Indexes citations on business and management topics from over 1800 U.S. and international publications. Full text is available online. Covers 1971 to the present.
ABSEES Online
This is the Internet version of the American Bibliography of Slavic and East European
Studies. It contains citations to books, articles, Internet resources, dissertations, and
selected government publications, searchable by a variety of fields.
AccessUN
Access UN provides access to current and retrospective United Nations documents and
publications (back to 1966). Articles appearing in UN periodicals are individually indexed.
Indexing of the bilateral and multilateral treaties in the UN Treaty Series is another unique
feature of the Index. Documents from the six main bodies of the United Nations - General Assembly,
Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, Secretariat and International
Court of Justice - are indexed. The index will provide hypertext links to full-text documents if
available on the web.
Access UNDP
This is an index to a finite collection of United Nations Development Programme Project
Reports issued and held by UN headquarters between the years 1972-1998. The index provides access
to evaluative, technical and terminal reports (available in full-text on microfiche) submitted to
the UN by numerous participating and executing agencies.
African-American Newspapers (19th Century)
This database begins with the first Black newspaper in America and marches through the 19th
century in chronological sequence. It is rich in early biographical material; essays and editorials
concerning slavery and
emancipation; social, political, and economic observations; poetry and prose; vital
statistics; and advertisements that embody the African American experience in the 19th century.
African Studies Centre (Leiden) Database
This database contains titles of monographs, journal articles and chapters from edited works
acquired since 1988. Most entries include professional in-depth abstracts. The Library is
especially strong in the social sciences, and covers both North and Sub-Saharan Africa.
AgeLine
Index from the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) covering government documents
and other resources about aging and middle age, including health care, public policy, and other
issues related to aging.
Agricultural Online Access (AGRICOLA)
The AGRICOLA (Agricultural Online Access) database contains bibliographic records of
materials in the agricultural and related sciences. Ninety percent of the records describe journal
articles and book chapters, and the remaining ten percent describe monographs, series, microforms,
audiovisuals, maps, and other types of materials. Also available is the
free version which is a bibliographic database of
citations and
digital archives to agricultural literature created by the
National Agricultural Library (NAL) and its cooperators.
Almanac
of American Politics
The Almanac of American Politics keeps you up to date with results from special and interim
elections, important committee changes, election forecasts, primary results, etc.
America: History and Life
Bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory
to the present. The database covers over 2,000 journals published worldwide. Includes
selected historical journals from major countries, state and local history journals, and a targeted
selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities.
American FactFinder
This is the Census Bureau's search page for Census data, including the 1990 and 2000
Censuses. It also includes data from the American Community Survey, which is conducted
annually between decennial censuses.
American Health Line (National Journal)
American Health Line is gives daily and weekly news briefing on health care policy and
politics. It scans hundreds of newspapers, magazines, online sources, press releases, and radio and
TV news shows and gives a summary of each day's relevant health care news.
Archives USA
ArchivesUSA offers access to holdings and contact information
for more than 4,800 repositories. It indexes over 109,000
special collections and includes the Directory of Archives and
Manuscript Repositories in the United States (DAMRUS), the
National Union Catalogue of Manuscript (NUCMC), and
National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United
States (NIDS).
Associations Unlimited
Contains information for approximately 460,000 international and U.S. national, regional,
state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields, including IRS data on U.S.
501(c) nonprofit organizations. For some 3,000 major U.S. national associations, provides full-text
association materials such as brochures, pamphlets, and membership application forms.
Bibliography of Asian Studies
BAS contains references to books, journal articles, individually-authored monographs,
chapters in edited volumes, conference proceedings, anthologies, and Festschriften, etc., published
from 1971 until the present day.
Black Studies on Disc
This CD-ROM accessible from UIUC library computers includes the collection of the Schomberg
Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library and the Center's Index to Black
Periodicals. Indexed material covers Africa and the African diaspora.
Browse
Topics
Browse Topics is a service that assists users in obtaining Federal Government information via
the internet. It provides direct access to individual publications located on servers at official
Federal agency World-Wide Web sites.
Canada Site: Services
for You
This is the main Government of Canada site, featuring Information and Service Gateways
for Canadians, Canadian businesses, and non-Canadians. From the Publications section, browse
by subject or view the Weekly Checklist, the primary bibliography of recently-released book and
serial titles produced by Parliament, federal departments, and Statistics Canada. Links to
online publications and government databases are included.
