Public Administration
Resources Online at the UH-West O‘ahu Library
For links to all
library resources, go to the UH West O'ahu Library Research Page
To search multiple
databases at once, use UH West O‘ahu QuickSearch
Academic Search
Premier (through EBSCOHOST)
Academic Search Premier is the world’s largest
scholarly, multi-discipline, full text database designed specifically for
academic institutions. With the most valuable and most numerous collection of peer-reviewed full text journals, Academic
Search Premier offers critical information from many sources found in no other
database. This resource contains full text for over 3,600 scholarly
publications. Academic Search Premier includes full-page images as well as
color embedded images. This scholarly collection provides full text journal
coverage for nearly all academic areas of study - including social sciences,
humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and
linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
Alt-HealthWatch (through EBSCOHOST)
This database focuses on the many perspectives of
complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
Alt-HealthWatch offers libraries an immediate
resource of full text articles from more than 140 international peer-reviewed
and professional journals, magazines, reports, proceedings, association &
consumer newsletters plus hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports,
original research and book excerpts.
Business Source
Premier (through EBSCOHOST)
Business Source Premier provides full text for over
8,350 business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting,
international business and much more. This database is updated on a daily
basis.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
This web site gives you access to a database of all
Federal programs available to State and local governments (including the
District of Columbia); federally-recognized Indian tribal governments;
Territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public,
quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions;
specialized groups; and individuals. You can search this database to find
assistance programs meeting your requirements and for which you are eligible.
You can then contact the office that administers the program and find out how
to apply.
Census Bureau Home Page
Census Information on
Hawai'i (http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/info/economic/census)
The Hawaii State Data Center and the Hawaii Federal
State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates participate in joint
federal-state cooperative programs with the U.S. Census Bureau. These two programs are part of the Research
and Economic Analysis Division of DBEDT and assist census data users in Hawaii.
Columbia International
Affairs Online (CIAO)
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is the
most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It
publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working
papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs,
foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books,
journals and policy briefs.
Computer Source
(through EBSCOHOST)
Computer Source provides researchers with the latest
information and current trends in high technology.
CQ Researcher
The CQ Researcher explores a single "hot"
issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social issues to
environment, health, education and science and technology. There are 44 reports
produced each year including four expanded reports. The CQ Researcher web site
offers online access to issues dating back to October 25, 1991.
Data Book (Hawai'i)
The official summary of
statistics on the social, economic, and political organization of the State of
Hawaii.
Ebrary Academic Complete Electronic Book Database
Academic Complete is a highly interactive electronic
book database from ebrary that covers all academic
subject areas. The collection currently includes more than 30,000 book titles
from more than 220 of the world’s leading academic, scientific, technical,
medical, and professional publishers. Coverage includes business, marketing,
and economics; computers and information technology; education; engineering and
technology; health, biomedical, and clinical sciences; the humanities; life and
physical sciences; and, the social and behavioral sciences.
You will need to install the ebrary
reader to use the collection. It is at the ebrary
website.
Economic Census
for Hawai'i
Economic Census of the United States
Economic Indicators
Prepared and published monthly for the Joint
Economic Committee, by the Council of Economic Advisors
Fedstats
FedStats is the new window on the full range of official statistical information
available to the public from the Federal Government. Use the Internet's
powerful linking and searching capabilities to track economic and population
trends, education, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy
use, farm production, and more. Access official statistics collected and
published by more than 70 Federal agencies without having to know in advance
which agency produces them.
Global Terrorism Database (GTD)
The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) is an
open-source database including information on terrorist events around the world
from 1970 through 2007 (with annual updates planned for the future). Unlike many
other event databases, the GTD includes systematic data on domestic as well as
international terrorist incidents that have occurred during this time period
and now includes more than 80,000 cases.
Hawaii Digital Library
The purpose of Ulukau, the
Hawaiian Electronic Library, and its younger sister site, the Hawai'i Digital
Library, is to make these resources available for the use, teaching, and
enhancement of the Hawaiian language and for a broader and deeper understanding
of Hawai'i.
