Public Affairs & Law

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice Abstracts 1968-date

Comprehensive coverage of the major journals in criminology and related disciplines, extensive coverage of books and reports from government and non-governmental agencies. Topics include crime trends, prevention projects, corrections, juvenile delinquency, police, courts, offenders, victims, and sentencing.

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Criminal Justice Periodical Index

Cover-to-cover access for 45 criminal justice journals plus complete abstracts for over 100 additional titles. Focuses primarily on practical issues in crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, police issues, and courtroom procedures.

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Criminology in SAGE Full-Text Collections 1982-

Full-text of 15 journals, covering Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence.

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NCJRS - National Criminal Justice Research Service 1970-

An international clearinghouse of criminal justice information, with links to full text when available. Covers U.S. Federal, State, and local government documents; books; journals; unpublished research reports from the early 1970s up to the present. UCF owns the NCJRS microfiche collection, which includes selected documents from the 1970s to the early 1990s.  Use the NCJRS number to reference the microfiche.

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UCF Crime Statistics

Law & Legislation

 

BNA Portfolios Plus Library Current

Tax analysis, practice tools, primary sources, and news.  Includes full text journals, Internal Revenue codes, cases, and forms.

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CCH Internet Research NetWork (Business and Finance)

Information about the law of business and finance. Included are the full texts of of various CCH business titles in the areas of Securities, Banking, Capital Changes, Blue Sky Law, Trade Regulation, and Government Contracts.

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CCH Internet Tax Research NetWork

Federal and state tax laws, rules, regulations, cases and forms. Includes full-text of several well-known CCH products, such as Standard Federal Income Tax Reporter, Federal Estate/Gift Tax Reporter, and U.S. Master Tax Guide.

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Congressional Universe See LexisNexis Congressional (1789- )

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CQ Researcher 1991-

Reports and analysis of  the current and controversial issues of the day.

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CQ Weekly 1983-date

Full text articles about congressional and legislative issues.

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 Global Legal Information Network

Records describing the national laws, decree-laws, regulations, etc. taken from official legal gazettes of 29 countries studied by the Hispanic Law Division of the Library of Congress Law Library. Includes Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America, plus Haiti, Brazil, the Philippines, Portugal, Spain, and nations from the Portuguese-African region.

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Index to Legal Periodicals & Books

Provides thorough, reliable indexing of over 570 journals, yearbooks, law reviews, and bar association publications. Covers all areas of jurisprudence, including court decisions, legislation, and original scholarship. Selected full text.

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Legaltrac 1980 -

Find articles in all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers.

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LexisNexis Academic

News, business, legal and medical information. Sources include newspapers, wire services, magazines, SEC filings, law cases, state and federal codes, law review journals, and reference works. Research Guide

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• Legal Reviews - Search more than 200 law reviews and law journals concentrating on national and state issues of legal significance.
• Federal Case Law - Search case law opinions from all the major United States federal courts.
• U.S. Code, Constitution, & Court Rules - Search federal statutory and administrative law from a variety of authoritative sources such as: United States Code Service, United States Constitution, and Code of Federal Regulations.
• State Legal Research - Search the case law, constitution, statutes, and other legal materials related to a specific state.

U.S. Congressional Serial Set and American State Papers

American State Papers 1789-1838

Primary source material on many aspects of early American history from 1789 to 1838. Includes Congressional and Executive Department materials related to: Foreign Relations; Indian Affairs; Finance; Commerce and Navigation; Military Affairs; Naval Affairs; Post-office Department; Public Lands; Claims; and Miscellaneous.

 

U.S. Congressional Serial Set 1817-1941

Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, constituting a rich source of primary material on all aspects of American history. The Serials Set is projected to include documents up through 1980 by 2009.

 

The UCF Libraries owns related congressional sets and information, including the full Serial Set from 1789 forward. For more information and related resources see Microform Resources.

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Westlaw

Full text of legal sources integrated with legal research tools. Password required. Passwords are provided by legal studies faculty as needed. UCF faculty may contact the Electronic Resources Coordinator to request passwords.

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Public Affairs and Politics

Communication Studies in SAGE Full-Text Collections 1982-

Full-text of 16 journals, covering Journalism, Public Opinion, Political Communication, Mass Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Cultural Studies / Intercultural Communication, Television / Film Studies, Media Studies, Business Communication, Organizational / Management Communication, Written Communication, Rhetoric, and Literacy Studies.

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PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service) 1972-

Indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public policy/public affairs.

The paper version is available in the UCF Library [Index H 1.P8] from 1915 to the present.

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Political Risk Yearbook Online

Reports giving political and economic risk analysis: finding developing markets, determining currency movements, preparing for capital investments, or making judgments about corporate security. Includes social & economic conditions, business climate, forecasts, trade information & more. Data is updated annually in January.

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Political Science: a SAGE Full-Text Collection 1982-

Full-text covering General Political Science, American Government & Politics, Political Sociology, Comparative Politics, Policy Studies, Political Communication, Peace / Conflict Studies, Presidential Studies, Political Theory / Philosophy, International Relations, and Area Studies.

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Urban Studies & Planning in SAGE Full-Text Collections 1982-

Full text of SAGE Publishing journals for urban studies and related fields.  Covers anthropology, economic development, economics, education, planning theory, political science, public administration, urban policy.

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts  1975 - date

Citations within the political science and complementary disciplines, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. 

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International Law & Politics

CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online 1991 - 

Theory and research in international affairs, including working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences, journal issues and books.

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Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals

Contains citations from legal journals and other publications covering international law other than the US, British Isles and British Commonwealth. This file indexes articles and book reviews from over 450 legal periodicals, including journals, essay collections, festschrifts, and congress reports published from 1985 to the present.

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PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service) 1972-

Indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public policy/public affairs.

The paper version is available in the UCF Library [Index H 1.P8] from 1915 to the present.

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Political Science: a SAGE Full-Text Collection 1982-

Full-text covering General Political Science, American Government & Politics, Political Sociology, Comparative Politics, Policy Studies, Political Communication, Peace / Conflict Studies, Presidential Studies, Political Theory / Philosophy, International Relations, and Area Studies.

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United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS) 1946-

Over 40,000 treaties treaties and international agreements published by the Secretariat since 1946. Treaties are presented in their original language, along with translations into English and French, as appropriate. See also Other Treaty Resources.

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World News Connection Late 1990's-

Full text English-language translations or summaries of newspaper articles, television and radio broadcasts, periodicals, conference proceedings, and reports. Strong coverage of local media sources. Created by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS).

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts  1975 - date

Citations within the political science and complementary disciplines, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. 

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Last Update: 27 Mar 2008