| Database/Index |
Description |
| Major Databases & Indexes
for Economics & Finance:
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Provides full text of nearly 2,300 journals (including 1,100 peer reviewed journals) covering management, economics, finance, accounting and international business. |
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Produced by the American Economic
Association, this is a comprehensive, indexed bibliography
with selected abstracts of the world's economic literature.
Coverage is from 1969 to the present. (Should the above link
not work for any reason try the MIRROR
SERVER.) |
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Provides access to over 500 social sciences journals covering a broad range of fields including addiction studies, anthropology, criminal justice, economics, ethics, gender studies, international relations, law, policy studies, political science, psychology, psychiatry, and sociology. Indexing begins in 1983, abstracting in 1984, and full text for selected titles in 1994. |
| SOCIAL SCIENCES CITATION INDEX |
A multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the social sciences. It completely indexes more than 1,725 journals spanning 50 disciplines. SSCI selectively indexes articles from an additional 3,300 journals. |
| WALL
STREET JOURNAL |
Full-text of the Wall Street Journal
from 1984 to the present. |
| WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS (WDI) |
World Development Indicators Online (WDI) from the World Bank provides direct access to more than 600 development indicators, with time series for 208 countries and 18 country groups from 1960 to 2005 (where data are available). |
| Major Databases for Financial
and Industry Information: |
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Standard and Poor's Net Advantage
provides fulltext access to a variety of S&P publications
including the Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Corporation
Records as well as detailed information on mutual funds, bonds,
dividends, earnings, and a directory of corporations and executives. |
| Other Databases & Indexes
With Significant Economics & Finance Content: |
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Designed specifically for academic
institutions, this scholarly collection offers information
in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. It contains
full text for more than 4,600 publications, including over
3,600 peer-reviewed publications. A good starting point for
research, but other subject specific resources should be also
consulted. |
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Explore political and issue television
ads with streaming audio or video. (NATIONAL
JOURNAL GROUP'S POLICY CENTRAL) |
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Index to scholarly literature on
the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory
to the present. It provides access to articles, books, and
dissertations published since 1964. |
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(Columbia International Affairs
Online) Provides access to a wide range of scholarship in international
affairs from 1991 to the present and includes working papers,
occasional papers, foundation-funded research projects, conference
proceedings, journal issues, and books. |
| EUROPA WORLD PLUS |
Europa World Plus is the online version of the Europa World Year Book and the nine-volume Europa Regional Surveys of the World series. First published in 1926, the year book is renowned as one of the world's leading reference works, covering political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories. |
| GALLERY WATCH |
This is an index to the research materials produced by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). These materials cover a variety of topics that are used by Congress to gain insight into proposed legislation. |
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Facts on International Relations
and Security Trends (FIRST) provides an authoritative and structured
reference system on international relations and security, states
and international organizations, statistics, chronologies and
data on conflicts, arms transfers and military expenditures.
It is a joint project of the International Relations and Security
Network (ISN) and the Stockholm International Peace Research
Institute (SIPRI). |
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Catalog of U. S. Government Publications
July 1976-Present. |
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Provides access to scholarly literature
on world history (excluding the U.S. and Canada) covering the
period from 1450 to the present day and published since 1954. |
| HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES |
Topics ranging from migration and health to crime and the Confederate States of America are each placed in historical context by a recognized expert in the field. Electronic edition allows users to graph individual tables and create customized tables and spreadsheets. |
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Provides access to 500 of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines in such fields as archaeology, art, classical studies, communications, film, folklore, gender studies, history, literature, and philosophy. Coverage for indexing begins in 1984; abstracting begins in 1984, and full text of selected titles in 1994. |
| ICPSR
RESOURCE SYSTEM |
The Naval Academy is a member of
the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
(ICPSR) Center. This online resource is a collection of statistical
data sets that can be used for a variety of social and political
science research areas. The system replaces, and enhances,
a series of ICPSR books in our collection. It is recommended
that new users access the "Thematic
categories" file as the primary step to understanding the
arrangement of materials in this file. Please contact the USNA
Political Science Department if you are experiencing any difficulties
with this system. |
| IFS
ONLINE |
(International Financial Statistics
Browser) The International Financial Statistics database produced
by the IMF (International Monetary Fund) contains time series
data from 1948 to the present for more than 200 countries and
areas. Users may select and transfer data to other software
systems. Included are Country, World, and Commodity Price Tables
as well as the Economic Concept View for individual or groups
of countries. |
| JANE'S
ONLINE |
Jane's Publishing is one of the
foremost publishers of military information. Jane's online
includes all of the Jane's print materials we get in the Nimitz
Library such as Jane's Fighting Ships and Jane's
Defense Weekly, but also includes many additional publications
previously unavailable at USNA. Jane's Online is very useful
for tracking military topics such as new aircraft and new ships,
developments in foreign Orders-of-Battle, country studies and
terrorism. Jane's online is also extremely useful in researching
industry developments in transportation (air, land and sea)
and defense markets. Select MORE
INFORMATION for tips in using Jane's Online. |
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Full-text archive of scholarly journals.
