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ProQuest Congressional 1789 - present Comprehensive ongoing collection of U.S. federal government publications from the late 18th century to the present. Includes acts (laws), bills and resolutions, committee reports and documents, hea... Access Database ProQuest Congressional

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Border and Migration Studies Online 19th - 21st centuries This collection of primary source documents, archives, films, and ephemera relate to significant border areas and events from the 19th to 21st centuries. It offers researchers historical context an... Access Database Border and Migration Studies Online
British History Online Middle Ages to 1900 British History Online is a digital library of primary and secondary sources on the history of Britain, from the Middle Ages to 1900. The library provides free access to over 1000 digitized volumes... Access Database British History Online
Canadiana Online 1600 - 1920 Canadiana online is a full-text searchable database that includes books, journals and government publications documenting Canadian History. The e-book collection, spans three and a half centuries o... Access Database Canadiana Online
Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966 1834-1966 The Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966 is Official British government correspondence concerning Africa from the Foreign Office and the Colonial Office. It was issued by the British Government. I... Access Database Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966
Confidential Print: Latin America 1833-1969 The Confidential Print series, issued by the British Government between c. 1820 and 1970, is a fundamental building block for political, social and economic research. The series originated out of a... Access Database Confidential Print: Latin America
Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969 1839 - 1969 The Confidential Print series, issued by the British Government between c. 1820 and 1970 consists of the most important internal papers generated by the Foreign and Colonial Offices (FCO). These ra... Access Database Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969
Confidential Print: North America, 1824-1961 1824-1961 The Confidential Print series, issued by the British Government between c. 1820 and 1970 consists of the most important internal papers generated by the Foreign and Colonial Offices (FCO). These ra... Access Database Confidential Print: North America, 1824-1961
Early Canadiana Online 1600 - 1920 Early Canadiana Online is a large-scale collection of Canadian print materials comprising twelve collections of over three million pages. The parts include Early Canadian Periodicals, Early officia... Access Database Early Canadiana Online
Empire Online 1492 to 1969 Empire Online spans five centuries, charting the rise and fall of empires around the world. It provides exploration of colonial history, politics, culture, and society. Key features include: tens o... Access Database Empire Online
English Reports (HeinOnline) 1220-1867 Contains exact page-images of the original bound reprint edition of the English Reports (containing more than 100,000 cases), together with the Indexes and Book of Charts. Access Database English Reports (HeinOnline)
European Colonialism in the Early 20th Century: Italian Colonies in North Africa and Aggression in East Africa, 1930-1939 1930-1939 Italian colonial aspirations and policies mimicked those of other European countries during the modern period. Italian colonial policy during the period 1930-1939 was shaped more by Fascism. Fascis... Access Database European Colonialism in the Early 20th Century: Italian Colonies in North Africa and Aggression in East Africa, 1930-1939
European Union Documents and Publications Current European Union documents and other publications, including the Official Journal of the European Union, legal texts, treaties, statistics, historical records, and the latest EU-wide surveys and opin... Access Database European Union Documents and Publications
Hansard 1803 - present Hansard Online is the official report of all parliamentary debates (proceedings) of both the U.K. House of Commons and the House of Lords. It is similar to the United States' Congressional Record. ... Access Database Hansard
National Peoples Congresses (NPC) 1955 - present Peoples Congress (database) - NPC Database is a collection of reports, primarily by People's Daily and People's Daily Online, on National People's Congress, from the 1st Session of 1st NPC to the 3... Access Database National Peoples Congresses (NPC)
Official Publications of India Official Publications of India. Government documents related to pre- and post-Independence South Asia. The Official Publications were most often defined by enumeration of holdings at the British Li... Access Database Official Publications of India
Pravda Archive, 1959-1996 1959 - 1996 Archive of articles published by Pravda, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, between 1959 to 1996. The articles were collected and translated into English by the Fore... Access Database Pravda Archive, 1959-1996
