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Databases: Politics and Government

These databases are made available to you by Jackson Library for academic use only.  They are accessible via GSB (or Stanford) Computers. 

GSB users can access web-based databases remotely through WebApps.
All Stanford users have off-campus access to databases that are on Stanford Network through the university's proxy server.

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CountryWatch

Provides economic and political information on 192 countries of the world. Also delivers a globally integrated macroeconomic forecast for each of those countries, and includes CountryWire which delivers the latest news on those countries.

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CQ.com on Congress

Contains up-to-date news and analysis of current legislation and Congressional activities.

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PAIS

Index to literature on contemporary and public affairs, especially government and politics, international relations, economics, and political economy. 

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SourceOECD

Full text access to all of the published output of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Includes monographs, serials, and a growing number of statistical databases.  Coverage extends from 1998 or 1999.

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World Bank e-Library

A fully cross-searchable portal of over 1,200 World Bank titles, plus each new book as it is published. Offers abstracts as well as full text in PDF. 

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Leadership Library

Who's who information from 14 US sectors, including corporate, financial, government (federal, state, municipal) and non-profit. 
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Licensed resources are for the non-profit educational use of Stanford Graduate School of Business (or Stanford University). Use of these resources is governed by copyright law and individual license agreements. Systematic downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information is prohibited.