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Restricted Resource - UI Access Only ABI/INFORM Global
A searchable index of business periodicals covering advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, tax, and more. Provides access to the full text content of many of these periodicals including coverage of the Wall Street Journal since 1984. Also includes information on more than 60,000 companies. Search Guide
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Academic Search Elite
This multidisciplinary database indexes 3500 periodicals and provides full text coverage for more than 2000. Covering virtually every area of academic study, Academic Search Elite offers full text information dating as far back as 1985. Coverage
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only AccessUN
Indexes documents issued between 1945 and the present by the six main bodies of the UN; the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, Secretariat and International Court of Justice. Selected statements, resolutions, and reports are available in full text. Provides bibliographic citations that facilitate access to the Roy J. Carver United Nations Documents Collection in room 130. For full text access to recent UN materials, see the electronic resource Official Documents of the United Nations. Search Guide
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Access World News
Provides access to full text articles from the electronic editions of more than 600 U.S. and 700 international newspapers. Includes The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Cedar Rapids Gazette, and Des Moines Register. Search Guide | Title List
  Afghanistan Legal Documents Exchange Center (ALDEC)
Provides full text access to unofficial English translations of Afghan legal materials including the constitution, statutes, regulations, and decrees.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Africa-Wide: NiPAD
Allows searching across 40 multidisciplinary databases covering Africa from the 19th century through the present. Results typically contain links to full-text information. Database List
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only African American Newspapers: The 19th Century
Complete texts of major 19th century African American newspapers. Includes first-hand reports of events and issues of the day, as well as biographies, vital statistics, essays, editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Africana Conference Paper Index
AFRC is an index to individual papers from Africana conference proceedings that are held by the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University. Covers 56,000 individual conference papers published in Western European languages from 1982 to the present.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only AgeLine
Produced by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), AgeLine contains citations and abstracts to journal articles, books and chapters, research reports, dissertations, gray literature, and educational videos in the area of social gerontology, i.e. the study of aging in psychological, health-related, social, and economic contexts. Title List
Password Required - See Reference Librarian All South African Law Reports 
Enables browsing or keyword searching of the Consolidated Indexes and reported cases since 1996.  Includes the full text of leading judgments in all areas of the law.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only America: History and Life
Focuses on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Indexes and abstracts journal articles, and indexes book reviews, dissertations, and other materials published since 1954. Coverage (contains titles from Historial Abstracts also)
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABSEES)
ABSEES indexes books, journals, dissertations, and other materials published in North America that examine the anthropology, culture, arts, economics, education, and geography of East-Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Coverage extends back as far as 1939 for some publications, but coverage varies by title.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series I
Based on the American Antiquarian Society's collection, this fully searchable database contains digitized images of broadsides printed between 1820 and 1900 and ephemera printed between 1760 and 1900. The collection contains a wide variety of materials including contemporary accounts of the Civil War, autobiographies, town meeting reports, advertisements, playbills, stock certificates, and criminal confessions.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only American State Papers, 1789-1838
This searchable, digitized collection contains the legislative and executive documents of Congress from 1789-1838. These primary source materials provide insights into significant events in American history and are considered the precursor to the U.S. Congressional Serial Set.
