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The largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide, posting over 1000 stories daily in English and French. Offers a diversity of multi-lingual streaming programming and over 900,000 articles dating from 1997.

Over 180,000 pages of documents and images: periodicals, nationalist publications, records of colonial government commissions, local newspaper reports, personal papers, correspondence, UN documents, out-of-print and other particularly relevant books, oral testimonies, life histories, and speeches. Two other collections (African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes, and African Plants) are available through the site, but you will not be able to access the full-text of those materials.

'This database is a comprehensive index to publications on Islamic subjects throughout the world. Records cover almost 100 years, from 1906 to the present. The scope includes the Middle East, the Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, plus Muslim minorities elsewhere in the world. Over 3,000 journals are monitored for inclusion, together with conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews. Journals and books are indexed down to the article and chapter level.' (from database homepage)

Includes Atlanta Daily World (1931-2010), Baltimore Afro-American (1893-2010), Chicago Defender (1909-2010), Cleveland Call & Post (1934-2010), Kansas City Call (1919-2010), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2010), Louisville Defender (1951-2010), New York Amsterdam News (1922-2010), Norfolk Journal & Guide (1916-2010), Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2010), and Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2010).

Newspapers published from 1827-1919, also early biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements embodying the African-American experience. 

Covering the period 1830-1865, the collection presents the massive, international impact of African American activism against slavery, in the writings and publications of the activists themselves. The approximately 15,000 articles, documents, correspondence, proceedings, manuscripts, and literary works of almost 300 Black abolitionists show the full range of their activities in the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, France and Germany.

Primary source material from federal agencies, letters, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, financial records, and diaries. Learn more about this database.

Historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence and more from specific time periods in history marked by the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom. 

Scholarly essays, recent periodicals, and historical newspaper articles. Combines resources as: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index of Black Periodicals (IIBP), The Chicago Defender, and Black Literature Index.

Contains numerous multimedia sources on the published works of prominent African Americans.

Offers essential content covering important issues related to race in society today. Essays, articles, reports and other reliable sources provide an in-depth look at the history of race and provide critical context for learning more about topics associated with race, ethnicity, diversity and inclusiveness.

Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.

NAACP Papers collections contains internal memos, legal briefings, and direct-action summaries from national, legal, and branch offices throughout the country. It charts the NAACP's work and delivers a first-hand view into crucial issues. With a timeline that runs from 1909 to 1972, the NAACP Papers document the realities of segregation in the early 20th century to the triumphs of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and beyond. 

African American Studies is now a vibrant, complex, and growing field for the intellectual and curricular mission of centers, institutes, programs, and departments at colleges and universities across the country. Oxford Bibliographies in African American Studies represents another step in the field’s institutional progress. Regularly updated and expanded with new content, the module will provide bibliographic articles that identify, organize, cite, and annotate scholarship on key areas of African American Studies—culture, politics, law, history, society, religion, and economics.

The Plantation Records in this module documents the far-reaching impact of plantations on both the American South and the nation. As business owners, the commodities produced by plantation owners—rice, cotton, sugar, tobacco, hemp, and others— accounted for more than half of the nation’s exports. The plantation played a key role in the development of a nationwide market economy. Plantation records also document the personal lives of plantation owners and their families.

Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.

Metropolitan business newspapers which offer business news, information, and commentary. Includes access to the St. Louis Business Journal. Create an account using your WashU email address here.

Scholarly journals and other sources including books, conference proceedings, industry reports, company profiles, financial data, case studies, and more. Updated daily. 

EconLit with Full Text contains indexing and abstracts, some full text for 400+ journals and 500+ collected works per year. The database provides indexing and full text for articles in all fields of economics, including capital markets, country studies, econometrics, economic forecasting, environmental economics, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, urban economics, and much more. Updated monthly.

Global reporting and analysis on economics, business, geopolitics, technology, and culture. Click Additional Info below for access details.

Searchable database of publications of The Economist from 1843 to 2020.

Worldwide coverage of local and regional newspapers, social media, audio and video, market data, company profiles, and more. Access is limited to 6 users at a time. Please log out when you are finished.

Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis website with links to scanned images of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents.

A database of over 3000 U.S. economic time series. Download data into Microsoft Excel and text formats and view charts of data series.

Economic and financial time-series data covering over 150 countries and several thousands of different data series. Access is also available to historical events, recessions, political leaders and bull and bear markets over the past 1000 years. Login must be created with a WashU email address.

