Research Guides
For more databases and resources, try these research guides:
- Companies
- Congressional Publications
- Country Data
- Energy
- Industries
- Market Research
- Political Science
- Technical reports
- Finding Data
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News
- Global NewsstreamOver 2500 US and international news sources. Coverage: 1980-current (depending on title)
- Factiva30,000 newspapers and other news sources from 200 countries, in 28 languages. Coverage: 1980-current (depending on title)
- Nexis UniAccess to the full-text of many news, business, and legal resources. Coverage: 1980-current (depending on title)
For more, see News research guide
- EnergywireNewsletter geared for tracking environmental and energy action in Congress; covers hearings, markups, bill introductions, floor actions, positions of key legislators, stakeholders and more; 2013+
- Environment and Energy DailyAmerican news organization covering energy, environmental policy, climate change, markets and science.
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Also try:
- Web of Science - Top-tier peer reviewed journals in engineering, social science and management topics
- EBSCO Social Science Databases - Searches Business Source Complete, Econlit, Academic Search Complete, Political Science Complete, Environment Index, Agricola, Anthropology Plus, Gender Studies Abstracts, Urban Studies Abstracts, LGBTQ+ Source and Education Source
- ABI/Inform - Find articles from major business publications and trade publications
- Compendex - Covers engineering research journals. Also includes Inspec, for electronics, computing, robotics research
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Agricultural and Environmental Science Collection - Scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications.
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Environment Index - Indexes papers in energy and environmental policy, 1973 to present.
Selected Research Resources
Companies
- Orbis - Information on public and private companies worldwide. Research individual companies, or screen for companies meeting certain financial, geographic or operating criteria.
- D&B Hoovers - Directory of 20+ million U.S. and international companies. Includes latest news and analysts reports.
Countries
- EIU Country Intelligence - 200+ countries
- EMIS - 70+ market countries, vast information from news to economic statistics and market outlooks
US Government Information
- Proquest Congressional - Comprehensive collection of congressional documents from 1789 to the present
- Heinonline - Government and historical documents including treaties, constitutions, law journals, world trials, classic treatises, congressional documents, international trade, foreign relations, U.S. Presidents, and much more
- Congressional Publications Library Guide
Industries
- Fitch Connect - Industry sector, economic, political and company research on various countries. Includes political and economic risk analysis, and regulatory reports
- IBISWorld Industry Reports - US, China, some global
Market research
Theses
- Dissertations and Theses - full text 1997 - present; abstracts from 1861 - present
- MIT Theses - Digitized collection of recent MIT theses
Researching Policy
- Congressional Research ReportsThe Congressional Research Service (CRS), a federal legislative branch agency located within the Library of Congress, serves as shared staff exclusively to congressional committees and Members of Congress. CRS approaches complex topics from a variety of perspectives and examines all sides of an issue. Staff members analyze current policies and present the impact of proposed policy alternatives.
- CQ ResearcherOriginal, authoritative reports on newsworthy social and political issues covering topics in public policy, law, civil liberties, international affairs, economics, health, education, the environment, technology, and more
Congressional Information
- ProQuest CongressionalIndexing, abstracts, and full text of Congressional documents, 1700s to present.
- HeinOnlineCollection of US Congressional documents, 1700s to present.
- CQ AlmanacAnnual surveys of congressional activities, 1945 (79th Congress) to 2020 (116th). This resource has been discontinued by the publisher.
- CQ Magazine (formerly CQ Weekly)Weekly magazine covering Congress, 1983 (98th Congress), to present.
- Congress and the NationChronicles congressional trends, actions, and political and policy controversies, from 1945.
- National JournalDaily magazine covering US government and politics. For a personal login to access all features, email our sales rep Jamie Lance: jlance@nationaljournal.com.
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