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- Economics/Public Policy Thesis Guide
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- Using Endnote Web: Economics & Public Policy Databases
Course Guides:
Spring 2008- POLS 121 : Introduction to American Politics (BMC)
- ICPRH 243 : Library Resources for Controversy Project (HC)
- ICPR 243 : Science & Society (HC)
- Wr Prog 143 : Suburban Politics (HC)
- ICPR 281 : Violence and Public Health Resources (HC)
- ICPR 281 : Violence and Public Health: Public Health Costs of Armed Conflicts (HC)
- Fall 2007
- Fall 2006
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PAIS international
Provider: CSA
Provides abstracts of journal articles, books, government documents, statistical compilations, committee reports, intergovernmental, and private organizations reports. Areas covered include political, economic, social and public policy issues. Covers 1915-present.
Worldwide political science abstracts
Provider: CSA
Provides citations and abstracts of journals in political science and related fields including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. Covers 1975-present.
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CQ researcher (Annual cumulation)
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(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1991-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 1991-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1991-present.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly Inc. in conjunction with EBSCO Pub.,
Offers full-text reports on current and controversial world issues. Topics include social,environmental, health, education, science and technology issues. Covers 1991-present.
LexisNexis Congressional
Provides daily updated information on the U.S. legislature, including full text of bills starting in 1989, public laws starting in 1988, committee reports starting in 1990, House and Senate documents starting in 1995, Congressional Record starting in 1985, Federal Register starting in 1980, National Journal starting in 1977 and other government information.
LexisNexis State capital
Tracks state bills, finds state statutes and regulations, and search state legislative reports and other policy-concerned media.
PolicyFile
Provider: Chadwyck-Healey
Provides online access to abstracts and full-text articles on public policy research and analysis from think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers.Covers a wide range of topics from international trade to health care reform, from telecommunications regulation to terrorism. Coverage varies.
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ProQuest Research Library
Provider: ProQuest
Provides citations and full-text magazine and journal articles in a wide variety of disciplines, both scholarly and popular in scope. Covers 1971 - present.
Web of science
Provider: ISI
Provides access to the citation indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index and Science Citation Index. These multidisciplinary databases can be searched by subject, author, and journal title. Articles that cite a known author or work can also be searched. Cited reference searching helps identify more recent articles on the same topic. Science citation index expanded coverage 1955-present; Social sciences citation index coverage 1956-present.