Databases by Subject
Politics & International Relations Research Guide
Politics & International Relations
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America: History and Life (EBSCO)
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Index to the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. | Partial | more information | |
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American History in Video (Alexander Street Press)
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Historical coverage from the early history of Native Americans to the 1988 Vicennes Affair in the Persian Gulf. Biographical coverage ranges from eighteenth century to modern day figures. | Yes | more information | |
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Associated Press: Washington, D.C. Bureau Collection (Gale)
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Searchable digital collection including records from the Washington, D.C., bureau office of the Associated Press dating from 1952—2009. | No | more information | |
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Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (GPO Access)
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Free index to federal government publications distributed through the Superintendent of Documents. | Yes | more information | |
| Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) |
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Scholarly source for theory and research in international affairs; includes papers, projects, proceedings, books, journals, policy briefs and teaching materials (i.e., case studies and background readings). | No | more information | |
| CountryWatch |
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Up-to-date news and information on all of the world's countries. | No | more information | |
| CQ Press Voting & Elections Collection |
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Integrates data, authoritative analyses, concise explanations, and historical material on the American voter, major and minor political parties, campaigns and elections, and historical and modern races for Congress, the presidency and governorships. | Yes | more information | |
| CQ Weekly |
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Reports on issues on the congressional horizon, plus a wrap up of the previous week's news, including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee & floor activity, debates and all roll-call votes. Coverage from 1983 to present. | Yes | more information | |
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Declassified Documents Reference System (Gale)
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Provides access to 500,000+ pages of previously classified government documents. Covers major international events including the Cold War, and the Vietnam War. Underpins studies in international relations and U S. foreign & domestic policy studies. | No | more information | |
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Global Issues in Context (Gale)
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A resource for international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. | No | more information | |
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Historic Documents Collection (Sage)
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Primary sources including presidential speeches, international agreements, Supreme Court decisions, US government reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions arranged chronologically. | No | more information | |
| International Historical Statistics |
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Statistical compendium covering the years 1750-2010 (with annual updates). Includes all statistical tables as Excel spreadsheets, which can be downloaded for further analysis. Topics include population, national accounts, labor force, agriculture, external trade and industry. Each section has a full description of the sources used to compile the statistics. | No | more information | |
| JSTOR-19th Century British Pamphlets Collection |
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This collection, as part of JSTOR, contains the most significant British pamphlets from the 19th century held in UK research libraries. | Yes | more information | |
| LexisNexis Academic |
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Provides over 9,000 full-text news, business, and legal sources. | No | more information | |
| National Review Archive |
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The National Review has been a leading journal of opinion since its inception in 1955. | Yes | more information | |
| New Republic Archive |
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The New Republic, founded in 1914, is a U.S.-based journal of opinion on politics and the arts. Approach tends to be centrist conservative. | Yes | more information | |
| New York Times |
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New York Times access 1851-present. Direct access to virtually all NY Times content from that time period. Requires a separate, one-time registration. For details, visit http://researchguides.drake.edu/nyt | No | more information | |
| New York Times (LexisNexis) |
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NYT, from 1930 to present (for older coverage, see "New York Times Historical Newspaper") For all articles from today's version, just click on "Today" in the date field and then "Search." | No | more information | |
| New York Times (Proquest Historical Newspapers) |
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Full-text including scanned digital images of the New York Times, 1851-2012 | Yes | more information | |
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange (Gale)
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Archive of primary source documents related to international relations between Asian countries and the West during the 19th century. | No | more information | |
| Oxford Handbooks Online |
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Full text online versions of the Oxford Handbooks, available in seven complete subject modules: Business & Management, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Literature, Psychology, and History. | Yes | more information | |
| Politics in America |
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Information on members of the U.S. Congress and their districts. | Yes | more information | |
| ProQuest Congressional |
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Historic and current congressional information supporting in-depth research in public policy, historical, and legal areas of interest | No | more information | |
| Springer eBook, 2010-2017 Collections |
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A collection of electronic books in a variety of subjects. Users have the option to order a personal print copy of ebooks owned by Drake (2010-2017 collection) for $24.99 (regardless of the actual book price). These "MyCopy" books are soft-cover b/w print copies that are mailed to the user’s address. | Yes | more information | |
| Statista |
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Online statistics portal providing access to data from market and opinion research institutions, as well as from business organizations and government institutions. Includes many easily-cited authoritative infographics. | No | more information | |
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Statistical Abstract of the United States (ProQuest)
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Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. | No | more information | |
| Vital Statistics on American Politics |
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More than 230 tables and charts covering the full spectrum of American politics dating back to 1788. | No | more information | |
| World DataBank |
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Access to nation-by-nation (or aggregate) statistical data. | No | more information |
Other Resources
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Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
