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| Alternative Press Index | FirstSearch |
| No Fulltext | 1991 - present |
Indexes alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines covering cultural, economic, political and social change. Provides alternative viewpoints on internationally significant subjects. |
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| Alternative Press Index Archive | FirstSearch |
| No Fulltext | 1969 - 1990 |
Indexes alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines covering cultural, economic, political and social change. Provides alternative viewpoints on internationally significant subjects. |
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| American State Papers | Readex |
| Fulltext | 1789 - 1838 |
Provides primary source material on many aspects of early American history from 1789 to 1838. Contains numbered publications, largely Congressional but also containing Executive Department materials. Unlike the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, the publications in the American State Papers are not divided into reports and documents and do not include House and Senate journals. |
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| Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) | |
| Fulltext | 1991 - present |
Contains full text from working papers, conference papers, journal articles, and books related to theory and research in international affairs. |
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| Congressional Committee Prints | LexisNexis |
| Fulltext | 1830 - present |
Includes abstracting, indexing, bibliographic information, and searchable PDFs for Congressional Committee Prints. Examples of committee print content include: research papers by committee staff, Congressional Research Service experts, or outside consultants; committee rules and calendars; compilations of laws; transcripts of markup sessions or other proceedings; and legislative descriptions and analyses. |
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| Congressional Hearings Digital Collection | LexisNexis |
| Fulltext | 1900 - 2003 |
Provides digital access to abstracting, indexing, bibliographic information, and searchable PDFs for Congressional hearings. When completed in December 2008, this retrospective collection will include all hearings from 1824-2003. |
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| Congressional Research Service Reports | LexisNexis |
| Fulltext | 1916 - present |
Provides nonpartisan and objective research and analysis on all public policy issues. The current research divisions are: American Law; Domestic Social Policy; Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade; Government and Finance; Knowledge Services; and Resources, Science and Industry. This collection includes abstracting, indexing, bibliographic information, and searchable PDFs. |
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| CQ Electronic Library | |
| Fulltext | Coverage varies |
Provides access to CQ Researcher Online, CQ Weekly and CQ Voting and Elections Collection. |
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| CQ Press Political Reference Suite | |
| Fulltext | Historic and current |
Contains the electronic version of the following resources: Congress and the Nation, Historical Documents Series, Political Handbook of the World, Politics in America, Supreme Court Yearbook, Vital Statistics on American Politics, and Washington Information Directory. |
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| CQ Voting and Elections Collection | |
| Fulltext | Coverage varies |
Integrates a wealth of data, authoritative analyses, concise explanations, and historical material to provide a powerful research and reference tool on the American voter, major and minor political parties, campaigns and elections, and historical and modern races for Congress, the presidency, and governorships. |
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| Digital National Security Archive | ProQuest |
| Fulltext | Coverage varies by collection |
Provides a comprehensive collection of primary documents, including the most important declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions. There are many complete collections, each offering specialized insights. |
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| GPO Access | |
| Fulltext | Coverage varies by database |
Provides free online use of Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, Commerce Business Daily, Congressional Record and other congressional publications, Budget of the U.S., United States Code, and many more. Also contains Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, and the Government Information Locator Service (GILS). |
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ICPSR -- Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
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| Selected Fulltext | Historic and current |
Provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction. ICPSR's data holdings, divided into 17 broad subject areas, are for use with statistical software, such as SAS, SPSS, and Stata. A unit within the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, ICPSR is a membership-based organization, with over 640 member colleges and universities around the world. |
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Legal Collection
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EBSCOhost |
| Selected Fulltext | 1965 - present |
Provides scholarly peer-reviewed publications including law journals, documents, and case studies, covering legal topics such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, the environment and much more. |
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| LexisNexis Academic | LexisNexis |
| Selected Fulltext | Varies |
Provides full-text documents from business, legal, medical, and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options. |
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| LexisNexis Congressional | LexisNexis |
| Fulltext | Coverage varies by collection |
Contains full text for U.S. Congressional publications, bills, legislative histories, laws, etc. The ODU Library has purchased the following retrospective collections, Committee Prints (1830-present), Congressional Research Service Reports (1916-present), and Congressional Hearings (1824-2003 when completed in 2008). |
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Military & Government Collection
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EBSCOhost |
| Selected Fulltext | Current |
Offers current news pertaining to all branches of the military through a collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content. |
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| National Security Archive | ProQuest |
| Fulltext | Coverage varies by collection |
Provides a comprehensive collection of primary documents, including the most important declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions. There are complete collections, each offering specialized insights. |
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| Official Documents of the United Nations (ODS) | |
| Fulltext | 1993 - present |
Covers all types of official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993. Older UN documents are, however, added to the system on a daily basis. ODS also provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards. Requires UNICODE-based Internet browsers, such as MS Internet Explorer 5.5, Netscape 6.21 or higher versions. |
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| PAIS Archive | Cambridge |
| Selected Fulltext | 1915 - 1976 |
Comprises a retrospective conversion of the PAIS Annual Cumulated Bulletin, and provides historical perspective on many of the 20th century's public and social policies. |
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| PAIS International | Cambridge |
| Selected Fulltext | 1972 - current |
PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) contains references to journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies and more, on public affairs, public and social policies, and international relations. PAIS includes publications from over 120 countries throughout the world. |
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| Political Science: A SAGE Full-Text Collection | |
| Fulltext | Coverage varies by journal |
Includes journals published by SAGE and participating societies, covering such subjects as General Political Science, American Government & Politics, Political Sociology, Comparative Politics, Policy Studies, Political Communication, Peace / Conflict Studies, Presidential Studies, Political Theory / Philosophy, International Relations, and Area Studies. |
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| Serial Set (U.S. Congressional Serial Set) | Readex |
| Fulltext | 1817 - 1948 |
Contains the digital version of the bound, sequentially numbered volumes of all the Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, providing primary source material on all aspects of American history. Additional years are digitized monthly, and upon completion in 2008 will cover 1817-1980. |
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| Social Sciences Citation Index - Web of Science | |
| Selected Fulltext | 1956 - present |
Indexes journals across social science disciplines, and indexes individually selected, relevant items from the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Includes Cited Reference Search that finds articles that have cited specific works by an author. |
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| Sociological Abstracts | Cambridge |
| Selected Fulltext | 1952 - present |
Abstracts journal articles from serial publications, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. |
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| SourceOECD | |
| Selected Fulltext | January 1998 - present |
Contains statisticals databases, books and periodicals from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, including the series OECD Economic Surveys for the 30 member countries. |
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| U.S. Congressional Serial Set | Readex |
| Fulltext | 1817 - 1948 |
Contains the digital version of the bound, sequentially numbered volumes of all the Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, providing primary source material on all aspects of American history. Additional years are digitized monthly, and upon completion in 2008 will cover 1817-1980. |
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| Urban Studies & Planning: A SAGE Full-Text Collection | |
| Fulltext | Coverage varies by journal |
Includes the full text of 12 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back 37 years, and encompasses articles on such subjects as anthropology, economic development, economics, education, planning theory, policy analysis, political science, public administration, sociology and urban policy. |
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| USA.gov: The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal | |
| Selected Fulltext | Coverage varies |
Provides links to web pages for federal, state, and local governments, and to foreign nations around the world. |
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| Web of Science | |
| No Fulltext | Coverage varies by Index |
Provides access to the online version of Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1956-present), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present) as part of the ISI Web of Knowledge. |
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| World News Connection | |
| Fulltext | 1995 - present |
Contains fulltext translations of political speeches, television programs, radio broadcasts, newspaper articles, periodicals, and books from around the world. Allows 1 user at a time. |
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