CQ E-Journals:
CQ Researcher - The CQ Researcher is your complete source for in-depth analysis reporting on the most current and controversial issues of the day. Each week, we publish an in-depth 12,000 word report that engages with insightful, unbiased analysis of the most pressing issues in the news. (Annual subscription with back file 1991-Present).
Recent reports include:
“Internet Accuracy”
“Human Rights in China”
“Race and Politics”
“Global Food Crisis”
CQ Researcher Plus Archive - Includes all of the reports in the CQ Researcher subscription plus an additional back file of 3,600 reports dating to the first report published in 1923. The CQ Researcher Plus Archive is a perpetual access model, where the library pays a one-time fee for the back file as well as pay a reduced annual update. The CQ Researcher Plus Archive also requires that a library pay a small annual hosting/technology fee. In the event the library elects to discontinue annual updates, the library retains access to the reports in perpetuity. Selected as an “Outstanding Academic Title for 2006” by CHOICE).
CQ Global Researcher – uses the same in-depth, single-topic structure that the CQ Researcher uses and includes monthly reports on newsworthy global affairs written by veteran journalists with years of international reporting experience. Other features include “Voices from Abroad” in each report. (Annual subscription or Perpetual Access Model. The Perpetual Access model includes an Archive of international reports published since 1923). The Global Researcher reports can be integrated into a CQ Researcher subscription or CQ Researcher Plus Archive ownership model for seamless navigation of both resources. .
Recent reports:
“Child Soldiers”
“Anti-Semitism in Europe
“Separatist Movements”
BOTTOM LINE: Either standalone or in concert with CQ Researcher and CQResearcher Plus Archive, this product will be used constantly by students and other researchers needing to get perspective on an increasingly complex and bewildering set of global issues. Resoundingly recommended for all social and cultural studies collections.”
CQ Weekly -Reports on the world’s most powerful legislative body on a weekly basis. The CQ news team – the largest on Capital Hill – covers virtually every act of the United States Congress through weekly cover stories, columns, roll call votes and analysis and more. A new interface design in 2006 also features an e-mail alerting service. (Available by annual subscription or with perpetual rights (Back file 1983 – present for both subscription and perpetual option)
The CQ Collections:
The CQ Collections are original database collections that are based on numerous CQ Press print publications, creating a unique and analytical look at U.S. Politics and Policy. The optional data download option allows for sophisticated quantitative and statistical analysis not available elsewhere. The Collections are considered a premier resource on historical, scholarly and analytical look at the U.S. politics and policy over time.
CQ Congress Collection– This database will meet the needs of students and scholars with historical and archival value beyond the most recent U.S. Congress by allowing scholars access to original editorial and data analysis going back to 1945. This dynamic, data-rich research and reference tool allows for quantitative and statistical analysis on legislative voting behavior in the United States and more. (Annual subscription with optional dataset tool that allows for quantitative analysis to be downloaded/exported (one-time fee).
CQ Voting & Elections – Broad content in the form of thousands of United States election analysis documents, statistical documents, primary source documents, case summary documents, and more, all exploring the campaign process in the United States, the election outcome, and points in between. (Annual subscription with optional dataset tool that allows for quantitative analysis to be downloaded/exported (one-time fee).
CQ Supreme Court Collection – Unmatched scope and depth covering the history and cases that shaped the United States. Includes over 5,000 case summaries and 8,000 opinion-writing and voting results. Powerful data queries offer unmatched tools for analyzing voting and opinion trends of the United States Justices. (Annual subscription with optional dataset tool that allows for quantitative analysis to be downloaded/exported (one-time fee available 2008).
CQ Online Editions / E-BOOKS
The CQ Political Reference Suite includes online editions (e-books) of our most popular print titles. All E-BOOKS can be simultaneously searched and libraries that add multiple titles get additional discounts. The online editions have the same content as their print equivalents, but with enhanced, Web-enabled features that provide instant access to the entire book or multiple books.
There are several new online editions / e-books that have been released online in 2007 and 2008. Some titles include the entire archival back file of every edition released since inceptions, while other titles replace the content from the previous edition each update.
All CQ Online Editions include perpetual access rights. The Online Editions are published on the same schedule as their print counterpart:
NEW: CQ Almanac has been the most requested Online Edition since CQ Press started making online editions available. CQ Almanac will include the entire series back to the first CQ Almanac published in 1945 and provides seamless navigation to over 60 years of the most authoritative coverage of the United States Congress available. The CQ Almanac is written by the same reporters who cover Capitol Hill and the United States Congress for CQ Weekly and is the best primary resource for coverage and analysis of the U.S. congressional legislation from 1945 to today. CQ Almanac is considered “the standard” by academic political scientists studying U.S. Congress because no other resource, other than the CQ Weekly, gives as much cogent analysis of the path legislation takes through the U.S. Congress.
Back file 1945 – 2007: Updated annually
NEW: Contemporary Middle East (Released July 2008) is a document-based reference on the modern history of the Middle East. This primary-source rich volume offers researchers an invaluable look into the key events that have shaped this region since World War 1. Contemporary Middle East supports the research needs of Middle East history, international affairs and comparative politics.
Update schedule is irregular / not annual
NEW: Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion (Online Edition released 2008) is unlike any other resource as it examines the complex interconnections between politics and religion with depth and scope. New articles include European Islam, Creationism and Evolution, the Palestinian territories, the Christian Right and more.
