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ABI/Inform Complete (ProQuest)  UWW access only  ABI/INFORM Guide
Consists of ABI/INFORM Global, Trade & Industry, and Dateline and indexes more than 4975 business publications. Many international resources are included and coverage is global in scope.

Campus Research (Westlaw)  UWW access only  ABI/INFORM Guide
Campus Research is an online legal research tool designed and built especially for undergraduates and other non-law students. It is an abridged version of Westlaw and allows retrieval of cases and legal documents from both federal and state sources. Campus Research also includes law review and legal journal articles.

CJA Criminal Justice Abstracts (CSA)  UWW access only
Covers a wide range of popular and scholarly publications in criminal justice, security issues, policing, organized crime, juvenile justice and law enforcement.

CQ Electronic Library  UWW access only
Created and hosted by CQ Press, the CQ Electronic Library (CQEL) is the definitive reference resource for research in American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs. A wealth of CQ Press resources and years of journalistic and editorial expertise are combined in CQEL (pronounced SEEยดquell). It also offers a range of tools for discovering, understanding, and making use of its authoritative content.

CQ Researcher  UWW access only
Full text CQ Researcher (1991 - ). Contains in-depth research on current topics with complete summaries, insight into all sides of the issues and bibliographies for further information.

CQ Weekly  UWW access only
CQ Weekly covers the U.S. Congress: status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and backroom maneuvering.

LexisNexis Academic   UWW access only
Click on the link for legal research in the left sidebar. Contains statutes and case law for federal, state and international juristictions, as well as law review and legal journal articles.

LexisNexis Congressional  UWW access only
Includes legislative histories for public laws and testimony from congressional hearings. Track bills and search the Congressional Record and Federal Register, and locate information about congressional members and committees.

NCJRS Abstracts Database (EBSCOhost)  UWW access only  [More Ebscohost Info]  EBSCOhost Guide
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database contains summaries of more than 190,000 publications on criminal justice, including Federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. Subject areas include corrections, courts, drugs and crime, law enforcement, juvenile justice, crime statistics, and victims of crime. The time period covered is from the early 1970's to the present.

NFPA Codes Online  UWW access only
Restricted to 1 user at same time
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), based in Quincy, Massachusetts, is an international, nonprofit membership organization. Its mission is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life. The NFPA develops, publishes, and disseminates timely consensus codes and standards intended to minimize the possibility and effects of fire and other risks.

Political Science Complete (EBSCOhost)  UWW access only  [More Ebscohost Info]  EBSCOhost Guide
Political Science Complete provides full text for over 400 publications. PSC features more than 165 full-text reference books and monographs and over 27,000 full text conference papers, including those of the International Political Science Association.

RIA Checkpoint  UWW access only

RIA Checkpoint provides access to tax research materials, such as cases, codes and regulations, both on a state and national level.

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