Catalog of United States
Government Publications (MoCat)
The Catalog of United States Government Publications indexes print and electronic Government
information products created by Federal agencies. Many of these products were distributed through
the Federal Depository Library Program. The Catalog via
GPO Access contains authoritative
bibliographic records generated since January 1994 and is updated daily. The Catalog via
FirstSearch contains
records from 1976 and is available to UIUC affiliates only. Earlier information is available
in a print index, Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications.
CIC VEL
Committee for Institutional Cooperation Virtual Electronic Library.
This resource searches the library catalogs of the Big 10 universities, plus the University
of Chicago. Requests for materials can be placed directly from CIC VEL.
Chicano
Database
This is the most comprehensive bibliographic resource for information about Mexican-American
topics and the only specialized database for Chicano reference. It identifies, in one place, all
types of material about Chicanos and provides uniform subject access to this body of
literature.
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune provides reporting and analysis of regional, national, and international
news. The
Chicago Tribune Historical
(1890-1985) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.
The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available
issue.
CIAO
CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) provides full text access to a variety of
resources including working papers, conference proceedings, and journal article abstracts. The site
also offers a schedule of events, and links to Web resources covering international affairs.
Published by Columbia University Press.
Contemporary Women's Issues
Provides information on women in over 150 countries, bringing
together such disciplines as sociology, psychology, health,
education and human rights. Includes full text access to 1500
journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups,
government and international agencies.
CQ Electronic
Library
The CQ Electronic Library, an expanding suite of electronic references, brings patrons a
wealth of content in highly organized and easy-to-use formats.
CQ Electronic
Encyclopedia of American Government
A easy-to-navigate reference on Congress, the Presidency, Supreme Court, and U.S. Election
process. A good reference source on politics, lawmaking, and elections.
CQ Public
Affairs Collection
The CQ Public Affairs Collection is a storehouse of public policy content organized by
several topics, pulls together CQ's wealth of historic documents and primary source materials,
statistical overviews, directory contact information, and the detailed reporting on current
affairs. It is a good source for public policy content.
CQ Researcher
The CQ Researcher is a complete source for detailed analysis reporting on the most current
and controversial issues.
CQ Voting and Elections Collection
Data and documents about voting, elections, political parties, campaigning, and specific
presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial elections.
CQ
Weekly
This source covers current Congressional news and bill status.
Department of Energy
Reports Energy Citations Database
The Department of Energy Reports Bibliographic Database contains citations for Department of
Energy (DOE) sponsored scientific and technical reports distributed by DOE since 1948.
Digital National Security
Archives
The Digital National Security Archive contains a comprehensive collection of primary
documents available: The database contains more than 35,000 of the most important, declassified
documents that led to the policy decisions. The Digital National Security Archive contains twelve
complete collections, Afghanistan, Berlin Crisis 1958-1962, Cuban Missile Crisis, El Salvador,
Iran-Contra Affair, Intelligence Community, Iran Revolution, Military Uses of Space, Nicaragua,
Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Philippines, and South Africa.
Early American Newspapers
Early American Newspapers features cover-to-cover reproductions of hundreds of historic
newspapers, providing more than one million pages as fully text-searchable facsimile images. For
students and scholars of early America, this unique collection offers an unprecedented look back
into the extraordinary history of the United States -- the story of its people, ideals, commerce
and everyday life.
EconLit
Includes subject indexing and abstracts of 685 journals and over 500 collective volumes per
year, plus books, dissertations, and working papers in the field of economics.
EIS: Digests of
Environmental Impact Statements
EIS contains indexed digests of environmental impact statements issued by the U.S.
government since 1985.
Electronic
Human Relations Area Files
HRAF is a consortium of educational, research, and cultural organizations, and government
agencies; its mission is to encourage and facilitate the study of human culture, society, and
behavior. The index contains the full texts of sources such as ethnographic books, journals,
microfilms and conference
proceedings in anthropology and related fields.
Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
ESPM's abstracts and citations are drawn from over 4000
scientific journals and thousands of other sources including
government publications. Major subjects covered include
agricultural biotechnology, air quality, aquatic pollution,
bacteriology, ecology, energy resources, environmental
biotechnology, environmental engineering, environmental impact
statements (U.S.), hazardous waste, industrial hygiene,
microbiology related to industrial & environmental issues,
pollution (land, air, water, noise, solid waste, and radioactive),
risk assessment, safety science, toxicology & toxic emissions,
waste management, and water resource issues.
ERIC (via
Ovid) (via
FirstSearch)
ERIC is a national education database sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and
Improvement (OERI). Presently the largest education database
in the world, ERIC contains over 800,000 citations covering
research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program
descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials in the field
of education. Documents identified in ERIC can be ordered through
EDRS
(ERIC Document Service).
