Information Resource Center
IRC Online Databases
EBSCOHOST
Provides full text for nearly 3,200 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. Includes:
LEXIS-NEXIS
A full text database of current and historic federal legislation, bill tracking, bill texts, state legislation, case law, law reviews, etc., plus a full text database of more than 6,000 news sources and periodicals.
FACTIVA
Factiva, a joint venture between Dow Jones & Reuters Company, provides world class global content, including Dow Jones and Reuters Newswires and The Wall Street Journal - unduplicated in a single service elsewhere. Factiva offers the only single content solution with multiple language interfaces and multilingual content covering nearly 8,000 sources.
THE FOUNDATION DIRECTORY ONLINE
The Foundation Directory Online combines two databases - the nation's largest 75,000 foundations, plus a searchable database of grants awarded by the top 1,000 foundations.
GALENET
This database combines biographies from respected Gale Group sources: Biography Resource Center which includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals.
LEADERSHIP DIRECTORIES (THE YELLOW BOOKS)
Leadership Directories - the Leadership Library on the Internet - is a comprehensive database of who's who in the leadership of the United States.
BOOKS IN PRINT
Books in Print provides bibliographic, ordering and publisher information for books currently in print and books soon to be published. Book reviews are also available for many titles.
Newspaper Direct (foreign newspapers)
500 newspapers from 70 countries delivered in its original format.
CIAO - COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ONLINE
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is designed to be the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.
CQ PUBLIC AFFAIRS COLLECTION
Organized by 22 key public affairs subject headings—like Advocacy and Public Service, Education, Energy, the Environment, Health, and Transportation—the CQ Public Affairs Collection features in-depth reporting on vital issues, statistical and historical analyses, historic documents and primary source materials, as well as a directory of key government, nonprofit, and private organizations in each of the major policy areas.
EBSCOHOST
Provides full text for nearly 3,200 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. Includes:
International Security & Counter Terrorism Reference Center
This database offers information on virtually every dimension of security & counter-terrorism and is designed to inform the analysis process, as well as enhance the general understanding of security and terrorism-related issues. Content includes hundreds of full text journals and periodicals, hundreds of thousands of selected articles, news feeds, reports, summaries, books, blogs, FAQs, and proprietary Background Information Summaries that pertain to terrorism and security.
FEDERAL NEWS SERVICE
"FNS produces transcripts of Presidential statements; briefings at the White House, State, Defense and Justice departments; speeches and press conferences of major political leaders and spokespersons; and Congressional hearings".




