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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts 1975 - present Worldwide Political Science Abstracts is a combination and continuation of two older databases, Political Science Abstracts (1975-2000) and ABC POL SCI (1984-2000). The new resource provides citati... Access Database Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

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Academic Search 1975 - present Academic Search Premier is a multidisciplinary database that provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including approximately 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. A total of 8,500 journals are index... Access Database Academic Search
America : History and Life 1910 - present America : History and Life indexes and abstracts more than 1700 social science and humanities journals in the field of United States and Canadian history. (See Historical Abstracts for non-North Am... Access Database America : History and Life
Border and Migration Studies Online 19th - 21st centuries This collection of primary source documents, archives, films, and ephemera relate to significant border areas and events from the 19th to 21st centuries. It offers researchers historical context an... Access Database Border and Migration Studies Online
Historical Abstracts 1955 - present Historical Abstracts indexes and abstracts information in world history and the related social sciences and humanities, excluding the U.S. and Canada. (See America: History and Life for U.S. and Ca... Access Database Historical Abstracts
Human Rights Studies Online 20th - 21st centuries This collection of primary and secondary source materials offers access to comparative documentation, analysis, and interpretation of major human rights violations and atrocity crimes worldwide, fr... Access Database Human Rights Studies Online
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences 1981 - present The IBSS indexes the information contained in over 2,600 social sciences journals and 6,000 books each year. Coverage includes both core and specialized material from over 100 countries in more tha... Access Database International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Nexis Uni Dates vary Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) offers access to more than 17,000 news, legal and business sources, including print and online journals; television and radio broadcasts; newswires and blog... Access Database Nexis Uni
PAIS (Public Affairs) 1972 - present Public Affairs Information Service indexes more than 900 journals; books; government documents; statistical compilations; committee reports; directories; serials; reports of public, intergovernment... Access Database PAIS (Public Affairs)
Philosopher's Index 1940 - present The Philosopher's Index contains citations and abstracts from books and more than 350 journals of philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields published in the U.S. and other western countries. ... Access Database Philosopher's Index
Serial Set (U.S.) (ProQuest Congressional) 1789 - 2019 House and Senate Documents and Reports published by the United States Congress, as well as presidential communications and treaty materials and official Civil War records. Content is searchable und... Access Database Serial Set (U.S.) (ProQuest Congressional)
Web of Science Arts & Humanities, 1975 to present; Science, 1900 to present; 1965 - for Science; Social Sciences, 1900 to present; Conferences, 1990 to present The Web of Science is a combination of three databases: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Conference Proceedings Citation Index (... Access Database Web of Science
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts 1975 - present Worldwide Political Science Abstracts is a combination and continuation of two older databases, Political Science Abstracts (1975-2000) and ABC POL SCI (1984-2000). The new resource provides citati... Access Database Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

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International Newsstream 1980 - present International Newsstream provides the most recent news content outside of the US and Canada, with archives which stretch back decades featuring newspapers, newswires, and news sites in active full-... Access Database International Newsstream

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ABI/Inform 1900 - present ABI/INFORM Complete provides thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, and key newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times, as well as country and indus... Access Database ABI/Inform
African Americans and Jim Crow: Repression and Protest, 1883-1922 1883 - 1922 Collection of printed works providing insight into African-American culture and life from the beginning of Jim Crow to World War I and beyond. Capturing voices of, by, for, and about African Americ... Access Database African Americans and Jim Crow: Repression and Protest, 1883-1922
Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals 1988 - present The Air University Index to Military Periodicals is a subject index to significant articles, news items and editorials appearing in 76 English language military and aeronautical periodicals. (Updat... Access Database Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals
Alternative Press Index and Alternative Press Index Archive (combined) 1991 - The combined search of Alternative Press Index and Alternative Press Index Archive includes entries from more than 300 alternative, radical, and left publications. Subjects covered include social a... Access Database Alternative Press Index and Alternative Press Index Archive (combined)
America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1922) 1690 - 1922 Series 1-7 offers more than 300 significant 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century newspapers from all 50 present states. Series 1, 1690-1876: contains more than 700 historical American newspapers from 23 s... Access Database America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1922)
