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| Major Acts of Congress, 3v, 2004 |
a reference eBook encyclopedia of congressional acts from the Constitutional Convention of 1787, to the early 21st century |
| Oxford Reference Online: Politics and Social Sciences |
search reference guides, dictionaries and directories from Oxford University Press |
| Political
Dictionary |
"terms used by policymakers, journalists,
commentators, and analysts, in discussing national and international
politics" |
| A-Z of Countries of the World |
an eBook in Oxford Reference Online |
| Biographical
Directory of the U.S. Congress |
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| United
States House of Representatives |
Official web site of the House |
| United
States Senate |
Official web site of the Senate |
| About
Elections in Virginia |
fundamentals for Virginia voters |
| Project
Vote Smart |
on-line national research library of 40,000 candidates
and elected officials |
| Government
Information on the Internet |
annotated descriptions and links to 5,000 URL's
for federal, state, local, international, and intergovernmental
Web sites; search by subject, keyword, agency, publication |
| First
Gov |
public-private partnership for citizen access
to government information |
| GPO
Access |
U.S. Code, Federal Register, government documents |
| Thomas |
status and full text of legislation; public laws;
congressional record; committee reports and directories |
| Find
Law |
directory of legal and governmental resources,
including case law and U.S. codes |
| Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe |
full text news, business, legal, medical, and
general reference sources; includes 4,288 full text journals,
plus full text of the New York Times (1980 to present). See
also, New York Times, 1851 to
2004 |
| Facts
on International Relations and Security Trends |
provides information from research institutes
around the world on armed conflict and peace keeping, arms production
and trade, military expenditure, conventional and nuclear weapons,
chronology of security related events, statistics, reference
data; search multiple databases, retrieve country profiles |
| national
issues.com |
overview papers, pros and cons, facts, statistics,
and historical documents on key policy issues and proposals
relating to education, social security, gun control, taxes,
foreign policy, and defense; sources are leading think tanks,
news media, advocacy groups and individual policy analysts |
| PolicyLibrary |
database of thousands of online research and policy
papers, searchable by subject, author, country, research institution
or title; also includes a directory of member organizations,
events, jobs, courses, and recommended books |
| Capital
Spotlight: a service of C-Span and CQ |
newsletter featuring articles on Congressional
activities, including CQ's "Bills to Watch" and the
text and status of current legislation |
| U.S.
Department of State |
embassies, consulates, publications, passport,
travel, and citizenship information |
| U.S
Department of State. Background Notes |
current country profiles, including geography,
demographics, government, economy, trade, foreign relations,
and travel information |
| Council
on Foreign Relations |
documentation and debate on key foreign policy
issues from a nonpartisan national membership organization,
think tank and publisher, founded in 1921; topics include economics,
energy and environment, globalization, governance and human
rights, international law, national security, peace and conflict,
U.S. policy |
| World
Fact Book |
CIA maps and demographic information on countries
and regions (published annually) |
| Country
Studies (Library of Congress) |
description and analysis of history, social, economic,
political, and national security systems and institutions of
101 countries; studies were sponsored by the U.S. Army from
1986-1998 |
| United
Nations |
full text documents, statistics; UN history and
organization |
| EUROPA |
European Union legislation, history, organization,
treaties, statistics, law |
| North
Atlantic Treaty Organization |
selected full text articles and interviews from
the NATO Review; reports, news, speeches, mission, policies,
organization |
| American
National Biography |
full-text biographies of prominent Americans who
are now deceased. Continues and updates the Dictionary of
American Biography, 1928-1985.
