Last updated: 3/5/09
Reference Databases Government, Politics & Law

  American State Papers 1789-1838

Search or browse full text and images of U.S. congressional materials originating from 1789 and covering through 1838, including 1st Congress, 1st Session through 25th Congress, 2nd Session.

  Archive of Americana

Search the full text and images of both the U.S. Congressional Serial Set and the American State Papers.

  CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)

Comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. Publishes a wide range of scholarship, including working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals, and policy briefs. 1991-. Updated monthly.

  DOE Information Bridge

Indexes Department of Energy (DOE) sponsored scientific and technical reports. Replaces the print publication Energy Research Abstracts. 1995-. Updated weekly.

  GPO Monthly Catalog (FirstSearch)

Catalog of U.S. government documents and resources. 1976-. Updated monthly. [user guide]

  Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL)

Collection of full text documents on terrorism, counterterrorism, security and related issues. Sources include government policy reports, think tank publications, Congressional legislation, and other primary sources. Library use only and access is limited to members of the University community.

  ICPSR Direct

The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction. Data files for use with statistical software, such as SAS, SPSS, and Stata, may be downloaded by URI users after creating an account on the site.

  JSTOR

JSTOR is an online archive of back runs of core scholarly journals in many disciplines. Articles may be searched by keyword or browsed by journal. JSTOR provides high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. Note that JSTOR is not a current issues database. Because of JSTOR’s archival mission, there is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR. [user guide]

  LexisNexis Academic

News, law, and business information service. Includes articles from law reviews, news from national and international newspapers and wire services; articles from hundreds of periodicals, and more. All sources are full-text. Also includes federal statutory, regulatory, and case law. At the state level, contains state statutory and case law, court rules, and state constitutions. Updated daily. [user guide]

  LexisNexis Congressional

Provides indexing and abstracting of congressional publications and the full text of congressional reports, documents, prints, bills, and the Congressional Record. Also includes the text of United States laws and regulations, biographical and voting information of members of congress, and more. Updated daily. [user guide]

  LexisNexis Environmental

Allows users to search abstracts of thousands of journal articles and conference papers and link to selected full text through Environment Abstracts; retrieve full-text news, journals, and reference materials; find federal and state codes and federal agency regulations; access federal and state case law and agency decisions; and locate federal and state waste site data and hazardous materials information. Updated daily. [user guide]

  Military & Government Collection (EBSCOhost)

Cover-to-cover full text for more than 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 400 titles that offer news pertaining to all branches of the military and government. [user guide]

  NACA Technical Report Service

Index and digitized database of reports produced by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), NASA’s predecessor. 1917-1958.

  National Climatic Data Center (NCDS)

Access to monthly temperature, pressure, precipitation, and other measurements for approximately 2,000 surface data collection stations worldwide; storm data by state; and local climatic data for several hundred U.S. cities. One simultaneous user only. Password required — please ask at Reference Desk for access.

  National Environmental Publications Information System (NEPIS)

Search, view, and print the full text of over 10,000 technical and popular publications produced by the Environmental Protection Agency. 1990-. Updated monthly

  National Technical Information Service (NTIS)

A title keyword index to over 750,000 NTIS reports, datafiles, CD-ROMs, and audiovisual materials. 1990-. (For full text access, see NTIS/GPO Depository Access to Reports, Technical & Scientific (DARTS), below.)

  NTIS/GPO Depository Access to Reports, Technical & Scientific (DARTS)

Full text access to online NTIS reports.  May be searched by keyword, author or title. 1990-.  One simultaneous user only. Password required — please ask at Reference Desk for access. (See also National Technical Information Service (NTIS), above.)

  NTRS: NASA Technical Reports Server

Database of NASA-produced literature. Also indexes selected aerospace-related reports from other government agencies. Selected historical reports back to 1958 are included.

  PAIS Archive (CSA)

References to monographs, periodical articles, notes and announcements, and analytics on early to mid-twentieth century public and social policies and international relations. 1915-1976. [user guide]

  PAIS International (CSA)

Indexing of journal articles, books, government publications, research & conference reports, publications of international agencies, and other materials from over 120 countries. Covers topics related to public affairs, public and social policies, and international relations. 1972-. Updated monthly. [user guide]

  Project MUSE

Project MUSE offers the full text of over 220 journal titles from 37 scholarly publishers covering the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others. Journals may be browsed or searched by keyword. [user guide]

  Science Inventory (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

Searchable, EPA agency-wide database of more than 4,000 scientific and technical work products such as research, technical assistance and assessments, along with more than 750 peer-reviewed products. Database records provide such information as project descriptions (abstracts), contacts for additional information, and electronic links to final reports and related research. Users can conduct keyword searches of search within nine cross-cutting science topics.

   Serial Set Maps

Search or browse maps from the United States Congressional Serial Set. 1872-1901.

  STAT-USA/Internet

Access to over 50 Federal sources of economic, financial, and trade data. Two simultaneous users only. Password required — please ask at Reference Desk for access.

  Statistical Warehouse (Regional OneSource)

A database of statistical information under 46 various subject headings grouped into ten categories including demographics, economics, social indicators, health and health-related behavior, government enrollment, payroll and finances, politics and political science, geographic and climatic data, intellectual property, and social services. Updated continuously.

  Treaties & International Agreements Online (Oceana)

Contains the current text of over 13,000 treaties and international agreements, including all treaties and international agreements ratified by the U.S., major treaties in the process of ratification, and all tax treaties, even those to which the U.S. is not a party. Searchable by keyword, subject, title, parties, and date.

  TRIS Online (Transportation Research Information Service)

Offered by the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, this site indexes and abstracts transportation research covered in books, journal articles, technical reports. Other media, federal, state, local, and association publications and conference proceedings are also covered. The database extends from the 1960s to the present, with some coverage before 1960.

  UNdata

UNdata is the United Nations Data Access System, providing access to current, relevant and reliable statistics for free. Includes official statistics produced by countries, as well as estimates and projections. The domains covered are agriculture, education, energy, industry, labor, national accounts, population and tourism. Produced by United Nations Statistics and Population Divisions as well as other United Nations agencies.

  USA Trade Online

Access to U.S. export and import information on more than 18,000 commodities world wide. Two simultaneous users only. Password required — please ask at Reference Desk for access. 1992-.

  U.S. Congressional Serial Set 1817-1980

Provides primary source material on all aspects of American history. Includes the full text and images from the United States Congressional Serial Set. Search or browse the Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, originally published in approximately 13,800 bound volumes. Updated monthly.

  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Databases

Full text database of all U.S. patents issued since 1790.

  Web of Science (ISI)

Web access to ISI citation databases (Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index). Contains citations to articles from nearly 8,500 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. The ability to search by cited reference allows the user to uncover the research that influenced an author’s work or to navigate forward in time to discover a paper’s impact on current research. 1998-. Updated weekly. [user guide] [online tutorial]