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- CQ Researcher . Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly Inc., c1997- .[Cornell subscription. Access from library computers]
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Covers the most current and controversial issues of the day with summaries, pros and cons, bibliographies and more.
- Congressional Quarterly Almanac. Annual. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly. 1948 - .[ Olin Library Reference, JK1 .C66 + ]
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Summarizes the major legislative action of each annual session of Congress. Grouped under broad subject headings, each summary gives an overview of the legislation, pointing to relevant bills, reports, and amendments. Includes key votes, roll call votes and vote studies. Write down the references to bills, house and senate reports, hearings, etc. and ask for help at the Reference Desk.
- CQ weekly (Online). Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, Inc. [Cornell subscription. Access from library computers]
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Highly recommended as a starting point for legislative research. Articles summarize the work of the U.S. Congress, including the status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, backroom maneuvering, etc. Write down the references to bills, house and senate reports, hearings, etc. and ask for help at the Reference Desk.
- Anderson, Sean K. and Stephen Sloan. Historical Dictionary of Terrorism. 2nd ed. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2002.
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Includes an excellent introduction to the study of terrorism, a chronology of terrorist events, and hundreds of concise entries on terrorist activities, organizations, and concepts. An extensive bibliography completes the volume.
- DeConde, Alexander, Richard Dean Burns, and Fredrik Logevall, editors-in-chief. Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy. 2nd ed. Thomson/Gale, c2002. [Cornell subscription. Access from library computers: Also available in print: Olin Library Reference E183.7 .E52x 2002 + ]
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Treats concepts and doctrines, policymaking, commerce and science, human rights and arms control, with specific articles on topics ranging from anti-imperialism to environmental diplomacy, from refugee policies to terrorism and countermeasures. Also includes a chronology.
- Jentleson Bruce W. and Thomas G. Paterson, senior editors. Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations. 4 vols. New York : Oxford University Press, 1997. [Olin Library Reference, E183.7 .E56 1997 ]
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Prepared under the auspices of the Council on Foreign Relations, this 4-volume set offers 1,024 articles covering the history of US foreign relations since 1776.
- Krieger, Joel. ed-in-chief. Oxford Companion to Politics of the World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. [Cornell subscription. Access from library computers]
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672 articles, including events such as the Rwandan Genocide and the war in Kosovo; and coverage of international trade developments such as NAFTA and the World Trade Organization.
- Kurtz, Lester, editor-in-chief. Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict. 2nd ed. 3 vols. Amsterdam ; Boston ; London : Elsevier, c2008. [Olin Library Reference, HM 291.E6252 2008]
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"Covering topics as diverse as Arms Control, Peace Movements, Child Abuse, Folklore, Terrorism and Political Assassinations, the Encyclopedia comprehensively addresses an extensive information area in 225 multi-disciplinary, cross-referenced and authoritatively authored articles." [excerpt from publisher]
- Osmacyzk, Edmund Jan. Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements. Edited and revised by Anthony Mango. 4 vols. 3rd ed. New York : Routledge, 2003. [ Olin Library Reference, KZ4968 .O84x 2003 + ]
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This 4-volume work offers a comprehensive overview of the United Nations and the UN system, including entries on intergovernmental organizations and nongovernmental organizations with connections to the work of the UN. Also included are the texts of 50 declarations of the UN General Assembly and the texts of major human rights instruments. Articles are arranged alphabetically and most entries conclude with a list of sources for further reading.
- Maddex, Robert L. International Encyclopedia of Human Rights : Freedoms, Abuses, and Remedies. Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2000. [Olin Library Reference, JC571 .M3243x 2000 + ]
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"Giving the broadest scope to the terms human rights and freedoms, this reference encompasses constitutional rights and freedoms as well as those addressed in international and regional agreements."
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| General Periodical Databases | Specialized Periodical Indexes | Newspaper Databases |
Periodical indexes (databases) identify and locate the articles published in
magazines, journals and newspapers. Many databases also index essays, book chapters
and monographs.
Some databases provide the complete article online (the full-text). When full-text
articles are not provided, click on the Get it! Cornell link to determine if
the library owns the periodical you need, or search the Library Catalog directly
for the book or journal title.
Note: The Articles feature on the Library home page allows you to perform a very simple search across multiple databases. For more precise searching, it's best to search the databases individually. See the recommended databases below.
- Academic Search Premier. Ipswich, MA : EBSCO Publishing, 1984 - . [Cornell subscription. Access from library computers]
Provides indexing, abstracts (summaries) and some full-text.
- Proquest Research Library. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, . 1986 - . [Cornell subscription. Access from library computers]
Available as part of the ProQuest Direct system, Periodical Abstracts indexes and abstracts over 1500 periodicals, covering general interest magazines and scholarly journals in the social sciences, humanities and sciences. The ProQuest Direct Web interface provides the full-text, in several formats, of many articles contained in the database.
Specialized Periodical Indexes
- America, History and Life.. Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-Clio, Inc., c1998 -. [Cornell subscription. Access from library computers]
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A complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Published since 1964, the database comprises over 530,000 bibliographic entries for periodicals
- ***PAIS International. OCLC Public Affairs Information Service. [Cornell subscription. Access from library computers]
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Contains citations to policy literature of economics, government, law, international business, political science, public administration, and other social sciences. It includes references to journal articles, books, government documents, reports and pamphlets. Many full-text links provided.
Tips:
- Choose the Advanced Search
- Truncate words with an asterisk to pick up different word endings, e.g. terroris* will search for terrorist, terrorists and terrorism
- If a full text link is not provided, click the Get it! Cornell link to search the library holdings
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Peace Research Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to peace research, including conflict resolution, international affairs, peace psychology, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including International Journal of Peace Studies, International Journal on World Peace, and Conflict Management & Peace Science. Coverage from 1964.
Sample Search in PAIS International:
Peace Research Abstracts. Oakville Ont.: Canadian Peace Research Institute. [Cornell subscription. Access from library computers]
- Lexis Nexis Academic. Dayton, Ohio: LEXIS-NEXIS, 1997- . [Cornell subscription. Access from library computers]
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Full-text newspapers. Tip: To find editorials, add the phrase and section ( editor! or op ed) to your search.
- Connect words or phrases with AND, e.g. iraq and withdrawal and section (editor! or op ed)
- Use an exclamation point to find variant word endings, e.g. environment! to search for environment or environmental
- Narrow your search by adding additional terms or by choosing a source or category of sources.
Drawing upon publications around the globe, and a network of correspondents in dozens of countries, worldpress.org presents the issues that barely see the light of day in the mainstream press, translating, reprinting, analyzing, and contextualizing the best of the international press. The World Press Review Online website offers full text articles, search options and direct links to foreign media by country. Its archives include back issues with selected articles from the print title, World Press Review.
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