Online coverage: 1971 to present.
A bibliographic database, with abstracts and some full-text, of articles appearing in business and economics periodicals.
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.
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 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. back to top 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 Online coverage: 1970 to present.
Produced by the National Agricultural Library, this bibliographic database covers every major agricultural subject.
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)
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. American Civil War Research Database 
This includes a record for virtually every soldier who served in the Civil War. There are descriptions of thousands of battles, with detailed multi-page battle orders and reports. Use the analysis tools to visualize trends in Confederate and Union losses, regimental dynamics, and soldier statistics.
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
Full text access to hundreds of American newspapers published between 1690 and 1922, with coverage from all states.
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). 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.
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. 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. 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.
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.
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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In print only: Periodicals Room (1987 to present).
Each issue of this periodical contains annotated lists of recent books, journal articles, and papers. 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. Balance Of Payments
Time series data from 1948 summarizing the economic transactions of an economy with the rest of the world. It reports total goods, services, factor income, and current transfers an economy receives from or provides to the rest of the world as well as capital transfers and changes in each economy's external financial claims and liabilities.
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.
This database indexes a wide range of biographical dictionaries and who's whos and subject encyclopedias that include biographical entries. back to top 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.
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. 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
back to top British Parliamentary Papers see Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Parliamentary Papers
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.
A directory of more than 26,000 organizations, agencies and publications worldwide.
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.
Print 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 Academic Journals Database
This database provides full text access back to 1994 of over 5,000 Chinese academic journals, including 2,000 in the social sciences and humanities. Text in Chinese with English abstracts. 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: Trade, Politics and Culture 1793-1980
A digital database providing a wide variety of original source material detailing China’s interaction with the West from 1793 to 1980. 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. back to top
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 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."
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. 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 . For access to the International Country Risk Guide and Political Risk Services, see . CQ Almanac
Authoritative coverage of the people, elections, legislation, and controversies in the U.S. Congress from 1945. Also includes review and analysis of legislation and policy for each year, organized by policy area, roll call votes for all major legislation, and a Policy Tracker to follow legislation through the years.
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 above/below for direct access to the individual databases inside CQ Electronic Library. back to top CQ Money Line
Tracks contributions from corporations, associations and unions to members, candidates and party committees. You can also follow the flow of "soft money" through 527 groups, such as MoveOn.org, and retrieve information on more than 30,000 lobbyists indexed by client and issue. 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.
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.
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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In print only: REF Z 3508 .P6C87 (v. 1, 1968 – present).
A quarterly bibliography, with annotations, of books and articles on African affairs.
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
Current Digest of the (Post-)Soviet Press
Founded in 1949, is a weekly publication with English language translations of articles from the Soviet/Russian press, government documents and special interest journals. The online version provides full-image access from 1949 to present. 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: 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: Off-campus 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. back to top 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. Direction of Trade
Contains time series data from 1980 on the value of merchandise exports and imports between each country and all its trading partners. It reports total bilateral and multilateral exports and imports aggregated at national or regional group level. 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.
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.
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 - 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.
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. back to top
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. back to top
Online coverage: 1966 to present.
Indexes journal articles, essays and proceedings in education. Essay and General Lit
Emphasizing the humanities and social sciences, this index provides access to nearly 45,000 English-language essays in 3,500 collections and anthologies. Subjects covered include history, economics, psychology, religion, political science, folklore, film, music, drama, and literature. Essential Science Indicators
Enables researchers to conduct ongoing, quantitative analyses of research performance and track trends in science, including the social sciences. Covering a multidisciplinary selection of 11,000+ journals from around the world, this in-depth analytical tool offers data for ranking scientists, institutions, countries, and journals. E-STAT
This database is Statistics Canada's interactive warehouse of statistics about Canada. It includes such publications such as Canadian Social Trends, Health Reports, Human Activity and the Environment, Juristat and many others. There are over 2,400 tables tracking trends in virtually every aspect of the lives of Canadians. NOTE: this database cannot be accessed off campus. Europa World
A major reference source providing detailed surveys of over 250 countries, with an emphasis on political and economic information. The database also includes a listing of over 1,650 international organizations.
Online coverage: 1992 to present.
Indexes books, articles and dissertations covering materials dealing with Eastern European countries, including countries of the former Soviet Union, and published in Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Print equivalent: Z 2483 .E86 (1975 – 1994).
