{"id":139,"date":"2015-06-11T20:47:28","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T20:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/?page_id=139"},"modified":"2025-06-27T19:58:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T19:58:25","slug":"governmentlegal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/start-researching\/research-by-subject-2\/governmentlegal\/","title":{"rendered":"Government \/ Legal Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Find Articles and Legal Information<\/h1>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/legal-collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Legal Collection<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Indexing and abstracts are provided for 250 scholarly publications on legal topics. Most titles are full-text, and some titles go back as far as 1965, but most do not. Our other full-text law collections do not have subject headings.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/proquest-congressional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ProQuest Congressional<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Full text is available for many publications including testimony from congressional hearings (1988-); committee reports (1990-); bill texts and status (1989-); Statutes at Large\/laws (1789-); Congressional Serial Set (1789-1969); the Congressional Record (1985-); and Federal Register (1980-). Also provides information about members and committees.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/cq-magazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CQ Magazine<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"A congressional magazine on government, commerce, and politics. Provides detailed reports on upcoming congressional issues and a complete wrap-up the previous week\u2019s news, including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates, and all roll-call votes.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span> (formerly CQ Weekly)<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/heinonline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hein Online<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Full-text of the entire historical runs of more than 400 law journals with more being added regularly. Many are current to within the last couple of years. Other historical law sets available are the Federal Register (1936-1981), U.S. Reports (Supreme Court opinions), and United States Treaties sets.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/academic-search-complete\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Academic Search Complete<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"A broad, interdisciplinary database with full text to more than 5,300 scholarly and popular periodicals. Provides coverage for all undergraduate areas of study, including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/westlaw\">Westlaw<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Includes American Jurisprudence, Ohio Jurisprudence, and Corpus Juris Secundum, as well as a large collection of legal and news databases, including federal and state law, statutes and cases, transcripts of news programs and local sources.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Find Government Documents<\/h1>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/metalib.gpo.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Government Printing Office (GPR) Federated Search<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Uses federated searching to retrieve reports, articles, and citations by simultaneously searching across multiple databases, including 53 Federal Government databases.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/declassified-documents-reference-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Declassified Documents Reference Center<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Full text of more than 78,000 declassified documents from various government agencies including the White House, CIA, FBI, State Dept., and others. Publications cover major foreign and domestic events such as the Cold War, Vietnam, and the Civil Rights Movement. Useful for research in American history, foreign policy, and international relations.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/digital-national-security-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital National Security Archive<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"More than 63,000 of the most important declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/govinfo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GovInfo<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;GovInfo will replace FDSys as the Government Printing Office&#039;s official site in late 2018.&lt;\/strong&gt; GovInfo is a service of the US Government Printing Office and offers free U.S. Government information, including free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. In addition to providing an advanced, metadata-powered search experience, GovInfo also includes a content management system and a standards-compliant preservation repository.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/gpo-monthly-catalog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GPO Monthly Catalog<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"&lt;em&gt;GPO Monthly Catalog&lt;\/em&gt; is a comprehensive index of United States government publications. This index covers publications of executive agencies such as the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, and Treasury; numerous independent agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Social Security Administration; and Congress. Publications cover a wide range of subjects in the social sciences and sciences. This index also includes citations to government resources on the Internet. Many of the publications in this index are shelved by SuDoc number in the Government Information &amp;amp; Law Department, basement of King Library. Publications received in microfiche are in Microform Storage. Check the library catalog and use &quot;Request item&quot;.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Find Country\/Government Information<\/h1>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/cq-politics-in-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CQ\u2019s Politics in America<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Get profiles and assessments of every member of Congress.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/europa-world-plus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Europa World Plus<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Provides political and economic information for more than 250 countries and territories. Information includes regional and country profiles, information on physical and social geography, history, economy, and country and comparative statistics. Directory information for governmental, society, media, and business enterprises is also provided as is a bibliography.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/political-handbook-of-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Political Handbook of the World<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"An authoritative resource for political information on more than 200 countries.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Library Guides<\/h1>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/government\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Government Information LibGuide<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Law &amp; Legal Research LibGuide<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find Articles and Legal Information Legal Collection ProQuest Congressional CQ Magazine (formerly CQ Weekly) Hein Online Academic Search Complete Westlaw Find Government Documents Government Printing Office (GPR) Federated Search Declassified Documents Reference Center Digital National Security Archive GovInfo GPO Monthly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":113,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-139","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2953,"href":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139\/revisions\/2953"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}