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NASA Technical Reports Server Some full text
Access aerospace-related citations, full-text documents, images and videos. Includes a broad array of resources, such as conference papers, journal articles, photos, graphs, meeting papers, movies, patents, research reports, and technical videos.
National Archive of Data on Arts and Culture (NADAC) Some full text
A repository that facilitates research on arts and culture by acquiring data, particularly those funded by federal agencies and other organizations, and sharing those data with researchers, policymakers, people in the arts and culture field, and the general public.
National Bureau of Economic Research. Working Papers Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text
Preliminary results of research by more than 30 NBER programs and working groups; topics range from Aging to Urban Economics. Search options include bibliographic and full text.
National Center for Health Statistics Some full text
Provided by the Nation’s principal health statistics agency. Access a wide array of statistical information.
National Centers for Environmental Information
NCEI hosts and provides free access to archives of environmental data, covering the atmospheric, coastal, oceanic, and geophysical realms.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Faculty, Staff and Students only Viva
Provides thousands of summaries of important law enforcement and criminal justice publications including books, government reports, research reports, journals and unpublished research. Topics covered within the database include corrections, courts, crime statistics, domestic preparedness, drugs, juvenile justice, law enforcement, and victims. Content dates range from 1970 to present.
National Geographic Virtual Library Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text
Provides a cross-searchable platform for the Society publications including maps, videos and images, as well as the Magazine.
National Journal Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text
Comprehensive resource on politics and policy for the academic community. 
Note: To receive alerts, Daybook events or newsletters, set up a personal account using your GMU email address.
National Journal Group's Policy Central see National Journal Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text
Comprehensive resource on politics and policy for the academic community. 
Note: To receive alerts, Daybook events or newsletters, set up a personal account using your GMU email address.
National Library of Energy Some full text
Find and access information from sources throughout the U.S. Department of Energy. Coverage includes: science and R&D, including materials previously located in Science Accelerator; energy and technology for industry and homeowners; energy market information and analysis; and nuclear security and environmental management.
National Technical Reports Library see NTRL: National Technical Reports Library
Provides documents from the National Technical Information Service's comprehensive collection of federally-funded science- and technology-related technical reports.
Nature Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text
Provides full-text, archived access to select Nature Publishing Group journals, along with access to the current issues of several other NPG titles.
Naxos Music Library Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text
A comprehensive collection of classical music available online providing streaming access to both standard and rare repertoires. Included are classical, world, jazz, and pop/rock music. Additional resources include libretti, pronunciation guide, and glossary.

Naxos Music Library Jazz Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text
Offers a large selection of works by jazz legends and contemporary artists. Recordings of over 32,000 artists are represented. The recordings in Naxos Music Library Jazz come from over 200 labels, and include the catalog of Blue Note Records, Warner Jazz, EMI, Fantasy and others.
note: Access limited to 5 simultaneous users.
NCJRS Abstracts see National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Faculty, Staff and Students only Viva
Provides thousands of summaries of important law enforcement and criminal justice publications including books, government reports, research reports, journals and unpublished research. Topics covered within the database include corrections, courts, crime statistics, domestic preparedness, drugs, juvenile justice, law enforcement, and victims. Content dates range from 1970 to present.
Neighborhood Change Database (NCDB) on CD Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text
Access US Census decennial data, from 1970 to the most recent census at the census tract level. "All years normalized" allows one to compare historic data in current tract definitions. Produce maps of populations and landmass.
Note: Available only on Data Services computers in Fenwick Library.

NetAdvantage Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text
Comprehensive source of business, industry, and investment information. Includes data and analysis of industries, companies, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, indexes, and current news gathered from S&P publications.
NetAnatomy Faculty, Staff and Students only
This resource is no longer available. Try using Anatomy.TV

New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text
Offers over 2,000 peer-reviewed articles on contemporary economics, encompassing theory, methodology, empirical work, commentary, and biographical analyses; updated quarterly. Additionally provides access to the full archive of the classic 1987 edition.

New World Cinema: Independent Features and Shorts,1990-Present Faculty, Staff and Students only MasonLink
Delivers full-length feature films from leading independent distributors such as Kino Lorber, First Run Features, Film Movement, MK2, and the Global Films Initiative, along with some fifty award-winning shorts.
New York Public Library Digital Library
Access nearly a million images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.
New York Times see NYTimes.com Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text
Unlimited access to NYTimes.com and NYT Mobile apps, including Spanish and Chinese editions, which cover a variety of topics through breaking news articles, blogs, videos and interactive features. Includes archives from 1851 to the present (articles from 1923 to 1980 are limited to five per day per user; unlimited access to the archives is available through ProQuest Historical Newspapers). Note: First time users must create a new account here using their Mason credentials to gain access. Faculty and Staff must reactivate their accounts here every year. Upon login setup, download any NYT app from the App Store and use same login credentials for unlimited access. Login to NYTimes.com directly from any location.

