Featured Database
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National Security Archive (George Washington University)An independent non-governmental research institute and library. The Archive collects and publishes documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), declassified documents, presidential paper collections, congressional records, and court testimony. The Archives makes thousands of these documents available freely on the Web in image format. The Archive has created many subject related groups. Some audio clips and Oral History Transcripts are available. Founded in 1985 by journalists and scholars to check rising government secrecy.
Databases for Locating Articles
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CQ ResearcherIn-depth non-partisan reports on various important topics. Covers 1923 to present.
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CQ WeeklyWeekly report on Congressional issues. Includes floor votes.
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HeinOnline AcademicThe world’s largest fully searchable, image-based government document and legal research database. Includes U.S. statutory materials, U.S. Congressional documents (such as Congressional Record and Hearings early 1900s-present) and more than 2,400 scholarly journals, all of the world’s constitutions, all U.S. treaties, collections of classic treatises and presidential documents, and access to the full text of state and federal case law powered by Fastcase.
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LegalTracLegalTrac provides indexing for more than 1,200 major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty publications, Bar Association journals, and international legal journals, including more than 200 titles in full text.
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Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic)Includes articles from law journals. The news collection contains articles from U.S., state and local, and internatonal newspapers.
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PAIS IndexIndexes public and social policy articles and books.
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ProQuest Government Periodicals IndexProvides detailed subject and author indexing to access approximately 170 magazines and newsletters with substantial research value published by the U.S. government.
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Index to U.S. Government Periodicals (covers 1970-1987)Call Number: Reference Z1223 . Z9 I5
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Index to Military Periodicals (AULIMP)Indexes articles in English language military and aeronautical journals and magazines. Coverage: 1988 to present. Produced by the Air University Library.
Featured Database: Statistical Abstract of the United States (ProQuest)
Statistical Abstract has long been the authoritative resource for statistics. This is the single most important source for starting a statistical search. Statistical Abstract collects data for all facets of social, economic, and political life and includes all federal sources, some commercial publishers, and some professional and trade organizations. Tables have notes about sources of the data which can lead to other statistics. Tables are available in .pdf and Excel (.xls) formats.
Beginning with the 2013 edition, it is available in database format.
Statistical Abstract of the United States (Online Edition) (ProQuest)
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Statistical Abstract of the United States (1878 to 2012) (Census Bureau)Statistical Abstract of the United States has been published since 1878. The 1878 to 2012 editions are available in PDF format on the U.S. Census Bureau website.
Databases For Finding Government Publications
These subject and/or full text databases specialize in identifying and locating government information.
If the database is not full text, search for the title of the publication in DELCAT Discovery to find if the UD Library has the document.
Note: not all documents are listed in DELCAT Discovery as at the University of Delaware Library. See the tab Government Publications Prior to 1994 for more information.
Databases for Locating Documents
Records of governments or organizations created or issued at the time of an event are typically regarded as "primary sources."
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HeinOnline AcademicThe world’s largest fully searchable, image-based government document and legal research database. Includes U.S. statutory materials, U.S. Congressional documents (such as Congressional Record and Hearings early 1900s-present), and more than 2,400 scholarly journals, all of the world’s constitutions, all U.S. treaties, collections of classic treatises and presidential documents, and access to the full text of state and federal case law powered by Fastcase.
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Google ScholarSearch published opinions of U.S. federal district, appellate, tax and bankruptcy court cases since 1923; U.S. Supreme Court cases since 1791; U.S state appellate and supreme court cases since 1950.
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Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) (online) (covers 1976-)Indexes all government publications cataloged by the Government Printing Office. Covers 1976 to present.
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Congress.govOfficial website for U.S. federal legislative information. Includes current Congressional activity and calendars, bills & resolutions 1989 (101st Cong)-, bill summary & status 1973 (93rd Cong)-, list of laws by bill number 1989 (101st Cong)-, Congressional Record 1989 (101st Cong)-, Committee Reports 1995 (104th Cong)-, historical publications, and explanations of the legislative process. Presented by the Library of Congress.
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govinfo (Government Publishing Office)A service that provides free public access to the full text of official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. Includes: the Budget, Economic Report of the President, selected Committee hearings 1997 (105th Cong)-, Public and Private Laws, Senate and House journals, Congressional Record (1994-), Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional bills (1995, 104th Congress -), Presidential papers, and many more.
Produced by GPO, the Government Publishing Office. The service was formerly called FDsys.
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Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic)Provides federal and state cases and Shepard’s® Citations. Also federal and state statutes, and regulations. Includes articles from law journals. The news collection contains articles from U.S., state and local, and internatonal newspapers.
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ProQuest CongressionalIdentifies congressional publications from 1789 to present. Full text varies by type of publication.
Full text is available for recent publications, including Senate and House Reports and Documents (Serial Set), laws, testimony given in Congressional hearings 1988 (100th Cong)-, the Congressional Record 1985 (99th Cong)-, House and Senate Documents 1995 (104th Cong)- and Reports 1990 (101st Cong)-, Committee Prints 1993 (103rd Cong)-. Legislative Histories are available for 1996 (106th Cong) -.
