Country Information
- CIA World FactbookProvides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
- BBC News Country ProfilesGuide to history, politics, and economic background of countries and territories. Includes audio and video clips from BBC archives.
- Business Source Complete [EBSCO]Access business oriented country reports by limiting the Publication Type to "Country Reports"
Political Science Databases
- Academic Search Complete [EBSCO]A multi-disciplinary database of full-text access to approximately 6,600 journals and magazines and nearly 6,000 full-text peer-reviewed journals.
- HeinOnlineA database of historical and government documents, including complete coverage of 2,600 law-related periodicals.
- PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service [ProQuest]An international database of over 500,000 journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, reports, conference papers, web content, and other sources.
- Social Sciences Databases [ProQuest]A multi-database search tool combining all the ProQuest social sciences databases.
- Legal Collection [EBSCO]A database that covers law and legal journals.
- Military & Government Collection [EBSCO]A database including full-texts of many sources as well as indexes and abstracts for periodicals and academic journals selected to provide news about all branches of the military.
- Dictionary of Political Biography [Oxford University Press]A reference resource that briefly describes and assesses the lives of more than 1,000 political figures worldwide.
Related Databases
- America: History and Life [EBSCO]An index of over 1,800 journals from 1895 to the present on the history and life of the United States and Canada. Includes citations and links to books and media reviews.
- BAS: Bibliography of Asian Studies [EBSCO]An index of nearly 900,000 citations to publications in Asian Studies dating back to 1971.
- EconLit [EBSCO]A database containing 1.5 million citations and abstracts to scholarly articles and other research from 74 countries relating to economics and economics history dating back to 1886.
Tip:Some items in EconLit only contain the citation. For best results, click on "Choose Database" and select both EconLit and Business Source Complete in order to search them together. - Historical Abstracts [EBSCO]A database of citations and abstracts from more than 2,300 journals in over 40 languages on world history (excluding the United States and Canada).
- NACJD: National Archive of Criminal Justice Data [University of Michigan]A database providing statistics and background information for use in criminological research. Includes information on community studies, corrections, courts, drugs and alcohol, and police behavior.
- Philosopher's Index [EBSCO]A database of indexed abstracts to books and journals in philosophy and related fields.
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Subjects: Accounting, Anthropology, Business, Canadian Studies, Communication Sciences & Disorders, Decision Sciences, Economics, Education, FIGs, Finance, Health, Health and Human Development, Human Services, International Business, Linguistics, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Medicine, Nursing, Outreach & Continuing Education, Political Science, Recreation, Rehabilitation Counseling, Sociology, Tax
Gender and Sexuality
- Archives of human sexuality and identity: LGBTQ history and culture since 1940 [Gale]A collection of primary sources that reflect social, political, health, and legal issues impacting LGBTQ communities around the world.
- Digital Transgender ArchiveAn online hub dedicated to increasing the accessibility of transgender history. The collection includes digitized historical materials, born-digital materials, and information on archival holdings throughout the world.
- Encyclopedia of Gender and Society [Sage]An encyclopedia describing major theories, research, people, and issues in contemporary gender studies.
- GenderWatch [ProQuest]A database covering historical and current perspectives on the evolution of gender roles and their effects on all people.
- LGBTQ History in Government Documents: Timeline of DocumentsA timeline of U.S. Government documents that trace the history of rights for LGBTQ Americans from 1830-2018.
- LGBT Studies in VideoThis collection of videos features documentaries, interviews, archival footage, and select feature films exploring LGBT history, gay culture and subcultures, civil rights, marriage equality, LGBT families, AIDS, transgender issues, religious perspectives on homosexuality, global comparative experiences, and other topics.