytics Data Platform are a comprehensive online platform of nationwide sports business data and analytics, using syndicated and custom proprietary research for the professional and college sports categories as well as sports participation and equipment sales information. Data is driven from consumer research, industry reports, and licensed industry articles. Topics include:
- · Sports Fan Demographics
- · Attendance
- · Television Viewing
- · Streaming Media
- · Social Media Usage
- · Logo Merchandise Sales
- · Sponsorship Influence
- · Sports Participation
- · Fitness Participation
- · Sports Gambling
- · Sports Travel
- · Collectibles
- · Device Usage
- · Fantasy Sports Play
- · Consumer categories: Sports Drinks, Homeowners Insurance, Driver’s Insurance, Cell Phone Carrier, Banking, Credit Cards, Hotel/Motel, Air Travel and Quick Service Restaurant.
On the SMA log-in page, enter only your library card number. The username and password fields are auto-populated by the vendor.
Statista
Quantitative data categorized into 21 market sectors such as media, business, finance, and politics. To learn more about using this resource, check out this video tutorial.
Library card requiredWorld Digital Library
Images of historic items from countries around the world, curated by the U.S. Library of Congress and the United Nations. Materials include photographs, maps, newspapers, journals, books, and manuscripts from museums, libraries, and national archives from around the world, representing over 100 languages. Easily search by time period, institution, type of material, language, place, or topic.
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