Legislation

Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition [WWW]

Contains nearly 51,000 full text articles on a wide range of topics, including 15,000 biographies, maps, speeches, and more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references to link relevant information.

Congress and the Nation

Covers 1945 to the present, providing detailed information on people, events, legislation, and government actions, lists key Congressional votes, electoral returns, and texts of major Presidential addresses to Congress.

Congressional Quarterly Almanac

Covers people, events, legislation, and governmental actions, lists key Congressional votes, electoral returns, and provide texts of major Presidential addresses to Congress.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online [OhioLINK users only]

Access over 75,000 quality full text articles, as well as 200,000 selected Web sites and 2,000 videos on virtually every topic. Also includes special sections and resources on presidential campaigns, atlases, year in review, timelines, and highlighted research topics.

Encyclopedia of the American Legislative System

Essays describing the processes behind federal, state, and local legislative systems.

Encyclopedia of the United States Congress

A comprehensive set of essays providing background and description of people involved in the federal government, federal agencies, laws, and Congressional processes.

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American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition [WWW]

Searchable database of English language words, including definitions, pronunciation, origins, synonyms, and usage.

Congress Dictionary

A dictionary that defines the current and historical phrases used by Congress.

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Academic Search Premier [OhioLINK users only]

Full text articles from over 3,400 publications, as well as indexing to identify articles found in 900 other academic publication, for information on a wide range of topics in art, computer science, education, engineering, ethnic studies, humanities, language, literature, medical sciences, social sciences, and more.

Electronic Journal Center (OhioLINK) [OhioLINK users only]

Access to thousands on online, full-text journals on a wide variety of topics and searchable by title or subject.

LexisNexis Academic [OSU Columbus campus users only]

Online services providing access to full text files including newspapers, business information, legislation, legal resources, medical information patents, and more.

CIS Annual

Comprehensive and detailed index to the working papers of the U.S. Congress, including committee hearings, reports, and documents.

GPO Monthly Catalog [Ohio Link users only]

Citations to U.S. federal government publications from 1976 to the present, the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications contains references to books, reports, studies, serials, maps, and other publications. Topics covered include finance, business, demographics, agriculture, medicine, public health, and more

Newspaper Source [OhioLINK users only]

Full text articles from over 200 regional and international newspapers, news wires, The Christian Science Monitor, The Los Angeles Times, and USA Today, along with abstracts to identify articles from the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition.

Ohio Capital Connection [OhioLINK users only]

Tracks Ohio legislation, with full text of bills, reports on committee hearings, and searching of Ohio Revised Code.

PAIS Database (Public Affairs Information Service) [OhioLINK users only]

Broad coverage of social science issues worldwide, including public policy, economics, business, government, public administration, political science, legislation, and statistics.

University of Michigan Document Center [WWW]

Links to the home pages maintained by the US, foreign, state, and local governments, international agencies, and some academic sites as well as breaking news and current legislation and their current publications.

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OSCAR [WWW]

Locate books, journals (after you have used an index to identify specific articles), and other materials in the OSU Libraries.

OhioLINK [WWW]

Locate books, journals, and other materials in major Libraries throughout the state of Ohio.

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Infoplease.com [WWW]

Vast resource of full-text information, statistics, and articles from almanacs, dictionaries, and encyclopedias on the world, sports, entertainment, U.S., people, business, living, society, science, and technology.

A Matter of Fact [OhioLINK users only]

In-depth statistics, charts, essays, tables and abstracts from newspapers, periodicals and the Congressional Record on current news and issues.

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Address Directory for the Politicians of the World [WWW]

Find the mailing addresses, phone and fax numbers, e-mail and URL addresses (if available) of every nation's leaders and most provincial governors.

Associations Unlimited [OhioLINK users only]

Contains descriptions and information for over 80,000 associations worldwide, including national, international, regional, state and local associations.

Biographical Information in OhioLINK Databases [OhioLINK users only]

Links to general and subject-specific online OhioLINK databases and help on how to search these resources for biographical information.

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

A government produced compilation of biographies of all members of Congress, past and present.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index [OSU users only]

Indexes dictionaries and directories for basic data such as birth dates, education. and addresses of over 5.5 million people, as well as some sources for extensive essays.

Biography.com [WWW]

Read first chapters and reviews of current best-selling biographies, or search an online database of 15,000 short biographical entries drawn from the Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia, access the A&E and Biography Channel television program guides.

Biography Index [OSU users only]

Indexes biographical materials in more than 3,000 periodicals, 2,000 books, autobiographies, memories, journals, diaries, letters, interviews, bibliographies, obituaries, biographical novels, drama, pictorial works, poetry, and juvenile literature.

Congress.Org [WWW]

Guide to the U.S. Congress, including contact information, committee assignments, and pointers to further Internet information.

Lists of US Presidents [WWW]

Fascinating lists of information on US presidents, viewed by a wide variety of groupings, such as by month/date of birth, height, state of birth, age of death, first ladies, years married, political party, states won, age, assassinated/escaped assassination, cabinets, and much more.