Current content of Financial Times (FT) daily newspaper. Includes full-page display (ePaper) of USA, UK, European, Asian and Middle East editions. Click Additional Info below for access instructions.

Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.

Scanned IRS 990 returns provide information about the operations, personnel, and finances of nonprofit organizations. Includes over 1.5 million organizations and over 3 million records searchable using varied access points. Data can be sorted and reported in numerous ways.

Statistical information from a wide variety of sources prepared by the NBER. Emphasis is on U.S. but some other country data is also available. Also contains NBER Working Papers.

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is an independent national statistical agency that serves as the principal fact-finding agency for Federal Government in broad field of labor economics and statistics. It collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to American public, U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business, and labor. BLS also serves as a statistical resource to the Department of Labor. An online glossary explains terms as BLS uses them.

Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis website with links to scanned images of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents.

A database of over 3000 U.S. economic time series. Download data into Microsoft Excel and text formats and view charts of data series.

Site maintained by the Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy. Provides access to the full range of statistics and information produced by 70 federal government agencies that are of interest to the public.

Economic and financial time-series data covering over 150 countries and several thousands of different data series. Access is also available to historical events, recessions, political leaders and bull and bear markets over the past 1000 years. Login must be created with a WashU email address.

Interact with, explore, and analyze Gallup data from the U.S. as well as over 160 countries. Includes U.S. economic, well-being, and political data collected daily since 2008 and world data covering economic, social, and well-being issues dating back to 2005. Users can perform detailed searches on hundreds of U.S. and global metrics; filter data by numerous demographic and socioeconomic groups; and create and export custom data tables, trends, charts, and scatterplots.

GlobalData Explorer is a cross-sector platform providing actionable intelligence spanning 22 industries. Combining macroeconomic data and information on thousands of companies, Explorer offers you broad yet detailed coverage of the global trends that are shaping industries, impacting companies and driving innovation.​

Heath Poll Database is an archive of exclusively health-oriented survey questions. It is designed to support research on topics like the social determinants of health, access to care, individual health status, health policy, and health politics.

India-specific, Sector specific and State specific sites compiling secondary level socio-economic statistical data about India and its states on more than 35 variables. Access is limited to 1 user at a time. Please log out when you are finished.

Social science data in machine readable form, including election results, polls, surveys, and census. Access is due to the WashU’s membership in the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). Download data and electronic codebooks directly from the ICPSR web site to any University IP address or by using the Olin Library proxy server. The Social Sciences Computing Facility in Seigle Hall will provide technical support for those who need assistance in obtaining data.

Statistical information from a wide variety of sources prepared by the NBER. Emphasis is on U.S. but some other country data is also available. Also contains NBER Working Papers.

Statistics compiled by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations.

A fully web-based online data and mapping application that provides over 15,000 indicators related to demographics, housing, crime, mortgages, health, jobs and more. Data is available at all common geographies (address, block group, census tract, zip code, county, city, state, MSA) as well as unique geographies like school districts and political boundaries. Data comes from both public and proprietary sources.

Questions and responses, from surveys conducted from 1986 through the present in the United States other countries around the world.

The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is one of the world's leading archives of social science data, specializing in data from public opinion surveys. The Center's mission is to collect, preserve, and disseminate public opinion data; to serve as a resource to help improve the practice of survey research; and to broaden the understanding of public opinion through the use of survey data in the United States and abroad. Founded in 1947, the Roper Center holds polling data ranging from the 1930s, when survey research was in its infancy, to the present. Its collection now includes over 22,000 datasets and adds hundreds more each year. In total, the archive contains responses from millions of individuals on a vast range of topics.

Create professional-quality thematic maps, tables, and reports to visualize information using demographic, business, and marketing data. To save your work, create an account with your WashU email here. Access is limited to 5 users at a time.  Please log out when you are finished.

Portal for business and industry, government, and demographic statistics that integrates thousands of diverse topics of data and facts from some 18,000+ public and commercial sources onto a single, easy-to-search platform. Geographic coverage is worldwide, with particular emphasis on the United States, China, and European Union countries. Categorized into market sectors, Statista provides access to qualitative facts on agriculture, economics, finance, information technology, politics and society, and much more.

Statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.

Official statistics, estimates, and projections produced by countries and compiled by the United Nations data system. Includes indicators such as Millennium Development Goals.

Data tables on foreign nationals granted lawful permanent U.S. residence, admitted as temporary nonimmigrants, granted asylum or refugee status, or are naturalized. The Yearbook also presents data on immigration enforcement actions, including apprehensions and arrests, removals, and returns.

