Immigration Resource Guide: Library Databases

CQ Press Political Reference Suite offers the CQ Almanac which provides annual analysis of legislation and policy in the U.S. Congress from 1945 through 2006. The Historic Documents Series, includes primary documents and analysis (updated yearly since 1972) covering presidential speeches, international agreements, and Supreme Court decisions, U.S. governmental reports, and more. The Suite also includes Congress and the Nation, which covers actions of the U.S. Congress from 1945-2004, including key votes. The Political Handbook of the World is described as "the most authoritative resource for political information on more than 200 countries," and Politics in America, offers profiles and assessments of every member of Congress. The Supreme Court Yearbook covers essential information of the U.S. Supreme Court and is updated yearly since 1989. In addition, the Washington Information Directory offers the "essential guide to key contacts at government agencies and national organizations." Vital Statistics on American Politics provides data on social and economic policy, Congress, the Executive branch, elections, the media, and more.

A collection of weekly research reports exploring current social and political issues.

HeinOnline is a searchable digital (PDFs) collection of law and law-related materials. They include Pentagon Papers, Session Laws Library, State Statutes: A Historical Archive, U.S. Code (from 1925), U.S. Congressional Documents (from 1780s), U.S. Federal Legislative History Library, U.S. Presidential Library, U.S. Statutes at Large (from the 1780s), U.S. Supreme Court Library, and more.

Notes: As of July 2023, Nexis Uni has been replaced by Westlaw Campus.

A database of the questions and responses from over 18,000 surveys, totalling over 750,000 questions, conducted since 1986 by 1000+ organizations in the United States and 100+ other countries.

Academic OneFile is Gale's major source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles as well as newspapers, reference works, podcasts, and video content. It provides extensive coverage in all academic subjects and offers millions of articles in both PDF and HTML full-text.

A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database from EBSCO, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.

Contains American Economic Association's EconLit reference database as well as full text of nearly 600 journals.

Searchable encyclopedia covering the social and behavioral sciences. Topics covered include political systems, political behavior, political parties, reform, and much more.

A highly selective, multidisciplinary collection of over 1500 academic journals. The Sawyer Library has enhanced this collection with additional subscriptions in the life sciences, business studies, and Irish studies.

Notes: As of July 2023, Nexis Uni has been replaced by Westlaw Campus.

Provides full text for over 385 publications, and indexing for over 800 journals. Includes more than 165 full-text reference books and monographs and over 27,000 full text conference papers, including those of the International Political Science Association.

Covers the fields of literature, history, cultural studies, education, political science, and more.

A collection of 1,000+ high-quality, peer-reviewed journals covering many disciplines, including high-impact research titles published on behalf of over 350 scholarly and professional societies.

ScienceDirect is a leading full-text scientific database of journal articles from more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals. Subjects covered include political science and election studies.

This journal collection includes more than 1,200 peer-reviewed journals. Most titles include back issues to 1996. Provides abstracts and full-text articles from Kluwer journals. International topics are covered in social science, economic, business, environmental, legal, and education journals.

The financial newspaper of record. Offers coverage of both national and international finance news.

Web of Science contains SSCI, a citation indexing and search tool for the social sciences provided by Thomson Reuters. It provides abstracts and the tools to analyze citations.

Replaced by EIU Viewpoint
Produced by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

Profiles of 250 countries cover basic information and statistics plus more detailed information, covering country economics, education, business, government, and society. The database allows the user to create charts and data comparing country population, agriculture, industry, finance, education, and trade. Provides government, business, and social directories and worldwide election results.

Provides a variety of resources on global issues: news, reference materials, country information, primary source documents, videos, statistics, and more.

The IMF publishes time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates, exporting and importing data, investments, and other economic and financial indicators. Databases included are International Financial Statistics (IFS), Balance of Payments Statistics (BOP), Direction of Trade Statistics (DOT), and Government Finance Statistics (GFS).

Provides access to books, papers, and data services from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).