Sixth National Population Census of China Database / 中国第六次全国人口普查数据库 This is a bilingual (Chinese and English) database. The contents of data are name, gender, age, nationality, permanent residence registration, education level, industry, occupation, social security... Access Database Sixth National Population Census of China Database / 中国第六次全国人口普查数据库
State Papers Online: Early Modern Government in Britain and Europe (1509-1782) 1509 - 1782 State Papers Online, 1509-1714 is a collection of English government documents originating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when the King or Queen acted as Prime Minister as well as Mon... Access Database State Papers Online: Early Modern Government in Britain and Europe (1509-1782)
U.K. Parliamentary Papers 1688 - 2003/04 session Papers issued by the United Kingdom House of Commons including Bills and Acts, Command Papers, House of Commons Papers, Hansard (the official report of debates in Parliament) and supplementary mate... Access Database U.K. Parliamentary Papers

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European Sources Online (ESO) 1990s - present European Sources Online (ESO) is an online database which provides access to information on the institutions and activities of the European Union, the countries, regions and other international org... Access Database European Sources Online (ESO)
European Union Documents and Publications Current European Union documents and other publications, including the Official Journal of the European Union, legal texts, treaties, statistics, historical records, and the latest EU-wide surveys and opin... Access Database European Union Documents and Publications
Immigrations, Migrations and Refugees: Global Perspectives, 1941-1996 1941 - 1996 Archive of translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents and books providing global insight on immigration in the mid-to-late 20th c... Access Database Immigrations, Migrations and Refugees: Global Perspectives, 1941-1996
Nuclear Arms and Weapons of Mass Destruction Global Perspectives, 1945-1996 1945 - 1996 Translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents, and books providing global reaction to the world Arms Race. Contains a mix of governm... Access Database Nuclear Arms and Weapons of Mass Destruction Global Perspectives, 1945-1996
OECD iLibrary 1998 - present NOTE: This resource was cancelled on 9/1/2019, after which access will be limited to content published prior to 9/1/2019, and will not include any updates to content made after that date. OECD iLib... Access Database OECD iLibrary
Summaries of EU Legislation Current This site provides fact sheets which summarise European Union legislation. The fact sheets are divided into 32 subject areas which are the Activities of the European Union. You will find not only s... Access Database Summaries of EU Legislation
United Nations Digital Library 1946 - present The United Nations Digital Library contains official UN documents and publications, UN resolutions, speech and voting records, agendas, maps, and more. UN Digital Library has superseded UNBISnet. (... Access Database United Nations Digital Library
United Nations Treaty Collection 1920 - current The UN Treaty Collection incorporates full text of several UN publications available in paper, among them Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General (updated almost daily), the Unit... Access Database United Nations Treaty Collection
World Constitutions Illustrated (HeinOnline) 1812 - present Current constitutions for every country in the original language along with at least one English translation. Includes expert commentary, the complete set of the British and Foreign State Papers, a... Access Database World Constitutions Illustrated (HeinOnline)
World Protest and Reform Movements Global Perspectives, 1945-1996 1945 - 1996 Digitized collection of translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents, and books covering global reaction to major protest and refor... Access Database World Protest and Reform Movements Global Perspectives, 1945-1996

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American FactFinder 2000 - present The U.S. Census Bureau developed American FactFinder as its primary vehicle for distributing census data. American FactFinder provides access to data from the Decennial Census, the American Communi... Access Database American FactFinder
Apartheid: Global Perspectives, 1946-1996 1946 - 1996 Fully searchable, digitized collection of television and radio broadcasts, periodicals, newspapers, and government documents translated into English, originally written by the people who experience... Access Database Apartheid: Global Perspectives, 1946-1996
Black Freedom The ProQuest History Vault offers researchers the opportunity to study the most well-known and also unheralded events of The Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century from the perspective of the m... Access Database Black Freedom
