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(More Info)	CQ Researcher (Congressional Quarterly)
Congressional Quarterly Researcher is a definitive reference resource for research in American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs. A wealth of CQ Press resources and years of journalistic and editorial expertise are combined in this indispensable collection. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
ECCO provides access to the digital images of every page of 150,000 books published during the 18th Century. With full-text searching of approximately 26 million pages, it gives researchers access to critical information in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Europa World Plus
Europa World Plus incorporates the full text contents of some of the Europa World Year Book and the eight Europa regional surveys. This database provides authoritative and current analytical information about countries and international organizations. Country overviews include historic, economic, trade, and political information. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Federal Election Commission (FEC)
The FEC administers and enforces the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), which governs the financing of federal elections. This independent regulatory agency discloses campaign finance information, enforces the provisions of the law, and oversees the public funding of Presidential elections. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	GPO Access
A wealth of online resources maintained by the Government Printing Office, the official disseminator of all U.S. government information for all three branches of government. Read the full annotation

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GPO Monthly Catalog

(More Info)	Historical Documents (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
Includes primary documents in American history, the Federalist Papers, and from the U.S. National Archives & Records Administration. Read the full annotation

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Index to Legal Periodicals & Books Full Text

(More Info)	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, and offers training in quantitative methods to facilitate effective data use. Read the full annotation

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JSTOR

(More Info)	LegalTrac
The LegalTrac database presents indexing for all major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty law publications, bar association journals and thousands of law-related articles from general interest publications. LegalTrac also includes selective full text. Also included are: British Commonwealth, European Union and International Law. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis Academic is an extensive set of full-text electronic databases of news, business, company, and legal information. It contains major archives of federal and state case law, media transcripts, and other full-text material. For more information consult the LexisNexis Academic help documents and/or search tutorial. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	PAIS International and PAIS Archive
Since its establishment in 1914, the Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) has chronicled issues in the public debate through highly selective coverage of a wide variety of sources. The PAIS International database with the PAIS Archive provide historical perspective on many of the 20th century's public and social policies. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	PolicyArchive
PolicyArchive providies a universal, easy-to-use, free, and open digital archive of foundation-funded and other public policy research. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Population Index
Population Index, published since 1935, is the primary reference tool to the world's population literature. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	POTUS: Presidents of the United States
Provides quick summaries of each president's term in office, including short biographies, election results, names and tenure of cabinet officials, and major accomplishments. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Project Vote Smart
A citizen's organization that provides tools to self-govern effectively. It covers candidates and elected officials in five categories: biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances, and interest group ratings. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
An archive, preserving the data from polls conducted by many leading survey research organizations for the use of researchers, students, and journalists. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Social Science Data on the Internet (University of San Diego)
Search or browse the listing of 361 Internet sites of numeric Social Science statistical data, data catalogs, data libraries, social science gateways, addresses and more. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Social Sciences Abstracts
Covers some 350 core periodicals in the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, law and criminology, political science, social work, sociology, and international relations. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	STAT-USA
Contains vital economic, business, and international trade information produced by hundreds of separate offices and divisions of the U.S. Government. Read the full annotation

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University of Michigan Documents Center

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Avalon Project at Yale Law School

CIA World Factbook

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)

CQ Researcher (Congressional Quarterly)

Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)

Europa World Plus

Federal Election Commission (FEC)

GPO Access

GPO Monthly Catalog

Historical Documents (American Memory from the Library of Congress)

Index to Legal Periodicals & Books Full Text

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

JSTOR

LegalTrac

LexisNexis Academic

PAIS International and PAIS Archive

PolicyArchive

Population Index

POTUS: Presidents of the United States

Project Vote Smart

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

Social Science Data on the Internet (University of San Diego)

Social Sciences Abstracts

STAT-USA

University of Michigan Documents Center

(More Info)	Avalon Project at Yale Law School
Provides primary documents relevant to the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy, and government from pre-18th century to the 21st century. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	CIA World Factbook
Offers country profiles covering geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Includes maps and country flags. Read the full annotation