| These databases may also be very useful: |
| Academic Search Premier |
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 3,500 peer-reviewed publications. A good starting point for research, but other subject specific resources should be also consulted. |
| Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals |
Provides citations to military periodicals from 1988 to the present. Coverage from 1948-1987 is available in print on Reference Table 1. |
| America's Historical Newspapers: Early American Newspapers, Series I, 1690-1876 |
Contains facsimile pages of newspapers from the colonies, states, and Washington, D.C., including regional and local papers. |
| American History in Video |
The largest collection of videos online for the study of American history, with over 4800 titles. |
| American National Biography |
An online exploration of American history through the lives of the men and women who shaped the nation. This resource is the standard reference work for biographies of famous Americans. A great source to learn about MacArthur, Worden, Grant and Nimitz and other famous military leaders. |
| CIAO (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. |
Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective (The Charleston Mercury, Richmond Enquirer, and The New York Herald) |
Contains the full-text of over 11,000 articles gleaned from over 2500 issues of newspapers published between Nov. 1, 1860 and Apr. 15, 1865. Included are descriptive news articles, eyewitness accounts, official reports of battles and events, editorials, advertisements, and biographies. |
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports (database formerly called Gallery Watch) |
This is a collection of the research materials produced by the Congressional Research Service (CRS), with some of these full-text reports going back to the late 1970's. These reports cover a variety of topics, including defense and policy issues, used by Congress to gain insight into proposed legislation. |
| CQ Supreme Court Collection |
Contains all Supreme Court decisions full-text, biographies of Supreme Court justices, and the U. S. Constitution. The system also has useful "Cases in Context" for interesting public policy topics such as Capital Punishment, Federalism and Abortion. |
| DDRS (Declassified Documents Reference System) |
Provides access to over 75,000 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. |
| Digital National Security Archive |
Full-text access to primary source documents related to U. S. foreign and military policy since 1945.
The 37 collections contain over 80,000 of the most important declassified documents. |
| Humanities Full Text |
Now part of OmniFile Full Text Mega |
| 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. |
| JSTOR |
Full-text archive of scholarly journals. It is a very interdisciplinary collection of journals and our access is to about 660 titles. NEW: JSTOR now offers full-text access to current content of some of its journals, in addition to the archival content. |
| 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. |
| New York Times Historical File |
This a full-text index to the New York Times from 1851 through December 2008. Each article will display as newspaper clipping image or as a text-file. If you are using Internet Explorer, click on the "open with your pdf reader" to retrieve the article. |
| 19th Century U.S. Newspapers |
Full-text newspapers from each state and many cities. |
| OmniFile Full Text Mega |
Includes a variety of mostly scholarly journals in all disciplines of
humanities, social sciences, and general science. It is only partly full-text. |
| Open Source Center (formerly FBIS) |
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. Open Source Center contains materials published from April 1995 to the present and is updated continuously. A password is required. USNA personnel needing access must register and apply for their own password. Older reports are available in the Library.
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| Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
This database is the newest revision of the major biographical resource of the British Isles, "Dictionary of National Biography" first published in the 1880s. This electronic product is the new 2004 edition and it includes more than 50,000 biographies of historical figures from Great Britain. |
| Praeger Security Internaional |
Updated weekly, this database contains information on terrorism and security, counterinsurgency, weapons of mass destruction, armed forces, and military affairs. It also has more than 1000 primary source documents and links to more than 600 full text books. |
| Project Muse |
Full-text access to about 400 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. |
| Proquest Military Collection |
This index includes most of the leading English language military periodicals, published commercially or by the military. It can be useful for current or historical military topics. The major advantage of this index is the availability of full-text resources including Naval History magazine, and the two most critical Marine Corps publications; Marine Corps Gazette and Leatherneck. If you are using Internet Explorer, click on the "open with your pdf reader" to retrieve the article. |
| Readers' Guide Retrospective |
Online edition of Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, covering 1890-1982. This does not link to the full-text of the articles. For an index to articles back to 1802, check Poole's Index on Reference Table 2. |
| Social Sciences Full Text |
Now part of OmniFile Full Text Mega |
| Times Digital Archive |
Full-text of The Times (London) from 1785 through 1985.
The Times is the "world's newspaper of record" and covers all major international historical events from the French Revolution to the Falkland War. Users are able to search the full-text of the entire newspaper, including articles, editorials, and advertising. |
| United States Congressional Serial Set |
Full-text House and Senate documents and reports from 1789 to 1969. Under "Search Within" unclick all the boxes except Serial Set 1789-1969. NEW: You can now also search the Serial Set Maps either separately or with the Serial Set documents. |
| 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. |
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