Provides full-text access to the archives of core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences. Also include full text ebooks and open access content.
3-5 years & older full text. African American studies, anthropology, botany, business, ecology, economics, education, general science, geography, history, language & literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, sociology, statistics.
Dates of coverage vary by journal title. All go back to the very first issue published, but most have a "moving wall" embargo that excludes issues from the most recent X years (where X can be anywhere from 0 up to 10 years, depending on the particular journal; most are in the 3 to 5 year embargo range).
1971 to present (indexing); 1987 to present (full text); coverage varies by title. Most subjects covered.
Indexes over 5,000 journals and magazines covering all fields and topics, academic and popular, beginning as early as 1971. Provides full text for articles from over 3,600 of these journals and magazines. Includes a diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers designed to cover the top 150 core academic subject reference areas extensively.
Access to 400 journals published by SAGE Publications in the areas of communication studies, criminology, education, health sciences, management & organization studies, materials science, political science, psychology, sociology and urban studies & planning.
Covers essential areas related to public administration, including public administration research, public administration theory, and other areas of key relevance.
Database covering all aspects of national and global contemporary public policy issues.
Bibliographic database covering all aspects of national and global contemporary public policy issues ranging from public health, the environment, housing, human and civil rights, to international commerce and conflict. Content includes articles from scholarly journals, conference papers, trade publications and government documents to provide up-to-date information on a broad range of topics of concern to the world today. Covers 1934-present; more complete coverage starts in 1970.
Profiles of U.S.-based foundations, describing programs, areas of funding, types of support, recent grants made, etc.
Profiles over 105,000 U.S.-based foundations, describing programs, areas of funding, types of support, geographic emphasis, trustees & officers, application process, deadlines, high, low & average grants, and lists of recent grants made. Also provides access to recent tax returns for private foundations as submitted to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (Form 990-PF's). Updated biweekly.
Independent federal agency with an annual budget of about $5.92 billion; funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities.
Covers 1,500+ periodicals across all humanities and social sciences fields. 1907-present (indexing); 1984-present (abstracts); 1994-present (selected full text).
Combines Wilson's Humanities Abstracts and Social Science Abstracts into a single file with Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective, covering all humanities and social sciences fields, including: Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Classical Studies, Communications, Community Health, Criminology, Dance, Economics, Environmental studies, Ethics, Film, Folklore, Gender Studies, Geography, Gerontology, History, International Relations, Journalism, Law, Linguistics, Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychiatry, Psychology, Religion, Social Work, Sociology, and Urban Studies.
Research & datasets on census enumerations; community/urban studies; conflict; economics; education; geography & environment; government bodies; health care; international systems; political behavior & attitudes; organizational behavior; social indicators.
Coverage across a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work and sociology.
Includes:
• Anthropology
• Communication science
• Demography
• Economics
• Education
• Political science
• Policy studies
• Psychology
• Social work
• Sociology
Covers 625 of the most important English-language journals across all the social sciences.
Includes full text of articles from over 200 journals as far back as 1995. Its records describe feature articles, biographical sketches, interviews, obituaries, scholarly replies, and book reviews longer than one-half page; book reviews of government documents and letters to the editor are not included. Subject areas covered include:
• Addiction Studies
• Anthropology
• Area Studies
• Community Health & Medical Care
• Communications
• Corrections
• Criminal Justice
• Criminology
• Economics
• Environmental Studies
• Ethics
• Family Studies
• Gender Studies
• Geography
• Gerontology
• International Relations
• Law
• Mass Media
• Minority Studies
• Planning & Public Administration
• Policy Sciences
• Political Science
• Psychiatry
• Psychology
• Public Welfare
• Social Work
• Sociology
• Urban Studies
Covers 1983-present (Indexing); 1984-present (Abstracts); 1995-present (Selected full text).
Index and abstract of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas.
Covers 1979-present. Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare and social policy. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,300 serial publications, and includes journal articles, dissertations and book reviews. Searches link to Community of Scholars: Social Sciences. Coverage includes community & mental health services, crisis intervention, family & social welfare, gerontology, poverty, homelessness, professional issues, policy, addiction, social work education & practice, violence, abuse, neglect, welfare services.
