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Academic Universe see LexisNexis Academic

AccessUN

Documents from the six main bodies of the United Nations - General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, Secretariat and International Court of Justice - are indexed. The full-text of resolutions from the General Assembly, Security Council and the Economic and Social Council are appended to their respective bibliographic citations.

Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals

Link via DTIC
Link via MERLN

This provides indexing to significant articles, news items, editorials and books reviews appearing in military and aeronautical periodicals, many of which are not indexed elsewhere.

ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts

CSA
ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts on the Web is an indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, economics, politics, race relations and education.

Bibliography of Asian Studies

This on-line version of the Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) contains more than 410,000 records on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present.

Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) Databases

The full-text databases maintained and archived at this site include their Nuclear database, the Missile database, the Newly Independent States (NIS) database, the Far East database and the Publications database. Information is compiled from over 340 source publications.

ciao (Columbia International Affairs Online)

Provides full-text access to: working papers, conference proceedings, journal abstracts, books, a schedule of events, policy briefs and economic indicators, links and resources, and maps and country data. Coverage begins in 1991.

Congressional Universe see LexisNexis Congressional

CQ Budget Tracker

CQ Budget Tracker pulls together information on one page for the House and Senate version of each appropriations bill. Reporting on key decision points include hearings, markups, amendments and conference coverage. You can track appropriations documents from the draft stage through the conference report. CQ Budget Tracker lets you search the complete text of committee reports, including the charts that hold the most elusive line items. Follow dollar amounts at the account level with CQ’s spreadsheet style charts, updated as each bill proceeds through the legislative process.

CQ Homeland Security

CQ Homeland Security is a one-stop web-based intelligence service offering up-to-date and comprehensive homeland security information. It provides daily news and analysis on the latest homeland security spending and policy issues and access to a special homeland security version of CQ schedules, complete with event dates, times and hearing room locations.

CQ Researcher

This full-text database provides information on current and controversial issues in areas such as economic, social, political and international affairs. Each report includes historical background, milestones, the current situation and outlook and the pros and cons of each issue. Coverage begins in 1992.

CQ Weekly

This full-text database provides reports on significant legislation, floor action and major policy issues in Congress. Also included are: roll call votes, presidential speeches, election coverage and more. Coverage begins in 1983.

Criminal Justice Abstracts

CSA
Criminal Justice Abstracts contains comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines. It covers crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment and sentencing.

Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection

CSA
Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection includes the full-text of 15 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back twenty years, encompassing over 4,100 articles. It covers such subjects as Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence.

CSA

Mirror Site
Citations and abstracts to resources indexed in:

Aerospace & High Technology Database 1962-

AIDS and Cancer Research Abstracts 1982-

Aluminium Industry Abstracts 1972-

Algology Mycology and Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C) 1982-

ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts 1971-

ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts 1987-

Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B) 1982-

Biological Sciences 1982-

Biology Digest 1989-

Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts 1982-

Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramics Abstracts 1975-

Computer & Information Systems Abstracts 1981-

Conference Papers Index 1982-

Copper Data Center Database 1965-

Corrosion Abstracts 1980-

Criminal Justice Abstracts 1968-

Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection 1982-

EconLit 1969-

Electronics & Communications Abstracts 1981-

Engineered Materials Abstracts 1986-

Environmental Sciences and Pollution Mgmt 1967-

ERIC 1966-

Findex 1991-

GeoRef 1785-

Index Islamicus 1906-

Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A) 1982-

Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts 1989-

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts 1973-

LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts 1969-

Materials Business File 1985-

Mechanical Engineering Abstracts 1981-2002

MEDLINE 1993-

METADEX 1966-

Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts 1974-

NTIS 1964-

Oceanic Abstracts 1981-

Plant Science 1994-

PsycINFO 1840-

Safety Science and Risk 1981-

Social Services Abstracts 1980-

Sociological Abstracts 1963-

Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts 1981-

TOXLINE 1999-

Water Resources Abstracts 1967-

WELDASEARCH 1967-

World Political Science Abstracts 1975-

Current Contents Connect

Current Contents Connect is a multidisciplinary current awareness tool, providing access to complete bibliographic information of over 8,000 of the world's leading scholarly journals and more than 2,000 books. Dudley Knox Library’s subscription covers the Social & Behavioral Sciences; Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences; Engineering, Computing & Technology; Arts & Humanities; Business; and Electronics & Telecommunications.

