Research Databases: Criminal Justice, Government, & Law
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U.S. & Texas: Laws & Statistics
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- Legal Collection
(EBSCO) Selective collection of 250 law journals from 1965 to the present. - Military & Government Collection
(EBSCO) Full-text news for all military branches including almost 300 periodicals and 245 - Academic Search Complete
(EBSCO) A scholarly multi-disciplinary database that provides full text, indexing, and abstracts of articles, videos and images from journals, magazines, and newspapers. - Gale OneFile: Criminal Justice
(Gale) Comprehensive periodical content for researchers studying law, law enforcement, forensic science, terrorism, and more. - Gale OneFile: Contemporary Women's Issues
(Gale) ind timely and historically relevant content on issues that influence women’s lives across the globe. - Gale OneFile: Diversity Studies
(Gale) Access a range of periodical content to explore cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community. - Gale OneFile: Military and Intelligence
(Gale) Search scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of past and present military affairs. Updated daily. - Gale OneFile: War and Terrorism
(Gale) Gain valuable insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale. - JSTOR
(Ithaka Harbors) Includes full text back issues of selected peer-reviewed journals in a wide range of humanities and social science fields. - Project MUSE
(Johns Hopkins University Press) Full-text articles from "over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals." - TOPICsearch
(EBSCO) Current events database: over 100,000 articles from diverse sources & points of view, on important social/political/economic issues. - Race Relations Abstracts
(EBSCO) Peer-reviewed research in ethnic studies, immigration, and discrimination. Indexing & abstracts (summaries) only. Search for publication title in the Full-Text Finder for availability of articles. - Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture and Law
(Hein Online) Contains an extensive collection of essential legal materials (court cases, trials, statutes, etc.) on along with books, sermons, slave narratives, speeches, periodicals, pamphlets, poems & songs, and much more from the 18th century through the 20th century.
Reference & E-Books
- Credo Reference
(Credo) Includes materials from over 650 reference books on a variety of topics in higher education, including art, business, history, languages, literature, science, criminal justice, and political science. - eBook Collection
(EBSCO) E-books on a full range of topics. Visit EBSCO's instructions on how to read on a mobile device. Create a free account to download to your device.
Download books to your device using Adobe Digital Editions. - Ebook Central
(ProQuest) Over 100,000 ebook titles covering a full range of academic topics. General reference works are also included. Mobile-friendly site.
Download books to your device using Adobe Digital Editions. - Gale eBooks
(Gale) Explore this database of encyclopedias and reference sources within the Gale eBooks platform. For multidisciplinary research. - Gale Legal Forms
(Gale) View, add to, and print Texas legal forms in such areas as wills, leases, and divorces. - Legal Information Reference Center
(EBSCO) Provides detailed how-to instructions covering a wide range of legal issues and includes access to legal reference books and legal forms. - Texas Reference Center
(EBSCO) Over 80 full-text journals and books on Texas history, culture, and life, biographies of important Texans, and more.
U.S. & Texas: Laws & Statistics
- U. S. Code - free web
(U.S. House of Representatives) United States Laws. - 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. - Texas Statutes - free web
(State of Texas) Texas laws. - Handbook of Texas - free web
(Texas State Historical Association) Full-text, brief article entries about Texas history & geography. - Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture and Law
(Hein Online) Contains an extensive collection of essential legal materials (court cases, trials, statutes, etc.) on along with books, sermons, slave narratives, speeches, periodicals, pamphlets, poems & songs, and much more from the 18th century through the 20th century.
Video
- Academic Video Online: Premium
(Alexander Street Press) Full-length videos on various topics, documentaries, instructional materials and limited historical news reports. - Films on Demand
(Films Media Group) High-quality, educational streaming video from companies such as Films for the Humanities, BBC, and PBS.
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