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ABI/Inform Global
Online coverage: 1971 to present.
A bibliographic database, with abstracts and some full-text, of articles appearing in business and economics periodicals.

Academic Search Premier
Full text for over 4,000 publications, including more than 2,700 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, the database offers indexing and abstracts for 5,000 journals and PDF backfiles for more than 100 top scholarly academic journals, dating back as far as 1965 or the first issue published (whichever is more recent).

Access Science
The online enhanced version of the McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.

Access UN
Online coverage: 1951 to present, with back files being added.
An index to United Nations documents. This database is a part of the Newsbank collection; select Access UN from the menu.

Access UNDP
Online coverage: 1951 to present, with back files being added.
A collection of United Nations Development Programme Project Reports issued and held by UN headquarters between the years 1972-1998. This database is a part of the Newsbank collection; select Access UNDP from the menu.

Access World News 
Full-text content of over 1,300 local and regional newspapers from the US and around the world. Note that many, but not all, of these papers are also available on LexisNexis. This database is a part of the Newsbank collection.

AccuNet / AP Multimedia Archive
An electronic library containing the Associated Press’s current photos and a selection of pictures from their 50 million-image print and negative library.  The database also includes charts, graphs, tables, audio and maps.

African Abstracts
In print only: REF DT 1 .I553 (v. 1, 1950 - v. 23, 1973) 
A quarterly bibliography of periodical articles dealing with African studies. Articles are in various languages; abstracts are in English.   

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African Studies Companion Online 
Compiles a wide range of sources of information in the African studies field, now covering both print and electronic resources.
 The majority of listings identify primarily general, multidisciplinary sources of information, generally those published in English.
Print equivalent: DT19.8 .Z44 1997

AGRICOLA
Online coverage: 1970 to present. 
Produced by the National Agricultural Library, this bibliographic database covers every major agricultural subject. 
   

Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals
Online coverage: 1990 to present. 
Indexes articles, news items, and editorials from over 75 English language military and aeronautical periodicals. 
Print equivalent: REF Z 5063 .A2 U82 (1984 - 1989)

Alternative Press Index  
Considered to be the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to alternative sources of information available today, API indexes nearly 290 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines that report and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic, political and social change. 

America: History and Life
Online coverage: 1954 to present. 
Indexes articles on the history of the U.S. and Canada, and articles dealing with current American life and times, with abstracts. Also indexes selected books.

America's Historical Newspapers
Covering 1690 - 1876, this database allows researchers with interests in the late-17th through 19th centuries to search and view newspapers from the time period. Full PDF images are available. At present, over 80 newspapers are included. Please note that JHU has access to Series I only.

American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABSEES)
Online coverage: 1990 to present. 
Produced at the University of Illinois, ABSEES indexes journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, and selected government publications on East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union published in the U.S. and Canada. 
Print equivalent: REF Z 2483 .A65 (1960 – 1989).

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American National Biography 
A standard source for U.S. historical biography, includes over 17,400 biographies of Americans. The ANB Online includes illustrations, cross-references, bibliographies, and links to external web sites.

American Periodical Series Online (1740 - 1900)  
This valuable collection contains digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals that originated between 1741 and 1900. The full-text of the contents are searchable. Periodicals may be browsed by title and date. 

Applied Science and Technology Abstracts
Online coverage: October 1983 to present, with abstracts from 1993. 
Indexes over 400 English-language periodicals in the applied sciences and technology, including energy-related disciplines. Includes some full text articles. 
 

Arab-Israeli Relations 1917-1970. Middle East Series 1 
This collection offers access to the full text of British government records documenting the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict from 1917-1970.

ArcGIS 
A widely-used geospatial mapping program, which can be used with the researcher’s own data or with datasets (including census data and world-wide topographical maps). Includes manuals and web-based training. May be borrowed for two-week periods from the MSE Government Publications/Maps/Law Library. Click link above for more information.

Archives USA
Indexes collections of private papers and archival materials throughout the U.S. It incorporates the contents of the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC), the National Inventory of Documentary Sources (NIDS), and the Directory of Archives and Manuscript Depositories in the U.S. (DAMRUS).

Armed Conflict Database 
Produced by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), this database covers international and internal conflicts, as well as terrorism. It provides an interactive source of information on 70 armed conflicts including terrorism, refugees and returnees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), weapons use / flows, fatalities, costs ($US), historical backgrounds, annual updates and timelines. Users can generate reports and download data as well as browse through year-by-year analyses and fact sheets online. 