Covers over 1,020 top educational publications, including more than 640 of the titles in full text. Includes not only the literature on primary, secondary, and higher education but also special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics.

Indexes more than 400 English-language periodicals and books relating to education. Includes full-text articles from 204 of those titles. Updated monthly.

ProQuest platform. Database of education research and information, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences within the U.S. Department of Education. Includes journal articles, books, theses, curricula, conference papers, and standards and guidelines. Updated monthly. 

Database of education research and information, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences within the U.S. Department of Education. Includes journal articles, books, theses, curricula, conference papers, and standards and guidelines. Updated monthly. 

Statistics compiled by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations.

Journal index of over 350 periodicals (including some international coverage) in engineering, mathematics, physics, and computer technology. Includes the full text of more than 98 periodicals beginning in January 1997.

Papers of activists, advocacy organizations, and American and British government agencies trace environmental issues and conservation efforts across the globe from the late 1800s onwards. Click Additional Info below for collections included in Environmental History.

Information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Indexes scholarly, government and general-interest titles.

Contains several databases and publications: Local Climatological Data; Climatological Data; Hourly Precipitation Data; Storm Data; Monthly Climatic Data for the World; COOP Data/Record of Climatological Observations Form; Climatological Data National Summary; and more. Free due to WashU Libraries' status as a US Federal Depository Library.

Online library of U.S. government-sponsored technical reports, acquired, indexed, and archived by the National Technical Information Service. Contains over 2 million titles with links to over 600,000 full-text reports (in PDF). Note: Search to Public NTRL is free but in order to display a full text document you would need to register. Registration is free but Terms and Conditions of use need to be signed.

Oxford Bibliographies in Ecology is an extensive, annotated bibliography of the most important concepts and ideas in the discipline. Topics from all the relevant areas have been selected; these include articles on autoecology, population, community, and ecosystem ecology, the main biomes of the world, as well as articles related to the synthesis of ecology with other disciplines including human ecology, agroecology, and chemical ecology, for example.

The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science is updated monthly and includes multi-media features embedded in articles, along with cross-referenced links. The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science contains in-depth peer-reviewed articles and broad coverage of the field.

Selected Web sites, technical reports, journal articles and other publications. Science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results. Allows multidatabase searching across up to 10 files.

Grants database that searches some 14,000 funding opportunities available to graduate students, faculty, undergraduate students, and institutions. Access due to a subscription by the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.

Find scholarships, fellowships, grants, awards, and other financial support for students, artists, researchers, and individuals.

Scanned IRS 990 returns provide information about the operations, personnel, and finances of nonprofit organizations. Includes over 1.5 million organizations and over 3 million records searchable using varied access points. Data can be sorted and reported in numerous ways.

SPIN funding opportunities database is now available via the Research Management System (RMS). With over 40,000 opportunities from more than 10,000 sponsors, SPIN is a consolidated source for easily locating external funding opportunities. More info at New SPIN Funding Opportunities Database Now Available.

Governmental and organizational records, publications by and for lesbians and gays, personal correspondence and interviews. The Libraries subscribe to Parts I - VI.

Original documents relating to Gender Studies, sourced from British and European libraries and archives.

An online hub for digitized historical materials, born-digital materials, and information on archival holdings related to transgender history throughout the world.

The social, political, and cultural contributions of women throughout history are on display in international women's periodicals dating from 1786 to the Women’s and Civil Rights movements. Learn more about this database. Click Additional Info below for a list of collections included in Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies.

Covers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. 

International journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, special reports, and conference proceedings devoted to women's and gender issues. Updated quarterly. 

Full text for 50 of the most important and historically significant LGBT journals, magazines and regional newspapers, as well as dozens of full text monographs. Full text for 50 of the most important and historically significant LGBT journals, magazines and regional newspapers, as well as dozens of full text monographs. Also includes comprehensive indexing and abstract coverage as well as a specialized LGBT Thesaurus containing over 6,400 terms.

Thousands of journals and other publications covering most subjects. 

Content includes documentaries, films, demonstrations, etc. covering a range of subject areas. 

The Atlantic features articles on politics, foreign affairs, business, the economy, culture, the arts, technology, and science. Follow the prompts to log in with your WashU Key.

An app for journals. Search journals by title or subject, save articles, and receive notifications of new issues.  To download the app, go to libguides.wustl.edu/browzine.

