This searchable database contains information on more than American 17,400 men and women. Each entry contains a bibliography for further research and some have photos.
Formerly Biography Resource Center. Searchable, full-text database of biographies. Search for current and historic figures based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text.
Searchable, browsable, full-text reports of issues currently under debate before the Senate and House of Representatives. Includes status of bills, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates and roll-call votes. Also known as "Congressional Quarterly Weekly."
Covers: 1983 - current.
GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides full-text government information available from Federal agencies, the Executive branch, Congress, and the Judicial branch. Includes the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Record, as well as Congressional hearings, reports and bills, the U.S. Code and Supreme Court decisions. *Note: For general public access go to http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/
Most databases date back to 1994.
The Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) contains citations and short abstracts for journal articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, and statistical directories. Subjects include government, international relations, legislation, political science, statistics, and related areas.
Covers: 1972 - present, abstracts start at 1985.
Social Sciences Citation Index®, accessed via Web of Science®, provides access to the bibliographic and citation information data from 2,474 of the world's leading social sciences journals across 50 disciplines. Use Cited Reference Search to find articles that cite or are cited by an author. With the addition of Century of Social Sciences, SSCI® delivers comprehensive backfile and cited reference data from 1900.
Covers: 1900-present
WPSA provides citations and abstracts for journal articles in political science, international relations, law, and public administration / policy.
Covers: 1000 A.D. - present
Batten, Donna. 2010. Gale encyclopedia of American law. Detroit, Mich: Gale.
Full text of reference books on statistics and probability. Organized into categories including biostatistics, statistics for psychology, social science and law, statistical theories and methods, and statistics for biological sciences.
Founded in 1923 as Editorial Research Reports, CQ Researcher provides coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published ~weekly (44 times a year).
Covers: 1923 - present.
Sponsored by the Cornell University Law School, LII provides free legal information - US Code, state statutes, Supreme Court and NYS cases, & hyperlinked commentary on many diverse legal issues.
Full-text of 23+ journals. Subjects include criminal justice, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, corrections, penology, policing, forensic psychology, and family and domestic violence.
Coverage varies depending on journal title.
Full-text access to The Encyclopedia of Political Science -- Guide to Interest Groups and Lobbying in the United states -- Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History -- Encyclopedia of Religion in America.
Developed by the by the American Society of International Law (ASIL), EISIL is an an open database of authenticated primary and other materials across the breadth of international law.
Parry, Clive, John P. Grant, J. Craig Barker, and Clive Parry. 2009. Parry & Grant encyclopaedic dictionary of international law. New York: Oxford University Press.
THOMAS was launched in January of 1995, at the inception of the 104th Congress. The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public.