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• Peace research abstracts
  Coverage: 1964-
  
  The only specifically peace studies index to periodical literature available in the Hesburgh Libraries. Invaluable but difficult to ... [more] use in print, the online version allows searching of its substantive abstracts, in addition to names, article titles, subject terms and author-supplied keywords. [less]
• PAIS International
  Coverage: 1915-
  
  Contains citations and abstracts to print and electronic articles, books, and government publications on issues of public policy, including ... [more] politics, government, economy, marine policy, and law. [less]
• CIAO: Columbia international affairs online
  Coverage: 1991-
  
  Contains searchable full text of international affairs working papers from university research institutes, conference proceedings, ... [more] policy briefs, economic indicators, foundation-funded research projects and links to international affairs centers, institutes, and further resources. [less]
• Academic search premier (EBSCO)
  Coverage: 1975-
  
  "... scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database"--About page. Also includes indexing and abstracts for articles from additional ... [more] periodicals. Search can be limited to book reviews. [less]
• Expanded academic ASAP
  Coverage: 1980-
  
  Provides indexing, abstracts, and selected full text for 3,500+ scholarly journals and general interest periodicals embracing all academic ... [more] disciplines (citations only for The New York Times). Search can be limited to book reviews. [less]
• Web of science
  Coverage: 1900-
  
  "... accesses multidisciplinary databases of bibliographic information gathered from thousands of scholarly journals. The databases ... [more] are indexed so you can search for specific articles by subject, author, journal, and/or author address. Because the information stored about each article includes the article's cited reference list (often called its bibliography), you can also search the databases for articles that cite a known author or work."--Tutorial screen. [less]
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• Google Scholar
  
  Google Scholar is Google's new search engine that focuses on academic content. Google Scholar indexes peer reviewed articles, abstracts, ... [more] books, theses, pre-prints, and technical reports from academic publishers, universities, pre-print repositories, professional societies, and other scholarly organizations. [less]

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• Academic search premier (EBSCO)
  Coverage: 1975-
  
  "... scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database"--About page. Also includes indexing and abstracts for articles from additional ... [more] periodicals. Search can be limited to book reviews. [less]
• Access UN
  Coverage: 1945-
  
  Indexes current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications and includes full-text of several thousand UN documents. ... [more]
• America, history and life (EBSCO)
  Coverage: 1954-
  
  Provides abstracts of scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the ... [more] present. Search can be limited to book reviews. Usage info: Licensed for 6 simultaneous users. [less]
• Anthropological literature
  
  Indexes citations to articles and essays on anthropology and archaeology, including art history, demography, economics, psychology, ... [more] and religious studies published in English and other European languages from the 19th century to the present. Usage info: Licensed for 5 simultaneous users. [less]
• ATLA religion database with ATLASerials (EBSCO)
  Coverage: 1949-
  
  Comprehensive online database supporting religious and theological scholarship in graduate education and faculty research. Compilation ... [more] of three print indexes: Religion Index One: Periodicals (RIO), Religion Index Two: Multi-Author Works (RIT), and Index to Book Reviews in Religion (IBBR). Provides citations on such topics as Biblical studies, world religions, Church history and religious perspectives on social issues. Includes links to 50+ online full-text scholarly religion periodicals in the ATLAS (American Theological Library Association Serials) project. [less]
  List of journals available in full text
  Use ATLA Religion Database on CD-ROM to search Methodist Reviews Index 1818-1985 (not available in online web version of ATLA Religion Database)
  
• Beyond intractability
  
  This is "a free knowledge base" for developing "constructive approaches to destructive conflict" that are often described as intractable. ... [more]
• Catholic periodical and literature index
  Coverage: 1981-
  
  Indexed citations to articles published in more than 170 Roman Catholic periodicals, as well as papal documents, church promulgations, ... [more] and books about the Catholic faith, authored by Catholics, or produced by Catholic publishers. [less]
• CIAO: Columbia international affairs online
  Coverage: 1991-
  
  Contains searchable full text of international affairs working papers from university research institutes, conference proceedings, ... [more] policy briefs, economic indicators, foundation-funded research projects and links to international affairs centers, institutes, and further resources. [less]
• CRInfo : the conflict resolution information source
  
  "CRInfo is a free, online clearinghouse, indexing ... peace- and conflict resolution-related Web pages, books, articles, ... and current ... [more] news articles." --Introduction. [less]
• Digital National Security Archive
  
  Contains a comprehensive collection of primary documents, including more than 80,000 of the most important declassified documents regarding ... [more] critical U.S. policy decisions. [less]
• Dissertation abstracts online (see Dissertations and theses)
  
• Dissertations and theses
  Coverage: 1861- (Indexing); 1980- (Abstracting Dissertations); 1988- (Abstracting Theses).
  