ArticleFirst
Online coverage: 1990 to present (in some cases 1992 to present). 
Bibliographic citations that describe items listed on the table of contents pages of more than 13,000 journals covering a broad spectrum of subject areas.
   

Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Online coverage: 1975 to present. 
A citation index to over 1,300 arts and humanities journals. It provides information on articles and all bibliographic references cited in them. 
Connect via the Web of Knowledge (or link above) and select ISI Web of Science database.    

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Asian Pacific Literature
In print only: Periodicals Room (1987 to present). 
Each issue of this periodical contains annotated lists of recent books, journal articles, and papers. 

Background Notes on Countries of the World
Published by the U.S. Department of State and updated periodically, Background Notes provide basic information on individual countries and on selected international organizations.
Print equivalent: REF D411.U54. 

Bibliography of Asian Studies
Online coverage: 1971 to present. 
Bibliographic records on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia published worldwide. 

Biography and Genealogy Master Index   
This database indexes a wide range of biographical dictionaries and who's whos and subject encyclopedias that include biographical entries.

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Biography Index
Online coverage: 1984 to present. 
An index to more than 1,800 books (per year) and 2,700 English language periodicals containing biographical information. Includes references from
autobiographies, biographies, obituaries, interviews, etc.   

Biography Resource Center + The Complete Marquis Who's Who
A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people throughout history and around the world. It combines biographies from 70 Gale Group publications, the complete Marquis Who's Who, Merriam-Webster's collegiate and biographical dictionaries, and full-text articles from over 250 periodicals.

Biological and Agricultural Index
Online coverage: 1983 to present. 
Indexes nearly 250 major periodicals in the life sciences and agriculture. 

Bloomberg Financial Services
Current business news, stock quotes, and financial data and information on international markets. Tip Sheet [Word file]. Online access: available on a dedicated workstation on the 6th floor of the library. Note: Remote access is not available. Our contract allows for printing only, no downloading.  

Book Review Digest Plus 
Online coverage: 1983 to present. 
Brings together the content of Book Review Digest, which includes descriptive summaries of books as well as excerpts of book reviews, with all the book review citations and full text of book reviews from eleven other Wilson indexes.
Print equivalent of Book Review Digest: REF Z1219 .B7 (1963 – 1982).

Books in Print see Global Books In Print

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British Parliamentary Papers see Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Parliamentary Papers

Business and Industry
Online coverage: 1994 to present. 
Also known as BusIndustry, this is an index, with abstracts, of articles about public and private companies, industries and products. 

Business Full Text
Online coverage: 1986 to present, with abstracts since June 1990 and some full text since 1995.
An index, with abstracts and some full text, to 345 English-language business magazines.

Business Insights
Delivers senior level business intelligence. Focus on the following industries and areas of interest: consumer goods, energy, financial
services, healthcare, technology, telecoms, eCommerce and Human Resources.

Business Organizations
A directory of more than 26,000 organizations, agencies and publications worldwide. 

Business Source Premier  
Provides full text to over 3,600 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and more.

Canadian Periodical Index
In print only: REF A 13 .C242 (1979 to present). 
A bilingual index to over 400 Canadian and American periodicals.  

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
Online coverage: 1976 to present.
CGP is the finding tool for U.S. federal publications, including descriptive records for titles published from 1976 to present. It is the online counterpart of the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, which should be consulted for any titles published prior to 1976.
P
rint edition: REF Z 1223 .Z9 U57 [coverage: 1965 to 1975, as Monthy Catalog]

Center for Economic Policy Research Discussion Papers
CEPR's network of researchers cover topics ranging from international macroeconomcs to trade to transition economics. All Discussion Papers (with abstracts) published since the beginning of 1999 are available online as PDFs.

Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) see Wharton Research Data Services

Chicago Manual of Style Online
This citation reference guide presents two basic documentation systems, the humanities style (notes and bibliography) and the author-date. The Citation Quick Guide is another useful feature of the online version.  

China Data Online
From the China Data Center at the University of Michigan, this database provides full text access to a collection of Chinese statistical yearbooks, including both national and provincial yearbooks. Note: JHU has access to the Statistical Yearbooks ONLY.

China Academic Journals Database
This database, from EastView Information Services, provides full text access back to 1994 of over 5,000 Chinese academic journals, including 2,000 in the social sciences and humanities. The text is in Chinese with English abstracts.

