Databases by Subject
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Title and Description |
Some Fulltext |
Coverage |
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| AccessUN (News Bank) |  |
1956-current |
| Indexes United Nations publications including those issued by the six main bodies, sessional and standing committees, functional commissions, conferences, and regional bodies: official records, sales publications, masthead documents, and limited and restricted documents. Full text of General Assembly, Security Council, and Economic and Social Council resolutions. Selected full-text Minutes and Summary Records (SR) containing voting records were included in 1997. Index with some full text of resolutions and voting. | ||
| American FactFinder | |
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| Population, housing, economic and geographic data from 1990 and 2000 Decennial Censuses, the latest Economic Census, and reference maps. | ||
| American State Papers (Newsbank) | |
1789-1838 |
| Covering the 1st-25th Congresses,the Papers precede and overlap the Serial Set collection. If using Firefox as your browser, use the Firefox Print command, not the Adobe (or Preview) Print option. | ||
| Archives of Americana (Newsbank) | |
dates vary |
| Family of historical collections containing books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, government documents and ephemera printed in America over three centuries. Includes America's Historical Newspapers, American State Papers, 1789-1838, Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800, U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 187-1980. If using Firefox as your browser, use the Firefox Print command, not the Adobe (or Preview) Print option. | ||
| British Humanities Index (CSA) | 1962-current | |
| Indexes over 320 arts and humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the UK and other English speaking countries, as well as quality newspapers published in the UK. | ||
| CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) (Columbia University) | |
1991-current |
| Covers theory and research in international affairs. Includes working papers from university research institutes, books, journals, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, conference proceedings, policy briefs and economic indicators. Also includes maps and country data and more. | ||
| Congressional Record (GPO) | |
1995-current |
| Contains full-text of proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. Published daily when Congress is in session. Includes "Daily Digest", summary of the day's floor and committee activities. | ||
| CQ Researcher (Congressional Quarterly) | |
1991-current |
| Reports and analysis on political and social issues in the news. Regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Includes background and chronology, tables and maps, opposing viewpoints, and bibliographies. Limited to 5 simultaneous users | ||
| CQ Weekly Report (CQ Press) | |
1983-current |
| Includes weekly reports and analysis of the activities of Congress: current topics, status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates and all roll-call votes. | ||
| DDRS (Declassified Documents Reference System) (Gale) | |
1940s-1970s |
| Contains previously classified government documents covering major domestic and international events since the end of World War II. Documents include cabinet meeting minutes, correspondence, diary entries, intelligence reports, political analyses and technical studies from the White House, State Department, National Security Agency, FBI, and CIA. | ||
| Digital National Security Archive (Chadwyck Healey) | |
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| Significant primary documents central to US foreign and military policy since 1945. Largest collection of contemporary declassified national security information outside the United States Government. Comprised of 15 collections, each of which contains a diverse range of policy documents including presidential directives, memos, etc. | ||
| EM-DAT: International Disasters Data Base | 1988-current | |
| Essential core data on the occurrence and effects of over 12,800 mass disasters in the world from 1900 to present compiled from various sources, including UN agencies, non-governmental organisations, insurance companies, research institutes and press agencies. | ||
| FBIS Daily Reports | |
1974-1996 |
| Comprehensive media reports (news, interviews, speeches and editorial commentary) translated into English that offer foreign views and perspectives on historical events. | ||
| Federal Register (GPO) | |
1995-2001 |
| Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents. | ||
| GPO Access (GPO) | |
Dates vary |
| Provides search and retrieval of full text from over 50 online databases as well as tools and finding aids for other government information. Full text databases include the Congressional Record, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, public laws and Congressional bills, U.S. Code, U.S. Government Manual, Economic Indicators, Economic Report of the President, GAO Reports, Supreme Court decisions (1937-1975), and other government publications. Includes the Federal Bulletin Board, Congressional information, The Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, The Government Information Locator Service (GILS), and other indexes. | ||
| GPO Monthly Catalog (FirstSearch) | 1976-current | |
