Databases in International Studies
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Database details Academic OneFile

Coverage: 1980-present
Scope: A huge and highly heterogeneous multidisciplinary mix of scholarly, journalistic, practitioner and popular sources, with much direct full-text included. Use the tabs to identify scholarly, newspaper or other sources as necessary.
Notes: Scholarly, journalstic, practitioner, popular sources. Thanks to Mel
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Database details Bibliography of Asian Studies

Coverage: 1971 - present
Scope: This bibliography is comparable to the print Bibliography of Asian Studies. This source is an index to western-language articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia.
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Database details CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online

Scope: The most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs; publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional paper series from nongovernmental organizations, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details Google Scholar

Scope: You can check the availability of article full text from within Google Scholar - see how!.
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Database details JSTOR

Coverage: 1665 to present
Scope: Full text of core scholarly journals from their beginning to approximately one year ago. Disciplines include botany, business, ecology, general science, humanities, mathematics, social sciences, and statistics. Browsable by discipline and full-text searchable across all disciplines. Especially good for historic or classic articles in most fields.
Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe

Scope: NEWS: full text access to newspapers, magazines, trade journals, newsletters, news wires, and transcripts. News sources are never scholarly, but they can give you up-to-date information on current events. BUSINESS: access to financial and business information for specific companies. It's most accurate when you limit your search by sources, such as Hoover's Company Reports, S&P Corporate Descriptions, American Markeplace, and Tax Analysts Publications. LEGAL: you can search for legal information such as court decisions, legal codes, legal news, and law journals. The coverage includes information both at the state level and at the federal level.
Notes: Some scholarly.
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Database details New York Times Historical

Scope: Offers full-text, full-image articles from1851 – 2003 of The New York Times. The database can be used to search national and international news, editorials, obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, plus historical photos and advertisements. The documents are downloadable in PDF format
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Database details Opposing Viewpoints

Scope: The premier full-text resource covering today’s hottest social issues, from Terrorism to Endangered Species, Stem Cell Research to Gun Control. Drawing on acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Gale imprints; brings together all the information that’s needed to fully understand an issue: pro and con viewpoint articles, reference articles that provide context, full-text magazines, academic journals, and newspapers, primary source documents, government and organizational statistics, multimedia, including images and podcasts, links to hand-selected web sites, and more!
Notes: Limit 4 users. Please log off when done.
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Database details Social Sciences Abstracts

Coverage: 1983-
Scope: Use this for sociology, anthropology,psychology and economics. Some links to full text.
Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details Web of Science

Coverage: 1980 to present
Scope: Web of Science provides access to Science Citation Index (SCI) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). These citation indexes contain references which have been cited by other articles. You can use these citations to undertake cited reference searching, that is, locating articles which cite an earlier publication.
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