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• ABC News Poll Vault From 2005 to the present.
• ABC of the European Union The EU at-a-glance.
• ABSEES Online: American Bibliography of Slavic & East European Studies Citations to journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, and selected government publications, published in the United States and Canada, relating to East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. See also European Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (EBSEES) .
• Academic OneFile A collection of peer-reviewed, full-text articles from more than 5000 journals, plus indexing of an additional 4000+ journals, newspapers and wire services. Coverage from 1980 to the present. Extensive coverage of the social sciences and other disciplines. Use this database for a broad search to retrieve both first tier as well as second tier sources. For a less broad search of first tier sources only, use Expanded Academic ASAP (EXAC) .
• AccessUN Indexes and some full-text access to current and retrospective U.N. documents, publications, treaties, and resolutions. See also UNBISnet and United Nations Treaty Collection.
• Access World News Access World News from NewsBank provides articles from over 600 U.S. and over 700 international sources on local, regional and world issues. Date coverage varies with the individual newspaper; some have several years of archives.
• Africa (AllAfrica) News and current events reported from all countries of Africa. Search by country, region, or topics.
• Africabib.org Two bibliographic databases covering Africana periodical literature -- Bibliography of Africana Periodical Literature Database and African Women's Database. Indexes over 40,000 articles from over 325 English language and multi-lingual journals and periodicals that specialize in African Studies or consistently cover the African continent.
• African American Almanac
• African American Biographical Database
• African American Newspapers and Periodicals A description of 4,000-6,000 titles and their locations. This web site lists microfilmed African American newspapers and periodicals available for Interlibrary borrowing.
• African American Reference Sources Electronics lists of references resources, in subject order, for scholarship in African American studies.
• African HealthLine A collection of bibliographic databases on African health issues. Includes African Index Medicus (1993 to present), Healthlink Worldwide (1980 to present), Medicines Information Centre Reference Database of the University of Capetown (1980 to present), Community Health Information Database (1993 to present), SAMED (1976 to 1996), AIDS Consortium Resource Centre Database (1990 to present), African subset of Medline (1966 to present), African Health subset of Waterlit (1975 to present), African Health subset of Index to South African Periodicals (1987 to present), African Health subset of South African Index to Theses and Dissertations (1924 to present), The Bibliography of Filariasis (1634 to 1980), and African Laboratory of Natural Products Database (1900 to present).
• African Studies Extensive resources on WWW Virtual Library site maintained via Columbia University.
• African Women's Bibliographic Database Covers the literature of African women, a part of the Africabib.org website. Includes comprehensive bibliography on women travelers, missionaries, and explorers to Africa (1763-2000).
• Africana Conference Paper Index Citations to a rich collection of individual papers presented at African studies conferences world wide. Proceedings from these conferences are held in the NU Herskovits Library of African Studies.
• Africana Library at NU Web page and resources of the NU Herskovits Library of African Studies.
• Africana Vertical File Index Provides access to over 20,000 entries for ephemera, government documents and official publications, annual reports, laws, commission reports, material from trade unions, political parties and national liberation movements, housed in vertical file cabinets in the NU Herskovits Library of African Studies.
• Africa-wide NiPAD (Incorporting "South African Studies" and "African Studies") Full-texts and abstracts of over 2 million records, in multiple languages, on topics ranging from politics, economics, and development issues to natural history and health, from the 19th century to the present. For list of resources, see "About" and "Product Factsheet."
• Afrobarometer – Africa Public Opinion Research A series of comparative national opinion surveys on a wide range of topics, beginning in 1993. Results, briefings and working papers available for download.
• AGRICOLA (Community of Science) Provides access to the literature of agriculture in the broadest sense, including environmental issues and water resource information.
• Air University Library's Index to Military Periodicals (AULIMP) Citations to articles, from 1988 to present, in English language military journals including Air Force Law Review, Armed Forces & Society, and various Jane's publications.
• AJR News Sources: Newspapers An index of both U.S. and international newspapers, which is searchable in useful ways such as by state, by country, and by type (daily, campus, major metro, etc.).
• Almanac of American Politics Citations with abstracts from more than 1,100 journals; international in scope. Overviews of U.S. states, congressional districts and biographical sketches and political profiles of the current members of Congress and state governors.
• Alternative Press Index Citations to articles of 5 or more paragraphs from approximately 300 alternative, radical, and left publications.
• Aluka - digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa  A digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa.  (NU is a participant.)  "... includes a wide variety of high-quality scholarly materials contributed by Aluka’s partners, ranging from archival documents, periodicals, books, reports, manuscripts, and reference works, to three-dimensional models, maps, oral histories, plant specimens, photographs, and slides.
• America: History and Life Citations and abstracts from more than 2,100 journals published in approximately 40 languages covering the history of the United States and Canada.
• America Abroad Media Interviews available via podcast, streaming audio, and printable transcripts.  In depth coverage of world issues from the journalism of PRI and NPR.  To find transcripts as well as a bibliography of consulted sources, click on the desired program.
• American Diplomacy Concerned with the Foreign Service and diplomacy, but also includes dispatches and reports; maintained by U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
• America: History & Life Historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present, from over 2,000 journals published worldwide.
• American National Biography Articles and portraits of about 19,000 historically noteworthy Americans.
• American National Election Studies (ANES) "... produces high quality data on voting, public opinion, and political participation to serve the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, policy makers and journalists..." Provides current and historical longitudinal and time series data for analyses of public opinion and electoral behavior.
• American Rhetoric – Online Speech Bank "Index to and growing database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events..." (Note the arrangement is alphabetical by first name.) Speeches by numerous American public figures.
• Amnesty International Library Online Documentation Archive Publications including reports, news releases and urgent actions, 1996 to the present. Search by country, region, theme, etc. Documents are available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.
• Animal Info Includes very detailed information about rare and endangered animals' biology and history.  Search for species, organizations, publications, pictures, lists by country, and more. 
• Anthropology Plus
• AP Images About 800 photos per day feed into this photo archive moments after moving onto the AP's spot picture system. Over 3 million U.S. and international photos, from 1826 to present. Almost 200 per day are saved for all time, while others are archived for about one year. Also includes over 60,000 graphics, charts, and timelines.
• APS Online: American Periodical Series I, II & III Digitized images of articles from over 1100 American periodicals published between 1741 and 1900.
• Arabic Manuscripts from West Africa Online catalog to materials in NU's Herskovits Library of African Studies.  ".... over 5,000 items.... Original, hand-written manuscripts make up more than 60 percent of the content.... mainly from the 19th and 20th centuries, making it a unique and valuable resource for scholars interested in the production of Islamic knowledge in West Africa ...." 
  