American Founding Era Collection The American Founding Era Collection contains the annotated, full-text searchable set of the personal papers and manuscripts of the founders of the American Republic. The collection includes the pa... Access Database American Founding Era Collection
American Rhetoric: the Power of Oratory in the United States This resource is dedicated to public communication and rhetoric of all kinds and includes a speech bank, movie speeches, audio figures of speech, the top 100 American political speeches of the 20th... Access Database American Rhetoric: the Power of Oratory in the United States
Apartheid: Global Perspectives, 1946-1996 1946 - 1996 Fully searchable, digitized collection of television and radio broadcasts, periodicals, newspapers, and government documents translated into English, originally written by the people who experience... Access Database Apartheid: Global Perspectives, 1946-1996
Associated Press Collections Online (1848-2009) 1848-2009 The Associated Press Online Archive is a collection of news stories, in various stage of production, covering major local, regional, and national stories from 1848 to 2009. This fully-searchable da... Access Database Associated Press Collections Online (1848-2009)
Berman Jewish Policy Archive Historical and contemporary Open access to a growing library of thousands of policy-relevant documents about Jewish communal concerns, from significant authors, journals, and organizations. Includes over 40 years of SH'MA: A ... Access Database Berman Jewish Policy Archive
Black Studies In Video 20th - 21st Century Black Studies database that brings together documentaries, interviews, and archival footage surveying the black experience. The database provides access to California Newsreel's African American Cl... Access Database Black Studies In Video
Black Thought and Culture 1700 - present This collection contains approximately 100,000 pages of non-fiction writings from the past 250 years by over 1,000 American black leaders, including artists, politicians, religious leaders, athlete... Access Database Black Thought and Culture
British Humanities Index 1950s - present BHI indexes and abstracts approximately 400 internationally respected humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the UK and other English speaking countries, as well as quality newspaper... Access Database British Humanities Index
C-Span Video Library 1987 - present Videos and transcripts of C-Span programs; includes public affairs programming, Congressional proceedings, news conferences, BookTV non-fiction author talks and interviews, and more. Contains every... Access Database C-Span Video Library
Cairn (French) This journal database covers subjects in the humanities and social sciences, representing primarily French and Francophone scholarly publications. Since February 2006, the National Library of Franc... Access Database Cairn (French)
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications 1976 - present The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) is the finding tool for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. The CGP co... Access Database Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
Century Journals Project (Chinese Journals) 1906 - 1993 The Century Journals Project is the single largest retrospective digital collection of 20th Century Chinese Journals More than 3,500 full-text Chinese Journals Content beginning as early as 1906 Ma... Access Database Century Journals Project (Chinese Journals)
Chicano Database 1967 - This is the most comprehensive bibliographic resource for information about Mexican-American topics and the only specialized database for Chicano reference. It identifies, in one place, all types o... Access Database Chicano Database
CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) 1991 - present Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is a comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes work... Access Database CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
Climate Science and Sustainability: Global Origins of Modern Environmentalism, 1957-1995 1957 - 1995 A wide-ranging archive of climate science history collected between 1957 and 1995 by a U.S. government agency, which collected media from around the world and translated it into English. Includes j... Access Database Climate Science and Sustainability: Global Origins of Modern Environmentalism, 1957-1995
Cold War: Global Perspectives on East-West Tensions, 1945-1991 1945 - 1991 Digital archive of reports, publications, and news broadcasts offering firsthand analysis, descriptions, and viewpoints of every facet of the Cold War, with a particular focus on the news outlets l... Access Database Cold War: Global Perspectives on East-West Tensions, 1945-1991
Congress.gov 1973 - present Congress.gov contains federal legislative information from the United States government. It is the new platform for legislation, the Congressional Record, committee reports, nominations, treaties, ... Access Database Congress.gov
Country Studies/Area Handbooks Dates Vary This source includes in depth analyses of countries prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department ... Access Database Country Studies/Area Handbooks
CountryWatch 1993 - present NOTE: This database was cancelled effective, June 1, 2020. CountryWatch is a combination of textual and statistical sources on more than 190 countries. Lengthy Country Reviews give a complete histo... Access Database CountryWatch
CQ Almanac Online 1945 - present Coverage and analysis of U.S. congressional legislation from 1945 to today, including how bills are changed, derailed, or ultimately passed during an annual session of Congress. The CQ Almanac incl... Access Database CQ Almanac Online
CQ Researcher (Current Issues) November 1991 - present CQ Researcher contains weekly, in-depth reports that cover the most current and controversial issues of the day. Reports are written by experienced journalists on such topics as: health, social tre... Access Database CQ Researcher (Current Issues)
