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• AATA Online - Can search 100,000 citations & abstracts of articles in over 470 journals, plus books, reports, conference proceedings, dissertations, audiovisual & selected digital resources on the conservation of cultural material. Requires free registration.



• Abstracts in Economic History - Can search, browse over 300 citations & abstracts of dissertations, working & conference papers, journal articles, contributions to anthologies.



• African Women's Bibliographic Database - Can search over 35,000 citations of edited books, journal articles, theses, dissertations, honors & conference papers, videocassettes back to 1986.



• Africana Studies & Research Center Masters Degree Theses - Can search citations & abstracts of theses granted at Cornell University back to 1973.



• AgeLine Database - Can search, browse over 90,000 citations & abstracts of books, research reports, articles from over 600 journals & magazines, videos on life at 50+.



• Alcohol Studies Database - Can search over 60,000 citations of journal articles, books, dissertations, conference papers, audio-vietohsual materials.



• Annotated Bibliography of Government Documents - Threat of Terrorism - Attacks of Sepbember 11, 2001 - Can browse over 700 pages of citations. Covers terrorism & the American homeland, international context of terrorism, War on Terrorism.



• Antitrust Case Browser, The - Can search, browse summaries of U.S. antitrust cases. Has the full-text of key cases, links



• ARD - the Anthropology Review Database - Can search reviews of books, audiovisual materials, software & multimedia, exhibits, tourist sites, conferences, on-line resources.



• Asian Law Centre bibliographic database - Can search citations of books & chapters, journal articles, theses. Does not include newspapers, magazines, conference papers, unpublished articles.



• BAESL: Bibliography of Archaeological Excavations in the Southern Levant - Can search over 15,000 citations of books, reports, journal articles back to the early 19th century.



• Boundary news archive - Can search citations & abstracts to over 10,000 boundary-related journal & newspaper articles, reports, radio transcripts, etc., back to 1991.



• CELT (Corpus of Electronic Texts) - Can search, browse over 550 etexts on Irish literary & historical culture in Irish, Latin, Anglo-Norman French, English. Has resources (journal tables of contents, bibliographies, maps, etc.).



• Center for World Indigenous Studies (CWIS) - Has Center information, Fourth World Documentation Archives (over 500 essays, position papers, resolutions, treaties, U.N. documents, speeches, declarations, etc., on the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, Melanesia, Pacific), etc., a site search.



• CESAR Publications (Center for Substance Abuse Research) - Can search over 150 documents, including citations to journal articles, back to 1988.



• CIRRIE Database - Can search over 24,000 citations of journal articles & conference papers on international rehabilitation research back to 1990.



• Classics of American Colonial History - Can browse primary sources (books & articles) on African & Native Americans, economics & trade, European immigration, politics, religion, wars.



• CogPrints - Can search, browse, download (pdf) self-archived cognitive sciences eprints.



• Cold War International History Project (CWIHP) Virtual Archive - Can search, browse documents, working papers, etc., on Russia, Eastern Europe, China, the former Communist Bloc.



• Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) - Can search over 127,000 citations of USAID technical & program documents, 22,000 downloadable (pdf), on democracy, economics, health, etc.



• Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) - Can search, browse working papers on the commons (environmental policy, equity, experimental economics, game theory, gender, participatory management systems, sustainability, etc.) by Indiana University faculty.



• Diotima's Bibliography - Can search, browse citations of book chapters, journal articles, dissertations, etc.



• Directory of History Dissertations - Can search over 22,700 citations of history theses at 195 academic departments in the U.S. & Canada.



• Economics Working Papers - Can search, download (pdf) papers back to 1990.



• EconPapers - Can search & download (pdf) over 125,600 working papers, 155,300 journal articles, 1,300 software items, 660 ebooks, 1,400 ebook chapter, etc. Includes the former BibEc a& WoPEc.



• EconPapers - Can search citations of over 58,800 papers & 39,700 journal articles (not all free).



• EconWPA Archive - Can search working papers.



• EPrints Repository - Can search, browse over 1,500 journal articles, books & chapters, working & conference papers, theses, etc., by Australian National University faculty.



• eScholarship Repository - Can search, browse, download (pdf) over 13,900 articles in journals & peer-reviewed series, working papers, etc. Covers business, education, the social sciences.



• ETOH Archival Database (1972-2003) - Can search over 130,000 citations & abstracts of articles, books, dissertations, conference papers, reports, chapters, etc.



• EurekAlert - Can search, browse science news releases & archives in 14 categories. Has links (100 science, technology, medical peer-reviewed journals; etc.).



• European Research Papers Archive (ERPA) - Can search, browse over 1,000 papers from 6 working paper series back to 1998.



