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CIAO
-- Columbia International Affairs Online
A comprehensive source for research in all areas of
international affairs.
Provides access to such timely and cutting-edge publications
as journal articles, working papers, conference proceedings, policy briefs,
and foundation research projects.
Full-text coverage from 1991 to date.
Contemporary
Women's Issues
Available through FirstSearch.
Provides full-text access to global information on
women.
Includes journals, newsletters, research reports, government
and international agencies, and factsheets.
Coverage from 1992 to the present.
CQ
Researcher
CQ
Weekly
Includes full text CQ Weekly since 1923 and
CQ Researcher since 1991, which continues print Editorial
Research Reports, 1982-1990 (REFB H 35 .E35).
Published by Congressional Quarterly.
CQ Weekly provides
legislative news and analysis; CQ Researcher covers current and controversial
issues.
Ethnic
NewsWatch
Interdisciplinary; newspapers, magazines and journals
of the ethnic, minority, and native press.
Bilingual (English and Spanish)
Full-text
1960-present.
Expanded
Academic ASAP
Available through the Information Access Company.
Indexes more than 600 journals in most academic disciplines;
supplies numerous full-text articles.
Coverage from 1980 to the present.
GenderWatch
A full-text collection of international journals, magazines,
newsletters, regional publications, special reports, and conference proceedings
devoted to women's and gender issues.
Contains archival material dating back to the mid-1970s.
Greenwood
Daily Life Online
Looks at the everyday lives of people throughout history
(antiquity to present) from the material, religious, domestic, political, recreational,
intellectual, and economic viewpoints. Based on numerous primary and secondary
resources, the database includes historical overviews, maps, illustrations,
chronologies, and sidebars. Organized by time period, region, and topic.
HarpWeek:
The Civil War Era and Reconstruction (1857-1877)
Provides full-text access to 21 years of Harper's Weekly,
a leading 19th-century illustrated newspaper.
Researchers can search the full text, browse the individual
issues, or use the thesaurus-based index. They can also browse through the categories
of Geography, Literary Genre, Occupation or Role in Society, and Topic Headings.
Historical
Abstracts
Covers all aspects of history (excluding the United
States and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
Summarizes in English articles from about 2,000 standard
and peripheral history journals in all languages.
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984
Indexes nearly 1,200 periodicals in the social sciences
and humanities, providing citations to more than 1,300,000 articles. Covers
topics in archaeology and classical studies, anthropology, folklore, history,
gender studies, language and literature, economics, drama, political science,
philosophy, international relations, music, sociology, journalism, psychology,
religion, geography, and many other related subjects.
Coverage extends from 1907 through 1984.
ICPSR (Inter-university
Consortium for Political and Social Research)
Archive of downloadable data sets from social science and economic surveys and other quantitative research conducted at member institutions of this national academic consortium.
LexisNexis
Congressional
Links to a full range of legislative and public policy
resources.
Full-text for 75% of House and Senate documents from
1995 to the present.
Indexing and abstracting coverage from 1988 to the
present for most publications.
LexisNexis Academic
Hundreds of sources are covered, including newspapers,
magazines and other periodicals, company and industry reports, broadcast transcripts,
and selected reference databases.
Also included are case law opinions from several federal
and state court jurisdictions.
National Security Archive
Free organized collections of declassified primary
documents in foreign affairs and domestic politics obtained through Freedom
of Information Act (FOIA) by journalists and scholars, hosted by George Washington
University.
Covers from 1930s to present.
Official
Documents of the United Nations
Includes the full texts of some 800,000 United Nations
documents, including resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council,
and the Trusteeship Council.
Most of the documents date from the early 1990s, but older-and newer--works
are continually added.
PAIS
International
Available through First Search.
Indexes journals, books, and conference proceedings
of politics and public administration.
Coverage from 1972 to the present.
PAIS
Archive
Covers 1937-1976.
Social
Sciences Abstracts
Interdisciplinary database covering more than 400 English-language
social science journals.
Covers topics in anthropology, criminal justice, economics,
sociology, psychology, political science, gender studies, political science,
and more.
Coverage from 1971 to present. Continues print
Social Sciences and Humanities Index, 1965-1974
(REFB AI 3 .R282).
Citations and some abstracts, no full-text.
Avery
Index to Architectural Periodicals
Indexes more than 700 American and international periodicals
in architecture and design.
Covers topics such as historic preservation, landscape
architecture, archaeology, city planning, the history and practice of architecture,
interior design and decoration, urban planning, and related subjects.
Includes some 13,000 obituary citations.
Coverage extends from 1934 to date, with selective
coverage back to 1741. Updated weekly.
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