Academic
Universe (Lexis/Nexis)
This is a full-text database consisting of millions of articles covering
the fields of
business, law and legislation, medicine, and general news.
America: History and Life
Citations and abstracts
of articles from over 2,100 journals, book reviews, and dissertations on
the history and
culture of the U.S. and Canada. Available only to users at the Claremont
Colleges or
connecting to a Claremont Colleges proxy server or modem pool. Covers
journals from 1982 -
present, is updated three times per year.
Congressional
Universe
Guide, index and abstracts to hearings, committee prints, reports and
documents issued by
the Congress. (Also available on CD-ROM from 1989 - current) Researchers
can track
legislative and public policy issues as well as the activities of
committees and members of
Congress.
CQ Library Full-text CQ Weekly
Report and CQ Researcher
available, current and back to 1983. Excellent source for legislative
and executive branch
activties. Also available in paper in Honnold Periodicals with back
issues in the Hon Ref
stacks JK 1 C15.
Ethnic Newswatch is a
full text database
containing articles from ethnic and minority newspapers from across the
county. On Library
LAN - you must be in one of the Library Search Centers to use this
database.
Newspaper
Abstracts
Includes citations from the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Christian
Science Monitor,
Washington Post, Wall Street Journal as well as many other newspapers.
On FirstSearch.
PAIS Index to public policy and social issues, information in a wide range of subjects. PAIS on
Ovid indexes journals back to 1972, and is available in paper back to the early 1900's. Contains
selected citations to journal articles, books, government documents and reports. Also indexes
foreign language publications.
Political Science Abstracts
Political Science Abstracts Citations
with table of contents from more than 300 journals worldwide in political science and
government. This resource is available only to users at the Claremont Colleges or connecting
to a Claremont Colleges proxy server or modem pool, covers journals
from 1984- present, and
is updated 3 times per year.
Statistical
Universe
This database combines the indexes and abstracts from
the U.S. Government (American Statistics Index); International
Intergovernmental Organizations,
(Index to International Statistics); and State and non-governmental
sources (Statistical
Reference Index)
United Nations Documents Index
(Access UN)
(1965 - current) Indexes documents, periodicals and general interest
publications published
by the United Nations. The library has many of these publications in
paper, in addition to
a comprehensive subscription to the United Nations Collection on
microfiche. This collection
is only indexed in UNDOC, the UN Documents Index. Available in paper, on
local CD-ROM,
on the CD-ROM Network and on the WWW.
Wilson's Reader's Guide Abstracts to
Periodical Literature General, multi-disciplinary index. Contains
records for general and
popular articles in all subjects. Ovid covers sources back to 1983; in
paper back to the
turn of the century located in Honnold/Mudd Index Room/Table 1. Preceded
by 19th Century
Readers Guide covering 1890-1899, and Poole's Index to Periodical
Literature, covering
1802-1906, also in Honnold Index Room/Table 1.
Wilson's Social Sciences Abstracts Provides access to citations for
articles and book
reviews published in over 415 major international English-language
scholarly journals in
the social sciences. A great database for beginning research on topics
in anthropology,
sociology, psychology, political science and many other disciplines in
the social sciences.
World News Connection Provides
access to the fulltext English language translations of foreign
news service articles, translations of foreign speeches and other news
items from the Foreign
Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) For coverage of 1975-1996 use FBIS
(Foreign Broadcast
Information Service) Ask a Reference Librarian in the Honnold/Mudd
Search Center to log you into
this database.
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Finding Government Information (Primary Sources) at The
Libraries
Government publications are those created, issued, published or financed
by a government
agency. Such agencies can be at international, national, state,
regional, county, or
local levels. In addition to typical government documents such as laws,
congressional
hearings, and court reports, there are a variety of materials on a wide
range of topics.
