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Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals (Air University Library)
This provides indexing to significant articles, news items, editorials and books reviews appearing in military and aeronautical periodicals, many of which are not indexed elsewhere.
Select AUL Index to Military Periodicals
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Archives Unbound (Infotrac)
 
Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars and students at the college and university level.



Armed Services and Government News (NewsBank)
 
Contains the full-text of the following military and government newspaper and periodical titles (plus another 25 military magazines) covering military issues from all branches of the service: Air Force Times, Armed Forces Journal, Army Times, C4ISR -- The Journal of Net-Centric Warfare, Decision Times, Defense News, Federal Times, Marine Corps Times, Military Times Association Guide, Navy Times, Special Sections, and Training and Simulation Journal.



ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ProQuest)
 
Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts is an indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, economics, politics, race relations and education.



Bibliography of Asian Studies (Bibliography of Asian Studies)
 
The Bibliography of Asian Studies contains more than 410,000 records on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present.



ciao (Columbia International Affairs Online)
 
Provides full-text access to: working papers, conference proceedings, journal abstracts, books, a schedule of events, policy briefs and economic indicators, links and resources, and maps and country data. Coverage begins in 1991.



CQ Almanac (Congressional Quarterly)
 
This full-text database offers original narrative accounts of every major piece of legislation that lawmakers considered during a congressional session. Arranged thematically, CQ Almanac organizes, distills, and cross-indexes for permanent reference the full year in Congress and in national politics.. Coverage begins in 1945.



CQ Budget Tracker (Congressional Quarterly)
 
CQ Budget Tracker pulls together information on one page for the House and Senate version of each appropriations bill. Reporting on key decision points include hearings, markups, amendments and conference coverage. You can track appropriations documents from the draft stage through the conference report. CQ Budget Tracker lets you search the complete text of committee reports, including the charts that hold the most elusive line items. Follow dollar amounts at the account level with CQ's spreadsheet style charts, updated as each bill proceeds through the legislative process.



CQ Global Researcher (Congressional Quarterly)
 
This full-text database provides information on international issues and crises. Each report includes in-depth coverage of newsworthy global affairs from a multitude of international viewpoints. Coverage begins in 1923.



CQ Homeland Security (Congressional Quarterly)
 
CQ Homeland Security is a one-stop web-based intelligence service offering up-to-date and comprehensive homeland security information. It provides daily news and analysis on the latest homeland security spending and policy issues and access to a special homeland security version of CQ schedules, complete with event dates, times and hearing room locations.



CQ Press Electronic Library (Congressional Quarterly)
 
Access the full-text of these CQ Press publications: CQ Global Researcher Plus Archive, CQ Researcher Plus Archive, CQ Weekly, CQ Almanac, Congressional Staff Directory, Federal Staff Directory, Homeland Security Staff Directory, Judicial Staff Directory. You can search across all publications.



CQ Researcher (Congressional Quarterly)
 
This full-text database provides information on current and controversial issues in areas such as economic, social, political and international affairs. Each report includes historical background, milestones, the current situation and outlook and the pros and cons of each issue. Coverage begins in 1923.



CQ Today (Congressional Quarterly)
 
CQ Today is daily briefing of congressional activity. It provides a wrap-up of the previous day’s entire Hill news in addition to forward-looking reports on all activity scheduled for that day. CQ Today covers floor activity, hearings, all markups and behind-the-scenes developments.



CQ Weekly (Congressional Quarterly)
 
This full-text database provides reports on significant legislation, floor action and major policy issues in Congress. Also included are: roll call votes, presidential speeches, election coverage and more. Coverage begins in 1983.



Credo Reference (Credo Reference)
 
Credo Reference is a source that reference librarians and others use that compiles essential, factual information from specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference sources.  Credo Reference is written for the interested researcher, not the specialist. It's a great place to start your research.



Criminal Justice Abstracts (EBSCO)
 
Criminal Justice Abstracts contains hundreds of in-depth abstracts of current books, book chapters, journal articles, government reports, and dissertations on criminology and related disciplines published worldwide.



Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection (SAGE)
 

This collection includes the full text of peer-reviewed journals published by SAGE and participating societies covering such subjects as Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence.




CSA (CSA)
 
CSA has been incorporated into the ProQuest database



Declassified Documents Reference System Online (Infotrac)
 
Full-text searchable Web documents range from correspondence and memoranda to minutes of cabinet meetings, technical studies, national security policy statements and intelligence reports. Major domestic and international events from the post-WWII era are covered.