Select MORE
INFORMATION for tips in using JSTOR. |
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Provides full-text access to a wide
range of news, business, legal, and reference information. |
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Provides full-text access to U.S.
legislative information from the Congressional Information
Service, Inc. |
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Get complete coverage of every congressional
markup session, as well as constantly updated reports on key
legislation. (NATIONAL
JOURNAL GROUP'S POLICY CENTRAL) |
| MicroCase Data Archives |
Collection of useful social science
datasets converted to MicroCase format and covering a wide
range of areas: political science, sociology, economics, criminology,
and anthropology. Data are available at Workstation 12 in the
reference area of the library. |
| MILITARY & GOVERNMENT
COLLECTION |
This index provides access to many
of the important military and government journals. Titles represented
include specific service titles as well as those titles devoted
to a specific military community. The majority of the titles
are full-text; for titles not full-text, please check Nimitz
Library holdings for additional information. |
| NATIONAL
JOURNAL GROUP'S POLICY CENTRAL |
Provides full-text access to several
political and policy databases, including The Hotline, Congress
Daily, Technology Daily, The Almanac of of American
Politics, and Polltrack. |
| NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS |
Search and read:
The Baltimore Sun (1990-present)
The Christian Science Monitor (1988-present)
The New York Times (1980-present)
Wall Street Journal (1984-present)
Washington Post(1987-present)
All five papers |
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A service of the U. S. Department of Commerce, provides authoritative information from the Federal government on business, economics, and trade. Password required. USNA users call the Reference Desk at x32420. |
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Provides indexing and abstracts
from books and journals of philosophy and related fields from
1940-present. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social
philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic
logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion,
science, history, education, and language. |
| POLITICAL RISK YEARBOOK ONLINE |
This online yearbook includes country reports for 100 countries. Each report expertly assesses potential political, financial, and economic risks to business investments and trade. Reports include political risk ratings and alternative regime scenarios. |
| PROQUEST MILITARY COLLECTION |
This index should be used for current and historical military topics including defense finance and economics. The index includes most of the leading English language military periodicals, published commercially or by the military. |
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A service of the U. S. Department of Commerce, provides authoritative information from the Federal government on business, economics, and trade. Password required. USNA users call the Reference Desk at x32420. |
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This index and abstracting service
provides bibliographic access to research in over 1500 journals
in the political science discipline and related fields, such
as international relations, law, government, and public administration/policy.
Coverage is from 1967 to the present. (Should the above not
work for any reason try the MIRROR
SERVER.) |
| Other Databases & Indexes
In Related Fields: |
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Provides citations to military periodicals
from 1990-present. |
| ARMED CONFLICT DATABASE |
The International Institute For Strategic Studies (IISS) Armed Conflict Database is a frequently updated source of information on armed conflicts worldwide. You can generate reports and download data as well as browse through the yearly analyses and fact sheets online. |
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Over 1.9 million titles retrievable
by title, author, subject, publisher, etc. |
| BRITANNICA
ONLINE |
The complete encyclopedia online
with related Internet sites, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary,
interactive maps, daily features, and more. |
| CQ ELECTRONIC LIBRARY |
The CQ Electronic Library allows to you to search and read content from CQ's Politics in America, CQ Supreme Court Collection, CQ Researcher, and CQ Weekly. |
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(Declassified Documents Reference
System-US) Provides access to over 70,000 declassified documents
from numerous government agencies plus supplemental information.