Online, fully cross-searchable and browsable collection of World Bank publications & Policy Research Working Papers, plus each new book & paper as they are published. Browsable by region.
Topics include: Agriculture and Rural Development; Banking, Finance, & Investment; Business Procurement; Commodities, Pricing, & Trade; Current Affairs; Data Publication; Development Economics; Economics (General); Education & Training; Energy, Industry, & Mining; Environment & Pollution Prevention; Gender; Globalization; Governance, Civil Society, & Participation; Health, Nutrition, & Population; Infrastructure, Transport, & Urban Development; Labor & Income; Legal & Judicial Issues; Poverty; Private Sector; Public Policy; Social & Cultural Issues; Technology & Telecommunications; Water Supply & Sanitation; World Bank.
Information on global civil society bodies and networks, including organization contact details, origins, relations, members, bibliography, biographies, events, statistics, and more.
Interactive language learning. Includes over 70 modern and ancient languages. Set up a personal account to track progress and resume where you left off.
Includes the following languages
• Arabic, Egyptian
• Arabic, Iraqi
• Arabic, Levantine
• Arabic, MSA
• Armenian
• Azerbaijani
• Bengali
• Cherokee
• Chinese, Cantonese
• Chinese, Mandarin
• Croatian
• Czech
• Danish
• Dari
• Dutch
• Dzongkha
• English
• English, Shakespearean
• Farsi (Persian)
• Filipino, Tagalog
• Finnish
• French
• French, Canadian
• German
• Greek, Modern
• Greek, Ancient
• Greek, Koine
• Haitian Creole
• Hawaiian
• Hebrew, Biblical
• Hebrew, Modern
• Hindi
• Hungarian
• Icelandic
• Igbo
• Indonesian
• Irish (Standard)
• Italian
• Japanese
• Javanese
• Kazakh
• Korean
• Latin
• Malay
• Malayalam
• Norwegian
• Pashto
• Pirate
• Polish
• Portuguese, Brazil
• Punjabi, Pakistani
• Romanian
• Russian
• Scottish Gaelic
• Serbian
• Shanghainese
• Slovak
• Spanish, Castilian
• Spanish, Latin America
• Swahili
• Swedish
• Tamil
• Telugu
• Thai
• Turkish
• Tuvan
• Ukrainian
• Urdu
• Uzbek
• Vietnamese
• Yiddish
Combined search platform for ASP text, audio, and video collections.
Search across all video, audio, and text collections provided by Alexander Street Press. By making your own account, you can save and share clips and playlists. Audio and video recordings can be downloaded to an Apple OS or Android phone, available for 48 hours. A complete list of the collections within Alexander Street Press is available online.
Over 9,000 documentary and feature films from an array of producers and distributors.
Kanopy Streaming offers a variety of documentary and feature films from an array of producers and distributors including BBC Active, California Newsreel, Checkerboard Films, Criterion Collection/Janus films, Documentary Educational Resources, First Run Features, Green Planet Films, Kino Lorber Edu, Media Education Foundation, National Film Board of Canada, PBS, Psychotherapy.net, and the DEFA Film Library's (East) German Film Collection.
All videos work on PCs with Flash, iPads, iPhones, and mobile devices. To facilitate teaching, they can be projected in lecture halls, embedded in authenticated web pages, and watched off-campus (with login) with unlimited simultaneous viewers. Users can also create Playlists and make clips.
Interactive language learning. Includes over 70 modern and ancient languages. Set up a personal account to track progress and resume where you left off.
