Online Databases
The CQ Researcher Online
The CQ Researcher Online is the award-winning choice of researchers seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Controversial topics addressed in a balanced, unbiased manner in the CQ tradition.
Factiva
Access to over 8,000 publications in 22 languages, including major newspapers, Dow Jones, Reuters, Associated Press newswires, business and industry journals, 9,000 Web sites and 20,000 company reports. Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, provides world class global content, including Dow Jones and Reuters Newswires and The Wall Street Journal - unduplicated in a single service elsewhere. Factiva offers the only single content solution with multiple language interfaces and multilingual content covering nearly 8,000 sources.
Federal News Service
FNS provides transcripts to testimony, briefings, press conferences and congressional hearings with questions and answers. FNS also produces a daybook which details significant events in Washington as well as cabinet officer schedules.
GPO Access
A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office. Connection to GPO access allows you to search in the official Federal Government databases. It now reaches more than 70 searchable databases that include congressional bills, the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations; Congressional Bills; Congressional Record; Public Laws; U.S. Code; Supreme Court Decisions, and the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. In addition to this impressive collection of databases, GPO Access provides online gateways to the Federal Bulletin Board, and the Sales Product Catalog. Most databases are updated by 6 a.m. est daily. The Congressional Record is usually available by 11 a.m. est.
Lexis-Nexis
The Lexis service contains major archives of U.S. federal and state case law, continually updated statutes of all the states, and state and federal regulations. The Nexis service is a leading news and business information service of more than 13,500 sources, including regional, national , and international newspapers, newswires, magazines, trade journals, and business periodicals.