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Congressional and Legal Sources

HeinOnline
Archival database of full page images from legal periodicals & related materials. Also includes digital backfiles of the Federal Register; U.S. Reports; the Code of Federal Regulations; the U.S. Statutes at Large; the Congressional Record; and more.
ProQuest Congressional
Index to U. S. Congressional documents and includes indexing and full-text for congressional hearings, reports, bills, prints, and documents. Also includes Congressional Record. Coverage begins in 1970.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set & Papers, 1789-1994 (Readex/Newsbank)
Reports, documents, and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Also includes American State Papers, 1789-1838 and Serial Set Maps.

Popular / Controversial Topics

CQ Researcher Archive Plus
In-depth coverage of issues discussed in the media and in government.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Includes articles, reference sources, reports and media on current social and political topics.

Dissertations/Theses

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Dissertation & Theses Fulltext
Dissertations and theses from institutions in North America and Europe.

Business Publications

ABI/INFORM Complete
Nearly 3,900 full-text titles covering business and economic conditions, corporate strategies, management techniques, as well as competitive and product information.
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Featuring around 5000 journals, ABI/INFORM Complete is the most comprehensive business database on the market today. The combination of products forms a business database package that offers nearly 3,900 full-text titles covering business and economic conditions, corporate strategies, management techniques, as well as competitive and product information. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.

ABI/INFORM Complete consists of:

ABI/INFORM Global
ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry
ABI/INFORM Dateline
ABI/INFORM Archive
The Wall Street Journal, Eastern Edition

ABI/INFORM Complete has also expanded to include non-periodical content like:

EIU ViewsWire—Coverage of business and economic events from across the globe
ProQuest Business Dissertations—Access to over 18,000 full-text doctoral dissertations and master's theses
Business Cases enhance the connection between library research collections and the classroom. There are over 5,200 documents available in ABI/INFORM from the following publishers Ivey, Thunderbird, Idea Group, and Darden
The Wall Street Journal, Eastern Edition—Full-text access to the premier business newspaper in North America, with backfile coverage to 1984
Linking to Safari Business Books Online is the 'expressway to the best' for business users—linking the world's foremost business indexing to the top business monographs
Business Source Premier
Business articles from financial, banking, and industry publications worldwide. Provides references to 8,600 scholarly publications, plus full text for more than 2,300 journals. Coverage back to 1886. Includes company profiles, industry reports, country reports, market research reports, and SWOT analyses.
GreenFILE
Article database on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Good coverage of green building techniques.
Small Business Reference Center
A comprehensive resource for small business owners and those interested in starting a business, offering full-text periodicals and reports, sample business plans, U.S. tax forms, videos and reference books.
Wall Street Journal
Eastern Edition of the financial newspaper of record. Available on the ProQuest platform.
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Full-text access to the premier business newspaper in North America, with backfile coverage to 1984. Offers in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as first rate coverage of hard news.

Web Sites

Archive.org
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music and Wayback Machine
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

News Databases

Alaskan Newspapers
London Times Digital Archives 1785-2007
The archive of the London Times contains more than 3 million articles covering over 200 years of world events, including politics, economics, culture, and more.
New York Times, 1851-2005, via ProQuest
Full-text and full-image articles from 1851-2005.
New York Times, 1999-current, via ProQuest
The New York Times is concidered to be the newspaper of record for the United States.
Newsbank: America's Newspapers
Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
ProQuest National Newspapers
Coverage includes: LA Times, 1985-current, Seattle Times, 1984-current, Wall Street Journal (WSJ), 1984-current, New York Times (NYT), 1980- current, Washington Post, 1987-current, Christian Science Monitor, 1988-current (w/ exceptions)
Vanderbilt Television News Archive
Holds more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming including ABC's Nightline since 1989.
Wall Street Journal
Financial newspaper of record offering in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as first rate coverage of hard news.