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A–Z Library Website IndexVisitors Databases by Title: D
General Information for Visitors
A selection of databases is available for visitors to the library building. They are listed below for informational purposes so that you may plan your visit. To access these databases you will need to use one of the guest computers available inside the Library.
Databases by Title: D
- D&B Million Dollar Database
- Missing Hoover’s Online or D&B Million Dollar database? They’ve merged into a new database: Mergent Intellect. Mergent Intellect has the same great company and industry information as Hoover’s and D&B, but has an added bonus of demographic information and consumer contact information. Coverage dates: Current.
- Daily Express Archive
- Digital version of the Daily Express newspaper. Coverage dates: 1900 to present.
- Daily Mail Historical Archive
- Prominent British newspaper. Coverage dates: 1896-2004.
- Dallas Morning News
- Search for full-text articles from this local Texas newspaper. Coverage dates: 1885 - Current.
- Dallas Morning News Historical Archive
- Search for full text articles from historical editions of this newspaper. Coverage dates: 1885 - 2016.
- Dance Collection Catalog
- The NYPL Dance Collection catalog contains descriptions of materials on all forms of dance, and serves as an index to international dance periodicals. To search Dance holdings, select Dance Research Collection. To read about the Dance collections or access online materials go to the Jerome Robbins Dance Division web page. Coverage dates: 1974 - Current.
- Dance Online: Dance in Video
- Dance in Video highlights many forms and styles of dance through hundreds of performance, documentary, interview and instructional videos. Up-and-coming as well as leading companies and individuals are featured. Linking, embedding and playlists are possible. Transcripts are available for many videos. Coverage dates: 20th century.
- Dance Online: Dance Studies Collection
- Archive of historical context of dance through 125,000 pages of exclusive photographs, correspondence, magazines, dance notation, and reference materials. Coverage dates: 20th and 21st century.
- Data.gov
- The home of the U.S. Government’s open data.
- Database of Classical Bibliography/L'Année philologique
- Updated annually, this international bibliography of books, periodical articles, and dissertations covering classical antiquity indexes publications about the history, language, literature and civilization of ancient Greece and Rome. Many entries contain short abstracts. Coverage dates: 1969 - 1999.
- Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM)
- Anthology collection of American music in streaming audio including: classical, folk, opera, jazz, country, early rhythm and blues, musical theater, experimental, electronic, early rock and Native American music.
- Data-Planet EASI Market Planner
- Data-Planet offers access to over 3,800 indicators model-based indicators in 13 enormous datasets from Easy Analytic Software Inc. (EASI). Using input data from the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Mediamark, Data-Planet offer your users access to demographic characteristics, consumer spending, and behavior patterns for a wide range of geographic areas—State, counties, census tracts, and block groups. Coverage dates: 2012 to Current.
- Data-Planet Statistical Datasets
- Data-Planet Statistical Datasets provides easy access to the largest repository of standardized and structured statistical data. The Data-Planet repository contains more than 25 billion data points from more than 70 source organizations. Coverage dates: Current.
- Data-Planet World Stocks and Precious Metals
- This dataset provides historical prices for equities trading on more than 50 global exchanges. Daily open, close, high, low, and volume statistics are reported. Coverage dates: 1990 to Current.
- Defining Gender
- Primary source documents that cover topics in gender studies and includes topics such as the family, education, and consumer culture. Coverage dates: 1450 - 1910.
- Diction Police
- IPA translations of French, German and Italian songs and operas, spoken by native speakers and practicing singers. Video tutorials and podcasts about singing in foreign languages and other assistance available in this comprehensive diction tool. Coverage dates: 1700-present.
- Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds
- The Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds contains the top 25,000 most commonly cited compounds in Chemical Abstracts (excluding polymers and biologicals) in a dictionary format. Limited to 2 users at once.
- Dictionary of Drugs
- Presenting more than 14,000 entries with accurate, up-to-date, and concise information on more than 54,000 compounds, the Dictionary of Drugs is a one-stop resource for the medicinal chemist. Limited to 2 users at once.
- Dictionary of Food Compounds
- The Dictionary of Food Compounds provides wide-ranging information on 69,000 compounds found in food, including additives, flavors, natural food constituents, contaminants, and nutraceuticals. Limited to 2 users at once.
- Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds
- Two highly respected titles, the Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds and the Dictionary of Organometallic Compounds, have been brought together into this single, structure-searchable database of over 100,000 compounds. Limited to 2 users at once.
- Dictionary of Irish Biography Online
- Published in collaboration with the Royal Irish Academy, the Dictionary of Irish Biography is a comprehensive and authoritative reference work for Ireland. The dictionary outlines the careers at home and overseas of prominent people born in Ireland, north and south, and the noteworthy Irish careers of those born outside Ireland. Coverage dates: Ancient - 2002.
- Dictionary of Literary Biography
- The essays of the Dictionary of Literary Biography outline the lives and careers of nearly 10,000 authors from all eras and genres and summarize the critical response to their work.
- Dictionary of Marine Natural Products
- The Dictionary of Marine Natural Products is a comprehensive resource for more than 50,000 known natural products isolated from marine organisms. Limited to 2 users at once.
- Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford)
- Provides 50,000 specially-written and illustrated biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of the British past, from the earliest times to the end of the year 2000. Limited to 1 user at a time. Coverage dates: Antiquity - 2000.
- Dictionary of Natural Products
- The Dictionary of Natural Products is a comprehensive structure database containing over 265,000 natural products. Continually reviewed to keep pace with the current literature, this database is the most comprehensive source of natural product information available. Limited to 2 users at once.
- Dictionary of Organic Compounds
- Dictionary of Organic Compounds has built a world-wide reputation as an indispensable reference work over its 70 years of publication. This carefully curated database contains over 106,000 entries comprising more than 314,000 organic compounds. Limited to 2 users at once.
- The Digital Library of the Catholic Reformation
- Contains full-text, fully searchable database with hundreds of titles written during the 16th and 17th centuries during th Catholic Reformation. Coverage dates: 16th - 17th centuries.
- Digital Microfilm (ProQuest)
- Search for actual scanned copies (including ads) of the following publications: American Banker, Barron's, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. Coverage dates: 2008 - Current.
- Digital National Security Archive
- Curated collection of declassified government documents covering U.S. policy on critical world events from 1945 to present. Coverage dates: 1945 - 2014.
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- The Directory of Open Access Journals contains the full text of thousands of quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
- Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest)
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global searches millions of dissertations and theses from around the world, and has over one million dissertations in full text. Coverage dates: 1743 - Current.
- Drama Online
- Drama Online provides contextual and critical background for theatre through scholarly works and practical guides. Critical interpretations, theatre history surveys, and major reference works on authors, movements, practitioners, periods, and genres are included alongside performance and practitioner texts and acting and backstage guides. Also includes monologues and plays. Coverage dates: Ancient times to Current.
- Dustbooks eDirectories
- Online versions of The International Directory of Little Magazines & Small Presses; The Directory of Poetry Publishers; The Directory of Small Press/Magazine Editors & Publishers; and The Small Press Record of Books in Print, which are all leading sources in small press information. Coverage dates: Current.
- DynaMed Plus
- DynaMed is a clinical information resource used by physicians to answer clinical questions quickly and easily at the point of care. It includes thousands of topics that provide clinicians and educators with the evidence-based information they need to make informed decisions. Topics are updated daily as new evidence becomes available. Coverage dates: Current.