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The following online resources augment the collections of the California State Library. These resources are available to California state government officials and employees and to all visitors in our reading rooms. California State employees, state legislative staff, appointed state officials and board members, officials and employees of the State Court, and faculty and staff of the University of California or California State University may obtain a State Library Card by applying online or calling (916) 323-9843.

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Academic Search Ultimate (multi-subject scholarly journals)
Journal and Magazine Articles

A collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals, including many journals indexed in leading citation indexes. A combination of academic journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos covering disciplines ranging from astronomy, anthropology, biomedicine, engineering, health, law and literacy to mathematics, pharmacology, women’s studies, zoology and more.


American Journal of Veterinary Research
Journal and Magazine Articles | Scientific Resources

This journal includes news of interest to veterinary researchers and peer-reviewed reports of applied research in veterinary medicine and associated biological sciences.


American State Papers, 1789 to 1838
Government

Contains the legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838.


America's News (NewsBank)
Newspaper Articles

Provides access to full-text articles from over 900 newspapers throughout the United States, including over 100 California titles.


Ancestry.com (U.S. and U.K. historical resources)
Genealogy and History

Contains approximately 4,000 databases for genealogical and historical research. Key collections include U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930, New York and San Francisco passenger lists, World War I draft registration cards, World War II service records, the Social Security Death Index, UK census records from 1861-1901, historical maps, Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage volumes, the Dawes Commission Index and the Federal Writers' Project Slave Narratives. 


AppFT – Patent Application Full Text and Image Database
Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright

AppFT includes full-page images of patent applications from 2001 to the present.


Applied Science & Technology Source Ultimate (EBSCO)
Journal and Magazine Articles | Scientific Resources | Technology

Provides coverage of a wide range of STEM topics including artificial intelligence, applied mathematics, plastics, hydroponics, computer science, chemical engineering, energy resources and robotics, as well as the business and social implications of new technologies.


Archive of the California Government Domain, Ca.gov (April 2015-current)
Government

This archive preserves access to hundreds of California state agency sites.


Archives Unbound
Genealogy and History

Offers online access to historical documents from nearly 300 archival collections covering topics of importance to California, U.S. and world history.

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Britannica Escolar
Education

Provides similar content as Britannica School in Spanish for elementary and middle school for native Spanish speakers, bilingual students, and students learning Spanish.


Britannica School
Education

An up-to-date and age-appropriate information resource for elementary, middle, and high school students. Discover encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, games, and other learning resources that support student research and reinforce curriculum standards.


Business Source Complete
Business

Contains full-text journals in all business disciplines. Non-journal content includes company profiles, financial data, industry reports, market research reports, and Morningstar reports.


Business Source Complete (business journals and news)
Journal and Magazine Articles

Contains full-text journals in all business disciplines. Non-journal content includes company profiles, financial data, industry reports, market research reports, and Morningstar reports.

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California Assembly Journals, Histories and Indexes, and Statutes (1849–present)
Laws and Regulations

California State Assembly Office of the Chief Clerk Archived Publications (Historic Statutes, Journals, Histories)


California Ballot Measures Database (1911–present)
Laws and Regulations

A comprehensive, searchable source of information on California ballot propositions and initiatives from 1911 to the present. Contains the full text of the initiatives, accompanying material relating to their filing and qualification, related legal and legislative history, and digital images of pertinent documents.


California city / county ordinances
Laws and Regulations


California Code of Regulations
Laws and Regulations


California courts and court forms
Laws and Regulations


California Digital Newspaper Collection
Newspaper Articles


California Executive Orders and Proclamations Database
Government

An interactive tool to search for executive orders and proclamations from every governor since California became a state in 1850 through 2007.


California History Section Research Guides
Genealogy and History

Research guides developed by the California State Library's California History Section on California-specific topics.


California Information File II
Library Catalogs | Genealogy and History

A continuation of the California Information File I, this database contains more than 85,000 references to California people, places, events, and subjects as they appear in the California State Library's periodicals, manuscript, postcard and ephemera collections.


California Legislative Information (Codes, Bills)
Laws and Regulations


California Legislative Information, 1993 - November, 2016
Laws and Regulations

An archive of California's legislative information (1993 through November, 2016) including legislative bills.


California Libraries Catalog (libraries throughout California)
Library Catalogs


California Library Laws
Laws and Regulations


California Open Data Portal
Government

Public data collected by the state of California through its routine business activities and published in a format that is easy to search, easy to download, and easy to combine with other data sets from other sources.


