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Subject Specific Databases
- LexisNexis Academic (http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic) VPN
- One of the largest web-based full-text databases for current news, business and legal information, supporting a broad range of interdisciplinary research, LexisNexis Academic provides full-text access to nearly 6,000 individual titles. Includes a wide range of U.S. and foreign newspapers, plus transcripts of television and radio news programs. Business resources include business articles, accounting literature, company financial information. Legal resources include state and federal laws and regulations, a full range of case law, and law review articles.
- FDsys (GPO's Federal Digital System) (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/)
- Author: U.S. Government Printing Office
FDsys provides free online access to official U.S. Federal government documents and information. Through FDsys, search for government documents and publications, browse by title, collection, congressional committee, date, and download publications. FDsys replaces GPO Access which is now an archived site.
- Related:
- What's available on FDsys ? (http://www.gpo.gov/help/index.html#what_s_available.htm)
List of collections and titles available on FDsys. It includes Budget of the U.S. government, Congressional Record, Federal Register, Congressional Directory, Economic Report of the President, GAO Reports and more official Federal government documents. - Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) (http://catalog.gpo.gov/F)
Formerly known as the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, the CGP is the catalog, or finding tool, for federal publications. Most records are also included in the UC Davis Harvest Library Catalog or Melvyl catalogs with call no. for the UC Davis collection. - U.S. Government Bookstore (http://bookstore.gpo.gov/)
Search, view and order popular United States government publications. - Former database was GPO Access is now archived version with no new content - use FDsys instead. (http://www.gpoaccess.gov)
- What's available on FDsys ? (http://www.gpo.gov/help/index.html#what_s_available.htm)
- HeinOnline (http://heinonline.org/HOL/Welcome?collection=journals) VPN
- Full-text database of US legal periodicals. Includes the following sections: Law Journal Library (Comprised of Most-Cited Law Journals, Core U.S. Law Journals and International & Non-U.S. Law Journals); Federal Register Library (1936-1989); U.S. Supreme Court Library; and Treaties and Agreements Library, the Statutes at Large (1789-), U.S. Code (1924-)
- Coverage: Coverage: Volume 1- Volume preceding current year
- Location: Online access is made available by the UC Davis Law Library.
- Proquest Congressional (formerly LexisNexis Congressional) (http://uclibs.org/PID/6941) VPN
- Provides detailed indexing from 1789 forwards for publications of Congress: documents, reports, hearings, unpublished hearings, transcripts, laws and regulations, plus legislative histories and information on members of Congress. Proquest Congressional has digital U.S. Congressional hearings collection from 1824-1979. Full text for congressional committee documents and reports is included from 1990 to current. Selected hearing testimony and transcripts are available from 1988. For full text historical serial set (committee documents & reports) see U.S. Congressional Serial Set by Readex. This database was known as LexisNexis Congressional.
- Related:
- (New) Proquest Congressional (http://search.proquest.com/congressional)
Proquest Congressional's new interface in August, 2012. Try the new version; it will replace the old interface soon. - Subscriber resources, including guides and content information. (http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/1univ/cong/subscriberResources.asp)
- U.S. Congressional Serial Set (http://uclibs.org/PID/42461) VPN
Congressional Committee reports and documents from 1817 - 1980 in a digital edition.
- (New) Proquest Congressional (http://search.proquest.com/congressional)
- Proquest Digital U.S. Congressional Hearings Collection (formerly LexisNexis Congressional) (http://uclibs.org/PID/6941) VPN
- The hearings collection is included in Proquest Congressonal. The Digital Hearings Collections Part A (1824-1979) contains full-text, searchable, pdf versions of Congressional committee hearings, including both published and unpublished hearings.
- Coverage: 1824-1979
- California Legislative Information (http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/)
- Official site for California legislative information. Links to bill information and status, California law, and legislative publications.
- EUR-Lex (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
- EUR-Lex provides direct free access to European Union law. It includes the Official Journal of the European Union, treaties, legislation, case-law and legislative proposals and offers extensive search facilities as well as thematic collections of documents.
- UK Statutes [CD-ROM]
- The UK Statutes of the Realm is a searchable full-text database containing all Acts of Parliament for England, Wales and Scotland from 1235 (the Magna Carta) to 2004.
- Coverage: 1235-2004
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library, Computer Station "Delhi"
- United Nations Treaty Collection (http://treaties.un.org/Pages/Home.aspx?lang=en)
- Includes Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General, the United Nations Treaty Series (includes the League of Nations Treaty Series), Monthly Statement of Treaties and International Agreements. Search by keyword, title, etc.
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) via Proquest (http://search.proquest.com/ncjrs/advanced) VPN
NCJRS Database indexes journal articles and publications including Federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, and unpublished research and indexes selected periodicals. Subject areas include criminal justice, corrections, courts, drugs and crime, law enforcement, juvenile justice, prisons, crime statistics, domestic preparedness, and victims of crime.
See also the free NCJRS directly from the National Criminal Justice Reference System in the Department of Justice: https://www.ncjrs.gov/index.html
- Coverage: Early 1970's-present
- Related:
- NCJRS directly through the Dept of Justice (https://www.ncjrs.gov/index.html)
The National Criminal Justice Reference System through Department of Justice is a free government site.