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications 1976 - present The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) is the finding tool for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. The CGP co... Access Database Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
Congress.gov 1973 - present Congress.gov contains federal legislative information from the United States government. It is the new platform for legislation, the Congressional Record, committee reports, nominations, treaties, ... Access Database Congress.gov
Congressional Record (U.S.) (ProQuest Congressional) 1789 - 2017 The official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress back to 1789. Includes both daily and bound editions of the Congressional Record, as well as its predecessor titles:... Access Database Congressional Record (U.S.) (ProQuest Congressional)
CQ Almanac Online 1945 - present Coverage and analysis of U.S. congressional legislation from 1945 to today, including how bills are changed, derailed, or ultimately passed during an annual session of Congress. The CQ Almanac incl... Access Database CQ Almanac Online
Digital National Security Archive 1945 - present The DNSA includes over 100,000 declassified primary documents relating to US foreign policy. It is separated into 42 collections consisting of over compiled and organized by top scholars and expert... Access Database Digital National Security Archive
Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1939 (U.S.) (ProQuest Congressional) 1789 - 1939 Collection of publications from the Executive Branch of the federal government listed in the 1909 Checklist created by the U.S. Superintendent of Documents as a summary of all publications issues b... Access Database Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1939 (U.S.) (ProQuest Congressional)
Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) (incomplete run, 1861-1960) Incomplete run, 1861-1960 The Foreign Relations of the United States series is the official record of major US foreign policy decisions. This digital collection has incomplete coverage from 1861-1960. It can be searched by ... Access Database Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) (incomplete run, 1861-1960)
govinfo varies by series Free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. Includes the Federal Register, Congressional Record, U.S. Code, U.S. Statutes at Large, Code of Federa... Access Database govinfo
Hearings (ProQuest Congressional) 1824 - 2018 Published and unpublished hearings from U.S. Congressional committee hearings proceedings. All hearings contain the full transcripts of the proceedings, including all oral statements, committee que... Access Database Hearings (ProQuest Congressional)
HeinOnline 1220 - present Full-text legal periodicals, historical texts, foreign & international materials, and primary legal materials in PDF, including the Federal Register, U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Reports & attorney... Access Database HeinOnline
Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) Dates vary The HSDL collection provides quick access to important U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources such as theses and reports fr... Access Database Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL)
Joint Publications Research Service Reports (JPRS) 1957 - 1995 The Joint Publications Research Service was a U.S. government organization established in 1957 to supply government agencies with translations of unclassified foreign documents consisting of the fo... Access Database Joint Publications Research Service Reports (JPRS)
LLMC Digital (Law Library Microform Consortium) 1700s to date Full-text U.S. Federal and Canadian primary law from the Law Library Microform Consortium. Also contains historical legal treatises. Emphasis is on older materials. Access Database LLMC Digital (Law Library Microform Consortium)
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Dates Vary Within NCEI, there is access to various data holdings from the Center for Weather and Climate, Coasts, Oceans, and Geophysics. Land-based, marine, model, radar, weather balloon, satellite, paleocli... Access Database NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
ProQuest Congressional 1789 - present Comprehensive ongoing collection of U.S. federal government publications from the late 18th century to the present. Includes acts (laws), bills and resolutions, committee reports and documents, hea... Access Database ProQuest Congressional
ProQuest Legislative Insight 1789 - 2019 Legislative Insight is 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 ver... Access Database ProQuest Legislative Insight
ProQuest Regulatory Insight 1935 - 2019 As a companion to ProQuest Legislative Insight, Regulatory Insight offers U.S. federal administrative law histories organized by federal statute and executive order, as well as Federal Register and... Access Database ProQuest Regulatory Insight
Serial Set (U.S.) (ProQuest Congressional) 1789 - 2019 House and Senate Documents and Reports published by the United States Congress, as well as presidential communications and treaty materials and official Civil War records. Content is searchable und... Access Database Serial Set (U.S.) (ProQuest Congressional)