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A weekly digest summarizing news as reported in more than 70 US and international newspapers and newsmagazines. Online via LexisNexis from 1975 to the present.
Print edition: Ref D 410 .F3 (1969-2002) Family & Society Studies Worldwide
Provides coverage of literature in the fields of family science, human ecology, human development, and social welfare. Coverage is from 1970 to present and includes professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, working papers, statistical documents, theses & dissertations and other sources. Federal Register
The official publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of U.S. federal agencies, as well as executive orders and other Presidential documents. From 1936 to the present. FirstSearch hosts several scholarly databases, most notably WorldCat and ArticleFirst, also linked on this page.
Provides an index to the the FBIS Daily Reports, which contain English translations of news gathered from foreign radio and television broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements. The FBIS Daily Reports themselves are available on microfiche through 1996 in the Library's Microforms Room. For more precise holdings information, see the Library's catalog. In 1996, the U.S. government phased out its print publication of FBIS Daily Reports. This database is a part of the Newsbank collection; select the FBIS Index from the menu.
For coverage since 1995, see the World News Connection.
Foundation Directory Online
A comprehensive resource for private funding research. back to top
Provides full access to fourteen reference books, including Encyclopedia of Associations, Encylopedia of Associations: International, Research Centers Directory, International Research Centers Directory, and Government Research Centers Directory.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
A growing collection of reference works available online. Titles include Cities of the World, Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy, and Water: Science and Issue. Gallup Brain
A searchable database of more than 60 years of public opinion. You'll find answers to more than 125,000 questions, and responses from more than 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935. Gender Studies Database
Covers gender-related scholarship from 1972 to present and includes professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, discussion and working papers, theses & dissertations and more. There are links to some fulltext and to selected websites.
Online coverage: May 1984 to present, with abstracts from March 1993 to present, and some full text from 1995. Indexes over 150 US and British periodicals in the physical, life and health sciences.
Online coverage: 1980 to present.
An index, with abstracts, covering worldwide literature on geography, ecology, international development, geology, and related disciplines.
Global Books in Print
Global Books in Print includes all books currently available for sale from publishers in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand, in addition to some forthcoming and out of print titles. The database also includes selected full text reviews. Global Development Finance Online
Includes a comprehensive set of tables with statistical data for 136 countries that report debt under the World Bank Debtor Reporting System, as well as summary data for regions and income groups. It also contains data on total external debt stocks and flows, aggregates, and key debt ratios, and provides a detailed, country-by-country picture of debt. As of March 27, 2008, we are experiencing problems accessing this database from off campus. We have reported the problem and hope it will be fixed shortly.
Global Insight
Provides comprehensive economic, financial, and political coverage of countries, regions, and industries — covering over 200 countries and spanning more than approximately 170 industries. Note that Global Insight is one way to get statistics online from the International Monetary Fund. To access IMF statistics: - Click on DataInsight-Web
- Under Data Sources, click on Global Economy
- Under Concept, expand International Monetary Fund
Google Books
You can search the full text of books that Google has scanned for its vast Google Books project. Google is working with, among others, major academic libraries and publishers to digitize the books in their collections. Google Books captures information previously not available via online searching. You get some full text along with snippets or portions of books under 10%. Google Books is a project-in-progress; most books are not yet included. Google Scholar
Search across many disciplines /sources for peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, universities and other scholarly organizations. JHU resources have been "activated" to work with Google Scholar, but you first need to configure your browser to see them. GPO Monthly Catalog see Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
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Online coverage: 1936 to present.
Created by the Hispanic Division at the Library of Congress, HLAS offers scholarly evaluations of books, book chapters, articles and conference papers in the field of Latin American Studies. Many records include abstracts. There are also Spanish- and Portuguese-language versions of this database linked on the site.
Print equivalent: Z 1605 .H23 (1937 – present). Handbooks In Economics
Electronic access to the entire Handbooks In Economics series from North-Holland. Individual titles listed at the above link. Hein Online
This database offers access to the following: - Federal Register, the official publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of U.S. federal agencies, as well as executive orders and other Presidential documents. Coverage from 1936 to present.
- Foreign and International Law Resources Database, offering fulltext access to over 40 yearbooks of international law (from their inception to the present), key digests of international law, and decisions of international tribunals.
- Legal Classics Library, with the full-text of hundreds of classic law books.
- Political Science Journals Plus, a full-text legal periodicals database, including coverage of over 1,000 periodicals, from their inception to the present.