- NCJRS directly through the Dept of Justice (https://www.ncjrs.gov/index.html)
- U.S. Congressional Serial Set [via NewsBank] (http://uclibs.org/PID/42461) VPN
- The Readex/Newsbank U.S. Congressional Serial Set (1817-1980) has full text Congressional committee reports and documents originally published in the Serial Set from the 15th through the 96th Congresses, 1817-1980. Also includes the American State Papers (a retrospective collection of materials originating from 1789 through 1838 but published in the second quarter of the 19th century). The U.S. Congressional Serial Set is the bound, sequentially numbered set of volumes of all the Reports, Documents and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Many early agency reports were published originally in congressional editions. The Serial Set constitutes an incomparably rich collection of primary source material on all aspects of American history and government.
- Coverage: 1817-1980, with American State Papers 1789-1838
- Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP) (http://heinonline.org/HOL/Index?collection=iflp) VPN
- The Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP) is a multilingual index to articles and book reviews appearing in over 500 legal journals published worldwide. It provides in-depth coverage of public and private international law, comparative and foreign law, and the law of all jurisdictions other than the United States, the U.K., Canada, and Australia.
- Coverage: 1960-present
General Databases
- Academic Search Complete [via EBSCO] (http://uclibs.org/PID/126936) VPN
- The multi-disciplinary database Academic Search Complete (ASC) provides full-text access to more than 5,500 periodicals, including over 4,600 peer-reviewed journals, and indexing and abstracts for an additional 9,500 journals and 10,000 publications, including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers coverage of information in many areas of academic study including, but not limited to: animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology and many other fields. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
- Coverage: 1887-present
- Related:
- See also MasterFILE Premier database for popular magazines (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=f5h)
- See also MasterFILE Premier database for popular magazines (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=f5h)
- America: History and Life (http://uclibs.org/pid/6159) VPN
- Bibliographic database containing citations to articles on American and Canadian history, including ethnic history and relations, from prehistory to the present. Covers more than 2000 journals published worldwide.
- Coverage: 1964-present
- Business Source Complete [via Ebsco] (http://uclibs.org/PID/126938) VPN
- "Indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 are included. In addition to the searchable cited references provided for more than 1,200 journals, Business Source Complete contains detailed author profiles for the 25,000 most-cited authors in the database." Business Source Complete is an upgrade from Business Source Premier
- Coverage: coverage varies by title with some going as far back as 1886.
- Related:
- See also supplementary database Regional Business News. (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=bwh)
- Ebsco includes a special Business Searching Interface. (http://web.ebscohost.com/bsi/search?vid=1&hid=103&sid=eaa1c2091-ea4e-4b0b-bfa9-3a90112c30f9%40sessionmgr103)
- See also supplementary database Regional Business News. (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=bwh)
- PAIS International Database [via Proquest] (http://search.proquest.com/pais?accountid=14505) VPN
- Indexes all types of materials in the area of public affairs and public policy - journal articles, books and book chapters, reports, government documents. Topics include agriculture, banking, demographics, education, environment, finance, government, health, law, legislation, political science, social sciences, and statistics. Note that PAIS was formerly a CSA database and transitioned to a new interface via Proquest in August, 2012.
- Coverage: 1972-present
- Related:
- New Proquest Platform -- User Guide (http://www.proquest.com/assets/downloads/products/userguide_np.pdf)PDF
Generic 12-page guide explaining the major ProQuest changes with the new August 2012 interface. - PAIS International [via CSA] (http://search.proquest.com/pais/advanced) VPN
PAIS transitioned to the new Proquest interface during the first week in August, 2012. - Fact Sheet (http://md1.csa.com/factsheets/pais-set-c.php)
- Help (http://www.csa.com/help/index.html)
- New Proquest Platform -- User Guide (http://www.proquest.com/assets/downloads/products/userguide_np.pdf)PDF
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts [via Proquest] (http://search.proquest.com/wpsa/advanced) VPN
- Covers international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration policy
- Coverage: 1975-present
- Related:
- New Proquest platform user guide (http://www.proquest.com/assets/downloads/products/userguide_np.pdf)PDF
Generic 12-page guide explaining the major ProQuest changes with the new August 2012 interface. - Fact Sheet (http://md1.csa.com/factsheets/polsci-set-c.php)
- Help (http://www.csa.com/help/index.html)
- New Proquest platform user guide (http://www.proquest.com/assets/downloads/products/userguide_np.pdf)PDF
Other Resources
- Brown v. Board of Education Digital Archive [University of Michigan] (http://www.lib.umich.edu/exhibits/brownarchive/)
This archive contains documents and images which chronicle events surrounding this historically significant case up to the present. The archive includes documents and images which chronicle events surrounding this historically significant case up to the present: Supreme Court cases; busing and school integration efforts in northern urban areas; school integration in the Ann Arbor Public School District; and recent resegregation trends in American schools.
- UC Davis School of Law Mabie Library (http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/library/)
- The UCD Law Library is a separate library and has access to legal databases, books, court cases and other materials not available in the general library.
- Location: Library Library list of databases
- Related:
- Law Library list of databases (http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/library/)
Note that some databases require a password or are limited to UCD Law students. Contact the Law Library for additional information.
- Law Library list of databases (http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/library/)