Academic Liaison
Jennifer Horne
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Contact:
I am here to help you with your research! Please email me your questions or make an appointment for either an in-person or Zoom consultation.
859-218-1409
Databases
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowMulti-disciplinary full-text database with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Indexes and abstracts more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, and conference proceedings.
- Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text for thousands of business journals and other sources, peer-reviewed business publications, trade journals/general business magazines, books (most indexed by chapter), industry reports and market research reports.
- Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new windowWeb of Science Core Collection indexes primary journals and article citations in several databases spanning a wide range of disciplines.
- PAIS Index This link opens in a new windowIndexed coverage of issues in the public debate through highly selective coverage of a wide variety of sources, including journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material and more. The database includes a historical perspective on many of the 20th century's social and public policies such as Prohibition, the civil rights movement, McCarthyism, Vietnam and Watergate.
- Statista This link opens in a new windowStatista integrates statistical data on over 80,000 topics from over 22,000 sources onto a single platform, providing researchers direct access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets. It also provides data on market forecasts, white paper studies, dossiers, industry reports, digital market outlooks and consumer market outlooks. Find country and regional outlooks by selecting "Outlooks" on the top menu bar.
- HeinOnline This link opens in a new windowHeinOnline contains millions of pages of legal and government documents. Collections that may be of interest include international treaties and agreements, international law, the United Nations law collection, and a newly added military and government collection.
- ProQuest Political Science Database This link opens in a new windowSearchable full-text of political science and international relations journals. This collection provides full-text coverage of many core titles included in Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.
- Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new windowFull-text of of over 58,000 declassified primary documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945.
- Foreign Relations of the United States Series (FRUS) This link opens in a new windowThis digital facsimile of Foreign Relations of the United States is a project of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago Libraries. This is a nearly complete run from 1861-1960 with missing volumes being added as they can be acquired and processed.
Current Events
- CQ Researcher This link opens in a new windowDatabase that covers the most important and controversial issues of the day. Contains the full text of CQ Researcher, a weekly publication. Each issue provides a comprehensive overview and background essay, data tables and graphs, chronology, pro-con starter, and list of major research and advocacy groups.
- Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new windowPresents informed, differing views on each side of an issue and to help students develop critical thinking skills and draw their own conclusions. Exclusive Viewpoint pages bring balance and perspective to every controversy using targeted arguments from recognized subject-matter experts and top journalistic sources.
Searching Think Tanks
- Harvard Kennedy School Think Tank Search: A custom Google Search engine that searches more than 600 think tanks for policy reports.
- Find Policy: Find policy reports from 17 leading think tanks in the areas of climate, economy, development, foreign policy, health care, and public policy. Use the tabs (at the top of the page) to search in any one of the subject areas.
- Google NGO Search: Use this Google Custom Search Engine to search for current online documents, publications, and websites from nongovernmental organizations.
- 2020 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report: Includes lists of top global think tanks by area of research. Note: area of research rankings start on page 136.
- Writing about think tanks and using their research: A cautionary tip sheet: This is written for journalists, but contains useful tips for evaluating think tanks.
Newspaper Databases
- Access World News This link opens in a new windowFull-text of over 600 U.S. newspapers. Access World News also covers over 1,300 foreign English-language news resources. Spanish-language editions of the newspapers are also included.
- New York Times Digital Edition (New Users) This link opens in a new windowYou must register for an account through this link. Once you register, you have access to the New York Times website through the University of Kentucky.
- New York Times This link opens in a new windowRead recent stories from the New York Times. Includes full text and, since May 2020, some selected images. Coverage: 1980-current
- Wall Street Journal (Digital Edition) This link opens in a new windowThanks to the Institute for the Study of free Enterprise and the Student Government Association, all University of Kentucky students, faculty, and staff have free access to the Wall Street Journal's website (www.wsj.com) and the app. To activate your complimentary subscription, visit wsj.com/UKentucky. Once you create a user name and password, you will be able to sign on to the paper's website and apps.
- Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition) This link opens in a new windowFull-text (with abstracts) from ProQuest. Coverage: Jan. 2, 1984 - present
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowNexis Uni provides full-text access to over 15,000 news, business, and legal sources. The outstanding news coverage includes deep archives and up-to-the-minute stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language news services.