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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... View ProQuest Congressional Online

Foreign Databases

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... View Border and Migration Studies Online Online
British History Online 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... View British History Online 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... View Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966 Online
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... View Confidential Print: Latin America Online
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... View Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969 Online
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... View Confidential Print: North America, 1824-1961 Online
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... View Early Canadiana Online 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... View Empire Online 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. View English Reports (HeinOnline) Online
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... View European Colonialism in the Early 20th Century: Italian Colonies in North Africa and Aggression in East Africa, 1930-1939 Online
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... View European Union Documents and Publications Online
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. ... View Hansard Online
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... View National Peoples Congresses (NPC) Online
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... View Official Publications of India Online
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... View Sixth National Population Census of China Database / 中国第六次全国人口普查数据库 Online
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... View State Papers Online: Early Modern Government in Britain and Europe (1509-1782) Online
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... View U.K. Parliamentary Papers Online

Multinational Databases

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... View European Sources Online (ESO) Online
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... View European Union Documents and Publications Online
OECD iLibrary 1998 - present OECD iLibrary is a platform containing over 17 ebook collections organized by theme from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. In addition to these ebooks, the platform also i... View OECD iLibrary Online
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... View Summaries of EU Legislation Online
UNBISnet: United Nations Bibliographic Information System 1979 - present UNBISnet contains citations to United Nations publications and documents from 1979 forward, including UN sales publications, selected periodical articles, Official Records, and mimeographed documen... View UNBISnet: United Nations Bibliographic Information System Online
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... View United Nations Treaty Collection Online
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... View World Constitutions Illustrated (HeinOnline) Online

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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... View American FactFinder Online
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... View Black Freedom Online
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... View Catalog of U.S. Government Publications Online
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, ... View Congress.gov Online
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:... View Congressional Record (U.S.) (ProQuest Congressional) Online
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... View CQ Almanac Online 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... View Digital National Security Archive Online
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... View Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1939 (U.S.) (ProQuest Congressional) Online
FDSys (US Government Printing Office) Varies by series; Most are from the second half of the 20th century. [NOTE: FDsys will be replaced by govinfo in December 2018. All FDsys content is available at govinfo now.] Full text of official publications from all three branches of the the U.S. Federal Governm... View FDSys (US Government Printing Office) Online
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 ... View Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) (incomplete run, 1861-1960) Online
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... View govinfo Online
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... View Hearings (ProQuest Congressional) Online
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... View HeinOnline Online
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... View Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) Online
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... View Joint Publications Research Service Reports (JPRS) Online
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. View LLMC Digital (Law Library Microform Consortium) Online
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... View NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Online
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... View ProQuest Congressional Online
ProQuest Legislative Insight 1789 - 2018 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... View ProQuest Legislative Insight Online
ProQuest Regulatory Insight 1935 - 2018 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... View ProQuest Regulatory Insight Online
Serial Set (U.S.) (ProQuest Congressional) 1789 - 2018 Reports and documents either produced or ordered by Congress, as well as presidential communications and treaty materials. Contains comprehensive and often detailed information on an extremely wide... View Serial Set (U.S.) (ProQuest Congressional) Online
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... View Session Laws Library (HeinOnline) Online
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... View Statistical Abstract of the United States 1878-2012 (via Census Bureau) Online
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... View Statistical Abstract of the United States 2013- (via ProQuest) Online
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) View Subject Compilations of State Laws (HeinOnline) Online
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 ... View U.S. Declassified Documents Online Online

Wisconsin Databases

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... View Oxford US Constitutional Law Online
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... View State of Wisconsin Collection, The Online
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. View Wisconsin Acts Online
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... View Wisconsin Administrative Code & Register Online
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... View Wisconsin Blue Book (UW Digital Collections) Online
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... View Wisconsin Blue Book (Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau) Online
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... View Wisconsin Digital Archives Online
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... View Wisconsin Eye Online
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 ... View Wisconsin Historical Society Archive-It Collection Online
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... View Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Digital Collections Online
Wisconsin Statutes 1989 - present Wisconsin Statutes from the Legislative Reference Bureau. Statutes are updated with the integration of acts from the current legislative session. View Wisconsin Statutes Online

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