Emmanuel d'Alzon Library

Government, History & Politics Databases

Academic OneFile
Academic Onefile contains 8,000 academic journals, the majority in full-text, available in HTML and PDF formats. In addition it contains hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full-text New York Times content to 1995.

Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for nearly 3,970 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more. Full text and abstracts from 1958 to present.

AltPressIndex -
Available via FirstSearch. Coverage is available from 1991 to the present. This database contains citations concerning cultural, economic, political and social change from nearly 300 alternative periodicals, newspapers and magazines.

AltPressIndexArchive - Coverage is from 1969-1990.

The American Civil War: Letter and Diaries
Firsthand descriptions of historical characters and events, glimpses of daily life in the army, anecdotes about key events and personages, accounts of sufferings at home, and a rich battles database.

Biography Resource Center
Full text availability varies. The database combines biographies from nearly 80 Gale Reference Sources with full text from over 250 periodicals.

The Boston Globe
Funded by Mass. Bd of Library Commissioners & Mass Regional Library Systems.
Full text articles available.

Boston Herald
Funded by Mass. Bd. of Library Commissioners & Central Mass Region. Full text articles.

British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries
Personal writings of women from England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, spanning more than 400 years.

ClasePeriodica -
Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities from 1975 to the present.

Contemporary Women's Issues -
Available via FirstSearch. Coverage is from 1995 to the present. Contains citations from over 1500 sources covering women's issues in more than 150 countries.

CQ Researcher
Published 44 times a year, the single-themed CQ Researcher report offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.

Credo Reference History resources
Search eight browsable reference books from a collection of the world's leading publishers.

Credo Reference Law resources
Search three browsable reference books from a collection of the world's leading publishers.

Encyclopedia Americana
Contains additional materials, including maps, flags, tables, and links to related sites on the World Wide Web.

Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
Provides a comprehensive, subject specific guide to the history, uses, scientific principles, and technologies of espionage, intelligence, and security.

Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
Covering the “long” Enlightenment, from the rise of Descartes' disciples in 1670 to the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in 1815, these 700 articles by leading scholars range from discussions of mercantilism and democracy to the battlefield to the dissemination of ideas in salons and coffeehouses.

Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
Provides 3,000 concise and detailed articles on all aspects of the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century. It explores art, architecture, religion, law, science, language, philosophy, and theology, as well as cultural, religious, intellectual, social and political history.

Expanded Academic ASAP
Coverage is available from 1980 to the present. This is a database of periodicals covering all major academic disciplines including many articles in full text.

Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
This title presents 1,000 entries, era overviews, event/movement profiles, biographies, business/industry profiled, geographic profiles, and more.

General OneFile
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles. Updated daily.

GPO
Available via FirstSearch. Coverage is available from 1976 to the present. This is a database of United States Government publications.

Immigration and Multiculturalism: Essential Primary Sources
Primary source documents focuses on some of the leading social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries: immigration and multiculturalism.

In the First Person: Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories, and Other Personal Narratives
Personal narratives- the most comprehensive archive of social memory. Covers many topics including historical events and people from World War I and II to popular culture, music to medicine, Hitler to John Wayne, gay rights to September 11th.

Issues & Controversies
Source of current, in-depth and objective information on hotly debated issues of the day.

Iter Bibliography
An online bibliography of more than 945,000 records for articles, essays, books, dissertation abstracts, encyclopedia entries and reviews on the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. This material has been collected from 7,218 publications, including 1,617 journals.

JSTOR
Available via JSTOR. Coverage is from the first issues to the last 3 to 5 years. This is a database of over 100 full text scholarly journal titles including some volumes dating back to the 19th century.

LexisNexis (General)
A full text database which provides access to news, business, legal, and reference information.

LexisNexis (Legal)
This is a full text database which provides access to legal information.

LexisNexis (Legal)
Updated daily and this is a full text database which provides access to legal information.

Massachusetts History Online
Contains full-text articles gathered from almost 50 sources that directly relate to Massachusetts history.

(Historical) New York Times
Offers full-text and full-image articles for the New York Times from 2003 back to its first issue in 1851.

Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
Provides rich detail on all aspects of the Renaissance in 14^th to 17^th century Europe. It includes comprehensive coverage of the art, literature, science, culture, philosophy, religion, economics, history, and conflict of the period.

Oxford Encyclopedia of Women In World History
Provides 650 biographies of influential women and over 600 topical articles covering topics such as geography and history, culture and society, organizations, movements, and gender studies.

Project MUSE
Available via John Hopkins University Press. Coverage is available from 1993 to the present. This is a database of over 100 full text scholarly journals mainly within the past five years.

St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
Includes more than 2,700 signed essays ranging from 500 to 2,500 words, written by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference.

SIRS Researcher -
Available via First Search. Coverage is available from 1988 to the present. Abstracts are available since 1994. References include social, scientific, economic, and political issues worldwide from over 1200 domestic and international newspapers, periodicals and government publications.

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
Includes tens of thousands of primary documents, document projects with introductory essays that interpret the documents, a definitive bibliography, related web links, a Dictionary of Social Movements, and an enormous collection of images.

Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Funded by Mass. Bd of Library Commissioners & Mass Regional Library Systems.
Full text articles.