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Policy and Government
Core resources for Schar School undergraduate and graduate students, and for all Political Science, Public Policy, Government & International Affairs and Public Administration courses.
Government publications including the Congressional Record, Hearings and Reports, the U.S. Code, the Code of Federal Regulations, and the U.S. Budget. This database replaced the Federal Digital System (FDSys).
Great resource for Federal and U.S. State case law and statutory information. Also contains law review journals and news resources. A product of LexisNexis.
Includes scholarly publications of law journals, documents, and case studies, including over 250 full-text journals. Provides information centered on the discipline of law and legal topics such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, and ethics. Indexing and abstracts are provided for all journals in the collection.
View a tutorial on this database here.
Offers access to congressional publications dealing with the wide variety of topics addressed by Congress. Includes U.S. Serial Set, Congressional Hearings and Testimony, Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports, Congressional Record, Legislative Insight, and U.S. Bills and Resolutions; as well as Executive Branch Documents (1789-1948), and Executive Orders and Presidential Proclamations. Tutorial for the ProQuest Congressional database.
Image-based legal research database includes such collections as: Legal Classics, Law Journal Library, U.S. Supreme Court Library, U.S. Federal Legislative History Library, Treaties and Agreements Library and more. Bridges the gap in legal history by providing comprehensive coverage from inception of law and law-related periodicals. Tutorial for the HeinOnline database.
Offers information on leaders in business, government, nonprofits, and news media in the United States. Search by type, industry, job function, geographic location, size, or keyword. Includes content from 14 Leadership Directories yellow books, including Congressional, Federal, State, and Corporate. Tutorial for Leadership Connect database.
Profiles of legislators 1945-present. Profiles include bio, key votes, interest group ratings (includes more groups than Politics in America), vote scores (including and beyond those in Politics in America)