Provides reviews, ratings, and recommendations to help consumers compare price, performance, and reliability for various products and services, including cars, healthcare, appliances, electronics, baby and child gear, home and garden, personal finance, etc. Also presents articles on health, public safety, marketplace economics and the judicial and regulatory actions that affect consumers.

Full-text. Citations and abstracts of dissertations and theses submitted by Washington University and published in UMI's Dissertation Abstracts database. View 24-page previews of dissertations and theses and download the full text.

Citations, abstracts, or full-text access to dissertations and theses. Note: You cannot request full-text of dissertations or theses via ILLiad from within the database. Instead, log in to ILLiad, click on Request a Thesis, and fill out the form.

Newspapers, magazines, and journals published by ethnic and minority presses. Ethnic NewsWatch: A History provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.

Tables of contents of more than 13,000 publications, with a total of more than 4 million articles. All disciplines are covered, with an emphasis on the sciences.

Access downloadable audiobooks and ebooks. Click Additional Info below for access details.

Dictionaries, language, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. Includes articles from Oxford Companions and the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. Access is limited to 6 users at a time. Please log out when you are finished.

Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature.  Note: Click Institutions icon in right corner. Change organization to Washington University in St Louis John M Olin Library, Danforth Campus.

Swank Digital Campus provides streaming access to 1000 feature films, documentaries, foreign films, and television episodes from the largest movie studios, including Walt Disney, Warner Bros., Paramount, NBCUniversal, Columbia Pictures, Lions Gate, MGM, Miramax and many more.

Bibliographic information on over 300,000 serials (journals and magazines), including almost 55,000 ceased titles. Covers academic and scholarly journals, e-journals, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more. Includes provide data points such as ISSN, publisher, language, subject, abstracting & indexing coverage, full-text database coverage, tables of contents, and reviews written by librarians.

Science, social science, arts, and humanities citations for scholarly literature.

Bibliographic records for U.S. Government publications generated by the Government Printing Office since July 1976. Many records contain direct links to publications available online. Updated daily with new and historical publication records.

CDC Stacks is a free, digital archive of scientific research and literature produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This online archive is composed of curated collections tailored for public health research needs. This repository is retained indefinitely and is available for public health professionals, researchers, as well as the general public.

Working papers, conference proceedings, books, journals and policy briefs.

Official website for U.S. federal legislative information, presented by the Library of Congress. Provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information.

Original narrative accounts of every major piece of legislation that lawmakers considered during a congressional session. Arranged thematically.

Organized into six categories: Presidential Elections, Congressional Elections, Gubernatorial Elections, Campaigns and Elections, Political Parties, and Voters and Demographics. Integrates data, authoritative analyses, concise explanations, and historical material to provide a research and reference tool on voting and elections in America.

Law journals and many legal resources, including the Code of Federal Regulations, United States Code, and U.S. Statutes at Large.

Current events and news. Includes access to the National Journal, the Hotline, Congress Daily, and other politics, policy, and government information.

Indexes and abstracts books, periodical articles, and government publications in the fields of public affairs and public policy. Provides social and economic analyses of international, national, and local policies.

Political science and international relations journals, including such topics as comparative politics, political economy, international development, and environmental policy. 

Comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information. Includes: CIS Legislative Histories (public laws back to 1969), Congressional publications (1817 - ), testimony from Congressional hearings (1824-), Congressional Record and Federal Register, U.S. Serial Set, 1789-1969, Serial Set Maps, 1789-1969, and more.

Abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, dissertations and working papers and book review citations. Covers political science discipline and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy.

Indexes thousands of journals in a variety of subject areas. 

Spanish-language newspapers printed in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries, including many long scattered and forgotten titles published in the 19th century.

Journal index. Article citations about Central and South America, Mexico, Brazil, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States. Analyses of current political, economic, and social issues as well as unique coverage of Latin American arts and letters.

An annual public opinion survey that involves some 19,000 interviews in 18 Latin American countries, representing more than 400 million inhabitants.

Expert recommendations on the best works available in Latin American studies; from a chapter, a book, a journal article, a website, an archive, or data set.

Explores the Hispanic minority in the United States and is enriched by an interdisciplinary perspective. Historians, sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, demographers, linguists, as well as religion, ethnicity, and culture scholars, among others, bring a varied, multifaceted approach to the understanding of a people whose roots are all over the Americas and whose permanent home is north of the Rio Grande.

