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ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) (1971+) This link opens in a new window
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Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window Full text of research journals and eBooks from numerous publishers. For most of the journal content, we can access all but the 3 to 5 most recent years of the journal.
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Political Science Database (ProQuest) (1985+) This link opens in a new window
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SAGE Journals This link opens in a new window
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Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest) (1871+) This link opens in a new window provides access to databases covering the international literature in the social sciences, including politics, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology and education
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Taylor & Francis Journals (T&F) This link opens in a new window a one-stop site hosting international journals published by Taylor & Francis and Routledge
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Emergency & Crisis Management
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Earthquake Engineering Abstracts (ProQuest) (1971+) This link opens in a new windowprovides comprehensive, authoritative coverage of earthquake engineering and earthquake hazard mitigation.
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Municipal Code Corporation This link opens in a new windowprovides searchable regulations of over 2,000 local governments (including 50+ Florida counties and 250+ Florida cities) - most in AL, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, LA, MI, MN, MO, NC, SC, TX, VA & WI
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Pollution Abstracts (ProQuest) (1981+) This link opens in a new windowTopics of growing concern are extensively covered from the standpoints of atmosphere, emissions, mathematical models, effects on people and animals, and environmental action in response to global pollution issues.
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Science Direct (1997+) This link opens in a new windowFull text scientific, technical and medical research journals, eBooks, Reference works, handbooks and book series published by Elsevier.
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Taylor & Francis Journals (T&F) This link opens in a new windowa one-stop site hosting international journals published by Taylor & Francis and Routledge
Nonprofit Management
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Florida Check-A-Charity This link opens in a new windowprovides financial information about charitable organizations registered with the Division of Consumer Services, Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services.
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GuideStar This link opens in a new windowThe GuideStar database provides information about non-profit organizations. Every nonprofit registered with the IRS as tax exempt is included. It also contains information on former nonprofits as well as many nonprofits not registered with the IRS but recognized by the IRS as exempt, such as faith-based organizations. GuideStar obtains the data from the nonprofits themselves, the federal government, and partners in the nonprofit sector.
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Human Resources Abstracts (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowHuman Resources Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to human resources, including human resource management, employee assistance, organizational behavior, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 112,000 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline.
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Springer Nature Link This link opens in a new windowProviding researchers with access to millions of scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols and reference works.
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Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowBusiness Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
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Cambridge Core This link opens in a new windowCambridge Core provides access to journals and eBooks on a broad range of subjects. The Cambridge University Press currently publishes over 250 peer-reviewed academic journals for the global market.
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EconLit (EBSCOhost) (1969+) This link opens in a new windowEconLit, the American Economic Association's electronic database, is the world's foremost source of references to economic literature. The database contains more than 1.1 million records from 1886-present. EconLit covers virtually every area related to economics.
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Human Resources Abstracts (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowHuman Resources Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to human resources, including human resource management, employee assistance, organizational behavior, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 112,000 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline.
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Oxford Journals Online (OUP) (1827+) This link opens in a new windowSelective full text (1996+) of Oxford University Press journals covering a variety of disciplines:
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Policy File Index This link opens in a new window"access to U.S. foreign and domestic policy papers and gray literature, PolicyFile is updated weekly with abstracts and links to the latest reports, papers, and documents from think tanks, research institutes, and agencies."
Research Administration
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Education Source (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window“This database provides scholarly research and information to meet the needs of education students, professionals, and policy makers. It covers all levels of education — from early childhood to higher education — as well as all educational specialties such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.”
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Higher Education Abstracts (Wiley) This link opens in a new window"Higher Education Abstracts, published by The Claremont Graduate University, is a quarterly compilation of abstracts of journal articles pertaining to college students, faculty, administrators, and related topics in higher education."
Urban & Regional Planning
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Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (ProQuest) (1934+) This link opens in a new windowOffers a listing of journal articles published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation. Coverage is from the 1930s to the present, with selective coverage back to the 1860s.
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DRI Plus (Central Florida Geographic Information Systems) This link opens in a new windowsearch for information about Developments of Regional Impact (DRIs) in Brevard, Flagler, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Sumter, and Volusia counties
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Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL) This link opens in a new window"over 350 current and historic GIS layers in the FGDL, from over 35 local, state, federal, and private agencies. FGDL includes data on Land Use/ Land Cover, Hydrography, Soils, Transportation, Boundaries, Environmental Quality, Conservation, Census, and more. FGDL contains primarily vector GIS data layers."
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Municipal Code Corporation This link opens in a new windowprovides searchable regulations of over 2,000 local governments (including 50+ Florida counties and 250+ Florida cities) - most in AL, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, LA, MI, MN, MO, NC, SC, TX, VA & WI
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Urban Studies Abstracts (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowUrban Studies Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 51,600 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline.
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Census & Data Resources
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Bureau of Economic & Business Research (BEBR) (University of Florida) This link opens in a new window
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Statistical Abstracts of the United States (U.S. Census) (1878-2012) This link opens in a new window
Congressional Resources
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U.S. Congressional Serial Set (NewsBank/Readex) (1817-1980) This link opens in a new window
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U.S. Congressional Serial Set (ProQuest) (1789-2003) This link opens in a new window
News & Newspapers
Research Guides for Related Resources
Web - Free Resources
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govinfo This link opens in a new window"govinfo provides free public access to more than a million official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government."
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OPPAGA - Office of Program Policy Analysis & Government Accountability (Florida Legislature) This link opens in a new window
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