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The HKS Library now provides access to the Journal of Political Marketing. Access to this peer-reviewed journal is available from 2002 to the present.

From the Publisher: The Journal of Political Marketing is vital reading for politicians and candidates at every level of office as well as political party officials, political consultants, corporate lobbyists, pollsters, media specialists, journalists, and students and educators in these and related fields. In comparison to competing publications, this journal puts exciting articles with a high level of sophistication and detail in your hands, keeping you on top of current developments in political marketing and campaign strategy. The journal’s focus includes current and predicted future trends such as the application of Internet marketing techniques to politics, which may be at the forefront of future politics around the world.

The HKS Library now provides access to the Representation. Access to this peer-reviewed journal is available from 1960 to the present.

From the Publisher:

Representation – the journal of representative democracy – has the following aims:-

• To continue to publish cutting edge articles about the study of elections and voting systems throughout the world.
• To encourage debate on democrat practices around the world.
• To critically explore the interface between democratic practice and theory.
• To produce special issues devoted to questions of democracy and representation; whether they be in a single- country or region, or across a wider subject such as representation of minorities.
• To attract an audience of academics and students, journalists, election practitioners and all those interested in the nature of representative democracy including informed lay readers.

The HKS Library now provides access to the Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development. Access to this peer-reviewed journal is available from 2010 to the present.

From the Publisher: Humanity is a semiannual publication dedicated to publishing original research and reflection on human rights, humanitarianism, and development in the modern and contemporary world. An interdisciplinary enterprise, Humanity draws from a variety of fields, including anthropology, law, literature, history, philosophy, politics, and examines the intersections between and among them.

The HKS Library now provides access to the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties. Access to this peer-reviewed journal is available from 1991 to the present.

From the publisher: JEPOP aims to publish research of the highest quality on elections, public opinion, participation and political parties. Published under the auspices of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom specialist group of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties (EPOP), it welcomes submissions based on either comparative or single nation studies.

Premium accounts for the Financial Times (FT) web site are now available to the Harvard University community. You must sign up for a premium account using your Harvard email address. For more information on registration  and access to the site, visit http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/ft.html.

For help navigating the FT.com site or using other Harvard Library resources, please contact a HKS Research Librarian at http://asklib.hks.harvard.edu/

Responsible Investor (RI) is the only dedicated news service reporting on responsible investment, ESG (environmental, social and governance) and sustainable finance issues for institutional investors globally.

Please contact an HKS librarian for access at library_research@hks.harvard.edu.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy provides news and information for executives of tax-exempt organizations in health, education, religion, the arts, social services, and other fields, as well as fund raisers, professional employees of foundations, institutional investors, corporate grant makers, and charity donors. Along with news, it offers such service features as lists of grants, fundraising ideas and techniques, statistics, reports on tax and court rulings, summaries of books, and a calendar of events.

To support the work of HKS alumni around the world, the Library now provides access to EBSCO’s Academic Search Alumni Edition. This resource provides full-text for more than 3,350 journals as well as indexing and abstracting for more than 8,200 journals. It covers many areas of academic study including public policy, international affairs, economics, environment, religion, education, the sciences, and more. Over 3000 of the journals included in full-text are peer-reviewed.  To register for free access, please email library_research@hks.harvard.edu.

Beginning this fall, registration and access to Academic Search Alumni Edition will be through the Alumni Relations and Resource Development extranet.

CQ HealthBeat contains health news from Congressional Quarterly including information about recent and upcoming hearings on health-related issues and links to health legislation and regulation.

For other recommended databases about health see our Health Policy Research Guide.

Please e-mail question@hks.harvard.edu if you have any comments or questions.

Knowledge Mosaic contains industry news, research, guidance, and current awareness on matters pertaining to federal regulation and disclosure.

Orbis is a database of information covering 60 million companies worldwide.

For other recommended business databases see our Business Research Guide.

Please e-mail question@hks.harvard.edu if you have any comments or questions.