• ArchiveGrid Searches thousands of libraries (NU included), museums, and archives for historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held around the world.
• ArchivesUSA Bibliographic records describing primary source materials in archives and manuscript repositories from throughout the U.S. Is comprised of three major resources: Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the United States (DAMRUS); National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC); and names and detailed subject indexing from the major microform set National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States (NIDS).
• ARTFL Project, University of Chicago
  The Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language (ARTFL) includes technical writing in such subjects as history and economics. The 18th through 20th centuries are about equally represented, with a smaller selection of 17th century texts as well as some medieval and Renaissance texts. Genres include novels, verse, theater, journalism, essays, correspondence, and treatises in English and French.
• Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science) Provides bibliographic information and some abstracts from articles from more than 1,100 in the arts and humanities. Search by topic, author, source title, or by cited reference: authors and titles from the bibliography of an article. Searches may also lead to related records: articles with citations in common. Results may be printed, saved to a text file, exported in a delimited format for import into personal bibliographic programs like EndNote or ProCite, or may be sent via emai. (For more information, see citations to faculty publications.)
• Asia-Studies Full-Text Online Asia economic conditions and economic development. (This database was formerly known as APEC Working Papers.)
• Asian Studies: WWW Virtual Library
• Associated Press From this site, choose an AP member by location to receive the latest news.
• Associated Press Polls Ipsos News Center AP polls, from 2003 to the present.
• Associations Unlimited Descriptions of and contact information for associations, societies and organizations in the United States.
• Atlanta Constitution Coverage from 1868 to 1929.
  

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• Baidu.com This is a leading Chinese search engine, equivalent to Google and Wikipedia (Baidu Baike) combined.  Can be used as a guide to resources, which in turn can be used to validate the initial information.
• Balance of Payments Statistics (See also "International Monetary Fund" for related databases.) Statistical database of time series data, also available in print. This is a CD-ROM product located in Government and Geographic Information and Data Services Department in the Library.
• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. 10th Edition, 1919
• BBC Radio World Service  Leading international broadcaster of global content.  Services available online, radio, and video.  News, reports, documentary programming and analysis in 33 languages from around the world. 
• Beeline TV  Truly extensive international selections.  "Watch free online TV stations from all over the world... provides a selection of the best broadband internet television stations."  News, sports, etc. 
• Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History, 5 volumes, 2005.
• Bibliography of Asian Studies Citations to articles from over 100 periodicals pertaining to East, South and Southeast Asia.
• Bilingual Dictionaries--Oxford
• Biographical Dictionary Covers more than over 30,000 notable men and women from ancient times to the present day. Can be searched by birth years, death years, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, achievements, and other keywords.
• Biography Resource Center Biographical information on nearly 275,000 people from throughout history; includes some full-text feature-length biographical articles and links to selected web sites.
• Black Electorate.com "Where Culture, Economics and Politics Meet."
• Black Firsts
• Black Studies Center Combines three resources for research and teaching in Black Studies: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index of Black Periodicals (IIBP), and The Chicago Defender. Fully cross-searchable gateway to scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, and much more.
• Black Studies Database: Kaiser Index to Black Resources Over 170,000 citations from the Kaiser Index to Black Resources, 1948-1986 from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library covering topics in African-American, African, and African Diasporan Studies. See also, the Black Studies Center.
• Black Studies on Disc Bibliographic information on materials held in New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture covering African-American, African, and African Diasporan studies. Also includes indexing of articles appearing in the Index to Black Periodicals. See also, the Black Studies Center.
• Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science
• Bloomsbury Biographical Dictionary of Quotations
• BNA Labor and Employment Law Library Access to cases, manuals, newsletters, and analysis in U.S. Labor and employment law.
• BOOKS- Women's Studies Core Books Select "Search the Collection" for pre-defined subject groups. Serves as a guide to instructional faculty in selecting available in-print course readings and to students searching for reliable resources. Maintained by the Women's Studies Section (WSS) of the Association of College & Research Libraries. Core book lists include, but are not limited to, these subject areas:
  

• 	African Women	Lesbian Studies
  	East Asian Women	Middle Eastern Women
  	Feminist Theory	Politics, International
  	Girls and Girlhood	Sports
  	Latin American Women	Women of color

• Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
• British Newspaper Index Contains indexes of The Times, The Sunday Times, Times Literary Supplement, Times Higher Education Supplement, Times Educational Supplement, the Financial Times, and the Independent.
• Brockhaus, die Enzyklopädie in vierundzwanzig Bänden
• Budget of the United States Government Full-text and spreadsheet versions of the current US budget and previous budgets back to 1997.
• BUND: British Universities Newsreel Database
• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
  

  
  

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