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The CQ Researcher (Print) offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of today's most important issues. Each report is on a single topic—more than 12,000 words of text and extensive bibliographies. The CQ Researcher has been the choice of librarians for over 80 years. Each weekly issue provides up-to-date information on controversial subjects written by CQ's staff of experienced reporters.
The CQ Researcher online database goes back to 1991 and also affords immediate access to the newest CQ Researcher reports as they are published. Older reports are backfiled, providing a continuously growing archive. The index is available in both PDF and HTML formats.
CQ Global Researcher meets the increasing demand for balanced, reliable reporting on international issues and crises. Modeled after the renowned, award-winning CQ Researcher, CQ Global Researcher delivers definitive, in-depth coverage of newsworthy global affairs from a multitude of international viewpoints. Available exclusively online, CQ Global Researcher offers focused, readable, single-topic reports on vital world issues.
CQ Congress Collection is a dynamic research and reference tool allowing historical analysis of members of Congress, their legislative voting behavior, interest groups, and their interactions in crafting public policy. The Collection's database integrates encyclopedic entries, legislative policy histories, chronologies, statistics, biographies, maps, demographic and electoral data, and roll call votes in a well-designed and easy-to-use site.
CQ Voting and Elections Collection is the first dynamic research and reference tool to put the power of a specially created elections database and the context of objective, informed analyses directly in the hands of students, scholars, researchers, and interested citizens. The Collection is organized into six categories: Presidential Elections; Campaigns & Elections, Congressional Elections, Political Parties, Gubernatorial Elections; and Voters & Demographics. The Collection is unique in integrating historical and modern data, analyses of elections and voting behavior, explanations of electoral process and reforms, census and district demographics, key events and issues, and much more.
CQ Supreme Court Collection offers a unique contextual framework and analysis of the Supreme Court and its decisions unavailable in any other Web-based reference. CQ Supreme Court Collection blends historical perspective with timely updates and expert commentary, providing patrons with bold scope and depth of content and supports courses in political science, American history, and law, including Advanced Placement courses in American Government and Politics. It is also an ideal resource for law schools and public libraries.
CQ Encyclopedia of American Government (EAG), based on the new editions of the CQ Press American Government A to Z series, offers thousands of concise, up-to-date explanations of the who, how, and why of American democracy. Previously known as Electronic Encyclopedia of American Government this completely updated reference resource provides answers to the full range of questions that students, government professionals, interested citizens, and other researchers have about the institutions of U.S. government. Organized around the three branches of the federal government as well as U.S. elections, EAG reflects CQ Press's wealth of understanding and expertise in interpreting the American political system. Supplementing the more than 2,000 encyclopedic and biographical entries, EAG offers multiple content types to inspire and support research, including "Q&A," key questions with concise answers and links to related questions; "Facts & Figures," graphic and tabular presentations of statistics and other information; images of both historical figures and recent events; primary source documents, including the Declaration of Independence and Constitution; bibliographies for further research; and annotated links to authoritative web resources. EAG users find information not only about the institutions of government, but also the theories that underpin them, the personalities that animate them, and the issues that vex them.
CQ Public Affairs Collection features in-depth coverage of vital public policy issues, statistical and historical analyses, and full-text historical documents and primary source materials. Organized by 22 key public affairs topics - from Advocacy and Public Service to U.S. Congress and Politics - in a fully integrated reference source, the collection provides invaluable context for today's critical debates.
CQ Weekly reports on the world’s most powerful legislative body completely and accurately every week. The CQ news team—by far the largest on Capitol Hill, with more than 100 reporters, editors, and researchers—covers virtually every act of Congress, delivering nonpartisan news and analysis unavailable anywhere else.WiLS Cooperative Purchasing/Licensing
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