Databases by Subject
Law, Politics & Society Research Guide
Law, Politics & Society
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America: History and Life with Full Text (EBSCO)
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Database of full text coverage of the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (GPO Access)
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Free index to federal government publications distributed through the Superintendent of Documents. | Yes | No | more information | |
| CountryWatch |
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Up-to-date news and information on all of the world's countries. | No | No | more information | |
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Declassified Documents Reference System (Gale)
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Provides access to 500,000+ pages of previously classified government documents. Covers major international events including the Cold War, and the Vietnam War. Underpins studies in international relations and U S. foreign & domestic policy studies. | No | Yes | more information | |
| Eighteenth Century Collections Online - Law |
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Encompasses the development of law in the British Empire between 1701 and 1800. Topics include acts, criminal and international law, appellants’ cases and more | Yes | No | more information | |
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Global Issues (Gale in Context)
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A resource for international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. | No | Yes | more information | |
| HeinOnline |
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An online research tool with more than 100 million pages of legal history available in a fully-searchable, image-based format. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Index to Legal Periodicals (EBSCO)
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This retrospective database indexes legal periodicals published in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand dating back to 1908. | Partial | No | more information | |
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LegalTrac (Gale)
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Database for research in case law, government regulations, the practice of law, statutes, taxation and international law. Covers all major law reviews, and specialty law and bar association journals. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
| Making of Modern Law |
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This database provides full-text access to over 22,000 American and British legal treatises. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Making of Modern Law Trials, 1600 - 1926 |
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A collection of legal transcripts and sensational trial accounts describing the courtroom drama in America, the British Empire and the world. | No | No | more information | |
| Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources |
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Offers online access to early state codes, city charters, documents relating to constitutional conventions, and other resources in American legal history. | No | No | more information | |
| New York Times |
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New York Times access 1851-present. Direct access to virtually all NY Times content from that time period. Requires a separate, one-time registration. For details, visit http://researchguides.drake.edu/nyt | No | No | more information | |
| New York Times (LexisNexis) |
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NYT, from 1930 to present (for older coverage, see "New York Times Historical Newspaper") For all articles from today's version, just click on "Today" in the date field and then "Search." | No | No | more information | |
| New York Times (Proquest Historical Newspapers) |
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Full-text including scanned digital images of the New York Times, 1851-2014 | Yes | No | more information | |
| Nexis Uni (LexisNexis Academic) |
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Provides over 9,000 full-text news, business, and legal sources. Note: LexisNexis Academic is now called "Nexis Uni." | No | No | more information | |
| Oxford Handbooks Online |
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Full-text online versions of the Oxford Handbooks, available in seven complete subject modules: Business & Management, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Literature, Psychology, and History. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Politics in America |
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Information on members of the U.S. Congress and their districts. | Yes | No | more information | |
| ProQuest Congressional |
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Historic and current congressional information supporting in-depth research in public policy, historical, and legal areas of interest | No | No | more information | |
| Springer eBooks, 2010-2021 Collections |
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A collection of electronic books in a variety of subjects. Users have the option to order a personal print copy of ebooks owned by Drake (2010-2021 collections) for $24.99 (regardless of the actual book price). These "MyCopy" books are soft-cover b/w print copies that are mailed to the user’s address. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Statista |
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Online statistics portal providing access to data from market and opinion research institutions, as well as from business organizations and government institutions. Includes many easily-cited authoritative infographics. | No | No | more information | |
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Statistical Abstract of the United States (ProQuest)
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Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. | No | No | more information | |
| Vital Statistics on American Politics |
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More than 230 tables and charts covering the full spectrum of American politics dating back to 1788. | No | No | more information |
Other Resources
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Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)
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Scholarly, multidisciplinary full-text database, with full text from more than 10,000 periodicals. | Partial | No | more information | |
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American Doctoral Dissertations, 1933-1955 (EBSCO)
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Searchable, open access database of dissertations from 1933-1955. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Annual Reviews |
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Collection of critical reviews written by leading scientists in 40 disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences including Economics. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Artemis Primary Sources (Gale)
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Combines Gale primary source databases into one searchable environment. | No | No | more information | |
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ArticleFirst (OCLC)
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Index of articles from the contents pages of journals in business, science, humanities, social sciences, medicine, technology and popular culture. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Britannica Online |
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Fully searchable version of this authoritative, general encyclopedia. It also includes the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Britannica Book of the Year. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Cambridge Histories Online |
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Online version of the prestigious Cambridge Histories Online. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Chicago Manual of Style Online (University of Chicago)
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Online version of the 16th and 17th editions of the Chicago Manual of Style. Fully searchable. | No | No | more information | |
| Chicago Tribune (Proquest Historical Newspapers) |
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Digital version of the Chicago Tribune (1849-1994). | Yes | No | more information | |
| CQ Press Researcher Online |
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Looking for a "hot topic" on which to do a research paper? This database is a great place to start! It offers pros & cons, background information, and in-depth analysis on a variety of topics, issues, and controversies currently in the news. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Credo Reference |
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Portal to over 500 highly regarded reference sources. Examples of sources covered include: Art, Business, Food & Beverage, History, Language, Law, Literature, Medicine, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Science, Social Sciences, and Technology. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Current Contents Connect (Web of Science)
