Databases by Subject - Government & Law

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Database Title	Description	Coverage	Some Full Text	Restricted to...^†
Academic OneFile	Search full-text articles on physical science, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. Full Text Titles Included	1980-	Y
ArticleFirst	Citations from 15,000+ journals on all topics. Titles Indexed \| Search Tips	1990-	N
Gale PowerSearch	InfoTrac databases cover scholarly sources on a variety of topics. Great starting place for articles. Includes titles from Expanded Academic ASAP and others.	1980-	Y
Gale Virtual Reference Library	Search Gale eBook reference content such as Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, Major Acts of Congress, Encyclopedia of Bioethics and 20+ other titles. Help	2000-	Y
GPO Access	U.S. Government Printing Office access to over 1,000 databases of Federal information including full text of federal laws. Search Tips	1789-	Y
GPO Catalog of U.S. Government Publications	Index to print and electronic publications created by Federal agencies such as references to congressional committee reports, hearings and debates. Search Tips	1976-	N
Google Scholar	Google search for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports on all topic areas. Use to find articles from academic publishers, professional societies, prepublication repositories and universities.	Varies	Y	For best results, use Proxy
HighWire Press	From Stanford University, includes Web versions of 920+ journals in biological, physical, medical, and social sciences. Titles Included \| Search Tips	Varies	Y
JSTOR	Online archive of complete backruns of scholarly journals in a variety of academic fields. Titles Included \| Search Tips	1800s-	Y
LEXIS®-NEXIS® Academic	Full text news, legal, business, and biographical information. Titles Included \| Search Tips	Varies	Y
Major Acts of Congress	Search full text of 3-volume electronic reference book which examines landmark pieces of legislation, explaining the historical factors of each act, the adoption process and impact.	1787-2004	Y
Massachusetts Newsstand - Proquest CSA	Access to the full text of thirteen newspapers: The Boston Globe The Boston Herald The Worcester Telegram & Gazette More... Titles Included \| Help	Varies	Y
Oxford Journals Online	Search Oxford journals, we subscribe to 100+ titles covering a variety of topic areas.	1995-	Y
PAIS International	Contains references to articles on public affair and government issues from journals, books, government documents and statistical directories. Also Includes public policy journals. Titles Included \| Search Tips	1915-	N
Wiley Interscience	Search journals published by Wiley. WPI subscribes to many titles in various topic areas. Search Tips	1946-	Y

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Description

Coverage

Some Full Text

Restricted to...^†

Academic OneFile

Search full-text articles on physical science, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. Full Text Titles Included

1980-

ArticleFirst

Citations from 15,000+ journals on all topics. Titles Indexed | Search Tips

1990-

Gale PowerSearch

InfoTrac databases cover scholarly sources on a variety of topics. Great starting place for articles. Includes titles from Expanded Academic ASAP and others.

1980-

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Search Gale eBook reference content such as Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, Major Acts of Congress, Encyclopedia of Bioethics and 20+ other titles. Help

2000-

GPO Access

U.S. Government Printing Office access to over 1,000 databases of Federal information including full text of federal laws. Search Tips

1789-

GPO Catalog of U.S. Government Publications

Index to print and electronic publications created by Federal agencies such as references to congressional committee reports, hearings and debates. Search Tips

1976-

Google Scholar

Google search for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports on all topic areas. Use to find articles from academic publishers, professional societies, prepublication repositories and universities.

Varies

For best results, use Proxy

HighWire Press

From Stanford University, includes Web versions of 920+ journals in biological, physical, medical, and social sciences. Titles Included | Search Tips

Varies

JSTOR

Online archive of complete backruns of scholarly journals in a variety of academic fields. Titles Included | Search Tips

1800s-

LEXIS®-NEXIS® Academic

Full text news, legal, business, and biographical information. Titles Included | Search Tips

Varies

Major Acts of Congress

Search full text of 3-volume electronic reference book which examines landmark pieces of legislation, explaining the historical factors of each act, the adoption process and impact.

1787-2004

Massachusetts Newsstand - Proquest CSA

Access to the full text of thirteen newspapers:

Titles Included | Help

Varies

Oxford Journals Online

Search Oxford journals, we subscribe to 100+ titles covering a variety of topic areas.

1995-

PAIS International

Contains references to articles on public affair and government issues from journals, books, government documents and statistical directories. Also Includes public policy journals.

Titles Included | Search Tips

1915-

Wiley Interscience

Search journals published by Wiley. WPI subscribes to many titles in various topic areas. Search Tips

1946-

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