Password Required - See Reference Librarian Arbitration Law Online
This resource provides electronic access to a variety of general and country specific international commercial arbitration and dispute resolution titles. It contains laws, treaties, decisions, journals, books and a roster of arbitrators. Title List (PDF)
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only ArchivesUSA 
Indexes the holdings of more than 150,000 archival repositories and primary source collections in the United States. Its use is restricted to one researcher at a time, who may be bumped off after 15 minutes if another UI searcher begins a search. Includes the entire collection of the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections since 1959 and finding aids published in ProQuest UMI’s microfiche series.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Art Full Text
Provides indexing of periodicals since 1984, abstracts since 1994, and full text access since 1997. Includes periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins in English and other Western European languages, and covers a broad subject range. In addition to articles, Art Full Text indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. Search Guide (PDF) | Coverage (select Art Index/Abstracts/Full Text and click Display List)
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Associations Unlimited
Provides information on 456,000 international and domestic associations with data drawn from the Encyclopedia of Associations and IRS information on non-profit organizations.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only ATLA Religion Database + ATLAS
Contains Religion Index One, an index to journal literature in religion since 1949; Religion Index Two, an index to multi-author works such as Festschriften, conference proceedings, and volumes of collected articles and essays since 1960; and the Index to Book Reviews in Religion. The ATLAS component provides access to the full text of over 50 journals that are indexed by the ATLA Religion Database.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress)
Provides full text electronic access to peer reviewed journals in a range of disciplines including economics, law, health, political science, and technology. Title List
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) / University of Michigan 
Indexes books, journal articles, chapters in edited volumes, conference proceedings, anthologies, and Festschriften pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia.  Includes materials published worldwide from 1971 to the present. Coverage | Search Guide
Accessible at CD-Rom Station Behind Reference Desk Bibliography of Early American Law (BEAL)
A finding aid for locating resources that discuss American law and American legal development since the beginning of American history through 1860, regardless of the language or place of publication. It also includes selected works on foreign, comparative and international law that were published in the United States. Includes more than 14,000 citations to a wide variety of information sources including treatises, commentaries, digests, lectures, biographies, administrative and legislative proceedings, legal manuals, and more. The library also owns the seven volume print version of this title, which is located at Law Library KF1 .C58 1998.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Blackwell Synergy 
A full text collection of journals covering law, business, behavioral science, health, humanities, and other disciplines. Title List
Restricted Resource - Law Access Only BNA Law School Professional Information Center
This collection provides electronic access to over 100 of BNA's information services, which cover a variety of legal, regulatory, economic, and international topics. Title List
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Bowker's Global Books in Print
Current listing of books, audios and videos available from American and British publishers, as well as some foreign book publishers. Search Guide
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Business Source Complete
Provides indexing and abstracting of scholarly business journals dating as far back as 1886 for some titles. Full text (PDF) images are available for top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. Journals Coverage (PDF) | Coverage for Other Sources (PDF)
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only C19, The Nineteenth Century Index 
Indexes millions of books, articles, and archival materials by integrating indexes including the Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, The Wellesley Index, Poole's Index, and Periodicals Index Online.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Cambridge Journals Online 
A full text collection of journals covering 32 different subject areas including law, economics, cultural studies, medicine, and religion. Title List
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Canadian Human Rights Reporter
Provides full text, electronic access to reported and unreported decisions from volume 1, 1980 to the current year. It is searchable by year, jurisdiction, adjudicator, or keywords.
  Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
Find the full title of an English language legal publication, including those covering international and comparative law, by entering an abbreviation. The database mainly covers law reports and legal periodicals, but some legislative publications and major textbooks are also included.
  Casetrack
Contains full text judgments from the U.K. Court of Appeals since 1996, Administrative Court since 1996, High Court since 1998, Employment Appeal Tribunal since 1998, and VAT Tribunal since 2002. Registration is free for academic users.
  Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
A finding tool for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government.  The records currently date from July 1976 to the present.  Search for U.S. governmental publications by agency, title, subject, or keyword. Use the advanced search for more searching options. If the full text of a publication is available for free on the internet, the catalog will provide a link to it. Search Guide
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Catholic Periodical and Literature Index
Indexes articles and reviews published in Roman Catholic periodicals, Papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith that are authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers. Coverage dates back to 1981. Title List
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only CCH Business and Finance
This resource includes the electronic full text equivalent of many of CCH’s print services and manuals such as the Products Liability Reporter and Bankruptcy Law Reporter.  Other topics include securities, corporate governance, mergers & acquisitions, exchanges and self regulated organizations, intellectual property, computer and internet law, federal energy guidelines, government contracts, antitrust and trade regulation, transportation law, international business, and banking.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only CCH Internet Research NetWork
Also known as "CCH Health and Human Resources Research Network." Search full text primary and secondary materials on human resources management, payroll, pension/benefits, employment law, safety/OSHA, workers' compensation, health law, and food & drug law.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only CCH Tax Research NetWork
Contains federal and state CCH tax materials including codes, regulations, forms, IRS letter rulings, and current news. Includes electronic versions of the U.S. Master Tax Guide, Federal Estate and Gift Tax Reporter, and more.
