Provides full text for more than 8,500 academic, social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural journals. It offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 12,500 journals. Over 7,300 of the full text journals are peer reviewed.

full text dates: 1965 - present

America History and Life

The core database for U.S. and Canadian history and culture, America, History and Life provides access to scholarly literature from prehistoric times to the present. Indexes and abstracts over 1700 journals as well as book and media reviews and dissertations.

dates: 1910 - present

America's Historical Newspapers

Provides full text to over 700 historical newspapers. Hatfield Library has series 1, which covers newspapers that began publishing in the colonial period, with some titles providing coverage into the later 1800s.

full text dates: 1690-1876

American Periodical Series Online

Provides indexing and full text to over 1,100 periodicals that first began publishing between 1740 and 1900. Included are special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and other historically-significant periodicals.

full text dates: 1740-1900

American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020

In the past 200 years, over 450 prison newspapers have been published from U.S. prisons. American Prison Newspapers brings together hundreds of these periodicals from across the country into one collection that represents penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women's-only institutions.

full text dates: 1800-2020

American State Papers, 1789-1838

Contains the full text of legislative and executive documents, many originating from the important period between 1789 and the beginning of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set in 1817.

full text dates: 1789-1838

Bibliography of Asian Studies

Provides indexing to western-language monographs, articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia published since 1971. Searchable by keyword (any field), author, title, journal, and subject, it may also be browsed by subject, journal or country.

dates: 1971 - present

C-SPAN Video Library

The Video Library includes over 160,000 hours of coverage of C-SPAN programs since 1987. Programs are indexed by subject, speaker names, titles, affiliations, sponsors, committees, categories, formats, policy groups, keywords, and location. The congressional sessions and committee hearings are indexed by person with full-text.

video dates: 1987 - present

Civil Rights in America

Reports, documents and other materials derived from the US Congressional Serial Set concerning civil rights, covering the years 1817-1994.

full text dates: 1817-1994

Early English Books Online

Provides indexing, citations and full text of Early English publications from 1475 to 1800. Included are titles listed in the Short Title Catalogue of Early English Books, 1475-1640 (Pollard and Redgrave), Short Title Catalogue of Early English Books, 1641-1700 (Wing), and the Thomason Tracts, 1640-1660. Included are texts covering English literature, languages, music, religion, science, travel and exploration and politics.

full text dates: 1475 - 1700

Encyclopedia of Public International Law

Written by over 650 scholars and practitioners from around the world and edited by a team from the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. This online resource includes more than 700 new topics, not covered in the previous print edition, and is updated quarterly.

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Evans Digital Edition

The definitive resource for information about every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America. Upon completion, the Evans Digital Edition will consist of more than 36,000 works and 2,400,000 images.

full text dates: 1639 - 1800

Fuente Académica

Provides full text coverage to more than 150 scholarly, academic Spanish language journals from Latin American, South American and Spanish publishers. All content is in Spanish and covers wide variety of subjects including politics, history, literature and education.

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Gale Academic Onefile

Provides peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text.

full text dates: 1980 - present

Gender Studies Database

Combines the Womens Studies International and the Mens Studies databases to provide coverage of gender related scholarship. Source documents include professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, discussion and working papers, theses & dissertations and other sources.

dates: 1972 - present

GPO Monthly Catalog

Indexes all the federal government publications distributed through the Federal Depository Library Program. Also provides holdings information for the Hatfield Library and other depository libraries.

dates: 1976 - present

HeinOnline

Provides the entry way to a database of over 1,200 law review journals. While William S. Hein & Co., Inc. has been an American legal publisher for over 80 years, HeinOnline began in 2000 with just 25 journals. It has since expanded to its current size, containing more than 600,000 articles from 21,000 volumes of material.

