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United States Congress 

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Multisubject Resources

Academic Search Premier - info
Contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,300 journals, with full text for more than 4,500 of those titles.

ProQuest Research Library - info
Comprehensive database contains indexing for about 2,600 periodicals, with full text from over 1700 of them.  

LexisNexis® Academic - info
Hundreds of full-text newspapers, magazines.

Green File - info
Offers well-researched but accessible information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles include content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done on each level to minimize negative impact. Topics covered include global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling.  Economics and Business related subject headings include: Consumer Behavior, Consumers, Corporate Environmentalism, Social Responsibility of Business.

Web of Science -   info
Covers public affairs, public and social policies, international relations. Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more.

JSTOR - info
Over seventy scholarly Economics journals. Older volumes have been digitized, starting from the first issues and running up to 3 to 5 years ago; no current issues are available in JSTOR.

Project MUSE - info
Access to full-text coverage for over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers.

 

 

 
 

Find Articles/Information on Congress and Related Issues

GPO Access - info
Official Internet site for many United States Government publications including: the Budget of the United States Government, Economic Indicators, and the Economic Report of the President Transmitted to the Congress.    

CQ Electronic Library - info

CQ Historic Documents - info
CQ Politics in America - info
CQ Researcher - info
    Current Events and a great place to get a basic understanding of issues addressed by Congress.
CQ Washington Information Directory - info
CQ Weekly - info

 

PAIS International - info
PAIS Archive - info 
Access to international materials in public and social policies, international relations, and more.

Cambridge Histories Online - info 
Contains over 250 volumes published since 1960. Broad coverage area includes: American and British History, Economic History, General History, Political and Social Theory, Regional History, and Warfare.

Volumes relevant to Economics include: 


Business Source Complete - (BSI  Business Searching Interface (BSI)) - info 
"full text for ... scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for ... peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for ... top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost."--Ebscohost web site.

EconLit  - info
A subject-specific economics database provided by The American Economic Association, with abstracts of articles from over 400 major journals, plus citations to essays, papers, books, book reviews and dissertations.

Green File - info
Offers well-researched but accessible information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment.
Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles include content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done on each level to minimize negative impact.
Topics covered include global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling.  Economics and Business related subject headings include: Consumer Behavior, Consumers, Corporate Environmentalism, Social Responsibility of Business.

JSTOR - info
Over seventy scholarly Economics journals. Older volumes have been digitized, starting from the first issues and running up to 3 to 5 years ago; no current issues are available in JSTOR.

LexisNexis® Academic - info
Hundreds of full-text newspapers, magazines, law reviews, state and federal codes and case law.

ProQuest Research Library - info
Comprehensive database contains indexing for about 2,600 periodicals, with full text from over 1700 of them. 

SocINDEX - info
A subject-specific sociology database with extensive coverage of many important journals published in the field.  Notice that you can limit to Scholarly journals, including peer-reviewed, before you search.

 

 

Find Newspaper Articles on Law

LexisNexis® Academic
More than 350 newspapers, both domestic and international, many with same day publication coverage. On the "Guided News Search" screen, select a "News Category" from the drop-down list (ex. US News') as well as a "News Source" from the drop-down list (ex. 'Northeast Regional Sources' or 'Pennsylvania News Sources'). Finally, "Select a Date" --the default is usually 6 months.

New York Times

Newspaper Source

The Philadelphia Inquirer 

Wall Street Journal 

 

 

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