Hawai'i Pacific Journal Index
An index to magazines and journals published in or
about Hawai'i and the Pacific.
Hawai'i State
Government Agencies (http://pahoehoe.ehawaii.gov/portal/government/index.html)
Health Source -
Consumer Edition (through EBSCOHOST)
With Health Source - Consumer Edition you can search
for information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food
sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health
Source -Consumer Edition features searchable full text for over 300 journals
including Consumer Reports on Health and Men’s Health, as well as abstracts and
indexing for over 205 general health, nutrition and professional health care
publications.
Health Source:
Nursing/Academic Edition (through EBSCOHOST)
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides
more than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical
disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 615 journals.
Index to Legal
Periodicals & Books Full Text (through Wilson OmniFile
Full Text Select)
Index to Legal
Periodicals & Books Full Text covers Administrative Law, Antitrust
Legislation, Banking, Constitutional Law, Domestic Relations, Environmental
Protection, Estate Planning, Food, Drug & Cosmetic Law, International Law,
Labor Law, Landlord/Tenant Decisions, Malpractice Suits, Minorities, Multinational
Corporations, Negligence, Non-Profit Corporations, Occupational Health &
Safety, Politics, Probate, Products Liability, Public Law, Real Property,
Securities, Tax Law, Trade Regulation.
Once you are at the
WilsonWeb database search page, click in the box next
to OmniFile Full Text Select to search this or any of
the other OmniFile databases.
International
Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
The International Encyclopedia of the Social &
Behavioral Sciences is the first attempt in a generation to map the social and
behavioral sciences on a grand scale. It is the largest reference work ever
published for the social and behavioral sciences.
Legal Collection
(through EBSCOHOST)
This database contains full text for more than 250
of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals. The Legal Collection is
an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts
and trends of the legal world.
LexisNexis Academic
Research areas in LexisNexis™ Academic
cover top news, general news topics, and news transcripts; foreign language
news sources; company, industry, and market news; legal news; company financial
information; general medical and health topics and medical abstracts;
accounting, auditing, and tax information; law reviews; federal case law; U.S.
Code; and state legal research.
Library of Congress THOMAS Web Site
Information on the United
States House and Senate, bills, and votes. The first
database made available was Bill Text, followed shortly by Congressional Record
Text, Bill Summary & Status, the Congressional Record Index, and the
Constitution (now found, along with other historical Congressional documents,
under the "Historical Documents" category on the THOMAS home page).
Enhancements in the types of legislative data available, as well as in search
and display capabilities, have been continuously added.
LILO (Learning Information Literacy Online)
LILO is an interactive, dynamic tutorial introducing
students to the critical thinking skills and information and retrieval skills
needed to conduct research and write at the college level. Six modules guide
you through the research and writing process:
- The Research Process - understanding what it is and how it works
- Your Assignment - know how to read your assignment to ensure you
produce what your instructor expects
- Research Strategy - select a topic and refine it to a thesis
statement or research question
- Conduct the Search - choose appropriate databases, construct
searches, and retrieve results
- Evaluate - review results and appropriateness for your research
topic
- Synthesis - writing ethics, avoiding plagiarism, integrating search
results and your own ideas, properly citing sources
MEDLINE (through
EBSCOHOST)
MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information
on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system,
pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of
Medicine, MEDLINE allows users to search abstracts from over 4,800 current
biomedical journals.
Military and Government
Collection (formerly Military Library FullTEXT)
(through EBSCOHOST)
Provides full text for nearly
400 military related periodicals.
National Library of Medicine
The NLM Gateway allows users to search in multiple
retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). The current
Gateway searches MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, LOCATORplus, MEDLINEplus,
DIRLINE, AIDS Meetings, Health Services Research Meetings, Space Life Sciences
Meetings, and HSRProj.
Native
Hawaiian Databook
This publication provides statistical data on Native
Hawaiian communities throughout the state, offering a numerical representation
of the social and economic status of the Native Hawaiian population.
NetLibrary
NetLibrary provides access to electronic books. There are several hundred
University of Hawai'i Press titles as well as several thousand public domain
titles available.