- Treaties & Agreements Library, with full-text coverage of every U.S. treaty, whether in force, expired, or yet-to-be officially published, plus explanatory documents issued by the Department of State.
- U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, 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.
- U.S. Presidential Library, including full-text access to Public Papers of the Presidents, Economic Reports of the Presidents, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, and other documents related to U.S. Presidents.
Also known as HAPI Online, this is a source for authoritative information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. HAPI covers analysis of current political, economic, and social issues as well as coverage of Latin American humanities. More than 400 key social science and humanities journals are indexed.
Historic Documents Series
Includes primary resources and documents covering the most significant events of each year since 1972. The documents range from presidential speeches, international agreements, and Supreme Court decisions to U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions.
Online coverage: 1955 to present.
Historical Abstracts selectively indexes over 1,700 journals in the field of history, with abstracts. Also indexes selected books.
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Includes Palmer's Index to the Times (of London), covering the years 1790-1905; The Official Index to the Times (of London), covering the years 1906-1980; and The Historical Index to the New York Times, covering the years 1851-1923.
Historical Statistics of the United States
A compendium of statistics from over 1,000 sources with over 37,000 data series on topics ranging from migration and international trade to national defense. The electronic edition permits users to graph individual tables and create customized tables and spreadsheets reflecting their own areas of interest.
Information on a company's location, summary financials, top competitors, top officers, and more. Use the title or company field to search company names. Note that Hoovers also houses the SEC filings of U.S. public companies, including annual reports (10K) and archived filings.
House Of Commons Parliamentary Papers
Indexes all British Parliamentary Papers from 1801-present and full text for Parliamentary Papers published from 1801-1945. There are additonal House Of Commons sessional papers dating back to 1745. Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective
Online coverage: 1907 to 1984.
Cites articles from English-language periodicals. Periodical coverage includes some of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines. Coverage includes a range of interdisciplinary fields represented by humanities and social sciences journals.
Online coverage: February 1984 to present, with abstracts from March 1994, and some full text from 1995.
An index of English language periodicals. Subject coverage includes history, area studies, language and literature, philosophy and religion.
ICPSR Direct
The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan provides access to one of the world’s largest archives of research and data in the social sciences. Any user with a JHU IP address may download data from ICPSR using the ICPSR Direct service. For detailed information, see the ICPSR page at the Government Publications/Maps/Law section of MSE Library (main campus).
Index of Economic Articles in Journals and Collective Volumes see Online coverage: 1906 to present.
Produced by the Islamic Bibliography Unit at Cambridge University Library, Index Islamicus indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Material cited includes not only work written about the Middle East, but also about other Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, plus Muslim minorities worldwide. Over 2,000 journals are monitored for inclusion in the database, along with conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews. Index to Jewish Periodicals
Provides references to articles in more than 160 English-language journals devoted to Jewish affairs and is intended for students of Jewish thought and contemporary Jewish and Middle Eastern affairs. Journal coverage dates back as far as 1988.
Online coverage: 1988 to present.
Ingenta is a multi-disciplinary database consisting of citations taken from the tables of contents of over 27,000 journals. When you enter the website, you can can do an advanced search or look at a Browse (Alphabetical) list of titles or subjects. Note: JHU does not subscribe to every title listed on the Ingenta website.
International African Bibliography
In print only: REF Z 3501 .I48 (v. 3, 1973 – present).
A quarterly bibliography of books, articles, and paper in African studies. Compiled at the Library, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
IBSS, compiled at the London School of Economics and Political Science, contains bibliographic information from over 2,600 journals published in 100 countries and over 6,000 books per year, in the fields of anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology. Coverage is from 1951 to present, with quarterly updates.
The online version of a 26-volume encyclopedia with 3,842 signed articles covering the social and behavioral sciences. International Financial Statistics see IMF below for description International Monetary Fund
The IMF offers three databases, available to up to five JHU users at a time from either on- or off-campus: International Financial Statistics
Offers web access to approximately 32,000 time series covering more than 200 countries starting in 1948. Includes exchange rates, Fund accounts and the main global and country economic indicators. Print equivalent: HG 3881 .I627 (annual) and Periodicals Room. Recent issues on reserve. Balance of Payments Statistics
Time series data from 1948 summarizing the economic transactions of an economy with the rest of the world. It reports total goods, services, factor income, and current transfers an economy receives from or provides to the rest of the world as well as capital transfers and changes in each economy's external financial claims and liabilities. Direction of Trade
Contains time series data from 1980 on the value of merchandise exports and imports between each country and all its trading partners. It reports total bilateral and multilateral exports and imports aggregated at national or regional group level.