Digital National Security Archive (ProQuest)
 

Contains 24 complete collections of primary documents central to US foreign and military policy since 1945.

  • Afghanistan: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1973-1990
  • Berlin Crisis 1958-1962
  • China and the United States: From Hostility to Engagement, 1960-1998
  • CIA Family Jewels Indexed
  • Colombia and the United States: Political Violence, Narcotics, and Human Rights, 1948-2010
  • Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
  • Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited: An International Collection of Documents, From the Bay of Pigs to the Brink of Nuclear War
  • Death Squads, Guerrilla War, Covert Operations, and Genocide: Guatemala and the United States, 1954-1999
  • El Salvador: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1977-1984
  • El Salvador: War, Peace, and Human Rights, 1980-1994
  • Iran, The Making of U.S. Policy, 1977-1980
  • Iran-Contra Affair: The Making of a Scandal, 1983-1988
  • Iraqgate: Saddam Hussein, U.S. Policy and the Prelude to the Persian Gulf War, 1980-1994
  • Japan and the United States: Diplomatic, Security, and Economic Relations, 1960-1976
  • Japan and the United States: Diplomatic, Security, and Economic Relations, 1977-1992
  • Kissinger Telephone Conversations: A Verbatim Record of U.S. Diplomacy, 1969-1977
  • Kissinger Transcripts: A Verbatim Record of U.S. Diplomacy, 1969-1977
  • National Security Agency: Organization and Operations, 1945-2009
  • Nicaragua: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1978–1990
  • Peru: Human Rights, Drugs and Democracy, 1980-2000: Introduction
  • Philippines: U.S. Policy During the Marcos Years, 1965–1986
  • Presidential Directives on National Security, Part I: From Truman to Clinton
  • Presidential Directives on National Security, Part II: From Truman to George W. Bush
  • South Africa: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1962–1989
  • Soviet Estimate: U.S. Analysis of the Soviet Union, 1947–1991
  • Terrorism and U.S. Policy, 1968-2002
  • United States and the Two Koreas: 1969-2000
  • U.S. Espionage and Intelligence, 1947-1996
  • U.S. Intelligence and China: Collection, Analysis and Covert Action
  • U.S. Intelligence Community After 9/11
  • U.S. Intelligence Community: Organization, Operations and Management, 1947–1989
  • U.S. Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction: From World War II to Iraq
  • U.S. Military Uses of Space, 1945-1991
  • U.S. Nuclear History: Nuclear Arms and Politics in the Missile Age, 1955–1968
  • U.S. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy, 1945–1991
  • U.S. Policy in the Vietnam War, Part I: 1954-1968
  • U.S. Policy in the Vietnam War, Part II: 1969-1975



DTIC Online (Defense Technical Information Center)
DTIC Online contains scientific and technical research report literature generated or sponsored by the Department of Defense. Topics range from science and engineering to the social sciences. For more access options see the DTIC Registration page.



Early Bird ( )
.mil domain only.
Daily compilations of published current news articles and commentary and verbatim transcripts of broadcast news reports and commentary concerning significant defense and defense-related national security issues.



ebrary (ebrary)
 

ebrary books are included as part of the library's collection, and may be accessed like other library electronic materials via a link in BOSUN.  Access the full-text of over 43,000 books. Create a personal bookshelf and highlight and take notes in the books. Coverage includes the subject areas of Business & Economics, Computers & IT, Education, Engineering & Technology, History & Political Science, Humanities, Interdisciplinary & Area Studies, Language, Literature & Linguistics, Law, International Relations & Public Policy, Life Sciences, Medical, Nursing & Allied Health, Physical Sciences, Psychology & Social Work, Religion, Philosophy & Classics, Sociology & Anthropology.

Notes: ebrary eBooks the library owns are accessible directly from ebrary or from a link in the BOSUN record for each. You do not need to register to have your own ebrary account: one will be automatically created for you when you click on the Login button for the first time.  Important: be aware that when you login to ebrary to use personalized features such as your own bookshelf, you will be prompted with a PROXY login screen, even if you're on campus.

ebrary’s “reader” function is not supported under many browsers, including AOL's, MSN's, Netscape 6, Opera, and others, including ISP-branded browsers. ebrary works well without it. ebrary permits printing in 30 page increments up to 60 pages per user session. To print, right click on text, select "print" and indicate the pages needed.