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| Averett
Library Catalog |
books and media |
| Worldcat |
comprehensive catalog of books, film, internet
resources selected by libraries. Includes option to limit to
Internet sources |
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The Economist (London)
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Locator |
| Capital
Spotlight: a service of C-Span and CQ |
newsletter featuring articles on Congressional
activities, including CQ's "Bills to Watch" and
the text and status of current legislation |
| CQ Researcher |
weekly full text reports on social issues from
Congressional Quarterly, 1991- |
| Newspaper Source Plus |
cover-to-cover full text for 149 national & international newspapers, including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times (London), The Age, The Australian, The Toronto Star, The Irish Times and others. The database also contains selective full text for more than 410 U.S. newspapers, including The Chicago Tribune, The Detroit Free Press, San Jose Mercury News, etc. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, National Public Radio (NPR) |
| Academic Search Complete |
over 5,500 full-text periodicals, most peer-reviewed, in a broad range of academic areas; indexing and abstracts for thousands of additional journals and nearly 10,000 monographs, reports, conference proceedings. (Replaces InfoTrac at Averett.) |
| Columbia
International Affairs Online (CIAO) |
full text and abstracts of working papers, proceedings,
articles, books, policy brief, economic indicators |
Blackwell-Synergy Collection
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over 750 full text scholarly and professional journals in science, technology, medicine; also includes humanities and social sciences journals |
| Communication and Mass Media Complete |
comprehensive index with abstracts and some full text for 600 journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields |
| Humanities International Complete |
full text for more than 670 journals, plus books and other published sources from around the world; includes all data from Humanities International Index, plus unique full text content; covers all aspects of the humanities, with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought |
Annual Reviews
(citations and abstracts) |
citations and abstracts for review articles from 29 annual volumes in biomedical, physical, and social sciences |
| Documents
in the News |
identifies current issues with documentation
from a variety of sources, some restricted to University of
Michigan users |
| national
issues.com |
overview papers, pros and cons, facts, statistics,
and historical documents on key policy issues and proposals
relating to education, social security, gun control, taxes,
foreign policy, and defense; sources are leading think tanks,
news media, advocacy groups and individual policy analysts |
| PolicyLibrary |
database of thousands of online research and
policy papers, searchable by subject, author, country, research
institution or title; also includes a directory of member
organizations, events, jobs, courses, and recommended books |
| Sociological
Abstracts |
comprehensive index to international literature
in sociology and related disciplines, 1963 to present, abstracts
1974 to present; covers over 1700 journals, plus book reviews,
books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers |
| Social
Services Abstracts |
index with abstracts to research in social work,
human services, social welfare, social policy, and community
development; covers over 1,500 serials; cites articles, dissertations
and book reviews |
| Legal Collection |
full text for more than 250 prominent law journals; covers criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, the environment and more; includes American Journal of Criminal Law, California Law Review, and more; indexing and abstracts for additional journals |
| Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe |
full text news, business, legal, medical, and
general reference sources; includes 4,288 full text journals |
Project Muse
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index to university press journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Connect to full text and interlibrary loan with Citation Linker. |
| Government
Information on the Internet |
annotated descriptions and links to 5,000 URL's
for federal, state, local, international, and intergovernmental
Web sites; search by subject, keyword, agency, publication |
| Military & Government Collection |
cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals; indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles; publications include Air Force Comptroller, Army Reserve Magazine, Defense Studies, JFQ: Joint Force Quarterly, Military Technology, Combat Edge, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Foreign Affairs, Naval Forces |
| Women's Studies International |
covers core disciplines in Women’s Studies and feminist research from 1972 to the present in sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education; includes journals, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, theses, dissertations, NGO studies, Web sites & Web documents, and grey literature; inclues over 2,000 periodicals and the following database files: Women Studies Abstracts, Women’s Studies Bibliography Database, Women’s Studies Database, Women Studies Librarian, Women of Color and Southern Women: A Bibliography of Social Science Research, and Women’s Health and Development: An Annotated Bibliography. |
| PS
Online |
full text electronic journal of the American
Political Science Association |
| Political
Science Quarterly |
selected full text articles; published by The
Academy of Political Science; archived tables of contents
and abstracts available to non-members |
| Washington
Report on Middle East Affairs |
search an archive of full text articles covering
Middle East affairs and U.S. policy |
| Brookings
Review |
full text electronic journal of the Brookings
Institution |
| AntePodium |
full text electronic journal of world affairs
from Victoria University in the UK |
| Kidon-Media
Link |
online newspapers by country and language |
