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Research Databases: Government

  • CountryWatch (LSCS Libraries)
    (CountryWatch, Inc.) International political, economic, and business information.
  • CQ Weekly (LSCS Libraries)
    (Congressional Quarterly Inc.) Includes news, bill updates, debates, and votes relating to the U.S. Congress from October 1983 - present.
  • Legal Collection
    (EBSCO) Provides full text for almost 250 law journals including information in such areas as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, and ethics, with backfiles of selected titles from 1965 to the present.
  • Texas Statutes - free web
    (State of Texas) Texas laws.
  • Thomson Gale Legal Forms (LSC-CyFair, LSC-Tomball, & HCPL)
    (Thomson Gale) View, add to, and print Texas legal forms in such areas as wills, leases, and divorces.
  • U. S. Code - free web
    (U.S. House of Representatives) United States Laws.
  • Westlaw Campus Research (LSCS Libraries)
    (Thomson West) News, business, and legal research materials.
    NOTE: Click the GO button at the bottom right corner of the first screen to search the database.
Also Try:
  • Academic Search Complete
    (EBSCO) Articles from journals, magazines, newspapers on a variety of topics.
  • Facts On File News Service (formerly FACTS.com Reference Suite) (LSCS Libraries)
    (Facts On File News Services) Includes news briefs from 1940-present, Issues & Controversies, Reuters News, Today's Science, World Almanac.
  • Federal Register - free web
    (National Archives and Records Administration) Official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents - 1994 to present.
  • JSTOR (LSCS Libraries)
    (Mellon Foundation) Includes full-text back issues of selected journals in such areas as history, statistics, sociology, literature, and economics.
  • Military & Government Collection
    (EBSCO) Full-text news for all military branches including almost 300 periodicals and 245 pamphlets.
  • NetLibrary
    (OCLC) Complete electronic books. Create your own user ID and password on campus.
  • Project MUSE (LSCS Libraries)
    (Johns Hopkins University Press) Full-text articles from "over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals."
  • ProQuest Databases (LSCS Libraries)
    (ProQuest) Articles from journals, magazines, national newspapers including the Houston Chronicle and National Public Radio (NPR) selected programs.
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