Use DELCAT, the catalog of the University of Delaware Library, to locate books on your subject. Also, DELCAT lists the titles of the library subscriptions to serials: magazines, journals, and newspapers.

EIU ViewsWire [Economist Intelligence Unit].
LOCATION: Library Databases

A Web-based intelligence service from the Economist Intelligence Unit, offering analysis on key economic, political, and business developments around the world. Each day, it supplies 100-150 analytical articles on any of 195 countries. Provides full-text information from newspapers, the legal literature, and other sources on a variety of topics.

EIU Country Profiles [Economist Intelligence Unit].
LOCATION: Library Databases

Country Profiles provides background and historical context of current economic and political events for each country. Each profile analyzes the infrastructure and major industrial sectors of each economy and includes maps and tables of key economic data for the past 5 years.

EIU Country Reports [Economist Intelligence Unit].
LOCATION: Library Databases

Country Reports analyzes political and economic trends. Each report examines and explains the issues shaping the country: the political science, economic policy, the domestic economy, and foreign trade and payments. The reports include quarterly and annual statistics of at least 150 data points picked from the most reliable sources and reviewed by EIU analysts to provide consistent, objective and impartial coverage.

Expanded Academic ASAP Plus.
LOCATION: Library Databases

Provides bibliographic references, abstracts, or full text for articles from more than 2,300 scholarly journals and general interest magazines. It has full text of more than 1,300 titles. Covers the humanities, social sciences, non-technical general sciences and current events. Covers 1980 to present; updated daily.

LexisNexis Academic.
LOCATION: Library Databases

One of the best sources for current information, especially from newspapers or wire services. Most of the citations have full text of the article. Also includes full text articles from selected magazines and journals.

America: History and Life.
LOCATION: Library Databases

Bibliographic database providing citations and abstracts to articles in periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins relating to archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, crafts, films, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, museology, photography, and related fields.

Art Abstracts/Art Index Retrospective.
LOCATION: Library Databases

Bibliographic database covering in history, including article abstracts and bibliographical citations of reviews and dissertations on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present.

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO).
LOCATION: Library Databases

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is a comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It includes a wide range of scholarship, such as working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.

Criminal Justice Abstracts.
LOCATION: Library Databases

Criminal Justice Abstracts provides comprehensive coverage of the major journals in criminology and related disciplines, extensive coverage of books, and access to reports from government and nongovernmental agencies. For each document, an informative summary of the findings, methodology, and conclusions is provided. Topics include crime trends, prevention projects, corrections, juvenile delinquency, police, courts, offenders, victims, and sentencing.

Ethnic NewsWatch.
LOCATION: Library Databases

Ethnic NewsWatch is a comprehensive full-text database of over 200 newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press. Searchable in both English and Spanish, Ethnic NewsWatch provides a rich collection of articles, editorials, and reviews with a broad diversity of perspectives often at variance with the mainstream media.

Historical Abstracts.
LOCATION: Library Databases

A database (1955 to the present) covering scholarly journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations in world history (excluding the United States and Canada).

HUD USER Database.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.huduser.org/bibliodb/pdrbibdb.html)

HUD USER Database is the only bibliographic database exclusively dedicated to housing and community development issues. It contains more than 10,000 full-abstract citations to research reports, articles, books, monographs, and data sources in housing policy, building technology, economic development, urban planning, and a host of other relevant fields.

JSTOR.
LOCATION: Library Databases

A database of back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Among the major journals included are American Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly and World Politics.

LexisNexis Congressional
LOCATION: Library Databases

Comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information. Includes information on members of Congress and Congressional committees, a hot topics list, and full text of bills and laws.

LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index
LOCATION: Library Databases

Provides detailed subject and author indexing to access approximately 170 magazines and newsletters with substantial research value published by the U.S. government.

LexisNexis State Capital
LOCATION: Library Databases

Comprehensive access to state bills and statutes, constitutions, proposed and enacted regulations, newspapers of record, articles about legislative issues affecting all 50 states, and information about legislators. Provides detailed subject and author indexing to access approximately 170 magazines and newsletters with substantial research value published by the U.S. government.

Opposiong Viewpoints Resource Center
LOCATION: Library Databases

Provides a complete one-stop source for information on social issues with access to viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to Web sites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

PAIS International.
LOCATION: Library Databases

An electronic index (1972 to the present) to books, periodicals, and government documents on issues concerning public affairs.

Population Index.
LOCATION: Library Databaes

An annotated bibliography of books, journal articles, working papers, and other material on population topics. The searchable and browsable database containing abstracts of demographic literature published in Population Index in the period 1986-2000.