| PAIS International and PAIS Archive |
index to articles, books, conference proceedings,
government documents, book chapters, statistical directories
on public affairs |
| Columbia
Earthscape |
a wide range of full-text environmental
science sources for teachers, students, scientists, and decision-makers |
| Contemporary
Women's Issues |
index to over 1,500 sources (books, journals,
newsletters, research reports) from non-profit groups, government
and international agencies, 1992- |
| Moving
Ideas Network |
full text news and analysis from a consortium
of 100 public policy organizations and advocacy groups |
| The
Heritage Foundation |
full text analysis and research from a conservative
perspective |
| Dissertation
Abstracts |
index to dissertations on all academic topics,
1861- |
| PapersFirst |
index to papers presented at conferences worldwide,
1993- |
| ProceedingsFirst |
index to worldwide conference proceedings, 1993- |
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| Statistical Abstract of the United States |
annual U.S. Census Bureau statistics, 1995- |
| FedStats |
gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal
agencies |
| Lexis-Nexis
Statistical Universe |
full content statistics from federal, state,
private, and international sources |
| Virginia Statistical Abstract |
Virginia demographics from the 2000 U.S. Census
of Population and Housing, plus population estimates, building
permits, and school projections |
| Online
Statistical Atlas of Virginia |
based on 1990 Census data |
| Polling the Nations |
"a compilation of more than 14,000 surveys conducted by over 1000 polling organizations in the United States and 100 other countries from 1986 to the present time" ... more information |
| Government
Information on the Internet |
annotated descriptions and links to 5,000
URL's for federal, state, local, international, and intergovernmental
Web sites; search by subject, keyword, agency, publication |
| Data
on the Net |
search 850 sites for social science data |
| Inter-University
Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) |
large data sets and code books in all aspects
of political and social research. Data must be converted
to SPSS or SAS format for analysis |
Political Science: Primary Sources
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| AMDOCS:
Documents for the study of American History |
digital archive of American documents and
significant speeches, from 1492 to the present, including
Presidential Inaugural and State of the Union addresses |
| NUCMC:
the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections |
Library of Congress catalog of historical
manuscripts and their U.S. repositories |
| Aristotle.
Politics |
Search for this document in the Perseus
Project |
| Magna
Carta / National Archives. Archives Library Information Center (ALIC) |
translation of the document signed by King
John of England in 1215 |
| The
Avalon Project at the Yale Law School |
documents in law, history and diplomacy, pre-18th
century to 20th century |
Foreign
Governments:
Constitutions, Laws, and Treaties |
University of Michigan links to foreign constitutions
and international law |
| The
Constitution of the United States of America |
full text of the Constitution for viewing
or downloading |
| Democracy
in America |
Alexis DeTocqueville |
| Documents
from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention,
1764-1789 |
full text digital collection of 274 broadsides
with extracts of the journals of Congress, resolutions,
proclamations, committee reports, treaties, and early printed
versions of the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence |
| The
Federalist Papers |
Search the full text of 85 articles by Alexander
Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, published from 1787-1788,
to persuade New York voters to ratify the U.S. Constitution |
| The
Anti-Federalist Papers |
Eighteenth century papers opposing ratification
of the U.S. Constitution |
| Words
and Deeds in American History |
selected full text documents from the Manuscript
Division at the Library of Congress |
| George
Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1710-1799 |
full text images selected from the largest
collection of original Washington documents |
| Thomas
Jefferson Papers (Library of Congress) |
full text images from the Library of Congress
Manuscript Division, representing the largest collection
of original Jefferson documents |
| Thomas
Jefferson Papers (University of Virginia) |
guide to collections at the University of
Virginia |
| James
Madison: his legacy |
biographical information and full text documents
by and about Madison |
| Abraham
Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress |
selected full text of 20,000 documents, including
correspondence, drafts of speeches, the Emancipation Proclamation,
the second Inaugural Address |
Making
of America (Cornell)
| Making
of America (University of Michigan) |
books and journals in American social history
from the ante-bellum period through reconstruction |
| African-American
Pamphlet Collection, 1822-1909 |
396 pamphlets by African-American authors
and others who wrote about slavery, African colonization,
Emancipation, Reconstruction |
| Votes
from Women: selections from the National American woman
Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921 |
full text images representing book and pamphlet
collections at the Library of Congress |
| I
Do Solemnly Swear: Presidential Inaugurations |
full text diaries and letters of presidents
and those who witnessed inaugurations, handwritten drafts
of inaugural addresses, broadsides, inaugural tickets and
programs |
| American
Memory |
other digital collections from the Library
of Congress |
| America's Historic Documents / National Archives. Archives Library Information Center (ALIC) |
featured documents |
| U.S.
Department of State. Office of the Historian |
Official historical documents of American
foreign policy |
| CQ Public Affairs Collection [cancelled] |
We regret that our CQ Public Affairs subscription is cancelled. Please use CQ Researcher, Pro & Con, Government Information on the Internet, or Thomas. |
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