Law, Government, and Politics Databases
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- Academic OneFile Full Text Thomson Gale
- Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources covering physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, and literature.
- CountryWatch Full Text CountryWatch
- Up-to-date news and information on each of the recognized countries of the world.
- CQ Researcher Full Text CQ Press
- Full text reports on current affairs and issues. Each report includes an overview, chronology, tables and maps, opposing viewpoints, assessment of current situation, and bibliographies of key sources.
- Criminal Justice Periodicals Full Text ProQuest
- Indexes over 220 titles including full text for more than 65, some back to 1981. Covers U.S. and international criminal justice including law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law and industrial security.
- InfoTrac Criminal Justice Collection Full Text Thomson Gale
- Collection of journals on the law and the field of criminal justice.
- Military and Government Collection Full Text EBSCO
- Indexes over 500 periodicals and other content on all branches of the military and government including full text of more than 300 titles.
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Full Text Thomson Gale
- Articles, reports, statistics, and primary documents on social issues.
- Oxford Guide to the United States Government Full Text Oxford University Press
- Key figures, events, and structures of the U.S. government
- Oxford Reference Online: Law Full Text Oxford University Press
- Homepage to Oxford dictionaries covering several aspects of U.S. Law, including a companion to the Supreme Court and its decisions.
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- A-Z of Countries of the World Full Text Oxford University Press
- Up-to-date overview of each country in the world
- Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World Full Text Oxford University Press
- People, concepts, and events that have shaped the world since 1993.
- JSTOR Full Text JSTOR
- For older articles. Contains back runs of core scholarly journals, some as far back as 1890. Does not include more recent issues.
- Dissertation abstracts Index only OCLC - FirstSearch
- Indexes over two million doctoral dissertations and master's theses as far back 1861.
- Expanded Academic ASAP Full Text Thomson Gale
- Indexes over 3,880 publications on a wide range of topics including full text for over 3,500, some from 1980.
- InfoTrac OneFile Full Text Thomson Gale
- Indexes over 9,200 titles including full text for over 5,156. Some titles back to 1980. Multidisciplinary and updated daily.
- MasterFILE Premier Full Text EBSCO
- Indexes over 2,660 titles including full text for over 1,830. Multidisciplinary.
- Academic Search Elite Full Text EBSCO
- Indexes over 3,400 journals including full text for over 2,000. Some publications back to 1985. Multi-disciplinary including the social sciences, humanities, sciences, education, and more.