Current Issues Universe see LexisNexis Current Issues

Declassified Documents Reference System Online

Full-text searchable Web documents range from correspondence and memoranda to minutes of cabinet meetings, technical studies, national security policy statements and intelligence reports. Major domestic and international events from the post-WWII era are covered.

Defense and Foreign Affairs Handbook see Global Information System

Digital National Security Archive

Contains twenty complete collections of primary documents central to US foreign and military policy since 1945: Afghanistan, Berlin Crisis 1958-1962, China and the US, Cuban Missile Crisis, El Salvador 1977-1984, El Salvador 1980-1994, Iran-Contra Affair, Intelligence Community, Iran Revolution, Iraqgate, Japan and the US, Military Uses of Space, Nicaragua, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Philippines, Presidential Directives from Truman to Clinton, South Africa, Soviet Estimate, U.S. Espionage and Intelligence, and U.S. Nuclear History.

DTIC's STINET (Scientific & Technical Information Network)

Citations to reports from DTIC, a clearinghouse for a variety of defense-related scientific and technical publications. Through the STINET database, DTIC indexes and abstracts these reports, providing full-text to some reports. The STINET database has coverage from 1975. The library owns the print version of some of the DTIC reports, and has nearly complete coverage in microfiche.

Search DTIC's Technical Report Collection
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Early Bird

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Alternate Address
Daily compilations of published current news articles and commentary and verbatim transcripts of broadcast news reports and commentary concerning significant defense and defense-related national security issues.

Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST)

Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST) is a free-of-charge service for politicians, journalists, researchers and the interested public. FIRST is a joint project of the International Relations and Security Network (ISN) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

Facts.com

Current and historical events research including key events and issues, key people, obituaries, newspaper editorials, historical documents, World leaders, country profiles, maps and more. Available databases are: Facts on File Current Events Research, Facts.com Special Features, and Reuters News.

FBIS (Foreign Broadcast Information Service)

FBIS [New Website]

If you are registering for a new FBIS account, please use the New Website. Current FBIS account holders will be transitioned to the the new website.

FBIS offers an extensive, in-depth collection of translations and transcriptions of open source information monitored worldwide on such diverse topics as military affairs, politics, the environment, societal issues, economics, and science and technology. The information is obtained monitoring radio, television, press, periodicals, books and other sources of unrestricted information such as databases and gray literature.

FedStats

FedStats provides access to official statistical information available to the public from the Federal Government. Use FedStats to track economic and population trends, education, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, farm production, and more. Access official statistics collected and published by more than 100 Federal agencies without having to know in advance which agency produces them. All of the statistical information available through FedStats is maintained and updated solely by Federal agencies on their own web servers.

Gallup Brain

The Gallup Brain is a searchable, living record of more than 60 years of public opinion. Inside, 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.

GAO Comptroller General Decisions

[via GPO Access]

Provides access to the full text of most of the decisions and opinions issued by the Comptroller General in areas of Federal law. Coverage begins with FY 1995.

Government Accountability Office (formerly: General Accounting Office)

GAO Reports

[via GPO Access]

Provides access to the full text of most of the reports published by this agency which serves as a "watchdog" organization for Congress. Coverage begins with FY 1995.

Government Accountability Office (formerly: General Accounting Office)

Global Information System

Click on Client Log-In

The Global Information System is a fully on-line and keyword searchable, non-partisan, confidential data, intelligence and analysis system built up for professional use by senior policymakers, intelligence officials and military research establishments worldwide since 1972. The system is based on intelligence and analysis undertaken as a result of massive field collection (HUMINT); and on extensive research and analysis, using primary and open sources intelligence (OSINT), including considerable "open-but-difficult source" OSINT.

Global NewsBank

Provides full-text news articles covering politics, economics, culture, business, science, technology, and the environment from Africa, Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Pacific Rim, Central and South America, and the Middle East. All articles are in English and are from over 1000 translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, wire services, newspapers, magazines and government documents.