Restricted Resource - Law Access Only Checkpoint RIA
A web-based research tool for tax and accounting information.  Contents include the Federal Tax Coordinator, U.S. Tax Reporter, Worldwide Tax Laws, Worldwide Commercial Laws, and Corporation and Partnership Tax Return Guide. A personal account must be established from on-campus in order to save searches. Search Guide (PDF)
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Chicano Database 
A comprehensive index for locating information on Mexican-Americans. Coverage typically extends from the 1960s to the present, but dates back to the early 1900s for selected materials. Since 1992, it has included resources on the broader Latino experience, including Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only China Academic Journals (CAJ): Literature/History/Philosophy 
This full text collection of journal articles published in China covers 126 subject areas. Coverage usually dates back to 1994 but extends back as far as 1979 for selected titles. Coverage
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Includes a wide range of international affairs scholarship generated since 1991 including working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs. Search Guide
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Congressional Research Service Digital Collection
The Congressional Research Service provides Congressional members, committees, and staff with nonpartisan, objective research and analysis on a variety of public policy issues. A digital collection of their reports from 1916 present is searchable through LexisNexis Congressional by clicking on the Advanced Search tab within that interface.
Restricted Resource - Law Access Only Constitutions of the Countries of the World Online
Contains full text, English language translations for the constitutions of 192 countries.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only CQ Electronic Library
A full text resource for researching American government, politics, public policy, and current affairs. Information is divided into collections, including one on Congress and another on the Supreme Court. It also includes electronic versions of the CQ Researcher, CQ Almanac, the Political Handbook of the World, and other CQ titles.
Password Required - See Reference Librarian Current Index to Legal Periodicals (CILP)
This topical index to over 500 legal publications is published weekly by the University of Washington Gallagher Law Library. Title List
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Current Index to Statistics
The Current Index to Statistics is a resource for locating information on statistics and probability. References are drawn from 160 fully indexed core journals, as well as selected content from other journals, proceedings, and edited books. Core Title List
Accessible at CD-Rom Station Behind Reference Desk Current Legal Information
An index to British cases and other legal materials including:
Current Law Cases, a case digest covering 1947-
Law Journals Index covering 1986-
Financial Journal Index covering 1992-
Legal and Regulatory Developments Index covering 1994-
Case citator covering 1947-
Legislation citator covering 1989-

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Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries 
Comprehensive coverage of over 190 countries in which American corporations have foreign operations. Allows searching by country, region, state, company, zip codes, NAIC codes and revenue.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Dissertations and Theses at CIC Institutions
Provides full text access to dissertations from Committee on Institutional Cooperation universities since 1997. The CIC includes the University of Iowa, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Indiana University, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, and University of Wisconsin-Madison. Abstracts are available for earlier dissertations. To obtain dissertations from other institutions, please consult the Interlibrary Loan Department. Search Guide
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 
This collection of full text materials covers every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America including agriculture, auctions, foreign affairs, literature, music, religion, temperance, and witchcraft.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Early American Newspapers, Series I, 1690-1876 
Provides searchable, full text access to articles and images from over 700 historical American newspapers. Based largely on Clarence Brigham's History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820, it focuses on papers that began publication before 1820.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only EBSCOhost
A collection of databases including the ATLA Religion Database, ERIC, EconLit, and others that provide indexing and full text access to scholarly journals in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multicultural studies, education, and more.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Early English Books Online (EEBO)
Contains digitized versions of virtually every work printed in English from 1473-1700  and contains over 100,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue, 1475-1640 and Wing's Short-Title Catalogue, 1641-1700. Also see the English Short Title Catalog.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only EconLit 
Indexes journal articles, essays, research papers, books, dissertations, book reviews, and working papers from 1969-present. Subjects covered include accounting, consumer economics, monetary policy, labor, marketing, demographics, modeling, economic theory, and planning.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
Contains digitized versions of 150,000 English-language books and editions published between 1701 and 1800. Search Guide
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Elsevier ScienceDirect 
A full text collection of over 1,000,000 articles published since 1995 covering a variety of disciplines including biochemistry, business, earth sciences, economics, engineering, computer science, and social sciences. Title List
  English Short Title Catalogue
Indexes works printed in any language in England or its dependencies from the beginning of printing through the end of the eighteenth century, as well as works printed in English anywhere else in the world during that period. Includes the former Eighteenth-Century Short-Title Catalogue (ESTC) and the two print short-title catalogues covering 1475-1640 (Pollard & Redgrave) and 1641-1700 (Wing).  Also see Early English Books Online.
