Electronic Databases for Government & Law

Academic Search Premier - Type: Full Text

Description: The world's largest scholarly, multidiscipline full text database designed specifically for academic institutions. It offers critical information from many sources found in no other database.

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Academic Universe see Lexis-Nexis Academic - Type: Full Text

Description: Provides access to a variety of news, business, legal, and reference information. Some of the articles are full text. Sponsored by LEXIS-NEXIS.

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Congressional Digest Online - Type: Full Text

Description: Congressional Digest, published by Congressional Digest Corporation, is an independent monthly publication with offices in Washington, DC. Congressional Digest was founded in 1921 by suffragette Alice Gram Robinson[1] with the goal of presenting, in her words, ?an impartial view of controversial issues.? The publication has stayed true to its original concept, presenting excerpted verbatim statements from current congressional debates in a pro-and-con format, along with digested government material to put the controversy in historical and legislative context.

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Copyright Renewal Database - Type: Full Text

Description: This database makes searchable the copyright renewal records received by the US Copyright Office between 1950 and 1993 for books published in the US between 1923 and 1963.

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Criminal Justice Abstracts - Type: Article Index

Description: Criminal Justice Abstracts provides comprehensive coverage of the major journals in criminology and related disciplines, extensive coverage of books, and unparalleled access to reports from government and nongovernmental agencies. Topics include crime trends, prevention projects, corrections, juvenile delinquency, police, courts, offenders, victims, and sentencing. 1968 to current.

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Dissertations & Theses: Full Text - Type: Full Text

Description: With more than 2.4 million entries, the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) database is the most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses in the world. UMI offers over 2 million titles for purchase in microfilm or paper formats. More than 930,000 are available in PDF format for immediate free download, and an average of 2,000 new PDFs are added to the database each week.

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Emporia State Institutional Repository Collection (ESIRC) - Type: Full Text

Description: The purpose of ESIRC is to collect, preserve and share a range of artifacts related to teaching, scholarship and cultural events at Emporia State University with the wider scholarly community and public.

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Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments Online - Type: Full Text

Description: Provides a complete examination of each of our nation's 27 Constitutional Amendments. From the prohibition of alcoholic beverages, to slavery, to the voting rights of women, this text illustrates how the US Constitution has changed since its ratification in 1789.

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FreePatentsOnline.Com - Type: Full Text

Description: The FreePatentsOnline.com database provides access to searching and browsing United States patent data, along with a list of humorous patents. For full coverage, please search the United States Patent and Trademark Office http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html .

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Kansas.GOV - Type: Full Text

Description: Official website of the State of Kansas. Includes government information including legislation and legislative actions.

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LegalTrac - Type: Full Text

Description: Articles from major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Also includes law-related articles from business and general interest periodicals.

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Lexis - Nexis Academic - Type: Full Text

Description: Provides access to a variety of news, business, legal, and reference information. Some of the articles are full text. Sponsored by LEXIS-NEXIS.

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Science.Gov - Type: Full Text

Description: Government science information selected by 12 science agencies. Coverage on environment, human health, conservation, energy, biology, earth and ocean sciences, physics, math, chemistry, and more.

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Thomas.Gov - Type: Full Text

Description: United States federal legislative information. Includes bills, resolutions, public laws, Congressional Record, committee reports, and more.

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Washlaw Web - Type: Full Text

Description: Legal research portal with links to international and national law resources, Kansas state law and decisions, law libraries, law schools, and more.

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