Database:

Google Scholar

Coverage:

Current

Description and Notes:

Google has created this database to speed location of reports and journal articles available on the Internet. Google is also working hard on facilitating links to subscription resources offered by university libraries. If you have an officially recognized IP address, Google Scholar will attempt to link you directly to your library's subscription databases and articles. Google Scholar entry from Wikipedia.
Unlimited access

Database:

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)

Coverage:

1991-

Description and Notes:

Provides access to the full text of more than 400 working papers and 40 conference proceedings annually (with updates on a monthly basis). Subject coverage includes global issues, world politics and political science, religions, nationalism, terrorism, diplomacy, security, and the world economy.

Database:

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences

Coverage:

1951-

Description and Notes:

International Bibliography of Social Sciences, from the British Library of Political and Economic Science of the London School of Economics and Political Science, indexes the information contained in over 2,600 social sciences journals and 6,000 books each year. Coverage includes both core and specialized material from over 100 countries in more than 90 languages. Approximately 70% of the records are in English, and articles in other languages are displayed with both the original language title as well as with an English translation. The comprehensive coverage provided in the database, while based on the core disciplines of anthropology, economics, political science and sociology, also reflects the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of the social sciences.
Note: There is only one port for both campus-wide and remote access use.

Database:

International Political Science Abstracts (IPSA)

Coverage:

1989-

Description and Notes:

The most important of all the political science indexes, produced by the International Political Science Association. Indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world. The abstracts summarize the source articles. Articles in English are abstracted in English; those in other languages are abstracted in French, with all titles translated into English.

Database:

PAIS International (including Archive)

Coverage:

1915-

Description and Notes:

The PAIS International database from CSA contains references to more than 553,300 journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more. Newspapers and newsletters are not indexed. PAIS International includes publications from over 120 countries throughout the world. In addition to English, some of the indexed materials are published in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
MSU faculty and staff also have access to the PAIS Archive database through this link. The PAIS Archive comprises a retrospective conversion of the PAIS Annual Cumulated Bulletin, Volumes 1-62, published 1915-1976, containing over 1 million records of additional resources.

Database:

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts via CSA

Coverage:

1975-

Description and Notes:

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts is building on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts, published by IFI / Plenum, 1975-2000, and ABC POL SCI, published by ABC-CLIO, 1984-2000. The database provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy. The serials list of the new database, which currently contains 1,304 titles, is actively under construction, with a focus on expanding international coverage.

Database:

Lexis-Nexis Academic

Coverage:

Current

Description and Notes:

Provides the full text of a current newspapers, wire services, newsletters, journals, law reporters, court cases, etc. Also provides access to Lexis Nexis Congressional, Statistical, and Government Periodicals Indexes.
Unlimited number of ports for MSU faculty, staff, and students

Database:

Factiva

Coverage:

Current

Description and Notes:

Provides full text access to various newswires, newspapers, trade journals, etc. Includes the full text of the Wall Street Journal.

Database:

Newspaper Abstracts via FirstSearch

Coverage:

1989-

Description and Notes:

A complete business and general reference resource. Indexes and abstracts more than 25 U.S. and regional newspapers, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and USA Today. The Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition) is indexed beginning Jan 1, 1990.

Database:

NewspaperDirect Press Display

Coverage:

Most recent 60 days

Description and Notes:

This database provides full-text, full-color newspapers from around the world -- over 300 titles from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and the United States. Includes a searchable, 60-day archive.

Database:

FIRST: Facts on International Relations and Security Trends

Coverage:

Current

Description and Notes:

Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST) is a free-of-charge service for politicians, journalists, researchers and the interested public. FIRST is a joint project of the International Relations and Security Network (ISN) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The integrated database system contains clearly documented information from research institutes around the world. It covers areas in the field of international relations and security, such as hard facts on armed conflicts and peace keeping, arms production and trade, military expenditure, armed forces and conventional weapons holding, nuclear weapons, chronology, statistics and other reference data.

Database:

ParLine Database

Coverage:

Current

Description and Notes:

The PARLINE database (a derivative of Parliaments on-Line) has been developed by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and is regularly updated on the basis of official information provided by national Parliaments. Whenever other sources of information are used, as is the case with preliminary results of parliamentary elections in some countries before comprehensive official results are made public, these alternative sources are indicated accordingly. For all countries where a national legislature exists, the database provides:

Database:

ParLit Database

Coverage:

1992-

Description and Notes:

PARLIT (a derivative of Parliaments and Literature) is a unique database of bibliographic references on the role, structure and working methods of national parliaments, and on electoral systems, constitutional law, history and political science. PARLIT is regularly updated by the Inter-Parliamentary Union for the benefit of those who search for references on books and articles dealing with parliamentary law and legislative elections throughout the world. The database currently includes references to over 7,000 books and studies as well as 30,000 articles taken from 160 periodicals used as information sources. Although the complete database contains references to publications since 1965, for technical reasons, on-line access is currently limited to data since 1992 only. We are working to remedy the situation.