Digital National Security Archive 1945 - present The DNSA includes over 100,000 declassified primary documents relating to US foreign policy. It is separated into 42 collections consisting of over compiled and organized by top scholars and expert... Access Database Digital National Security Archive
EconLit 1969 - EconLit indexes and abstracts more than 300 scholarly English language journals, dissertations, working papers, and books in the field of economics. Also included are the full-text of book reviews ... Access Database EconLit
Economist Historical Archive (1843-present minus 5 years) 1843 - present minus 5 years The Economist Historical Archive provides searchable, full-text access to every issue of the The Economist from 1843 to the present minus 5 years, covering political, business, scientific, technolo... Access Database Economist Historical Archive (1843-present minus 5 years)
Electronic Enlightenment 18th century A project of the University of Oxford and other universities and organizations, Electronic Enlightenment is a web of correspondence between the greatest thinkers and writers of the eighteenth centu... Access Database Electronic Enlightenment
Encyclopedia of Rhetoric The Encyclopedia of Rhetoric is a comprehensive survey of one of the Western world's oldest disciplines. Its 150 entries, written by leading scholars, bring together expertise in classical studies,... Access Database Encyclopedia of Rhetoric
Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition Current Britannica Online School Edition offers encyclopedias, dictionaries/thesauri and related materials for students from pre-K to 12th grade. Also includes selected magazines and journals, images and v... Access Database Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition
Ethnic NewsWatch 1960 - present Ethnic NewsWatch (ENW) features newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives. With titles dating fr... Access Database Ethnic NewsWatch
Europa: Gateway to the European Union Current EUROPA is the portal site of the European Union. It provides up-to-date coverage of European Union affairs and essential information on European integration. Users can also consult all legislation ... Access Database Europa: Gateway to the European Union
European Sources Online (ESO) 1990s - present European Sources Online (ESO) is an online database which provides access to information on the institutions and activities of the European Union, the countries, regions and other international org... Access Database European Sources Online (ESO)
Factiva Dates Vary Factiva provides access to more than 31,000 sources from more than 200 countries in 26 languages. Newspapers, trade and scholarly journals, TV and radio transcripts, and news wires covering a wide ... Access Database Factiva
Filmakers Library Online 1970s to 2011 (approximately) Interdisciplinary resource of over 1,000 issue-based documentaries and independent films from the U.S. and other countries. Topics include: race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and ... Access Database Filmakers Library Online
Financial Times Historical Archive (1888-2016) 1888 - 2016 The Financial Times Historical Archive delivers the complete run of the London edition of this daily paper, from its first issue through 2016. Every article, advertisement and market listing is inc... Access Database Financial Times Historical Archive (1888-2016)
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports 1941 - 1996 Electronic version of the FBIS (Foreign Broadcast Information Service) Daily Reports. In February 1941, the Roosevelt administration authorized the creation of the Foreign Broadcast Monitoring Serv... Access Database Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
GenderWatch 1970 - present GenderWatch is a gender, women, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) issues database with thousands of English-language full-text articles from over 200 magazines, academic journals, ... Access Database GenderWatch
Google Scholar Dates Vary Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of researc... Access Database Google Scholar
govinfo varies by series Free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. Includes the Federal Register, Congressional Record, U.S. Code, U.S. Statutes at Large, Code of Federa... Access Database govinfo
H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences 1994 - to date H-Net Reviews publishes reviews of books and multimedia materials. While the focus is on history, many reviews of current and contemporary topics are also included. Reviews are written by academic ... Access Database H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences
History vault. Labor unions in the U.S., 1862-1974 : Knights of Labor, AFL, CIO, and AFL-CIO 1862 - 1974 The ProQuest History Vault collection, Workers and Labor Unions, includes this module containing important documentation on the growth and transformation of the modern American labor movement. Four... Access Database History vault. Labor unions in the U.S., 1862-1974 : Knights of Labor, AFL, CIO, and AFL-CIO
History Vault: Students for a Democratic Society, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and the anti-Vietnam War Movement (1958-1981) 1960 - 1980s ProQuest History Vault has expanded to include Students for a Democratic Society, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and the anti-Vietnam War Movement, a module within the American Politics and Soci... Access Database History Vault: Students for a Democratic Society, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and the anti-Vietnam War Movement (1958-1981)
Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) Dates vary The HSDL collection provides quick access to important U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources such as theses and reports fr... Access Database Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL)
