Public Administration Databases

• Use these databases to find journal articles on public administration topics. For assistance using any of these databases, please visit the library's service desk.
• These databases are available from home through EZ-Proxy. Users will need their 14-digit Owl card/library card number.
  
• Some databases require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  
• For a complete listing of journals available at this campus, see our Comprehensive Journals List.
  
• Periodicals available at the Boca Raton Wimberly Library can be found in the FAU Library Catalog by searching for Journal/Magazine Title.
  
• If you need an article or book from Boca Raton or any other library, use ILLiad. If you are not already signed up for an ILLiad account, you will need your Owl Card to register.

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ABI/Inform Global

Search worldwide business periodicals for information on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Also, information on 60,000+ companies.

Business and Company Resource Center

Contains company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals. Also search for company and industry news.

CQ Historic Documents

In CQ Historic Documents Series Online Edition, you can find the entire collection of the acclaimed Historic Documents print editions. Each volume includes approximately one hundred documents covering the most significant events of the year. These documents range from presidential speeches, international agreements, and Supreme Court decisions to U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions.

CQ Public Affairs Collection

Provides in-depth reports on vital issues, statistical and historical analyses, historic documents and primary source materials, as well as a directory of key government, non-profit, and private organizations in each of the major policy areas. Organized by 22 key public affairs subject headings, such as Advocacy and Public Service, Education, Energy, the Environment, Health, and Transportation.

CQ Researcher Plus Archive

The CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. There are 44 reports produced each year including four expanded reports.

CQ Voting and Elections

CQ Voting & Elections integrates a wealth of data, authoritative analyses, concise explanations, and historical material to provide a powerful research and reference tool on the American voter, major and minor political parties, campaigns and elections, and historical and modern races for Congress, the presidency, and governorships.

CQ Weekly

Coverage of the U.S. Congress: including status of bills, votes and amendments, and floor and committee activity.

Criminal Justice Periodical Index

Provides cover-to-cover access for 45 criminal justice journals, plus complete abstracts for over 100 additional titles.

Expanded Academic Index

Includes scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspaper articles in the arts, humanities, social sciences, science, and technology disciplines. Some full-text. Searches may be restricted to refereed journals only.

General BusinessFile ASAP

Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available.

History Resource Center

Contains a large collection of primary sources, magazine and newspaper articles, and reference works covering U.S. history.

General OneFile

A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics.

JSTOR

Includes full-text articles from 390 scholarly journals in education, humanities, mathematics, science, and social science disciplines.

LexisNexis Academic

Accesses over a billion full text news, magazine, legal, and business articles and reports, including newspapers, magazines and government documents, state and federal laws and regulations, case law, newsletters, company and industry information.

OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition

OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition is a multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content -- indexing, abstracts, and full text -- from six of Wilson's full-text databases: Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text. Full-text articles from five additional periodical databases are also included when available: Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Art Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, and Library Literature & Information Science Full Text. Indexing begins in 1982, abstracts in 1984, and full-text coverage in 1994. Each database has its own start dates for indexing, abstracting, and full text; start dates for full-text rights to individual journals vary within a database.

Periodicals Archive Online

Periodicals Archive Online is an online periodical archive which makes the full page image of periodical articles, from 1770 to 1995, available in digital form.

Periodicals Index Online

Periodicals Index Online is a major online periodical index from 1770 to 1995.

SimplyMap

SimplyMap is an Internet-based mapping application that enables users to develop interactive thematic maps and reports using thousands of demographic, business, and marketing data variables. Since there is some training required in order to understand a few concepts related to mapping, we highly recommend that you watch our 6 minute training video to get the most out of SimplyMap. The training video can be accessed by clicking on the "Tutorial" link in the top right corner of SimplyMap. [Users will be asked to create a personal workspace the first time they log-in to SimplyMap. This resource is limited to 5 concurrent users.]

Social Sciences Full Text

Subject areas include addiction studies, anthropology, area studies, community health and medical care, corrections, criminal justice, criminology, economics, environmental studies, ethics, family studies, gender studies, geography, gerontology, international relations, law, minority studies, planning and public administration, policy sciences, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, sociology, and urban studies. Abstracting coverage begins with periodicals published in January 1994. Abstracts range from 50 to 300 words and describe the content and scope of the source articles. Full text coverage begins in January 1995.

For a complete list of all available databases, visit our Electronic Collection.