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Research Databases
(Consult this list for interdisciplinary databases)
CQ Researcher (Congressional Quarterly)
Congressional Quarterly Researcher is a definitive reference resource for research in American government,
politics, history, public policy, and current affairs. A wealth of CQ
Press resources and years of journalistic and editorial expertise are
combined in this indispensable collection.
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Europa World Plus
Europa World Plus incorporates the full text contents of some of the Europa World Year Book and the eight Europa regional surveys. This database provides authoritative and current analytical information about countries and international organizations. Country overviews include historic, economic, trade, and political information.
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GPO Monthly Catalog
The GPO Monthly Catalog is an index of U.S. Government Printing Office documents on all subjects of interest to the U.S. government including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; laws; judiciary materials; documents issued by executive departments.
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Index to Legal Periodicals & Books Full Text
Index to Legal Periodicals & Books Full Text provides over 389,000 complete bibliographic records from 972 legal
journals and 1,400 monographs to articles and government publications
originating in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland,
Australia and New Zealand. Full text of articles is available for over
200 titles. Covers corporate, criminal, real estate, and tax law;
recent court decisions; and new legislation.
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JSTOR
JSTOR is a database consisting of only full-text articles from interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journals. Journals are included on the basis of number of subscribers the journal has, citation analysis, recommendations from
experts in the field, and the length of time that the journal has been
published. Coverage for each title begins with the first publication, with most titles ending coverage between three and five years ago.
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LegalTrac
The LegalTrac database presents indexing for all major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty
law publications, bar association journals and thousands of law-related
articles from general interest publications. LegalTrac also includes
selective full text. Also included are: British Commonwealth, European
Union and International Law.
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LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis Academic is an extensive set of full-text electronic databases of news, business, company, and legal information. It contains major archives of federal and state case law, media transcripts, and other full-text material. For more information consult the LexisNexis Academic help documents and/or search tutorial.
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PAIS International and PAIS Archive
Since its establishment in 1914, the Public Affairs Information
Service (PAIS) has chronicled issues in the public debate through
highly
selective coverage of a wide variety of sources. The PAIS International
database with the PAIS Archive provide historical perspective on many
of the 20th century's public
and social policies.
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Population Index
Population Index, published since 1935, is the primary reference tool to the world's population literature.
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Social Sciences Abstracts
Covers some 350 core periodicals in the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, law and criminology, political science, social work, sociology, and international relations.
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STAT-USA
Contains vital economic, business, and international trade information produced by hundreds of separate offices and divisions of the U.S. Government.
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Reference Materials
Background Notes
Background Notes on the Countries of the World is a series of short, factual pamphlets written by officers in the Department of State's geographical bureaus.
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Country Studies
Formerly part of the Army Area Handbook Program, "The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world."
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Encyclopedia of Government and Politics - JA61 .E66 1992
Volume One provides a systematic overview of political theory, ideologies, and political forces. Volume Two covers policy making and policies as well as issues in international relations and world politics.
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Greenwood Encyclopedia of International Relations - JZ1160 .N65 2002
A good historical encyclopedia with alphabetical arrangement by person, place, event (e.g. treaties) or term ("microstate").
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International Political Science Abstracts - JA36 .I5
Indexes and abstracts articles from journals published throughout the world.
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Oxford Companion to Politics of the World, 2nd ed. - JA61 .O95 2001
A comprehensive guide to international relations and national domestic politics throughout the world.
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Political Parties of the World - JF2051 .D39 1996
Provides information about political parties from around the world from 1988 to mid-1996. Each entry consists of a brief survey of the political climate for the country and information on basic contact details, leadership, and activities of the significant parties.
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Statesman's Yearbook: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World - JA51 .S7
A great yearbook, with a slightly different emphasis than Europa.
Contains key world facts and a chronology of the past year's events up
front, and begins coverage of each county with key historical events,
with a focus on social and political issues around the globe.
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Terrorism, 1980-1990: A Bibliography - Z7164.T3 L343 1991
A comprehensive bibliography of various aspects of terrorism in the 1980s.
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Third World Resource Directory - Z7164.U5 T46 1994
An annotated bibliography of print and audiovisual resources from and about Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East.
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Third World Struggle for Peace with Justice: A Directory of Resources - Z7164.U5 F45 1990
A directory of resources on the struggle for peace with justice in the Third World.
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World Hunger: A Guide to the Economic and Political Dimensions - Z7164.F7 B34
Part of the War/Peace Bibliography Series, this title provides background information and more than 2,000 citations to literature on worldwide hunger.
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Web Sources
CIA World Factbook
Offers country profiles covering geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Includes maps and country flags.
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