The Oxford Research Encyclopedias (OREs) offer long-form overview articles written, peer-reviewed, and edited by leading scholars in Latin American History. The encyclopedia covers both foundational and cutting-edge topics in order to develop, over time, an anchoring knowledge base for major areas of research. This source is regularly updated.

Access to scholarly literature in sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities published in leading open access journals from Latin America, Portugal, Spain and South Africa.

Leading Hispanic newspapers including El Diario/La Prensa (New York City), La Opinión (Los Angeles), La Prensa (San Antonio) and Extra (Chicago).

Bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.

A searchable archive of historical documents gathered by the University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine in collaboration with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Governmental and organizational records, publications by and for lesbians and gays, personal correspondence and interviews. The Libraries subscribe to Parts I - VI.

Offering valuable insights to students of the history of medicine and to researchers seeking an historical context for current epidemiology, the collection contributes to the understanding of the global, social history, and public policy implications of disease.

Searchable database of publications of The Economist from 1843 to 2020.

Papers of activists, advocacy organizations, and American and British government agencies trace environmental issues and conservation efforts across the globe from the late 1800s onwards. Click Additional Info below for collections included in Environmental History.

The social, political, and cultural contributions of women throughout history are on display in international women's periodicals dating from 1786 to the Women’s and Civil Rights movements. Learn more about this database. Click Additional Info below for a list of collections included in Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies.

A partnership of academic and research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world. 

Covers the international reaction to global warming and climate change, the development of environmental health policy, the war on drugs, and a clinical view of narcotic addiction and mental health issues. Click Additional Info below for a list of collections included in Health and Environmental Studies.

Publications produced in the United States and Canada from 1828 to 2016 by of a range of communities.

Newspapers, periodicals, manuscripts, monographs, census records, legal documents, maps, drawings and sketches, oral histories, and photos from the 1600s to the 20th century. Also features video content from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Major partners include the National Archives, Library of Congress, Princeton University, University of Alberta, Moravian Archives, Gonzaga University, Wichita State University, and more.

Journals, books, images and primary sources.

NAACP Papers collections contains internal memos, legal briefings, and direct-action summaries from national, legal, and branch offices throughout the country. It charts the NAACP's work and delivers a first-hand view into crucial issues. With a timeline that runs from 1909 to 1972, the NAACP Papers document the realities of segregation in the early 20th century to the triumphs of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and beyond. 

Includes political, religious, legal, medical, commercial, and military perspectives of Native American history, from 1800 through the late 20th century. Click Additional Info below for a list of collections included in Native American Studies.

Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.

The Oxford Research Encyclopedias (OREs) offer long-form overview articles written, peer-reviewed, and edited by leading scholars in Latin American History. The encyclopedia covers both foundational and cutting-edge topics in order to develop, over time, an anchoring knowledge base for major areas of research. This source is regularly updated.

First-hand accounts of American infectious diseases. Part I: Newspapers (1736-1922), Part II: Books (1823-1928).

The Plantation Records in this module documents the far-reaching impact of plantations on both the American South and the nation. As business owners, the commodities produced by plantation owners—rice, cotton, sugar, tobacco, hemp, and others— accounted for more than half of the nation’s exports. The plantation played a key role in the development of a nationwide market economy. Plantation records also document the personal lives of plantation owners and their families.

The Times Educational Supplement (TES) is one of the most well-regarded primary and secondary education news sources. Founded a handful of years before the onset of World War I, TES became the leading publication on public policy and pedagogical practice over the decades, not only in the United Kingdom but worldwide. The current TES works with 25,000 schools in more than 100 countries and provides innovative services and access to over 900,000 teacher-made resources to help teachers succeed in the classroom.

Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.

Citations to articles and essays in anthropology and archaeology, from works published in English and other European languages, 19th century to present. Contains both Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute, UK.

Newspapers, magazines, and journals published by ethnic and minority presses. Ethnic NewsWatch: A History provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.

Publications produced in the United States and Canada from 1828 to 2016 by of a range of communities.

Newspapers, periodicals, manuscripts, monographs, census records, legal documents, maps, drawings and sketches, oral histories, and photos from the 1600s to the 20th century. Also features video content from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Major partners include the National Archives, Library of Congress, Princeton University, University of Alberta, Moravian Archives, Gonzaga University, Wichita State University, and more.

Includes political, religious, legal, medical, commercial, and military perspectives of Native American history, from 1800 through the late 20th century. Click Additional Info below for a list of collections included in Native American Studies.

Official website for U.S. federal legislative information, presented by the Library of Congress. Provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information.