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Scholarly, multidisciplinary full-text database, with more than 6,000 full-text periodicals, including more than 2,800 peer-reviewed journals. | Partial | more information | |
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Academic Video Online (Alexander Street Press)
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A single cross-searchable repository of Alexander Street Press online video titles currently available to Drake users. This includes American History in Video and World History in Video | Yes | more information | |
| Ambrose Digital Streaming Video |
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Collection of streaming video clips and full programs. The database includes all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays produced by BBC as well as additional films in history, social sciences, literature, fine arts, and the sciences. | No | more information | |
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American Doctoral Dissertations, 1933-1955 (EBSCO)
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Searchable, open access database of dissertations from 1933-1955. | Partial | more information | |
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American Politics: Campaign Newspapers (Readex)
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Digitized newspapers from over 30 states covering political campaigns and issues from 1803-1876. | No | more information | |
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Artemis Primary Sources (Gale)
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Combines Gale primary source databases into one searchable environment. | No | more information | |
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ArticleFirst (OCLC)
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Index of articles from the contents pages of journals in business, science, humanities, social sciences, medicine, technology and popular culture. | Partial | more information | |
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Book Citation Index (Web of Science )
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Allows cited reference searching of over 30,000 editorially selected books published since 2005 in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. (Part of the Web of Science Core Collection) | No | more information | |
| Britannica Online |
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Fully searchable version of this authoritative, general encyclopedia. It also includes the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Britannica Book of the Year. | Yes | more information | |
| Cambridge Histories Online |
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Online version of the prestigious Cambridge Economic Histories Online for Europe, Latin America, India, and the Greco-Roman world. | Yes | more information | |
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Chicago Manual of Style Online (University of Chicago)
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Online version of the 16th and 17th editions of the Chicago Manual of Style. Fully searchable. | No | more information | |
| Chicago Tribune (Proquest Historical Newspapers) |
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Digital version of the Chicago Tribune (1849-1992). | No | more information | |
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Conference Proceedings Citation Index (Web of Science)
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This citation index covers conference literature in all scientific and technical fields, as well as all fields of social sciences, arts, and humanities. (Part of the Web of Science Core Collection) | No | more information | |
| CQ Press Researcher Online |
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Looking for a "hot topic" on which to do a research paper? This database is a great place to start! It offers pros & cons, background information, and in-depth analysis on a variety of topics, issues, and controversies currently in the news. | Yes | more information | |
| Credo Reference |
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Portal to over 500 highly regarded reference sources. Examples of sources covered include: Art, Business, Food & Beverage, History, Language, Law, Literature, Medicine, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Science, Social Sciences, and Technology. | Yes | more information | |
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Current Contents Connect (Web of Science)
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Current awareness database provides access to complete tables of contents, abstracts, bibliographic information, abstracts from recently published issues of scholarly journals, and evaluated websites. | No | more information | |
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Data Citation Index (Web of Science)
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Indexes data studies and datasets across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences and links the datasets/studies with published literature. | No | more information | |
| Duke University Press Journals Online (e-Duke Scholarly Collection) |
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Provides access to 39 Duke University Press journals in the humanities and social sciences. Can search across the entire collection or search individual journals. | Partial | more information | |
| Encyclopedia of Associations |
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The Encyclopedia of Associations is a comprehensive source of detailed information on over 151,000 nonprofit membership organizations worldwide. | No | more information | |
| eScholarShare (Drake University) |
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Scholarly repository of Drake University. Includes 1000+ electronic theses & dissertations. | Yes | more information | |
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Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)
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Features newspapers, magazines, and journals from various ethnic and minority presses. | Yes | more information | |
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European Views of the Americas (EBSCO)
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Comprehensive bibliographic guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. | Partial | more information | |
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Filmakers Library Online (Alexander Street Press)
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Collection of over 1,400 international documentary films made from 1974 to the present by independent filmakers from all over the world. They are feature length films, providing hundreds of hours of viewing and transcripts that scroll as the video plays. | Yes | more information | |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library |
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A collection of reference works on the Arts, Business, Education, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation & World, Religion, and the Social Sciences. | Yes | more information | |
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Government Printing Office (OCLC)
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The GPO Monthly Catalog provides bibliographic citations for all types of U.S. government documents. Not a full-text database | Yes | more information | |
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GREENR - Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources (Gale)
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A database focused on the issues relating to the environment. Its coverage extends to news, case studies, videos, and news, as well as academic journals. | Partial | more information | |
| HeinOnline |
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An online research tool with more than 100 million pages of legal history available in a fully-searchable, image-based format. | Yes | more information | |
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Index to Legal Periodicals (EBSCO)
