Columbia International Affairs Online
Covers theory and research in international affairs.
Holdings: 1991 -

Communication & Mass Media Complete

Communication Abstracts
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Bibliographic citations with abstracts on all areas of communication studies. Topics include advertising, communication theory, mass communication, public communication, journalism and media studies, interpersonal communication, and new communication technologies.
Holdings: 1998-present.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports 1974 - 1996
Coverage of Africa, Asia, China, Latin America, and the Middle/Near East.

Francis
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Francis covers a wide range of multilingual, multidisciplinary information in the humanities and social sciences. It is strong in religion, the history of art, and literature with emphasis on current trends in European and world literature. Other subjects covered include: art and archeology, business, education, economics, geography, health, history of science, Latin American Studies, linguistics, management, philosophy, prehistory, and sociology. English, French, German, Spanish and some other languages.
Holdings: 1984 to the present. Updated monthly.

Global Barometers
Overview web site on cross-national survey programs on social, economic, and political conditions.

Global Health
Global Health consists of more than 800,000 records from 1910 on - equivalent to 300 volumes of research covering public health, tropical and communicable diseases, nutrition, helminthology, entomology and mycology.
Holdings: 1910-

ISI Citation Indexes (Web of Science)
Indexes journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Allows for cited reference searching. Includes Science Citation Index, the Social Science Citation Index, and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Search for specific articles by subject, author, journal, and/or author address, as well as for articles that cite a known author or work.

Holdings: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)--1945-present, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)--1956-present, Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)--1975-present. Updated weekly.

ITU World Telecommunication Indicators
Available in Lippincott Library Only
Contains time series data for the years 1960, 1965, 1970 and annually from 1975 for around 80 sets of telecommunication statistics (updated) covering telephone network size and dimension, mobile services, quality of service, traffic, staff, tariffs, revenue and investment. Selected demographic, macro-economic, broadcasting and information technology statistics are also included. Data for over 200 economies are available. Business and Management, Communication, Computers and Electronics, Electrical Engineering.

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
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Bibliographic citations and subject indexing for the international journal article and book literature in anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology. Produced by British Library of Political and Economic Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, with the support and assistance of International Committee for Social Science Information and Documentation and UNESCO.
Holdings: Covers 1951 to the present in three separate files.

Kwetu.net
Searchable fulltext (PDF-format) documents from African research organizations, NGOs, educational institutions, and government agencies. Topics covered include agriculture, AIDS support services, arid lands research, children and family and social services, environmental conservation and forest and water resources, finance and economic development including the informal sector, journalism, human rights and social justice, peace and conflict resolution, politics and elections, population issues and family planning, urban development, and women's issues.

LexisNexis Academic
Access to full-text national and international newspapers , including the New York Times, and the Times of London business and accounting information, biographical data, and some selected legal materials. News sources also include magazines, broadcast transcripts, and wire services. Among the document sources included are the U.S. Code and Federal Case Law, state codes and case law, and U.S. patents.

Note that many Congressional publications including bills and laws, the Congressional Record, the Federal Register and campaign finance and voting record data which were previously available in LEXIS/NEXIS are now accessible through a companion database, Congressional Universe.

Mideastwire.com
Daily email newsletter of concise, translated briefs covering some of the key political, cultural, economic and opinion pieces appearing in the media of the 22 Arab countries, Iran and the Arab Diaspora.

PAIS International
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Bibliographic citations (1915-) with indexing on contemporary public affairs and policy issues worldwide related to a wide range of topics: agriculture, banking, finance, business, demographics, education, health, environment, planning, public administration, law and legislation, and international relations. Materials indexed include journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, and Internet material. Newspapers and newsletters are not indexed.
Holdings: 1915-

Peace Research Abstracts
Bibliographic citations with abstracts describing all aspects of peace research, including the causes and correlates of conflict, case studies in conflict, tension, and war, international laws and conventions on peace and conflict, diplomacy, negotiation, and international relations, international organizations and nations and their policies on peace and conflict, military organization and policy, political and social movements, conflict resolution and peacekeeping, and arms control and disarmament.
Holdings: 1964-present.

PolicyArchive
Digital archive of non-partisan policy research. Collects summaries and full texts, videos, reports, briefs, and multimedia material of think tank, university, government, and foundation-funded policy research.

Polling the Nations
Primary data, fulltext for approximately 250,000 individual questions and aggregated responses, often cross tabulated by respondent characteristics, compiled from public opinion surveys. Topics cover social, health, economic, and political issues at local, state, national, and international levels.

Sociological Abstracts
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Covers sociology, case work, demographics, policy studies, political science, family studies, feminist studies, and social security programs.
Holdings: 1963 to the present. Updated bimonthly.

UNESBIB
Indexing with abstracts for the international publication and document literature on education, culture, communication and information, the natural sciences, and the social sciences and humanities. Topics covered are those treated by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization): literacy, access to education, publishing, freedom of expression, access to media, information ethics, cultural policy, copyright, cultural heritage, tourism development, environmental studies, sustainable development, multiculturalism and tolerance, democracy, and urban issues.

UNESDOC
Fulltext or page image for UNESCO documents. Materials cover the subject areas of interest to UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization): education, communication and information, culture, the natural sciences, and the social sciences and humanities.

World Development Indicators
The World Bank's principal data source on the global economy. More than 550 time series, 1960-present, on more than 200 countries and 18 country groups, covering demographic, social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators.

World News Connection
English translations of non-U.S. media sources.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
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67% of the more than 1500 monitored journals are published outside the United States, and there are nearly 500,000 records beginning in 1975. Some of the records have fulltext links and coverage includes all aspects of political science, as well as international relations and comparative politics.