• Evaluation Center Database, The - Can search over 4,700 citations of books, journal articles, reports, etc., on the theory, practice, use of evaluation.



• Fed in Print - Can search books, journal articles, conference & working papers, etc., on economic research.



• Federal Register, The - Can read it & the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), public laws, Presidential documents.



• Full-text state statutes and legislation on the Internet - Has links to U.S. state's statutes, legislation, constitution, session laws.



• getCITED - Can search over 30,600 citations from 3.3 million books, journal articles, conference proceedings, working papers, reports, etc., from over 10,000 academic institutions. Requires free registration.



• Gnomon Online - Can search, browse over 3,000 citations of journal articles, conference papers, dissertations, on classical studies.



• Google Scholar - Can search scholarly literature (peer-reviewed articles, theses, books, preprints, abstracts, technical reports, etc.) in all broad areas of research from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities, etc. Includes citations of older works & seminal papers not available online.



• GPO Access - Can search, browse links to 1,500 federal databases; download (various formats) 7,500 Federal agency files. Includes the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP); Code of Federal Regulations (CFR); Congressional Bills; Congressional Record; Core Documents of U.S. Democracy; Economic Indicators; Federal Register (FR); United States Code; Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; etc.



• History News Service (HNS) - Has articles back to 1997 ("op-ed" articles to the press, for Talking History & H-Net (Humanities and Social Sciences Online), etc.). Includes a citation guide, Jewish Studies Network Directory of Professionals, etc.



• History On-Line - Directory. Can search, browse over 40,000 citations of books, journal articles; 3,300 citations of U.K. theses back to 1993, etc.; university lecturers & research; evaluated links.



• HLAS Online (Handbook of Latin American Studies) - Library of Congress, The bibliography. Can search citations of 5,000 books, journal articles, conference papers, etc.



• HTP Prints (History & Theory of Psychology Eprint Archive) - Can search, browse over 200 articles posted by scholars worldwide.



• Human Rights Library - Has over 18,000 etexts (treaties, reports, documents from international & regional organizations; texts on international law; bibliographies), links to 4,000 other sites.



• IDEAS (Internet Documents in Economics Access Service) - Resources for Economists on the Internet (RFE). Can search over 290,000 papers; download (pdf) over 190,000 journal articles (not all free), etc.



• ILOLEX - Can search over 75,000 documents on international labor standards (human rights, conditions of work, etc.).



• IMF Publications (International Monetary Fund) - Can search, browse journal articles; working, occasional, policy papers; country reports; world economic & financial surveys; etc.



• Internet Law Library, The - Can search the U.S. Code, download (pdf) codification tables. Has U.S. & international laws, links to schools & libraries, professional directories, etc.



• IT Road Maps - Can search 5,000 citations of data sets, journal articles, conference papers, books, Web sites, etc., on the social & economic implications of IT.



• JCPR: Working Paper Series (Joint Center for Poverty Research) - Can search, browse, download (pdf) papers by affiliates & graduate fellows.



• Latin American and Caribbean Government Documents Project - Includes links to national & international statistics, legislative & judicial documents, etc.



• Library Search - Child Welfare Information Gateway. Can search over 40,000 citations & abstracts of reports, journal articles, videos, etc., on child abuse & neglect, child welfare, adoption.



• Looting Question Bibliography: Web and Literary Resources on the Archaeological Politics . . ., The - Can browse citations (some links to full-text) of books, journal articles, legislation, etc.



• Macroeconomics and Growth - Can search, browse journal articles & working papers.



• Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute - Has most of The Autobiography & The Papers, speeches, sermons, a biography, chronology, staff articles, links.



• National Archeological Database (NADB) - Can search 350,000 citations of reports on planning & investigation, downloadable (gif) maps, etc., a site search .



• National Security Archive, The - Can search links to released documents (100,000 records), authority files (30,000 records) & FOIA requests (20,000 records).



• NATLEX - Can search 55,000 citations & abstracts of national labor, social security, human rights law in 170 countries or territories.



• NBER Working Papers - Can search over 10,000 citations & abstracts back to 1993, citations back to 1973.



• NCCEV Online Library - Can search citations of books, journal articles, books, curricula, reports, videos, etc.



• NCJRS Abstracts Database - Can search over 185,000 citations & abstracts of research reports, books, journal articles, etc., back to the 1970s.



• NetEc - Can search WebEc (World Wide Web Resources in Economic); etc.



• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Union Catalog - Can search, browse citations & abstracts of research worldwide.



• New Communication Technologies, Their History and Social Influence: An Annotated Bibliography - Can search over 2,600 citations of journal articles, books, government publications.



