Index to articles, books, studies, selected official documents and other resources on public policy issues, public administration, law, politics and government
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PAIS Index
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Pakistan from Crown Rule to Republic: Records of the U.S. Department of State, 1945-1949
Collection of primary source documents tracing the end of British India and the emergence of modern Pakistan.
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Papers of Amiri Baraka, Poet Laureate of the Black Power Movement
Collection of documents and literature related to Black Power and Amiri Baraka (once known as LeRoi Jones)
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Parliament Rolls of Medieval EnglandFull text and translation of the meetings of the English parliaments from Edward I to Henry VII
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Passport CareerPassport Career provides resources, guidance, strategies, tools and support to help users explore job opportunities around the world.
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Passport GMID: Global Market Information Database
Please note: Access is permitted for IU faculty, staff, and students only. Authorized users may utilize the information obtained from this resource for academic, non-commercial purposes only, and only during the time of official affiliation with IU. In-depth reports on consumer, industrial, and service markets around the world, searchable by industry, country, consumer, company, and geographic region.
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Past Masters PhilosophersCollection of several major British and Continental philosophers spanning the seventeenth to twentieth centuries.
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Patrologia Latina DatabaseCovers the works of the Latin Fathers from Tertullian in 200 A.D. to Pope Innocent III in 1216.
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PBS Video Collection
This collection assembles hundreds of documentary films and series from the history of the Public Broadcasting Service into one online interface.
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Peace Research Abstracts
Contains concise summaries of articles from international publications on peace and conflict studies.
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Penn Parsed Corpora of Historical English
INDIVIDUAL USER ACCOUNT REQUIRED TO DOWNLOAD DATA. SEE MORE INFO FOR DIRECTIONS. The Penn Parsed Corpora of Historical English was developed at the University of Pennsylvania and consists of running texts and text samples of British English prose from the earliest Middle English documents (1100 CE) up to the period of the First World War (1914 CE).
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Pennsylvania Gazette
Newspaper published in Philadelphia between 1728 and 1800
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People's Daily Database
Select “please click here to enter if your library/institution subscribes the database” to access database. Daily newspaper providing a platform for the central government and the Communist Party of China to announce their respective policies and disseminate governmental, political, and economic messages to the public and the world.
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Perdita Manuscripts
Provides digital access to manuscripts written or compiled by women in the British Isles during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, sourced from archives and libraries across the United Kingdom and the USA.
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Performing Arts Periodicals Database
Covers the arts and entertainment industry, including dance, film, television, drama, theatre, stagecraft, musical theatre, broadcast, circus, comedy, storytelling, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic, and more.
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Periodicals Archive Online
Previously known as PCI Full Text, Periodicals Archive Online offers backfiles of over 400 humanities and social sciences journals.
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Persian E-Books Miras Maktoob
Consists of 249 volumes (189 works) originally published by the Written Heritage Research Institute (Miras Maktoob), a non-governmental organization in Tehran. Includes works in both Persian and Arabic on Islamic history and culture.
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Peterson's Test Prep
Includes over 100 practice tests and courses and information on over 4,000 accredited schools. PLEASE NOTE: Users must create individual accounts to take practice tests.
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Philosopher's Index
Comprehensive bibliographic database covering scholarly research in all major fields of philosophy. Produced by the Philosopher’s Information Center.
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PhilPapers: Philosophical Research Online
PhilPapers is a comprehensive index and bibliography of philosophy maintained by the community of philosophers.
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Picture Post Historical Archive, 1938-1957
Popular British photojournalism magazine, full text and images.
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Pittsburgh Courier (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Full page and article images with searchable full text from the Pittsburgh Courier, African-American weekly newspaper published in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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PIVOT
The Office of the Vice Provost for Research and the IUPUI Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research jointly funds Indiana University's subscription to Pivot for all IU campuses. Pivot is a database of funding opportunities for research.
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Play Index
An index to finding either individual plays or plays included in collections.
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Poetry and Short Story Reference Center
Collection of hundreds of thousands of classic and contemporary poems, as well as short stories, biographies, and essays on such topics as poetic forms, movements, and techniques.
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Points of View Reference Center
Contains resources that present multiple sides of an issue, helping students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understanding of controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills.
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Policy File
Resource for U.S. public policy research. Includes timely, updated information from over 350 public policy think tanks, nongovernmental organizations, research institutes, university centers, advocacy groups, and other entities.
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Policy File Index
Resource for U.S. public policy research. Users are able to access timely, updated information from over 350 public policy think tanks, nongovernmental organizations, research institutes, university centers, advocacy groups, and other entities.
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Political and Economic Consolidation of Portuguese Colonies in Africa, 1910-1929
Primary source documents related to the Portuguese colonial government and its policies and activities in Africa, 1910-1929.
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Political Extremism and Radicalism
Primary source documents related to unorthodox (by contemporary standards) fringe groups from both the right and left of the political spectrum. Content supports scholars and students answering questions on philosophical, social, political, and economic ideologies as well as on contemporary issues surrounding gender, sexuality, race, religion, civil rights, universal suffrage, and more.
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Political History of America's WarsAn historical guide to the wars of the United States from the Revolution to the present
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Politics Collection
Database covering political science and public policy.
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Polling the NationsPublic opinion surveys conducted by polling organizations in the United States and other countries.
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Popular Culture in Britain and America, 1950-1975
Access to original archival materials about popular culture in the U.S. and U.K. from 1950-1975
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Popular Medicine in America, 1800-1900
Documents the history of ‘popular’ remedies and treatments in nineteenth century America, through primary source materials drawn from the extensive collections at the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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Population Index on the Web
Web access to Population Index, reference source offering citations and links to demographic and population literature.
