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Indexes & Databases to Articles
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Info Database Name Access Database Description
more information Academic OneFile  Access options  Interdisciplinary index of major academic periodicals. 
more information Academic Search Premier  Access options  Interdisciplinary index to academic journals; provides full-content for over 3400 titles 
more information Political Science Abstracts (Worldwide)  Access options  Index to articles in political science, international relations, law, and public administration/ policy 


Indexes & Databases to Articles
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Info Database Name Access Database Description
more information Access UN access options International Government. Indexes documents produced by the various governing organs, agencies, and programs of the United Nations
more information Alternative Press Index access options Guide to alternative sources of information
more information America: History and Life (EBSCO) access options United States and Canadian history
more information Census access options Information on how to find data from Census 2000 and earlier censuses
more information CQ Researcher access options CQ Research report offers in-depth non-biased coverage of political and social issues.
more information CQ Weekly access options CQ weekly reports nonpartisan news and analysis from Congress.
more information EconLit access options Economics
more information FEDSTATS access options Statistics on a wide variety of subjects including demographics, business, ethnicity, taxation, environment, sociology, politics, griculture, crime, employment, military, safety, climate, health
more information GMID (Euromonitor) access options Euromonitor GMID (Global Market Information Database) featuring business intelligence, company profiles, and strategic and statistical market analysis
more information Government Information Resources access options Links to federal, state and local government web sites and databases
more information GPO Access access options Federal Law and Government Administration. Collection of government-produced databases related to government, economics, business, law, and public life
more information GPO Catalog of U.S. Government Publications access options Catalog of United States federal government publications since 1994
more information Historical Abstracts (EBSCO) access options Index to articles on world history from 1450 to the present (excluding the U.S. and Canada). Find It full text retrieval enabled
more information JSTOR access options Interdisciplinary
more information Law Reviews access options Law
more information Legal Information Institute access options Federal and legal resources including court opinions and the U.S. Code
more information LexisNexis Academic access options Wide range of news, business, and legal information sources - useful for general reference, general business research, legal research, and tax accounting research
more information LexisNexis Academic -- Legal Research access options Full-text federal and state case law and legislative codes and federal regulatory law
more information LexisNexis Congressional access options Guide to locating congressional publications, bills, testimony, etc.
more information LexisNexis Statistical access options Comprehensive index to statistical sources on a wide range of subjects. Includes American Statistics Index (U.S. federal publications); Statistical Resources Index (state and trade association publications) and Index to International Statistics (intergovernmental organization publications)
more information NCJRS Abstracts (National Criminal Justice Reference Service) access options Indexes articles and book chapters in criminal justice
more information OECD Index access options Agriculture and food, education and skills, employment, emerging economies, energy, enterprise and trade, environment and sustainable development, finance and investment, general economi
more information PAIS International access options Public affairs, political science, international studies, economics, and many related fields.
more information Project Muse access options Covers the arts, humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
more information Russian/NIT Publications Online access options Current events in Russian Newspapers
more information Sage eReference access options Electronic reference books published by Sage.
more information SAGE Premier access options New databaseProvides access to 485+ SAGE journal titles in the social sciences, humanities, medicine, engineering, and physical and life sciences, with backfile to 1999.
more information Science Direct (Elsevier) access options Interdisciplinary - mainly science, medicine, engineering, and management
more information Social Sciences Citation Index access options Citator for articles in the social sciences
more information Web of Science access options Online versions of ISI's citation indexes--Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Find It full text retrieval enabled
more information WorldCat -- UMD Students, Staff & Faculty access options Catalog of approximately 50 million records, entered by OCLC member libraries worldwide.

 

 

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For searching assistance or help using any of the above databases, contact:


Jodi Carlson, Reference Librarian
Email:jlcarlso
Phone:726-7880
L274
University of Minnesota
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-2495 

 

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