Session Laws Library (HeinOnline) 1754 - present This Library contains exact replications of the official bound session laws (acts) of all 50 states from inception, as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. All states are available back to i... Access Database Session Laws Library (HeinOnline)
Statistical Abstract of the United States 1878-2012 (via Census Bureau) Dates vary The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statis... Access Database Statistical Abstract of the United States 1878-2012 (via Census Bureau)
Statistical Abstract of the United States 2013- (via ProQuest) dates vary, to present This tool is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of... Access Database Statistical Abstract of the United States 2013- (via ProQuest)
Subject Compilations of State Laws (HeinOnline) 1960 - present Index to articles, books, government documents, loose-leaf services, court opinions and Internet sites that compare state laws on hundreds of subjects. (Updated quarterly) Access Database Subject Compilations of State Laws (HeinOnline)
U.S. Declassified Documents Online 1945 - 1970s The US Declassified Documents includes documents made available through the Freedom of Information Act from the period immediately after World War II through the 1970's. Nearly every major foreign ... Access Database U.S. Declassified Documents Online

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Oxford US Constitutional Law 1776 - present Includes full text of current and historical United States state constitutions. Also includes the Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the US series, which offers article-by-article co... Access Database Oxford US Constitutional Law
State of Wisconsin Collection, The Dates vary The State of Wisconsin Collection brings together, in digital form, two categories of primary and secondary materials: writings about the State of Wisconsin and unique or valuable materials that re... Access Database State of Wisconsin Collection, The
Wisconsin Acts 1969-present Acts passed by the Wisconsin Legislature since 1969. A table of statutes sections affected by Wisconsin acts since 1995 and Governor's Veto Messages are also available. Access Database Wisconsin Acts
Wisconsin Administrative Code & Register Current The Wisconsin Administrative Code is the publication, in a continual revision system, of the rules of executive agencies of the State of Wisconsin having rule-making authority. The Wisconsin Admini... Access Database Wisconsin Administrative Code & Register
Wisconsin Blue Book (UW Digital Collections) 1853 - 2003/04 The Wisconsin Blue Book is a comprehensive almanac of Wisconsin State Government. It includes biographies of people in state government, information on the various agencies of the state, and a grea... Access Database Wisconsin Blue Book (UW Digital Collections)
Wisconsin Blue Book (Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau) 2005/06 - present The Wisconsin Blue Book is a comprehensive almanac of Wisconsin State Government. It includes biographies of people in state government, information on the various agencies of the state, and a grea... Access Database Wisconsin Blue Book (Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau)
Wisconsin Digital Archives 2001 - present The Wisconsin Digital Archives is a growing collection of documents about the activities, functions, and policies of Wisconsin State Government. The collection contains documents from 2001 to curre... Access Database Wisconsin Digital Archives
Wisconsin Eye May 2007 - present Wisconsin Eye is a statewide multimedia public affairs network with a mission to present an independent, statewide view of civic life and public policy discussion. The network covers floor sessions... Access Database Wisconsin Eye
Wisconsin Historical Society Archive-It Collection 2010 - present The Wisconsin Historical Society Archive-It collection includes archived versions of Wisconsin state, county, and municipal government web sites, as well as archived versions of web sites from the ... Access Database Wisconsin Historical Society Archive-It Collection
Wisconsin Legislative Documents 1836 to present Wisconsin bills, acts, statutes, administrative rules, the Wisconsin Constitution, and more, including archived documents. Bill histories and amendments are included back to 1995. Access Database Wisconsin Legislative Documents
Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Digital Collections 1950 - present The digital collections of the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau contain documents published by the legislature and legislative agencies (including the Legislative Reference Bureau, Legislativ... Access Database Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Digital Collections
Wisconsin Statutes 1989 - present Wisconsin Statutes from the Legislative Reference Bureau. Statutes are updated with the integration of acts from the current legislative session. Access Database Wisconsin Statutes

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