FAOSTAT
FAOSTAT is an on-line and multilingual database currently containing over 1 million
time-series records covering international statistics in the following areas: Production, Trade,
Food Balance Sheets, Food Aid Shipments, Fertilizer and Pesticides, Land Use and Irrigation, Forest
Products, Fishery Products, Population, and Agricultural Machinery.
FBIS / World News Connection
Subscription service; in-library use only. Please ask a librarian for
password.
World News Connection (WNC) is an online news service that offers extensive translated and
English-language news and information. WNC is compiled from thousands of non-U.S. media, including
local and regional sources, that covers significant socioeconomic, political, scientific,
technical, and environmental issues and events.
FedStats
FedStats is the new window on the full range of official statistical information available
to the public from the Federal Government. Use the Internet's powerful linking and searching
capabilities to track economic and population trends, education, health care costs, foreign trade,
energy use, etc. You can access official statistics collected and published by more than 100
Federal agencies.
FindLaw
FindLaw provides a comprehensive set of legal resources on the Internet for lawyers,
businesses and students. FindLaw facilitates access to online codes and case law, legal forms,
legal publishers, legal associations, law schools and law reviews, legal experts and continuing
legal education courses.
FOREGE
FOREGE is a database of permitted use of food additives and food composition and
labeling requirements in 140 countries.
Global NewsBank
Information on international issues and events taken from more than 1500 international
sources, including translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and
government documents.
Government Documents Library: Full Text Electronic Journals
A list of journals published by government agencies or about government that are available in full text online. For a few journals, access is limited to UIUC affiliates.
This service from the U.S. Government Printing Office provides access to many databases of government information, including legislative and regulatory material, as well as publications of all three branches of the U.S. government.
Handbook of Latin American Studies
The Handbook is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated
by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary
Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Text available in
English,
Spanish, and Portuguese.
HAPI Online
Hispanic American Periodicals Index.
HAPI Online, the web version of the Hispanic American Periodicals Index, provides
bibliographic citations to articles and reviews pertaining to Central and South America, Mexico,
the Carribean, and Hispanics in the U.S., published in more than 400 journals in the social
sciences and humanities from 1970 to the present. Subjects covered include political science,
foreign relations, economic development, commerce, trade and industry, the environment, geography,
history, sociology, anthropology, ethnography, religion, literature, art, drama, and film.
Historical Abstracts
Bibliographic reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present
(excluding the U.S. and Canada; see
America: History and Life, above). Covers over 2,000 journals published throughout the
world.
Historical Newspapers Online
Indexes the New York Times from 1785 to 1980. Some full text articles are
available.
Index to
Current Urban Documents (ICUD)
A guide to the reports and research generated by local government agencies, civic
organizations, academic and research organizations, public libraries, and metropolitan and regional
planning agencies in approximately 500 selected cities in the United States and Canada.
Information
Bridge
This online index covers U.S. Department of Energy research; full text is available from
1995 forward.
International ERIC
International ERIC is a combined database of the Australian Education Index and the British
Education Index. Together these two indexes cover education-related topics in Oceania and the
United Kingdom. Education material in other areas of the world are included to a lesser extent.
International
Financial Statistics
Time-series financial information for over 184 countries, in some cases going back to the
1940s.
International Political Science Abstracts
This index provides bibliographic information and abstracts for political science journals
published throughout the world.
iPOLL
Databank (Roper Center)
This is the largest public opinion library available anywhere in the world, complemented by
rigorous training and publications programs. The Roper Center provides for a "public audit" of
polling data and reports of public opinion. As a non-profit, non-partisan public opinion data
archive, the Center is in a unique position to help clarify the public's voice. Click on iPoll to
access the databank.
JSTOR
(Journal Storage)
Includes the full-text of over 100 journals in the areas of African American studies,
anthropology, Asian studies, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature,
mathematics, philosophy, political science, population studies, sociology, and statistics.
LegalTrac
LegalTrac provides access to all major law reviews, and
specialty law and bar association journals. Subjects covered
include: case studies, government regulations, practice of law,
statutes, taxation and international law.
LexisNexis Academic
A comprehensive source for news, business, and legal information, with full text and
abstracts. Includes major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. news services, radio and television
transcripts, federal and state case law, medical, legislative and industry news, annual reports
from Securities and Exchange Commission and many other sources. International information
includes news sources, Canadian legislative and regulatory sources, European Union law and
international case law. Newspapers are updated several times daily, and wire services hourly.