| The most comprehensive finding aid for U.S. government publications. A catalog of and index to U.S. government publications received by the Government Printing Office (GPO). An electronic version for 1976 to date of The Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications. | ||
| HarpWeek | 1857-1912 | |
| Digitized access to America's leading 19th century illustrated newspaper. | ||
| House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (Chadwyck Healey) | 1800-1900 | |
| International Political Science Abstracts (Sage) | 2007-current | |
| Non-evaluative abstracts of articles in the field of political science published in major political science journals (and yearbooks) all over the world | ||
| LexisNexis Academic (Lexis-Nexis) | |
Dates vary |
| Includes general news, business, legal (law reviews and case law) and medical information. Also includes reference works such as biographical information, polls & surveys, quotations, state profiles, and country profiles. | ||
| LexisNexis Congressional (Lexis-Nexis) | |
1789-current |
| Indexes congressional publications and CIS Legislative Histories (1970-present) Includes full text of congressional reports, documents, prints, bills, and the Congressional Record, testimony from congressional hearings, bill tracking through the House and Senate, public laws, Statutes at Large, and the U.S. Code, the Federal Register, information about members and committees, and more. | ||
| MarciveWeb DOCS (Marcive) | 1976-current | |
| Index to documents published by the U.S. Government. | ||
| NCJRS (National Criminal Justice Reference Service) Abstracts Database | ||
| Abstracts of publications in criminal justice (corrections, courts, drugs and crime, juvenile justice, law enforcement, crime victims, etc.) from NCJRS sponsoring agencies (National Institute of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office for Victims of Crimes, Bureau of Justice Statistics, and Bureau of Justice Assistance. When fulltext is available online, a link is included with the abstract. | ||
| PAIS International (CSA) | 1915-1976 (Archive) and 1972-current | |
| Indexes journals, books, hearings, reports, government publications, etc., on global public policy and social issues. Covers banking and public finance, culture and religion, economic conditions, education, energy and environment, health conditions, human rights, international relations, media, science and technology, and more. | ||
| Social Science Research Network (Social Science Electronic Publishing) | |
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| Working papers and forthcoming papers in the social sciences. Consists of two parts: an Abstract Database containing abstracts of scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper Collection containing full-text documents. | ||
| Sociological Abstracts (CSA) | 1963-current | |
| Provides access to world's literature in sociology and related disciplines (anthropology, economics, education, medicine, political sciences, and more) Abstracts of journal articles, conference papers, dissertations, books, and book reviews. | ||
| Statistical Universe (LexisNexis) | |
varies |
| Statistical data from federal agencies, U.S. Congress, state governments, United Nations, international organizations. Coverage: <br /> - all statistics issued by the U.S. government back to 1973 through CIS' American Statistics Index. <br /> - some 1,000 of the best statistical publications of private and state government sources from 1980 forward through CIS' Statistical Reference Index. <br /> - approximately 2,000 titles from 00 international intergovernmental organizations, all published annually since 1983 through CIS' Index to International Statistics. | ||
| THOMAS (LC) | |
dates vary |
| Federal legislative information. Includes current Congressional activity, bill summaries and status, Congressional Record, Congressional roll call votes, committee information, historical documents, and links to other federal government web sites. | ||
| U.S. Code (GPO Access) | |
1995 with supplements through 2000 |
| General and permanent laws of the U.S. codified by subject matter. Divided by broad subjects into 50 titles and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives. Since 1926, the United States Code has been published every six years with annual cumulative supplements published in between editions. | ||
| U.S. Congressional Serial Set (Newsbank) | |
15th-90th Congresses, 2nd session, 1817-1967, Serial Set Vols. 1-12792 |
| Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Upon completion, the set will cover 1817-1980. If using Firefox as your browser, use the Firefox Print command, not the Adobe (or Preview) Print option. | ||
| USA.gov | Current. | |
| Official U.S. Government gateway to all government information. | ||
| Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations (Gale) | |
11th ed., 2004 |
| Information on 200 countries and dependencies from around the world. Entries discuss a variety of topics in detail, from banking and securities to climate, from government data to demographic statistics. Also includes biographical essays on national leaders. Part of Gale Virtual Reference Library. | ||
| Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (CSA) | 1975-current | |
| Politics, international relations, government, public policy. | ||
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