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• C19: The Nineteenth Century Index
  C19 Index draws on the strength of established indexes such as the Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, The Wellesley Index and Periodicals Index Online to create integrated bibliographic coverage of over 1.3 million books and official publications, 61,647 archival collections and 15.5 million articles published in over 2,500 journals, magazines and newspapers.  
• CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online - Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs. CIAO is also widely-recognized source for teaching materials including original case studies written by leading international affairs experts, course packs of background readings for history and political science classes, and special features like the analysis of a bin Laden recruitment tape with video. Access provided by the MU School of Law Library.
• City and County Data Book - Also Known as: City and County Databook
• Communication and Mass Media Complete - Communication and Mass Media Complete is comprised of two databases, CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index. It indexes journals, encyclopedias and handbooks in the area of communication studies. Full-text is available for over 200 titles.     
• Communication Studies - Communication Studies: A SAGE Full Text Collection includes the full-text of 19 journals published by SAGE and participating societies. Subjects covered include Journalism, Public Opinion, Political Communication, Mass Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Cultural Studies / Intercultural Communication, Television / Film Studies, Media Studies, Business Communication, Organizational / Management Communication, Written Communication, Rhetoric, and Literacy Studies.
• Complete Index to World Film - This catalog of over 300,000 films produced worldwide from 1890-2001 provides credits, production information, and references to reviews.    
• Consumer Index - provides access to information about evaluations, tests, alerts, warnings, and recalls of specific products, services, and facilities. Provides abstracts of articles on all aspects of consumerism and consumer protection.
• CQ Public Affairs Collection - brings together Congressional Quarterly’s extensive and authoritative current affairs publications into a single integrated reference tool. Features full-text access to descriptive articles, statistical and historical analyses, historic documents and primary source materials, as well as a directory of key government, nonprofit, and private organizations in each of the major policy areas.     
• CQ Researcher - is a complete source for in-depth, analytical reporting on the most current and controversial issues of the day. Focusing on one topic, each weekly CQ Researcher provides extensive background information and discussion of the pro’s and con’s.     
• Current Digest of the Soviet/Post-Soviet Press - contains the fulltext of an English-language compilation of articles that appeared in important Soviet newspapers such as Pravda and Isvestia. Original, Russian-language articles are not contained in this CD-ROM.     
• Current Index to Statistics - is a bibliographic index to publications in statistics and related fields.  
• Current Research@MU - indexes MU dissertation from 1899 to present. Provides full-text of MU dissertations from 1995 to present. Print copies of pre-1995 MU dissertations are held at the UM Depository and can be requested using MERLIN. For more details, see http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/MuchowM/Information_Commons/dissertations.html.   

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• Digital National Security Archive - The Digital National Security Archive is a comprehensive collection of significant primary documents central to US foreign and military policy since 1945. The Archive is organized into dozens of topical collections, each containing government documents declassified under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
• Dictionary of Political Biography - Covers major figures in world politics of the twentieth century. Authoritative and wide-ranging, it describes and assesses the lives of more than 1000 men and women who have shaped political events across the world. Each entry includes an account of the background, career, and achievements of the individual concerned, balancing fact with critical appraisal.
• Dissertation Abstracts - is the subject, title and author guide to virtually every American dissertation accepted at accredited institutions. It also includes many Canadian dissertations as well as dissertations form Europe and abstracts from Masters Abstracts.