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HeinOnline Academic This link opens in a new windowHeinOnline’s Government, Politics & Law contains more than 80 million pages of content across 80,000 titles and 195,000 volumes. HeinOnline bridges the gap in history by providing comprehensive coverage from inception of more than 2,300 periodicals. In addition to its vast collection of journals, the database also contains the Congressional Record bound volumes in entirety, complete coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, constitutions for every country in the world, classic books from the 18th ad 19th centuries, all United States Treaties, the Federal Register, and CFR from inception.
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new windowCoverage: 1975–present. Covers the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy.
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The Supreme Court Compendium: Two Centuries of Data, Decisions, and Developments2021. Provides historical and statistical information on the Supreme Court: its institutional development; caseload; decision trends; the background, nomination, and voting behavior of its justices; its relationship with public, governmental, and other judicial bodies; and its impact.
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American Presidency ProjectFull text of signing statements, Public Papers of the President, executive orders and proclamations, press conferences, and more. Only place to read signing statments
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Pew Research CenterSelected Pew Research Center reports (since 2005) on public opinion.
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Roper Center for Public Opinion Research and iPOLL This link opens in a new windowCoverage: 1930–present. The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is one of the world's leading archives of social science data, specializing in data from surveys of public opinion. Most of the data are from the United States, but over 50 nations are represented.
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Landmark Briefs and Arguments of the Supreme Court of the United StatesWashington: University Publications of America, 1975-2007
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A Constitutional History of the U.S. Supreme Court2015. A concise overview and general history of the U.S. Supreme Court. The chapters deal with leading decisions of successive courts and begin with brief biographies of the justices on the courts.