California Research Bureau Reports
Research Reports

The California Research Bureau (CRB) provides nonpartisan research services to the Governor and his staff, to both houses of the legislature, and to other state elected officials. These services include preparation of reports on current policy issues, which might cover topics such as the history of the issue, experiences and proposals in other states, case studies and examples, data analysis, and development of legislative proposals.


California State Agency Index
Government

Search for California state agencies.


California State Government YouTube
Government

Official YouTube channel of the California State government, linking to videos and playlists of California departments and agencies.


California State Library Catalogs (books, journals, reports, videos, images, etc. in the library's collections)
Library Catalogs


California State Publications
Government

A monthly listing of official publications received by the State Library from California governmental agencies.


California Supreme and Appellate Court Opinions (1932-present)
Laws and Regulations


California Trademarks and Service Marks
Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright

The California Secretary of State’s office maintains registration and all updates of California state trademarks and service marks.


Calisphere
Genealogy and History

Online access to digitized resources from the California State Library's California History Section.


ChemKnowledge Search
Scientific Resources

Includes ChemCollection containing over 75 global governmental datasets on chemical hazards and regulatory information and ReproCollection, a complete reproductive risk collection from databases worldwide with evaluations of reproductive effects of drugs and chemicals from a hazard potential identification, exposure reduction, medical and legal perspective. (Please register for access using your state agency email address.)


City and County Codes and Charters
Laws and Regulations

A large depository collection of local ordinance codes and charters issued by California cities and counties.


City and County Directories
Library Catalogs | Genealogy and History

The California State Library's California History Room has city and county directories in several formats: paper, microfilm, and microfiche. This database lets you determine if we have the specific city directory you need, and it gives you the format and location.


Cochrane Library
Scientific Resources

A collection of databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Includes Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), and Cochrane Clinical Answers.


Congress.gov
Government | Laws and Regulations

Information about members of Congress and access to legislation data, bill texts, Congressional Record, committee reports, nominations, House Communications, Senate Communications and treaty documents


CRS Reports
Government

The Congressional Research Service (CRS), a federal legislative branch agency located within the Library of Congress, exclusively serves congressional committees and members of Congress. CRS reports provide Congress with both anticipatory and on-demand research and analysis to support their legislative, oversight, and representational duties. For older CRS reports, the California State Library has holdings from 1916-2008 in a number of formats.

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Data.gov: The U.S. Government's Open Data Portal
Government


Digital Commons Network
Journal and Magazine Articles

Free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide. Curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions, it includes a growing collection of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.

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EBSCO Open Dissertations
Education

An open-access database built to assist researchers in locating both historic and contemporary dissertations and theses. It incorporates EBSCO’s previously released American Doctoral Dissertations and features additional dissertation metadata contributed by select colleges and universities from around the world.


EBSCOhost Databases
Journal and Magazine Articles

Search a single database or multiple EBSCO databases at once. Subjects covered by the databases include science, technology, medicine, education, library science, environment, business, sociology, psychology, and more.


EDGAR Database (Securities and Exchange Commission)
Government

The Securities and Exchange Commission's database of financial information on publicly held companies.


Education Source
Education

Spans all levels of education from early childhood to higher education and also includes educational specialties such as multilingual education, health education and testing. Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,850 academic periodicals and includes full text for more than 1,800 journals, 550 books and monographs, education-related conference papers, and citations for articles including book reviews.


Embase
Journal and Magazine Articles | Scientific Resources

A biomedical database covering the most important international biomedical literature from 1947 to the present. Search and access over 8,500 journals from over 95 countries, including MEDLINE titles.


Environment Complete (EBSCO)
Journal and Magazine Articles | Scientific Resources

Contains more than 2.4 million records from more than 2,200 domestic and international titles going back to 1888 (including over 1,350 active core titles) as well as more than 190 monographs. Contains full text for more than 920 journals.


ERIC (educational resources)
Education

Free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text. The California State Library owns most titles listed in the Education Resources Information Center database that have an ED number.


Ethnic NewsWatch
Newspaper Articles

Full text access to 240 state, national and international newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Written from the perspectives of African-American, Hispanic, Native American, Asian, Arab, Jewish and European-American cultures, articles provide news analysis and commentary as well as points-of-view not covered in the mainstream media.