Note of December 17, 2010: eBrary has changed its personalized account features. Users who set up ebrary personalized accounts before this date may wish to contact ebrary tech support at support@ebrary.com to have their  previous bookshelf contents merged with a newer "SSO" bookshelf account.  In your email, please provide your previous username and your new username and ask to have your bookshelves "merged". (To see your new username, log in and look in upper right of the screen.  Your new name will appear as "Logged in as...")




ERIC - Education Resources Information Center (U.S. Department of Education. )
ERIC is a database of education-related materials including: journal articles (mostly peer-reviewed), books, research syntheses, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers. If available, links to full text are included.



Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI))
Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST) is a free-of-charge service for politicians, journalists, researchers and the interested public. FIRST is a joint project of the International Relations and Security Network (ISN) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). It covers areas in the field of international relations and security, such as hard facts on armed conflicts and peace keeping, arms production and trade, military expenditure, armed forces and conventional weapons holding, nuclear weapons, chronology, statistics and other reference data.



FedSearch Suite (Carroll Publishing)
 

Provides the most current federal government contact information and complete organization structure charts including:
  • Contact information for over 102,000 top federal, defense, and federal vendor decision makers, in over 108,000 positions, including those who run DC-area offices as well as those in regional offices.
  • Two types of Organization Charts that show you a complete picture of a government department and agency.
  • Over 2,700 categories of Products and Services purchased by the Federal government Federal Vendor contacts.



FedStats (FedStats)
FedStats provides access to official statistical information available to the public from the Federal Government. Use FedStats to track economic and population trends, education, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, farm production, and more. Access official statistics collected and published by more than 100 Federal agencies without having to know in advance which agency produces them. All of the statistical information available through FedStats is maintained and updated solely by Federal agencies on their own web servers.



Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports 1941-1996 (NewsBank)
 
Translated text of radio and television broadcasts, newspapers and periodicals, government statements, books, and other sources of unrestricted information such as databases and gray literature from non-English sources around the world.
For current reports see the Open Source Center.



GAO Comptroller General Decisions (GAO)
Provides access to the full text of most of the decisions and opinions issued by the Comptroller General in areas of Federal law. Coverage begins with FY 1995.



GAO Reports (GAO)
Provides access to the full text of most of the reports published by this agency which serves as a "watchdog" organization for Congress. Coverage begins with FY 1995.



Global Information System (Defense & Foreign Affairs Group)
 
Click on Client Log-In. The Global Information System is a fully on-line and keyword searchable, non-partisan, confidential data, intelligence and analysis system built up for professional use by senior policymakers, intelligence officials and military research establishments worldwide since 1972. The system is based on intelligence and analysis undertaken as a result of massive field collection (HUMINT); and on extensive research and analysis, using primary and open sources intelligence (OSINT), including considerable "open-but-difficult source" OSINT.



Global NewsBank ( )
 
Provides full-text news articles covering politics, economics, culture, business, science, technology, and the environment from Africa, Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Pacific Rim, Central and South America, and the Middle East. All articles are in English and are from over 1000 translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, wire services, newspapers, magazines and government documents.



GPO Monthly Catalog (Government Printing Office)
 
Indexes many of the publications published by the Government Printing Office. When available, links to full text web documents are given. Coverage begins with July 1976.



Homeland Security Digital Library (Naval Postgraduate School)
 
The HSDL is a comprehensive collection of current and archived Homeland Security resources--all in digital format--from federal, state and local agencies, leading national and international organizations, think tanks, universities and more. These resources are selected by the HSDL team of information professionals. The HSDL collection includes U.S. policy documents, key federal publications, state and municipal documents, links to important sites, professional journal articles, multimedia materials, theses, gray literature, Homeland Security related news, a list of upcoming Homeland Security related conferences and events, and links to key agencies & organizations.



Index Islamicus (ProQuest)
 
Index Islamicus indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world including main Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, plus Muslim minorities elsewhere. It is produced by the Islamic Bibliography Unit at Cambridge University Library to transmit knowledge about Islamic and Middle East studies. Records included in the database cover almost a century of publications, with some going back to 1906. Over 2,000 journals are monitored for inclusion in the database, together with conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews. Journals and books are indexed down to the article and chapter level.



