Public Affairs & Law
Criminal Justice
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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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ProQuest
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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documents; books; journals; unpublished research reports from the early 1970s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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Library of Congress
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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Wilson
- 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

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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.
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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.
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- 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
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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.
- Off campus access: Proxy
Vendor: CSA
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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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University
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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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Eureka
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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.
- Off campus access: Proxy
Vendor: CSA
- 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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Vendor: CSA
Last Update:
27 Mar 2008