Includes the following languages
• Arabic, Egyptian
• Arabic, Iraqi
• Arabic, Levantine
• Arabic, MSA
• Armenian
• Azerbaijani
• Bengali
• Cherokee
• Chinese, Cantonese
• Chinese, Mandarin
• Croatian
• Czech
• Danish
• Dari
• Dutch
• Dzongkha
• English
• English, Shakespearean
• Farsi (Persian)
• Filipino, Tagalog
• Finnish
• French
• French, Canadian
• German
• Greek, Modern
• Greek, Ancient
• Greek, Koine
• Haitian Creole
• Hawaiian
• Hebrew, Biblical
• Hebrew, Modern
• Hindi
• Hungarian
• Icelandic
• Igbo
• Indonesian
• Irish (Standard)
• Italian
• Japanese
• Javanese
• Kazakh
• Korean
• Latin
• Malay
• Malayalam
• Norwegian
• Pashto
• Pirate
• Polish
• Portuguese, Brazil
• Punjabi, Pakistani
• Romanian
• Russian
• Scottish Gaelic
• Serbian
• Shanghainese
• Slovak
• Spanish, Castilian
• Spanish, Latin America
• Swahili
• Swedish
• Tamil
• Telugu
• Thai
• Turkish
• Tuvan
• Ukrainian
• Urdu
• Uzbek
• Vietnamese
• Yiddish
Index to scholarly literature of violence and abuse, including family violence, sexual assault and emotional abuse.
1971-present. Covers all aspects of violence and abuse, including family violence, sexual assault, emotional abuse, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 21,500 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline.
From the US Department of Justice, the BJS provides: Corrections, Courts, Crime Types, Improvement Programs, Employment & Expenditures, Law Enforcement, Victims, Federal, Indian statistics
Periodical collection of hand selected titles for analysts, risk management professionals and students of military science, history, social science. Covers 1980-present.
In-depth coverage and analysis of decisions from the nation's highest court since the 1989-1990 term.
Includes year-end overviews of Supreme Court terms from 1989-1990 to the most recently completed term, case summaries of every opinion written during each Supreme Court term, essays on the most significant cases from each year and the trends in each term, tables and figures on voting patterns and trends in constitutional law, biographies of justices, and reference documents for understanding how the Supreme Court works.
Covers educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
The index contains 60,000 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline.
1966-present. 1.1M+ citations, 1,000+ periodicals (ERIC Journals); government publications, & unpublished materials such as conference papers, reports, theses, etc. (ERIC Documents available on microfiche in the Thompson Library & sometimes online).
Primary journal index for nursing and allied health professions.
1937-present. Covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health, and 17 allied health disciplines. Includes journal articles, evidence-based care sheets, health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals, and book chapters.
Complete, full-text information from leading publications covering all aspects of health administration, including public health and safety, hospitals, finance, personnel management, insurance, population studies, labor relations and law.
A comprehensive full-text database designed to support the creation, implementation, or study of health policy and the health care system.
Offers full-text coverage of information relevant to many areas integral to health policy, including: access, administration, economics, planning, reform, insurance, law, research, ethics, public health, and social medicine. The database features coverage of more than 300 full-text titles and indexing for more than 375 publications. Searchable cited references are also provided.
Open-access medical journal, relevant to clinicians and policymakers across a range of settings, and addressing the major biological, environmental, social, and political determinants of health.
Primary source collection of 19th century medical material aimed at the general public, including books, pamphlets, and advertising ephemera.
Documents the history of "popular" remedies and treatments in nineteenth century America, through primary source materials drawn from the extensive collections at the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Emphasis is on material that was aimed at the general public rather than medical professionals. Explore an array of printed sources, including rare books, pamphlets, trade cards, and visually-rich advertising ephemera. The material covers popular trends such as phrenology, herbal medicine and hydrotherapy, and documents the rise of widespread advertising by commercial manufacturers of medical aids.
1887-present. Includes journals, books, book chapters, technical reports, & dissertations in psychology. Can be searched together with PsycARTICLES and PsycTESTS.
A comprehensive full-text database designed to support the creation, implementation, or study of health policy and the health care system.
Offers full-text coverage of information relevant to many areas integral to health policy, including: access, administration, economics, planning, reform, insurance, law, research, ethics, public health, and social medicine. The database features coverage of more than 300 full-text titles and indexing for more than 375 publications. Searchable cited references are also provided.
1951-present. Articles from scholarly journals and yearbooks. Topics include method and theory, political thinkers, ideas, administrative institutions, national and area studies.
Research & datasets on census enumerations; community/urban studies; conflict; economics; education; geography & environment; government bodies; health care; international systems; political behavior & attitudes; organizational behavior; social indicators.
Information on issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs in the U.S. and around the world. Major reports examine politics and faith, religious beliefs and practices and global religious demographics.
Online data and mapping tool for the United States.
