E-resources and databases
starting with "C"
- COMTRADE (United Nations International Trade Statistics Database)
The United Nations Comtrade database aggregates detailed global annual and monthly trade statistics by product and trading partner for use by governments, academia, research institutes, and enterprises. Data compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division covers approximately 200 countries and represents more than 99% of the world's merchandise trade. Information can be extracted in a variety of formats, including API developer tools for integration into enterprise applications and workflows.
New users will need to register. Click on the Login link in the top right corner of the main page and click on Sign up now to create an account. A guide for new users can also be found here. - Confidential Print, Middle East, 1839-1969
The Confidential Print series, issued by the British Government between c. 1820 and 1970, is a fundamental building block for political, social and economic research. This collection consists of the Confidential Print for the countries of the Levant and the Arabian peninsula, Iran, Turkey, Egypt and Sudan.
Authorised for ANU alumni access - Confidential Print: Latin America
Issued by the British Government between c. 1820 and 1970, this collection consists of the Confidential Print for Central and South America and the French- and Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Topics covered include slavery and the slave trade, immigration, relations with indigenous peoples, wars and territorial disputes, the fall of the Brazilian monarchy, British business and financial interests, industrial development, the building of the Panama Canal, and the rise to power of populist rulers such as Perón in Argentina and Vargas in Brazil.
Authorised for ANU alumni access - Conflict in Indochina: Foreign Office Files for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
Module 1: Crisis and Upheaval, 1959-1964.
Covers the growing conflict between North and South Vietnam, and the resulting political instability across the region. There is significant coverage of Laos and the Geneva Convention in 1962, which produced an agreement on the neutrality of Laos.
- Congress.gov
Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information. The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public. It is presented by the Library of Congress (LOC) using data from the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Government Publishing Office, Congressional Budget Office, and the LOC's Congressional Research Service.
- Conscientious Objection During World War 1
During World War One, Conscientious Objectors united to oppose the war despite the criticism they faced. Three of these anti-war protest groups included the Conscientious Objector Information Bureau, the Union of Democratic Control, and the No-Conscription Fellowship. The collection includes complete files of key anti-war publications. It also contains rare reports from the Conscientious Objector Information Bureau. The internal papers include minutes from the Union of Democratic Control and letters from the No-Conscription Fellowship. The Fellowship’s most prominent figure, Clifford Allen, wrote a number of these items. Local Fellowship branches in Willesden, Middlesex and in Hyde, Greater Manchester are also covered. The Conscientious Objector, Thomas Henry Ellison, spent much of his time between 1916 and April 1919 in prison. His scrapbook covers both his own experiences and of the experience of the anti-war movement as a whole.
- Consumer Sciences Index
Produced by Deakin University Library, this bibliographic database indexes articles from published material on consumer economics and related fields. Source documents include periodical literature published in Australia and overseas. Subject coverage includes children, clothing, consumer economics, consumer education, craft, family, fashion, food, health, home economics teaching, housing, marriage, nutrition and textiles.
This database is no longer updated.
- Contemporary Global Issues in Video
Contemporary Global Issues in Video, provides an in-depth understanding of the complex and interconnected issues affecting our planet. With 125 hours of visual documentation covering a broad range of topics, including environmental crises, social justice, and political conflicts, this collection offers a comprehensive look at the challenges facing our world.
- Covidence (see login procedure)
Covidence is web-based software that assists researchers to screen references and undertake data extraction.
Covidence requires a special registration and login procedure.
- Criminal justice database
ProQuest Criminal Justice is a comprehensive database supporting research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends. As well as U.S. and international scholarly journals, it includes correctional and law enforcement trade publications, crime reports, crime blogs and other material relevant for researchers or those preparing for careers in criminal justice, law enforcement and related fields.
- CSIRO Publishing eBooks
E-books on animals, built environment, food & agriculture, gardening & horticulture, health, marine & freshwater, natural environment, physical sciences, plant science, and science in society published by Australia's leading science publisher CSIRO.
- CSIRO Publishing Journals
Journals presenting the latest research by leading Australian and overseas scientists and covering a broad range of subjects, including physical sciences, food and agriculture, health, and natural environment.
Authorised for ANU alumni access - Current Contents (via Web of Science)
Current Contents Connect provides complete table of contents and bibliographic information from the world’s leading scholarly journals and books. It also includes relevant, evaluated websites and documents. Coverage is from 1998 till present and includes agriculture, biology and environmental sciences; social and behavioural sciences; clinical medicine; life sciences; physical, chemical and earth sciences; engineering, computing & technology; arts and humanities; business, and electronics and telecommunications. It is searchable on the Web of Science platform.