European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750
Genealogy and History

A comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750, this database containing over 32,000 citations covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of native American peoples.


Executive Orders and Proclamations
Government

Executive Orders and Proclamations from every governor since California became a state in 1850 through 2007.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - Uniform Crime Reports
Government

Reports and data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), the Summary Reporting System (SRS), the Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) Program, and the Hate Crime Statistics Program.


Federal Funds Information for States (FFIS)
Government

A subscription service of the National Governor's Association and the National Conference of State Legislators. Tracks the fiscal impact of federal budget and policy decisions on state budgets and programs. A database of more than 200 federal grant-in-aid programs provides detailed information on federal funds available to California. State employees can contact Ethan Ableman at eableman@ffis.org to receive FFIS publications by email and/or get login information for the FFIS website.


Find a lawyer
Laws and Regulations


First Ladies/Partners of California
Government

Biographical information and additional resources for California's First Ladies/First Partners.

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Genealogy Hub
Genealogy and History

Get started with your family history research.


Gladding McBean Company Archives Index 
Library Catalogs | Genealogy and History

The Gladding McBean Company manufactured decorative architectural elements from terra cotta at its factory in Lincoln, California. This database is an index of the Gladding McBean Company manuscript and photo collections in the California State Library containing references to over 6,500 job files from their company.


Governors' Gallery
Government

Biographical information and additional resources for California's Governors.


Govinfo
Government | Laws and Regulations

Is a service of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO), which is a Federal agency in the legislative branch. Govinfo provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. In December 2018 govinfo will replace its predecessor site FDsys.


GreenFile (human impact to the environment)
Journal and Magazine Articles | Scientific Resources

A collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles covering all aspects of human impact to the environment including global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling and more. Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.

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HeinOnline (legal journals and collections)
Laws and Regulations

A searchable digital library of full-text collections of legal journals, texts, cases, statutes, regulations, presidential materials, treaties, as well as international and foreign legal journals, cases and materials. Content is in the original page-image (PDF) format, ensuring the authenticity of the original hardcopy document.


HeritageQuest Online (family and local history resources) 
Genealogy and History

A collection of over 20,000 family and local history book titles and more than 250 primary source historical documents such as tax lists, city directories, church records and probate records dating back to the 1700s. Includes searchable images of U.S. federal census records from 1790 to 1930.


Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL)
Government

The nation's premier collection of documents related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's National Preparedness Directorate, FEMA and the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Center for Homeland Defense and Security. The California State Library is able to offer access to the full collection of HSDL materials as a part of our role as a member of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

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Internet Archive
Genealogy and History | Government

Online access to digitized resources from the California State Library.

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Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
Journal and Magazine Articles | Scientific Resources

This peer-reviewed, general scientific journal provides reports of clinical research, feature articles and regular columns of interest to veterinarians in private and public practice. 

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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Journal and Magazine Articles

This bibliographic database provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, and more. Indexes journals, books, research reports, and proceedings.


Los Angeles Times Historic 1881 to 1993
Newspaper Articles

A full-image archive of the nation's largest metropolitan daily. Every page of every issue from 1881 to 1993 cover to cover, including news stories, letters to the editor, editorials, obituaries, opinion polls, photos and maps in downloadable PDF format is available.

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MEDLINE Complete
Scientific Resources

Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. It indexes over 5,400 current biomedical journals, providing full text for over 1,800 journals.


MEDLINE Complete (medical journals via EBSCO)
Journal and Magazine Articles

Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. It indexes over 5,400 current biomedical journals, providing full text for over 1,800 journals.


Melvyl Catalog (Univ. of Calif. libraries and the State Library)
Library Catalogs

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National Archives
Government

Public records that trace the story of our nation, government, and the American people.


National Center for Education Statistics
Statistics

A search tool lets you locate all tables/figures/charts published in the inventory of NCES' National Education Data Resource Center (NEDRC) Postsecondary Tables Library; the Condition of Education; the Digest of Education Statistics; Indicators of School Crime and Safety and other NCES publications.


National Center for Health Statistics
Statistics

The NCHS website provides access to many health statistics sources, from published reports, to, data briefs on specific topics, and public use data files.


National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
Laws and Regulations

Assembles information from home pages and websites of the fifty state legislatures, District of Columbia, and Territories. View website content such as bills, press releases, and statutes from all states, one state, or a selected list of states.