Ingenta (Ingenta)
 
The Ingenta Library Gateway is a searchable database of more than 11 million citations from over 20,000 journals.



Jane's (Jane's)
 

Military systems and equipment, geopolitical and terrorism intelligence, defense news and analysis, country security and threat assessments, and order of battle information for military forces worldwide.  

If you get the “This Connection is Untrusted” pop up window, click through the following.  You may have to do this a couple of times.
    • I Understand the Risks
    • Add Exception
    • Confirm Security Exception




JSTOR ( )
 
JSTOR is a full-text digital archive providing full-text access to many core scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences. Coverage begins with the first volume of each title. However, due to publisher requirements, they maintain a moving 2 to 6 year lage in the most recent holdings.



LatAm-Studies Full-text Online (International Information Services)
 

LatAm-Studies.com brings together thousands of full-text research institute reports on a multitude of business, government, economic, and social issues covering all all countries in South America, Caribbean, Central America and Mexico. The average study is 10 pages long, and contains research, analysis and forecasts. Most contain statistical tables, charts, and/or graphs.




lexis.com (LexisNexis)
 
LexisNexis offers two major databases for NPS users: LexisNexis and LexisNexis Academic. This database , Lexis.com, is part of LexisNexis, and requires a password to use, available via AskALibrarian. With the Lexis.com part of LexisNexis, users can search for federal and state case law as well as find articles from a huge variety of newspapers, news wires, congressional transcripts, TV and radio transcripts, magazines, journals, business publications and more. Most documents are provided full-text (ASCII text only, no graphics). For more information, AskALibrarian.



LexisNexis Academic (LexisNexis)
 
LexisNexis offers two major databases  for NPS users: LexisNexis and LexisNexis Academic.  This one, LexisNexis Academic is designed with a simplified search interface, uses a targeted subset of LexisNexis, and requires no special password. (NPS users of LexisNexis Academic are proxy-authenticated.) Documents come from a huge variety of newspapers, news wires, magazines, news weblogs, broadcast transcripts and more, and are provided in full-text (ASCII text only, no graphics).  If you need additional information about differences between this product and the larger LexisNexis (as well as the necessary password for LexisNexis) please Ask a Librarian.  



LexisNexis Statistical Datasets (LexisNexis)
 
This web based tool provides access to up-to-date datapoints within an easy-to-use, customizable interface.  Combines over 590 licensed and public domain datasets provided by more than 50 sources.  Researchers can view data formats in tabular and graphic formats, side-by-side. Special features include:  incorporated citation tool and ability to download tables into pdf or excel spreadsheets.



Library PressDisplay (NewspaperDirect)
 
Contains hundreds of full content, full graphics newspapers and magazines from around the globe.



National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) (U.S. Department of Justice)
The NCJRS Abstracts Database is one of the largest criminal and juvenile justice libraries and databases in the world. The collection, with holdings from the early 1970s to the present, contains more than 180,000 publications, reports, articles, and audiovisual products from the United States and around the world. These resources include statistics, research findings, program descriptions, congressional hearing transcripts, and training materials. The NCJRS sponsoring agencies publish hundreds of reports and other information products each year. Most of the titles are available online through the NCJRS Web site.



National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database (United States Department of Justice)
The NCJRS Abstracts Database is one of the largest criminal and juvenile justice libraries and databases in the world. The collection, with holdings from the early 1970s to the present, contains more than 180,000 publications, reports, articles, and audiovisual products from the United States and around the world. These resources include statistics, research findings, program descriptions, congressional hearing transcripts, and training materials. Most of the titles are available online through the NCJRS Web site.



National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Publications (U.S. Department of Justice)
This Search provides links to Publications and Products of the NCJRS.



nationalissues.com (nationalissues.com)
"Gathers the best articles and research from leading think tanks, news sources, advocacy groups and individual policy analysts."



nexis.com (LexisNexis)
 
LexisNexis offers two major databases for NPS users: LexisNexis and LexisNexis Academic. This resource, Nexis.com, is part of LexisNexis, and requires a password to use, available via AskALibrarian.  With the Nexis.com part of LexisNexis, users can find articles from a huge variety of newspapers, news wires, congressional transcripts, TV and radio transcripts, magazines, journals, business publications and more. Most documents are provided as full-text (ASCII text only, no graphics). For more information, AskALibrarian.