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This retrospective database indexes legal periodicals published in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand dating back to 1908. | Partial | more information | |
| Journal Citation Reports |
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Measures research influence and impact at the journal and category levels by showing the relationship between citing and cited journals available in the Web of Science. (Essential Science Indicators is another similar database for exploring scholarly metrics.) | Yes | more information | |
| JSTOR |
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More than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources | Yes | more information | |
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LegalTrac (Gale)
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Database for research in case law, government regulations, the practice of law, statutes, taxation and international law. Covers all major law reviews, and specialty law and bar association journals. | No | more information | |
| Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources |
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Offers online access to early state codes, city charters, documents relating to constitutional conventions, and other resources in American legal history. | No | more information | |
| Marquis Who's Who in America |
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Biographical information from various "Who's Who" series. | Yes | more information | |
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Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)
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Newspapers, television and radio news transcripts. | Yes | more information | |
| NewsVault |
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Cross-search Gale newspaper archives using a single interface. Drake has access to the complete (London) Times Digital Archive and the 19th Century U.S. Newspaper Digital Archive. | No | more information | |
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Europe and Africa: Commerce, Christianity, Civilization, and Conquest (Gale)
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Archive of monographs, manuscripts, and newspaper accounts covering exploration, military and missionary activities, and economic and political imperialism in the nineteenth century. | No | more information | |
| Oxford English Dictionary |
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2nd edition of the 20-volume set. Includes meaning, history, & pronunciation of over 1/2 million words, both past and present. | No | more information | |
| Oxford Reference Online |
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Access to dictionaries & reference works in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Limit of 5 simultaneous users. | Yes | more information | |
| Oxford Scholarship Online Ebooks |
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Ebooks in 16 subject areas. | No | more information | |
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Periodicals Archive Online (ProQuest)
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Archive of backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences, spanning more than two centuries of content, 37 key subject areas, and multiple languages. | Yes | more information | |
| PoliticoPro |
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A premium policy news and information resource designed to keep students, faculty and researchers in lock-step with the unprecedented pace of developments in our current political climate. | No | more information | |
| Project Muse |
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Full-text of scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University and other university presses. | Yes | more information | |
| RefWorks [Old Version] |
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Bibliographic and citation tool for Drake students and faculty | No | more information | |
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SciELO Citation Index (Web of Science)
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SciELO content includes regional journals from Latin American and the Caribbean as well as titles from Spain, Portugal and South Africa. | Yes | more information | |
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Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)
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A multidisciplinary index to more than 1,950 scholarly social sciences journals as well as relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. | Yes | more information | |
| Springer Journals |
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Full text access (1997-present) to most journals available through Springer. | Yes | more information | |
| The Listener - Historical Archive |
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The Listener (1929-1991) was the weekly newspaper published by the BBC. The complete archive of this landmark publication is an essential witness to the intellectual and cultural history of the twentieth century. | No | more information | |
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The Nation Archive (EBSCO)
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Full-text of The Nation, a weekly magazine, from 1865 - present. | Yes | more information | |
| U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 |
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Features approximately 11 million pages and more than 350,000 separate documents. Almost 150,000 Supreme Court cases are available. | No | more information | |
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Very Short Introductions (Oxford)
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Concise introductions to a wide range of subjects. | Yes | more information | |
| Wall Street Journal (Proquest) |
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Full-text of the newspaper's eastern edition, 1984 - present. | Yes | more information | |
| Web of Science |
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Web of Science, a database that provides quick and powerful access to the world's leading citation databases and sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities research content. (Includes: Biosis Citation Index, Currents Contents Connect, Data Citation Index, Derwent Innovations Index, MEDLINE, SciELO Citation Index, Zoological Record, and the Web of Science Core Collection: Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Book Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index, Current Chemical Reactions, Index Chemicus, Science Citation Index Expanded, and Social Sciences Citation Index.) | Partial | more information | |
| Web of Science Core Collection |
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A subset of databases within the Web of Science that provide access to the world’s leading citation databases, with multidisciplinary information from over 12,000 high impact journals and over 160,000 conference proceedings from around the world. (Includes: Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Book Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index, Current Chemical Reactions, Index Chemicus, Science Citation Index Expanded, and Social Sciences Citation Index.) | Partial | more information | |
| World History in Video |
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Contains a wide-ranging collection of critically acclaimed documentaries that allow you to explore human history from the earliest civilizations to the late 20th century. Videos are global in scope, and capture longer-term and multiple perspectives, so you can make connections across cultures and over time. | Yes | more information | |
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WorldCat (OCLC)
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WorldCat is a catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. | No | more information | |
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WorldCat Dissertations (OCLC)
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Bibliographic database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat | No | more information |
