Electronic resources for
American Studies
Academic Search Complete*
Offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 9,810 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. subscribed by the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB)
Afghanistan: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1973–1990
A contemporary record.
Britannica Original Sources
Britannica's Omega Sources (previously Original Sources) is a primary source documents in many subject areas. *Merriam-webster and original sources are both accessible/available through Britannica online platform.
De Gruyter Ebook Collection (EBA)
De Gruyter eBook Collection (EBA module) provides access to more than 90,000 eBooks covering 30 disciplines across social sciences, humanities, science, technology, engineering and medicine. It contains 35,000 eBooks from the most prestigious Ivy League American University Presses such as Princeton, Harvard and Columbia and also includes titles from a wide variety of languages including English, German, French, Italian and Spanish.
Digital National Security Archive
Access to 6 DNSA collections.
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
AUC Library has purchased perpetual access to 366 ebooks & 3490 freely accessible ones. The collection provides full text books on gender studies, gender studies in the Middle East, and American Studies.
Iran: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1977–1980
Documents focused on United States policy towards Iran and events in Iran.
Iran-Contra Affair: The Making of a Scandal, 1983–1988
A contemporary record of the political, military and paramilitary operations.
Iraqgate: Saddam Hussein, U.S. Policy and the Prelude to the Persian Gulf War, 1980–1994
Focuses on two major issues central to the Iraqgate affair.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a full-text archival database consisting of the complete backfiles of important scholarly journals. It does NOT include publications within the last 2 to 5 years. AUC library acquired JSTOR EBA, provided access to all backlist ebook publication prior to 2019.
Oxford Scholarship Online
Oxford Scholarship Online currently provides AUC with unlimited access to over 20,000 Oxford University Press books, including some of their latest published titles and prestigious series. These titles cover all subjects and disciplines due to the EBA subscription in 2022. Oxford Scholarship Online is a searchable, full-text database of classic scholarly books from Oxford University Press online up to and including Jan 2009. AUC Libraries provide access to the collections Business and Management, Classical Studies, Economics, Economics & Finance, History, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology. In addition AUC Library has access to Biology (to 2018),Economics and Finance (to 2018) plus Apr.2019-Mar.2021 updates, Law Top Up 2018-19 (105 titles) plus 2019-20 & 2020-21 updates, Literature Apr 2018- Mar 2021 updates, History top up 2017-19 (232 titles), Psychology April 2019-Mar.2021 updates and Religion (to 2016) & top up 2017-19(270 titles), Social Work (to 2018). *Availability online is based on the year of Oxford Scholarship online publication and not the print publication.
Public Affairs Index (EBSCOhost)
A bibliographic database covering all aspects of global contemporary public policy issues.
Terrorism and U.S. Policy, 1968–2002
Origins in the most horrific terrorist assault ever launched against the United States.
U.S. Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction: From World War II to Iraq
Documenting the U.S. Intelligence Community’s production of intelligence concerning weapons systems.