LexisNexis Congressional
Provides comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information from Congressional Information
Service, Inc. Includes full text of
bills, laws and
regulations, as well as citations to or full text of
congressional
publications or other documents about current or pending legislation. The full text of the
Federal Register is available from July 1, 1980 to the present. LexisNexis Congressional also
provides a searchable full-text U.S. Code, as well as the Statutes at Large dating from 1789. Other
features of LexisNexis Congressional include extensive information about
members of Congress
and
Congressional
Committees, quick links to
bills and hot topics
that are currently receiving national attention, and many other special features. Comprehensive
online Help is available, not only for searching LexisNexis Congressional, but also for learning
about legislative processes.
LexisNexis Congressional Inside Washington
Provided by LexisNexis, this form helps to search for articles that have appeared in the
Washington Post A Section, Roll Call, or the Hill. Search inside-out about news from
Washington.
LexisNexis Government Periodicals
LexisNexis Government Periodicals indexes magazines and newsletters published by many federal
departments. Coverage varies by publication, but in some cases begins in the 1980s. Full text
articles can be accessed from a list of links.
LexisNexis State Capital
LexisNexis State Capital allows searching of statutes, pending bills, and administrative
regulations of all fifty states, by keyword and citation. Martindale-Hubbell summaries of
state laws are also searchable in this database. It includes a legislative directory for each state
and information on policy formation from the National Conference of State Legislatures, State Net
legislative journals, and state newspapers of record.
LexisNexis State Capitol - Issues
Database for
State
Net Capitol Journal: helps search for state-specific issues and legislative accomplishments,
NCSL
LegisBriefs: brief discussions of policy issues facing state legislatures,
NCSL
State Legislatures Magazine: state issues and current, past and future legislation,
NCSL
State Legislative Reports: quick reports on topics of state legislative concern and
State
Newspapers of Record: search the newspaper of record for select states by keyword.
LexisNexis Statistical
Provides comprehensive access to statistical information from Congressional Information
Service, Inc. Includes searchable abstracts and indexes to U.S., state, international and
intergovernmental statistical sources compiled in American Statistics Index, Statistical Reference
Index and Index to International Statistics (ASI, SRI & IIS). The index record provides title,
bibliographic and subject information, as well as an abstract to the contents of each statistical
publication. Frequently, there is a detailed listing of tables and charts. Most of these
publications can be found in the Government Documents Library. If available, links are also given
to a full-text web-based version of the publication cited. Other features of LexisNexis Statistical
include an extensive list of links to government and university statistical websites. Comprehensive
online Help is available, not only for searching LexisNexis Statistical, but also for finding
frequently-requested statistical data, understanding and interpreting statistical information, and
exploring topics such as Basic Concepts in Statistics and the Government as Producer of
Statistics.
MEDLINE
MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine (NLM)'s premier bibliographic database. It dates
back to the mid-1960's and contains over 11 million references from 4,000 biomedical journals
published in the U.S. and 70 other countries.
MedlinePlus
MEDLINEplus is particularly useful for people with little medical knowledge. MEDLINEplus
brings quality-filtered full text, current information about diseases, drugs, or any medical
condition or procedures. Online medical dictionaries offer further assistance to the viewer, and
the directory of physicians and health facilities provide local access to health care
programs.
Monthly
Bulletin of Statistics Online
This database maintains monthly economical statistics for over 200 countries. It also
details over 50 subject areas and provides a data dictionary to clarify terms. To begin searching
the database, click "Data Selection" on the left menu bar.
National Journal
This nonpartisan weekly magazine focuses on U.S. politics, policy, and government.
From this page, also access several daily news sources: the
Hotline, a general political
news source,
CongressDaily, a source solely
about Congress, and
Technology Daily, a source
about information technology trends and policy. This site also includes the Almanac of
American Politics, polling data, and political advertisements.
National Journal Policy Central
This a comprehensive resource on politics and policy for the academic community. Its
provided by the
National Journal group.
National
Library of Medicine Gateway
NLM Gateway provides a one-stop search capability for many of NLMs information resources or
databases such as MEDLINE, OLD MEDLINE, AIDS Meetings, LOCATORplus which is NLM's catalog of books,
journals, and Audiovisual materials.
NewsFile
News articles covering social, economic, environmental, government, sports, the arts,
people, health and science issues and events from more than 500 U.S. regional and national
newspapers, wire services, and broadcasts.
