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ABI Inform (ProQuest)
  Index to periodicals and news sources covering all aspects of business... [more info]
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Agricola (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles relevant to all aspects of agriculture.... [more info]
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AllLaw.com
A comprehensive portal to legal information. [more info]
Arts & Humanities Search (OCLC)
Indexes articles from arts and humanities journals plus relevant articles from social science... [more info]
Campus/Remote
BNA Tax Management Portfolios (BNA)
Provides expert analysis, news, reports, and primary sources in tax research... [more info]
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Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
  Indexing and full text for periodicals and news sources covering all aspects of business ... [more info]
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Checkpoint (RIA Group)
Current and archival tax research materials; complete libraries of Federal, State, Local, International tax... [more info]
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CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature) (EBSCO)
Indexing and abstracts for articles, books and other publications in nursing and allied health... [more info]
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Consumer Health Complete (EBSCO)
Consumer Health Complete (CHC) is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics... [more info]
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CQ Press Congress Collection (CQ Press)
Nonbiased analysis of votes and other data relating to the U.S. Congress and its legislation... [more info]
Internet
CQ Press Electronic Library (CQ Press)
Searches CQ Weekly, CQ Researcher, and CQ Historic Documents, all in one... [more info]
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Criminal Justice Abstracts (CSA)
Criminal Justice Abstracts contains indexes and summaries of international journal articles, books, reports, dissertations... [more info]
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Dow Jones Factiva
Gateway to business resources including full text of periodicals, news photographs, company reports... [more info]
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Drama Criticism
Long entries providing background and essays on playwrights of all periods and nationalities. Good starting point for understanding a dramatist's critical reception. [more info]
Carrier Reference, PN1601 .D59
EconLit (CSA)
Index with abstracts to the world's economic literature ... [more info]
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Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, conference proceedings, reports, books and government... [more info]
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Facts.com Reference Suite (Facts On File News Services)
Facts and overviews of historic events and issues since 1940. Content includes full text articles, essays... [more info]
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Findlaw.com
(from West Legal Directory) Locate lawyers by state and/or area of practice. [more info]
Internet
Gartner
Contains full text Gartner Group research documents on information technology management... [more info]
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GEOBASE (OCLC)
Interdisciplinary index with abstracts covering physical and human geography, geology, ecology... [more info]
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Google US Government Search
The Google U.S. Government Search index includes U.S. federal, state and local sites with domains such as .gov, .mil as well as select government sites with .com, .us, and .edu domains (eg. .usps.com, .ca.us and ndu.edu). [more info]
GPO Access (U.S. Government Printing Office)
Includes all published versions of Congressional Bills starting with 103rd Congress ... [more info]
Internet
GPO Monthly Catalog (OCLC)
A catalog of all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings,... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)
Indexing, abstracts, and full text for scholarly journals focusing on nursing and allied health. [more info]
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Hospitality & Tourism Complete (EBSCO)
Indexes and abstracts journals covering scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism ... [more info]
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IEEE Computer Society Digital Library (IEEE)
An index with full-text of IEEE magazines, transactions, and conference proceedings... [more info]
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International Index of Performing Arts (ProQuest)
Full text and indexing for the performing arts... [more info]
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Issues & Controversies (Facts On File News Services)
Full text analysis of opposing viewpoints for more than 600 controversial topics in the news... [more info]
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JSTOR
Full online text and images for back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics... [more info]
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Law Guru
A major law site with over 160 searching tools. Entry includes by state. The Virginia example includes access to Supreme Court opinions, General Assembly bills and resolutions, Code of Virginia, and Virginia Administrative Code Search. There are a number of Federal law sites. These include the Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register, U. S. Tax Code, U. S. Immigration Code, U. S. Patents, and Executive Orders. Other types of materials include some journal sites, American Bar Association, ACLU, etc. [more info]
LEO Library Catalog (JMU)
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Internet
LexisNexis Congressional Research
Searchable full text congressional publications and legislative research... [more info]
Internet
LexisNexis Legal Research
Full text of U.S. Federal and state cases (including Supreme Court cases), federal and state codes and regulations, legal news, law reviews, Shephard's Citations, and international legal information... [more info]
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NCJRS Abstracts Database (U.S. Dept. of Justice)
An index with abstracts to criminal justice publications... [more info]
Unrestricted
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Gale)
Contains secondary and primary sources discussing today's social issues... [more info]
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Oxford Art Online (Groves Dictionaries, Inc.)
An encyclopedia covering art and artists worldwide... [more info]
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PAIS International (CSA)
Indexes publications on all subjects that relate to contemporary public issues... [more info]
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PsycINFO (EBSCO)
An index with abstracts to journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines (sociology, linguistics, anthropology, education, medicine, law, physiology, business, psychiatry, nursing, pharmacology). [more info]
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Sociological Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, book reviews, abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations... [more info]
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Thomas (Library of Congress)
Legislative information for the U.S. Government, sponsored by the Library of Congress. [more info]
USA.gov
Gateway to government publications.  Great source for statistics, reference, agency sites, and much more. [more info]
WhiteHouse.gov
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WilsonWeb OmniFile (HW Wilson)
An index with abstracts and some full text covering all subjects, including humanities and social sciences... [more info]
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WorldCat (OCLC)
Catalog of over 62 million titles cataloged by libraries worldwide ... [more info]
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