Online coverage: 1989 to present.
Provides citations and abstracts for journal and yearbook articles in the fields of international relations, political science, and public administration. Coverage is world-wide.
Print equivalent: REF JA 36 .I5 (1951 – 1988). back to top Jane's Online
The JHU subscription to Jane's online services provides full text access to the following Jane's publications: Defence Industry, Defence Magazine Library, Defence Weekly, Foreign Report, Intelligence Digest, Intelligence Review, Intelligence Defense Review, Islamic Affairs Analyst, Missiles and Rockets, Navy International, and Terrorism and Security Monitor.
The online catalog of materials owned by the Johns Hopkins University Libraries.
Journal of Economic Literature see EconLit
Reproduces the full image of hundreds of scholarly journals, starting in each case with volume 1. Because the goal of JStor is to provide an archival, searchable collection of scholarly journals in electronic format, it is not a good source for very recent publications. Full text searching is available.
A digest of news, recording the world's major political, social, and economic events, pulling from a variety of news sources worldwide. Searchable back to 1931, with fulltext for the latest five years.
Print edition: REF D 410 .K26 (titled Keesing's Record of World Events). In the reference area, from volume 1, 1931.
Online coverage: 1986 to present.
A searchable archive of thousands of full-text articles on Latin America, covering economics, politics, human rights, the environment, military, and more. SAIS has access to certain parts of the database only. Note: This database is not available off-campus.
Leadership Library
Updated daily, this is a personnel contact database of the institutional leadership of the United States. Integrating fourteen Yellow Book directories, it enables users to reach over 400,000 individuals from U.S. government, business, professional, and nonprofit organizations. Legal Classics Library
The full-text of hundreds of classic law books, and hundreds more being added each year. Legal Periodicals Full Text
Online coverage: 1981 to present.
Indexes over 1000 journals, yearbooks, law reviews and bar association publications. Other good sources for legal periodicals are Hein Online, LexisNexis and Westlaw.
Contains the full text of hundreds of publications, including law journals, wire services, country economic reports, government publications, magazines, newspapers, news digests, and industry-specific newsletters and periodicals. Lexis Tip Sheet An index of U.S. congressional publications, with abstracts and links to full-text documents and related sites. LexisNexis Environmental
Abstracts of journal articles and conference proceedings and other key sources of information on the environment, both domestic and worldwide. The database also includes full-text news and journal articles, and legal materials relating to the environment. Coverage from 1975 to the present.
An index to almost 100 periodicals published by the U.S. government, including Department of State Dispatch, Federal Reserve Bulletin, and Survey of Current Business. Also includes links to full text.
Full text of indexes and finding aids for a large number of microform collections of primary source material, such as National Security Council documents, and private papers of government officials.
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An index to statistical publications of the U.S. government, international organizations, state governments, and many non-governmental organizations. Extensive abstracts are included and, in many cases, links to the full text documents are provided. London Times see Marketline: Business Information Center
This database includes 10,000+ company profiles and over 2,000 industry profiles. The latter is a particular strength of Marketline (formerly Datamonitor) and features both historical data and 5 year forecasts, plus information on market segmentations and analysis of each market's competitive landscape.
Online coverage: 1965 to present.
MEDLINE is produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. It indexes over 3,500 journals covering all areas of medicine, health, nutrition, and many other topics. Includes abstracts.
Mergent, formerly known as Moody's, includes financial information on companies including industrial, OTC (over-the-counter) industrial, bank & finance, transportation, public utility, and international companies. It also includes industry reports. Note: After clicking on the link above, click on Enter Mergent Online on the left side of the first screen.
Created to offer "current news to all branches of the military," this database provides full text from over 330 military and general interest publications, and indexing and abstracts for over 380 magazines. back to top
Online coverage: 1963 to present.
Indexes to books, journal articles, and dissertations in the fields of literature, language and folklore.
Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications see GPO Monthly Catalog
Full text of NBER Working Papers from 1994 to present. National Journal
Online coverage: 1977 to present
Non-partisan coverage and analysis of American politics, policy, and government. Access to the following National Journal publications is also included: the Hotline (covering American politics), CongressDaily (reports on the people, issues, and process of Capitol Hill), Technology Daily (coverage of IT politics and policy), Poll Track (database of polls on political issues and people), Mark-up Reports (for Congressional committees and subcommittees), and the Almanac of American Politics (searchable and regularly updated). National Security Archive see Digital National Security Archive National Trade Data Bank
Contains the complete text of over 50 U.S. government serials and publications relating to individual countries, products and industries. Includes many statistical tables.
Online access: National Trade Data Bank is also available through STAT-USA. Nations of the World
Part of the Library of Congress Law Library's Global Legal Information Network, this site provides links to information on all countries' constitutions as well as their legislative, executive, and judicial bodies. back to top New York Times
Access is available from the following sources: 1980 to present (text only): LexisNexis Academic
1999 to present (text only, with abstracts): ProQuest Newspapers
1851 to 2002 (full image, some abstracts): ProQuest Historical New York Times
1937 to 1998 (print index): REF AI 21 .N5.
Newsbank
A collection of several databases, including: Access UN, Access UNDP, Access World News, FBIS Electronic Index (Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1975-1996), and Washington Post.
Online coverage: 1989 to present.
Newspaper Abstracts indexes and abstracts more than 26 newspapers, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Wall Street Journal. Many of the newspapers indexed in Newspaper Abstracts are also searchable in full text format via LexisNexis Academic. NexisLexis see LexisNexis Academic
Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Parliamentary Papers
see House Of Commons Parliametary Papers
Nineteenth Century Masterfile
This database bills itself as the "premier index to nineteenth-century periodicals." It includes Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (+ supplements), covering 1802-1906. NTIS (National Technical Information Service)
Bibliographic citations for U.S. government-sponsored research, development, and engineering reports.
OECD see Oral History Online
In-depth indexing to more than 2,500 collections of oral history in English from around the world. The collection also provides keyword searching of more than 250,000 pages of full-text by over 6,000 individuals and contains pointers to 1,900 audio and video files and over 13,500 bibliographic records. An illustrated collection of 50,000 biographies of men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2000.
A historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present. OED aims to show not only the current meanings of words, but also to trace their development through time.
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A searchable collection of online journals; most have abstracts and many have full-text available online. Please note that there is a drop-down menu to search a specific journal and another menu for subject-oriented lists of Oxford titles
Oxford Reference Online Premium
This site provides full text access to close to 200 reference works published by Oxford University Press, including bi-lingual language dictionaries, encyclopedias of military history, politics, business, finance, science, technology, and more.. Oxford Scholarship Online
A cross-searchable library containing the full text of over 1,200 Oxford books in the areas of Economics and Finance, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion. Specially-commissioned abstracts and keywords are available at book and chapter level, and up to 200 new and recently-published books are added each year. PAIS International
Online coverage: 1972 to present.
PAIS, or Public Affairs Information Service, is a selective listing, with abstracts, of journal articles, books and documents. Subject coverage includes economics, business, political science, sociology, demography, and international law and relations, with an emphasis on public-policy oriented literature. Includes titles published in six languages. Coverage from 1937 - 1976 is available via PAIS Archive.
Online coverage: 1993 to present.
Indexes papers presented at conferences worldwide.
Online coverage: 1987 to present.
Indexes over 1,500 popular and academic periodicals. Abstracts are included. Also covers transcripts of TV and radio news programs.
PIO indexes the contents of older issues of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences. Includes journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other Western languages, with some full-text linking to JStor. Philosopher's Index
A current, comprehensive subject and author index to scholarly articles, books, anthologies, and contributions to anthologies in philosophy and related disciplines. Includes 500+ journals from more than 40 countries and is updated quarterly. The database also includes a book review index. back to top
Indexes and abstracts publications covering public policy research. It draws its content from public policy think tanks, research organizations, and university research programs including the American Enterprise Institute, Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, IMF, World Bank, CSIS, and others. When available, full text is provided. Political Handbook of the World
Comprehensive country profiles chronicling national history, government, and political parties, as well as profiles on intergovernmental organizations, development banks, and the agencies and specialized bodies of the United Nations Political Science Abstractssee Political Science Journals Plus
A full-text legal periodicals database, including coverage of over 1,100 periodicals, from their inception to the present.
A database of polls taken on a variety of subjects all over the world. Each record in the database consists of one poll question and the participants' responses. Records are indexed by subject matter, publication year, general and specific location, and survey method.
Online coverage: 1986 to
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