Chronicle of Higher Education
The academic world's top source of news and information, the Chronicle of Higher Education online includes daily updates as well as supplements that do not appear in the print edition. The complete contents of the newspaper, printed each Friday, are available on the website the following Monday morning. In addition to the current issue, the archive of more than 12 years of the Chronicle is available and fully searchable.

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CIA World Factbook
An annual publication from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, with basic background information and statistics on all countries. 
Print equivalent: REF G122 .U561   

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
CIAO provides access to scholarship in the field of international affairs, including full-text documents (such as working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences) as well as journal abstracts and books. 

Code of Federal Regulations
The full-text of the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the U.S. Federal Government.

Communication & Mass Media Complete 
Full text of journals and reference works in the areas of communication and the mass media.    

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports (via Lexis Congressional) 
Full-text coverage from 1916 to present. These useful policy papers are prepared by the Congressional Research Service, a branch of the Library of Congress whose mission is to provide nonpartisan research reports to members of the U.S. House and Senate. Once in LexisNexis Congressional, select "Advanced Search" and "CRS Reports."


Contemporary Women's Issues
Online coverage: 1992 to present. 
Global information on women. Includes full-text materials from journals, newsletters, and research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies. 

Countrydata.com 
Published by the PRS Group, this database offers over 75 country risk-related variables for more than 150 countries, including risk ratings and economic data from the PRS Group's International Country Risk Guide, as well as forecasts, economic, political, geographic, and social data from the PRS Group's Political Risk Services.  Updated monthly, with historical data back to 1984. Results can be downloaded into Excel. For access to the Political Risk Yearbook, see Business Source Premier. For access to the International Country Risk Guide and Political Risk Services, see LexisNexis.  

CQ Electronic Library

Created by CQ Press, this is the homepage for a series of databases focusing on American government. The collection includes original content, current information, statistics, analysis, and comprehensive coverage in a range of government-related topics. See below for direct access to the individual databases inside CQ Electronic Library.

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CQ Public Affairs Collection
This storehouse of public policy content is organized by 22 key topics, pulling together CQ's wealth of historic documents and primary source materials, statistical ocqverviews, directory contact information, and in-depth reporting on current affairs to create a large public policy database.   

CQ Researcher Plus Archive 
This weekly publication covers the issues of the day with complete summaries, insight into all sides of the issues, bibliographies and more. Users may browse through articles in the current issue or search for past articles using words, dates or other criteria. Coverage: 1923 to present.

CQ Supreme Court Collection
Blends historical analysis with updates and commentary of Supreme Court decisions, biographies of Supreme Court justices, Supreme Court institutional history, and the U.S. Constitution. 

CQ Weekly
Formerly titled Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, this is a preeminent resource for Congress-watchers who need nonpartisan information about Congress--its members, bills, laws, and more. CQ Weekly on the Web includes access to the full text of all articles published since 1983. Coverage: 1983 to present. 

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Current Bibliography on African Affairs
In print only: REF Z 3508 .P6C87 (v. 1, 1968 – present). 
A quarterly bibliography, with annotations, of books and articles on African affairs. 

Current Contents
Coverage: January 1, 1997 - present. 
Provides tables of contents of 6,500 journals in the fields of medicine; life sciences; agriculture, biology & environmental Sciences; engineering, computing & technology; physical, chemical & earth sciences; art & humanities; and social & behavioral sciences.   
Available via ISI Web Of Knowledge, under Current Contents Connect

Datamonitor see Marketline below

Datastream
Datastream provides international historic financial information, including equities, bonds, futures, options, commodities, indices, and economic indicators, derived from over 5,000 organizations in 50 countries.
Access: available on a dedicated workstation in the Economics Suite at 1717 Mass Ave (704, in the hallway to your left after you enter the suite). Available Monday- Friday, 7am - 9pm only. 
NOTE: Remote access is not available. 

Declassified Documents Reference System 
This database provides online access to over 500,000 pages of previously classified government documents. Covering major international events from the Cold War to the Vietnam War and beyond, this single source enables users to locate key information underpinning studies in international relations, American studies, United States foreign and domestic policy studies, journalism, and more.

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Digital National Security Archive 
This database, created by the National Security Archive, contains more than 40,000 declassified documents relating to major U.S. national security issues. The National Security Archive, located at George Washington University, is a non-profit research institute on international affairs, a library and archive of declassified U.S. documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.

Disclosure Corporate Snapshots
Corporate and financial information on more than 11,000 U.S. corporations. 

