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International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition which covers concepts such as race relations, discrimination, race and urban planning.in detailed articles

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Scholarly, peer-reviewed articles and professional association publications, Abstracts and links to full text, about half are peer reviewed, covering all academic subjects including STEM fields.
CIAO Columbia International Affairs Online This link opens in a new window
Courtesy of the Northeastern School of Law
Working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs. 1991 to the present.

Caribbean History & Culture, 1535-1920 (Readex/Newsbank) This link opens in a new window
More than 1,200 fully cataloged and searchable books, pamphlets, almanacs, broadsides and ephemera cover the history of this broad region from the 16th century to the early 20th century.
Created from the holdings of the Library Company of Philadelphia,
Early Caribbean Digital Archive (Northeastern University) This link opens in a new window
A digital archive of early colonial Caribbean texts, to uncover and make accessible a literary history of the Caribbean written or related by black, enslaved, Creole, indigenous, and/or colonized people.
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Weekly international news and business publication, The online edition features content from 1997 to the present.
Edited in London since 1843, 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.
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Empire Online This link opens in a new window
Original primary source documents relating to Empire Studies, including decolonization, from libraries and archives around the world. Diaries, images, letters, records.
View nature and scope information.
Ethnic NewsWatch (Proquest) This link opens in a new window
Interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) full text newspapers, magazines and journals of American ethnic, minority and indigenous communities. Offers additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press.Advanced search allows filtering by groups, such as Hispanic, Multi-ethnic or Native Peoples.
Includes the Bay State Banner, an independent newspaper primarily geared toward the interests of Boston's African-American community, and the Boston Irish Reporter.
Foreign Policy This link opens in a new window
Global news magazine, providing insights and analysis as well as original reporting.
Gale In Context: Global Issues This link opens in a new window
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Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events.
International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd Edition (2015) This link opens in a new window
A source of social and behavioral sciences reference material that is broad, deep and scholarly. Comprehensive name and subject tagging, signed articles and references.
Literature Resource Center (Gale Cengage) This link opens in a new window
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Provides full text biographical and critical articles about literary authors, together with critical reactions to their works and bibliographies for further research.
Includes cross-search of Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and the Dictionary of Literary Biography. Excellent starting place, but not exhaustive.
MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
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Forms the basis for the MLA Bibliography. Useful for finding a publishing venue for your work.
PAIS International plus Archive (Proquest) This link opens in a new window
Public Affairs Information Service offers abstracts of scholarship and professional literature from 1915 to present. International in scope, broad range of social science topics. Includes links to full text for books, journal articles, conference proceedings, and many government publications.
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A unique source of opinion pages from news outlets around the world. Good for debate and argument essays or to research a range of views on current events.
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Sociology Database
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Subjects: Africana Studies, Anthropology, Asian and Asian American Studies, Human Services, International Affairs and Area Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Sociology

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An encyclopedia with detailed entries covering political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories. Not limited to Europe! Frequently updated.
Includes the reference work, Africa: South of the Sahara

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U.S. foreign and domestic policy papers and gray literature, PolicyFile is updated weekly with abstracts and links to the latest reports, papers, and documents from think tanks, research institutes, and agencies.

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Gale in Context: Biography This link opens in a new window Courtesy of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Library System Current and historic biographies with links to full-text articles from hundreds of magazines and newspapers. Search by name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender. Some obituaries.
HistoryMakers Digital Archive This link opens in a new window This resource is made available to the Northeastern University community with support from alumni donors. These video oral history interviews highlight the accomplishments of individual African Americans and African-American-led groups and movements. A resource for students and scholars exploring African American history and culture. Over 2700 individuals are profiled. Transcripts available.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography This link opens in a new window 58,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles, and who died in or before 2008. Authoritative in-depth articles include likenesses and detailed lists of additional sources.

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