NewsBank
Access World News (Newspapers from the United States and all over the world)
The world’s most comprehensive collection of
full-text newspapers, Access World News provides full text coverage of 850
American newspapers as well as 1,100 international newspapers. Coverage varies
by title, with the earliest dating back to 1977. There are more than 150 million
current and archived articles users can search, browse, print, or email.
Oxford Reference
Online Collections
The Oxford Reference Online Core and Premium
Collections bring together more than 120 language and subject dictionaries and
reference works containing well over 60,000 pages into a single
cross-searchable resource.
ScienceDirect
Since its commercial launch in 1999, ScienceDirect has evolved from a web database of Elsevier
Science journals into one of the world's largest providers of scientific,
technical, and medical (STM) literature.
Social Sciences Full
Text (through Wilson OmniFile Full Text Select)
Social Sciences
Full Text covers Addiction Studies, Anthropology, Area Studies, Community
Health & Medical Care, Corrections, Criminal Justice, Criminology,
Economics, Environmental Studies, Ethics, Family Studies, Gender Studies,
Geography, Gerontology, International Relations, Law, Minority Studies,
Planning & Public Administration, Policy Sciences, Political Science,
Psychiatry, Psychology, Public Welfare, Social Work, Sociology, Urban Studies.
Once you are at the
WilsonWeb database search page, click in the box next
to OmniFile Full Text Select to search this or any of
the other OmniFile databases.
USA.gov
On USA.gov, you can search millions of web pages
from federal and state governments, the District of Columbia, and U.S.
territories. Most of these pages are not available on commercial websites.
USA.gov has the most comprehensive search of government publications and
government sponsored research anywhere on the Internet.
Voyager
online catalog for UH system libraries
Search for items in any library in the University of
Hawai‘i system. Catalog includes books, journals, electronic books, audiovisual
materials, manuscripts, government documents, microfilm and maps. Find items by
title, author, journal title, subject heading, call number, or keywords.
Voyager
online catalog for UH West O‘ahu and Leeward CC
libraries
Search for items located in the UH West O‘ahu and Leeward libraries only.
Wall Street Journal
Full-text coverage of The Wall Street Journal, the
world's leading financial newspaper, is now available on the web through ProQuest. Coverage dates back to 1984 and is updated daily.
Each issue is indexed thoroughly, so researchers can easily access not only top
news stories but also detailed information on the arts, sports, business, and
popular culture. Even such items as editorials, editorial cartoons, and letters
to the editor from well-known people are indexed. For each article cited in the
database, an abstract of up to 75 words helps the researcher know if the
complete text will meet his or her needs.
Wilson Business
Full Text
Wilson Business
Full Text covers Accounting, Acquisitions & Mergers, Advertising, Banking,
Building & Construction, Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals, Communications,
Computers, Cosmetics Industry, Economics, Electronics, Entertainment Industry,
Finance, Financial Services, Government Regulations, Health Care, High
Technology, Hospitality and Tourism, Human Resources, Industrial Relations,
Insurance, International Business, Investments, Management, Marketing, Mass
Media, Occupational Health & Safety, Oil & Gas, Paper & Pulp
Industries, Public Utilities, Publishing, Purchasing, Real Estate, Retail
Trade, Small Business, Taxation, Technology, Transportation.
Once you are at the
WilsonWeb database search page, click in the box next
to OmniFile Full Text Select to search any or all of
these databases.
Wilson OmniFile Full Text Select
Wilson OmniFile Full Text Select is a multidisciplinary, 100%
full-text database providing full text articles, with their accompanying
indexing and abstracts, from the following Wilson periodical databases: Art
Full Text, Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Biological &
Agricultural Index, Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities
Full Text, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, Library Literature &
Information Science Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full
Text, Wilson Business Full Text. Coverage begins in 1994.
Once you are at the
WilsonWeb database search page, click in the box next
to OmniFile Full Text Select to search any or all of
these databases.
If you need help performing
research in the library catalog or any of the other databases available through
the UH West O‘ahu Library, send an e-mail describing
your question or problem to uhwolib@hawaii.edu.
Last
revised September 29, 2009.