DATABASES & E-REFERENCE MATERIALS: P

Index to public and social policy issues, foreign and domestic. Materials indexed include journal articles, government documents, books, pamphlets, yearbooks, and directories.

Electronic version of the 21-volume publication; covers Eisenhower's career before and during World War II and through his presidency.

Access conference papers from every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop, and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre.

Includes the full text (PDF) of more than 50 publications from the Parker School of Foreign & Comparative Law at Columbia Law School. Highlights of the collection include the 22-volume set A Bibliography of Foreign and Comparative Law: Books and Articles in English compiled by Charles Szladits and the full run (5 vols.) of the Parker School Journal of East European Law.

Full text of the rolls of parliament (translated and in the original Latin, Anglo-Norman or Middle English). The rolls were the official records of the meetings of the English parliament from the reign of Edward I (1272) until the reign of Henry VII (1509).

Access the electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina, published between 1844 and 1855, and the four volumes of indexes published between 1862 and 1865. Full text is available.

Reference work for toxicological information on a large number of industrial chemicals that pose potential health hazards. Contents include CAS numbers, physical and chemical properties, exposure limits, and biological tolerance values for occupational exposures.

Access abstracts related to the oil and gas exploration and production industry. Includes bibliographic references and abstracts for scientific and technical articles from more than 300 journals and conference proceedings, patent descriptions, government documents, dissertations, books, and other sources.

This database will be discontinued by the publisher as of January 1, 2025. For similar content, please see the replacement database, Petroleum Source. 

As of 2025, Petroleum Source replaces the discontinued Petroleum Abstracts. This database provides access to resources covering the global influence of oil, gas, and other resources. Explore the technological trends and related scientific knowledge surrounding the extraction, refining, transportation, and impact of petroleum products. Petroleum Source provides abstracts for over 100 journals, magazines, and trade publications and full text access to 93 of those. 

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Philosopher's Index covers all major fields of philosophy. Materials indexed include books, book reviews, and articles from more than 400 scholarly journals. Articles indexed come from over 35 countries and span 37 different languages, including English, Spanish, German, and French.