Research Tools: Government & Law

Weekly reports on "hot" topics. Each report focuses on one topic and includes an explanation of the issues, a "pro and con" debate feature, a chronology, and a bibliography that can lead to additional resources. Especially useful for political and social issues.

Database of legal resources, including laws, regulations, some trials and court reports, treaties, and a variety of other materials covering United States and foreign law.

Index of journal articles, books, and conference papers in political science and related fields. Includes a substantial amount of full text.

Online application for locating and mapping US Census data and other demographic resources. Maps created on Social Explorer can be exported as images. To download the data itself in tabular and GIS formats see National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS).

Full text of articles reviewing the scholarly literature for a variety of topics in the physical, biomedical, and social sciences.

Collection of historical documents related to law, economics, politics, diplomacy and government.

Collections of declassified documents covering US policy decisions around nuclear escalation and non-proliferation, the space race and military uses of space, and the Cuban missile crisis. Also includes collections of documents covering US foreign policy in relation to: Argentina; China; Colombia; Cuba; Mexico; South Africa; and North and South Korea.

Index of major journals in the humanities and social sciences.

Revision (c.2008) of the classic first edition. Features new articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences.

Website providing scholarly law journals, comprehensive news and analysis across many legal topics, surveys and rankings of global law firms, market reports, and data and statistics.

Database of information on members of Congress and staff that offers information such as biographies, contact details, legislative issues covered, participation in committees and caucuses, planned town halls and more. Includes disclosure information for foreign gifts, travel, and lobbying activities.

This portal from the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism includes a Global Terrorism Database, datasets on terrorism, and an index of research on terrorism, counter terrorism, radicalization, and more.

Resources, including laws and research, on gender-based violence.

Index covering the journal literature of the social sciences. Allows you to search for a topic, an author, or for articles that cite a known author or work.