National Service Center for Environmental Publications
Government

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Publications Search


National Technical Reports Library (NTRL)
Research Reports | Government

A collection of historical and current U.S. Government-sponsored research reports, indexing and abstracting over 2.2 million titles, with over 700,000 of those technical reports as digitized full-text. Subjects include aeronautics, economics, natural resources, transportation, and many others.


NCI Global 
Scientific Resources

Contains regulatory information for chemicals on national inventories, regulatory lists, and pre-manufacturing notifications for a single resource to quickly and easily answer compliance questions.


NCJRS Abstracts Database  (criminal justice and substance abuse)
Journal and Magazine Articles

The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide. NCJRS Abstracts Database contains summaries of more than 160,000 criminal justice publications.


New York Times (off-site)
Newspaper Articles

Access to current New York Times content, including breaking news, multimedia, reviews and opinion, blogs, videos, and more. Registered state employee borrowers can access the New York Times through this URL. You will need to log in to your nytimes.com account or register for one and log in. Off-site users will get a 24-hour pass for access and will need to enter through this URL again to get another pass when it expires.


New York Times (on-site)
Newspaper Articles

Access to current New York Times content, including breaking news, multimedia, reviews and opinion, blogs, videos, and more. Users in the California State Library buildings can access the New York Times through this URL. You will need to log in to your nytimes.com account or register for one and log in.


NewspaperARCHIVE
Newspaper Articles

Access historic content for over 200 California newspaper titles from 1846-2003. Every part of every page is searchable, including local articles, advertisements, editorials, classified ads, and obituaries.


Newspapers.com CDNC collection
Newspaper Articles

Over 150 California newspapers are available through a special partnership with the California Digital Newspaper Collection (CDNC) at the University of California, Riverside. Other California newspapers outside this collection and papers from other states and countries are not included as part of the State Library's access.

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OnLAW (CEB)
Laws and Regulations

Online access to over 140 titles of Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) California practice guides. Search CEB's publications to find expert step-by-step guidance, legal analysis, and forms for business law, criminal law, employment law, estate planning, family law, litigation, real property law, and other California legal topics.


Online Archive of California - California History Section Collections
Genealogy and History

View collection descriptions for materials held by the California State Library's California History Section.


Online Archive of California - Sutro Library Collections
Genealogy and History

View collection descriptions for materials held by the California State Library's Sutro Library.


Online Directory for Attorneys, Law Firms and Consumers from Martindale
Laws and Regulations

This commercial online directory allows users to search for attorneys or law firms for specific legal situations.

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Patent and Trademark Resource Center locations by state
Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright

Find contact information for a Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC) near you.


PATENTSCOPE – Access to international Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications in full text format
Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright

The PATENTSCOPE database provides access to international Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications in full text format on the day of publication, as well as to patent documents of participating national and regional patent offices.


PatFT – Patent Full Text and Image Database
Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright

The PATFT database includes full text U.S. patents (including utility, design, reissue, plant patents and SIR documents) from 1790 to the present.


PolicyArchive 
Research Reports

An open-access, digital archive of non-partisan public policy research. It houses summaries and full text reports from think tanks, universities, government agencies, and foundations. A project of the non-profit Center for Governmental Studies (CGS) in partnership with the Indianapolis University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) University Library and support from major U.S. charitable foundations.


Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Journal and Magazine Articles

Includes journal citations and full-text articles on the topics of emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.


PubMed (medical articles)
Journal and Magazine Articles | Scientific Resources

A service of the National Library of Medicine, providing access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. Includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

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RAND Research Reports
Research Reports

The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis of critical social and economic issues such as education, poverty, crime, and the environment, as well as a range of national security issues. RAND utilizes a variety of documents to communicate and disseminate the results of its research in order to better meet the needs of policymakers and decisionmakers, researchers, and the general public.


Regional Business News (EBSCO) (U.S. metro and rural business news)
Journal and Magazine Articles | Business

Incorporates full-text coverage of business journals, newspapers, and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.


RTECS (Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances)
Scientific Resources

Find critical toxicological information with citations on over 174,000 chemical substances from more than 2,500 sources, including international journals, textbooks, technical reports, scientific proceedings, compendia, and more.)

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Safari Tech Books Online
E-Books | Technology

Access to the electronic versions of thousands of books from industry-leading technical publishers. Covers a wide range of topics, including e-commerce, IT management, markup languages, networking, operating systems, programming, security, and web design, to help with virtually any programming or technical issue. Also covers business topics such as project management, sales and marketing, and professional development.


