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Judicial

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
News, business, legal, medical, & reference information from nearly 5,000 sources.
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Nexis Uni provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, medical, and reference information from nearly 5,000 sources, most of them available in full text.

The service covers newspapers, magazines, wire services, federal and state court opinions, federal and state statutes, federal regulations, and SEC filings. News information is updated daily and wire services several times daily.

Subject Areas: General, Law, Political Science, Current Events

Format: Newspaper and Journal Articles
Update Schedule: Daily
Database Producer: LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions.

Google Scholar
Google database focusing on scholarly research.
Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER)
An electronic public access service, provided by the federal judiciary, that allows users to obtain case and docket information online from federal appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts. You will need to register and create an account to access PACER.
Supreme Court Collection (Cornell University Law School's Legal Information Institute)
This site, maintained by Cornell University Law School's Legal Information Institute, offers Supreme Court decisions from the early court through the present; searchable by topic, author (i.e. justice who wrote the opinion), and party (to the case).

Note: Coverage prior to 1990 may not be complete for all times or topics
Ferguson grand jury testimony and reports
SCOTUSblog
Up-to-date coverage of the Supreme Court, from live blogging of oral arguments to announcements of Supreme Court actions. Useful for links to key documents (petitions, briefs, motions, etc.) in cases going back to 2007, and a glossary of legal terms.
The Oyez Project
Audio (and transcript) archive of oral arguments before the Supreme Court, from as far back as 1955.
United States Reports
This is the only currently accepted "official" version of the Supreme Court decisions. According to the Supreme Court "In case of discrepancies between a bound volume and the materials included here (on their web site)--or any other version of the same materials, whether print or electronic, official or unofficial--the printed bound volume controls."

Legislative

ProQuest Congressional Publications This link opens in a new window
Access to a variety of information by and about the United States Congress, 1824 to present.
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Subject Areas: Law, Political Science, U.S. History, Current Events

Previously known as Lexis-Nexis Congressional, ProQuest Congressional Publications offers access to a variety of information by and about the United States Congress.

ProQuest Congressional provides access to:
- Congressional publications from 1824 to the present
- CIS Legislative Histories for public laws going back to 1970
- Bills as they move through the House and Senate
- The Congressional Record and Federal Register
- Information about members and committees
- The National Journal
- Access to testimony in full text from Congressional Hearings, covering the years 1824 to present

Format: Archival Resources
Update Schedule: Daily
Database Producer: ProQuest
Legislative Insight (Proquest) This link opens in a new window
A federal legislative history service containing compilations of digital full-text publications relevant to enacted United States public laws.
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Subject Areas: Government, History, Political Science, International Studies

ProQuest Legislative Insight is a federal legislative history service that makes available thoroughly researched compilations of digital full-text publications relevant to enacted United States public laws. ProQuest Legislative Insight Major Laws is a subset of ProQuest Legislative Insight with content selected to support entry-level study of U.S. History, Political Science, and Government.

ProQuest legislative histories are comprised of fully searchable PDFs of full-text publications generated in the course of congressional lawmaking. These include the full text of the Public Law itself, all versions of related bills, law-specific Congressional Record excerpts, committee hearings, reports, and prints. Also included are Presidential signing statements, CRS reports, and miscellaneous congressional publications that provide background material to aid in the understanding of issues related to the making of the law.

Format: Full text Resources
Update Schedule: Daily
Database Producer: ProQuest

Congress.gov
The official website for U.S. federal legislative information.
Consort (advanced search)
To search our library's government information collection, go to 'Location' and select 'DEN Government Docs.'

Executive Action

American Presidency Project
The American Presidency Project is the only online resource that has consolidated, coded, and organized into a single searchable database:
- Messages & Papers of the Presidents: 1789-1913
- The Public Papers of the Presidents: 1929-2007 & 2010
- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents: 1977-2009
- Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents: 2009-2012
Compilation of Presidential Documents (U.S. Government Publishing Office)
Includes executive orders, speeches, press conferences, signing statements, and press releases; goes back to early 1990's and President Clinton.

News Sources

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
News, business, legal, medical, & reference information from nearly 5,000 sources.
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Nexis Uni provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, medical, and reference information from nearly 5,000 sources, most of them available in full text.

The service covers newspapers, magazines, wire services, federal and state court opinions, federal and state statutes, federal regulations, and SEC filings. News information is updated daily and wire services several times daily.

Subject Areas: General, Law, Political Science, Current Events

Format: Newspaper and Journal Articles
Update Schedule: Daily
Database Producer: LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions.
Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
Newspaper Source contains selected full text for 245 regional U.S. newspapers, eighteen international newspapers, six news-wires, nine newspaper columns, and cover-to-cover full text for The Christian Science Monitor and The Los Angeles Times. This database also contains indexing and abstracts for four national newspapers.
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Subject Areas: Current Events, Mass Media

Newspaper Source contains selected full text for 375 regional U.S. newspapers, eighteen international newspapers, six news-wires, nine newspaper columns, and cover-to-cover full text for The Christian Science Monitor and The Los Angeles Times. This database also contains indexing and abstracts for four national newspapers.