OECD iLibrary (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development)
 

OECD iLibrary is OECD’s Online Library for Books, Papers and Statistics and the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data. It contains all the publications and datasets released by OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development), Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and International Transport Forum (ITF). Coverage from 1998 to current.  Visit the Help Video Playlist.




Official Documents System of the United Nations (Official Documents System of the United Nations)
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 system does not contain press releases, UN sales publications, the United Nations Treaty Series or information brochures issued by the Department of Public Information.



Open CRS (Center for Democracy & Technology)
Open CRS is a searchable database of publicly released Congressional Research reports.



Open Source Center (United States Government )
 
Formerly FBIS (Foreign Broadcast Information Service) Open Source Center offers an extensive, in-depth collection of translations and transcriptions of open source information monitored worldwide on such diverse topics as military affairs, politics, the environment, societal issues, economics, and science and technology. The information is obtained monitoring radio, television, press, periodicals, books and other sources of unrestricted information such as databases and gray literature.
For older reports see Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports.  Currently available: 1953-1996 of total years, 1941-1996



OxResearch (ProQuest)
 
OxResearch draws on the scholarship of Oxford and other major universities and research institutions around the world to provide strategic analysis of geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments. Each day Oxford Analytica adds seven or eight three to four page briefs analyzing and judging economic, political and social developments around the world.



PAIS (ProQuest)
 
PAIS chronicles issues in the public debate through highly selective coverage of a wide variety of sources including journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material and more. The database includes a historical perspective on many of the 20th century's social and public policies.



Palgrave Connect (Palgrave MacMillan)
 
Provides access to Palgrave MacMillan's ebook collections including: Statesman's Yearbook, New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Business & Management Collection, Economics & Finance Collection, History Collection, Political & International Studies Collection, and Social & Cultural Studies Collection.



Policy Central (nationaljournal.com)
 
Comprehensive resource on politics and policy for the academic community from the National Journal Group. Includes access to: National Journal, The Hotline, Congress Daily, Technology Daily, and the Almanac of American Politics.



Political Science: A SAGE Full-Text Collection (SAGE)
 

This collection includes the full text of peer-reviewed 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.




PressDisplay -- See Library PressDisplay (NewspaperDirect)
 



Project Muse (Project Muse)
 
Full-text access to over 100 university press journals in the humanities, social sciences and mathematics. Coverage for most journals begins in 1995.



ProQuest (ProQuest)
 
Select the databases you want to search and then click on Use selected databases.
Databases include: ABI/INFORM Global (business, management & trade), Aerospace Database, Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA), Computer and Information Systems Abstracts,  COS Funding Opportunities, EconLit, GeoRef, Hoover's Company Profiles, Index Islamicus, Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts, National Newspapers Core, Oceanic Abstracts, OxResearch (geopolitical and macro-economic analysis), PAIS (Public affairs, public and social policies, international relations), ProQuest Computing, ProQuest Historical Annual Reports, ProQuest Historical Newspapers [Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), Los Angeles Times (1881-1986), San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922), Christian Science Monitor (1908-1995), New York Times (1851-2007), Wall Street Journal (1889-1991), Washington Post (1877-1993)], ProQuest Research Library, ProQuest Science Journals, ProQuest Telecommunications, PsycINFO, and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.



ProQuest Congressional (ProQuest)
 
ProQuest Congressional provides CIS indexing and abstracting of congressional publications. (1970- ), full text of congressional reports, documents, prints, bills, Congressional Record. Bill tracking, public laws, CFR, Federal Register, biographical information, committees, and voting records.



ProQuest Congressional Hearings digital collection (1824-1979) (ProQuest)
 
Contains published and unpublished congressional hearings from 1824-present. Hearing types include appropriations, general topical discussions, investigations, legislation consideration, nominations, and oversight.



ProQuest Congressional Records Permanent Collection (ProQuest)
 
Contains:
Congressional Record (1873-to date)
Annals of Congress (1789-1824)
Register of Debates (1824-1837)
Congressional Globe (1833-1873)



ProQuest Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)
 
Provides full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue of the following newspapers:
Annual Reports (1844-Current)
Christian Science Monitor (1908-1997)
Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005)
Los Angeles Times (1881-1987)
New York Times (1851-2007)
San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922)
Wall Street Journal (1889-1993)
Washington Post (1877-1994)



ProQuest Research Library (ProQuest)
 
Covers of a broad range of subjects including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests.



