EDUC 894: Multicultural Education

Brings together essential historical and current material for researching the past, present and future of African-Americans, the wider African Diaspora, and Africa itself. Includes the Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, the historical backfiles of the Chicago Defender newspaper, and full-text coverage of core Black Studies journals. Also includes the International Index to Black Periodicals and the Black Literature Index. View a tutorial on this database here.

Provides a wide range of scholarship in international affairs from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, conference proceedings, books, journals, and policy briefs. Also includes teaching materials such as case studies and course packs of background readings. Contains links to international affairs centers, institutes, and other resources; U.S., international, and foreign government sites; environmental studies web pages; and news media services. All sections updated monthly.

Bibliographic and full-text primary and secondary source information, covering both print collections and research collections in other media in Europe, the Near and Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, and West Africa. Includes bibliographic materials from Inner Asia and the New World.

Includes journals, magazines, and newspapers from ethnic and minority presses from 1959-present. Ethnicities include: African American/Caribbean/African; Arab/Middle Eastern; Asian/Pacific Islander; European/Eastern European; Hispanic; Jewish; Native People.
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Accesses scholarly journal articles from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. Covers all major subject areas with particular emphasis on agriculture, biological sciences, economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, psychology, public administration, religion, and sociology.
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Provides publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. Its archival material, dating back to 1970, focuses on the evolution of the women's movement, men's studies, the transgendered community and the changes in gender roles over the years. Publications include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books and NGO, government and special reports.
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Multi-subject index to periodical literature on Latin America and Hispanics in the United States since 1970. Coverage includes everything from political, economic, and social issues to the arts and humanities.
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Searchable directory of legal documents, court cases, reports, and other civil society resources from countries around the world.

Provides full-text for periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, and multicultural issues; reference books; primary source documents; and an image collection of photos, maps and flags. Tutorial for the MasterFILE Premier database.

Bibliographic index of research, policy and scholarly discourse on the countries and peoples of the Middle East, Central Asia, and North Africa. Coverage spans from 1900 and earlier to the present. Tutorial for the Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies database.

Provides content relating specifically to the relationship between races. Covers areas relevant to race relations; subjects include ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and others related to the discipline. Tutorial for the Race Relations Abstracts database.

Includes all current and recent titles published by the World Bank including books, documents and working papers. Search the complete database or limit by geographic region, country, topic, publication type or date.

Image-based legal research database includes such collections as: Legal Classics, Law Journal Library, U.S. Supreme Court Library, U.S. Federal Legislative History Library, Treaties and Agreements Library and more. Bridges the gap in legal history by providing comprehensive coverage from inception of law and law-related periodicals.
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Searchable directory of legal documents, court cases, reports, and other civil society resources from countries around the world.

Provides current news and expert analysis of major litigation developments in U.S. federal district courts, the most important lawsuits filed by the worlds top companies, transactions involving the top 250 U.S. law firms, and major initiatives of state, federal, and international legislatures. Its information is searchable by industry, state, region, subject, and in other ways by using an advanced search. Track developing legal stories in specific practice areas and industries, retrieve relevant full-text documents, and receive daily email updates customized to the topics, companies, and firms you select. Create your own account for email updates with your gmu.edu email address.

Includes scholarly publications of law journals, documents, and case studies, including over 250 full-text journals. Provides information centered on the discipline of law and legal topics such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, and ethics. Indexing and abstracts are provided for all journals in the collection.
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Provides access to a wide range of news (includes New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times), business (company news, industry forecasts), government (legislative news, tax information), legal (news, case law) and reference information. Formerly LexisNexis Academic. View a tutorial on this database here.

Contains 1,200 peer-reviewed monographs, with new works added three times each year. View a tutorial on this database here.

Compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. Includes a selection of data from many sources, both government and private, and draws especially on the results of surveys and activities carried out by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Listing of International Statistical Agencies by the Bureau of Census.

Use DataCite to search across millions of international research data records. DataCite is an integrated search interface where it is possible to search, filter, and extract or download data.
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Integrates more than 80,000 diverse topics of data and facts from over 22,500 international sources. Includes statistics and studies gathered from market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, government sources and international organizations. Create graphs, reports and infographics. Data is easily exportable for analysis. Statista reports now allow you to create your own interactive industry comparisons with Tableau Workbook. Find the free tool here or via https://www.tableau.com/trial/statista-benchmark-report-uk. View a tutorial on this database here.

Find all statistics issued by the US government since 1973; 1000 of the best statistical publications of private and state government sources and approximately 2000 titles from international agencies. Includes Statistical Abstract of the U.S., and Statistical Abstracts of the World. View a tutorial on this database here.