Proquest Digital Dissertations.
LOCATION: Library Databaes

Online access to citations and abstracts for every title in the Dissertation Abstracts database. The database includes citations for materials ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester. Some 70,000 dissertations have been digitized and are available in full text. Those University of Delaware dissertations which have been digitized are free to University of Delaware faculty, students, and staff.

Sage Public Administration Abstracts. Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage Publications.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JA1 .S27)

A quarterly abstracting service that indexes journals, books and government publications in the area of public policy and public administration.

Sage Urban Affairs Abstracts. Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage Publications
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HT51 .S24)

A quarterly publication that indexes and abstracts selective books, articles, pamphlets, and government publications on subjects such as housing and public services.

Sociological Abstracts.
LOCATION: Library Databases

Indexes journals in sociology, criminal justice, social work, and related social science disciplines.

Web of Science.
LOCATION: Library Databases

A huge, multidisciplinary database corresponding to Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index, published by the Institute for Scientific Information. Provides access to a wealth of scholarly journal literature from more than 8,000 scholarly journals. Cited references may also be searched. Abstracts are included. Updated weekly.

Women's Studies International.
LOCATION: Library Databases

An interdisciplinary combination of nine important files, containing over 204,000 records drawn from a variety of essential women's studies databases. Included is the Women Studies Abstracts, which indexes women's studies journals from 1984 to the present.

Internet Resouces

American Planning Association.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.planning.org/)

a nonprofit public interest and research organization committed to urban, suburban, regional, and rural planning.

Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.appam.org/)

An organization dedicated to improving public policy and management by fostering excellence in research, analysis, and education.

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.cbpp.org/)

A nonpartisan research organization and policy institute that conducts research and analysis on a range of federal and state government policies and programs.

FirstGov.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.firstgov.gov)

A general search engine providing centralized access to locate online local, state and U.S. government resources.

GPO Access.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html)

GPO Access contains the full text of some of the most frequenlty used government information sources. Among the growing list of titles available are: Bills, Public Laws, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Record, Congressional reports, Congressional documents, United States Code, Economic Indicators, Budget of the United States, Economic Report of the President, Supreme Court Decisions (1937-1975), and GAO Reports.

Internet Resources for U.S. Government Information.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/godc/internet/)

A collection of government sites organized and maintained by the University of Delaware Library.

Moving Ideas Network.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.movingideas.org/)

A site dedicated to explaining and popularizing complex policy ideas to a broader audience, improving collaboration and dialogue between policy and grassroots organizations.

HUD USER - Related Internet Resources.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.huduser.org/resources/sites.html/)

A concise resource guide from the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Urban Institute.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.urban.org/)

A site dedicated to measuring effects, revealing trends, and making costs, benefits, and risks available to policymakers, program administrators, other researchers and university students, the media, and nonprofit advocacy organizations.

USA Counties.
LOCATION: Internet (http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/php/commerce/index.php)

Contains demographic, economic, and governmental data from both the federal government and private agencies, presented for the purpose of multi-area comparisons or single area profiles.

LexisNexis Academic.
LOCATION: Library Databases

Provides full-text information on a variety of topics from newspapers, magazines, legal literature, and other sources. Several subfiles are available that may be searched individually, including: General News Topics, Country Profiles, Foreign Language News, Government & Political News.

New York Times.
LOCATION: Library Databases

Provides full page and article images with searchable full text of the New York Times back to 1851. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue up to 1999.

FC Search (The Foundation Center's Database on CD-ROM). New York: Foundation Center. Semi-annual.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Workstation #50)

Searches over 50,000 U. S. foundations, corporate givers and grantmaking public charities. It also includes descriptions of more than 200,000 associated grants, and lists over 200,000 trustees, officers, and donors. It also includes links to more than 2,000 web sites. Database records provide the same depth of information as entries published in the Foundation Directory (Ref AS 911 .A2F65), the Foundation Directory Part 2 (Ref AS 911 .A2F651), the Guide to U. S. Foundations, Their Trustees, Officers, and Donors (Ref AS 911 .A2F64), the Directory of Corporate Giving (Ref HV 89 .N26), National Directory of Grantmaking Public Charities (Ref HV 89 .N37) and the Foundation Grants Index (Ref AS 911 .A2 F66). Federal and state funding is not included.

Foundations and Other Funding Agencies.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/foce/resguide/found.htm)

A concise research guide orgainized and maintained by the University of Delaware Library.

Foundations and Grants: A Guide to Internet Resouces.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/foce/internet.htm)

A concise guide to Internet resources orgainized and maintained by the University of Delaware Library.