PolicyMap is a US-National web-based Geographic Information System used to understand communities. With easy-to-use menus, PolicyMap is a "GIS tool for non-GIS experts" for those who need to visualize large amounts of data quickly and easily, often down to the census tract or block group level. It is used in the social sciences, urban studies and regional planning, real estate and housing analysis, community and economic development, public administration and policy, public health, political science, education, environmental studies, business and finance, economics, statistics and geography, among other areas.
Included in the tool is access to PolicyMap’s extensive data collection, with 15,000+ indicators used to understand communities, organized into general categories including demographics, income and spending, housing, lending activity, quality of life, economy, education, health, federal guidelines, and other analysis. In addition, students and faculty can easily upload and incorporate their data into and leverage it against the thousands of indicators already available in PolicyMap.
Covers essential areas related to public administration, including public administration research, public administration theory, and other areas of key relevance.
Database covering all aspects of national and global contemporary public policy issues.
Bibliographic database covering all aspects of national and global contemporary public policy issues ranging from public health, the environment, housing, human and civil rights, to international commerce and conflict. Content includes articles from scholarly journals, conference papers, trade publications and government documents to provide up-to-date information on a broad range of topics of concern to the world today. Covers 1934-present; more complete coverage starts in 1970.
Contains material that was compiled and published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. Covers the administrations of Presidents Herbert Hoover through Bill Clinton.
Covers the administrations of Presidents Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton. Created by the Univ. of Michigan.
The Michigan Manual, the State's official manual, includes fundamental reference information about Michigan–its history, constitutional development, government organization, and institutions. It is published biennially by the Legislative Service Bureau, under the direction of the Legislative Council.
The contents of the manual are divided into the following chapters:
• Michigan History
•Michigan's Constitutions
•The Legislative Branch
•The Executive Branch
•The Judicial Branch
• Michigan's Congressional Delegation
• Institutions of Higher Education
• Local Government
• Elections
• General Information and Statistics
Covers essential areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history, and other areas of key relevance. Covers 1990-present.
These documents are primary source material for the study of how urban planning developed up to the end of World War I. They include statements about techniques, principles, theories, and practice by those who helped to create a new professional specialization. This new field of city planning grew out of the land-based professions of architecture, engineering, surveying, and landscape architecture, as well as from the work of economists, social workers, lawyers, public health specialists, and municipal administrators.
Some essays describe or illustrate an ideal physical pattern for cities. Several survey broadly the state of planning at the time of writing. A number use a single city as an example of how improvements should be made. Others discuss legal issues of land use regulations.
"A nonpartisan think tank founded in 1968, produces a broad range of authoritative information on social and economic policy issues," such as education, housing, and race, ethnicity, and gender. CHOICE card 51-1568, Nov. 2013
Online, fully cross-searchable and browsable collection of World Bank publications & Policy Research Working Papers, plus each new book & paper as they are published. Browsable by region.
Topics include: Agriculture and Rural Development; Banking, Finance, & Investment; Business Procurement; Commodities, Pricing, & Trade; Current Affairs; Data Publication; Development Economics; Economics (General); Education & Training; Energy, Industry, & Mining; Environment & Pollution Prevention; Gender; Globalization; Governance, Civil Society, & Participation; Health, Nutrition, & Population; Infrastructure, Transport, & Urban Development; Labor & Income; Legal & Judicial Issues; Poverty; Private Sector; Public Policy; Social & Cultural Issues; Technology & Telecommunications; Water Supply & Sanitation; World Bank.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Michigan state officials testified at a hearing on lead contaminated drinking water in Flint, Michigan. Full video footage and transcript from C-SPAN.
Representative Dan Kildee (D-MI) was the first witness. A resident of Flint who first called the EPA to her home early in 2015 to test the water that had become discolored also appeared. Committee Chair Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) said his committee had issued subpoenas to three officials who refused to appear before his panel. including former Flint Emergency Manager Darnell Earley.
Gina McCarthy and Governor Rick Snyder (R-MI) testified at a hearing on the Safe Drinking Water Act and lead contamination of the water supply in Flint, Michigan. Full length video and transcript provided by C-SPAN.