Update Schedule is irregular / not annual
NEW: The Guide series:
Guide to U.S Elections – is the most comprehensive reference on the U.S. electoral process and includes in-depth analysis on specific eras and issues.
Guide to the Presidency – is the leading reference source on the persons who have occupied the White House and on the institution of the presidency itself.
Guide to Congress – is the most authoritative and comprehensive source for facts, figures, and context on every aspect of the U.S. Congress. The print edition is a two-volume set and the online edition includes coverage of all aspects of the U.S. Congress, including new coverage of Congress’s role in foreign policy and homeland security
Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court – offers detail and insight in a highly readable format. Written using 20 thematic chapters, this classic reference explains everything scholars need to know about the U.S. Supreme Court, from it’s origins and how it functions, to the people who have shaped it.
Guide to Political Campaigns in America – is the first complete resource for scholarly and practical insight into every important aspect of political campaigns and campaign activities in the United States.
NEW: The A-Z series:
Elections A-Z – easy explanations on how campaigns and elections are conducted in the United States. Entries are arranged alphabetically and range from short definitions to in-depth essays.
Presidency A-Z – is invaluable to understanding the United States presidency, historically and today. Includes over 300 comprehensive esy-to-read entries.
The Supreme Court A-Z – includes coverage of significant new cases and recent changes on the bench. It is written for general audiences (see the Supreme Court Collection for more analytical and historical coverage).
The U.S. Constitution A-Z – an encyclopedia ideal for anyone who wants reliable information on
NEW: Supreme Court Compendium – is a data and statistics rich resource and is the only reference that presents historical and statistical information on every important aspect of the U.S. Supreme Court, including its history, development, justice backgrounds and the relationship the U.S. Supreme Court has with other governmental bodies.
NEW: Political History of America’s Wars – is the only chronological survey of its type available and is suitable for circulating as well as reference. This volume weaves together important primary source documents, informative biographies and in-depth
essays to provide coverage of the political antecedents, events, and consequences of America’s wards, from the American Revolution to Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Congress and the Nation uses a U.S.presidential term to give a narrative on what and how it happened. What were the politics? What was behind it? As opposed to a Guide to Congress or the CQ Almanac, Congress and the Nation shows an historical perspective on the U.S. Congress and the events that shaped policy and politics over the course of a Presidential term. By taking a policy-based approach to covering the U.S. Congress over the course of a Presidential term, it is a truly unique and historical look at the story of the term of a U.S. President
Back file: 1945 – 2001: Updated every 4 years.
Historic Documents Series provides fast access to over three decades of key primary source documents with extensive expert commentary and analysis with valuable headnotes for each document. Since September 11th, the documents included each year increasingly cover not only focus on U.S. domestic policies, but also important foreign policy based documents. The 2006 edition adds new documents and analysis of the 2006 U.S. Congressional elections, events in Iran and Afghanistan, advances in health care and the debate over immigration.
Back file 1972 – 2006: Updated annually
Supreme Court Yearbook provides valuable in-depth coverage of every decision of the UnitedState’s highest court since 1989. It includes year-end overviews, case summaries, in-depth essays and useful tables and figures.
Back file 1989-2006: Updated annually
Political Handbook of the World provides accurate, global political information. Political Handbook of the World features extensive entries and analysis not found elsewhere. The focus is on the political regimes and parties, not just country economics or short encyclopedia entries. Advanced searching also allows users to do comparative studies on the political landscape in more than 200 countries.
Back file: None: Updated annually each year. Library retains perpetual ownership to previous volumes.
Politics in America 2007 – Reliable, readable, insightful, and objective, CQ Press's Politics in America has been called "the ultimate insider's guide to politics in the United States" and is an essential resource for any collection that serves readers who want authoritative information on the members of the new 109th U.S. Congress. The profiles of the 535 members plus the delegates offer concise and candid analysis of personalities, political styles, legislative agendas, political ambitions, and reputations of members at home and on Capitol Hill
Back file: None: Updated every 2 years with each newly elected United States Congress. Library retains perpetual ownership to previous volumes
Washington Information Directory 2007For 30 years the Washington Information Directory (WID) has been the essential one-stop source for U.S. governmental and non-governmental organizations. WID provides researchers with capsule descriptions that let them quickly and easily find the right contact person at the organization that has the precise information they need-including details increasingly difficult to find on the Internet.
Back file: None: Updated annually each year. Library retains perpetual ownership to previous volumes
Vital Statistics on American Politics 2007-2008: Allows researchers to search and browse key statistics on U.S. elections, Congress, the presidency, public opinion and more. Interactive graphs and charts bring numbers to life and are exportable to excel or other formats for easy statistical analysis.
Back file: None: Updated every 2 years
Professional Staff Directories
World Powerbase contains over 75,000 global government contacts – along with biographical information on many – pulled from the CQ Press Professional Division’s Worldwide Government Directory, Profiles of Worldwide Government Leaders, Trade and Customers World Directory and Worldwide Directory of Defense Authorities. World Powerbase allows users to search across all contacts by title, country or keyword over 200 countries. Searches are also exportable. The books that make up World Powerbase have been in existence for over 25 years and have been called “the most comprehensive sources for foreign directory information by Booklist and “The definite indispensable guide to state structures internationally” by The Journal of International Affairs.
Updated: weekly
Link to the CQ Press 2007 Online Resources catalog:
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