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Besides the print collection, the IRC subscribes to a list of online databases that provide citations, abstracts and fulltext articles related to a variety of themes. Please note that only IRC librarians have access to these databases and are allowed to do the searches.
Some  of the databases available are:

 Books in Print
   A Web-based bibliographic resource of over 11 million book, audio book, and video titles.

 The Chronicle of Higher Education
   Published every weekday and is the top destination for news, advice, and jobs for people in
   academe
.

 Congressional Quaterly
   CQ has the largest news team covering Capitol Hill. Its publications include the CQ Weekly
   newsmagazine; CQ Today, the legislative news-daily; and other newsletters.

 EBSCOHost
   Approximately 200 full text and secondary databases are made available.

 Encyclopedia Britania
   Leading provider of learning and knowledge products.

 Facts on File
   U.S. and World news.

 Factiva
   Provider of news and business information.

 Federal News Service
   Provides transcripts of government briefings, speeches, press conferences and other
   newsmaker events to the many domestic and international news bureaus in Washington, D. C.

 First Search
   Offers seamless electronic access to dozens of databases and more than 10 million full-text
   and full-image articles.

 Galenet
   Full-text magazine and newspaper articles, the company creates and maintains more than 600
   databases that are published online, in print, as eBooks and in microform.

 Gallerywatch
   Provider of online Legislative Information and Management Services for searching,
   tracking, managing and analyzing Texas and Federal Legislative, Regulatory and
  Appropriation’s processes.

 Leadership directories
   Provides high-quality contact information for the leaders of major United States government,
   business, professional, and nonprofit organizations.

 Lexis & Nexis
   Access to current and historic federal legislation, bill tracking, bill texts, state legislation, case
   law, law reviews, and thousands of full-text news sources and periodicals.

 Proquest
   Database of over 4,000 indexed titles and over 2,000 full text journals with images.

 STAT - USA
   Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is a single point of access to authoritative
   business, trade, and economic information from across the Federal Government.

 Treaties and International Agreements Online
   Database of over 10.000 U.S. treaties and international agreements from 1783 to the present.

 Ulrichs Periodical Directory
   Powerful tool for library professionals who need to identify, analyze, evaluate and create
   reports about the library's print and electronic serials holdings.

 Uncover
   Access to 20.000.000 articles, chapters, reports and more.

 United Nations Treaty Collection
   Access to global institutions of higher education and learning, and to the people who work
   within them.

 World Trade
   Coverage of the latest trade news and development.



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