Format: Index to Journal Articles
Update Schedule: Daily.
Database Producer: EBSCO Publishing.
US Major Dailies This link opens in a new window
US Major Dailies provides access to the five most respected US national and regional newspapers, including The New York Times and Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.
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Subjects: All

US Major Dailies provides access to the five most respected US national and regional newspapers, including The New York Times and Washington Post, co-exclusive access to The Wall Street Journal, and exclusive access to the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune.

These titles offer researchers thorough and timely coverage of local, regional, and world events with journalistic balance and perspective.

The content is available by 8am each day and provides archives stretching as far back as 1985.

Format: Full Text
Dates of Coverage: 1985 - Present
Update Schedule: Daily
Database Distributor: ProQuest
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. keywords: newspapers
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Subject Areas: International Studies, Sociology & Anthropology, Women's Studies, Asian Studies, Black Studies, Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Ethnic NewsWatch is a full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.

Format: Index to Journal Articles
Dates of Coverage: 1990-
Database Producer: ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey.
New York Times (Proquest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
New York Times articles, from 1851 to three years ago.
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Subject Areas: Mass Media, U.S. History

Full page images of the New York Times newspaper, dating from 1851 to three years ago.

Format: Full Text Journals
Dates of Coverage: 1851-three years ago (moving wall)
Database Producer: ProQuest / Chadwyck-Healey.
Baltimore Afro-American (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides online coverage from 1893 to 1988.
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Subject Areas: History, Black Studies

This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

Format: Full Text
Dates of Coverage: 1893 to 1988
Database Producer: ProQuest
Chicago Defender, 1909-1975 This link opens in a new window
The Chicago Defender is a leading African-American newspaper. This is an excellent place to look for the Midwestern African-American view of events and policies.
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Subject Areas: Black Studies, Mass Media, Communication

The Chicago Defender ( 1909-1975) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue of this leading African-American newspaper.

The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

Issues of the Chicago Defender from 1999 to the present can also be found at the Ethnic NewsWatch database.

Format: Full Text Journals
Dates of Coverage:1909-1975
Update Schedule: Complete Archive
Database Producer: ProQuest
Cleveland Call and Post (1934-1991) (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Full text of the African American newspaper "Cleveland Call & Post" from 1934-1991.
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Subject Areas: Black Studies, Communication, History, Political Science

This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

It includes the following three title variants of the newspaper:
- 1934 to 1962: "Cleveland Call and Post"
- 1962 to 1982: "Call and Post"
- 1982 to 1991: "Call & Post"

Format: Full Text Journals
Dates of Coverage: 1934-1991
Update Schedule: Completed Archive
Database Producer: ProQuest
Pittsburgh Courier (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Full page and article images with searchable full text for this African-American newspaper, 1911-2002.
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Subject Areas: Black Studies, Communication, Mass Media

ProQuest's Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002) offers full page and article images with searchable full text for this African-American newspaper. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. One of the most nationally circulated Black newspapers, the Courier reached its peak in the 1930s. A conservative voice in the African-American community, the Courier challenged the misrepresentation of African-Americans in the national media and advocated social reforms to advance the cause of civil rights.

Format: Full Text Journals
Dates of Coverage: 1911-2002
Database Producer: ProQuest / Chadwyck-Healey.

Miscellaneous

Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: History Vault This link opens in a new window
Includes organizational records, personal papers and Federal government records.
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Subject Areas: History, Black Studies

Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century, part of the History Vault database, contains primary source material from federal agencies, letters, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, financial records, and diaries are among the unique resources available in digital format for the first time.

Collections within this database (Civil Rights and the Black Freedom Struggle) include:
- Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Federal Government Records
- Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Federal Government Records, Supplement
- Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 1
- Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2

Format: Full Text
Dates of Coverage: 20th century
Database Producer: Gale
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Online access to over 3,000 reference books in all subject areas.
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Subject Areas: General

Gale eBooks (formerly known as Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)) provides online access to over 3,000 reference books in all subject areas.

Format: Full Text Books
Database Producer: Gale Cengage.
IPoll databank @ the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research This link opens in a new window
US public opinion data from the comprehensive archives of the Roper Center for Public Opinion, 1935 to present.
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Subject Areas: Communication, Political Science, Sociology & Anthropology

Search and retrieve US public opinion data from the comprehensive archives of the Roper Center for Public Opinion. A full-text retrieval system, iPOLL is organized at the question-level, providing the tools to sift through nearly a half million questions asked on national public opinion surveys since 1935.
In order to create a personal login with this database, please follow the instructions found here.

Format: Statistical Resources, Archival Resources
Dates of Coverage: Varies
Update Schedule: Regularly
Database Producer: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Summon This link opens in a new window
Summon is a database of databases, searching the Library databases as well as the Library catalog. Searches may be refined by using the filters available in this interface.
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Subjects: All

Summon is a search interface that indexes the metadata and full text available in the Library databases and catalog. It is a one-stop search tool for searching almost 500 databases at once and links users to full text resources.

Searches may be refined by using the filters available in this interface.

Format: Full Text, Metadata, and Catalog Records
Dates of Coverage: Varies
Update Schedule: Weekly
Database Distributor: ProQuest