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Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States This accessible and authoritative guide is essential for anyone interested in the impact of the Supreme Court’s decisions on American society. The Supreme Court continues to write constitutional history, so this updated edition includes entries of key cases and full treatment of crucial areas of constitutional law, such as abortion, freedom of religion, school desegregation, freedom of speech, voting rights, military tribunals, and the rights of the accused.

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HeinOnline HeinOnline is the world's largest fully searchable, image-based government document and legal research database. It contains comprehensive coverage from inception of both U.S. statutory materials, U.S. 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. This Government, Politics & Law HeinOnline 18-database package offers special collections on Criminal Justice, Religion and the Law and Women and the Law among others.

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Legal Collection A collection of respected, scholarly peer-reviewed publications including law journals, documents, and case studies, offering full-text for nearly 250 of the world's best law journals.

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Legal Forms Provides a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others. Also included is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language.

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Legal Information Reference Center This source offers everyday users the necessary tools and detailed how-to instructions covering a wide-range of legal issues. A majority of the full-text legal reference books are provided. With the “Legal Forms by U.S. State” feature, users can search legal forms by top subject areas including adoption, bankruptcy, name changes and more.

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Oxford Academic Journals Oxford Academic features 357 highly cited and authoritative journals published in collaboration with many of the world’s influential scholarly and professional societies. The Collection includes journals across six subjects: Medicine, Life Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences, Mathematics & Physical Sciences, and Law. Titles are accessible through a user-friendly platform, which enables extensive searching in order to support your research needs.

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Representative American Speeches

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Collection of speeches from U.S. political leaders such as the president, supreme court justices, and senators. Primary source speech records also include international figures and cultural figures who speak on the national platform such as the UN General Assembly.

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Academic Search Complete The world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary database containing full-text for more than 8,500 publications in a user-friendly format with many helpful special features.

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Reference Center Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Reference Center is a full-text database designed to support continuity experts and information professionals. It covers all aspects of business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR), including risk evaluation, emergency preparedness and crisis communications.

Criminal Justice Collection For those studying to become a lawyer or law enforcement officer, paralegal, or for a career in Homeland Security, this collection rises to the challenge.

Dictionary of Political Quotations Brings together both words of wisdom and things that might have been better left unsaid, charting the most influential political events of recent times via the things people said about them, and digging deep into the rich heritage of political history from around the world.

Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History Covers key events, historical actors, presidential elections, court cases, and larger political and legal trends throughout American history, from presidents and Supreme Court judges to critical legislation and party formation.

Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law Entries in this encyclopedia focus on biblical law, its various contexts, and the continuance and influence of biblical law in the ancient and modern worlds. Essays cover the Ten Commandments, the Sermon on the Mount, and topics such as testimony and witness, property, ritual, and rhetoric.

Government Information Online Government Information Online is a virtual reference service for government information that was begun in 2008 as a partnership between a group of federal depository libraries and the Government Pulbishing Office (GPO).

Journal of Criminal Justice This international journal seeks to disseminate new information, ideas and methods in the criminal justice area. Although materials are presented relating to crime and the individual elements of the criminal justice system, the emphasis of the Journal is to tie together the functioning of these various elements and to illustrate the effects of their interactions. Articles that reflect the application of new disciplines or analytical methodologies to the problems of criminal justice demonstrate the Journal’s emphasis on innovation and creative thought.

Military / Government Collection Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military, providing cover-to-cover full-text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals, plus 245 full-text pamphlets.

ProQuest Ebook Central ProQuest Ebook Central offers authoritative ebooks in a wide range of subject areas, along with powerful tools to help you find, use, and manage the information you need.

Reference Shelf In-depth explorations of American history and sociology topics, including Racial Tension, Surveillance, Whistleblowers, the Supreme Court, and more.

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SAGE The world's 5th largest journals publisher, with more than 645 journals spanning the humanities, social sciences, and science, technology, and medicine.

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NOTE: DBU's subscription includes all SAGE journal articles published from 1999 to the present.

Salem Press In-depth explorations of American history and sociology topics, including Racial Tension, Surveillance, Whistleblowers, the Supreme Court, and more.

US Government Resources (USGPO) USA.gov is the official U.S. gateway to all government information. Search millions of web pages from federal and state governments, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.

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