Government Periodicals Universe see LexisNexis Government Periodicals

GPO Access

- U.S. Government Printing Office

Access to Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Business Opportunities, Congressional Record, Federal Register, Supreme Court Decisions, U.S. Code, and many more Legisative, Executive, Judicial and Regulatory Documents.

GPO Monthly Catalog

Indexes many of the publications published by the Government Printing Office. When available, links to full text web documents are given. Coverage begins with July 1976.

Index Islamicus

CSA
The Index Islamicus database indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world including main Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, plus Muslim minorities elsewhere. It is produced by the Islamic Bibliography Unit at Cambridge University Library to transmit knowledge about Islamic and Middle East studies. Records included in the database cover almost a century of publications, with some going back to 1906. Over 2,000 journals are monitored for inclusion in the database, together with conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews. Journals and books are indexed down to the article and chapter level.

Ingenta

The Ingenta Library Gateway is a searchable database of more than 11 million citations from over 20,000 journals.

Jane's Online

Provides access to full-text reports, articles and image files relating to the world's armed forces and defense industry, geopolitical arena and various transportation systems.

Aero Engines

Air Launched Weapons

Air Traffic Control

Aircraft Component Manufacturers

Aircraft Equipment and Services

Aircraft Upgrades

Airport Review

Airports and Handling Agents

All the World’s Aircraft

Ammunition Handbook

Amphibious and Special Forces

Armour and Artillery

Armour and Artillery Upgrades

Electro-Optic Systems

Electronic Mission Aircraft

Explosive Ordnance Disposal

Fighting Ships

Foreign Report

Helicopter Markets and Systems

High Speed Marine Transportation

International ABC Aerospace Directory

International Defence Directory

International Defense Review

Islamic Affairs Analyst

Land Based Air Defence

Marine Propulsion

Merchant Ships

Military Biographies

Military Communications

Military Vehicles and Logistics

Mines and Mine Clearance

Missiles and Rockets

Naval Construction and Retrofit Markets

Naval Weapon Systems

Navy International

Nuclear Biological and Chemical Defence

Personal Combat Equipment

Police and Security Equipment

Police Review

Radar and Electronic Warfare Systems

RUSI / Jane’s Homeland Security and Intelligence Monitor

Sentinel Security Assessments

Simulation and Training Systems

Space Directory

Strategic Weapon Systems

Terrorism and Security Monitor

Terrorism Intelligence Centre

Transport Finance

Underwater Technology

Underwater Warfare Systems

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Targets

Urban Transport Systems

World Air Forces

World Airlines

World Armies

World Defence Industry

World Insurgency and Terrorism

World Railways

JSTOR

JSTOR is a digital archive collection of core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. It contains the entire runs of each journal from the first volume up to those published 2 to 5 years ago. By agreement with the publishers JSTOR maintains a moving 2 to 5 year lag in most recent holdings available.

LexisNexis Academic

nexis.com

lexis.com

Search for federal and state case law as well as articles from a huge variety of newspapers, news wires, congressional transcripts, TV and radio transcripts, magazines, journals, business publications and more. Most documents are provided full-text (ASCII text only, no graphics). Additional information and passwords for nexis.com and lexis.com are available from the Research Assistance Librarians.

LexisNexis Congressional

CIS indexing and abstracting of congressional publications. (1970- )

Prepared statements, selected question & answer transcripts. (1988- )

Full text of congressional reports, documents, prints, bills, Congressional Record.

Bill tracking, public laws, CFR, Federal Register, biographical information, committees, voting records.

LexisNexis Government Periodicals

The U.S. government agencies publish approximately 170 magazines and newsletters with substantial research value. Government Periodicals Universe provides detailed subject and author indexing to access this body of literature and is updated quarterly (March, June, Sept, and December). Each update covers more than 2,000 articles of research value.