These include such things as census data, economic data, educational
reports, environmental
studies, industrial surveys, health information, marketing research,
legal materials, and
statistics on just about any subject imaginable. Government information
is considered to
be a primary source. Primary sources are defined as the raw, unanalyzed
material that
is the starting point and basis of all good research. A primary source
can also be
anything that offers a first-hand account, such as letters, maps,
photographs, paintings,
a poem, the manuscript of a novel, a newspaper advertisement, a diary,
transcripts of
congressional hearings, census data, statistics or a report.
Generally, you should search Blais for government
publications owned by the libraries.
Also, look in Finding
Government
Publications in the Libraries of the Claremont Colleges. Not all of
the government's
publications are in Blais, and some require special finding tools to
locate them. Refer
to these pages if you need something not listed in Blais, and request
the publication from
Interlibrary Loan if it is not held at Claremont.
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Finding Information on American Government and International Politics
Using the Web
- Meta-Sites
Government
Publications Department Home Page This page has been developed
specifically for the use of students, faculty and staff of the Claremont
Colleges. Provides links to departmental information, Government
Agencies,
specific subject guides, alphabetical lists popular sites, and several
more specific pages.
International
Affairs Page (Claremont Government Publications Online)
Provides
selected links to directories, agency link sites (meta-sites), and links
for International Law. Titles and Links for Country Information &
Maps.
International
Organizations -This
page is created and maintained by The International Documents Task Foce
of The Government Documents Round Table of The American Library
Association.
It provides an alphabetical listing of International Governmental
Organizations
websites, many of which have online datanases and publications as well
as online lists.
Research
Guide to International Government Information
This Research Guide has been created to provide guidance in finding
Information
in International Government Publications and from International
Inter-Governmental
Agencies. Provides links to course Guides.
Statistical
Universe
Guide to very current U.S. Government Statistics that
has replaced Statistical Masterfile. Statistical Universe
connects to full-text information such as that found in Statistical
Abstract
of the United States. It actually replaces the current (1998-)
American
Statistics Index (ASI) - (1974 -1991) HON MICROFORM REF Z 7554 I53.
Indexes statistics in U.S. government publications issued by the federal
government. [World Wide Web. This resource is available only to users
at the Claremont Colleges or connecting to a Claremont Colleges modem
pool.]
University
of Michigan International Relations Agencies and Information on the
Web
- Excellent WWW site which provides access to many sources of
information
International Government Relations. Links to agencies, foreign
governments,
news sources, tresties, and a special focus on United States Policy.
- Specific Sites - International
Alexandria
Digital Library This is a fantastic site which allows you to
view
maps of countries.
Access UN (United Nations Documents Index)
(1979 - current) Indexes
documents , periodicals and general interest publications published by
the United Nations. The library has many of these publications in paper,
in addition to a comprehensive subscription to the United Nations
Collection
on microfiche. [This resource is available only to users at the
Claremont Colleges
or connecting to a Claremont Colleges modem pool.]
Background
Notes These are a collection of publications on countries
updated
regularly with demographic,political and economic information. The
information is more extensive than the CIA
World Factbook.
CIA
World Factbook This publication has country information
including
demographic, political and economic data.
European
Institutions The site provides links to the major European
Institutions such as the European Commission and the Statistical Office
of the
European Communities.
European Central Bank
In addition to providing links to all the European System of Central
Banks,
this site is full of links to information about the new monetary system.
European
Parliament This site provides links to press releases,
full
text minutes of sessions and information about meetings. Allows
searching by
key issues, speakers, dates, etc.
Eurostat:
Statistical Office of the European Communities (World Wide
Web) Collects data from the National Statistical Institutes
of each of the 15 member states of the European Union.
European Union
This is the official web site of the European Union. It is multilingual,
allowing searching in several languages in topics such as key issues and
offical documents. Provides direct
links to related Web sites.
FBIS
(Foreign Broadcast Information Service)
(1975-1996).