Dissertations and Theses 
Online coverage: 1861 to present (abstracts from 1980, full text from 1997). 
ProQuest's Dissertations and Theses is an index, with abstracts, to virtually every doctoral dissertation completed in the U.S. at accredited institutions since 1861. Some masters theses and foreign language dissertations are also included. Please note that many of the dissertations published since 1997 are available as PDF downloads free of charge.
 Note: Full text is now showing up for some pre-1997 titles.

Dun and Bradstreet's Million Dollar Database
Provides information on over 1,260,000 U.S. leading public and private businesses. Company information includes industry information with up to 24 individual 8-digit SICs, size criteria (employees and annual sales), type of ownership, principal executives and biographies. Geographic criteria and zip code ranges may be specified. Sorting options for results are possible.  

Econlit with Fulltext
Online coverage: 1969 to present. 
Econlit provides coverage of worldwide economic literature. Includes journals, proceedings, and some books. 
Print predecessor: REF Z 7164.E2 A57 (Index of Economic Articles in Journals and Collective Volumes, covers economic literature published 1886-1968).

Economist Intelligence Unit New products!

  • EIU Country Reports (Monthly) and Profiles (Annual): These offer concise analysis and background information on the economic and political situation of over 180 countries. They include some stats and are particularly valuable for their analysis.
  • EIU Country Data: Economic indicators and forecasts covering more than 320 economic series for 150 countries, as well as regional aggregates, running from 1980 and forecasting ahead five years.
  • EIU Market Indicators and Forecasts: Economic, demographic, consumption, and industry data on 60 major countries, back to 1990 and forecasting ahead five years.
  • EIU Country Commerce: Operating conditions, commercial laws and business regulations in 55+ countries.
  • EIU Country Risk: Measures the poltical, economic policy/structure and liquidity risk of activities in 120 emerging markets.
  • EIU Risk Briefing: Analysis, forecasts, and background data covering a range of risk factors, with a focus on emerging markets. Risk Tracker, on the left margin, is a customisable tool to track changes in risk ratings. Build your own risk "matrix" by choosing countries, categories and time periods.  
  • Industry Briefings: Covers 8 key industries and 60 major countries. Provides forecasting.

Economist.com 
Includes the entire print edition of The Economist magazine, offered in a usable, viewable, and printable format, and features content not found in the print edition, such as news analysis, Cities Guides, and Country Briefings.  Weekly magazine content is posted to the online edition by 6pm GMT on Thursdays.

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Education Full Text
Online coverage: June 1983 to present, with abstracts from 1994 and some full text from 1996. Education Full Text is an index of English language periodicals and yearbooks in the field of education. 

Eighteenth Century Collections Online 
The full text of virtually every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas, between 1701 and 1800. Consists of books, pamphlets, broadsides, and ephemera, covering about 33 million pages, in history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science, and more.

EISIL: Electronic Information System for International Law
Created by The American Society of International Law, EISIL now has 5 prototype subject categories: 1) General International Law, 2) International Criminal Law, 3) International Economic Law, 4) International Environmental Law and 5) International Human Rights Law. EISIL provides links to primary documents, websites, and research guides.

Electronic Encyclopedia of American Government  
A suite of six databases that serve the needs of anyone interested in American government and society. Includes CQ Researcher, CQ Electronic Encyclopedia of American Government,  CQ Insider, CQ Public Affairs Collection, CQ Supreme Court Collection and CQ Weekly.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Available both online and in print. The online version of Encyclopaedia Britannica includes links to related web sites. 
Print equivalent: REF AE 5 .E363.

Encyclopedia Iranica
Encyclopædia Iranica is an extensive compendium on the past and present culture of the people who speak an Iranian language and their context in broader world history.

Encyclopedia of Associations 
This database includes thousands of association listings.

Encyclopedia of Islam 
Covers the Islamic World from religion and history to politics and culture. The geographical and historical scope encompasses the old Arabo-Islamic empire, the Islamic countries of Iran, Central Asia, the Indian sub-continent and Indonesia, the Ottoman Empire and all modern Islamic states.

Environment Index  
Provides abstract/index information to over 1000 titles covering environmental policy and studies. There is ongoing coverage for over 500 of those titles. An Environment thesaurus is available to assist with advanced searching.

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ERIC 
Online coverage: 1966 to present. 
Indexes journal articles, essays and proceedings in education. 
  

Essay and General Lit