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Searches CQ Weekly, CQ Researcher, and CQ Historic Documents, all in one... [more info]
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Search through in-depth profiles and photographs of every governor and member of Congress. [more info]
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Online access to Bibliographic Index is no longer available. Print volumes for 1937-2008 (v.1-48) are available in Carrier Library. Please stop by the public service desk for assistance with retrieval. [more info]
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Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, and geography for 266 world entities. Includes photos, maps, and flags. The Factbook is in the public domain. [more info]
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Full text reference works on government and politics including the Supreme Court and Congress. [more info]
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Database of full-text scholarly reference books on all subjects. [more info]
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Reports independent, factual information on over 13,000 candidates and elected officials... [more info]
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Access full-text encyclopedias on subjects ranging from African American Studies to Sociology... [more info]
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Full text of the World Almanac and Book of Facts editions since 1999...
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JMU Library Catalog (LEO) is the online catalog of materials in James Madison University Libraries. [more info]
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Catalog of over 62 million titles cataloged by libraries worldwide ... [more info]
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A comprehensive full text source for theory and research in international affairs... [more info]
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Over 70,000 full text books from scholarly publishers in academic disciplines. [more info]
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Indexes journal articles, conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews on Islam. [more info]
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Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, and geography for 266 world entities. Includes photos, maps, and flags. The Factbook is in the public domain. [more info]
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A continuing series of books containing studies of 100 countries... [more info]
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Europa World provides the latest information covering political elections, country profiles, and industry statistics.... [more info]
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United Nations statistical information... [more info]
Provides tabular data for countries and regions as well as demographic indicators, population pyramids and source information for countries. [more info]
Publications on the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. [more info]
Provides full-text for over 600 U.S. and over 700 international news sources.
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In-depth reports on current issues facing the U.S. Congress, Senate, and House of Representatives. A complete wrap up on the week’s news... [more info]
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Facts and overviews of historic events and issues since 1940. [more info]
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Full text analysis of opposing viewpoints for more than 600 controversial topics in the news... [more info]
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Contains secondary and primary sources discussing today's social issues...
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Streaming video of news from NBC (1968 to date) and CNN (1995 to date) plus indexing of television network news from all the major networks, 1968 to date. [more info]
Streaming video of news from NBC (1968 to date) and CNN (1995 to date) plus indexing of television network news from all the major networks, 1968 to date. [more info]
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Image database containing the Associated Press' current year's photo report and a selection of images dating from the 1500s. Also includes charts, graphs, tables, and maps. [more info]
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Indexes and abstracts political science articles from periodicals published throughout the world, ... [more info]
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Indexes publications on all subjects that relate to contemporary public issues. Includes PAIS Archive. [more info]
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A great way to keep up with research trends, this source provides reviews of scholarly literature on various topics... [more info]
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A comprehensive full text source for theory and research in international affairs... [more info]
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Full text journals covering general political science, American government and politics, political sociology, etc. [more info]
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Contains several full-text databases: current news, laws and legislation, business and company information and more... [more info]
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IPSA is published bimonthly by the International Political Science Association... [more info]
Carrier Lib-Stacks, Abstract/Index
Index and full-text source for scholarly journals and magazines ... [more info]
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An index with abstracts to history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present... [more info]
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Index of Latin American journals, books, and more... [more info]
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An index with abstracts to more than 1,800 journals in 40 languages on world history from 1450 to the present. [more info]
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A multidisciplinary bibliography of materials on all aspects of Latin American studies ... [more info]
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Indexes articles in the subjects of gerontology, history, international relations, journalism, law, linguistics, and many more subjects. [more info]
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Indexes journal articles, conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews on Islam. [more info]
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Full online text and images for back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, anthropology, sociology, literature, etc. [more info]
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According to a review in Magazines for Libraries, "The Nation is one of the most openly left-wing publications in existence," proud of its independence from any company or political party. [more info]
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SourceOECD (Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development) provides up-to-date information on what's going on around the world. [more info]
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An index with abstracts and some full text covering all subjects, including humanities and social sciences. [more info]
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Full text for journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences. [more info]
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An index of journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics... [more info]
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Despite its name, this database includes full text journals published by Elsevier, including many in the social sciences (e.g., European Economic Review, Energy Policy, and Telecommunications Policy). [more info]
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Indexes and abstracts journal articles, book reviews, abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations... [more info]
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ASIL's research portal pulls together international law items, ranging from primary documents to publications of the ASIL. View the ASIL Guide for help in conducting research in international law. [more info]
This database contains over 300 scholarly law journals on topics ranging from criminal justice to organized crime... [more info]
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State, federal, and country laws and more. [more info]
Full text of U.S. Federal and state cases (including Supreme Court cases), federal and state codes and regulations, legal news, law reviews, Shephard's Citations, and international legal information... [more info]
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Excellent legal resource for non-attorneys. [more info]
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Searches CQ Weekly, CQ Researcher, and CQ Historic Documents, all in one... [more info]
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Searchable full text congressional publications and legislative research. [more info]
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The CQ Almanac brings together over sixty years of congressional reporting... [more info]
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Nonbiased analysis of votes and other data relating to the U.S. Congress and its legislation... [more info]
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An interactive tool designed to show relationships among lobbyists, organizations, and government employees.
No longer updated as of 7/2012. [more info]
An interactive tool designed to show relationships among lobbyists, organizations, and government employees.
No longer updated as of 7/2012. [more info]
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Free website offering comprehensive legislative tracking through use of open government information. Search members of Congress, bills and resolutions, voting records, committee memberships, and more. [more info]
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A collection of resources on U.S. politics and policy... [more info]
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An incomparably rich collection of primary source material on all aspects of American history originating from Congress and other federal agencies...
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Full text reports on current and controversial issues in U.S. politics, health care, education, economics... [more info]
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SourceOECD (Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development) provides up-to-date information on what's going on around the world. [more info]
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Catalog of UN documents and publications, as well as commercial publications and other non-UN sources, indexed by the UN Dag Hammarskjold Library and the Library of the UN Office in Geneva. Also includes voting records and index to speeches. [more info]
Indexes books, journal titles, journal articles, working papers, conference proceedings, technical reports, videos, software, electronic resources, published IMF and World Bank materials, and more. [more info]
U.S. Census Bureau search tool that provides access to population, housing, economic and geographic information. Note: American FactFinder works with Mozilla Firefox 3.6 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. Other browsers may not perform as expected. [more info]
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Provides links to datasets reviewed or announced in the APSA Comparative Politics newsletter [more info]
Full-text and statistics for international and internal conflicts... [more info]
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Statistical database offering demographic, economic, and government information... [more info]
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Provides information and statistics on conflicts, arms production, military expenditures, economic and social statistics, and chronologies; the result of a cooperative project by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Hiroshima University, and other groups. [more info]
Detailed U.S. census information by state and county from 1790-1960.
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Historical Statistics of the United States from 1790 to 2000. [more info]
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A vast archive of social science data for research and instruction, available for download and re-use.... [more info]
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SourceOECD (Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development) provides up-to-date information on what's going on around the world. [more info]
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Access to free statistics from official sources on the Web, compiled by the University of Auckland, NZ, and arranged by country, region or subject.
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United Nations statistical information... [more info]
Provides official census data for the United States at the level of states, counties, cities, metropolitan areas... [more info]
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Full text of the World Almanac and Book of Facts editions since 1999...
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