San Francisco Chronicle Historic 1865 to 1922
Newspaper Articles

A full-image archive of the newspaper. Every page of every issue from 1865 to 1922 cover to cover, including news stories, letters to the editor, editorials, obituaries, opinion polls, photos and maps in downloadable PDF format is available.


Science.gov
Government

Science.gov searches over 60 databases and over 2,200 scientific websites to provide users with access to more than 200 million pages of authoritative federal science information including research and development results.


SciFinder-n
Scientific Resources

A research discovery application that provides integrated access to the world's most comprehensive and authoritative source of references, substances and reactions in chemistry and related sciences. (Please register for access using your state agency email address.)


SciTech Premium Collection (ProQuest)
Journal and Magazine Articles | Scientific Resources

Provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more. Includes the Natural Science Collection databases for Agricultural & Environmental Science; Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science; and Biological Science and the Technology Collection databases for Advanced Technologies & Aerospace and Materials Science & Engineering.


Scopus
Journal and Magazine Articles | Scientific Resources

The largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, featuring tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Delivers an overview of the world's research output in science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.


SocINDEX with Full Text (sociological journals)
Journal and Magazine Articles

Provides coverage of journals, books, and conference papers in all aspects of sociological study including anthropology, criminology, demography, ethnic studies, politics, social work and substance abuse.


State Leadership Accountability Act (SLAA) Reports
Government

Links to PDF versions of the SLAA reports received by the California State Library.


Statistical Abstract of the United States (1878 - 2012)
Statistics

An authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States from 1878 to 2012.


Statistical Abstract of the United States (2013 - Present)
Statistics

An authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States from 2013 to the present.


STM Source (EBSCO)
Journal and Magazine Articles | Scientific Resources | Technology

A comprehensive full-text database geared specifically toward addressing the needs of research and development. Contains over 6,000 full-text journals, including more than 5,500 peer-reviewed journals in science, technology, engineering and medicine. Offers content from more than 9,400 publications including journals, monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.

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Teacher Reference Center
Education

Provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.


TeachingBooks.net
Education

A suite of instructional resources that enrich the fiction and nonfiction books read by children and young adults. Includes book guides & lesson plans, diverse books, literature-based vocabulary lists, meet-the-author videos and book readings, and resources for award-winning books.


Telephone Directories
Library Catalogs | Genealogy and History

The California State Library's California History Room has telephone directories covering the years 1878-2006 in a variety of formats (paper, microfilm and microfiche). This database lets you determine if we have the specific telephone directory you need.


TESS – Trademark Electronic Search System
Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright

The Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) provides for on-line searching of existing trademark application and registration information.

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U.S Copyright Office
Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright

Information on U.S. copyright.


U.S. Bureau of the Census
Statistics

Data about the American people and economy.


U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817 to 1980
Government

Contains reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives during the period 1817 to 1980.


U.S. Consumer Gateway
Government

Information on keeping your money and identity secure with the latest from the FTC, America's consumer protection agency.


U.S. Copyright Search
Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright

Access to the Copyright Public Records Catalog online, 1978 to present.


U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright

Resources regarding U.S. patents and trademarks.


U.S. States and Territories Guide to Law Online
Laws and Regulations

Library of Congress online guide to law in states and territories, legal links, and general law sources.


U.S. Supreme Court Opinions (FindLaw)
Laws and Regulations

A searchable database of U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1760. Supreme Court opinions are browsable by year and U.S. Reports volume number, and are searchable by party name, case title, citation, full text, and docket number.


UNdata (United Nations)
Statistics

Produced by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). Includes global statistical data on a variety of topics including agriculture, education, employment, energy, environment, health, human development, industry, information and communication technology, population, refugees, trade and tourism.


USA Trade Online
Statistics

Current and cumulative U.S. export and import data on more than 18,000 export commodities and 24,000 import commodities worldwide.


USAGov: The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal
Government

Search for U.S. government information by topic and agency.

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Wall Street Journal
Newspaper Articles | Business

The preeminent publication for business news and information on financial markets worldwide. Users can quickly access not only top news stories about companies, people and products, but also detailed information from all the paper's sections including editorials, letters to the editor, stock and bond prices and currency exchange rates from 1984 to present.


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