Government Periodicals Indexed in LEXIS-NEXIS

LexisNexis Statistical

all statistics issued by the U.S. government back to 1973 through CIS' American Statistics Index.

some 1,000 of the best statistical publications of private and state government sources from 1980 forward through CIS' Statistical Reference Index.

approximately 2,000 indispensable titles from some 100 international intergovernmental organizations, all published annually since 1983 through CIS' Index to International Statistics.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)

The NCJRS Abstracts Database is one of the largest criminal and juvenile justice libraries and databases in the world. The collection, with holdings from the early 1970s to the present, contains more than 180,000 publications, reports, articles, and audiovisual products from the United States and around the world. These resources include statistics, research findings, program descriptions, congressional hearing transcripts, and training materials. The NCJRS sponsoring agencies publish hundreds of reports and other information products each year. Most of the titles are available online through the NCJRS Web site.

NCJRS Abstracts Database
Full-text Publications

nationalissues.com

"Gathers the best articles and research from leading think tanks, news sources, advocacy groups and individual policy analysts."

Oxford Analytica

Oxford Analytica draws on the scholarship of Oxford and other major universities and research institutions around the world to provide strategic analysis of geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments. Each day Oxford Analytica adds seven or eight three to four page briefs analyzing and judging economic, political and social developments around the world.

PAIS International

CSA
The PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) International database contains references to more than 460,000 journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material in various areas including business, economics, social conditions and international relations.

Periodical Abstracts: Research II

ProQuest
Search over 1800 periodicals on a wide range of topics including the arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, sciences and the New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal, and Barron's.

Policy Central

Comprehensive resource on politics and policy for the academic community from the National Journal Group. Includes access to: National Journal, The Hotline, Congress Daily, Technology Daily, and the Almanac of American Politics.

Political Risk Services

Provides full-text reports on over 100 countries including economic, demographic, geographic, historical, international relationships, political actors and social data as well as business-oriented forecasts.

Project Muse

Full-text access to over 100 university press journals in the humanities, social sciences and mathematics. Coverage for most journals begins in 1995.

ProQuest

ABI/ Inform [business and management]

Applied Science & Technology Plus

Periodicals Abstracts: Research II [social sciences, humanities, general sciences, business & general interest]

Proquest Computing [hardware, software, design, technology management etc.]

Proquest Military

Proquest Telecommunications [communications and telecommunications]

Political Science Abstracts see World Political Science Abstracts

Social Sciences Citation Index

Click on Web of Science
The Social Sciences Citation Index® provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in over 1,700 of the world's leading scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50 disciplines. They also cover individually selected, relevant items from approximately 3,300 of the world’s leading science and technology journals. Dudley Knox Library’s subscription covers articles and papers published from 2001-present.

Statistical Universe see LexisNexis Statistical

STINET see DTIC's STINET (Scientific & Technical Information Network)

STINET MultiSearch

STINET MultiSearch is intended to assist the DOD community to access pertinent scientific and technical information over a wide range of sources. STINET MultiSearch is a portal to the Deep-Web for Scientific & Technical Information. The Deep-Web is content that resides in searchable databases and can only be accessed via a direct query to the database. Since this content is not published as static web pages, it is not available on the "surface" Web and cannot be accessed directly through commercial and government search engines.

Stratfor

Stratfor is one of the world's leading global intelligence firms, providing clients with geopolitical analysis and industry and country forecasts to mitigate risk and identify opportunities. The Stratfor website publishes daily intelligence briefs and in-depth analysis, and a wide range of consulting services carefully tailored to meet specific client needs.

THOMAS: Federal Legislative Information

- Library of Congress

Access to summary, status and text of bills, Public Laws, roll call votes, Committee reports, Congressional Record and much more legislative information.

Web of Knowledge

The website includes Science Citation Index 1980- , Social Sciences Citation Index 2001- , Current Contents Connect. This database provides citation and tracking information on current and retrospective research and a current awareness tool. Cited references [footnotes and bibliographies] for all articles are captured and indexed, allowing tracing of the references and citation analysis. Includes access to some full-text articles.

World Almanac

World Almanac Encyclopedia

World Service Online see Political Risk Services

WorldCat (MERLN)

With WorldCat (the OCLC Online Union Catalog) you can simultaneously search the catalogs of over 9000 libraries worldwide. WorldCat contains more than 50 million records in over 400 languages.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

CSA
CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts is building on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts, published by IFI / Plenum, 1975-2000, and ABC POL SCI, published by ABC-CLIO, 1984-2000. The database provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy.

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