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Star Best Bet Databases in Political Science > International Relations

International Political Science Abstracts Star

Citations to articles from international political science periodicals, 1951-present.

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PAIS International Star

Public and social policy literature in political science, international relations, social sciences. Articles, government documents, reports, 1915-.
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Columbia International Affairs Online: CIAO Star

Full-text working and position papers, books, and journals, from international affairs research institutes, 1991-present.

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CIAO

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Additional Databases in Political Science > International Relations

Academic Search Premier
A good starting point: articles from key journals in many scholarly disciplines, with some trade journals and magazines, 1975-present.
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America: History and Life
Citations and abstracts for journal articles, dissertations, and book reviews relating to United States and Canadian history and prehistory, 1954-present.
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CQ Press Political Reference Suite
A starting point for federal government research. Directories, yearbooks, and documents from all three branches. Current.
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CQ Researcher
Well-documented full text overviews of current issues, including bibliographies and chronologies. Produced by Congressional Quarterly, 1923-present.
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CQ Weekly
A publication detailing and analyzing the activities of the U.S. Congress. This searchable version dates back to 1983.
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CRS Reports
Reports by the public policy research arm of the U. S. Congress on current issues and their legal and legislative status, 1970-present. Library doesn't subscribe to tabbed extras like Bills, Memebers & Votes, etc.
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Data-Planet

Database trial ends 12/31/11. Please send comments to J. Michael Davis, 413-545-6822.

Data-Planet Statistical Ready Reference provides simple searching of a huge repository of standardized and structured statistical data.
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Declassified Documents Reference Service
78,000 government documents declassified by the 1967 Freedom of Information Act.
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EIU Country Reports Online
Reports on current economic, political and market conditions in 200 countries. Includes 12-18 month macroeconomic forecasts.
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Encyclopaedia of Islam
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Europa World Year Book
A very useful encyclopedia and directory of the world's countries. Substantive coverage of government, demographics, history, and much more. Current.
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Expanded Academic ASAP
Articles from scholarly and general-interest periodicals relating to the humanities, social sciences, and non-technical general sciences, 1980-present.
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Historical Abstracts
Citations and abstracts for journal articles, books and dissertations on world history from 1450 to present, 1954-present.
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International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Articles, with bibliographies, from experts on all aspects of the social sciences. Current.
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Latin American Newspapers
Thirty five searchable newspapers from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and elsewhere, 1805-1922.
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LexisNexis Academic
Massive database of US and international newspapers; case and statutory law and law reviews; business periodicals, 1980-present.
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Monthly Catalogue of US Government Publication
Provides references for all US government publications from 1895-June 1976. Post-1976 publications indexed here.
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NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) Working Papers
Papers on specialized topics in economics from a nonpartisan thinktank, 1998-present.
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online
A growing collection of primary sources and literature, mainly British so far.
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OECD iLibrary
Books, reports and data on OECD countries, Coverage from 1998 to present, with data sets back to the 1960s.

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SourceOECD

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PolicyFile
Full text policy papers from think tanks, research institutes, and agencies.
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Political Parties of the World
Overview of political system and parties for each country in the world.
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ProQuest Congressional
Hearings, bills, laws and legislative histories, committee prints, Congressional Research Service reports, Congressional Record and predecessors, and the Serial Set.

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LexisNexis Congressional

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United Nations Treaty Collection
Contains the texts of over 50,000 bilateral and multilateral treaties and agreement, in their original languages and French and English, 1920’s-present.
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Westlaw Campus Research
Legal encyclopedias, law reviews, and legal treatises; case, statutory, and regulatory law; newspapers and magazines; business data, 1980's-present.
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
The international scholarly literature of political science, including articles, books, chapters, and reports, 1975-present.
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