Highlighted Sites
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Art21Art21 presents thought-provoking and sophisticated content about contemporary art, and is the go-to place to learn first-hand from the artists of our time. Art21’s mission is to inspire a more creative and inclusive world through the works and words of contemporary artists.
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Artsper, 10 Contemporary Sculptors to Know"Although less favourable [sic] than the almighty painting or installation, sculpture is still widely explored by contemporary artists. We bring you the 10 contemporary sculptors you should know."
Class Handouts
The New York Times & The Wall Street Journal
SRU students, faculty, and staff may create free accounts to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. First-time users must register before they can access the content.
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New York Times This link opens in a new windowCurrent and past editions available. To access the NYT, follow the following steps:
1. Go to the New York Times website via link or go to (https://www.nytimes.com)
2. Click Login at the top right corner of the NYT homepage
3. Select the option at the bottom: “Continue with work or school single sign-on” 0
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Wall Street Journal This link opens in a new windowAccess to the digital edition of the Wall Street Journal is available to all SRU faculty, staff, and students. Registration is required using an SRU email address. Click here to begin registering via https://wsj.com/sru.
Magazines Collection
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Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 This link opens in a new windowIt provides access to citations to popular periodicals and magazines on history-making events like the Vietnam War, the Irish potato famine, Nixon's impeachment, and more.
Grant Resources
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GrantSelect This link opens in a new windowThe most comprehensive source of available funding opportunities in all fields. Includes international programs, nonprofit organizations, and scholarship programs.
Art Images
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ARTstor on JSTORThis collection documents artistic traditions across many times and cultures, and includes architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, design, and other forms of visual culture. Now available exclusively on the JSTOR platform!
Journal Databases
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Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
Provides a multidisciplinary coverage of scholarly information, including podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN, and videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.
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Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new windowProvides access to full-text scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, reports, and book reviews in virtually every discipline.
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Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new windowThe largest full-text journals, magazines, and books art research database with strong international coverage, it also offers thousands of images.
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Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new windowThe most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, Full-text coverage spans from 1743 to the present, with citations dating back to 1637.
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Humanities Source This link opens in a new windowIt is designed to meet the needs of students, researchers, and educators interested in all aspects of the humanities. Full-text articles and book reviews.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFull-text scholarly articles and books in a wide range of subject areas, primarily social sciences and humanities. Also features an image search using materials derived from ARTstor.
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SAGE Premier This link opens in a new windowSAGE Premier provides access to more than 900 peer-reviewed journals in subject areas including the humanities, social sciences, technology, and more.
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Applied Science & Technology Source This link opens in a new windowFull-text and citations content covering the full spectrum of the applied sciences and computing disciplines.
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Gender Studies Database This link opens in a new windowGSD covers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia with coverage spanning from 1972 and earlier to the present.
Video Databases
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AVON (Academic Video Online) This link opens in a new windowIt provides streaming videos from a variety of content such as documentaries, films, demonstrations, from around the world and across all subject areas.
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Films on Demand This link opens in a new windowFilms on Demand provides high-quality video and multimedia for academic, vocational and life-skills content.
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Kanopy This link opens in a new windowA video streaming with more than 30,000 documentaries, movies, and educational videos from producers such as Criterion Collection, PBS, Great Courses, Kino Lorber and more.
Biographical Databases
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Biography In Context This link opens in a new windowFull-text biographical information of people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
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American National Biography Online This link opens in a new windowProvides biographical resource on people from all eras who have influenced and shaped American history and culture. It also includes information on the landmark events in U.S. history. (Note: This database can be accessed by only one user at a time.) Access to American National Biography will end on June 30, 2025.
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Research Help
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