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Public Affairs Index: Information at a Glance

Resource Type
Online index with citations and abstracts.
Subject Area
Public Affairs and Political Science
Availability
Trent - Access available to any valid Trent user, using their Novell Password in the Library, or at home through the PROXY SERVER.
How to Access

Click here to connect to Public Affairs Index.

For off campus access, learn how to use the proxy server
Description

Public Affairs Index is a bibliographic database covering all aspects of global contemporary public policy issues ranging from public health, the environment, housing, human and civil rights, to international conflict and natural disasters. It draws on a diverse array of scholarly publications, conference papers, government documents and current reference works to provide up-to-date information on the broad range of topics of concern to the world today.

Public Affairs Index is a database from EBSCO publishers. See more information on the EBSCO site.

Click here to learn how to use RefWorks with this database.
Mobile Access
See the mobile access information for EBSCO.
Notes
This database works with to locate full-text availability of articles not already included in the database.
Coverage
Varies - Current
Update Frequency
Daily.
Stable URL

A stable url (or persistent link) is a link that connects a user to a particular item in a database or on the web.

In Public Affairs Index , to link to a particular record in the database, look for the icon Permalink. When you click on it, a box appears with the persistent link you can then copy.

Permalink Example:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=poh&AN=47878150&site=ehost-live

To ensure off-campus access, include the proxy prefix:
http://web2.trentu.ca:2048/login?url=

Example: http://web2.trentu.ca:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=poh&AN=47878150&site=ehost-live

Since this database also contains links to you can use the "Save Citation" data to create a link to an article.

 
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