Area Handbook Series. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
LOCATION: Internet (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html)
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference

Published by the United States Department of the Army, books in this series present an overview of the history, politics, culture and economy of a given country. A bibliography of additional resources is included. To locate a printed handbook in DELCAT, do a title keyword search. Example: [ (area handbook series) and kenya ]

Biography Resource Center.
LOCATION: Library Databases

A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.

Blackwell Guide to Social and Political Philosophy. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2002.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JA71 .B53x 2002)

Britannica Online.
LOCATION: Library Databases

The contents of the Encyclopedia Britannica are available in this database, as are articles not found in the print Britannica. Also included are the Britannica Book of the Year, which provides annually updated information on current political events, and links to quality Internet sites.

Encyclopedia of American Public Policy. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1999.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JK468 .P64 J33 1999)

Encyclopedia of Associations. Detroit: Gale Research Co.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HS17 .G3)

Encyclopedia of Housing. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 1998.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HD7287 .E53 1998)

Encyclopedia of Policy Studies. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1994.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref H97 .E6 1994)

Handbook of State Government and Administration. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2000.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JK2443 .H35 2000)

Information-finding and the Research Process. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JF1351 .S56x 1993)

Information Sources in Urban and Regional Planning. New Brunswick, N.J.: Center for Urban Policy Research, 1994.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HT165.5 .D84x 1994)

International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration. Boulder: Westview Press, 1998.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref H97 .I574 1998)

Municipal Year Book. Washington, D.C.: International City Management Association.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JS344 .C5 A24)

Yearbook of International Organizations. Bussels : Union of International Associations.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JX 1904 .Y42)

County and City Database.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ccdb.html)

Demographic, econonomic, and governmental data from both federal government and private agencies.

LexisNexis Statistical.
LOCATION: Library Databases

An index to statistical publications issued by the federal government, state governments, private publishers, and international and intergovernmental organizations. It includes links to agency web sites and to the full text of a publication, if the agency has made it available.

OECD Index.
LOCATION: Library Databases

A database of publications and documents released to the general public by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and several other related organizations. Many of the publications deal with development, education, energy and transportation.

OECD Statistics.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.oecd.org/home/)

A site maintined by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) containing statistical information on trade, education, development, ecnomomic and social issues.

PopNet.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.popnet.org)

A resource for population information where you can browse a comprehensive directory of population-related websites available either by organization, by region and country, or by topic within countries. PopNet is produced and maintained by the Population Reference Bureau with funding assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development.

State and Metropolitan Date Book.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.census.gov/statab/www/smadb.html)

A collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States at the State and metropolitan area levels.

Statistical Abstracts of the United States.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.census.gov/statab/www/)

Provides statistical tables and charts covering various aspects of social, political, and economic life. Emphasis is on the United States, but some tables cover regions, states, cities, and comparative international statistics. Information gathered from all agencies of the federal government and from private, commercial, and professional sources.

United Nations. Demographic Yearbook. New York: Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office, United Nations. Annual.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HA17 .D45)

United Nations Statistic Division.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd)

Statistics and methods in the fields of international merchandise trade, demography, gender, industry, energy, and more.

U.S. Government Information: Statistics.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/godc/internet/stat.htm)

A collection of government statistical sites organized and maintained by the University of Delaware Library.

Historical

Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970. Washington, D.C.: U.S. GPO, 1975.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (HA202 .A385 1975)
LOCATION: Morris Library - Census Area (C 3.134/2:H62/789-970/pt.1-2)

International Historical Statistics : Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-1993. 3rd ed. New York: Stockton Press, 1998.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HA4675 .M58x 1998)

International Historical Statistics : Europe, 1750-2000. 5th ed. New York: Stockton Press, 2003.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HA1107 .M5 2003)

International historical statistics : the Americas, 1750-2000. 5th ed. New York : Stockton Press, 2003.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HA175 .M58x 2003)

World Handbook of Political and Social Indicators. 3d ed. 2 vols. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HN25 .T39 1983)

Rand.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.movingideas.org/)

A nonprofit organization that helps improve policy and decision through analysis and research. Rand also serves both the private and public sector by providing enterprise analysis, survey research, research communications, statistical analysis, and information science.

Research Center Directory. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref AS25 .R47)

Research Methods for Public Administration. Westport, Conn.: Quorum Books, 2002.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JF1338 .A2 J64 2002)

Research Methods in Public Administration and Nonprofit Management. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2002.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JF1338 .A2 M38 2002)

Urban Institute.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.urban.org/)

A nonprofit polidy research organization that investigates the policies and programs designed to alleviate social and economic problems. Includes policy briefs and fact sheets on current topics.

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