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Books and Government Documents @ Rod Library

UNISTAR
If you are looking for materials on immigration policies, you would want to do a keyword search with the following terms: immigra*AND policy

immigra*= immigrant, immigrants, immigration

If you are looking for a congressional hearing on immigration, you would want to do a keyword search with these terms: immigra*AND policy AND hear*

hear* = hearing, hearings

Use Rod Library's online catalog, UNISTAR, to search for books and government documents

Databases @ Rod Library

Research Databases A-Z

America: History and Life (EBSCO)
America: History & Life is an index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. The database indexes 1,700 journals from 1964 to present and also includes citations and links to book and media reviews. Strong English-language journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics and events, including abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages.
CQ Researcher
The CQ Researcher is a collection of reports covering political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.
HathiTrust Digital Library
As a digital repository for the nation's great research libraries, HathiTrust brings together the immense collections of partner institutions. HathiTrust was conceived as a collaboration of the thirteen universities of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation and the University of California system to establish a repository for these universities to archive and share their digitized collections.
Historical Abstracts (EBSCO)
Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more. The database indexes more than 1,700 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955.
JSTOR
JSTOR (www.jstor.org) is a not-for-profit organization with a dual mission to create and maintain a trusted archive of important scholarly journals, and to provide access to these journals as widely as possible. Content in JSTOR spans many disciplines, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. For complete lists of titles and collections, please refer to http://www.jstor.org/about/collection.list.html.

Lexis Nexis Academic
ProQuest Congressional
Committee Prints, Hearings, House & Senate Documents, House and Senate Reports, Legislative Histories, and Serial Set (not always full-text)
New York Times (1851-2009): ProQuest Historical Newspapers

Project Muse
Project MUSE is a unique collaboration between libraries & publishers providing 100% full-text, to high quality humanities, arts, & social sciences journals from scholarly publishers. MUSE began in 1993 as a joint project of the Johns Hopkins University Press & the Milton S. Eisenhower Library at JHU. Grants allowed MUSE to go live with JHU Press journals in 1995; other publishers were first incorporated in 2000, with additional university press & scholarly society publishers joining each year.

Online Resources & Websites

FDSys
GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides public access to Government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies and preserved as technology changes. This advanced digital system will enable GPO to manage Government information from all three branches of the U.S. Government.
Registry of U.S. Government Publication Digitization Project
Open CRS (Congressional Research Services)
Digitized Primary American History Sources
American Memory Project (Library of Congress)
GPO Monthly Catalog
Historical Census Browser
Statistical Abstract of the United States (1878-2012)
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Government 101: How a Bill Becomes Law
How Laws are Made (Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids)
How Our Laws are Made (THOMAS/Library of Congress)

Newspapers & Journals

The Washington Post (1974-)

1974-2007 available on UNI Microfilm
1977-current available online (LexisNexis Academic)
2003-current available online (EBSCOhost Newspaper Source Plus)

Congressional Digest (1921-)

UNI Periodicals (1922-current)
1985-current available online @ EBSCOhost Academic Search Elite
1921-current available online @ EBSCOhost MasterFILE Premier

Congressional Quarterly Almanac (1945-)

UNI Ref JK1.C66

National Journal

1998-current available through multiple online databases
1969-1970 available on UNI Microfilm
1970-current available in UNI Stacks JK1.N28

Roll Call (1989-)

1989-current available in Lexis Nexis Academic

The Hill (1995-)

1995-current available through multiple online databases

Federal Government Documents and Reference Materials

Congressional Serial Set
UNI Docs v. 1037-13309 bound and shelved after Y.4: (incomplete)
UNI Docs Fiche v.1-37 American State Papers and v. 1-2160 Serial Set

Congressional Record; 1873 –
(formerly Annals of Congress 1789-1824, Register of Debates 1824-1837, Congressional Globe 1833-1873)
UNI Docs X 1: and X 1.1: (title varies)

Federal Register
1994-current available online at www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action
1980-current available online through ProQuest Congressional

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
1996-current available online at www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collectionCfr.action
1981-current available online through ProQuest Congressional

United States Congressional Hearings
UNI Docs Y.4:

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/ppotpus/
UNI Ref J80 .A283

Statutes at Large (United States) (1789-)
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action
UNI Documents AE 2.111: (e.g. 65 Stat 767 ... volume 65, p. 767)

Public and Private Laws
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action

Compilation of Presidential Documents
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=CPD

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This guide was originally developed by Gretchen Gould.