Governor Snyder apologized and said he was not aware that the water had dangerous levels of lead until October 2015. Ms. McCarthy defended the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), saying her agency did all it could do within the rule of law. During the hearing, several committee members called on both Governor Snyder and Ms. McCarthy to resign.
Published daily when Congress is in session, the Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings of Congress and includes edited transcriptions of debates and speeches.
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Coverage includes all 4 versions of debates of congress
Coverage dates: 1781 to 1976
From the University of North Texas library, this project aims to provide integrated, searchable access to many of the full-text CRS reports that have been available at a variety of different web sites since 1990.
Provides analysis of members of Congress, their legislative voting behavior, interest groups, and their interactions in crafting public policy. Also explains institutional and organizational history, the legislative process, and public policy decision-making.
Government Printing Office website with access to digitized documents from the federal government. [Free]
Includes quick links to:
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Compilation of Presidential Documents
• Congressional Bills
• Congressional Documents
• Congressional Hearings
• Congressional Record
• Congressional Reports
• Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation
• Economic Indicators
• Federal Register
• Public and Private Laws
• United States Code
• United States Courts Opinions
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Congressional Record Daily (1994 - Present)
Congressional Record Daily Index (1983 - Present)
Includes bills, laws, Congressional publications, hearings, reports, Congressional Record, CRS Reports, and some executive agency documents.
ProQuest Congressional (previously called LexisNexis Congressional) indexes and abstracts Congressional committee publications, including hearings, committee prints, reports, documents, and public laws. It includes the full text of Congressional reports and documents (1789-1969), Executive branch documents (1789-1939), bills and resolutions (1789-present), hearings (1824-present), Congressional Record (1985-1997), CRS Reports (1916-present), Statutes at Large (1789-present), bill text (1989-present), the Serial Set (1789-present), Federal Register (1980-present) and the current U.S. Code and the Code of Federal Regulations.
Data is pulled from several sources, including the House clerk, the U.S. Senate and the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.
This site is a work in progress and will be expanded over time. If you have ideas on how to improve it, please e-mail us at politicsgraphics@washpost.com.
Over 150,000 datasets in the sciences, social sciences, business, and government.
Includes data on the topics agriculture, business, climate, consumer, ecosystems, education, energy, finance, health, local government, manufacturing, ocean, public safety, and science & research.
Historical statistics (1750-2010) on the economics, populations, labor force, education, and transportation of nations.
Contains downloadable data drawn from and updating the 3 volume print reference work International Historical Statistics 1750-2005. IHS covers a wide range of topics including: the economy, trade, population, labor, education, migration and transportation with data spanning 260 years (1750-2010). The data is organized by regions which are presented as: The Americas, Europe, and Asia + Oceania. Tables can be downloaded as PDF or Excel documents.
Statistics on the population, economy, and life in the United States.
The US Census Bureau published the Statistical Abstract of the United States from 1878-2012. The company ProQuest picked up the series beginning in 2013.
Online collection of statistical compendia from around the world.
These statistical abstracts are generally issued by the national statistical offices of foreign governments and contain country-level data not easily found elsewhere. The first release includes data from 29 countries; more will be added later. Global and regional statistical compendia issued by international organizations and research firms will also be included.
Indexes and abstracts statistical publications from foreign, US, and state governments, and businesses.
1974-present. Includes statistical information produced by U.S. Federal agencies, private companies, and intergovernmental organizations. Create maps and reports on health, crime, population, finance, industry, and marketing. Data is available for the world as a whole or for selected countries. Data for the U.S. are shown by state, often by county, sometimes by census tract and zip code. Time series data may go back several decades. Requires Java. Firefox and Internet Explorer recommended. Does not work with Safari.
Data series—or single data measures over time about U.S. geographies—across 17 high-interest research areas, as far back as 1980.
Sage Stats is a collection of data measures that span all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Local Stats is a collection of data measures that span all counties, cities, and metropolitan statistical areas. Dating back more than 20 years, each data series is displayed in a clear and consistent format with detailed source information. Topics covered include the economy, education, crime, government finance, health, population, religion, social welfare, and transportation.
From the US Department of Justice, the BJS provides: Corrections, Courts, Crime Types, Improvement Programs, Employment & Expenditures, Law Enforcement, Victims, Federal, Indian statistics
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