ProQuest Statistical Insight (ProQuest)
 
ProQuest Statistical provides statistics issued by the U.S. government through CIS' American Statistics Index, back to 1973 and some 1,000 of the best statistical publications of private and state government sources from 1980 forward through CIS' Statistical Reference Index.  It features approximately 2,000  titles from some 100 international intergovernmental organizations, all published annually since 1983 through CIS' Index to International Statistics.



ProQuest US Serial Set 1789-2003 & US Serial Set Maps (1789-1969) (ProQuest)
 
Contains:
Congressional reports on public and private legislation.
Reports resulting from congressionally commissioned or conducted investigations.
Congressional journals, administrative reports, directories, manuals, and related internal publications
Annually submitted reports from Federal executive agencies.
Extended series of survey, research, and statistical publications developed by executive agencies.
Selected annual or special reports of nongovernmental agencies.
Reports on proposed legislation
Issues under investigation
Reports from executive departments and independent organizations
Annual reports of non-governmental organizations



SIPRI Arms Transfer Database (SIPRI)
 Searchable online database containing information on all international transfers of seven categories of major conventional weapons from 1950 to the most recent full calendar year.



SIPRI Databases (SIPRI)

The following databases are available from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI):

  • Facts on International Relations and Security Trends database
  • Multilateral Peace Operations Database
  • SIPRI Military Expenditure Database
  • SIPRI Arms Transfers Database
  • SIPRI Arms Embargoes Database
  • SIPRI Arms Industry Database



Social Sciences Citation Index (ISI Web of Knowledge)
 
Once you are into Web of Knowledge, click on Web of Science.  The Social Sciences Citation Index® in Web of Science provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in over 1,700 of the world's leading scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50 disciplines. They also cover individually selected, relevant items from approximately 3,300 of the world’s leading science and technology journals. Dudley Knox Library’s subscription covers articles and papers published from 1898-present.



SpringerLink (Springer)
 

SpringerLink is an integrated full-text database of journals and books published by Springer. The Library has access to books and journals in: Business & Economics; Computer Science; Earth & Environmental Sciences; Engineering; Humanities, Social Science & Law; Mathematics & Statistics.




Stratfor (Stratfor)
 
Stratfor is one of the world's leading global intelligence firms, providing clients with geopolitical analysis and industry and country forecasts to mitigate risk and identify opportunities. The Stratfor website publishes daily intelligence briefs and in-depth analysis.



Taylor & Francis Online (Taylor & Francis Group)
 

Journals in the areas of:  Military & Strategic Studies, Politics & International Relations, Sociology & Social Policy.  Titles include: Adelphi Papers; Critical Studies on Terrorism; Defence and Peace Economics; Intelligence and National Security; International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence; Journal of Contemporary China; Middle Eastern Studies; Military Balance; Military Psychology; Security Studies; Small Wars & Insurgencies; Studies in Conflict and Terrorism; Survival; Third World Quarterly; Turkish Studies; The Washington Quarterly, and many more.




THOMAS: Federal Legislative Information (Library of Congress)
Access to summary, status and text of bills, Public Laws, roll call votes, Committee reports, Congressional Record and much more legislative information.



Web of Knowledge (Web of Knowledge)
 
The website includes access to Web of Science (Science Citation Index 1956-present, Social Sciences Citation Index 1898-present, Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science 1991-present, and Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities 1991-present) , Medline 1950-present, and Journal Citation Reports 2006-2010. It provides citation and tracking information on current and retrospective research and a current awareness tool. Cited references [footnotes and bibliographies] for all articles are captured and indexed, allowing tracing of the references and citation analysis. Includes access to some full-text articles.



WorldCat (OCLC)
 
With WorldCat (the OCLC Online Union Catalog) you can simultaneously search the catalogs of over 9000 libraries worldwide. WorldCat contains more than 50 million records in over 400 languages.



World Newspaper Archive (NewsBank)
 
Contains the full-text of the following newspaper archives: The Civil War: Antebellum Period to Reconstruction; African Newspapers (19th and 20th century); South Asian Newspapers (19th and 20th century); Latin American Newspapers (19th and 20th century)



Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (ProQuest)
 
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts is building on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts, published by IFI / Plenum, 1975-2000, and ABC POL SCI, published by ABC-CLIO, 1984-2000. The database provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy.

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