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HeinOnline U.S. Congressional Documents Collection

The U.S. Congressional Documents Collection features the bound and daily versions of Congressional Record, its three predecessor titles, and other important congressional material.

full text dates: 1789 - present

HeinOnline U.S. Presidential Impeachment Library

Organized by the four affected presidents, this collection brings together a variety of documents both contemporaneous and asynchronous to each president's impeachment, presenting both a snapshot of the political climate as each impeachment played out and the long view history has taken of each proceeding.

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HeinOnline U.S. Presidential Library

The HeinOnline U.S. Presidential Library includes such titles as Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Public Papers of the Presidents, CFR Title 3 (Presidents), Weekly Compilation of the Presidential Documents, and other documents relating to U.S. presidents.

full text dates: 1897 - present

Historical Abstracts

Provides access to international scholarly literature on the history of the world, excluding the United States and Canada, from 1450 to the present. Indexes and abstracts over 2,300 journals, as well as books and dissertations.

dates: 1955 - present

Historical Statistics of the United States

The fourth edition of Historical Statistics of the United States. The Millennial Edition is published by Cambridge University Press, with the permission of the Census Bureau.

full text dates: Colonial Times to 2000

HLAS Online

Provides access to books, journal articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings on all aspects of Latin American studies, including Anthropology, Art, Economics, Government and Politics, International Relations, Literature, Music, Philosophy, and Sociology.

full text dates: 1935 - present

Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective

A retrospective database that indexes over 750 legal periodicals published in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Content is also drawn from 38 printed compendia, which provides access to approximately 540,000 records. Coverage also includes: annual surveys of laws by jurisdiction; annual surveys of federal court cases; yearbooks and annual institutes.

dates: 1908-1981

Legal Collection

Contains full text for hundreds of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals. The Legal Collection is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world.

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Military & Government Collection

Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 400 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 500 titles.

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New York Times (1985 - present)

Provides searchable full text.

full text dates: 1985 - present

New York Times Historical (1851-2010)

Provides full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

full text dates: 1851-2009

Philosopher's Index

Provides indexing and author-written abstracts to the international literature of philosophy. Over 570 journals from 43 countries are covered, comprising 80% of the database, with the remaining 20% covering books and anthologies.

dates: 1940 - present

Political Extremism and Radicalism

A compilation of rare and unique archival collections covering a wide range of fringe political movements. This archive is one of the first digital archives covering such a broad assortment of both far-right and radical left political groups. It offers a diverse mixture of materials, including periodicals, campaign propaganda, government records, oral histories, and various ephemera.

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Scopus

Scopus is a major citation database for over 20,000 peer-reviewed journals. It also covers conference proceedings, select book series and trade journals, plus U.S./international patents. It features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize the world's research in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences and arts and humanities. To access full-text articles when they are available, log into your library account before using Scopus.

partial full text dates: 1995 - present

Statistical Abstract of the United States

The online version of the statistical classic. A comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.

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Statistical Abstracts of the World

The statistical abstract is the standard summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States and internationally.

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U.S. Congressional Documents Collection

The U.S. Congressional Documents Collection features the bound and daily versions of Congressional Record, its three predecessor titles, and other important congressional material.

full text dates: 1789 - present

U.S. Congressional Serial Set

Reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

full text dates: 1817-1994

U.S. Congressional Serial Set Maps

The maps published as part of U.S. Congressional Serial Set publications.

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U.S. Presidential Library

full text dates: 1897 - present

Wall Street Journal

Provides full text coverage of the worlds leading financial newspaper. Useful for current and historical information on international finance and economics, the stock market, and world events.

full text dates: 2011 - present

Washington Post

Provides searchable full text from 2014 to present.

full text dates: 2014 - present

Westlaw Campus

A subset of the Westlaw database used by law libraries and lawyers, Westlaw Campus provides access to a wealth of U.S. and international law sources. Includes access to legal encyclopedias, journals and law reviews, cases, statutes and legislative materials, and European Union resources. Searchable by keyword, legal citation and document title. We get access to this database from the law library, once on their databases page click on Westlaw Campus to connect.

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Women & the Law (Peggy)

A collection of books, biographies, and periodicals dedicated to the role of women in society and the law.

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