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Best Bets for Databases
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Political Science CompleteCoverage: 1887-current.
- global scope
- journals, reference books, monographs and conference papers -
Academic Search CompleteCoverage: 1865 - current
- extensive full text access to journals
- subject coverage is general and broad.
Country info
World Factbook (CIA)
- news and history
- people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military
- 267 world entities, Country comparisions
Reference tab
- major world regions maps
- with Standard Time Zones map
- Physical Map of the World
- Political Map of the World (pdf)
- Flags of the World
International- Political
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PAIS InternationalCoverage: 1915 - current
- Articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories
- international coverage of public affairs -
OECD iLibraryCoverage: 1967 - current
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development publications
- Books, journals, working papers, statistics
International - other
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Historical AbstractsCoverage: 1967 - current
- world history (see also: _America, History and Life_ for North American coverage). -
Social Sciences Abstracts With Full TextCoverage: 1983 - current.
- International, English-language periodicals in sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, political science, and law
- Broader coverage than SocIndex -
GreenFILEScholarly and popular articles, government documents and reports from over 600 titles dealing with the interaction between humans and the environment.
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Data sources
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Tracking Development Finance- AidData is a comprehensive resource for students and professors researching foreign aid and international development.
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World Bank Data- data from over 200 countries; economics, health, energy, debt, infrastructure, development, poverty, labor, and social issues.
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United Nations Data- data areas fo countries and topics: gender, health, human development, trade, tourism, information communications technology, energy, education, and crime.
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International Monetary Fund- time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators
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International Data Base (IDB)- tabular data (downloadable) for countries and regions as well as demographic indicators, population pyramids and source information for countries (Census Bureau)
Agreements
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World Treaty Indexdatabase spanning the 20th century. Indexes and provides citations to sources for full texts of multilateral and bilateral treaties.