Ranging from the late 1940's through the 1970's, it covers
nearly every major foreign and domestic event of the time period. |
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Full-text access to 50 years of
declassified documents related to U. S. foreign policy. |
| DISSERTATION
ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL |
A database of bibliographic records
of doctoral dissertations and master's theses from most of
the major colleges and universities. These materials provide
insight into original academic work in a variety of subjects.
Attention: these materials usually cannot be borrowed and may
require purchase by the library. USNA faculty and midshipmen
can request these materials be purchased by contacting their
Reference-Bibliographer. Password required; contact the Reference
Desk at x32420. |
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Please Note! If you are using Adobe Acrobat Reader 8 you may notice a problem opening PDF files from STINET. To correct this problem, please save all your work and close any other applications. Open Adobe Reader 8. From the Edit menu, select Preferences. Under Categories select Internet. Under Web Browser Options unclick Display PDF in Browser. Click OK. If you are asked to reboot, click Yes. |
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(Educational Resources Information
Center) ERIC is a national information system designed to provide
users with ready access to education-related literature. ERIC
provides access to the broad range of educational resources
included in Current Index to Journals in Education and Resources
in Education. |
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Provides access to dozens of indexes
and databases in a variety of subject areas. Password required;
contact the Reference Desk at x32420. Patrons wanting to use WORLDCAT
ONLINE click here. |
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Formerly Uncover Reveal,
this global research gateway is the world's largest website
for search and delivery of research articles. It offers access
to article summaries from over 30,000 publications with links
to the full text of titles owned by the Nimitz Library. Customized
research and table-of-contents alert services are also available. |
| LexisNexis
PRESIDENTIAL STUDIES |
This database contains key primary
and secondary presidential sources on almost every major political
event in American history. Components include manuscript coverage
from 1789, every inaugural and State of the Union Address,
and thousands of government documents including Executive orders,
photographs and other images. |
| NETLIBRARY |
Collection of electronic books covering
a wide range of scholarly topics. |
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(NDLTD) Provides a digital archive
of electronic theses and dissertations from universities world-wide.
Some sites include historical dissertations. Most dissertations
are from 1989-present. |
| NEW YORK TIMES HISTORICAL FILE |
This a full-text index to the New York Times from 1851 to 2003. Each article will display as newspaper clipping image or as a text-file. |
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(National Technical Information
Service Database) Index to technical reports from government
research agencies (1990-Present, weekly updates). |
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A United States government operation which translates
the text of daily broadcasts, government statements, and select
news stories from non-English sources around the world. FBIS
Online contains materials published from April 1995-present
and is updated continuously with reports available for searching
within 30-60 minutes of being filed. Password required. USNA
personnel needing access must register and apply for their
own password. |
| PRESS DISPLAY |
Read newspapers from around the world the day they are published. This brief presentation will help you get started with PressDisplay: [PDF] or [PowerPoint PPT]. |
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Full-text access to more than 100
journals published by various associations and university presses.
These titles cover a variety of subjects but mostly related
to literature, political science, history and culture. |
| PsycINFO |
Produced by the American Psychological
Association, this is a comprehensive, international database
covering the academic, research, and practice literature in
psychology and related disciplines from 1872-present. All records
from 1967 to the present are indexed using the Thesaurus
of Psychological Index Terms. (Should the above link not
work for any reason try the MIRROR
SERVER.) |
| TORPEDO |
This link is to an information resource
at the Naval Research Lab (NRL). Torpedo is a source for full-text
access to journal articles published by Elsevier (almost 800
journals are covered) as well as full-text access to more than
1 million technical reports published by NRL. Torpedo includes
a search engine to search topics in the articles and reports
that are part of this system [SEARCH
HELP]. *Due to subscription cancellations USNA
can no longer access many of the Elsevier titles for articles
published in 2004 and 2005* |
| ULRICH'S
PERIODICAL DIRECTORY |
A database providing detailed, comprehensive
information on serials published throughout the world. |
UNCOVER |
See INGENTA. |
| WORLDCAT
ONLINE |
A catalog of more than 24,000 academic,
public and special libraries containing more than 36 million
records for books, journals, videotapes, books-on-tape, computer
files and other materials held in library collections. These
records include items in print and out-of-print. A note of
caution, many of the items listed in this file may be difficult
to obtain due to the esoteric nature of some publications. |