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Current awareness database provides access to complete tables of contents, abstracts, bibliographic information, abstracts from recently published issues of scholarly journals, and evaluated websites. | No | No | more information | |
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Data Citation Index (Web of Science)
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Indexes data studies and datasets across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences and links the datasets/studies with published literature. | No | No | more information | |
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Derwent Innovations Index (Web of Science)
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Enables patent searching, letting you conduct patent and citation searches of inventions in chemical, electrical, electronic, and mechanical engineering. | No | No | more information | |
| Encyclopedia of Associations |
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The Encyclopedia of Associations is a comprehensive source of detailed information on over 151,000 nonprofit membership organizations worldwide. | No | No | more information | |
| eScholarShare (Drake University) |
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Scholarly repository of Drake University. Includes 1000+ electronic theses & dissertations. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)
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Features newspapers, magazines, and journals from various ethnic and minority presses. | Yes | No | more information | |
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European Views of the Americas (EBSCO)
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Comprehensive bibliographic guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Gale in Context: Environmental Studies (formerly GREENR) |
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A database focused on the study of sustainability and the environment, including news, case studies, videos, and news, as well as academic journals. | Partial | Yes | more information | |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library |
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A collection of reference works on the Arts, Business, Education, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation & World, Religion, and the Social Sciences. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
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General OneFile (Gale)
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Gale's largest general interest database of articles from general, specialized, and professional newspapers and periodicals, many with full text and images. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
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Government Printing Office (OCLC)
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The GPO Monthly Catalog provides bibliographic citations for all types of U.S. government documents. Not a full-text database | Yes | No | more information | |
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GreenFILE (EBSCO)
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A bibliographic database of resources in a variety of formats that address environmental concerns. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Historic Documents Collection (Sage)
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Primary sources including presidential speeches, international agreements, Supreme Court decisions, US government reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions arranged chronologically. | No | No | more information | |
| JSTOR |
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More than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources | Yes | No | more information | |
| Marquis Who's Who in America |
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Biographical information from various "Who's Who" series. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Mergent Country Reports |
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Provides up-to-date political, economic and commercial information on over 130 countries worldwide, including risk assessment. Easily downloadable in PDF format. | No | No | more information | |
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Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)
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Newspapers, television and radio news transcripts. | Yes | No | more information | |
| NewsVault |
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Cross-search Gale newspaper archives using a single interface. Drake has access to the complete (London) Times Digital Archive and the 19th Century U.S. Newspaper Digital Archive. | No | No | more information | |
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Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context)
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Database of information on social issues, including viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. There are also featured news and featured videos. | Partial | Yes | more information | |
| Oxford English Dictionary |
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2nd edition of the 20-volume set. Includes meaning, history, & pronunciation of over 1/2 million words, both past and present. | No | No | more information | |
| Oxford Reference Online |
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Access to dictionaries & reference works in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Limit of 5 simultaneous users. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Oxford Scholarship Online Ebooks |
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Over 4,000 ebooks published from 2016-present in humanities, sciences, business, and social sciences. Full chapters can be downloaded by PDF. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Periodicals Archive Online (ProQuest)
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Archive of backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences, spanning more than two centuries of content, 37 key subject areas, and multiple languages. | Yes | No | more information | |
| PoliticoPro |
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A premium policy news and information resource designed to keep students, faculty and researchers in lock-step with the unprecedented pace of developments in our current political climate. | No | No | more information | |
| Project Muse |
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Full-text of scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University and other university presses. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
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SciELO Citation Index (Web of Science)
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SciELO content includes regional journals from Latin American and the Caribbean as well as titles from Spain, Portugal and South Africa. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Sociological Abstracts (Proquest)
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This database abstracts and indexes the international literature of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Very Short Introductions (Oxford)
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Concise introductions to a wide range of subjects. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Wall Street Journal (Proquest) |
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Full-text of the newspaper's eastern edition, 1984 - present. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Web of Science |
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A multidisciplinary research platform which searches a range of citation indexes and databases, covering over 33,000 of the worlds top journals. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Web of Science Core Collection |
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This subset of Web of Science indexes primary journals and article citations in several databases spanning a wide range of disciplines. | Partial | No | more information | |
| World DataBank |
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Access to nation-by-nation (or aggregate) statistical data. | No | No | more information | |
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World History in Video (Alexander Street Press)
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Contains a wide-ranging collection of critically acclaimed documentaries that allow you to explore human history from the earliest civilizations to the late 20th century. Videos are global in scope, and capture longer-term and multiple perspectives, so you can make connections across cultures and over time. | Yes | No | more information | |
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WorldCat (OCLC)
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WorldCat is a catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. | No | No | more information | |
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WorldCat Dissertations (OCLC)
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Bibliographic database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat | No | No | more information |