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Congressional Publications

Congressional Publications
Indexing and abstracting of all congressional publications: hearings, including never-published hearings that have been released by the National Archives and indexed by ProQuest staff; House and Senate reports and documents; and Committee Prints. Congressional Base also includes bill full text, tracking and profiles; the full text of the Daily Congressional Record, the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations; member and committee info; campaign finance and member voting data; and political news.
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Is it Scholarly?

Did you find an article and are unsure if it is peer-reviewed? Use Ulrich's to check. Type in the journal title. If You see a referee shirt next to the title, it is refereed or peer-reviewed.

UlrichsWeb Global Serials Directory
Directory of periodicals with information on peer-reviewed status, database availability, publisher, country, ISSN, start year, and active/inactive status.

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Databases

ProQuest Central
Multidisciplinary search across many databases including business, health and medicine, social sciences, education, science and technology, and arts and humanities.
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Academic Search Premier
Multidisciplinary, general database covering most academic topics.
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ScienceDirect
Multidisciplinary database of scholarly articles, with a strong emphasis on the sciences and social sciences.
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JSTOR
Multidisciplinary resource providing articles from peer-reviewed journals. UCO's Collections include Arts & Sciences I-XV, Business IV, Ecology & Botany II, Hebrew Journals, Ireland, Life Sciences, Lives of Literature, 19th Century British Pamphlets, Security Studies, and Sustainability. Archival access only.
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Project Muse
Multidisciplinary database with special emphasis on social science and the liberal arts.
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Sage Premier (expires 12/2021)
Multi-disciplinary, general database of scholarly articles in many academic disciplines.

PAIS - Public Affairs Information Service
Scholarly articles books, government publications, and other sources on international and national affairs, government, and political science.
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GreenFile
Scholarly articles covering the environment and its intersections with human society, policies, science, and other areas.
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Ethnic NewsWatch
Journals, magazines, and newspapers from ethnic and minority publications. Ethnic NewsWatch covers 1990-present and Ethnic NewsWatch: A History covers 1959-1989. Included ethnicities are African American, Arab/Middle Eastern, Asian/Pacific, Hispanic, and others.
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ProQuest Central: Political Science
Covers topics in political science, international and national affairs, and government
SocIndex with Full Text
Scholarly articles, books, and other sources in sociology and related fields.
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America: History and Life
History and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
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History Research Guide

HeinOnline
An image-based government document and legal research database containing comprehensive coverage from inception of U.S. statutory materials, Congressional Documents and more than 2,500 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. Includes the American Indian Law Collection.
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NexisUni
Formally known as LexisNexis. Searches information in federal and state case law, statutes, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information. Also includes newspapers, financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news.
Westlaw Campus Research
Comprehensive database of legal materials, including cases, statutes, and regulations of the U.S. government and the various state governments; includes the legal encyclopedia American Jurisprudence 2nd and American Law Reports; case law from 1789 to present; current statutes and regulations.
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Legal Information Reference Center
Designed to assist the general public in legal matters of all kinds. It includes full text for many top consumer legal reference books, as well as thousands of legal forms.
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Legal Collection
Contains full-text for hundreds of scholarly law journals covering information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world.
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News Databases

NewsBank
Find global information on topics related to business and economics, careers, criminal justice, education, environmental studies, health, international studies, performing and fine arts, political science, science, social issues, sports, STEM, technology and more from a variety of news media featuring newspapers, videos and web-only content including The Oklahoman, USA Today, international sources and more.
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NexisUni
News: full text newspapers, broadcast transcripts including non-English language. Companies: financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news.
Newspaper Source Plus
Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles, and more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts.
US Newsstream
US Newsstream enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring top newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news websites.
Historical Newspapers
A list of available historical newspapers available through ProQuest: Ethinic NewsWatch, GenderWatch, ProQuest Civil War Era, Chicago Tribune, Chinese Newspapers Collection, The Globe and Mail, The Guardian, The Observer, The Nashville Tennessean, The New York Times, The Scotsman, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and The Wall Street Journal.
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Current Events

Opposing Viewpoints
Reprinted essays from scholarly and popular newspapers, magazines, blogs, speeches and other stories. Essays present a particular viewpoint or argument on a topic of current interest.
This resource is also available through the Metropolitan Library.

Citation Basics

Need help with in-text citations or references?

APSA (American Political Science Association) Style Manual, which is very similar to Chicago style -- quick handout or full manual.

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