The Library has many of the full text microfiche sets indexed in ProQuest Congressional, including House and Senate Unpublished Hearings and Historical hearings set (Microfiche-Group number).
News: searchable database of articles from the Washington Post, Roll Call newspapers, and CQ Political Transcripts.
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Congressional Serial SetThe U.S. Congressional Serial Set contains fulltext House and Senate Documents and House and Senate Reports from 1817-1994. These Congressional papers are a rich source of information about the activities of Congress and the President and about the economic and social conditions of the nation. Special feature: browse Subjects by category. Full text of House and Senate Documents and House and Senate Reports. Covers 1817 (15th Congress) - 1994 (103rd Congress). Includes many maps and illustrations (some color). Produced by the Readex Company.
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Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800Contains full text of many Congressional publications including journals, documents, reports, and broadsides. Search suggestion: select the "Author" tab, go to United States, select an appropriate term. If the search results are large, use the "search within" option.
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American State PapersFull text legislative and executive publications of Congress 1789 (1st Cong) - 1838 (25th Cong). Covers materials prior to the Serial Set. Produced by the Readex Company.
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Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation, 1774-1875 (Library of Congress)Congressional publications from the Continental Congress through the 43rd Congress, 1774-1875. Includes Senate and House journals, the Congressional Record (1873-75); and Statutes at Large (1789-1875). Also includes Congressional Record predecessors: Annals of Congress, Register of Debates, and Congressional Globe.
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19th Century Masterfile:1106-1930An index of indexes. Includes the Congressional Record File and the Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the U. S. (1774-1881).
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Papers of the War Department, 1784 to 1800A fire in 1800 destroyed the War Department Office and all its files. This digital database was created from copies gathered from scattered locations across the country. The collection has full text documents and is searchable. The website offers posts about selected subjects in the papers.
Business & Economics Databases
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O-Net (Occupational Information Network)Comprehensive database system for collecting, organizing, describing and disseminating data on job characteristics and worker attributes. Replaces the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT).
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Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) TabulationTabulations of race, ethnicity, and sex composition of the labor market; includes data within a specified geography and job category. Compiled from Census 2000 data.
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Regional Economic AccountsPresents Gross State Product, State Personal Income, and Local Area Personal Income. Data are available for multiple years. Produced by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Department of Labor.
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Beige BookSummary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District.
Education, Social Welfare, Crime & Justice Databases
Law and Public Policy Databases
See Congressional Publications & Legislative Process Databases/Articles
Medicine/Science/Technology
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Dietary SupplementsFrom National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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PubMedA bibliographic database providing information about articles from peer-reviewed journals covering the medical sciences. PubMed covers the mid-1960s to present. From the National Library of Medicine.
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NTIS DatabaseA selective index of titles available from NTIS (National Technical Information Service). Contains references to material added to the NTIS collection since 1990.
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Index to Military Periodicals (AULIMP)Indexes articles in English language military and aeronautical journals and magazines. Coverage: 1988 to present. Produced by the Air University Library.
Statistics
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Data and StatisticsFrom USA.gov topics.
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Explore Census DataCensus Bureau website with data from American Community Survey, decennial censuses (2000 and 2010), economic censuses and surveys, and many more.
Use the Community Facts option to get popular statistics for a place.
Use Guided Search to customize your search.
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ProQuest Statistical InsightIndexing of statistical publications from many sources, provides statistical tables, and links to online publications, when available. Sources include: federal depository library system (non-depository ASI), state publications and commercial publishers (SRI), and international and intergovernmental publications (IIS). Extra features include the ability to create data tables and graphs.
Historical Statistics
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Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Times to the PresentHistorical data series. Includes topics, such as, American Indians, and poverty, which are hard to find in other resources.
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Historical Statistics of the United States (Online Edition)Online version of the print resource Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Times to the Present.
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Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 (Census Bureau)Contains national-level annual, time-series data on economics, population or infrastructure. Vol. 1 includes vital and social statistics, national and consumer income. Vol. 2: manufactures, construction, foreign commerce. Describes the historical background of the data sources.
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Historical Census Publications: AgricultureDigital copies of the Census of Agriculture from 1850 to 1950.
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Agricultural Statistics (National Agricultural Statistics Service)An annual reference source for agricultural production, supplies, consumption, facilities, costs, and returns. The section "Consumption and Family Living" includes data spending on programs such as WIC and School Lunch. Agricultural Statistics has been published since 1936.
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Vital Statistics of the United States (VSUS)Natality, mortality, and marriage & divorce data.
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Statistical Abstract of the United States by Publication Date: 1878-2012
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Statistical Abstract of the United States (Census Bureau)PDF of print version of the Statistical Abstract, from 1878 - 2012. Available online from the Census Bureau.
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Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 (online) (Census Bureau)Large files; tricky to use.
Taxes
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Search for CharitiesSearchable database of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions. Replaces: Publication 78, Cumulative List of Organizations described in Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (no longer available in print).
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– James Madison, "Letter to W. T. Barry" (August 4, 1822)