Password Required - See Reference Librarian Environmental Law Reporter
This research tool covers environmental, natural resource, toxic tort, energy, health/safety, and land use law. It contains original source documents (including federal and state laws, regulations, and decisions), editorial summaries, and expert analysis on state, federal, and international issues. Coverage
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only ERIC
ERIC indexes journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, and books on education-related topics published since 1966.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only ERIC Full-text Documents 
Contains the full text of ERIC documents (EDs) from 1993 to the present. (ERIC documents published from 1966 - July, 2004 are available in microfiche in the Media Services Department of the Main Library.)
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Factiva 
Contains a wide variety of business and economic information including news, stock market quotes, industry reports, market research profiles, and financial data.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Foreign Broadcast Information Service Electronic Index 
Indexes the FBIS daily reports issued by the U.S. government from 1975-1996. Drawn from translations of foreign broadcasts, newspapers, government statements, and other sources, these reports cover political, economic, scientific, and cultural issues and events throughout the world.
Restricted Resource - Law Access Only Foreign Law Guide: Current Sources of Codes and Basic Legislation in Jurisdictions of the World
Often referred to as Reynolds and Flores, this online service provides complete bibliographic citations to the official sources of foreign laws and alerts researchers to English translations of foreign codes, laws, and other relevant materials. Selected references to secondary resources published in English are also included.
  Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS)
This series is the official documentary history of U.S. foreign policy. This digital collection from the University of Wisconsin contains an incomplete run of the FRUS from 1861 to 1960. Additional volumes are available through the Department of State website or HeinOnline.
  FRANCIS
A multilingual resource covering international scholarly literature in the humanities, social sciences,  and economics. Covers articles, books and other documents published since 1984. Citation descriptions appear in both English and French while most abstracts are in English.
Gallica, Bibliotheque Numerique de la Bibliotheque Nationale de France
A collection of digitized periodicals, texts, audio files, images, and other materials from the collections of the National Library of France.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only GenderWatch 
Includes abstracts and full text coverage of academic journals, newsletters, magazines, regional publications, and government reports that support gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) studies as well as gender and women's studies.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Gerontological Society of America Journals 
Contains all of the journals published by the Gerontological Society of America. Full text coverage is available from January 2000-present; abstracts from February 1989-December 1999; tables of contents from September 1965-December 1988.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Global Development Finance (GDF) Online 
Contains statistics for the 135 countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to the World Bank Debtor Reporting System. Includes data on over 200 debt and financial indicators since 1970.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Global Jurist  
Contains PDF images of the Global Jurist journal from 2001-present.
Password Required - See Reference Librarian Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)
A searchable database of the laws, regulations, and other complementary legal sources from countries around the world. Documents are contributed by member governments from the original, official legal texts and are maintained on a server presently located at the U.S. Library of Congress. While many documents are available in full text, only summaries are available for certain materials. Search Guide | Coverage
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Google Scholar
Click on the "UIowa InfoLink:Full Text" link next to each citation in your results list for InfoLink services including full text (when available), links to the InfoHawk Catalog, Interlibrary Loan requests and more.
Password Required - See Reference Librarian Government Gazettes of South Africa
Provides full text access to the Government Gazettes from 1994 to the present. Search for regulations, proclamations, and notices by date, gazette number, or keywords.

Handbook of Latin American Studies
This bibliography on Latin America has been published since 1936. Scholars select the materials to be included and author the annotations. Annual coverage alternates between the social sciences and the humanities. Search Guide

Password Required - See Reference Librarian Health Policy Tracking Service
Health Policy Tracking Service's Issue Briefs are in-depth quarterly reports on key topics and issues affecting health care access, delivery, and financing.
