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19th Century Masterfile
A comprehensive resource for finding English and foreign language primary materials published prior to 1930. It brings together many authoritative indexes for 19th century studies. Includes over 70 core indexes to over 8,000 periodicals, millions of books, along with newspapers, patents and US and UK Government Documents. Some linking to full text is available through JSTOR, American Periodical Series, Hein Online, Accessible Archives and additional public sites. Access is by genre: I) Multi-title Periodical Indexes; II) Book Indexes; III) Newspaper Indexes; IV) Complete Individual Periodical Indexes; V) US Patents; Hansard’s; US and UK Historical Government Documents.
CQ Press Congress Collection
Provides an analytical survey of the history and development; powers; personalities; current developments; and legislation considered and passed by the United States Congress. Information is organized under four sections. “Public Policy Legislation” presents legislative information and analysis under 23 broad topics — such as agriculture, civil rights, national security, and transportation. “Members of Congress” includes biographical, political, and electoral data about every member of Congress since the 79th Congress. With “Floor Votes,” each individual floor vote is presented with a description of the vote along with the vote outcome by political party and includes links to the roll call vote, the full text of the legislation, and a state delegation vote map. “The Legislative Branch” provides encyclopedic information, statistical data, legislative analysis, and Supreme Court case summaries relating to the structure and powers of Congress.
CQ Press Supreme Court Collection
Blends historical analysis with timely updates and expert commentary of Supreme Court decisions, biographies of Supreme Court justices, Supreme Court institutional history, and the U.S. Constitution.
Users can access information by topic, justice, and case name. Provides summaries and analysis of more than four thousand major decisions, including all cases in which the Burger, Rehnquist, and Roberts Courts (October 1969 to the present) issued a written opinion, and links to the full text of the cases.
The Early Republic: Critical Editions on the Founding of the United States (Johns Hopkins University Press)
Primary material documenting the actions, debates, and thoughts of the First Federal Congress (1789 – 1791) and its members were compiled by the First Federal Congress Project and published in 17 volumes by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Now, these important documents are accessible electronically. Comprising 17,000 annotated pages and 250 images, this source features a cumulative index and a search engine. At least two new volumes are planned for future publication, and The Early Republic will eventually incorporate digital editions of over 20 other publications relating to the colonial period and revolution.
Federal Contracts Daily (BNA)
Policies and regulations at both government-wide and individual agency levels affecting the federal acquisition of goods and services. Contains all issues published since January 2, 2001.
Federal Contracts Report (BNA)
Weekly source for information on federal contracting laws, regulations, policies, and litigation. C ontains all issues published since February 5, 1996.
HeinOnline Federal Register Library (William S. Hein & Co.)
HeinOnline Legal Classics Library (William S. Hein & Co.)
HeinOnline U.S. Supreme Court Library (William S. Hein & Co.)
LLMC Digital (LLMC)
Full text, searchable database of legal publications. Includes the following collections: U.S. Federal; U.S. States; U.S. Territories; Anglo-American Collections; Foreign Jurisdictions; International Law and Organizations; and Multi-Jurisdictional Subject Collections. All collections provide exact page images and enable the researcher to view all pages as they originally appeared in hard copy
LoisLaw (Kluwer)
One-source digital gateway to federal and state primary law, treatises, and legal forms.
Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources II, 1763-1970 (Gale Cengage)
Extends scholarly access to essential documents in American legal history into the second half of the twentieth century. Comprised of United States codes, constitutional conventions and compilations, and municipal codes scanned from the Harvard Law School Library, the Yale Law Library, and the Law Library of Congress. Part II is fully cross-searchable with Primary Sources, Part I.
The Making of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 (Gale Cengage)
Includes nearly 11 million pages of records and briefs brought before the U.S. Supreme Court during the final years of Chief Justice John Marshall’s Court through the first ten years of the Warren Court. It contains scanned images, so documents appear just as they do in the printed sources. Full-text searching is available.
ProQuest Congressional (Formerly LexisNexis Congressional) (ProQuest)
Bills, hearings, reports, committee prints, debates and public laws of the US Congress from 1789-present are indexed by subject, title, personal names, document numbers, and more. Full text of all documents indexed can be found in the law library’s microform collection, and electronic full text may be available for post-1984 documents.
ProQuest Congressional House & Senate Unpublished Hearings Digital Archive, Part A: House 1973-1979
Each congressional committee decides which hearings to publish. The transcripts of unpublished hearings are transferred to the National Archives. Unpublished Senate hearings generally remain closed for 20 years, and House hearings remain closed for 30 years. Hearings that contain classified or sensitive material generally remain closed for 50 years. This collection includes indexing and searchable PDFs for unpublished House hearings from 1973-1979.
ProQuest Legislative Insight Digital Archive (ProQuest)
Legislative histories comprised of fully searchable PDFs for full-text publications generated during congressional lawmaking. Includes full text of public laws, all versions of related bills, Congressional Record excerpts, committee hearings, reports, and prints. Also included are presidential signing statements, CRS reports, and miscellaneous congressional publications that provide background material.
ProQuest Policy File (ProQuest)
Offers access to U.S. foreign and domestic policy papers and gray literature on over 75 public policy topics. Updated weekly with abstracts and links to the latest reports, papers, and documents from over 350 public policy think tanks, non-governmental organizations, research institutes, university centers, advocacy groups, and other entities.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1870-1980 (Readex)
Reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, originally published in approximately 13,800 bound volumes.
U.S. Law Week (BNA)
Summarizes the most significant cases and key legislative, regulatory, and pre-decisional developments, across the country, across all areas of the law. Contains all issues published since June 24, 1997.
