CQ Congress Collection - Full text
Provides a wide variety of information and analysis of legislation, members of Congress, congressional votes, and the legislative branch (1969-present).

EIU Viewswire - Full text
Analysis of international economic, political and business developments.

World Bank Development Indicators - Full text
Provides access to WDI Online, which contains social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental data for over 200 countries and 18 country groups from 1960-2002.

LexisNexis Academic - Full text
Full-text of national and regional newspapers, business publications, federal and state codes, case law and reference information (1990-present).

CQ Researcher - Full text
Reports on current topics, including social issues, the environment, health, education, science and technology. (1991-present)

CQ Weekly Online - Full text
Provides in-depth reports on issues in Congress, plus a complete summary of the previous week's news, including the status of bills, committee and floor activity, debates and roll-call votes. Archive dates back to 1983

Alternative Press Index - Some full text
Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political and social change (1991-present).

Alternative Press Index Archive - Citations only
Index of journals covering cultural, economic, political and social change (1969-1990).

Contemporary Women's Issues - Some full text
Global information on women's issues in health and human rights.

American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABSEES) - Citations only
References to sources about East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union (1990-present).

Social Science Abstracts - Some full text
Citations of articles in many fields relating to the social sciences (1983-present).

Journal Citation Reports (available through ISI Web of Knowledge).
Journal citation data including most frequently cited, highest impact and largest journals in a field from JCR Web Science Edition 2004 and JCR Web Social Sciences Edition 2005

Social Sciences Citation Index - Citations only
Citations and abstracts of scholarly articles in the social and behavioral sciences, featuring cited reference searching in 50 disciplines in the social sciences (1956-present).

America: History and Life - Citations only
Citations and abstracts of sources on the history of the U.S. and Canada from prehistory to the present.

Historical Abstracts - Citations only
References to articles, books and dissertations on world history from 1450-present (excluding the U.S. and Canada)

Academic Search Premier - Some full text
General interest and scholarly articles on a variety of topics (dates vary, some journals back to 1975 or earlier)

Expanded Academic ASAP (Academic OneFile) - Some full text
Articles in a variety of subject areas from scholarly journals and general periodicals.

JSTOR - Full text
Scholarly journal articles in the social, general, and life sciences.

Project Muse - Full text
Full-text journals in literature, performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, and more.

Oxford Journals Online - Full text
Online access to 159 Oxford journals on a range of topics from 1998-present.

Ingenta - Citations only
Article citations in a variety of subject areas and tables of contents for periodicals.

JournalInfo

U.S. Government and Politics
FirstGov (http://www.firstgov.gov)
Thomas (http://thomas.loc.gov)
GPO Access (http://www.gpoaccess.gov)
The White House (http://www.whitehouse.gov)
American President (http://www.americanpresident.org/)
U.S. Senate (http://www.senate.gov)
U.S. House of Representatives (http://www.house.gov)
The Center for Responsive Politics (http://www.opensecrets.org)
McCarthy Committee Executive Hearings, 1953-54 - released May 2003 (http://www.gpo.gov/congress/senate/senate12cp107.html)

Maryland Government and Politics
Maryland.Gov (http://www.maryland.gov)
Maryland Manual Online: A Guide to Maryland Government (http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/mdmanual/html/mmtoc.html)
Baltimore (http://www.ci.baltimore.md.us)
BMC Online (Baltimore Metropolitan Council) (http://www.baltometro.org)

General/World Government and Politics
Political Database of the Americas (http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/english.html)
Political Resources on the Net (http://www.politicalresources.net)
Elections around the World (http://www.electionworld.org/election/indexfrm.htm)
Country Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html)
Background Notes (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn)
CIA World Factbook (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook)

Law
FindLaw (http://www.findlaw.com)
Legal Information Institute (http://www.law.cornell.edu)
Internet Law Library (http://www.lectlaw.com/inll/1.htm)
The Virtual Chase: Legal Research on the Internet (http://www.virtualchase.com)

Associations
Academy of Political Science (http://www.psqonline.org)
American Academy of Political and Social Science (http://www.aapss.org)
American Political Science Association (http://www.apsanet.org)

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Countries and Their Cultures - Full text
Entries contain summaries of countries around the world, including demographic, historical, cultural, economic, religious, and political information.

Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy - Full text
Essays and articles about concepts and doctrines, policymaking, commerce and science, human rights and arms control.

Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History - Full text
This title presents era overviews, event/movement profiles, biographies, business/industry profiled, geographic profiles, and more.

Political Risk Yearbook - Full text
Country reports with political and business information.

World Almanacs - Citations only
Index of fundamental reference resources.


General | Political Theory and the State | General/Comparative Constitutional History and Administration | U.S. Politics | World Politics | International Relations | Law

General
Encyclopedia of Government and Politics (JA61 .C66 1992)
Oxford Companion to Politics of the World (JA61 .O95 2001)
Dictionary of 20th Century World Politics (JA61 .S53 1993)

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Political Theory and The State
Encyclopedia of Nationalism (JC311 .E499 2001)
Concise Encyclopedia of Democracy (JC423 .C667 2000)
Encyclopedia of Democracy (JC423 .E53 1995)
International Encyclopedia of Human Rights (JC571 .M3243 2000)

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General/Comparative Constitutional History and Administration
Encyclopedia of the American Legislative System (JF501 .E53 1994)
International Encyclopedia of Elections (JF1001 .I57 2000)

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U.S. Politics
Congressional Quarterly Almanac (JK1 .C66)
Almanac of American Politics (JK271 .B343)
Washington Information Directory (JK274 .C6)
Vital Statistics on American Politics (JK274 .S74)
The United States Government Manual (JK421 .A3)
Encyclopedia of the American Presidency (JK511 .E53 1994)
CQ's Desk Reference on the Presidency (JK516 .W44 2000)
Vital Statistics on the Presidency (JK518 .R34)
Congressional Directory (JK1011 2001/2002)
CQ's Politics in America (JK1012 .C63)
Congressional Quarterly's Guide to Congress (JK1021 .C565 2000)
Vital Statistics on Congress (JK1041 .V58)
Congressional Roll Call (JK1061 .C593)
Encyclopedia of the United States Congress (JK1067 .E63 1995)
America Votes (JK1967 .A8)
Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections (JK1967 .C662 2001)

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World Politics
The Europe World Year Book (JN1 .E85)
Encyclopedia of the European Union (JN30 .E52)

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International Relations
Treaties in Force (JX236 2002)
Encyclopedia of Arms Control and Disarmament (JX1974 .E57 1993)

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Law
Constitutions of the World (K3157 .E5M33 2001)
Corpus Juris Secundum (KF154 .C55)
West's Encyclopedia of American Law (KF154 .W47 1998)
Black's Law Dictionary (KF156 .B53 1990)
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution (KF4548 .E53 2000)
Encyclopedia of the U.S. Supreme Court (KF8742 .A35E53 2001)

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Tests/Measurements

Help Guides

National Newspapers - Full text
Five newspapers including New York Times (1999-present), Wall Street Journal (1986-present), Washington Post (1998-present), The Sun (Baltimore - 1991-present), Christian Science Monitor (1988-present).

New York Times(1999-current) - Full text
Full-text of current New York Times, including NYT Book Review and NYT Magazine.

Wall Street Journal (1986-current) - Full text
Full-text of the Wall Street Journal.

E-Books

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InternationalInfo

Digital National Security Archive (DNSA) - Full-text
Declassified government documents from the National Security Archive on U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945. To date, the DNSA includes 20 collections on topics such as Afghanistan, Iran and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Historical Statistics of the United States
Available online through the Loyola Notre Dame Library, Historical Statistics of the United States is a compendium of statistics from over 1000 sources. Last updated in 1975, HSAS has been expanded to include over 37,000 data series and new topics, among them slavery, American Indians, and poverty.

New York Times Historic (1851-1998) - Full text
Full-text archive of the New York Times.

Woodrow Wilson Center - Publications (http://wwics.si.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=publications.welcome)
Variety of diplomatic, intelligence and scholarly documents on U.S. involvement in world affairs.