Database:

Political Information.com

Coverage:

1992-

Description and Notes:

Looking for political information on the Web, but tired of getting hundreds of irrelevant hits when you run your search from one of those comprehensive search engines designed for searches by the general public? If so, politicalinformation.com is the site for you. From this site, you can not only search the entire Web for information on the political issue or candidate of interest to you, but you can also run a much more time-saving, profitable search of 5000 selected policy and political websites. You can also run a keyword search of the top political news of the day.

Database:

Women in Politics Bibliographic Database via WWW

Coverage:

Current

Description and Notes:

"The database is regularly up-dated to take account of new books and articles produced throughout the world on the subject of women in politics. So far, it covers some 650 titles representing international, regional, country-by-country as well as thematic perspectives of the subject." Courtesy of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

Database:

America, History and Life via Web

Coverage:

1970-

Description and Notes:

Provides access to articles, book reviews, and dissertations in American and Canadian history.

Database:

ArticleFirst via FirstSearch

Coverage:

1990-

Description and Notes:

ArticleFirst describes items listed on the table of contents page of individual issues of more than 13,000 journals. Each record describes one article, news story, letter, or other item from a journal. Most records can provide a list of libraries that hold the journal title.

Database:

Communication and Mass Media Complete

Coverage:

Current

Description and Notes:

Provides indexing and abstracting for more than 600 publications, and includes selected full-text coverage for more than 240 journals in communications, mass media, and related fields. Topics include (among many others) health communication, gender and communication, communication theory, and mass media.

Database:

FindArticles

Coverage:

Current

Description and Notes:

FindArticles is an archive of published articles that can you can search and print in their entirety, at no cost. Over 300 magazines and journals are covered, back to 1998. The coverage is updated constantly. FindArticles is a content-distribution partnership between LookSmart and Gale Group. You can view the articles by subject (nine subject areas, subdivided by topics), and view publications by name and search by terms of your choosing. Search results display the article title and a brief abstract, with a link to the full article with the date and author listed. Or you can type in a term and search the entire database. There is a useful Help tutorial.

Database:

Historical Abstracts

Coverage:

1977-

Description and Notes:

Provides access to historical articles for the Modern period (the present) for Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Latin America.

Database:

Index to Legal Periodicals Via FirstSearch

Coverage:

1981-

Description and Notes:

Provides thorough, reliable indexing of over 620 journals, yearbooks, institutes, bar association organs, law reviews and university publications from the U.S., Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Puerto Rico. Covers all areas of jurisprudence, including court decisions, legislation, and original scholarship.

Database:

LegalTrac

Coverage:

1980-

Description and Notes:

Covers almost 1000 law reviews, journals, and newspapers.

Database:

PubMed

Coverage:

Current

Description and Notes:

PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's search service that provides access to over 11 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, and other related databases, with links to participating online journals.

Database:

Readers' Guide Abstracts via FirstSearch

Coverage:

1983-

Description and Notes:

Indexes general interest magazines and some scholarly journals.

Database:

Sage Public Administration Abstracts

Coverage:

1983 to date

Description and Notes:

Not an electronic database, but a comprehensive source of information about public administration-related publications worldwide. The 4th quarterly issue of each year contains a list of periodicals covered.
Note: Print index in Main Library Reference (1 East) JA1 .S27

Database:

Social Sciences Citation Index via ISI Web of Knowledge

Coverage:

1987-

Description and Notes:

The Social Sciences Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the social sciences. It indexes 1,700 journals spanning 50 disciplines, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals.
Note: Select Web of Science and then click go. Select Social Sciences Citation Index only.

Database:

Social Sciences Abstracts via FirstSearch

Coverage:

1983-

Description and Notes:

Covers some 350 core periodicals in the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, law and criminology, political science, social work, sociology, and international relations.

Database:

Sociological Abstracts via CSA

Coverage:

1963-

Description and Notes:

Indexes approximately 2300 journals in 30 different languages from 55 countries. Covers sociological topics in fields such as: aging; AIDS; alcohol and drug abuse; anthropology; cities; communications; counseling; crime; culture; death; demography; education; emergency response; ethics; gerontology; health; health care; industry; law; medicine; philosophy; planning; political science; psychiatry; psychology; public administration; public affairs; public health; rehabilitation; religion; welfare.