(CD-ROM Hon Search Center)
Index to translations of broadcasts, news agency transmissions,
newspapers,
periodicals, and government statements from around the world. The
translations
are published as a set, which is owned in microfiche in the Government
Publications and Microforms Department. Covers 8 world areas. (For 1996
- current see:
World News Connection
Radio Free
Europe
This site provides links to news broadcasts from allover Europe and the
United States.Includes links to audio news in many different languages.
World Development
Indicators
1999 HON ELECTRONIC DATABASE ON LIBRARY LAN (from the
World Bank) Presents downloadable data providing a comprehensive
statistical
survey of indicators on world view, people, environment, economy, states
and markets, and global links. The database covers the years 1978
to 1997 in most cases.
World News Connection
This database requires a pasword that can be obtained at the
Honnold/Mudd Reference Desk.
Index to translations of broadcasts, news agency transmissions,
newspapers,
periodicals, and government statements from around the world. The
translations
are published as a set, which is owned in microfiche in the Government
Publications and Microforms Department. . Covers 8 world areas.For pre
1996, see: FBIS (Foreign Broadcast Information Service).
- Specific Sites - U.S.
AllPolitics A sub-site of CNN
which gives news
relating only to Politics. It gives current information on political
events and public
figures.
FecInfo A non-partisan site
from the
Center for Responsive Politics that compiles campaign finance
information from the Federal
Elections Commission. It also contains information on PACs.
FirstGov, A Project of the
President's Management
Council, to provide the public with easy, one-stop access to all online
U.S. Federal
Government resources.
Gallup Polls The world's leading
source for public
opinion data since 1935. Gallup Polls, public releases and special
reports, archives,
to-the-editor and more.
Government
Information
Resources Page – This page has been developed specifically for the
use of students,
faculty and staff of the Claremont Colleges. Provides links to
departmental information,
Government Agencies, specific subject guides, alphabetical lists of
popular sites, and
several more specific pages.
National Political Index
Non-profit,
non-partisan index of substantive political information tactical and
logistical
information for political activist organizations.
Project Vote Smart Input your
zip code and find out
who your representatives are. This site even links to the US Postal
Service zip code lookup
site if you don't know the zip. Also finds members by state and name.
This site returns
information on both federal and state elected officials. It also gives
biographical, contact
and officials' response to their questionnaire on certain issues.
Thomas (House of Representatives
through Library of
Congress). Includes: Bill Text, Congressional Record Text, Bill Summary
& Status, Hot Bills,
now called "Congress This Week" and "Major Legislation"), the
Congressional Record Index,
and the Constitution (now found, along with other historical
Congressional documents, under
the "Historical Documents" category on the THOMAS home page).
United States
Government Printing
Office: Keeping America Informed - GPO Access Provides links to:
sites for the
Federal Register, Congressional Records, bills, Presidential documents
and GAO reports.
Indexes federal government publications since January 1994.
Cornell Legal
Information
Institute: Supreme Court Collection This site provides access to all
Supreme Court
cases back to 1990, and 600 selected cases Back to 1793. Searchable by
party name, topic,
and opinion author.
The White House
This is the official White House web site, and has information on the
President,
Vice-President, search engines for government information on and off the
web, historical
documents (including NAFTA and GATT), statistics, and briefings on
issues.
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General Information
Help With
Library Research -
Links to web pages that give specific help with Library Research.
Citing
Your Sources -
For help with citation of sources, both paper and electronic. There are
two helpful sites for
this. For non-governmental information the Libraries' Guide to citation
is excellent.
Brief Guide to
Citing Government
Information - For help with citing government information resources,
this site is
extremely helpful.
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For further help in your research, or finding or using Government
Publications, please
contact:
The Library Bibliographer for Government Publications and International
Relations is Mary
Martin, mary.martin@libraries.claremont.edu. You may also reach her at (909)
621-8923.
The Library Bibliographer for Government/Political Science is Ruth
Schooley, (ruth.schooley@libraries.claremont.edu)
You may also call at (909) 607-7122.
BRS 9/2000
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