Original narrative accounts of every major piece of legislation that lawmakers considered during a congressional session. Arranged thematically.

Reports on congressional issues, the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates and all roll-call votes.

(1969-) Covers over 450 publications which support research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends. In addition to scholarly journals, this database also includes trade publications, reports, news, crime statistics, and crime blogs. Covers such topics as criminology, corrections & law enforcement, criminal law, criminal justice, criminal rehabilitation, addictions, alcoholism, gambling, child abuse, and industrial crime.

Law journals and many legal resources, including the Code of Federal Regulations, United States Code, and U.S. Statutes at Large.

Indexes legal journals, law reviews, yearbooks, institutes, statutes, bar association publications, university publications, and government publications.

Indexes legal periodicals published in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand between 1908 and 1981.

Legislative Insight provides legislative histories with digital full-text publications. It contains over 27,000 legislative histories for federal laws, including some enacted as far back as 1789. Only includes congressional publications that are related to bills enacted into law that are included in this database. For other full-text congressional documents, see ProQuest Congressional.

Database covers corrections, courts, drugs and crime, law enforcement, juvenile justice, crime statistics, domestic preparedness, and victims of crime. Includes abstracts to Federal, State, and local government reports; books; research reports; journal articles; and unpublished research.

Current events and news. Includes access to the National Journal, the Hotline, Congress Daily, and other politics, policy, and government information.

Up-to-date news, business, and legal information. 

Comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information. Includes: CIS Legislative Histories (public laws back to 1969), Congressional publications (1817 - ), testimony from Congressional hearings (1824-), Congressional Record and Federal Register, U.S. Serial Set, 1789-1969, Serial Set Maps, 1789-1969, and more.

Indexes and abstracts books, periodical articles, and government publications in the fields of public affairs and public policy. Provides social and economic analyses of international, national, and local policies.

Abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, dissertations and working papers and book review citations. Covers political science discipline and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy.

Governmental and organizational records, publications by and for lesbians and gays, personal correspondence and interviews. The Libraries subscribe to Parts I - VI.

The social, political, and cultural contributions of women throughout history are on display in international women's periodicals dating from 1786 to the Women’s and Civil Rights movements. Learn more about this database. Click Additional Info below for a list of collections included in Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies.

Full text for 50 of the most important and historically significant LGBT journals, magazines and regional newspapers, as well as dozens of full text monographs. Full text for 50 of the most important and historically significant LGBT journals, magazines and regional newspapers, as well as dozens of full text monographs. Also includes comprehensive indexing and abstract coverage as well as a specialized LGBT Thesaurus containing over 6,400 terms.

Books, periodicals, and archival materials documenting LGBT political, social and cultural movements throughout the twentieth century and into the present day. 

Journal articles, chapters, books, dissertations and reports on psychology and related fields. Updated weekly.

Journals in behavioral science and related fields ranging from education, to nursing, to business, to neuroscience from the American Psychological Association, the Canadian Psychological Association and Hogrefe Publishing Group (English-language titles). Updated weekly.

Guide to contemporary testing instruments, covering psychology, education, business, leadership, and more. Tests in Print lists commercially available tests in English. Access is limited to 8 users at a time. Please log out when you are finished.

Thousands of full-text journal articles and eBooks providing medical, nursing, and allied health content.  Also includes Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI) and the National Library of Medicine’s MEDLINE.

Substantive, peer-reviewed, and regularly updated, the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology provides long-form, articles written by experts from the field.

A free preprint service for the psychological sciences.

Searchable database of streaming video files on psychotherapy. Users can create clips and store them in the Video Library. Videos are searchable by therapeutic approaches, therapeutic issues, expert therapists, population, and titles. It allows viewers to go straight to the heart of clinical practice as it is done by today's leading practitioners in North America. The database features demonstrations and counseling sessions with participants on a host of therapeutic topics.

Produced at the headquarters of the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in White River Junction, Vermont and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Both current and retrospective coverage to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations.

The largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide, posting over 1000 stories daily in English and French. Offers a diversity of multi-lingual streaming programming and over 900,000 articles dating from 1997.

Newspapers, magazines, and journals published by ethnic and minority presses. Ethnic NewsWatch: A History provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.

Worldwide coverage of local and regional newspapers, social media, audio and video, market data, company profiles, and more. Access is limited to 6 users at a time. Please log out when you are finished.

Current content of Financial Times (FT) daily newspaper. Includes full-page display (ePaper) of USA, UK, European, Asian and Middle East editions. Click Additional Info below for access instructions.