• New Deal Network (NDN) - Directory. Can search, browse 20,000 photos, political cartoons, etexts (speeches, letters, documents). Has lesson plans.



• NIDRR Program Directory - Can search, download (ascii) 400 research projects, funded literature.



• OAIster - Can search & link to over 9.7 million ebooks, ejournal articles, audio files, images, movies in digital collections of over 700 academic institutions.



• OECD Publications - Can search citations of all OECD publications back to 1961.



• Online Archive of California (OAC) - Can search, browse over 1,000 etexts & tens of thousands of photos, paintings, graphics, etc.



• Online Papers on Consciousness - Can browse 2,160 links on the philosophy & science of consciousness, philosophy of mind.



• Our Documents - Has 100 milestone acts, treaties, Supreme Court decisions, constitutional documents, presidential speeches, resolutions, executive orders, etc., from 1776-1965.



• Oyez - Can search summaries & opinions of selected historic Supreme Court decisions, with RealAudio of cases back to 1956.



• Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, The - Can search over 100 survey reports on public attention to news stories, opinion on political & social values back to 1997.



• PIE Database (Policy Information Exchange) - Can search over 5,000 documents on mental health policy, research, training.



• POPLINE Population and Environment Bibilographic Resource - Can search citations & abstracts of journal articles, conference papers, etc., on population, family planning, related health issues.



• Population Index - on the Web - Can search, browse over 46,000 citations & abstracts of books, journal articles, working papers published from 1986 to 2000.



• Priory Lodge Education Ltd. - Can search peer-reviewed articles on psychiatry, medicine (family, chest), pharmacy, etc.



• Publications Search - Can search fact sheets, bulletins, research summaries on child abuse & neglect, child welfare, adoption.



• Rand's Publications - Can search, browse titles before 1998 in 16 categories (child policy, civil justice, education, energy & environment, health & healthcare, international affairs, national security, population & aging, public safetly, science & technology, substance abuse, terrorism & homeland security, etc.).



• RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) - Can search & download (pdf) over 191,000 working papers; search over 237,000 journal articles (not all free); etc.



• Scirus - Search engine. Can search over 135 million science-related Web pages, including citations & abstracts of peer-reviewed journals, conferences, preprints, etc. Covers economics, business, management; medicine; neuroscience; psychology; social & behaviorial sciences; etc.



• Social Cognition Paper Archive and Information Center - Can search over 75 preprints, abstracts of papers & presentations, links to researchers.



• Social Science Research Network (SSRN) - Can search 70,100 & download (pdf) 46,700 journal articles, working papers, etc. Requires free registration.



• Society for Political Methodology Working Paper Archive, The - Can search, browse papers back to 1995.



• Technical Reports and Working Papers in Business and Economics - Can browse links to over 210 sources.



• Theses Canada Portal - Can search over 220,000 citations, with abstracts back to 1995, download (pdf) theses submitted between 1998 & 2002.



• Theses Link Collection - Has links to collections in Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, France, German, Sweden, the U.S., etc.



• THOMAS - Can search legislative information (congressional bill text, congressional record text.



• Tobacco Industry Documents - Can search the Minnesota Tobacco Document Depository, etc. Has a glossary, links.



• UNBISnet (UN Bibliographic Information System) - Can search bibliographic records of the Dag Hammarskjold Library & Office at Geneva Library, voting records back to 1946, speeches back to 1982.



• Undocumented Immigrants: An Annotated Bibliography - Can search citations of journal articles, government documents, books up to 2005. Many links to full-text.



• UNESCO Documents & Publications - Can search citations (some full-text) of documents, publications, periodicals.



• United States Code - Can search, download (zip) general & permanent law of the U.S.



• University of Melbourne ePrints Repository (UMER) - Can search, browse journal articles, books & chapters, working & conference papers, theses, etc., back to 1945.



• Urban Institute policy research - Can search, browse surveys, case studies, statistical analyses in 20 categories.



• Vietnam War Bibliography - Lists books, journal articles, government documents, etc., in subject categories, from 1946-72. Has some links.



• Women in Politics Bibliographic Database - Can search citations of books, journal articles, theses, etc., back to 1948.



• Working Paper Sites of Political Science - Can search, browse, download (pdf) scholarly working papers in 14 subject categories.



• Working Women, 1870 - 1930 - Can search, browse over 2,050 books & pamphlets, 4,000 pages of manuscripts on women's roles in the U.S. economy between the Civil War & Great Depression.



• World Bank Data & Research - Can search, browse, download 14,000 working papers, policy reports, etc.



• World History Archives - Can search, browse documents from a working-class & non-Eurocentric perspective.

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