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Databases by Subject: Public Policy

Major Indexes
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Includes scholarship from 1991-present on international affairs, including working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers from NGOs, research projects, conference proceedings, and policy briefs.

Congressional
Provides indexing of many Congressional publications, including Hearings, Committee Prints, Reports, Documents and Congressional Research Service Reports, from 1789 to the present.

GPO Monthly Catalog (1895-1976)
The Monthly Catalog provides a comprehensive listing of federal publications, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, records and documents released by the Depts. of Defense, Labor, and the Office of the President. Coverage: 1895-1976.

GPO Monthly Catalog (1976 - to date)
Comprehensive listing of federal publications, including books, reports, serials and maps from 1976 to the present.

LexisNexis Academic  · Tutorial   
Includes all types of news as well as country profiles, law reviews, federal and state case law, biographies, company profiles and financials (public and private).

Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS)
Citations to journal articles, books, government documents, and more, emphasizing international coverage of public policy, international relations, and business, from 1914-present.

Additional Indexes
AccessUN
Index to United Nations documents including Official Records, draft resolutions, and UN Treaty Series citations from 1966 to the present.

AP Images
Offers access to over 6 million entertainment, sports, news and lifestyle photographs, videos, graphics and interactives from the archives of the Associated Press. Coverage: mid-1800s to the present.

AUL (Air University Library) Index to Military Periodicals
Citations for articles covering military, geopolitical and aeronautical topics in over 80 English-language military magazines and journals. From 1987 - present.

CQ Researcher Plus Archive
Basic source for current and controversial social, political and economic issues of the day with complete summaries, pros and cons and bibliographies.

Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS)
A database of declassified documents covering major domestic and international events of the post-WWII ear, collected from various government agencies (FBI, CIA, State Department, White House, etc.) over the past 30 years.

Digital National Security Archive  (English)
The Digital National Security Archive includes nearly 100,000 of the most important declassified government documents regarding post-WWII U.S. policy decisions. Glossaries, chronologies, bibliographies, overviews, and photographs are also included.

Encyclopedia of Social Measurement
The encyclopedia covers both qualitative and quantitative approaches to social science and social measurement. It is illustrated with tables and figures of actual data sets.

Energy Citations Database
Provides bibliographic citations for energy and energy related Scientific and Technical Information publications from the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies, from 1943 forward.

Eurocat
A catalogue of European Communities (EC) publications and documents, and of selected texts published in the Official Journal of the European Communities(OJ) from 1985- Present.

FBIS (Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1975-1996)
Index to microfiche translations of foreign press releases and radio broadcasts issued in eight editions, based on region of the world, from 1975-1996.

GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys)  (English)
Electronic access to many Federal databases. Includes Popular regulatory materials such as:The Federal Register,and the Code of Federal Regulations. Critical Congressional products such as: The Congressional Record and Congressional Bills and Important business materials such as: Commerce Business Daily

National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts
Published by the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, this database includes abstracts for more than 210,000 publications, including federal, state and local government reports; journal articles; books; and research reports in the areas of criminal justice, juvenile justice, and substance abuse, from the 1960s to present.

National Security Archive, Digital
The Digital National Security Archive contains comprehensive collection of primary documents available: The database contains more than 35,000 of the most important, declassified documents that led to the policy decisions. This database includes the following collections: Afghanistan, Berlin Crisis 1958-1962, Cuban Missile Crisis, El Salvador, Iran-Contra Affair, Intelligence Community, Iran Revolution, Iraqgate, Military Uses of Space, Nicaragua, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Philippines, Presdential Directives from Truman to Clinton, South Africa, and Soviet Estimate.

OECDiLibrary   
Access to Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development books, reports, annuals, working papers, loose-leaf binders, periodicals and statistical databases.1998-present.

Political Science Complete   
Provides full text for more than 520 journals, and indexing and abstracts for over 2,900 titles in political science, international relations, and law. Also includes full text of reference books and conference papers. Coverage from early 1900s-present.

ProQuest Statistical Insight
ProQuest Statistical Insight (formerly LexisNexis Statistical Universe) is a comprehensive source for federal statisitcs. Also indexes and provides abstracts to US (ASI), state and local governments (SRI), and privately published and international and intergovernmental statistical sources (IIS) from 1973-present.

U.S. Congressional Serial Set and American State Papers
Serial Set is a full text database of House and Senate committee reports, documents, maps, and journals from 1817 to 1980. American State Papers contain the legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838.

United Nations Common Database (UNCDB)
Includes statistics which covers all countries and areas and selected series from specialized international data sources.

World Development Indicators Online (WDI)
It contains statistical data for over 800 development indicators and time series data from 1960-2007 for 227 economies.