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Cover Image: The CQ Researcher Full Service
  • Date: 01/01/2006
  • Format: Print Subscription
  • Price: $758.00
  • ISSN: 1056-2036

The CQ Researcher Full Service
Kenneth Jost, The CQ Researcher
Peter Katel, The CQ Researcher
Marcia Clemmitt, The CQ Researcher
Pamela M. Prah, The CQ Researcher


Free CQ Researcher report - Combating Plagiarism

The CQ Researcher Full Service annual subscription includes 44 issues of The CQ Researcher reports and an annual bound volume of the year's reports.

The CQ Researcher, voted a Best Reference Database two years in a row by Library Journal, has been the reference of choice for librarians for almost 80 years. Thousands of subscribers have discovered its quality and rich research opportunities . Journalists, librarians, teachers, and students know that they can count on a thorough, nonpartisan overview of important issues in a wide range of areas including social, economic, political, and environmental policy. Each of the 44 weekly issues offers a balanced, in-depth analysis of a contemporary topic by a veteran journalist, pro and con arguments by experts, a chronology, and annotated bibliographies to guide additional research.

The CQ Researcher is divided into specific sections to guide research. Students can go directly to the section they need or read the entire report. In each report you will find the following:

  • Abstract -Summary of the article (125 words)
  • Overview - A 1,200-word introduction to the issue, plus two or three detailed pro-con discussions of the hottest debates relating to the subject (about 4,000 words total)
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  • Outlook- Long-range projections of where the issue is headed (700 words)
  • Special Focus- Maps, graphs, tables, charts and up to three related articles
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  • Bibliography- Works cited in the article or consulted by the author in its production
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  • Contacts- Information for contacting relevant organizations and associations
  • Footnotes- Annotation citing external resources used within the article

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Bio(s)
Kenneth Jost, The CQ Researcher

Kenneth Jost is a Supreme Court reporter, author of Supreme Court Yearbook since the 1992-1993 edition, and a staff writer for CQ Researcher. A graduate of Harvard College and Georgetown University Law Center, Jost has been reporting on legal affairs since 1970.



Peter Katel, The CQ Researcher

Peter Katel is a CQ Researcher staff writer who previously reported on Haiti and Latin America for Time and Newsweek and covered the Southwest for newspapers in New Mexico. He has received several journalism awards, including the Bartolomé Mitre Award for drug coverage from the Inter-American Press Association and awards for investigative and interpretive reporting from the New Mexico Press Association. He holds an A.B. in university studies from the University of New Mexico.



Marcia Clemmitt, The CQ Researcher

Marcia Clemmitt is a veteran social-policy reporter who joined CQ Researcher after serving as editor in chief of Medicine and Health, a Washington-based industry newsletter, and staff writer for The Scientist. She has also been a high school math and physics teacher. She holds a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences from St. Johns College, Annapolis, and a masters degree in English from Georgetown University.



Pamela M. Prah, The CQ Researcher

Pamela M. Prah is a veteran reporter who recently joined CQ Researcher after several years reporting in Washington for Stateline.org, Kiplingers Washington Letter and the Bureau of National Affairs. She holds a masters degree in government from Johns Hopkins University and a journalism degree from Ohio University.

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