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Economist
The Economist is a weekly international news and business publication, offering clear reporting, commentary and analysis on world current affairs, business, finance, science and technology, culture, society, media and the arts. The online edition features content from 1997 to the present. (Audio and Apps sections are not included in our subscription.)

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Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is a multidisciplinary database useful for searching a broad range of topics in the fields of political science, public policy, and international relations. Many full-text articles are available; click the PDF or the check for full-text link to locate them!
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
May also be searched as part of the Social Sciences Premium Collection.
JSTOR
JSTOR archives full-text scholarly articles in a number of disciplines, including public policy and public adminstration, urban studies, and transportation studies. The collection is now being updated to include articles published in recent years.
Social Sciences Premium Collection
Combined search of multiple databases; includes coverage of political science, international relations, and policy as well as , sociology, criminology, education, and social services.
PolicyFIle
Use PolicyFile to locate reports from over 350 public policy think tanks, non-governmental organizations, research institutes, university centers, advocacy groups, and other entities.
EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit)
EIU is produced by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Contents include Country Reports, Country Profiles, Country Commerce, Country Finance, and a number of newsletter articles.
EconLit
Useful for political economy, public finance, and budgetary policy as well as materials on development and globalization.
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Web of Science
Web of Science provides access to citation data for a large collection of high-impact journals across the disciplines.
Scholar OneSearch
Scholar OneSearch provides simple, one-stop searching for books, articles, digital media, government publications, and more. To search the NU library catalogs for books, e-books, and other local resources, select the Library Catalogs option in Scholar OneSearch.

NEW! CQ Voting and Elections

CQ Voting and Elections
A database of elections data and historical materials to help researchers investigate and understand voting and elections in America from 1789-present.

Streaming Video Collections

Academic Video Online (AVON) offers videos of interest to a broad range of disciplines.

Watch complete videos or create playlists and clips in both Kanopy and AVON.

Kanopy provides a broad range of documentaries across the disciplines. See especially the Global Studies, and Social Sciences areas.

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Homeland Security Digital Library - HSDL is a major collection of homeland security policy and strategy related documents. This resource provides quick access to important U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources such as theses and research reports from various universities, organizations, local agencies and state agencies.

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Scholar OneSearch
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Key Data Resources

ICPSR
ICPSR is a membership based, non-profit data archive located at the University of Michigan; it is one of the world's largest social science archives. Access to datasets and related studies on a wide variety of topics. NU students may set up a myData account to download datasets and supporting documentation.
iPoll (Roper Center)
Database of the Roper Center at Cornell University. Provides data from national opinion polls, 1935 to present.
Data.gov
Data Citation Index (1900 to current)
The Data Citation Index provides a single point of access to research data from repositories across disciplines and around the world.
SimplyAnalytics
This mapping application enables users to develop interactive thematic maps and reports using thousands of demographic, business, health, crime, and marketing data variables.

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