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Databases
Africa Knowledge Project, known as AKP, promotes Critical African Studies. It disseminates Africa-centered, evidence-based knowledge on Africa and African Diaspora.
Archive of EIU annual Country Profiles 1996-2008. See Country Report for analysis and data 2009 +.
Political and economic analysis and forecasts for 189 countries. Continuously updated. Links to ViewsWire Data Tool to download and export numbers.
Development Bookshelf is a specialist peer-reviewed and evidence-based book database that includes the collective learning of multiple agencies and development professionals across a variety of specialist areas including Agriculture, Climate Change, Energy, Disaster Risk Reduction, Enterprise and Business Development, Gender, NGO Management, Sustainability, Technology and Water .
Publication coverage: 1886 - present
Publication coverage: 1972 - present
Publication coverage: 1974 - present
GEOBASE consists of the latest information on the earth sciences, ecology, geology, human and physical geography, and environmental sciences, focusing on, and highlighting, the human and social impacts on both.
Full text of digitized departmental publications.
HLAS Online: Handbook of Latin American Studies
Publication coverage: 1936-
An annotated bibliography of scholarly works on Latin America.Ask Us
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New / Trial Databases
The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription:
- African American Newspapers Series I, 1827 - 1998
Provides online access to U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. This collection features papers from more than 35 states, including many rare and historically significant 19th century titles. - African American Periodicals 1825 - 1995
A collection of African American periodicals covering Antebellum to Contemporary eras. Includes academic and political journals, commercial magazines, institutional newsletters, bulletins, annual reports and other genres. - Conference Board of Canada e-Data
Thousands of downloadable economic indicators via forecast and historical databases covering Canada, the Provinces, Metropolitan CMAs, Industry Sectors and the U.S. Also Consumer and Business Confidence datasets - Investment Arbitration Reporter
News and analysis service focusing on the international law that applies to foreign investment, particularly the international treaties and arbitration claims that arise in this context - RILM Abstracts with Full Text (RAFT)
Expands and enhances the unrivaled global bibliography of writings on music with the addition of a million pages of full-text content from more than 200 key periodicals.