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Political Science Complete UNIC

Political Science Complete provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,900 titles and full text for more than 500 publications, including top-ranked scholarly journals, recent reference works, and professional conference papers. Its coverage consists of a wide range of topics such as law and legislation, comparative politics, political theory, international relations, humanitarian issues and non-governmental organizations. Political Science Complete's focus is worldwide, reflecting the globalization of contemporary political discourse.
 
 
ProQuest Central UNIC

ProQuest Central is the largest aggregated full-text database in the market today totaling more than 12,665 titles-with over 9,745 titles in full text. While ProQuest Central provides access to millions of much-coveted full text articles from thousands of scholarly journals, it also provides access to information not available in other aggregated resources such as: newspapers, full text dissertations in the areas of business, psychology, physical sciences, health education and more and concise business information from nearly 9 000 market reports across 43 industries in 40 countries. ProQuest Central is designed to be the single-most used database in the library and beyond. It boasts over 160 subjects including core subject areas such as: Business and Economics, Health and Medical, News and World Affairs, Science, Education, Technology, Humanities, Social Sciences, Psychology, Literature, Women's Studies and more.
 
 
Research Library (ProQuest Central) UNIC  

From business and political science to literature and psychology, ProQuest Research Library provides one-stop access to a wide range of popular academic subjects. The database includes more than 4,070 titles—nearly 2,800 in full text—from 1971 forward. It features a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers. This combination of general reference volume and scope makes it one of the broadest, most inclusive general reference databases ProQuest has to offer. It consists of two components: a core list of periodicals; plus 15 supplemental subject-specific modules. Subject modules include: Arts, Business, Children, Education, General interest, Health, Humanities, International, Law, Military, Multicultural, Psychology, Sciences, Social science, Women’s interest. ProQuest Research Library is designed to cover the top 150 core academic subject reference areas—and cover them extensively—so not only is it an invaluable database for a number of  different academic disciplines, it’s also accessible to readers and researchers at every level.

 
ProQuest Military Collection (ProQuest Central) UNIC  

ProQuest Military Collection covers topics across all government and military branches, including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering, and more. It includes over 545 titles, with more than 400 available in full-text.

 
Academic Search Complete UNIC

This is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 6,100 full text periodicals, including more than 5,100 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full-text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 10,100 journals and a total of more than 10,600 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers unmatched full-text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including, but not limited to: animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology and many other fields.
 
 
Leginet UNIC

A legal Information Database which provides “Laws” and “Cases” of the Cyprus Legal Portal on the internet. It provides an Index to the Laws of Cyprus, Text of the Laws of Cyprus with its amendments, and Cases (1883-to date) with all the officially released but not yet published judgments of the Supreme Court.
 
 
WestLaw UK  UNIC

This database is one of the most comprehensive, authoritative online legal information services. With unrivalled case law which dates back to 1865 and includes Lloyds, ICLR’s Law Reports and many of Sweet & Maxwell’s specialized series, it provides the most comprehensive collection of European case law available, including the European Court of Justice, The Court First Instance and OJC Series. It also provides Legislation stretching back to 1267 and Journal archives with full text of 27 of Sweet & Maxwell’s most renowned journals along with the most respected commentary and an exclusive collection of news and business information – all fully cross-referenced.
 
 
Academic OneFile (AONE) UNIC  

Academic OneFile (AONE) is a database that contains close to 13,000 academic journals and close to 2,500
peer-reviewed, full text titles covering topics from Science, Technology and Medicine to the humanities. AONE includes articles, audio content, and video content in one easy-to-use resource. Academic OneFile licenses content from the world’s premier journal publishing houses, focusing on Science, Technology and Medicine publishers and publishers in the social sciences and humanities. Current prestigious publishing partners include BioMed and Sage. Journal content is also complemented by premier monographs and major newspapers, including the full text of the New York Times from 1995, and the news from London Times from 1985. Academic OneFile is growing at a rapid
rate: on average, 50-100 new titles are added per week! For the titles that are not full text, abstracts are provided so that linking to an institution’s e-journal collection is seamless.
 
 
FIRST: Facts on International Relations and Security Trends

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), whose printed works have long been highly regarded, moves into Cyperspace with the FIRSTsite, which is a joint project of SIPRI and the International Relations and Security Network. Users can access 39 databases prepared by 18 separate centers, programs, agencies, etc., from governmental and nongovernmental organizations in eight countries in North America and Europe. Several divisions of the UN contribute to the site as well. The databases include all sorts of information on all aspects of conflict, e.g. summaries of conflicts, maps, military expenditures, military equipment, military strength, arms traffic and nuclear capability. These military-focused databases are put into context with general country information-population, size, density and rate of increase; gross domestic/national product and budget figures; political structure and more. Users can search on any of 196 individual countries or compare up to 6 countries. The database includes all the world’s independent countries plus Palestine and the two New Zealand associate states. Content is clear, concise, well written, and easy to navigate.
 
 
Columbia Gazetteer of N. America

With 50,000 entries, this most comprehensive encyclopedia of geographical places and features will prove invaluable to anyone for whom places hold fascination and who require accurate data about them. It covers every incorporated place and county in the United States, along with several thousand unincorporated places, special-purpose sites, and physical features, as well as Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
 
 
DOAJ : Directory of Open Access Journals

DOAJ the most comprehensive directory of open access journals, is produced by the University of Lund Libraries. It currently offers access to 2,125 titles and nearly 91,000 articles. More than a quarter of the journals included are searchable at the article level. Subject coverage of the journals includes all areas – multidisciplinary, arts, humanities, social sciences, physical and life sciences, engineering and technology. DOAJ aims to be a one-stop experience for those seeking information through open sources. Aiming at comprehensible coverage, it is a model for expanding the “visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact”. The definitions and selection criteria that support open access for the purposes of DOAJ include journals that practice peer review. DOAJ is important for scholars as an indexing tool and as a directory of the expanding number of journals being released as open access.
 
 
Statistical Abstract of the United States

Coverage is from 1878 – present
Contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States and selected international data.
 
 
CyLaw

CyLaw is a legal information project that was set up in February 2002 to provide free access through the internet to the Cyprus legal materials that are at any time publicly available in electronic format. The CyLaw database contains all judgments issued by the Supreme Court of Cyprus since 1997 as well as most civil appeals and first instance judgments issued by the Supreme Court in 1996. In total, the CyLaw database currently contains about 8.600 judgments. CyLaw also includes the Civil Procedure rules. It includes consolidated versions of the rules from the original text to the latest amendments and users can if they wish review all previous versions of each rule. Information on this database is available in both Greek and English.
 
 


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