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Countries & Regional Information

CIA World FactBook

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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US Department of State Background Notes (US Dept. of State)

U.S. Department of State publications containing facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. Updated and revised by the departmental Office of Electronic Information and Publications of the Bureau of Public Affairs.
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Legislative & Congressional Information

First Street (Leadership Directories)

Note: login not required for use. Profile login/individual user account is optional.
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No longer updated as of 7/2012.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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Articles (from journals)

Criminal Justice Abstracts (EBSCO)

Covers international journal articles, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers. [more info]

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NCJRS Abstracts Database (US Dept. of Justice)

Covers criminal justice publications, including Federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. [more info]

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Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)

Index and full-text source for scholarly journals and magazines ... [more info]

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Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest)

Indexes and abstracts journal articles, book reviews, abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers in sociology and related disciplines. [more info]

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CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) (Columbia University)

A comprehensive full text source for theory and research in international affairs... [more info]

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PAIS International (ProQuest)

Indexes publications on all subjects that relate to contemporary public issues and the making and evaluation of public policy. [more info]

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Associates Programs Source (EBSCO)

This database contains 1,000 full-text journals and 11 full-text books covering subjects from fashion design to veterinary assisting... [more info]

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Child Welfare Information Gateway (US Dept. of Health and Human Services)

Provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families. This site merges and builds upon National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and National Adoption Information Clearinghouse. [more info]

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Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection (SAGE)

Includes full text of 24 journals, encompassing over 20,400 articles and up to 87 years of backfiles. [more info]

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EconLit (ProQuest)

Index with abstracts to the world's economic literature ... [more info]

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International Political Science Abstracts (SAGE)

IPSA is published bimonthly by the International Political Science Association... [more info]

Carrier Lib-Stacks, Abstract/Index

JSTOR

Full-text coverage of scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics, anthropology, sociology, education, literature, sciences and other fields. [more info]

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Military & Government Collection (EBSCO)

Indexing, abstracts, and full text for periodicals, academic journals and news pertinent to all branches of the military.... [more info]

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Oxford Bibliographies Online - Criminology (Oxford University Press)

Criminology from OBO is a bibliography of key background information that contains recent interdisciplinary works related to criminology. Topics include policy, theory, trends, ethics, and more! [more info]

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PsycINFO (APA)

An index with abstracts to journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines (sociology, linguistics, anthropology, education, medicine, law, physiology, business, psychiatry, nursing, pharmacology). [more info]

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Scopus (Elsevier)

Indexing, abstracts, and citation searching for science and social science scholarly literature... [more info]

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Social Services Abstracts (ProQuest)

Indexes and abstracts journal articles, dissertations, and book reviews on social work, human services... [more info]

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Social Work Abstracts (Ovid)

Indexes and abstracts articles about social work. Limited to 8 simultaneous users. [more info]

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (ProQuest)

Indexes and abstracts political science articles from periodicals published throughout the world, ... [more info]

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Best Bets

Criminal Justice Abstracts (EBSCO)

Covers international journal articles, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers. [more info]

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NCJRS Abstracts Database (US Dept. of Justice)

Covers criminal justice publications, including Federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. [more info]

Unrestricted

Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest)

Indexes and abstracts journal articles, book reviews, abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers in sociology and related disciplines. [more info]

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PAIS International (ProQuest)

Indexes publications on all subjects that relate to contemporary public issues and the making and evaluation of public policy. [more info]

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Books / Book Chapters

JMU Library Catalog (LEO) (JMU Libraries)

Books, videos, and government publications in JMU Libraries [more info]

Internet

WorldCat (OCLC / Firstsearch)

Catalog of over 62 million titles cataloged by libraries worldwide ... [more info]

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eBrary Academic Complete (ProQuest)

Over 70,000 full text books from scholarly publishers in academic disciplines. [more info]

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Oxford Bibliographies Online - Criminology (Oxford University Press)

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Reference Information

Associations Unlimited (Gale)

Information about associations and professional societies, listings for nonprofit membership organizations. Before using this resource, be certain of your SIC industry classification code. For a tutorial, click here. [more info]

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CIA World FactBook

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]

Internet

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Searchable online reference book collection covering all subjects from the arts to zoology. [more info]

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Guide to Reference (ALA)

A selective guide of reference sources, organized by academic discipline... [more info]

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Current News / Controversies

Issues & Controversies (Facts On File News Services)

Full text analysis of opposing viewpoints for more than 600 controversial topics in the news... [more info]

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Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale)

Contains secondary and primary sources discussing today's social issues...
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News Articles

Factiva (Dow Jones)

News articles from national and international sources.
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LexisNexis Academic

Includes a wide range of full-text databases and indexes for current news, government and political news, country and state profiles, more than 200 law reviews and law journals, Federal case law, U.S. Code, U.S. Constitution and court rules, and state legal research. [more info]

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Government Information

Environmental Protection Agency Publications (EPA) (US Government)

This site is EPA's premier site for accessing EPA publications, with more than 7,000 in stock and 35,000 digital titles, free of charge! EPA’s print publications are available through the National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP), and EPA's digital publications are stored in the National Environmental Publications Internet Site (NEPIS) database. You can search and retrieve, download, print and/or order only EPA publications from this site. [more info]

FDSys (US Government Printing Office)

GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides public access to Government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies. [more info]

Internet

State Government Information (Library of Congress)

Links to state government sites. [more info]

Internet

Legal Information

FDSys (US Government Printing Office)

GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides public access to Government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies. [more info]

Internet

Global Legal Information Network

Official texts of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations. [more info]

Legal Information Institute (LII)

State, federal, and country laws and more. [more info]

LexisNexis Legal Research

Laws, court cases, and more. [more info]

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International

European Sources Online

Contains websites, documents, publications, and information guides about European political and economic events, focusing on the European Union. [more info]

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International Political Science Abstracts (SAGE)

IPSA is published bimonthly by the International Political Science Association... [more info]

Carrier Lib-Stacks, Abstract/Index

Policies

International Political Science Abstracts (SAGE)

IPSA is published bimonthly by the International Political Science Association... [more info]

Carrier Lib-Stacks, Abstract/Index

Reports & Proceedings

Environmental Protection Agency Publications (EPA) (US Government)

Statistics & Datasets

City-Data

Contains data collected from numerous sources about all U.S. cities.
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Crime in the United States (US Dept. of Justice)

Statistics on crime and criminal activities, crime prevention, police and law enforcement agency activities. [more info]

Internet

ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) (University of Michigan)

A vast archive of social science data for research and instruction, available for download and re-use. These files require the use of statistical software, such as SAS, SPSS, or Stata. ICPSR Data Use Tutorial. [more info]

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Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Data Hub

Access to latest immigration statistics, maps, and numbers for the United States and other countries. [more info]