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EBSCO Multi-Database Search
Search all EBSCO databases at once, or click "choose databases" to customize the databases included in your search.
Web of Science [Clarivate]
A multi-database search tool combining all three Web of Science indexes (the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index).Tip:
You can use this index to find works that have cited a specific author or article.
Biological Sciences [ProQuest]
A database covering research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.
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When full text is not available, use Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad).
GreenFILE [EBSCO]
An index of citations to scholarly and general interest publications that highlight connections between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health, and technology.
ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts [ProQuest]
An index of citations to publications, reports, and conference proceedings related to aquatic and marine science.
Oceanic Abstracts [ProQuest]
A database providing comprehensive coverage on topics related to oceans, from oceanography and aquaculture to technology and legislation.

JSTOR
JSTOR provides searchable full-text access to backfiles of core scholarly journals in many fields including African American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Language & Literature, Music, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology, and Statistics. There is a gap, usually from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the content available in JSTOR. Site License.

PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service [ProQuest]
An international database of over 500,000 journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, reports, conference papers, web content, and other sources.

Publications cover 120 countries around the world on topics including justice, finance, culture and religion, the environment, education, government, health, human rights, international relations, labor, law, defense, politics, demographics, social conditions, trade, and transportation.
HeinOnline
A database of historical and government documents, including complete coverage of 2,600 law-related periodicals.

Includes the Congressional Record, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports back to 1754, treaties, constitutions, case law, world trials, classic treatises, international trade, foreign relations, U.S. presidents, and other topics.

ProQuest Congressional [ProQuest]
A database of congressional publications. Includes bills, hearings, legislative histories and profiles of members of Congress.

Every CRS Report
A non-official site which searches the web for reports which the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress has written at the request of members of Congress.

Access Washington [State of Washington]
A portal to WA and US government services and information. Find state facts, laws, consumer protection information, and other public information.

USA.gov
The federal government's own search engine for federal, state and local government webpages.

Govinfo [U.S. Government Publishing Office]
An open-access database of official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
GAO Reports [U.S. Government Accountability Office]
A collection of reports created by the GAO, an independent, nonpartisan agency that investigates how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars.
National Technical Report Library
A repository of over two million reports on research paid for by the U.S. government. Full-texts are available for most reports. Free registration is required.
Homeland Security Digital Library [U.S. Department of Homeland Security / Naval Postgraduate School]
A collection of documents related to homeland security, policy, strategy, and organizational management.

Includes material published by federal, state, and local governments; international governments and institutions; nonprofit and private sector organizations; think tanks, research centers, colleges, and universities. Covers terrorism, border issues, climate change, immigration, pandemics, school violence, and food security.
Science.gov [U.S. Government]
A comprehensive, multi-database search engine for more than 200 million pages of science information published by U.S. government agencies.

OSTI.gov
OSTI.gov is run by the Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information. It provides free public access to three million full-text documents and bibliographic citations of Department of Energy (DOE) research report literature. Documents are primarily from 1991 forward and were mostly produced by the DOE.
TreeSearch (U.S. Forest Service research)
Your onestop site for US Forest Service Research & Development Publications full-text online.

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