Gary Treadway
Humanties & Social Sciences in Alderman and Clemons Libraries
434-924-4982
grt8r@virginia.edu
University of Virginia Library
PO Box 400113
Charlottesville VA 22904-4113
434.924.3021
fax: 434.924.1431
Includes working papers from research institutes, occasional papers series from NGO's, conference proceedings, current tables of contents and article abstracts from selected journals, and full-text of selected books.
Congressional Quarterly publications on the U.S. government (Congress and the Nation, Supreme Court Yearbook, Washington Information Directory, Politics in America, Vital Statistics on American Politics, Historic Documents) and world affairs (Political Handbook of the World). Emphasis is on recent information, but US document coverage begins in 1972 and legislative histories in 1945.
In depth coverage of the U.S. Congress: status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and backroom maneuvering.
In-depth, up-to-date profiles of over 250 countries on all continents, including basic statistics plus information and links for political, economic, social and cultural affairs.
Expert daily analysis of the American political scene.
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction. Users may view documentation, download raw data, and search a bibliography of data-related literature.
Large general database of articles from popular magazines and scholarly journals covering a wide range of topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.
iPOLL contains nearly a half-million questions from surveys conducted since 1935 by academic, commercial, and media survey organizations, including CNN, Gallup, AP, the Wall Street Journal, and many others.
Full-text backfiles of many important scholarly journals. Coverage is usually from the first issue to 3-5 years before the present. Humanities and social science articles are also listed in Periodicals Contents Index (PCI) Full Text which has more articles from similar journals.
News and business information from sources around the world; book reviews, biographical, and other reference sources; U.S. Code, constitution, and court cases. Includes many newspapers. Most entries are full-text, some updated daily.
Full-text information by and about the U.S. Congress including publications, legislative histories of laws, biographical information on members, and testimony from congressional hearings; and allows searching of the Congressional Record, Federal Register, and the National Journal.
These older years of PAIS contain only English-language articles.
International database covering public and social policy. Includes journal articles, books, government documents, statistics, and reports from organizations and abstracts from 1985. Newer book entries include tables of contents. Use this link to search only the more recent years.
Includes Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index which can be searched together or separately. Lists articles from over 5,700 science and engineering journals, 1,700 social sciences journals, and 1,100 arts and humanities journals. Frequent updates make it a good source for very recent information.
Information from thousands of foreign media sources, including speeches, radio, television, newspapers, periodicals, and books. Includes unclassified military, political, environmental, sociological, scientific and technical data. All material translated into English.