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The U.S. Reference Service provides research and reference services for Australian institutions and professionals on various aspects of United States policy: international relations, especially Australian–U.S. economic and security relations; foreign relations; the environment; U.S. society, values and politics; and global issues.
The USRS has a small print reference collection, holds subscriptions to 45 U.S. magazines and has access to thousands of journal articles via online databases.
The electronic information resources available to USRS specialists include the Internet and online databases such as: Factiva, Lexis-Nexis, ProQuest Direct Research Library, STAT-USA, Thomson Gale Power Search, Economist Intelligence Unit, Federal News Service, and Treaties and International Agreements Research (TIARA).
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The USRS issues monthly alerts for web links which includes brief listings of documents about international relations, environment, democracy, economic, foreign affairs, national security, global, social and cultural issues.
Last update: Tuesday, 20 September 2011 GMT+1000
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