IBZ: Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur (Intnl Bibliography of Periodic Lit) 1983 - present The IBZ is produced in Germany and indexes more than 11,000 academic journals in 40 languages from around the world. It is particularly strong in European humanities and social sciences. The databa... Access Database IBZ: Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur (Intnl Bibliography of Periodic Lit)
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (HeinOnline) 1985 - present The Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP) is an index to articles appearing in approximately 450 legal journals published worldwide. The legal systems and practices of all countries are include... Access Database Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (HeinOnline)
Index to Legal Periodicals & Books (Full Text and Retrospective combined search) 1908 - present Index to legal periodicals, court decisions, legislation and more. Full text coverage for selected periodicals is also available. Law books are indexed beginning in 1993. Covers all areas of law fr... Access Database Index to Legal Periodicals & Books (Full Text and Retrospective combined search)
International African Bibliography Online 1971 - present The International African Bibliography (IAB) is an essential resource for all those working in the field of African studies, providing a current awareness service of the latest books, articles and ... Access Database International African Bibliography Online
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences Current (2015) The International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences is a fully revised and updated second edition of the 2001 publication. It includes nearly 4000 articles curated by 71 section edit... Access Database International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text (IIBPFT) 1998 - present IIBP Full Text includes current and selective retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from more than 150 scholarly and popular journals, newspapers and newsletters from the United State... Access Database International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text (IIBPFT)
Left Index 1982 - present The Left Index provides indexing to "the diversity of literature on the left, with a primary emphasis on politically and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside the academy and a secondar... Access Database Left Index
Liberation Journals Index 1931 - 1970 The Liberation Journals Index is an analytic, searchable, online index covering the interwar Pan-African periodicals La Revue du Monde Noir, Légitime Défense, L’Étudiant Noir, the wartime Tropiques... Access Database Liberation Journals Index
Making of the Modern World: Parts I, II, III and IV, The 1450 - 1914 This wide-ranging collection looks at history through the lens of wealth and trade with a focus on economics, political science, history, philosophy, sociology, and special collections on banking, ... Access Database Making of the Modern World: Parts I, II, III and IV, The
Middle East and North Africa: Global Perspectives, 1958-1994 1958 - 1994 Collection of primary source materials drawn from newspapers, journals, and radio and television broadcasts from 19 countries in the Middle East and North Africa as well as other nations with regio... Access Database Middle East and North Africa: Global Perspectives, 1958-1994
Military & Government Collection 1961 - present The Military & Government Collection provides current news pertaining to all branches of the military. The database contains indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 journals and periodicals and cover... Access Database Military & Government Collection
Morality and Science: Global Origins of Modern Bioethics 1957 - 1995 Digital archive of primary source materials related to the field of modern bioethics, including a range of topics such medical innovations, research in the fields of psychology and biomedicine, and... Access Database Morality and Science: Global Origins of Modern Bioethics
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Virtual Library 1970's - present The NCJRS Virtual Library contains summaries of more than 225,000 publications on criminal justice, including federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles... Access Database National Criminal Justice Reference Service Virtual Library
National Peoples Congresses (NPC) 1955 - present Peoples Congress (database) - NPC Database is a collection of reports, primarily by People's Daily and People's Daily Online, on National People's Congress, from the 1st Session of 1st NPC to the 3... Access Database National Peoples Congresses (NPC)
NationalJournal Current Advertised as "the academic community's policy source", Policy Central offers several databases covering various aspects of U.S. government, public policy, and business. Among them are National Jou... Access Database NationalJournal
Newspaper Source Plus Newspaper Source Plus includes 1,520 full-text newspapers, providing more than 28 million full-text articles. The database contains comprehensive full text for major newspapers such as The Boston G... Access Database Newspaper Source Plus
North China Herald (1850-1926) 1850-1926 The English North China Herald is the prime English-language source for the history of the foreign presence in China from around 1850 to the 1940s. It was published in Shanghai. As the official jou... Access Database North China Herald (1850-1926)
Nuclear Arms and Weapons of Mass Destruction Global Perspectives, 1945-1996 1945 - 1996 Translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents, and books providing global reaction to the world Arms Race. Contains a mix of governm... Access Database Nuclear Arms and Weapons of Mass Destruction Global Perspectives, 1945-1996
Nuclear Energy: Global Origins of Energy Resource Management in the Atomic Age 1957 - 1995 Collection of journal articles and reports covering the development and use of nuclear energy during the second half of the 20th century. Includes articles and reports documenting nuclear energy pr... Access Database Nuclear Energy: Global Origins of Energy Resource Management in the Atomic Age