New York Times in Education see NYTimes inEducation Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text
Resource for both instructors and students to provide instructional strategies and classroom activities designed to support several areas of study, including American Government, Arts & Visual Culture, Biology, Business, Environmental Sciences, International Relations, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology and many more. New content and teaching resources are added and curated on a weekly basis by faculty contributors from a variety of institutions. Notes: First time users must create a new account here using their Mason credentials to gain access. This requires a separate registration from your NYTimes.com registration.

Newspaper Source Plus Faculty, Staff and Students only MasonLink Some full text Viva
Provides full-text access to national and international newspapers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Times (London), as well as selective full-text for various U.S regional newspapers. In addition, it offers full-text television and radio news transcripts from ABC News, CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, and National Public Radio.
Nexis Uni Faculty, Staff and Students only
Provides access to a wide range of news (includes New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times), business (company news, industry forecasts), government (legislative news, tax information), legal (news, case law) and reference information. Formerly LexisNexis Academic.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text
Provides access to unique primary source materials that document political reform and revolution, nationalism and nation building, the expansion of empire and colonialism, growing literacy and education, and the flowering of both popular and high culture.
Nineteenth Century Masterfile Faculty, Staff and Students only
Includes Poole’s index to Periodical Literature, covering titles in the sciences, humanities, law, medicine, and the arts and literature; as well as indexes to books, newspapers, the visual arts, and government documents. Spans data from the 11th century through 1930.
Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals: Series 1 - New Readerships Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text
Covers the events, lives, values and themes that marked the advent of commercial lifestyle publishing in Britain and the rapid rise of modern magazine culture.
Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals: Series 2 - Empire Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text
Covers the events, lives, values and themes that shaped the 19th century world, including the role Britain played beyond its own borders as an imperial power throughout the nineteenth century.
Nineteenth Century US Newspapers Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text Viva
Provides access to primary source content, both full text and images, in numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S.
NJVID
Access GMU-licensed commercial and academic videos via New Jersey's digital media repository, a hosting service for video streaming.

NK News Pro Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text
Brings together exclusive daily news, in-depth investigations, expert interviews and analysis by experts such as scholars, journalists, and North Korean refugees on North Korea-related issues on a wide variety of topics. Contains a suite of research resources, databases, and tools designed for professionals working on the subject of North Korea.

North American Industry Classification System
Provides access to NAICS, the standard used by Federal sttistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.

North American Theatre Online Faculty, Staff and Students only
Covers all aspects of the Canadian and American Theatre, including major reference materials, plays, people, theatres, production companies from the 1600s to the present. Collection also includes playbills, posters, photographs, and related theatrical ephemera.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text
Provides access to full-text North American women's diaries and letters from the Colonial period to 1990s; includes biographies and an annotated bibliography of database sources.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Resources from the military alliance of democratic states in Europe and North America.
Northern Ireland: A Divided Community, 1921-1972 Cabinet Papers of the Stormont Administration Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text
Presents a complete digital facsimile of the Cabinet Conclusion files; containsa full record of every debate and transaction for the duration of the Stormont administration, the devolved government of Northern Ireland, 1921–1972.
NTRL: National Technical Reports Library
Provides documents from the National Technical Information Service's comprehensive collection of federally-funded science- and technology-related technical reports.
Nursing & Allied Health Database Faculty, Staff and Students only MasonLink Some full text
Offers comprehensive coverage of the fields of nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and more; covers journals, video, dissertations, and reference books.
NYTimes inEducation Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text
Resource for both instructors and students to provide instructional strategies and classroom activities designed to support several areas of study, including American Government, Arts & Visual Culture, Biology, Business, Environmental Sciences, International Relations, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology and many more. New content and teaching resources are added and curated on a weekly basis by faculty contributors from a variety of institutions. Notes: First time users must create a new account here using their Mason credentials to gain access. This requires a separate registration from your NYTimes.com registration.

NYTimes.com Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text
Unlimited access to NYTimes.com and NYT Mobile apps, including Spanish and Chinese editions, which cover a variety of topics through breaking news articles, blogs, videos and interactive features. Includes archives from 1851 to the present (articles from 1923 to 1980 are limited to five per day per user; unlimited access to the archives is available through ProQuest Historical Newspapers). Note: First time users must create a new account here using their Mason credentials to gain access. Faculty and Staff must reactivate their accounts here every year. Upon login setup, download any NYT app from the App Store and use same login credentials for unlimited access. Login to NYTimes.com directly from any location.

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Most of these electronic resources are governed by license agreements which limit use to the George Mason University Community of students, faculty, staff, and on-site users of George Mason University Libraries facilities. Each user has the responsibility of using these resources only for individual, educational and non-commercial purposes. The systematic downloading, distribution, or permanent retention of significant portions of these databases may be a violation of said licenses or copyright law. Particular resources may have additional requirements for access or restrictions on use. Please consult with a University Libraries Collection Development Officer for details about terms and conditions.

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Masonlink = Masonlink
Some full text available = Some full text
Viva = Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA)

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