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HeinOnline
A collection of databases containing the full text of both domestic and international primary and secondary legal materials. See the following descriptions of the individual collection areas for more details. A variety of browsing and searching options are available to facilitate the retrieval of materials. For help in using the product, see their Search Guide.

Law Journal Library (HeinOnline)
Provides full text access to selected legal periodicals. Coverage typically begins with the first issue and publications are continuously updated.
American Law Institute Library (HeinOnline)
Consists of full runs of the Institute's Annual Reports, Proceedings, Annual Meeting Speeches, and newsletter, The ALI Reporter. Also includes archival material from the Second Restatement of Torts, the Model Penal Code, and the Statement of Essential Human Rights.
Code of Federal Regulations (HeinOnline)
Provides access to digitized images of the CFR from 1938-1984, including supplements.
English Reports, Full Reprint 1220-1865 (HeinOnline)
Contains all 176 volumes of the English Reports, Full Reprint along with its "Index of Cases" and "Index Chart." This collection encompasses the decisions of the English Courts prior to the commencement of the Law Reports in 1865 and includes reprints of 275 separate series of reports, arranged by court.
European Center for Minority Issues (HeinOnline)
Access the full text of ECMI reports, working papers, and the Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe.
Federal Register Library
Consists of the digitized Federal Register since 1936, the Federal Register Indexes since 1939, and the CFR’s Lists/Compilations of Sections Affected dating back to 1949. Foreign & International Law Resources Database (HeinOnline)
This collection provides access to international yearbooks and periodicals, law digests, and decisions from international tribunals.
Foreign Relations of the United States (HeinOnline)
The official historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. The series began in 1861 during the Lincoln administration and Hein’s full-text coverage currently extends through 1976. The University of Wisconsin and Department of State also provide electronic access to some volumes in the series.
Harvard Research in International Law (HeinOnline) A digitalized version of Harvard Research in International Law, a series of draft international conventions originally published in the American Journal of International Law between 1929 and 1939.  The collection also provides access to the series Contemporary Analysis and Appraisal, which analyzes the basis of the proposed conventions and their continuing impact today.
Legal Classics (HeinOnline)
This full text collection of more than 1,000 classic legal works may be searched or browsed by author, title, or subject.
Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (HeinOnline)
Hein is digitizing all eight editions of this title, though currently only the 8th edition is complete. The original publication for each edition can be viewed, as can each revision issued for that edition. Users can also view the completely interfiled version of each edition.
New York Court of Appeals Records and Briefs (HeinOnline)
Contains coverage from 1 NY3d. Future releases will include retrospective coverage and new records and briefs as they are published.
Philip C. Jessup Library (HeinOnline)
Contains problems, winning memorials, official rules, competition results, and judges’ briefs, when available. The collection dates back to 1960.
Session Laws (HeinOnline)
Includes the session laws of all 50 U.S. states, as well as the Canadian and Australian Acts of Parliament, typically from the year 2000 through the present. U.S. Statutes at Large are available back to 1789. Historical materials are being added on an ongoing basis.
Treaties and Agreements Library (HeinOnline)
Contains 18,000 indexed records of treaties and agreements to which the United States has been a party. The published and unpublished treaties in this collection are drawn from: the Statutes at Large; United States Treaties and Other International Agreements (UST); Treaties and International Act Series (TIAS); KAV Agreements; Indian Affairs, Laws, and Treaties; International Legal Materials; and more. This collection also contains related books and texts including the American Diplomatic Code and the Department of State Bulletin.
U.S. Attorney General Opinions (HeinOnline)
Contains the official opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States as well as the opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel of the United States Department of Justice. Also included are the annual reports of the Attorney General.
U.S. Congressional Documents (HeinOnline)
Includes the American State Papers, Journals of the Continental Congress, and the Congressional Record and its predecessor titles.
U.S. Federal Agency Library (HeinOnline)
Provides access to full text decisions of selected federal agencies including the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Comptroller General.
U.S. Federal Legislative History Library (HeinOnline)
The “Sources of Compiled Legislative History Database” is a legislative history finding aid based on Nancy Johnson’s award winning looseleaf title Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories. The “U.S. Federal Legislative History Title Collection” contains full text legislative histories on historically significant federal legislation.
