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U.S. Law Research Databases

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CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window Contains over 4,000 in-depth research reports from 1923 to present on the world’s most pressing issues (gay marriage, gun control, Middle East conflicts, etc.) with data, charts, and visuals.
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Military & Government Collection This link opens in a new window Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers nearly 300 full-text periodicals and academic journals.
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Military Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Covers topics on all government and military branches, including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering and more.
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Homeland Security Digital Library This link opens in a new window Full access to over 207,000 resources related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management from a wide variety of sources including federal, state and local governments; international governments and institutions; and nonprofit organizations and private entities.
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Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window The world's largest academic, multi-disciplinary database with full text journals, newspapers, magazines, reports, eBooks and videos. Meets the needs of scholars in virtually every discipline.
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Ebook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window eBooks on a range of subjects such as business, information technology, education, engineering, health, history, humanities, life & physical sciences, and social and behavioral sciences.
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eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary eBooks representing a broad range of subjects.
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Films On Demand This link opens in a new window Full-length streaming videos in the humanities, social sciences, business, health, medicine, sciences, and mathematics fields.
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Alexander Street: Academic Video Online‎ This link opens in a new window A large multidisciplinary collection of streaming videos. Includes documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, raw footage, award-winning films, including Academy® and Emmy® winners, newly released films, and archival material previously unavailable.
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ImageQuest (Britannica) This link opens in a new window Nearly 3 million rights-cleared images from more than 50 collections including Getty Images, the National Portrait Gallery of London, and the National Geographic Society.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
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Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window The largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world, this database contains articles, maps, images, videos, and yearbooks from 1993 to present. Use it instead of Wikipedia for your research!
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Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window More than 50 reference eBooks in business, communications, history, law, literature, medicine, nation & world, science, and technology.
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FedLaw Links to web resources for finding various types of Federal laws: Codes, Regulations and Cases.
eCode of Federal Regulations Annual editions of the Code of Federal Regulations since 1994.
FindLaw Supreme Court decisions since 1893. Browse by year or volume number and search by citation, case title or full text.
U.S. Courts Links to cases by circuits and includes District Courts within a circuit.
Lectric Law Library's Legal Lexicon: Terms, Definitions & Explanations Includes thousands of definitions and explanations of legal terms, phrases and concepts.
UpCounsel Free Legal Documents and Forms A free online collection of legal forms split into two categories: business & general (real estate, corporations, employment, contracts, trusts and wills) and legal practice (law practice management, litigation and related matters).
How Our Laws Are Made Provides a basic outline of the numerous steps of our federal lawmaking process from the source of an idea for a legislative proposal through its publication as a statute.
Famous Trials Website created by Professor Douglas O. Linder with original essays, trial transcripts and exhibits, maps, images, and other materials relating to the greatest trials in world history.

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