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Publications produced in the United States and Canada from 1828 to 2016 by of a range of communities.

Information from the world's top news resources, including local and regional news. Please note that full text for certain publications is subject to market availability.

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Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.

Up-to-date news, business, and legal information. 

Full-color, full-page collection of today's newspapers from around the world. For most papers, only the most current 60 days are available.

Leading Hispanic newspapers including El Diario/La Prensa (New York City), La Opinión (Los Angeles), La Prensa (San Antonio) and Extra (Chicago).

The Libraries have partnered with Olin Business School to provide online access to the Wall Street Journal. To access, go to WSJ.com/WUSTL. Log in with your WashU Key and create an account using your WashU email as your user ID. Users will be asked to re-authenticate once a year and may receive an email from WSJ requesting this.

Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.

Medical texts, a drug database, case files, and practice guidelines.

Quick answers to surgical inquiries from trusted sources.

A searchable archive of historical documents gathered by the University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine in collaboration with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Journal articles, chapters, books, dissertations and reports on psychology and related fields. Updated weekly.

CDC Stacks is a free, digital archive of scientific research and literature produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This online archive is composed of curated collections tailored for public health research needs. This repository is retained indefinitely and is available for public health professionals, researchers, as well as the general public.

Indexes journals and other materials in the fields of nursing and allied health.

Evidence-based healthcare. Includes several distinct searchable databases including the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and others. Provides Cochrane evidence based reviews for interventions, therapies, and rehabilitation in the healthcare field. Clinical trials are searchable and linked to full text articles where available.

Offering valuable insights to students of the history of medicine and to researchers seeking an historical context for current epidemiology, the collection contributes to the understanding of the global, social history, and public policy implications of disease.

Ditki (formerly Draw it to Know it) provides a multi-modal, efficient learning platform for faculty and students. The step-wise, instructional approach to learning engages one in ways that promote quicker understanding and long-term retention, to encourage confidence in subject mastery. WashU has access to all the modules. Users will need to register for individual accounts to access the self-assessment exams. Includes modules in Anatomy and Physiology, General Biology, Neuroscience, Biochemistry and more. Prepare for exams with interactive exercises, drills, quizzes, and downloadable flashcards.

A public health database that provides information on international health, biomedical life sciences, non-communicable diseases, public health nutrition, food safety and hygiene, and much more. Access is limited to 3 users at a time. Please log out when you are finished.

Provides information on public health, tropical and communicable diseases, nutrition, helminthology, entomology, and mycology. Access is limited to 3 users at a time. Please log out when you are finished.

Information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Indexes scholarly, government and general-interest titles.

Covers the international reaction to global warming and climate change, the development of environmental health policy, the war on drugs, and a clinical view of narcotic addiction and mental health issues. Click Additional Info below for a list of collections included in Health and Environmental Studies.

Heath Poll Database is an archive of exclusively health-oriented survey questions. It is designed to support research on topics like the social determinants of health, access to care, individual health status, health policy, and health politics.

Book catalogue of the Army Surgeon General's library and the predecessor of Index Medicus/ Medline. Invaluable for searching materials on the history of medicine, especially pamphlets, dissertations, and journal articles from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

International database of prospectively registered systematic reviews in health and social care.

Key concepts, research techniques and experiments across multiple science disciplines, presented through video demonstrations and in-depth text explanations.

Indexes the scientific and technical literature of Latin America and the Caribbean.

A service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). More information.

Thousands of full-text journal articles and eBooks providing medical, nursing, and allied health content.  Also includes Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI) and the National Library of Medicine’s MEDLINE.

Offers peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on public health, a field with a mission to assess, develop, and assure the health of a population.

Articles from international medical journals. Includes Medline (1966-) and PreMedline (recent articles that are not yet fully indexed).

First-hand accounts of American infectious diseases. Part I: Newspapers (1736-1922), Part II: Books (1823-1928).

SPORTDiscus with Full Text is the definitive database for sports and sports medicine research. Providing hundreds of full-text sports medicine journals, it is an essential tool for health professionals and researchers studying fitness, health and sports. Access is limited to 4 users at a time. Please log out when you are finished.

Science, social science, arts, and humanities citations for scholarly literature.

Journal, essay, and book review index. Contains thousands of citations from international titles and multi-author works in the field of religion.

Presents religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture. The original 2,750 entries have been retained, many updated, and approximately 600 new articles have been added.