U.S. Presidential Library (HeinOnline)
Includes the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Public Papers of the Presidents, CFR Title 3 (Presidents), Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, and a variety of other titles related to U.S. Presidents.
U.S. Statutes at Large (HeinOnline)
Provides complete coverage of the Statutes at Large.
U.S. Supreme Court Library (HeinOnline)
Contains complete coverage of the official U.S. Reports bound volumes as well as preliminary prints, slip opinions, and books and periodicals related to the U.S. Supreme Court.
World Trials (HeinOnline)
Consists of trial transcripts, books that analyze and debate famous trials, and biographies of some of the greatest trial lawyers in history.

Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
HAPI indexes journal articles on Central and South America as well as Hispanics/Latinos living in the U.S. Covers articles published since 1970 in a variety of languages including English. Coverage | Search Guide
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Historical Abstracts 
Indexes journal articles, books, and dissertations examining world history back to 1450. (For US and Canadian history see the companion index America: History and Life). Includes citations and abstracts to materials published since 1955. Coverage (contains titles from America: History and Life also)
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Historical Newspapers Online
Includes Palmer's Index to the Times, 1790-1905; The Official Index to the Times, 1906-1980; The Historical Index to the New York Times, 1851-1922; and Palmer's Full Text Online, 1785-1870. Search Guide
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Historical Statistics of the United States 
A searchable, expanded and revised edition of the print title Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, which was originally published by the U.S. Government in 1975. Data tables may be viewed in HTML or PDF, and users may create customized tables. The print version is available at Law Documents Reference C 3.134/2:H62/789-970.
  History Cooperative
A variety of associations, presses, and journals teamed up to develop this searchable collection of full text history resources. Coverage
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Homeland Security Digital Library 
This database from the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security includes full text U.S. policy documents, national strategy documents, theses, research papers, executive orders, and presidential directives relevant to homeland security.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only IBZ Online (Internationale Bibliographie der geistes- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur Online)
An international, interdisciplinary bibliography of periodical literature published since 1896. The search interface and subject classification are available in English or German.
  IDZ - Index of German Journals 1750-1815
Contains 100,000 bibliographic records representing articles published in 195 journals between 1750-1815. The search interface is in English. Search Guide
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Index Islamicus 
A bibliography of journal articles, books, reviews, essays, and papers from multi-author volumes published in European languages on all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world. Title List (PDF)
Restricted Resource - Law Access Only IndexMaster
This resource allows you to search across the indexes and tables of contents from thousands of legal treatises and other secondary materials published by a variety of large and small publishers.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Index to Early American Periodicals 
Consists of three indexes that collectively cover the years 1741 to 1935 and are thought to include all known periodical publications that had their inception and ending during this time period. The actual periodicals are accessible through three microfilm collections referred to as APS I, APS II and APS III, or through American Periodicals Series Online, the digitized version of the microfiche sets. Title Lists
Restricted Resource - Law Access Only Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
Indexes selected legal periodicals and essay collections published worldwide since 1985. It provides in-depth coverage of public and private international law, comparative law, and foreign law in all jurisdictions other than the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Index to International Statistics 
Indexes and abstracts statistical publications issued by international governmental organizations since 1983. Organizations include the United Nations system and its regional commissions and affiliated organizations; the European Community; the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; the Organization of American States; and commodity organizations, development banks, and other intergovernmental regional and special purpose organizations. Accessible through LexisNexis Statistical. Also available in print at Main Reference fAI1 .I49.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Index to Jewish Periodicals 
Indexes English-language articles, book reviews, and feature stories from journals devoted to Jewish affairs. Most references are not found in standard periodical literature guides. Journal coverage dates back as far as 1988. Title List
Restricted Resource - Law Access Only Index to Legal Periodicals
The Index to Legal Periodicals & Books component of ILP indexes over 1,000 journal titles from 1981 through the present. Full text coverage is available for nearly 270 titles. The Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective component indexes over 750 legal periodicals published in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand between 1908-1981. Search Guide | Title List (select Index to Legal Periodicals & Books or Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective and then click display list)
Accessible at CD-Rom Station Behind Reference Desk Index to United Nations Documents and Publications
Indexes documents issued between 1945 and the present by the six main bodies of the UN; the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, Secretariat and International Court of Justice. References from this index facilitate access to the Roy J. Carver United Nations Documents Collection in room 130. The index can also be accessed via the web through AccessUN.