  Provides information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses, with subject, title, and author access to almost all American ... [more] dissertations accepted at an accredited institution since 1861. Access info: Access to full text (PDF) of Notre Dame dissertations since 1997, restricted to users with valid Notre Dame NetIDs. [less]
• EconLit
  Coverage: 1969-
  
  Comprehensive indexed bibliography with selected abstracts of the world's economic literature compiled from the American Economic Association's ... [more] Journal of economic literature and the Index of economic articles in journals and collective volumes. Incorporates the Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics (AWPE) database. Usage info: Licensed for 4 simultaneous users. [less]
• Ethnic newsWatch
  Coverage: 1960-
  
  Full text articles from newspapers and periodicals published by the ethnic, minority and native press in the U.S.
• Expanded academic ASAP
  Coverage: 1980-
  
  Provides indexing, abstracts, and selected full text for 3,500+ scholarly journals and general interest periodicals embracing all academic ... [more] disciplines (citations only for The New York Times). Search can be limited to book reviews. [less]
• Factiva
  
  Successor to Dow Jones News Service, Factiva provides access to global news and business information, including newspapers, same-day ... [more] newswires, company reports, and media programs. Usage info: Licensed for 4 simultaneous users. Access info: Historically Factiva only worked with IE version 5 or higher. Since then, several other browser options have been added. [less]
  Classroom Instruction (for training classes only)
  
• Google Book Search
  
  Online access to full text of public domain books, reproduced either from text provided by publishers or by selected university/large ... [more] public libraries. "Limited preview" or "snippet view" or bibliographic information only for books not in the public domain. [less]
• Google Scholar
  
  Google Scholar is Google's new search engine that focuses on academic content. Google Scholar indexes peer reviewed articles, abstracts, ... [more] books, theses, pre-prints, and technical reports from academic publishers, universities, pre-print repositories, professional societies, and other scholarly organizations. [less]
• GPO access
  
  Provides free electronic access to information products produced by the U.S. Federal Government's legislative, executive, and judicial ... [more] branches. Information provided on this site is the official, published version. [less]
• Historical abstracts (EBSCO)
  Coverage: 1969-
  
  Provides indexing and abstracts of scholarly articles, books, and essays on European and world history from 1450 to the present (excluding ... [more] the U.S. and Canada, which are covered in: America: History and Life). Usage info: Licensed for 6 simultaneous users. [less]
• INCORE : International Conflict Research Institute
  
  "Combining research, education and comparative analysis, INCORE addresses the causes and consequences of conflict in Northern Ireland ... [more] and internationally and promotes conflict resolution management strategies."--About INCORE. [less]
• Index Islamicus
  
  Index to literature on Islam, the Middle East and Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, and Muslim minorities elsewhere. Includes citations ... [more] to over 2,000 journals, conference proceedings, monographs, and book reviews from 1906 to present. [less]
• Index to Jewish periodicals
  Coverage: v.26/46(1988/2008)
  
  Provides citations to articles, book reviews, and feature stories in 150+ English language periodicals of Jewish interest. Usage info: ... [more] Licensed for 1 simultaneous user. [less]
• International political science abstracts (EBSCO)
  Coverage: 1951-
  
  Provides indexing and abstracts to articles on political science published in scholarly journals and yearbooks worldwide. Covers more ... [more] than 1,000 journals published from 1951 to the present. Usage info: Licensed for one simultaneous user. [less]
• International Relations and Security Network (ISN)
  
  An electronic clearinghouse for resources in the fields of security and defense studies, peace and conflict research, and international ... [more] relations provided by the Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research, Zurich, Switzerland. [less]
• LAPTOC (see Latin American periodicals tables of contents (LAPTOC))
  
