The following databases are available at the American Center Reference Service (ACRS) in Japan. The availability differs depending on the centers. Please call the ACRS in your area for details.

Biography Index
An index to biographical information from books, periodicals, newspaper obituaries and other printed materials published from July 1984 to January 1996.

Books In Print
Provides ordering information for books, videos, and audios published in the U.S.  Author, title, ISBN, publisher and subject fields are searchable. As of October 2005.

CQ Researcher
An index to CQ Researcher articles from 1992 to 2000. Provides abstracts and full texts.

Congressional Masterfile 2 (CIS Index)
Index and abstracts to publications of the U.S. Congress, including congressional reports, documents, published hearings, and committee prints from 1970 to September 1998.

Cumulative Book Index
Lists citations to English language books published worldwide from 1982 to October 1999. Citations include book publisher, distributor, local cost and other information.

Dissertation Abstracts
Abstracts of doctoral dissertations and masters theses in humanities, social science, science and engineering from the United States, South Africa, and Canada are indexed in this CD-ROM. Disks are available for coverage from 1861 to current. 

EBSCO Host
An index to over 2000 scholarly journal articles with abstracts and full texts.

New York Times
Full text of the New York Times from 1991 to current. No graphic images available.

PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service
An index to over 3600 publications on public policy, social policy, and social science from 120 countries. Covers serials, committee reports, government documents, statistical sources, monographs, etc. From 1972 to October 2004.

PDQ (Public Diplomacy Query)
An index and full texts of U.S. Government's official texts, policy statements and interpretive material, features, and byline articles prepared by the U.S. Department of State from 1988 to September 1996.

PhoneDisc USA
Telephone listings nation-wide by geographical area. Searchable by name or address of an individual or a company.

ProQuest
An index to over 2600 general periodicals and academic journals with full texts and abstracts.

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
Cumulative index to articles from about 230 general interest magazines from 1983 to 2005.

Wall Street Journal
Full text of the Wall Street Journal from 1995 to current. No graphic images available.

Who's Who
Biographical information on notable American figures as presented in Marquis' Who's Who publications in the past 10 years.

The following databases are also available.
For more details, please ask the ACRS in your area.

CQ.com
Provides texts of bills, major congressional hearings, committee reports, and related congressional materials.

Factiva
Provides full texts of newspaper and business periodical articles.

Facts on File
Index to weekly digest of U.S. and world news since 1940 with full texts.

Federal News Service
Provides major congressional hearing transcripts, presidential statements, political leaders' speeches, and briefings from the US government.

FirstSearch
Contains more than 50 databases including phonebooks, library catalogs, indexes to periodical articles with full text available online.

LEXIS/NEXIS
Contains full texts of legal resources, international and national newspapers, general periodicals as well as academic journals.