CTD: International Relations Honors (Moran)

Online Catalog

Use NUcat (the online catalog) to identify books that the library has, as well as journal titles, microfilm, videos, and other catalogued material. NUcat will also tell you whether material is in the main library or in another Northwestern University library.

Selected Indexes to Articles

Use indexes to track down articles in journals. Some indexes, particularly the general ones, include the full text of the article.

Locating the full text of the article



If the article citations you find in indexes to do not include full text, click on Find it @ NU which searches across many other indexing databases and sources of full text articles to find electronic full text of the article, if it exists, in the NU Library electronic environment. Find it @ NU will also lead to NUcat, the online catalog, if only a paper copy exists for the journal or periodical. If an item is not found in electronic or paper copy, a link to Interlibrary Loan will be given.

You can also locate the full article by directly searching on the journal title, not the article title, in NUcat. You can then check to see whether the library owns the journal or periodical and if so, what issues/dates are owned and in what format (hard copy, electronic, microtext).

To identify journal and / or magazine articles, try these indexes

General and News Indexes

Academic OneFile
A collection of peer-reviewed, full-text articles from more than 8000 journals with extensive coverage of social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, the physical sciences, technology, medicine, and other subjects; intended primarily for academic researchers.

Academic Search Premier
Multidisciplinary coverage of journal literature, including biological sciences, economics, communications, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences and women\'s studies. Provides citations and abstracts for nearly 8035 scholarly journals (3630 peer-reviewed), as well as over 4515 full-text titles.

Lexis Nexis Academic
A legal, news and business information service which contains several thousand full-text publications. These include regional, national and international newspapers, news wires, magazines, trade journals, law reviews, statutory, administrative and case law and business publications.

Note: Lexis Nexis includes the full text of the New York Times back to 1980.

Access World News
Full text access to several US and foreign news sources.

Chicago Tribune
Full text of the Tribune, 1985 to current.

Subject-specific Indexes

International Political Science Abstracts

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)

Historical Abstracts

PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)

Econlit

Pollution Abstracts

Find other indexes and databases by subject or title

Government and other Documents

Lexis Nexis Congressional Universe
Congressional publications on key American public policy issues including foreign affairs, crime, national security, science and technology, transportation, the economy, labor, commerce, public health, the environment, and education. Includes the full text of proposed legislation and its status in the legislative process and the full text of recently signed law. Provides information about current members of Congress and Congressional committees, and features a Hot Topics section. 1970 to present.

Thomas (free site)
Current and recent US Congressional documents, such as bills and the Congressional Record.

Access UN
Current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications.

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers
Parliamentary papers for the House of Commons from 1801 to 2003.

UK Parliament Publications and Records (free site)
Current and recent Parliamentary Papers and Debates.

CQ Historic Documents
Approximately 100 documents covering the most significant events of each year, beginning with 1972. The documents include presidential speeches, international agreements, Supreme Court decisions, U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions. Documents are preceded by introductory material to provide historical and intellectual context.

Country Background / Profiles

Europa World Yearbook

CIA World Factbook (free site)

Citation Styles

If you cannot find what you are looking for in these resources, do not hesitate to ask a Reference librarian for help.

Real-time online help is available weekdays. Try "Answers Online."

Jeannette Moss
Reference Department
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