CQ Press

Product Highlights

CQ Researcher

For research on contemporary and controversial issues, The CQ Researcher—in print or web—is one of the most frequently used resources in the library today. Useful for term papers, debates, speeches, articles and other types of researchers, the CQ Researcher covers a wide range of social, economic, political and environmental issues.

Electronic Encyclopedia of American Government

Covering more than 1,100 topics related to elections and three branches of government, the Electronic Encyclopedia of American Government is ideal for research and essential information on the history, powers and operations of judicial, executive and legislative branches and the electoral process in America.

CQ Weekly

Covers Congress, politics and public policy. First published in 1945, CQ Weekly provides comprehensive, balanced coverage of congressional activity in a format that is accessible to those outside Washington. In addition to analysis of legislation, floor action and major policy issues, each issue is packed with roll call votes, quotes from opinion leaders, Supreme Court decisions, election coverage and more.

CQ Supreme Court Collection

CQ Supreme Court Collection combines CQ's unique historical analysis and summaries of the most important Supreme Court decisions together with Justice biographies, statistics and a quantitative analysis on essential topics, an institutional history of the Court and news feed on current events and public opinion surrounding the Court's decisions.

CQ Public Affairs Collection

A storehouse of public policy content organized by 22 key topics, The CQ Public Affairs Collection pulls together CQ's wealth of historic documents and primary source materials, statistical overviews, directory contact information and the very best of in-depth reporting on current affairs to create a one-stop source for public policy content.

CQ Insider

CQ Insider is a one-stop mega-database for national, international and state level contacts. More than 10,000 federal offices, regulatory agencies, congressional committees, international organizations and state governments contacts at your fingertips.

CQ Congress Collection

CQ Congress Collection is a dynamic, data-rich research and reference tool providing a sweeping historical analysis of members of Congress, their legislative voting behavior, interest groups and their interactions in crafting public policy. Informed and objective commentary also explains institutional and organizational history, the legislative process and public policy decision-making.

CQ Voting and Elections Collection

Integrates a wealth of data, authoritative analyses, concise explanations and historical material to help your patrons research and understand voting and elections in America. From the American voter, to major and minor political parties, to actual races for Congress, the presidency and governorships, the CQ Voting and Elections Collection provides context-driven intelligence on the state of the free and fair elections in America.

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License Agreements (Terms & Conditions)

Please print, review, and sign the terms and conditions and return along with the order form to Minitex.

How to Order or Renew

Your library may subscribe at any time.

Please print, review, and sign the terms and conditions and return along with the order/renewal form to Minitex (except in the case of credit card payment).

To pay by credit card, please complete the credit card authorization form, order form, and subscriber agreement, and fax documents to our secure fax line at 612-626-5380.

Technical Support

Statistics

Alert icon. Please note that usage statistics can only be accessed using the Internet Explorer web browser.

Your username and password are only for accessing your usage statistics. They may not be given out for remote access purposes, and only the designated administrator for the subscription should make use of them.

It is a good idea to contact CQ to change your password at least once a year so as to preserve secured access to your subscription. To do so, email webhelp@cq.com with the password change.

Access Your Usage Statistics

Usage statistics may be accessed by the designated system administrator at your library (please designate a single contact as your CQ administrator).

To access your usage statistics:

  • Go to the SecureCenter website.
  • Enter in your user name and password and click the LOGIN button. A new screen will appear giving you a choice of four reports: Log Report, Most Visited Pages Report, Search Report and Document Report. If you need your user name and password, please contact Customer Service via customerservice@cqpress.com or 866-4CQPRESS (866-427-7737).
  • Click the kind of report you want. Log Reports are available for all CQ Electronic Library products. The Most Visited Pages Report, the Search Report and the Document Report are available only for the CQ Public Affairs Collection, the CQ Insider and the CQ Supreme Court Collection.
  • After clicking on the report another screen will appear. Use the pull-down menus on the left to set the starting and ending dates; then use the pull-down menu on the right to select the CQ Electronic Library product for which you wish to generate a report.
  • Click the Submit button and your report will appear on the screen.

Contact Information

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Vendor Contact

Deb Davis (Academic and Public Libraries)
CQ Press Reference Information Group
Phone: 847-229-0048
Fax: 202-729-1806
Email: ddavis@cqpress.com

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