NTIS
Includes a search function for government web sites as well as an electronic catalog of
technical reports published by the U.S. government since 1990.
NTIS (UIUC subscription)
The National Technical Information Service is the federal government's central source for the
sale of scientific, technical, engineering, and related business information produced by or for the
U.S. government and complementary material from international sources. The NTIS Collection of
nearly 3 million titles includes: business and management studies, international marketing reports,
materials and chemical science data, technology innovations, and training tools.
NewsIllinois
News Illinois is a database of wire service articles about events and issues in the State of
Illinois. Information regarding neighboring states is also included.
ODS -- United Nations Official Documents
Subscription service; in-library use only. Please ask a librarian for
password.
Search UN documents, resolutions and journals. Resolutions available back to 1946; other
documents from 1992.
PAIS:
Public Affairs Information Service
PAIS International is a bibliographic index with abstracts covering the full range of
political, social, and public policy issues. Topics covered include economic, political, and social
issues, business, finance, law, international trade and relations, public administration,
government, political science, and any topics that are or might become the subject of legislation.
The database covers selected journal articles, books, statistics, yearbooks, directories,
conference proceedings, pamphlets, reports, government documents, and microfiche. More than 1,600
journals and over 8,000 monographs are indexed each year. Coverage includes documents published
worldwide in any of six languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. The
subject headings and abstracts are in English. Covers 1972-present.
Polling
the Nations
This source compiles poll results on a wide variety of subjects, searchable by topic,
polling organization, date, population polled, and more.
Social Science
Abstracts
Articles and book reviews from over 350 journals and
magazines in the areas of anthropology, area studies, community health and medical care,
economics, geography, gerontology, international relations, law and criminology, planning and
public administration, police science and corrections, policy sciences, political science,
psychiatry and psychology, social work and public welfare, sociology, urban studies, and related
subjects.
Social Work
Abstracts
The Social Work Abstracts database contains more than 35,000 records from social work and
other related journals on topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging,
substance abuse, legislation, community organization, and more.
Sociological Abstracts
This database is a resource for accessing information in sociology and related disciplines
in the social and behavioral sciences. The database draws information from an international
selection of over 2,600 journals and other serial publications, plus conference papers, books, and
dissertations.
STAT-USA
Subscription service; in-library use only. Please ask a librarian for
password.
A U.S. Department of Commerce database that delivers vital economic, business, and
international trade information produced by the U.S. Government.
SYBWorld
This resource contains searchable descriptions of 192 countries, including politics,
geography, economy, culture, and other topics.
Thomas
Library of Congress Site which provides comprehensive information on the legislative process.
Website includes information on public laws, bills, and committee reports from 1973 to the
present.
Times Digital Archive
Researchers can search through the complete digital edition of The Times (London), using
keyword searching and hit-term highlighting to retrieve full facsimile images of either a specific
article or a complete page. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and
illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching.
Toxnet
This family of databases provides bibliographic, factual, and structural information on
toxic and otherwise dangerous chemicals and substances as well as information on these substances'
interactions with living organisms and the environment. One of the databases, TOXLINE, offers index
access to published research results in books, journals, and technical reports, while others
provide factual information about the compounds, procedures, and outcomes in a concise outline
format.
UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database
(Comtrade)
Identifies the reported market share of 120 to 140 countries or areas by commodity and
trading partner.
UN Treaty
Collection
This database includes the full text of over 40,000 treaties registered with the
Secretariat of the United Nations, as well as status information for over 5,000 significant
multinational agreements.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set: Digital Edition
A searchable and browseable compilation of full-text Congressional documents from 1817 to
1831, with later years to be added. The Serial Set is an important source of primary documents on
American history and politics.
USPTO Web Patent
Database
Website provides access to bibliographic and full-text patent databases. These databases
cover the period from 1 January 1976 to the most recent weekly issue date (usually each
Tuesday).
Women in Politics -
Bibliographic Database
Women in Politics contains bibliographic refererences on books and articles about women in
politics.
World News Connection/FBIS
Subscription service; in-library use only. Please ask a librarian for
password.
World News Connection (WNC) is an online news service, only accessible via the World Wide
Web, that offers an extensive array of translated and English-language news and information.
Particularly effective in its coverage of local media sources, WNC provides you with the power to
identify what really is happening in a specific country or region. Compiled from thousands of
non-U.S. media sources, the information in WNC covers significant socioeconomic, political,
scientific, technical, and environmental issues and events.
WorldCat
Database which records of any type of bibliographic material cataloged by OCLC member
libraries.
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