  Provides access to tables of contents for hundreds of journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences, published in Latin ... [more] America; Web database with search by journal and article and browse by country. [less]
• Latin American periodicals tables of contents (LAPTOC)
  
  Provides access to tables of contents for hundreds of journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences, published in Latin ... [more] America; Web database with search by journal and article and browse by country. [less]
• LexisNexis academic
  
  Provides full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications, covering current news, business ... [more] information, company directories, federal and state laws, regulations, legal cases, etc. [less]
• LexisNexis government periodicals index
  Coverage: 1988-
  
  Indexes the contents of over 150 U.S. federal government periodicals; provides links from a list of periodicals indexed to full-text ... [more] periodical issues when available. [less]
• Military and government collection
  
  "Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection ... [more] of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites ... Provides cover-to-cover full text to nearly 300 journals and periodicals and abstracts for nearly 400 titles." [less]
• Newspaper source (EBSCO)
  
  Provides selected full text for 23 national (U.S.) and international newspapers, including USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, ... [more] The Washington Post, The Times (London), The Toronto Star, etc. Selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers, including The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The Detroit Free Press, The Miami Herald, The New York Daily News, The San Jose Mercury News, etc. Full text television & radio news transcripts provided from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, etc. [less]
• PAIS International
  Coverage: 1915-
  
  Contains citations and abstracts to print and electronic articles, books, and government publications on issues of public policy, including ... [more] politics, government, economy, marine policy, and law. [less]
• Peace research abstracts
  Coverage: 1964-
  
  The only specifically peace studies index to periodical literature available in the Hesburgh Libraries. Invaluable but difficult to ... [more] use in print, the online version allows searching of its substantive abstracts, in addition to names, article titles, subject terms and author-supplied keywords. [less]
• Periodicals index online
  Coverage: Beginning thru 1995
  
  Index to millions of articles in over 4,500 periodicals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences published beginning 1770 or subsequently; ... [more] scope is worldwide, covering major Western languages. Complete PCI Index, including links to selected full text articles. Only the index is searchable. [less]
• Philosopher's index (EBSCO)
  Coverage: 1940-
  
  "... features author-written abstracts covering scholarly research published in journals and books, including contributions to anthologies ... [more] and book reviews. The database covers the fifteen fields of philosophy: aesthetics, axiology, philosophy of education, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of history, philosophy of language, logic, metaphysics, philosophical anthropology, metaphilosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of science, social philosophy, and the philosophy of religion."--About the database. [less]
• ProQuest digital dissertations (see Dissertations and theses)
  
• PsycINFO
  Coverage: 1806-
  
  Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports in the field of psychology and psychological ... [more] aspects of related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business and law. [less]
• Religious and theological abstracts
  
  Provides summaries of articles appearing in scholarly journals in the fields of religion and theology, covering Christian, Jewish, ... [more] and other world religions. [less]
• Sociological abstracts
  Coverage: 1963-
  
  Abstracts and indexes international literature in sociology and related disciplines in social and behavioral sciences. Citations to ... [more] journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. [less]
• TLS, the Times literary supplement centenary archive
  Coverage: 1902 to 1990
  
  Fully searchable archive of the TLS in image format and full-page context, with the identities of contributors, who were published ... [more] anonymously until 1974, disclosed. [less]
• Transcend : a peace and development network
  
  "TRANSCEND INTERNATIONAL [an initiative of Johan Galtung and Fumio Nishimura] connects autonomous individuals and centers working on ... [more] peace by peaceful means ..."--Home page. [less]
• Web of science
  Coverage: 1900-
  
  "... accesses multidisciplinary databases of bibliographic information gathered from thousands of scholarly journals. The databases ... [more] are indexed so you can search for specific articles by subject, author, journal, and/or author address. Because the information stored about each article includes the article's cited reference list (often called its bibliography), you can also search the databases for articles that cite a known author or work."--Tutorial screen. [less]
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• Worldwide political science abstracts
  Coverage: 1975-
  
  "CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts is building on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts, published by IFI/Plenum, ... [more] 1975-2000, and ABC POL SCI, published by ABC-CLIO, 1984-2000. The database provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy"--Online factsheet. [less]