OECD iLibrary 1998 - present NOTE: This resource was cancelled on 9/1/2019, after which access will be limited to content published prior to 9/1/2019, and will not include any updates to content made after that date. OECD iLib... Access Database OECD iLibrary
Opposing Viewpoints in Context 1990 - present Opposing Viewpoints in Context draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to pr... Access Database Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Periodicals Archive Online 1802 - 2000 An online archive of digitized, full-image journal articles, Periodicals Archive Online provides access to hundreds of scholarly journals. Coverage is international and includes a wide range of sch... Access Database Periodicals Archive Online
Perry-Castañeda Library Online Map Collection - University of Texas at Austin 1900 - present The Perry Casteñeda Library Map Collection provides online access to digital versions of all Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) reference and thematic maps. Army Map Service (AMS) topographic map se... Access Database Perry-Castañeda Library Online Map Collection - University of Texas at Austin
PIO: Periodicals Index Online Late 18th Century - 1996 The PIO database contains citations for more than 3,500 social science and humanities journals published in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, and Germany. There are occasional abs... Access Database PIO: Periodicals Index Online
Political Database of the Americas (PDBA) With more than 1,500 pages of information, PDBA offers centralized and systematized information about institutions and political processes, national constitutions, branches of government, elections... Access Database Political Database of the Americas (PDBA)
Political Handbook of the World 2012 This handbook contains facts and analysis on the governmental and political makeup of more than 200 countries and territories throughout the world. In addition, it profiles the current issues and c... Access Database Political Handbook of the World
Polling the Nations 1986 - present Polling the Nations is a compilation of questions and responses from more than 14,000 national, state, local and special surveys in the U.S. and more than 80 other countries. The surveys contain in... Access Database Polling the Nations
Pravda Archive, 1959-1996 1959 - 1996 Archive of articles published by Pravda, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, between 1959 to 1996. The articles were collected and translated into English by the Fore... Access Database Pravda Archive, 1959-1996
Propaganda and the Chinese Press Global Perspectives, 1946-1996 1946 - 1996 Archive of articles published by Xinhua, or New China News Agency, from 1946 to 1996. As the official organ of China’s Communist Party, the archive provides a view of the country’s perspective on i... Access Database Propaganda and the Chinese Press Global Perspectives, 1946-1996
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Communist Historical Newspaper Collection (1919 - 2013) 1919 - 2013 Searchable database of publications of the Communist Party USA, published from 1919 to 2013. Includes full-text and full-image newspaper articles published from 1893 to 1988. Digital reproductions ... Access Database ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Communist Historical Newspaper Collection (1919 - 2013)
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times (1851-2014) 1851 - 2014, rolling 4 year embargo This version of The New York Times includes full-text and full-image articles since its beginning year. Digital reproductions of every page and every article from every issue are available in downl... Access Database ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times (1851-2014)
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Tribune / Herald Tribune (1841-1962) 1841 - 1962 Full-text, fully-searchable, coverage of the New York Tribune, and its merged successor newspaper the New York Herald Tribune. (After the 1963-66 content is added this will be complete.) Access Database ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Tribune / Herald Tribune (1841-1962)
ProQuest Legislative Insight 1789 - 2019 Legislative Insight is comprised of fully searchable PDFs of full-text publications generated in the course of congressional lawmaking. These include the full text of the Public Law itself, all ver... Access Database ProQuest Legislative Insight
ProQuest Regulatory Insight 1935 - 2019 As a companion to ProQuest Legislative Insight, Regulatory Insight offers U.S. federal administrative law histories organized by federal statute and executive order, as well as Federal Register and... Access Database ProQuest Regulatory Insight
ProQuest Statistical Insight 1973 - present NOTE: This database will be cancelled effective, July 1, 2020. Statistical Insight contains abstracting and indexing data for more than 5,000 federal statistical publications per year from 1973 to ... Access Database ProQuest Statistical Insight
Recollection Wisconsin Dates Vary Recollection Wisconsin is an expanding digital collection featuring thousands of historic photos, postcards, maps, letters, diaries, books, artifacts, oral histories and other digital collections f... Access Database Recollection Wisconsin
Scout Report Archives The Scout Report Archives is a searchable and browseable database to over nine years' worth of the Scout Report and subject-specific Scout Reports. It contains approximately 17,000 critical annotat... Access Database Scout Report Archives
Security Studies on JSTOR Collection of journals, ebooks, and research reports in the field of security studies. The content offers a broad view of security studies, encompassing research on international security and peace... Access Database Security Studies on JSTOR
Social Movements, Elections, Ephemera (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus) 2010 - 2018 Collections of ephemera related to the 2010 Presidential Election in Belarus, the 2011 and 2016 Russian Federation Duma elections, the 2012 and 2018 Russian Federation Presidential elections, the 2... Access Database Social Movements, Elections, Ephemera (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus)
