Indexes and Databases

The Royal Military College of Canada Library

Political Science

Academic Search Premier (through CFVL)
Academic Search Premier indexes over 8,000 scholarly publications, and provides full text for more than 4,450 of these titles, including 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Features such as citation indexes are provided. Coverage spans every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis.
AfricaBib.org, Africana Periodical Literature Bibliographic Database
AfricaBib has several databases and online resources that cover Africa. Most notable are: the Bibliography of Africana Periodical Literature Database which indexes Africana periodical literature, and the African Women's Database which indexes African Women's literature. There is also a bibliography on women travelers and explorers to Africa.
Annual Reviews
Annual Reviews offers analytic reviews in 40 disciplines within the biomedical, life, physical, and social sciences. The articles are frequently cited in scientific literature.
Canadian Forces College (CFC): News Sources (through CFVL)
News Sources indexes over 100 renowned Canadian, U.S. and international news sources. This index also spotlights military and DND/CF news.
Canadian Foreign Relations Index, 1945-
Canadian Foreign Relations Index is an online index to Canadian and foreign materials that cover various aspects of Canadian international relations, such as defence, economic relations, foreign aid, international law, etc. The database includes over 47000 citations in both English and French that refer to a variety of materials published from 1945 to the present. Types of publications covered include journal articles, books, theses, conference proceedings, government publications, etc.
Canadian Periodical Index (CPI), 1920-
(1920-1987) available in print in the Reference section of the Massey Library REF AI 3 .C242.
(1988-) on the internet.

Index of Canadian and American English language periodicals on a wide variety of subjects, such as business, sciences, arts and humanities, social sciences, environment, etc. Full text articles from 150 of these periodicals.
Canadian Public Policy Collection
Collection of monograph publications from Canadian public policy institutes, government agencies, advocacy groups, think-tanks, university research centres and other public interest groups.
CBCA (Canadian Business and Current Affairs) Complete 1971- (through CFVL)
CBCA Complete indexes over 1,600 mainly Canadian journals and other sources, some with full text. A wide range of subjects are covered including business, education, current events, science and medicine, arts, law, etc.
C.D. Howe Institute
This is the website of the C.D Howe Institute which offers online its publications on governance, economics and public policy.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Columbia International Affairs Online is a fully indexed and searchable library of full-text electronic documents. Documents include working papers from 80 international institutions focusing on security, politics, economic, international history and international relations. Conference proceedings from 35 professional associations, 37 contemporary journals, books from 17 different publishers, economic indicators, and links to maps, events, and other resources are also included in the library. A link explains how to cite electronic references from CIAO.
EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit) (through CFVL)
The EIU data service includes Viewswire, political and economic analysis of world markets; Risk Briefing, a geopolitical analysis of risk factors' and Country Profiles.
InsideDefense.Com (through CFVL)
InsideDefense.com provides access to a daily news services featuring links to thousands of articles and documents relating to US Department of Defense programs, policies, procurement and funding. Includes full-text access to Inside the Pentagon, Inside the Navy, Inside the Army, Inside the Air Force and Inside Missile Defense as well as DefensePlus.
JSTOR (through CFVL)
This database is a full-text archive for journals in humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Most recent issues (3 to 5 years) are not available, but in some cases may be accessible through other library databases. The following collections are included:
 
Arts & Sciences I Collection - This collection of 119 titles includes core journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences, and titles in ecology, mathematics, and statistics.
Arts & Sciences II Collection - This collection of 124 titles adds depth to many disciplines introduced in Arts & Sciences I, such as economics, history, and Asian studies, as well as core journals in disciplines, such as archaeology, classics, and African, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Slavic studies.
Arts & Sciences IV Collection - This collection of 112 titles has a strong focus on the professions of business, education, and law, and also includes titles in psychology and public policy and administration.
Arts & Sciences Complement - This collection covers important titles not included in earlier collections and captures journals that cross discipline boundaries. A minimum of 150 journals will be added over five years, concluding by the end of 2008.
The Nation Archive (through CFVL)
The Nation Archive contains indexing, abstracting, and full text for all the issues of The Nation, beginning with its first issue in 1865. The Nation is America’s oldest weekly magazine and one if its premier journals of opinion on politics, culture, books, and the arts.
The National Review Archive (through CFVL)
The National Review has provided insightful and unique coverage of political, economic, social, and cultural issues and trends since 1955. This archive offers complete indexing, abstracting and full text coverage for all issues of the journal.
The New Republic Archive (through CFVL)
For ninety years The New Republic has provided in-depth examination of American politics, foreign policy and culture. This database offers complete indexing, abstracting and full text for all issues since the inception of this journal in 1914.
Oxford Journals Collection and Archive
The Oxford Journals Collection offers full text for more than 200 journals in the areas of medicine, sciences, humanities, social sciences, and law.
OxResearch (through CFVL)
Oxford Research draws on the work of the Oxford Analytica team to provide strategic analysis of geopolitical, economic and social developments. With a 3-day embargo, each day 7 to 8 three to four page briefs are posted.
PAIS International, 1972-
PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) is a bibliographic index to the literature of all aspects of public affairs, including politics, economics and social issues. This index covers over 950 journals, plus books, government documents, statistical compilations, committee reports, directories, reports of public, intergovernmental, and private organizations; and most other forms of printed literature from all over the world.
Peace Research Abstracts Journal, 1964-
Peace Research Abstracts Journal is an index to the literature concerned with every aspect of peace studies, factors making for war and peace, and related studies in international relations. Each issue has over 600 abstracts which cover books, journals, government publications, scholarly papers, significant speeches, international research studies as well as 'fugitive material'. This index is compiled by the Peace Research Institute in Dundas, Ontario.
Periodicals Archives Online (through CFVL)
Archive to 1995 of 150+ social science journals with emphasis on international affairs, history, politics and economics.
Political Science Complete (through CFVL)
Political Science Complete provides the full text for over 480 journals, 330 reference books and monographs, and 36,000 conference papers, plus indexing and abstracts for more than 800 journals. Subjects covered include: International Relations, Political Theory, Humanitarian Issues, and Government Legislation.
Project MUSE
Project MUSE provides full text, subscription access to current content from scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.
REPÈRE, 1980-
Index to 550 French language periodicals, including the full text for some articles, covering all subject areas, such as the arts, computer science, current events, economics, medicine, philosophy, politics, psychology, sociology, and sports.
Sage Journals Online: Management, Political Science, Sociology (through CFVL)
Sage Journals Online: Management, Political Science, Sociology offers the full text of journals published by SAGE and participating societies in the areas of Management and Organization Studies, Political Science, and Sociology. Topics covered include: Human Resource Management, Marketing, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Consumer Culture, and Social Theory.
Web of Knowledge, 2004-
The Web of Knowledge provides access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,700 of the world's leading scholarly research journals. It also provides *cited reference searching*. The following databases are included:
  • Arts and Humanities Citation Index
  • Science Citation Index
  • Social Science Index
  • Conference Proceedings Citation Index
Wiley Online Library
Wiley Blackwell offers over 1400 full-text journal titles in areas such Business, Economics, and Finance, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Science, Education,  Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences, Information Science and Computing, Law and Criminology, Life Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, Medical, Veterinary and Health Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Polymers and Materials Science, and Psychology.

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