'This database is a comprehensive index to publications on Islamic subjects throughout the world. Records cover almost 100 years, from 1906 to the present. The scope includes the Middle East, the Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, plus Muslim minorities elsewhere in the world. Over 3,000 journals are monitored for inclusion, together with conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews. Journals and books are indexed down to the article and chapter level.' (from database homepage)

Information on journal rankings and impact factors in the sciences and social sciences, based on citation data from scholarly and technical journals worldwide. 

Tool to visualize research performance of groups and individuals, benchmark relative to peers, develop collaborative partnerships and analyze research trends. Individual SciVal account required. If you have an account for Scopus or ScienceDirect (or other Elsevier product), you can use your Elsevier account credentials for SciVal. If you do not have an Elsevier account, you can register by clicking 'Register Now' link on the SciVal Login page.  More information or see Online Manual or Quick Guide after login.

Bibliographic information on over 300,000 serials (journals and magazines), including almost 55,000 ceased titles. Covers academic and scholarly journals, e-journals, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more. Includes provide data points such as ISSN, publisher, language, subject, abstracting & indexing coverage, full-text database coverage, tables of contents, and reviews written by librarians.

Abstracts and indexes over 600 journals and periodicals, from more than 16 countries, spanning literature of health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics from 1987 to present.

Systematic reviews in education, crime and justice, and social welfare. Freely available.

Indexes thousands of journals in a variety of subject areas. 

Provides abstracts, indexing, and full-text content from publications worldwide pertaining to communication, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse, speech-language pathology, media studies, and related fields. Includes coverage of over 1,000 core titles and features full-text for more than 600 active periodicals.

Newspapers, magazines, and journals published by ethnic and minority presses. Ethnic NewsWatch: A History provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.

Offers essential content covering important issues related to race in society today. Essays, articles, reports and other reliable sources provide an in-depth look at the history of race and provide critical context for learning more about topics associated with race, ethnicity, diversity and inclusiveness.

Comprehensive coverage of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development, and Social Welfare.

International database of bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters for the social sciences since 1951.

Expert recommendations on the best works available in each discipline; from a chapter, a book, a journal article, a website, an archive, or data set. Each article includes an introduction written by a top scholar in the field.

Urban Studies is a broad, interdisciplinary field of study that includes subfields not only in most of the major social sciences, but also in the humanities, and in more technical fields such as architecture, planning, engineering, environmental science, and legal studies. Bibliographic essays within Oxford Bibliographies in Urban Studies are written by known experts in the field, who can provide a guided selection of these pertinent materials, as well as the much needed content for understanding the referenced titles.

Substantive, peer-reviewed, and regularly updated, the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication combines the speed and flexibility of digital with the rigorous standards of academic publishing. The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication is part of the larger online Oxford Research Encyclopedia, a dynamic digital encyclopedia continuously updated by the world’s leading scholars and researchers.

Free, open access, open source archive for social science research; papers on SocArXiv will be permanently available and free to the public.

Provides access to databases covering international literature in social sciences, including politics, public policy, sociology, social work, anthropology, criminology, linguistics, library science, and education.

Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is composed of a number of specialized research networks in the social sciences. Topics covered by networks include accounting, economics, financial economics, legal scholarship, and management (including negotiation and marketing). The SSRN eLibrary consists of abstracts of scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an electronic paper collection of downloadable full text documents in pdf format.

Index of scholarly journals, books, conference papers, and other non-periodical content sources. 

Abstracts and indexes of the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Covers journal articles, conference papers, books, dissertations, and conference papers, and book reviews.

Data tables on foreign nationals granted lawful permanent U.S. residence, admitted as temporary nonimmigrants, granted asylum or refugee status, or are naturalized. The Yearbook also presents data on immigration enforcement actions, including apprehensions and arrests, removals, and returns.

Overview articles on key topics ranging from international issues to ethical standards, produced by the National Association of Social Workers and Oxford University Press. Updated monthly.

Expert recommendations on the best works available in the field of Social Work; from a chapter, a book, a journal article, a website, an archive, or data set. 

Bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. Abstracts and indexes over 1,300+ serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews.

Guide to contemporary testing instruments, covering psychology, education, business, leadership, and more. Tests in Print lists commercially available tests in English. Access is limited to 8 users at a time. Please log out when you are finished.

Thousands of full-text journal articles and eBooks providing medical, nursing, and allied health content.  Also includes Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI) and the National Library of Medicine’s MEDLINE.