(Gale E-Reference Book) American Decades is a cross-disciplinary source for junior and high school students and teachers, public librarians and general researchers who need a single, consistent reference to document and analyze periods of contemporary American social history.
Remember, all library databases require an HCU userID and password. It is the same ID and password you use to log onto an HCU computer. To reset your password, use the MyHCU Portal page and follow the instructions. If you continue to have problems, please call the Information Technology Department at 281-649-3410.
JSTOR is a full-text archival collection of **backfiles** of scholarly journals. JSTOR covers a multitude of subject disciplines. Many of the journals we carry currently in our databases. You can search for specific journal titles on the library's home page. Click the "i" icon for a list of disciplines. JSTOR is a full-text archival collection of backfiles of scholarly journals. Subjects covered include African American Studies, African Studies, American Indian Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture & Architectural History, Art & Art History, Asian Studies, Biological Sciences, Business, Classical Studies, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Economics, Education, Feminist & Women's Studies, Film Studies, Finance, Folklore, General Science, Geography, Health Policy, History, History of Science & Technology, Jewish Studies, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Law, Linguistics, Mathematics, Middle East Studies, Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Psychology, Public Policy & Administration, Religion, Slavic Studies, Sociology, Statistics. HBU has access to more than 500 titles in seven collections.
The entire corpus is full-text searchable, offers search term highlighting, includes high-quality images, and is interlinked by millions of citations and references.
Currency of journals will greatly vary by publisher. Some journals date to the 1800s and are nearly full runs except for the most recent issues. If you need a more recent issue, use the citation in an Interlibrary Journal Request Form. request.
(Gale E-Reference Book) An illustrated encyclopedia of congressional acts from the earliest days of the American republic up through recent years. Helps with comprehensive information on legal statutes.
Military FullTEXT provides full text from over 320 military and general interest publications. Designed to bring current news to all branches of the military. This database also offers indexing and abstracts for over 360 magazines. Some titles included are Military Review, Parameters, Army Times, and Defense. This database is updated weekly.
Covering the entire spectrum of the literature of the Holocaust era, from the beginnings of Nazism through the concentration camp experience, survivor syndrome and second generation response, this detailed survey includes entries on more than 200 authors and 300 works.
(Gale E-Reference Book) This volume of primary source documents from the Social Issues Primary Source Collection focuses on the issue of terrorism in the last three centuries. International in scope, this volume contains approximately 200 documents, such as speeches, magazine and newspaper articles, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, essays, and much more.
The American Presidency Project is the only online resource that has consolidated, coded, and organized into a single searchable database: The Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Washington - Taft (1789-1913), The Public Papers of the Presidents: Hoover to Bush (1929-1993), The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents: Clinton - G.W. Bush (1993-2007), The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents: Clinton - G.W. Bush (1993-2007).
Our archives also contain thousands of other documents such as party platforms, candidates' remarks, Statements of Administration Policy, documents released by the Office of the Press Secretary, and election debates.
The University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs, following Jefferson’s vision of the University’s public service mission, is a leading public policy institution that serves as a national meeting place where engaged
citizens, scholars, students, media representatives and government officials gather in a spirit of nonpartisan consensus to research, reflect and report on issues of national importance to the governance of the United States.
What exactly goes on in the U.S. Congress on a daily basis? This website helps. This site was created by C-SPAN in conjunction with Congressional Quarterly, and it provides detailed information about ongoing Congressional hearings and sessions, along with some fun trivia. Visitors can listen to gavel-to-gavel coverage of Senate Committee hearings, and there are a total view the current hearing schedule and access the full text of each item that is up for debate and discussion.
Best known for publishing the Foreign Affairs journal, the Council is also active in promoting public debate on critical policy issues of global impact. Issues are covered by region, and topic. Articles are written by Council members, whose ranks include members of Congress, government officials, and journalists. Articles come from a wide range of areas: news and journal articles, UN documents, US documents and government briefings.
Other interesting features include the Encyclopedia of Terrorism, which includes Q&A on more than 20 terrorist groups, a current World Events Calendar, a list of Council experts and their area of expertise.
EUROPA is the portal site of the European Union. It provides up-to-date coverage of European Union affairs and essential information on European integration. Users can also consult all legislation currently in force or under discussion, access the websites of each of the EU institutions and find out about the policies administered by the European Union under the powers devolved to it by the Treaties.
Is your favorite politician spinning, stretching or outright lying? FactCheck.org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit advocacy group that aims to get at the truth.
The First Amendment Center features comprehensive research coverage of key First Amendment issues and topics, daily First Amendment news, a unique First Amendment Library and guest analyses by respected legal specialists. The First Amendment Center, at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., and in Arlington, Va. operates this Web site.
"The first-ever government website to provide the public with easy, one-stop access to all online U.S. Federal Government resources." Browse a wealth of information, research specific topics, or conduct important business online — such as applying for student loans, tracking Social Security benefits, comparing Medicare options and even administering government grants and contracts.
GOVERNING connects America's leaders by providing intelligence and analysis on management, policy and politics to help guide and inspire innovative leaders across state and local government. Our audience — in print, online and in person — includes governors, mayors, legislators, local council members, program directors, agency heads, CIOs, policy advisers and other senior governmental officials.
GOVERNING is published by Congressional Quarterly Inc., a subsidiary of the Times Publishing Co. of St. Petersburg, Florida, which also publishes the St. Petersburg Times newspaper and Florida Trend, a state business magazine.
The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, has fought since 1920 to improve our systems of and impact public policies through citizen education and advocacy. The League's enduring vitality and resonance comes from its unique decentralized structure. The League is a grassroots organization, working at the national, state and local levels.
Part of the Law Library of the Library of Congress's Global Legal Information network. This site provides links to informaiton on countries' constitutions as well as their legislative, executive, andjudicial bodies. Also includes links to World Factbook, Country Studies, and Human Rights reports. You may also want to compare the information with the CountryWatch database.
The Presidential Timeline was designed and developed by the in The University of Texas at Austin College of Education, in conjunction with the Presidential Libraries and Terra Incognita Productions. It includes original documents, photographs, audio and video as well as discussion boards, primary source web links and multimedia.
Candidate information, voting records, positions on issues, interest group ratings, speeches and public statements, endorsement, campaign finance. Project Vote Smart is non-partisan, volunteer run organization that seeks to provide factual information about candidates.
Recorded data on every roll call vote. Only a small percentage of votes are roll call votes, but information on this votes is located on this site. (From Thomas.gov)
Are those rumors constantly barraging your email true or false? All sorts of urban myths and rumors (including politics and political leaders) are evaluated on this site.
