IBISWorld is a comprehensive collection of Industry Market Research. The in-depth research reports include key statistics, industry conditions, market characteristics, industry performance, external market drivers, key success factors, and 5-year revenue forecasts for each US industry. Detailed written analysis provides explanations and insights. Continue reading
April 2013 Database of the Month
The Birds of North America (BNA) Online provides comprehensive life histories for each of the 716+ species of birds breeding in the USA (including Hawaii) and Canada. In two centuries of American ornithology, The Birds of North America (BNA) is only the fourth comprehensive reference covering the life histories of North America’s breeding birds. Following in the footsteps of Wilson, Audubon, and Bent, BNA provides a quantum leap in information beyond what those historic figures were able to assemble. BNA Online contains image and video galleries showing plumages, behaviors, habitat, nests and eggs, and more.
March 2013 Database of the Month
Inter-University Consortium For Political And Social Science (ICPSR) acquires, preserves, enhances, and distributes original social science research data for research and instruction.
ICPSR data span many disciplines including sociology, political science, criminology, history, education, demography, gerontology, international relations, public health, economics, and psychology.
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February 2013 Database of the Month
African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 provides online access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. This unique collection features papers from more than 35 states—including many rare and historically significant 19th century titles.
African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 offers researchers valuable primary sources for such diverse disciplines as cultural, literary and social history; ethnic studies and more. Users can compare and contrast African American views on practically every major theme of the American past. Continue reading
January 2013 Database of the Month
The new WestlawNext platform is not fully accessible off campus at this time. Use the previous platform to access off campus.
Campus Research, the legal research tool for students who need to research law-related issues, is now on the new platform, WestlawNext. This platform allows users to search the world’s leading collection of legal content in just one simple language query. You no longer have to choose a database before you start to search, and you can apply intelligent tools to help you work smarter and faster with the total confidence that you have the information you need.
Content includes expert’s analysis from hundreds of law reviews and journals, encyclopedias, treatises and full-text legislation, regulations, and court decisions.
Arab-Israeli Relations, 1917-1970 includes a wide range of original source materials — letters, minutes, reports, and maps — from the 1917 Balfour Declaration through to the Black September war of 1970-1. These documents, housed in the National Archive, London, are from the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, War Office and Cabinet Papers. Major policy statements and minor documents reveal the workings of colonial administration and, following the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, British diplomacy towards Israel and the Arab states. Continue reading
11/5/2012 Update: We have had no further reports of database outages, all databases are now in service.
A few of our databases with operational centers in the storm-impacted regions may not have service. We will update this list as more information becomes available. If you are experiencing access problems to any of our electronic resources, please contact Jane Strudwick, jstrudw1@fau.edu.
ProQuest Congressional ( formerly LexisNexis Congressional) has an all new look!
ProQuest Congressional is a comprehensive collection of historic and current congressional information. Use this database to discover the original documentation that built America’s laws – from reading expert congressional testimony, to tracing a law’s history. Find selected full text of Congressional publications, regulations, laws, legislative histories, background information on members of Congress, and a bill tracking service. Also included is the Congressional Hearings Digital Collection (CHDC), a collection of published and unpublished hearings held by Congress.
Make sure to update your bookmarks with the new URL: http://ezproxy.fau.edu/login?url=http://congressional.proquest.com/congressional/search/advanced/advanced?accountid=10902
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On July 18th, a suicide bomber kills Syrian Defense Minister Daoud Rajha and President Bashar al-Assad’s brother-in-law Assef Shawkat.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context is the premier online resource covering today’s hottest social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration. Opposing Viewpoints in Context helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more. Continue reading
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