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Legal Databases

HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
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.
Legal Collection This link opens in a new window
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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.
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Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Provides access to a wide range of news (includes New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times), business (company news, industry forecasts), government (legislative news, tax information), legal (news, case law) and reference information. Formerly LexisNexis Academic. Tutorial for the Nexis Uni database.
Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective: 1908-1981 This link opens in a new window
Provides coverage of English language legal information, with international coverage of scholarly articles, symposia, jurisdictional surveys, court decisions, legislation, books, book reviews and more. Coverage also includes: annual surveys of laws by jurisdiction; annual surveys of federal court cases; yearbooks and annual institutes. Full text available for over 400 periodicals.
Tutorial for the Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective: 1908-1981 database.

Policy Databases

Policy File Index This link opens in a new window
Access domestic and foreign public policy research and analytical papers on governmental and legal topics, representing the work of think tanks, research groups, and academic institutes from 1990 to present. Tutorial for Policy File Index database.
PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
Covers issues in the public debate through selective coverage of a variety of international sources including journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more, from 1972 to present. Includes PAIS Archive, covering content published in print 1915-1976. Tutorial for PAIS Index database.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Provides access to a wide range of news (includes New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times), business (company news, industry forecasts), government (legislative news, tax information), legal (news, case law) and reference information. Formerly LexisNexis Academic. Tutorial for the Nexis Uni database.
ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
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.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) This link opens in a new window
Provides a wide range of scholarship in international affairs from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, conference proceedings, books, journals, and policy briefs. Also includes teaching materials such as case studies and course packs of background readings. Contains links to international affairs centers, institutes, and other resources; U.S., international, and foreign government sites; environmental studies web pages; and news media services. All sections updated monthly.
CQ Press Library This link opens in a new window
Integrates various reference titles on government and politics, including CQ Almanac, CQ Researcher, CQ Magazine (formerly CQ Weekly), CQ Congress Collection, the Voting and Elections Collection, and more, into a user-friendly, electronic format. Users have the ability to cross-search resources within the CQ Press Library.

Policy Resources

International Environmental Agreements Database Project
From the University of Oregon, IEA seeks to foster analysis of international environmental agreements (IEAs) by providing a "single source" repository for most information related to IEAs and the evaluation of their influence.
Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
The goal of the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements is to help identify and advance scientifically sound, economically rational, and politically pragmatic public policy options for addressing global climate change
Woods Institute for the Environment
Woods is Stanford University's hub for interdisciplinary research about the environment. They bring together Stanford faculty, researchers and students from all seven schools, fostering research collaborations that can tackle challenges too complex for any one discipline to solve alone
Environmental Policy Collection
From the University of North Texas, contains a variety of open access resources up to 2014 that provide a balanced view on environmental issues and their potential consequences. The current focus of the collection is climate change.
EPA - Summaries of Key Environmental Laws
A summary of a number of laws that serve as EPA's foundation for protecting the environment and public health
ECOLEX
A database providing a global source of information on environmental law. It is operated jointly by FAO, IUCN and UNEP.
Environmental Law Institute
Information and advocacy on law and policy for the environment. Topics cover climate & energy, environmental governance, environmental health, freshwater and ocean, international programs and land and biodiversity.
FAOLEX
A multilingual team summarizes and in many cases translates laws and regulations on topics falling within FAO's mandate - agriculture, cultivated plants, environment, fisheries, food, forestry, land and soil, livestock, water and wild species and ecosystems. Legal information is received by FAO from Member Nations pursuant to Article XI of the FAO Constitution.
GlobaLEX
International law research by country, published by the Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law

Policy News

NYTimes - Climate and the Environment
Climate and environment related news from the New York Times
SciDevNet - Environment
Bringing science & development together through news & analysis
Environmental News Service
International daily environmental news covering a variety of topics such as Risk Management, Energy, Wildlife, and Politics
The Ecologist
The Ecologist is an environmental news and analysis website with a focus on environmental, social and economic justice.
Environment & Energy (E&E) News
Highly regarded source of daily news on energy/environment policy (including GreenWire.)
Sustainable Development Goals Knowledge Hub
Interactive online resource center for the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The Guardian - Environment
British news outlet with strong coverage of environmental issues.