Social Work Abstracts 1977 - present Social Work Abstracts contains citations and abstracts to articles from more than 450 journals in the areas of the social work profession, theory and practice, areas of service, social issues, and ... Access Database Social Work Abstracts
Socialism on Film early 20th century to the 1980s Sourced from the British Film Institute (BFI), this collection of documentary, newsreel and feature films reveals the world as seen by Soviet, Chinese, Vietnamese, East European, and Latin American... Access Database Socialism on Film
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics has been compiled by the Utilization of Criminal Justice Statistics Project since 1973. Ann L. Pastore and Kathleen Maguire are co-directors of the Uti... Access Database Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online
Stalin Digital Archive The Stalin Digital Archive (SDA) is the result of collaboration between the Russian State Archive of Social and Political History (RGASPI) and Yale University Press. SDA provides online access to S... Access Database Stalin Digital Archive
State Papers Online: Early Modern Government in Britain and Europe (1509-1782) 1509 - 1782 State Papers Online, 1509-1714 is a collection of English government documents originating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when the King or Queen acted as Prime Minister as well as Mon... Access Database State Papers Online: Early Modern Government in Britain and Europe (1509-1782)
Statistical Abstract of the United States 2013- (via ProQuest) dates vary, to present This tool is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of... Access Database Statistical Abstract of the United States 2013- (via ProQuest)
Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts 1993 - present Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts provides paragraph-long summaries of articles in a variety of English-language journals from around the world. The articles focus on education, employment, wom... Access Database Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts
Summaries of EU Legislation Current This site provides fact sheets which summarise European Union legislation. The fact sheets are divided into 32 subject areas which are the Activities of the European Union. You will find not only s... Access Database Summaries of EU Legislation
Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive 1902 to (the present minus 5 years) This full text archive of the complete Times Literary Supplement contains every page of every copy of the TLS published from 1902 - (present - 5 years rolling horizon). Reviews of books in many dis... Access Database Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive
Trade Policy Review 1995 - present The World Trade Organization (WTO) monitors the trade policies and practices of its member nations and resolves trade disputes. This CD-ROM includes reviews of the 28 member countries made by the W... Access Database Trade Policy Review
U.K. Parliamentary Papers 1688 - 2003/04 session Papers issued by the United Kingdom House of Commons including Bills and Acts, Command Papers, House of Commons Papers, Hansard (the official report of debates in Parliament) and supplementary mate... Access Database U.K. Parliamentary Papers
U.S. Declassified Documents Online 1945 - 1970s The US Declassified Documents includes documents made available through the Freedom of Information Act from the period immediately after World War II through the 1970's. Nearly every major foreign ... Access Database U.S. Declassified Documents Online
Wisconsin Blue Book (Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau) 2005/06 - present The Wisconsin Blue Book is a comprehensive almanac of Wisconsin State Government. It includes biographies of people in state government, information on the various agencies of the state, and a grea... Access Database Wisconsin Blue Book (Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau)
Wisconsin Historical Society Archive-It Collection 2010 - present The Wisconsin Historical Society Archive-It collection includes archived versions of Wisconsin state, county, and municipal government web sites, as well as archived versions of web sites from the ... Access Database Wisconsin Historical Society Archive-It Collection
Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Digital Collections 1950 - present The digital collections of the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau contain documents published by the legislature and legislative agencies (including the Legislative Reference Bureau, Legislativ... Access Database Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Digital Collections
Women in Politics Bibliographic Database 1948 - present Women in Politics is an international database on women in politics, created and maintained by the Inter-Parliamentary Union with contribution from the United Nations Development Programme. It cont... Access Database Women in Politics Bibliographic Database
Women's Studies International 1972 - present Women's Studies International indexes women's studies, women's issues, and gender-focused books, book chapters, journal and magazine articles, dissertations, and reports from throughout the world, ... Access Database Women's Studies International
World at Risk: A Global Issues Sourcebook Current This sourcebook provides in-depth analysis of current global hot topics. Arranged topically, the 32 essays address a wide range of key issues, including demographics, economics, education, health, ... Access Database World at Risk: A Global Issues Sourcebook
World Protest and Reform Movements Global Perspectives, 1945-1996 1945 - 1996 Digitized collection of translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents, and books covering global reaction to major protest and refor... Access Database World Protest and Reform Movements Global Perspectives, 1945-1996

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