http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rqs.phtml?subject_id=42 Contact Librarian: Sandy Hussey en-us Georgetown University Library, 2009 FRANCIS, a multilingual, multidisciplinary database, provides abstracts in French or English, and descriptors in both languages, and includes coverage of journals, books, conference papers, and other materials in the humanities and social sciences. It contains more than 1 million citations for publications on archaeology, geography, linguistics, philosophy, religion, and sociology. Its coverage of articles and books on French language and literature is particularly strong. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=261&infotype_id=29&masterinfotype_id=3 An abstract of periodical articles on political science, government, international relations, and area studies. Indexes more than 1,000 international journals. The printed version (1951-1997) is available http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=96&infotype_id=29&masterinfotype_id=3 A subject guide to journals, books, pamphlets, and government publications relating to economics, social conditions, and international relations since 1915. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=38&infotype_id=29&masterinfotype_id=3 Indexes the major scholarly journals in the social sciences, including public policy, since 1983. For prior years, use Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=27&infotype_id=29&masterinfotype_id=3 Indexes and abstracts articles from over 1,400 political science and international relations journals. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=392&infotype_id=29&masterinfotype_id=3 Provides full text for 4,486 publications (3,718 peer-reviewed) covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. A total of 8,224 titles are abstracted and indexed, of which 7,132 are peer-reviewed. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=251&infotype_id=20&masterinfotype_id=3 Conference proceedings and working papers from participating institutes around the world. Includes the full text of books and book summaries, journal abstracts, links to websites and a calendar of conferences and seminars. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=52&infotype_id=20&masterinfotype_id=3 Primary index to materials for research in non-U.S./non-Canadian history, including social and cultural history. Includes abstracts (summaries) of journal articles. Covers world history from 1450 to the present. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=122&infotype_id=20&masterinfotype_id=3 An international and interdisciplinary bibliography of academic periodical literature mainly from the humanities, social sciences and the arts, with some science. Contains over 2,553,260 journal articles from about 10,785 journals covering the years 1983 to the present. Approximately 120,000 entries are added to the database annually; it is updated monthly. The article data in IBZ includes a subject classification in German and English based on the German Personennormdatei (name authority file -PND) and Schlagwortnormdatei (controlled vocabulary - SWD). http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=455&infotype_id=20&masterinfotype_id=3 Full text (in PDF format) of selected, important scholarly journals in a number of fields. Note: journals in JSTOR usually do not include the most recent three to five years. For more recent articles, use one of the other indexes listed in this section. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=32&infotype_id=20&masterinfotype_id=3 The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, The University of Texas at Austin. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=2563&infotype_id=14&masterinfotype_id=2 This authoritative series includes a few European countries, each with a different call number. The social, political, and economic conditions of the country are described. Also includes bibliographies. Call numbers for print versions may be found in GEORGE by searching [Name of Country]: A Country Study. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=670&infotype_id=85&masterinfotype_id=2 Describes, analyzes, and explains the European Community's development, institutions, organizations, conferences, and policies. Includes maps and chronologies. Articles giving details about the group's population, geographic "homeland," flag, people (ethnic and linguistic identity), and the "nation" (historical evolution of the group). http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=2556&infotype_id=5&masterinfotype_id=2 Online version of Encyclopaedia Britannica, containing more than: --72,000 articles --10,000 illustrations (photographs, drawings, maps, and flags) --75,000 definitions, including pronunciation guides and word histories from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Many of the articles include bibliographies and statistics. Also includes articles not yet included in the print Encyclopaedia Britannica and the Britannica Book of the Year. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=61&infotype_id=3&masterinfotype_id=2 Authoritative, in-depth discussions by U.S. and European scholars on key items, and brief treatment of other concepts, issues, policies, events, and institutions. Over 400 articles provide information about such aspects as economic concepts and ideas, explorations and migrations, industries, organizations and institutions, people and peoples, religions, scientific and cultural practices, and wars and conflicts. Includes a bibliography and references to other articles. Covers all of Europe including Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union. The focus is on political topics, but many essays discuss social, economic, and cultural issues. Entries include bibliographies. The two-volume set features a chronology and index. Monthly record of national and international current affairs, based on information from media, broadcasting, official and other sources. Provides information on international organizations and on various aspects of European countries, such as parliaments, elections, political parties, defense, and treaties. Other volumes cover earlier periods. Provides detailed introductory surveys of each country with detailed information and statistics on political, social, and economic institutions. Includes statistical tables and directories of government agencies, media, finance, and transportation. For annual updates, see Europa World. Overviews, facts and figures, history and recent events of the activities of European multinational associations and organizations (including OECD, EFTA: European Free Trade Association, Nordic Councils, CERN, Eurocontrol and many others). Narrative and brief statistical information on the political, economic, and commercial conditions of the countries of the world. Updated annually. Includes web addresses for country statistical offices when available. Europa guides to regions of the world offer more detail on countries in a region; ask at the Reference Desk. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=1916&infotype_id=12&masterinfotype_id=2 Very useful yearbook providing concise, descriptive and statistical information on countries of the world. For latest volume ask at the Reference Desk The official classified listing of books, articles, and other sources on European Community events, developments, and initiatives, including international marketing topics. Includes non-European community publications. Annotated bibliographies on individual countries, covering a wide range of topics, including history. Search GEORGE by title: World Bibliographical Series, then browse the list or limit by name of country in title. Check for books on your topic in GEORGE, the library's catalog. Search by keyword, author, title, or subject heading. To find a book by topic, search by Library of Congress Subject Headings, keywords, or try looking up a title you know and click on "Find Similar Items" to search by the subject headings listed in the book's catalog record. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=976&infotype_id=24&masterinfotype_id=4 WorldCat is a catalog consisting of over 100 million records for books and other materials in over 60,000 libraries. NOTE: Available only to Georgetown University students, faculty, and staff. A publicly accessible version is available at http://www.worldcat.org/. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=104&infotype_id=24&masterinfotype_id=4 The catalog of the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC): George Washington, American, Catholic, George Mason, Gallaudet, and Marymount Universities, the University of the District of Columbia, and Georgetown University. Georgetown students may borrow directly from WRLC libraries or request items via the WRLC Catalog. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=585&infotype_id=24&masterinfotype_id=4 Geographic, political, and economic information in narrative and statistical form on 192 individual countries. Provides GDP, growth, money, prices, unemployment, government, debt, trade, and balance of payments. Productivity data on five key sectors. Gives country rankings for trade, population, productivity, development and technology http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=63&infotype_id=135&masterinfotype_id=7 Comparable data collected by the World Bank to measure development outcomes. Includes over 500 indicators and covers 152 countries. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=257&infotype_id=135&masterinfotype_id=7 This print source includes available statistics for European countries on population, labor, agriculture, industry, external trade, transport, communications, finance, prices, and national accounts. Detailed information, statistics, and tables on the European Union including its institutions, environment, population, labor market, finance, living standards, industry, services, energy, trade, and foreign and internal relations. This monthly publication provides current statistical data on the European Union as a whole, individula members, the United states, and Japan. Includes national accounts, employment, industry, energy, services, agriculture, trade, consumer prices, financial statistics, and balance of payments. SourceOECD is the online publications portal of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Contains over 1,500 books, 20 journals and newsletters, 10 statistical periodicals, reference works, and 600 interactive statistical data tables in over 25 database products published since 1998. Text can be searched by theme or country. Statistics can be searched by title and theme. Statistical databases allow users to build their own tables from the latest data, draw graphs and tables, and download to Excel or as .csv files. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=293&infotype_id=34&masterinfotype_id=7 Brief, essential information about all the countries of the world. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=2022&infotype_id=150&masterinfotype_id=14 This is the server for the European Union; it includes press releases, statistics, and institutional and policy information. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=2233&infotype_id=138&masterinfotype_id=11 News and information from the European Parliament. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=2245&infotype_id=138&masterinfotype_id=11 Links to European Union websites, including collections of documents, legislation, treaties, and related pages. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=2244&infotype_id=138&masterinfotype_id=11 Data from the Statistical Office of the European Union which allows comparisons to be made among EU members and regions. Covers national accounts, employment, industry, energy, services, agriculture, external trade, prices, financial statistics and balance of payments. Monthly print version: Eurostatistics, available in Ref. HA 1107.5 .E895(1992- ). http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=1895&infotype_id=138&masterinfotype_id=11 Includes links to online publications, European Union and non-European Union websites. Emphasizes post-1945 period. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=2247&infotype_id=138&masterinfotype_id=11 Provides worldwide full-text coverage of local and regional newspapers, trade publications, business newswires, media transcripts, news photos, business-rich websites, investment analyst reports, market research reports, country and regional profiles, company profiles, and historical market data from nearly 8,000 sources in 22 languages from 118 countries. Note: Number of simultaneous users is limited. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=366&infotype_id=19&masterinfotype_id=6 Provides access to the full text of thousands of national and international magazines, newspapers, wire services, TV and radio broadcast transcripts, web publications, and blogs. Search by General, News, Legal, Business, or People. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=30&infotype_id=19&masterinfotype_id=6 Full-text collection of selected articles from over 800 national and international newspapers, wire services, TV news transcripts, blogs and news agencies. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=464&infotype_id=19&masterinfotype_id=6 Provided by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). Contains translations of worldwide news and commentary from foreign television and radio broadcasts, newspapers, and periodicals from July 1994 to the present. World News Connection replaces Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS). For earlier FBIS Daily Reports, consult the Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Reports database (digitized, full text) or use the FBIS Index to the microfiche content. Microfiche are located on the first floor in Government Documents and Microforms. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=103&infotype_id=19&masterinfotype_id=6 Gathered by Reverend Charles Burney, 17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers is a collection of the newspapers and news pamphlets primarily published in London, with some English provincial, Irish and Scottish papers, and examples from the American colonies. The original Burney volumes are now in a poor physical state and only available through restricted use. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=81&infotype_id=78&masterinfotype_id=5 Searchable, electronic version of The Times, Britain's newspaper of record, essential for primary source research in British history, politics, and culture. Provides a complete full-text and full-image archive of The Times from 1785 to 1985. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=281&infotype_id=78&masterinfotype_id=5 Primary sources and other historical documents concerning political, economic, social and cultural history of European nations. Organized by country, the archive includes treaties, maps, literature, laws, letters, and other historically significant documents. Maintained by Richard Hacken at Brigham Young University. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=853&infotype_id=23&masterinfotype_id=5 Quarterly and annual economic data and political analysis for over 200 countries; many updated monthly. Narratives and data appear in a standardized, easy-to-locate format. Covers the political scene, economic policy, the domestic economy, sectoral trends, and foreign trade and payments. Download in HTML, PDF, or Excel. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=221&infotype_id=25&masterinfotype_id=5 RefWorks is an online research management, writing, and collaboration tool designed to help researchers gather, manage, store, and share information and generate citations and bibliographies. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=42&resource_id=135&infotype_id=16&masterinfotype_id=10