Suggested Resources for Government and Law
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Password protected; ONLY UMD students, faculty and staff both on and off campus. Indexes
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Academic OneFile |  |
Interdisciplinary index of major academic periodicals. Partially paid for by Electronic Library of Minnesota.  |
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Academic Search Premier | |
Interdisciplinary index to academic journals; provides full-content for over 3400 titles. Paid for by Electronic Library of Minnesota. |
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Access UN |  |
Indexes documents produced by the United Nations |
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American Factfinder | |
Data from 1990 and 2000 censuses, American Community Surveys, and Economic Census 1997 |
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Census | |
Information on how to find data from Census 2000 and earlier censuses |
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CQ Researcher | |
CQ Research report offers in-depth non-biased coverage of political and social issues. |
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CQ Weekly Archive (1983-2009) | |
CQ weekly reports nonpartisan news and analysis from Congress for the years 1983-2009. |
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FDsys (formerly GPO Access) | |
Several databases providing access to major publications of the U.S. government |
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FEDSTATS | |
Statistics from over 70 federal agencies on demographics, business, taxation, environment, politics, crime, employment, military, climate, health, and education |
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FindLaw | |
Federal and state legal resources including court decisions and codes |
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GPO Catalog of U.S. Government Publications | |
Catalog of United States federal government publications since 1994 |
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Legal Information Institute | |
Federal and legal resources including court opinions and the U.S. Code |
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LexisNexis Academic | |
Business, law, medical, news |
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LexisNexis Law Reviews & Journals | |
Searches more than 200 law reviews and law journals concentrating on national and state issues of legal significance. Law Reviews is part of Legal Research database |
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LexisNexis Legal Research | |
Full-text federal and state case law and legislative codes and federal regulatory law |
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Minnesota Northstar | |
State of Minnesota documents including bills, session laws, State Statutes, Supreme Court and Apellate Court decisions, State Rules, and information on government officials, agencies, and libraries |
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OECD | |
Index to citations and abstracts of OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) publications |
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PAIS International | |
Indexes articles on public affairs.
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Political Science Abstracts (Worldwide) | |
Index to articles in political science, international relations, law, and public administration/ policy.
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Proquest Congressional Publications | |
Guide to locating congressional publications, bills, testimony, etc |
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SourceOECD (now called OECD iLibrary) | |
Online full-text of all publications and serials from the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development from 1998 to present; also contains a large collection of data sets |
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Thomas | |
Access to Congressional publication including bills, laws, and committee reports |
Indexes & Databases to Articles
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Web Sites
Guide to Law Online Resources on federal legal research
Minnesota Legal Resources Online resources for research in Minnesota law
For searching assistance or help using any of the above databases, contact:
Jodi Carlson Grebinoski, Reference Librarian Email:jlcarlso@d.umn.edu Phone:218-726-7880 L274 University of Minnesota 416 Library Drive Duluth MN 55812-2495
University of Minnesota Campuses