Public Affairs


Business source complete

Indexing and abstracts covering business related, peer reviewed journals, books, case studies, company profiles, industry reports, and country economic reports.

Ciao : Columbia International Affairs Online

A comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs with scholarship ranging from university research institutes, NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, conferences proceedings, books, journals and policy briefs.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) daily reports

Transcripts of foreign broadcasts and news that have been translated into English by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service, a U.S. government agency.  This fully searchable digital edition is the United States' principal record of political and historical open source intelligence. The dates of coverage are 1941 to 1996.

Global Think Tanks

Global Think Tanks is a public policy database that contains documents and datasets from think tanks, IGOs, NGOs, and research centers. Some of this content is uniquely found on Policy Commons, and some documents are archived from inactive organizations.

Google scholar

A web search engine that provides a way to search the scholarly literature including articles, theses, books, abstracts, and court opinions.  Sources include academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities, and other web sites.

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Human Rights Studies Online

Provides comprehensive, comparative documentation, analysis, and interpretation of major human rights violations and atrocity crimes worldwide. Includes government information, documentaries, works of art and literature, interviews, transcripts, monographs, essays, and articles.

PAIS index

Contains references to journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more about public policy and work affairs. The archive provides a historical perspective on many of the 20th century's public and social policies. 

Policy File Index

Provides online access to abstracts and if available, links to full-text articles on public policy research and analysis from think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers.

Political Science Complete

Includes both a national and international perspective of political science topics, drawing from scholarly, professional and peer-reviewed sources, and offering considerable full-text content

Polling the nations

A compilation of questions and responses from national, state, local and special surveys, conducted by polling organizations in the United States and other countries.