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Post War Europe: Refugees, Exile and Resettlement, 1945-1950
An archive of primary source documents, covering the repatriation and emigration of the Displaced Persons and survivors of the Holocaust and World War II.
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Poverty, Philanthropy & Social Conditions in Victorian Britain
Primary source materials documenting the interactions between government policy and public philanthropy in Victorian and early twentieth-century society. Covers a shift in welfare reform and the social tensions surrounding poverty and public welfare.
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Pravda
The central daily newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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Pravda Ukrainy Digital Archive
Established in 1938 in Kyiv, Pravda Ukrainy (originally Sovetskaia Ukraina) was a Russian-language Soviet Ukrainian daily and a newspaper of record, serving as the official organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine and Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR. As such the newspaper was the Ukrainian Communist Party’s leading print media agent in the dissemination of the party’s opinions about politics, culture, economics and other important issues.
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Previous Editions of DSM
Access to previous versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
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Primary Search
Primary Search is a full text database providing popular children’s magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedic entries and a vast image collection.
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PrivCo
PLEASE NOTE: INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION WITH AN OFFICIAL INDIANA UNIVERSITY EMAIL ACCOUNT IS REQUIRED TO ACCESS THIS RESOURCE. PrivCo is a source for business and financial data on major, non-publicly traded corporations, including family owned, private equity owned, venture backed, and international unlisted companies.
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ProcurementIQ
Access to procurement reports covering a multitude of indirect purchasing lines. Reports range from 15-20 pages, cover product/service pricing dynamics, product characteristics that affect the purchasing decision, supplier benchmarking and supply chain risks, and negotiation questions and tactics.
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Professional Development Collection
For professional educators. Over 515 full text journals including 350 peer-reviewed titles.
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Project EuclidFull-text journal literature from society and independent publishers on mathematics and statistics
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Project GutenbergFree, full text, downloadable ebooks for books out of copyright in the U.S.
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Project Muse
Provides full text access and indexing for e-journals and e-books from a variety of scholarly publishers.
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Project Syndicate
News commentaries intended for a global audience. Features contributions by prominent political leaders, policymakers, scholars, business leaders, and civic activists from around the world.
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Projekt Dyabola
This is the Subject Catalogue of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) in Rome.
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ProQuest Business
Allows users to search across seven Proquest business databases.
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ProQuest Congressional
Provides easy access to congressional publications since 1789 and some full-text of reports, bills, resolutions, and laws to the present.
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ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global
ProQuest Dissertation & Theses Global (PQDT Global) has an extensive collection of 3.8 million graduate works (both dissertations and theses), with 1.7 million in full text.
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Digital archive of historical newspapers. Each issue of each title includes the complete paper, cover-to-cover, with full-page and article images.
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ProQuest History Vault
Provides access to digitized letters, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, financial records, diaries, and many more primary source materials taken from the University Publications of America (UPA) Collections.
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ProQuest Legislative InsightProvides access to United States Federal legislative history documents
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ProQuest Periodicals Index Online
Three centuries of the arts, humanities, and social sciences indexed coverage, from first issue to 1995 or ceased date, with access to a growing collection of over 18 million citations.
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ProQuest Political Science
Access to over 450 political science and international relations journals.
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ProQuest Social Sciences
A collection of ProQuest Social Science databases
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ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the USOnline tables and charts of basic statistics about the social, political and economic conditions of the United States.
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ProQuest Statistical Abstracts of the World
ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the World aggregates the statistical abstracts of approximately 70 countries and makes the content available through a single-search interface.
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ProQuest Statistical Insight
Electronic access to statistical content produced by the U.S. federal, state and local governments, international governmental organizations, and non-governmental organizations.
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ProQuest Supreme Court Insight
Comprehensive collection of Supreme Court documents. Includes full opinions from Supreme Court argued cases, including per curiam decisions, dockets, oral arguments, joint appendices and amicus briefs.
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ProQuest The Arts
Allows users to search across ProQuest databases with an emphasis on the arts.
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Prowess_dx
REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR INDIVIDUAL USERS. Prowess_dx delivers data for about 34,000 Indian companies. This includes listed companies, unlisted public companies and private companies. All companies listed on the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange are covered. The coverage includes companies of all sizes and ownership.
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PsychiatryOnlineOnline access to psychiatric textbooks, journals, and professional development tools. Includes the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders fifth edition.
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Psychological Experiments Online
Multimedia collection that synthesizes psychological experiments of the 20th and 21st centuries.
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Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Includes access to full-text psychology journals, with particularly strong coverage in child and adolescent psychology and counseling.
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Psychology DatabaseProvides access to psychology and psychosomatic publications.
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Psychotherapy.net
Collection of streaming videos of actual psychotherapy sessions. Includes experts discussing their thoughts behind their interventions.
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PsycINFO
Indexes journal articles, books, dissertations and technical reports from the world literature on psychology and related fields.
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PTSDpubs
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, PTSDpubs provides citations and abstracts to the international literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health sequelae of traumatic events.
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Publishers Weekly Digital Archive
Published since 1872, Publishers Weekly contains news and book reviews, and ongoing coverage of the British book trade. The complete archive includes nearly 200,000 book reviews, and bestseller lists from 1895 forward.
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PubMed
Free resource supporting the search and retrieval of biomedical and life sciences literature with the aim of improving health–both globally and personally. Contains more than 30 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature.
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Punch Historical Archive, 1841-1992
Includes the complete run of Punch, a popular satirical magazine.