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Order of St. Sahak – St. Mesrop Bestowed upon Dr. Haroutune Armenian, President of the American University of Armenia
August 18, 2007

On August 18, 2007, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, bestowed the Order of Saint Sahak – Saint Mesrop to the President of the American University of Armenia, Dr. Haroutune Armenian, in recognition of his numerous pedagogical and societal contributions. more

Summer course on international humanitarian law
August 13-17, 2007

From 13 to 17 August 2007 the American University of Armenia (AUA) and the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Armenia will hold a course on international humanitarian law (IHL) for 24 students of Armenian universities and young career lawyers. more

Workshop on "Health Professionals For Tobacco Free Armenia"
June 28, 2007

On June 28, 2007, more than 100 physicians, nurses and other health professionals from Armenia and abroad, including the Diaspora, gathered together at the Marriott Hotel Armenia to discuss the role of health professionals in fighting the tobacco epidemic in Armenia during the Workshop, entitled "Health Professionals For Tobacco Free Armenia." more

American University of Armenia Receives US Accreditation
March 2007

The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) has accredited the American University of Armenia. more
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E-Reference Desk

WebFeat Federated Search Service
Provides unified searching of 20 database resources in addition to the library catalog.

Virtual Reference Desk
Provides help to academic researchers on a variety of topics: on U.S. selected government documents; U.S. government agencies, programs, departments, and committees.

Acronyms and Abbreviations Search

Acronym Finder
A searchable database containing common acronyms and abbreviations about all subjects, with a focus on computers, technology & telecommunications.

World Wide Web Acronym and Abbreviation Server

Almanacs

The Almanac of Politics and Government
An annual compilation of information about the United States and World politics and government.

Anyday in History

Information Please Almanacs
Find answers and articles in IP's almanacs.

Biography

4000 Years of Women in Science

Biography Center
Indexes more than 10,700 biographies on the Web.

Forbes World's Richest People

Nobel Prize Internet Archive

Countries

World Fact Book
A standard reference source, data is available for over 250 countries. For each country, map and flag, geographic, population, government, economic, communication, transportation, military, and transnational issue information is provided for the latest year available. There are also seventeen individual reference maps and eight appendices.

E-resources on IT available on Armenia Development Gateway Portal

EURASIANET
Provides information and analysis about political, economic, environmental and social developments in the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as in Russia, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia.

ArmeniaWeek
Is published by the FOURTH MILLENNIUM SOCIETY, publishers of AIM.
The site is updated every Friday. Provides the summary of the most important news in Armenia.

United Nations Office in Armenia
As part of the UN Secretariat, DPI is the principal source of public information about the UN system in the country. DPI provides up-to-date public information materials on the aims and activities of the UN in political, economic, social and humanitarian fields to a diverse local audience.

Global Development Network
Provides access to online journals related to the social sciences

Dictionaries, Thesauri, & Glossaries

English-Armenian, Armenian-English Dictionary

Phrase Finder
Type a phrase and retrieve a list of related phrases.

Political Dictionary
Terms used by policy-makers, journalists, commentators, and analysts, in discussing national and international politics.

Rhyming Dictionary
Find words that rhyme with, almost rhyme with, or sound exactly the same as a certain target word, or find words that approximate or have the same meaning as an intended concept.

Thesaurus.com
Browse the thesaurus by an alphabetical list of head words or by categories of word types. Based on Roget's.

Online Databases

ACM
Association for Computing Machinery is the ultimate online resource for those interested in the computing industry. Through subscription we will have access to all ACM journals and magazines, both in print and online, including an archive where available. You may access and retrieve online full text articles from all workstations via IP addresses within American University of Armenia.

Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture provides access to journals from major scientific publishers in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences.
Please contact Papazian Library administration to obtain Password

Blackwell-Synergy
Blackwell Synergy is the online journals service from Blackwell Publishing. It holds the content for most of Blackwell's leading journals (814 journals), the majority of which are published on behalf of international scholarly and professional societies.

Cambridge Journals Online
Cambridge Journals Online (CJO) provides full text for over one hundred journals in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
Please contact Papazian Library administration to obtain Password.

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
A full-text online database for political science, area studies, diplomatic history, international law and business, policy formation, and country analysis.
Access and retrieval is via IP.

DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.

EBSCO
Provides full text for over 5,360 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, business, management, economics, finance, accounting, and much more.
Please contact Papazian Library administration to obtain the User ID and Password.

EOLSS-Online
The Online Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems covers the following subjects: Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Biologicaland medical sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities, Physical Sciences, engineering and Technology Resources, Chemical Sciences, Water Science and Resources, Energy Engineering Resources, Environmental and Ecological Sciences and Resources, and more...
Please contact Papazian Library administration to obtain the User ID and Password.

HighWire Press
Offers free online access to the limited journals on Public Health.

HINARI
Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative provides access to over 2,000 medical and health journals and various databases and electronic reference works.
Please contact Papazian Library administration to obtain the User ID and Password.

OARE

Online Access to Research in the Environment  provides access to a wide range of disciplines, including biotechnology, botany, climate change, ecology, energy, environmental chemistry, environmental economics, environmental engineering and planning, environmental law and policy, environmental toxicology and pollution, geography, geology, hydrology, meteorology, oceanography, urban planning, zoology, and many others.
Please contact Papazian Library administration to obtain the user ID and password.

Oxford Journals Online
Offers access to over 120 prestigious journals in science, technology, medicine, humanities and social sciences.
Access and retrieval is via IP.

SpringerLink
SpringerLink is one of the world's leading online information services for scientific, technical, and reviewed journals from Springer-Verlag publisher. SpringerLink offers over 500 fully peer reviewed journals and more than 2000 books online.
Please contact Papazian Library administration to obtain Password.

The Multi-Repository Mathematics Collections
Access to three of the most significant mathematics collections digitally available: the Mathematics Collection from Cornell, the Mathenatics Collection from Gottingen, and the University of Michigan's Historical Math Collection.
Access and retrieval is via IP.

E-Journals

Financial Times

Entrepreneur

HS is the newspaper of the CSUF Armenian Students Organization and the Armenian Studies Program

Scientific American

The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education is the academic world's No. 1 source of news and information.
Please contact Papazian Library administration to obtain the User ID and Password.

Transitions Online
A leading Internet magazine covering Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the former Soviet Union.

Encyclopedias

Britannica.com
Complete searchable contents of the Encyclopedia Britannica plus links to web sites and articles.

Columbia Encyclopedia.
Sixth Edition 2000 50,000 articles, 40,000 bibliographic citations, and over 80,000 cross-references.

Flags

World Flags Database

Writing

Citation Styles
MLA Style, APA Style, Chicago Style, CBE Style and more.

Term Paper Guide
Choosing a Topic, Developing a Thesis, Outlining, Revising, & Documenting Sources.

 
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