Congress and the Nation

This database allows you to search or browse by topic the eleven volumes of Congress and the Nation. Congressional decisions, trends and documents dating back to 1945 are included and explained.

CQ Researcher

CQ Researcher provides in depth coverage of current events and issues. Original reports are searchable or browsable by topic or date. Other features include an issue tracker; this provides links to a series of reports on a single topic, including reports from the CQR Archive that date back to the early 1900s. The pro/con feature provides opinions from two experts on a given issue and displays them side-by-side for easy comparison.

Encyclopedia of the New American Nation

A three-volume survey of the formative years of the United States, starting just prior to the American Revolution and ending with the inauguration of Andrew Jackson in 1829. Presents 671 alphabetically arranged entries focusing on the major political markers and milestones, as well as the art, music, literature and daily life, of this period. For secondary and college students, researchers, and general readers.

Historic Documents

This online version of the Historic Documents series is searchable and browsable by topic or title. It includes the important documents of each year since 1972 including presidential speeches, Supreme Court decisions, scientific findings and international agreements. Each document in this collection is prefaced with an added overview of the historical and intellectual context for the document; the document itself appears unchanged.

Historical New York Times

The Historical New York Times provides digital reproduction of every page of NYT from 1851-2006, including graphics and photographs.

JSTOR

JSTOR is a multidisciplinary database that aims to make the archives of scholarly work from all disciplines accessible. It is a good place to start your research; your search results will most likely contain materials from sources you wouldn't have thought to search on your own. Using the advanced search option to limit your results is especially important in JSTOR as it is a multilingual database. You can also limit your search by subject or journal title.

Military & Government Collection

Military and Government Collection offers current news about all branches of the military and the US government, including intelligence agencies. Citations and abstracts are available for the leading academic journals and other periodicals in the field with links to the full text of many articles. This database can be searched in conjunction with Academic Search Premier and other databases by clicking "Choose Databases."

ProQuest Military Collection

This collection covers topics relating to all government and military branches including criminology, aeronautics, defense, civil engineering and more. ProQuest Military Collection is primarily a full-text database. It includes back files for certain key titles, such as Leatherneck and Foreign Affairs, that date back to the 1920s making this a wonderful database for military history research as well. ProQuest Military Collection can be searched with any other ProQuest database.

Academic Search Premier

This multidisciplinary database is a good place to start your research. For extra search capabilities, click "Choose Databases" and select more subject specific databases to simultaneously search.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center provides full-text coverage of current social issues. The main goal is to provide a balance of opinions on these issues through original pro and con articles, articles from academic journals, popular magazines, newspapers, podcasts, statistics and more. Browse popular topics or search by keyword. When searching use the advances search to limit your results to peer-reviewed publications or to the intermediate or advanced content level. Opposing Viewpoints is also a series that we carry in print; add "opposing viewpoints" in the series box in your Cavalog searches to find relevant materials in print.

ProQuest Research Library

ProQuest Research Library provides citations and/or full-text access to 3,000+ scholarly journals and magazines in a wide range of subject areas. In addition to general interest publications, the database covers the Arts, Business, Children, Education, Health, Humanities, Law, Military, International and Multicultural interests, Psychology, Sciences, Social Sciences, and Women's Interests.

WorldCat

Use WorldCat to find books about a research topic that are not available at Holy Spirit Library. Search by title or author if you are looking for something specific, or search by keyword or subject to find something new. Click "Borrow this item from another library" to request a book from another library.

American Social History Online

American Social History Online, a project of the Digital Library Federation, brings together digital library collections from across academia that pertain to 19th and 20th century US social history.

The Cabinet Papers, 1915-1977

This site, from the United Kingdom National Archives, gives searchable and browsable (by theme) access to historical cabinet papers.

Digital History

This site aims to provide access to teaching materials and information sources about the quickly emerging academic field of Digital History. Lectures, essays, interviews, bibliographies and more are provided.

ElectionGuide

This website, provided by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, provides up-to-date and verified information about national elections around the world. Information including that about political parties and candidates, electoral structures, and election results is provided.

IDEA: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance supports sustainable democracy worldwide. Their website provides information about electoral processes, political parties, constitution building and more.

International Security Resources.com

Richard Horowitz, Esq., whose writing has appeared in the Encyclopedia of Terrorism, maintains this page of links to information and government documents and statements regarding national security.

National Archives and Records Administration

The official website for the National Archives, this website categorizes their materials by what audience they will be useful for: family historians, veterans, educators and students, researchers, and more. Information about the Archives in general and Presidential Libraries is also provided.