A-Z Databases

Popular Databases

The most frequently-used databases

Academic Search Premier

Popular

This is a large, interdisciplinary resource; there are many articles available full text. Access provided by the New Jersey State Library.

RefWorks

Popular

RefWorks is a web-based research management tool designed to help you gather, organize, store, annotate, and share all types of resources used in your research, assignments, or dissertation.

RefWorks is Rider University's Libraries preferred research management tool since comprehensive support is provided. It is also FREE for all Rider students, faculty, and staff.

New / Trial Databases

The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.

Artstor

Trial

Artstor is a digital image library of over 2 million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.

HeinOnline

Trial

HeinOnline Academic includes more than 100 million pages of multidisciplinary content in more than 100 subject areas, including history, political science, criminal justice, religious studies, international relations, women’s studies, pre-law, and many more. With more historical content than any other database, HeinOnline provides access to 300+ years of information on political development and the complete history of the creation of government and legal systems around the world. Among the many databases included, HeinOnline’s journal collection features nearly 2,800 periodicals relating to a variety of subject areas, with all coverage dating from inception to the most currently published issues in most cases.

New York Times

New

Connection Information: First-time users, please select “Create Account” to create an NYTimes.com personal account. After creating your account, you may use it to log into NYTimes.com and The New York Times app from any location on any device.

NYTimes.com provides full access to all New York Times digital content, including news, multimedia, reviews, opinions, blogs, videos, podcasts, and newsletters. You may use your account to email, share, and comment on content. NYTimes.com includes all articles published from 1851 to the present. Many articles published between September 18, 1851 and December 31, 2002 are viewed using the TimesMachine interface, which displays full-page newspaper images. TimesMachine articles may be viewed in the browser or downloaded as PDFs. For the years 1923-1980, patrons are limited to viewing or downloading 5 PDFs per 24-hour period.

The New York Times app is available on a wide range of devices. The app primarily provides access to current content; it does not include all the historic articles found at NYTimes.com.