This database provides access to the electronic editions of local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of many international sources. Access World News focuses on local and regional news from Africa, Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union, Pacific Rim, Central and South America and the Middle East. It covers a variety of local and international developments related to industry, politics, economics, science & technology, sports, culture and business.

This database provides access to a large collection of English and foreign-language literature printed in the United Kingdom during the 18th century, along with thousands of works from the Americas. The collection is focused on The American Revolution, The French Revolution and The Industrial Revolution. Works by both well-known and lesser-known authors of the period are included as well as contemporary works that analyze and debate those titles. Materials contained in the database include books, directories, bibles, sheet music, sermons, and pamphlets. This listing also includes access to the Burney Collection, which contains a number of newspapers from the 17th and 18th centuries.

The Global Economic Monitor (GEM) is produced by the World Bank's Prospects Group of the Development Economics Vice-Presidency (DECPG). GEM provides daily updates of global economic developments, with coverage of high-income as well as developing countries. Daily data is provided for exchange rates, equity markets, interest rates, stripped bond spreads, commodity prices and emerging market bond indices. Monthly data coverage is provided for consumer prices, high-tech market indicators, industrial production and merchandise trade, etc. Quarterly data is available for GDP, current account balances, and budget balances. All data sets are updated each weekday to capture the latest available observations.

From global warming, to food safety, to access to health care, to the impact of economic development on international relations, today's important environmental issues are shaping the future and reach far beyond the United States. Additionally, as green collar jobs are poised for growth, municipalities strive to be environmentally friendly, and corporations develop green working environments, this resource becomes invaluable. GREENR focuses on the study of sustainability and the environment. Both interactive and current, GREENR allows users to navigate issue, organization and country portals. A one-stop site, this resource provides news, background information, video, unique commentaries, primary source documents and statistics in highly accessible, visually appealing research areas, covering relevant categories including energy systems, healthcare, food, climate change, population, economic development.

Note: Access to this database has been purchased using one-time funding and will be temporary and may be canceled June 8, 2021. JapanKnowledge provides access to various Japanese reference sources including JapanKnowledge Lib + Kokushi Daijiten + Nihon Rekishi Chimei

This database is a bibliographic index of public policy, social policy, and social sciences literature. Materials indexed by the database include journal articles, books, government documents, statistical compilations, committee reports, directories, serials, reports of public, intergovernmental, and private organizations, and other forms of printed literature from around the world. Access also is available to the PAIS archive, which covers 1915-1976.

The United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade) contains detailed imports and exports statistics reported by statistical authorities of nearly 200 countries and areas. The database covers annual trade data from 1962 to the present, and is updated regularly - as new trade datasets are received from national authorities, they are standardized by the UN Statistics Division and then added to UN Comtrade. The collection currently contains over 1 billion records.

This database provides access to a collection of treaties and international agreements registered, filed, and/or published by the UN Secretariat since 1946. The collection includes the texts of treaties in their authentic language(s), along with translations into English and French, as appropriate. The collection currently contains over 158,000 treaties and related subsequent actions and is added to regularly.