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Congressional Research Service Index

Indexes major studies of the Legislative Ref. Service, the Congressional Research Service, and major studies/issue briefs of the Congressional Research Service. (CD-ROM available at the Ekstrom Government Publications Dept.)

Congressional Universe

Indexes a vast amount of information published by and about Congress: hearing transcripts and submitted testimony; committee reports; bills and public laws; selected committee prints; congressional documents; Congressional Record; Federal Register; current Code of Federal Regulations; and current U.S. code. Some full-text. (Lexis-Nexis) More info

Criminal Justice Abstracts

Comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations, and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines. (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Dissertations

EBSCO Academic

Indexing and abstracts for over 8000 publications with full-text for over half of the publications. (EBSCOhost) Find It @ UofL Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help

GPO Monthly Catalog

Index to U.S. government publications.

Hein Online

HeinOnline is a collection of the full-text of the full run of selected legal journal titles. (William S. Hein) More info

The Left Index

"The Left Index is a[n] ... index to the contents of periodicals of the left. Journals selected for inclusion in the index have a Marxist, radical or left perspective..." More info

LegalTrac

Index to over 750 Law journals and newspapers. (Available at the Law Library)

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe

Access to a wide range of full-text material in News (General, U.S., World, News wires & transcripts, Non-english language, Business, Legal, University, Medical, Arts & Sports); Business (Business News, Industry & Market News, Accounting Literature, Company Information [financial reports, profiles, SEC & EDGAR filings & reports], Business Directories); and Legal (Legal News & Reviews, Case Law, Codes & Regulations [U.S. federal and state], Canadian Legislative Materials, European Union Law, Commonwealth & Foreign Nations, Patent Research Tools, and Legal Career Resources) Database Help More info

The Making of Modern Law

Derived from two essential reference collections for historical and more contemporary legal studies-the Nineteenth-Century Legal Treatises and Twentieth-Century Legal Treatises microfilm collections, published by Thomson GaleŽ imprint Primary Source MicrofilmT-The Making of Modern Law features a fully searchable database of approximately 10 million pages and more than 21,000 works. It provides researchers with a logical, interdisciplinary approach to the study of legal history and allows a vast segment of the literature of law to be quickly searched via keyword access by faculty members and students. With full-text search capabilities, researchers can conduct precise searches and comparative research in every area of law. (Thomson Gale) More info

Minerva

Catalog of items owned by the seven University of Louisville Libraries.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service

Summaries of more than 150,000 publications on criminal justice, including government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Nineteenth Century Masterfile, Series I

Searchable index to magazine and journal articles originally indexed in:
  • Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1906)
  • Steade's Index to Periodicals (1890-1902)
  • Jones & Chapman's Index to Legal Periodical Literature (1786-1922)
  • Richardson's Index to Periodical Articles in Religion (1890-1899)
  • Cumulative Index to a Selected List of Periodicals (1896-1899)
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PAIS International

Index to journal articles, books, and government publications on public affairs from 1972 to the present. (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Political Science Abstracts

Indexes articles from over 300 essential political science journals. (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database HelpMore info

ProQuest Digital Dissertations

Formerly known as Dissertations Abstracts International. Contains 1.6 million citations for dissertations and theses from over 1,000 graduate schools. Provides indexing back to 1861 and full-text availability to titles back to 1997 (full-text availability varies by author's institution). Free full-text downloads can be sent to an email account. Database Help More info

ProQuest Direct

Includes a cross-section of general periodicals, ABI/INFORM business periodicals, and several national newspapers in full-text. (ProQuest) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

ScienceDirect

Indexing to journal articles in over 1,100 key scientific, technical, medical and social science journals published by Elsevier. Full-text access to articles in journals to which U of L subscribes to the print version. More info

Social Sciences Citation Index

Indexes more than 1,725 journals spanning 50 disciplines in the social sciences. Includes and is searchable by references cited in each article. Maximum number of simultaneous users: 13 (split between Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Journal Citation Reports). (ISI's Web of Science) Database Help More info

State Capital Universe

Provides information about one state, all 50 states, or any combination of states; bills and laws, constitutions, regulations, legislature membership, newspapers of record. Also includes abstracts from the Martindale-HubellŽ State Law Digest, as well as public policy analysis from State Capitol Journal and the NCSL Legisbrief published by the National Conference of State Legislatures. (Lexis-Nexis) More info

WorldCat

Books and other materials in libraries worldwide. (FirstSearch) Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help More info

 

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