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Article databases

NameDescription
Academic Search CompleteMulti-disciplinary coverage. Over 5,500 full text periodicals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed journals. PDF content going back to 1887. Searchable cited references for nearly 1,000 journals. EBSCOhost
Alternative Press IndexCultural, economic, political, and social change. International and interdisciplinary in scope. Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines. Coverage from 1991 to the present. OCLC
Alternative Press Index ArchiveCultural, economic, political, and social change. International and interdisciplinary in scope. Indexes over 700 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines. Coverage from 1969 to 1990. OCLC
America: History and LifeIndexing for 1,700 journals from 1964 to present, covering U.S. and Canadian history. Also includes citations and links to book and media reviews. EBSCOhost
Cambridge Journals OnlineOnline content delivery service for Cambridge University Press' collection of nearly 200 leading journals across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Full text coverage. Cambridge University Press
CIAO - Columbia International Affairs OnlineWorking papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs. Full text coverage dating from 1991. Columbia University Press
CWI-Contemporary Women's Issue Health and Human RightsGlobal information about women in over 150 countries. Indexes books, journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, and fact sheets. OCLC/Gale Group
EconLit - Economics LiteratureFrom the American Economic Association. Economic development, history, macroeconomics, microeconomics, and more. Indexes journals, books, and working papers. Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Essay and General Literature IndexCitations for essays and chapters contained in books. Click "Library Owns?" icon to search for call numbers and availability of books. Coverage in the humanities and social sciences. H. W. Wilson
Historical AbstractsOver 500,000 citations to articles, book reviews, and dissertations, covering world history from 1450 to the present (excludes the US and Canada). EBSCOhost
JSTOR Access to Arts & Sciences I, II, III, IV, and VII, as well as the Ecology & Botany collection. Full text.
Military & Government CollectionDesigned to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other pertinent content. EBSCOhost
NetLibraryAccess to more than 50,000 digitized books. Search by title, author, keyword, Library of Congress subject heading, publisher, or ISBN. Full-text searching is also available. OCLC
OmniFile Full Text MegaCitations, abstracts, and full text for thousands of popular and scholarly sources, including articles, reviews, books, and more. Multi-disciplinary coverage. H. W. Wilson
PAIS ArchivePublic Affairs Information Service. Citations for more than 1.23 million journal articles, books, notes, and more. Coverage from 1916 to 1976. Very limited full text. Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
PAIS InternationalPublic Affairs Information Service. Citations for more than 553,300 journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, research reports, conference reports, and more. Information from over 120 countries. Coverage from 1972 to the present. Very limited full text. Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Project MuseBasic Undergraduate Collection. Full text access to 125 peer-reviewed journals in the humanities and social sciences. PLEASE NOTE: not all titles are available in full text. Check "Only content I have full access to" for full text access only.
Social Science Full TextCitations, abstracts, and full text for articles, reviews, biographies, and more. Coverage for both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences. H. W. Wilson
Sociological AbstractsCitations and abstracts for journal articles, book reviews, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Wiley-Blackwell Formerly Blackwell Synergy. Full text for over 850 journals, the majority of which are published by Blackwell on behalf of international scholarly and professional societies. Subjects range across Medicine, Science, Social Science, and the Humanities. PLEASE NOTE: not all titles or issues of titles are available in full text. Wiley InterScience
Women and Social MovementsPrimary source documents covering women's social movements in the United States from 1600 to 2000. Alexander Street Press
WorldCatSearch for materials in hundreds of libraries. Books, websites, computer programs, films, slides, journals, magazines, papers, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, newspapers, sound recordings, videotapes. Coverage from before 1000 BC to the present. OCLC

LC classification system

E11-143 - America E151-889 - United States General (includes: Indians of North America. Colonial History. Revolution. Presidencies)
JA - Political Science JC - Political Theory
JF-JQ - Political Institutions and Public Administration (by region) JS - Local Government. Municipal Government
JV - International Migration. Colonies and colonization. Emigration and Immigration. JZ - International Relations
U - Military Science V - Naval Science

Reference books

BookCall number
A Companion to the United States Constitution and Its AmendmentsA Companion to the United States Constitution and Its Amendments
Encyclopedia of Energy (6 volumes)REF TJ163.28 .E53 2004
Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion (2 volumes)REF BL458 .E53 1999
International Encyclopedia of Environmental PoliticsREF GE170 .I55 2002
The Human Rights Encyclopedia (3 volumes)REF JC571 .L523
The Oxford Companion to Politics of the WorldREF JA 61 .O95 2001

Web resources

Annenberg Political Fact Check
British History Online
Government Information Online - Ask a Librarian
Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930
Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Institute of Politics
Miller Center of Public Affairs - Presidential Recordings Program
Political Database of the Americas
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy (SSPP)
The "Second Wave" and Beyond: Primary Sources of the Women's Movement, 1960 to Present
The Encyclopedia of Earth
The Vietnam Center and Archive
USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse