Library Guides: Comparative Politics: Databases

Databases

Academic Search Complete
Designed for academic institutions, this database by Ebscohost provides complete coverage of multidisciplinary, full-text academic journals.
AccessUN
Provides access to current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications. Articles appearing in UN periodicals are individually indexed. Indexing of the bilateral and multilateral treaties in the UN Treaty Series is another unique feature of the Index.
Printing and downloading are limited to insubstantial portions of the data, for temporary storage. If you have any questions, contact Electronic Resources.
Access World News
Provides extensive news coverage at any level—local, state, regional, national and international. Features the vast majority of U.S. newspapers by circulation, along with almost one thousand hard-to-find local and regional titles, and offers searchable news video clips and over two thousand international news sources from scores of countries on six continents, translated into English when written in other languages.
Printing and downloading are limited to insubstantial portions of the data, for temporary storage. If you have any questions, contact Electronic Resources.
Bibliography of Asian Studies
Referencing principally western-language articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia published since 1971.
CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
A comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs.
Digital National Security Archive
Includes more than 100,000 of the most important declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions. Over 40 complete collections, each offering specialized insights. Integrated, they allow you to explore policy across several different areas at once.
EconLit
The world's foremost source of references to economic literature.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
The United States' principal historical record of political open source intelligence for more than half a century.
Printing and downloading are limited to insubstantial portions of the data, for temporary storage. If you have any questions, contact Electronic Resources.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Electronic Index
Includes coverage of China (beginning in 1975), the Soviet Union (beginning in 1977) and the other regions beginning in 1978 or 1979.
Printing and downloading are limited to insubstantial portions of the data, for temporary storage. If you have any questions, contact Electronic Resources.
HeinOnline
Provides full-text online access to all legal journals, rare and out-of-print collections and all back issues of indexed legal journals into a searchable electronic format.
Human Rights Watch Publications
Reports on human rights violations and conditions around the world, covering countries and specific issues. Penrose has many of these reports—including some that are not available on the HRW Web site—on microfiche.
PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) Index
Covers issues in the public debate through selective coverage of a wide variety of international sources including journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more.
Political Handbook of the World
Profiles of every political party for each country of the world.

UN Official Documents System
Provides searching and retrieval of bibliographic records and full text of major portions of UN documents. ODS 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. The documents and official records are stored in the official languages...
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Provides searching and retrieval of bibliographic records and full text of major portions of UN documents. ODS 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. The documents and official records are stored in the official languages of the United Nations: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. Publicly Available
Content types: Full Text

World Politics Review
Provides access to comprehensive and detailed perspectives that are as valuable as they are rare. The content is much more current than that found in leading international affairs academic journals. Includes multiple areas of study, with thousands of articles in its archives. Covers topics of key relevance to foreign policy, international politics, and foreign affairs.

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