Governments on the Web [WWW]

Comprehensive database of government institutions on the Web such as parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, banks, public broadcasting companies, organizations, political parties, etc. for over 200 countries.

Members of Congress: A Bibliography

A comprehensive compilation of biographical references for members of Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives Home Page [WWW]

Provides access to congressional information including the full text and status of bills and resolutions, current information on the house floor debate, summaries of recent house floor and committee actions, house floor and committee meeting schedules, U.S. Code and Code of Federal Regulations which are full text searchable, and more.

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Book Review Digest [OhioLINK users only]

Online index to reviews for fiction and non-fiction published in the United States, including excerpts from reviews.

Editorials on File

Contains reprints of editorials on important national and international news topics selected from a variety of U.S. newspapers.

Opinion-Pages [WWW]

Full Text editorial, opinion, and comment pages from English newspapers around the world, searchable by keyword, geographic region, or subject including political and general, business and finance, technology, sports, health, and arts and leisure.

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The Annotated Constitution [WWW]

Searchable and browsable annotated references to Supreme Court decisions in their constitutional context.

Constitutions, Treaties and Declarations [WWW]

Full text constitutions for 60 countries as well as links to important charters, conventions on human rights, treaties and commerce, international trade conventions, laws of the sea, EU resources, government documents, and court cases.

Decisions of the United States Supreme Court [WWW]

Search all Supreme Court decisions after May, 1990 for syllabus, majority opinion plus any concurring and dissenting opinions; also includes searchable database for over 300 historical Supreme Court cases.

Documents Collection (OSU) [WWW]

Contains Congressional publications such as bills, hearings, reports, statutes at large, U.S. Code, Congressional Record; regulations such as the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations; census publications on population, housing, agriculture, manufacturing; Supreme Court decisions; Federal maps, patents, trademarks; and Federal Agency publications on agriculture, business, education, environment, health, justice, labor, trade, transportation, and more.

GPO Access [Superintendent of Documents] [WWW]

One-stop-shopping for current important government information, including the Federal Register; Congressional Record; Congressional Record Index; Congressional Directory; Congressional bills; budget of the United States, Economic Report of the President; economic indicators; GAO reports; Government Manual; history of bills from 1994; Jefferson's Manual; Privacy Act Issuances; public laws; U.S. Code, and search the Monthly Catalog of Government Publications (MoCat) to identify other current government documents, view lists of Depository Libraries, or view lists of sales publications.

GPO Gate [WWW]

Offers the full text of numerous government publications, including the Federal Register, Congressional Record, Congressional Bills, United States Code, Economic Indicators, and GAO Reports.

History, Political Science, and Philosophy Reading Room (OSU) [WWW]

Provides access to journals, reference materials, and primary sources and monographs in the three fields of study. Emphasis is mostly on North America, Europe, and Great Britain, with some material on other countries. Also provides links to current acquisitions, databases, catalogs, full-text journals, colleges, academic departments, and much more.

International Government Meta-pages (Northwestern University) [WWW]

Points to over 60 country government pages and nearly 100 International Government Organizations.

League of Women Voters of Ohio: A Democracy Network [WWW]

Up-to-date nonpartisan information from the LWV on all areas of Ohio Government, including voter registration, status of Ohio legislation, how to contact legislators, candidate information, ballot issues, public hearings, and issue forums.

LexisNexis Congressional [OhioLINK users only]

Comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information including Congressional publications; hot topics in Congress; bills, laws, and regulations; members and committees; inside Washington; and other links to Congressional and political sites.

Library of Congress [WWW]

Links to the American Memory Project (America's photographs, movies, and sound recordings), THOMAS legislative informations, LC exhibitions, library services, and research tools (databases on special topics, LC and other library catalogs, LC Internet resources).

The Political Palm [WWW]

Non-partisan site containing the full text of political works including news briefs, Congressional Digest, first chapters of current political books, policy briefings, columnists' articles, reports, historical documents, reference works, literature, speeches, biographies, and more.

State and Local Government on the Net [WWW]

State and local government information searchable by state or by keyword.

THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet [WWW]

Search, retrieve full text of proposed federal legislation, Congressional Record and its Index. Access to bill status, House and Senate sites, text of How Our Laws Are Made.

USGovSearch [WWW]

One-stop searchable resource for federal government Web information from government, military, education, and commercial sites.

VoteSmart Web [WWW]

Offers access to status of congressional legislation, government and political sites, issues, candidates, and on the current congress indicating member biographical data, campaign funding, sample voting record, evaluation by interest groups.

WashLaw WEB [WWW]

Provides access to an extensive list of legal reference information, including jobs, federal and local government, books, journals, courts, legislation and legal information within each state such as courts, statutes, state agencies, congressional delegation, and historical documents, and more.

The White House [WWW]

A gateway to virtually all Web-based government information, White House publications, biographies of the president's family, tours, historical info about the White House and its occupants.

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