Database:

Biography and Genealogy Master Index

Coverage:

Current

Description and Notes:

Indexes more than 2000 biographical reference sources, providing access to more than 9.2 million citations on approximately 3 million contemporary and historical figures. The database covers a wide range of current biographical sources as well as the most important retrospective sources.

Database:

Biography Index via FirstSearch

Coverage:

Current

Description and Notes:

Cites more than 2,700 periodicals and 1,800 books, including individual and collective biographies, as well as juvenile literature.

Database:

Bowker's Global Books in Print via FirstSearch

Coverage:

Current

Description and Notes:

Provides complete, publisher­verified information on all U.S. books in print. Includes more than 900,000 new or revised records each year and covers scholarly, technical, popular, adult, juvenile, and reprint titles. Try the following topics: crime and criminals, crime in literature, crime prevention, criminal anthropology, criminal courts, criminal and dangerous, criminal intent, criminal investigation, criminal jurisdiction, criminal justice-administration of criminal law, criminal liability, criminal procedure, criminal psychology, criminal statistics, criminologists, gangs, offenses against the person, organized crime, rehabilitation of criminals, reparation, and victims of crime. Also try the names of specific crimes such as gambling, murder, robbery, etc.

Database:

Declassified Documents Index and Abstracts Online via the WWW

Coverage:

1996-

Description and Notes:

An index and abstracting tool covering more than 82,000 declassified documents from the CIA, Department of State, National Security Council, Department of Defense, FBI, and other government departments and agencies, all made available by The Library of Congress and the Presidential Libraries.
Note: The corresponding microfiche are available in the Government Documents Library in the basement of the Main Library.

Database:

Digital National Security Archive

Coverage:

1945-

Description and Notes:

The Digital National Security Archive contains the most comprehensive collection of primary documents available. The database includes more than 63,000 of the most important declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions. There are 29 complete collections, each offering specialized insights. Integrated, they allow you to explore policy across several different areas at once.
Access restricted to MSU faculty, staff, and subscribers.

Database:

Dissertations and Theses @ CIC Institutions

Coverage:

1861-

Description and Notes:

This UMI/ProQuest site provides access to CIC Institution (Big Ten plus University of Chicago) dissertations and theses; from 1997 onward, full text is available. Citations and abstracts are available for earlier documents.

A 24-page preview of each document from 1997+ is available for immediate viewing, but to obtain the full text of a dissertation or thesis from 1997+, it is necessary to fill out a form at the site. There is no charge for documents submitted by MSU. A PIN will be e-mailed to the requestor. The PDF must then be retrieved from the site specified in the e-mail, where it will be available for pickup for a 24-hour period. Other delivery formats (printed copies) are also available for various fees as indicated at the site.
Unlimited access

Database:

Google's UncleSam

Coverage:

Current

Description and Notes:

Since 2000 at least 80% of all federal documents are posted on the world wide web free of charge. This is one of the Google's portals for finding those reports.

Database:

GPO Monthly Catalog via FirstSearch

Coverage:

July 1976-

Description and Notes:

Covers legislative and judiciary materials, presidential publications, committee and commission reports, and documents of independent and regulatory agencies. At present, there are records for almost 400,000 different publications issued since July 1976.

Database:

Proquest Dissertations & Theses (Formerly called Dissertation Abstracts)

Coverage:

1861-

Description and Notes:

The database includes bibliographic citations for materials ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester. Citations for dissertations published from 1980 forward also include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. The full text of more than one million of these titles is available in paper and microform formats. Institutional subscribers to ProQuest Digital Dissertations receive on-line access to the complete file of dissertations in digital format starting with titles published from 1997 forward.
Unlimited access

Database:

USA.gov : The U.S. Government's Official Portal

Coverage:

Current

Description and Notes:

Since 2000 at least 80% of all federal documents are posted on the world wide web free of charge. This is one of the federal government portals for finding those reports.

Database:

UNBISnet

Coverage:

1979-

Description and Notes:

Catalogue of United Nations(UN) documents and publications indexed by the UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library and the Library of the UN Office at Geneva. Also included are commercial publications and other non-UN sources held in the collection of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. UNBISnet also provides instant access to a growing number of full text resources in the six official languages of the UN (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish), including resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Security Council from 1946 onward.
Note: The MSU Main Library has an excellent collection of UN materials to aid your research. In addition, many of the non-UN publications which appear in this catalog can be located by searching our online catalog or requesting them through interlibrary loan.