Contents:

Use the Index to Find a Topic
How to Get the Researcher's Full Text
The CQ Weekly

"The CQ Researcher is your complete source for in-depth analysis reporting on the most current and controversial issues of the day."

Covers:	Politics & Political Science Politics, Government & International Relations Sociology Sociology & Social Work
Reports include:	"The Issues" "Background" "Chronology" "Current situation" "At Issue" "Outlook" "Bibliography" "The Next Step" Example of how to write a citation for The Researcher May include graphs, charts and statistical information

Issues are published weekly and report on topics of current interest.

Full text is available in print format in the Reference Room, call number H35.E3353 LRC-R. Each volume, arranged on the shelves by year, contains one year of reports.

To locate a report on your topic, search or browse the Researcher index.

—Reports are indexed by title under boldface topic headings. The report titles are followed by the date the report appeared and the first page number of its print version. (Record this information to locate the report on the shelves.)
—Indexes are updated monthly.

Three options are provided below for index use.

Browse the Free Online CQ Researcher Subject-Title Index

Browse the Print Index

—Go to call number H35.E3353 LRC-R in the Reference Room.
—Get the most current complete year and browse the comprehensive "blue" index at the front of the volume.
—For reports that are published within the current year look on the back of the most current report.

Example:
If it is August 2007, use the comprehensive "blue" index at the front of the 2006 volume and look in the 2007 volume on the last page of the most current report, July 2007, for a list of the 2007 issue topics.

Search your topic in Academic Search Premier

Academic Search Premier contains indexing and abstracts only for this publication. (Full text is available in print in the Reference Room, not in the database.)

To find a report on your topic type keyword(s) and Limit Results to Publication CQ Researcher.

Try a search! Access Academic Search Premier (opens a new window).
1 . In the Find text box, type your topic or try gangs.   2. On the Refine Search tab, for Publication type CQ Researcher. 3. Click Search.
4. Review the results and click a title in the list to view the long record, which includes the abstract. Record the date and page numbers of the report.

• Go to the Reference Room, call number H35.E3353.
• Look in the volume for the date you need and then look for the pages you recorded. (The year is shown below the call number on the book's spine.) Inquire at the Reference Desk for assistance.

Full text availability:

In the Reference Room
—Most issues 1993-1994
—All issues 1999-present
On CD-ROM
—June 1991-November 2001 issues

The CQ Weekly is available in Academic Search Premier with abstracts and full text from 4/11/1998 through 14 days ago.

To locate a topic browse individual issues or search the content of all issues in Academic Search Premier.

Browse the CQ Weekly issues

In the green bar at the top of the EBSCOhost search page, choose 'Publications.' Type cq weekly in the text box, then click the Browse button. Click CQ Weekly, select a volume/issue, and then browse the list of articles.

Search the contents of all CQ Weekly issue

1. In Academic Search Premier, type a broad subject/topic in the Find text box.
2. On the Refine Search tab, for Publication type cq weekly in the text box. (See above example for CQ Researcher.)
3. Click Search.