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A-Z Databases: Government Information

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37 Databases found for Government Information

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Images and information about soldiers, regiments, and battles of the American Civil War. Coverage dates: 1861 - 1865
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Primary sources about U.S. history. Coverage dates: 1493 - 1945
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Current directory describing collections of primary sources housed in libraries, museums, and other repositories across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. Coverage dates: Current
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Find descriptions of archival collections held by libraries, museums, historical societies, and archives worldwide. Coverage dates: 1400 - present

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Index of books, periodicals, government documents, and newspaper articles. The acquisition of this database was made possible by a gift from the Friends of the TCU Library. Coverage dates: 1801 - 1900
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Finding aid for federal publications. Includes links to publications available online. Coverage dates: 1976 - present
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Census data from the 2010 Decennial Census of the U.S. Coverage dates: 2010
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Primary sources including newspapers, government documents, broadsides, and ephemera. Coverage dates: 1840 - 1877
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Published and unpublished Congressional hearings. Coverage dates: 1824 - present
Congressional hearings, public issues, legislation, member biographies, committee assignments, voting records, financial data, and key regulatory and statutory resources. Coverage dates: 1789 - present
Congressional committee prints and Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports. Coverage dates: 1830 - present
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A listing of government contracting opportunities. Find, monitor and retrieve opportunities solicited by the entire federal contracting community. Coverage dates: Current
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Original narrative accounts of major legislation considered by lawmakers during congressional sessions. Coverage dates: 1945 - present
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In-depth analysis about current and controversial issues, including viewpoints from different sides of each issue. Coverage dates: 1923 - present
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Status of current legislative issues including bills and amendments in Congress, committee and floor activity, as well as debates and roll-call votes. Coverage dates: 1983 - present

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U.S. Government open data: agriculture, climate, energy, health and more.

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Primary source books, pamphlets, and broadsides that describe life in early American history. Coverage dates: 1631 - 1819

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Daily publication of rules, proposed rules, and notices of federal agencies and organizations, executive orders and other presidential documents. Coverage dates: 1994 - present

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Index of periodicals produced by various government agencies. Coverage dates: 1989 - present
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U.S. Government documents including: regulatory information (Federal Register, laws, etc.), legislation (Congressional Records, bills, etc.), economic indicators, court opinions, constitutional analysis, and more. Coverage dates: 1994 - present
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Federal funding opportunities. Find and apply for grants that support the development and management of government-funded programs and projects. Coverage dates: Current

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Encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture, covering prehistory to present, published by the Texas State Historical Association and University of Texas at Austin. Coverage dates: Current
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Government information, ebooks, and primary sources from a variety of places, including Google, the Internet Archive, and libraries around the world. Coverage dates: 1850 - present
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Government documents and legal research materials: U.S. statutory materials, law reviews, state and federal case law, all of the world's constitutions, all U.S. treaties, collections of classic treatises and presidential documents, and more. Coverage dates: 1840 - present
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Statistical data representing U.S. history. Coverage dates: 1790 - 2000

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Legal articles, including case studies, law journals, and analysis. Subjects include: criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, the environment, and more. Coverage dates: 1887 - present
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Legal information for the general public. Includes consumer legal reference books, checklists, and forms from Texas and other states to assist the general public in legal matters. Coverage dates: 2000 - present

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Single search box to find information from multiple U.S. Federal government databases, while providing direct links to selected resources available online. Coverage dates: 1900 - present
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Scholarly and peer-reviewed articles for topics in military science. Coverage dates: 1959 - present

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News articles, transcripts and wire services for financial, medical, and legal information (and more). Other special features include: company profiles, SEC filings, biographies, country information, federal and state cases, patents, broadcast transcripts, and more. Save searches and annotate documents if you create an account with your TCU email. Coverage dates: 1790 - present

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Search all Proquest databases: historical newspapers, other primary sources, dissertations, current periodicals, etc. from a single page. Documents can be limited to desired source(s) from the results list. Coverage dates: 1400 - present.

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Primary sources about the drafting of the United States Constitution and early presidential papers. Coverage dates: 1770 - 1930

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Analyze data from the U.S. Census, the American Community Survey, Religious Congregations and Membership Studies, FBI and Uniform Crime Reports, and more. Users can customize, save, print, and email maps and reports and export them to a variety of statistical programs. Coverage dates: 1790 - present

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Historical maps of Texas towns and cities. These large-scale maps give street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers. Coverage dates: 1867 - 1970.
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Texas state government information. Topics include education, business, economics, geography, government, history, laws and regulations, cities and counties, and more. Coverage dates: 2000 - present
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Reference source for Texas history and culture, including biographical information. Coverage dates: Current

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Congressional reports, documents, executive agency reports, departmental reports, and legislative reports, all published under the directive of Congress. The acquisition of this database was made possible by a gift from Dr. Paul Boller. Coverage dates: 1789 - 1969; 2004 - present

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New / Trial Databases

The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
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Online edition of the American Chemical Society (ACS) style guide. Coverage dates: Current
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Prominent U.S. newspaper available in an online format. Coverage dates: Current
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