Password Required - See Reference Librarian InterAm
This electronic resource from the National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade is a collection of laws, regulations, case law, and secondary source materials for countries in the Americas. Materials appear in their original language but the number of English translations is growing. The collection is updated daily and arranged into 26 topical areas related to trade and investment.  Search Guide
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International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD)
Allows access to seven searchable tax databases. See the following database descriptions for more coverage details.

Tax Treaties Database (IBFD)
A searchable collection of full text tax and social security treaty documents including protocols, supplementary agreements and exchanges of notes. Coverage includes treaties in force, pending treaties, and terminated treaties of significance.
Tax Treaty Case Law (IBFD)
Provides access to worldwide court decisions on cross-border tax issues in their original language. Summaries are available in English for some cases.
Intellectual Property Taxation (IBFD)
Provides overviews of domestic intellectual property laws and related rules in Australia, Czech Republic, Finland, India, Israel, Japan, Korea (Rep.), New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States.
European Tax Surveys (IBFD)
Analyzes the treaties, laws and practice governing the taxation of companies and individuals in almost every European country, plus Canada and the United States. Nearly all treaties and significant official documents are available in English.
Canada – Taxation & Investment (IBFD)
Provides an in-depth overview of the Canadian tax system including discussion of the Canadian tax structure at both the federal and provincial levels. Contains the texts of all tax treaties and selected social security treaties concluded by Canada.
China – Taxation & Investment (IBFD)
Analyzes and explains the taxation of foreign and domestic enterprises and individuals in China, Hong Kong, and Macau. Also contains tax treaties concluded by China in English.
European Value Added Tax (VAT) Directives (IBFD)
Contains news, overviews, and commentaries on matters relating to the European Value Added Tax (VAT). Provides full text access to all European VAT cases and recent cases on European customs and excises. Includes VAT related legal instruments in English.
Restricted Resource - Law Access Only International Law in Domestic Courts
Reprints and analyzes important cases from domestic courts around the world that impact public international law. Cases are drawn from over 65 jurisdictions and coverage dates back to 2000. For non-English cases, translations of key passages appear alongside the full text of the judgments in the original language.
Accessible at CD-Rom Station Behind Reference Desk Iowa Criminal Law Handbook (3d ed.)
A comprehensive guide to Iowa criminal law that provides analysis of statutes, case law, and court rules. Incorporates and enhances the Iowa Charging Manual, OWI and Traffic Offenses Manual, and Iowa Search and Seizure Manual. Passages include hyperlinks to unofficial sources of Iowa cases, statutes, and rules.
Accessible at CD-Rom Station Behind Reference Desk Iowa Legal Aid Manual
This manual is meant to provide Iowa attorneys with an overview of state and federal laws that are of greatest importance when representing low-income Iowans. Among the topics covered are consumer law, domestic relations, rights of disabled persons, and public benefits.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only ISinoLaw
Provides searchable, full text access to Chinese laws, regulations, and cases from 1949-present. All materials appear in the original Chinese with English translations available for many documents.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only ISI Web of Knowledge
Includes electronic versions of the Science Citation Index, the Social Science Citation Index, and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index, as well as the Journal Citation Reports. The “cited reference” search feature provides researchers with a list of articles that cite back to an article they are working with, thereby updating and continuing their research.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Issues and Controversies 
Provides electronic, full text access to the Facts on File News Service’s bi-weekly publication Issues and Controversiesback to 1995. This publication draws upon editorials, news stories, and primary source materials to explain and analyze controversial topics.
JAKE
Use JAKE (jointly administered knowledge environment) to look up a journal title and find out where it is indexed or to determine which electronic resources provide access to the full text. After locating a title, click on "complete details." The UI Libraries hold many of the titles and electronic resources listed.
  Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and Archives
The American Medical Association provides online access to JAMA & Archives journals from January 1998 forward.  The full text articles are indexed by topic and available for download in PDF format. Abstracts and tables of contents are available for older issues. Search Guide
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Journals at Ovid
A full text, electronic collection of scientific, technical, and medical journals from over 50 publishers and societies. Title List
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only JSTOR
Provides full text access to selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, philosophy, mathematics and other fields of the humanities and social sciences. Note that this database contains ONLY back issues, the JSTOR database does not include issues for the most recent 3 to 5 years. Consult the online tables of contents for specific holdings information as coverage varies for each title. Search Guide | Title List
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Latin America Data Base 
A searchable collection of full text articles from LADB news publications (including SourceMex, NotiSur, and NotiCen). Also includes articles in Spanish from Latin American economics journals and publications.
Restricted Resource - Law Access Only Legal Scholarship Network
The purpose of this electronic collection of articles is to inform readers of works in progress -- often a year or more before a final version will appear in print. The content consists primarily of working papers and articles that have been accepted for publication in law and related disciplines.
Restricted Resource - Law Access Only LegalTrac
Indexes over 875 law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals.  It also contains law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles.
Password Required - See Reference Librarian LexisNexis
Use your personal password to log-in to the system. Only members of the law school community may establish personal passwords.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only LexisNexis Congressional
This resource is based on indexes created by the Congressional Information Service and is particularly useful for compiling legislative histories and tracking bills. It includes information on bills, laws, committee prints, House and Senate documents and reports, the Congressional Record, and more. Users can search by subject, keyword, document number, and public law number. This resource also allows full text access to Congressional Research Service reports published since 1916.  Search Guide | Coverage
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index 
Helps you locate articles from journals and magazines published by U.S. government agencies from 1988 to the present on issues relating to public policy, commerce, and science-based topics of general interest for both consumers and researchers. Searchable by subject, keyword, author, and title.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only LexisNexis Statistical
Allows searching of indexes and abstracts of statistical information compiled and published by the U.S. government from 1973, state and private sources from 1980, and international organizations from 1983. Full text content is available for some materials, including PDF images of all statistical documents indexed by the American Statistics Index since 2003. Search Guide | Title List
Restricted Resource - Law Access Only LLMC Digital Library
This collection contains digitized full text images of federal and state legal materials and government publications from the executive, judicial, and legislative branches. Some materials from foreign governments and international organizations are also included. For detailed coverage information select a jurisdiction from the Title List.
Password Required - See Reference Librarian Loislaw
A low-cost legal research alternative for attorneys. Students and faculty should consult a reference librarian for assistance in establishing a personal username and password.
Password Required - See Reference Librarian Lloyd's Law Reports (via i-law)
Browse or search the full text of insurance and reinsurance cases published by Lloyd’s Law Reports since 1992.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Making of Modern Law Digital Archive: Legal Treatises 1800-1926 
A fully searchable collection of digitized casebooks, local practice manuals, books on legal form, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, and speeches from Great Britain, Ireland, and the United States. In contains over 22,000 titles published from 1800 through 1926. 
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Making of Modern Law Digital Archive: Trials 1600-1926
This collection provides access to digitized versions of published trial collections, official trial documents including briefs and arguments, and records of legislative and administrative proceedings that examine historically important trials.  Most of the titles were originally published in English in the U.S. or Great Britain but the collection also contains selected non-English language materials from other jurisdications.
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Martindale-Hubbell Law Digest
Summarizes laws on a variety of legal topics. Jurisdictions are divided into five parts as follows:

Digest of Laws of the States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands
Digest of U.S. Federal, Copyright, Patent, and Trademark Laws
Appendix of U.S. Uniform and Model Acts (contains the complete full text of the acts)
Digest of Laws, International Section (covers 80 countries and European Union law)
Selected International Conventions
  MedlinePlus
Connects consumers to authoritative health information from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Includes extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, and links to care provider directories.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
The National Technical Information Service is a federal agency that collects technical, scientific, business, health, and social sciences research materials produced by the U.S. government, foreign governments, and other organizations throughout the world. The NTIS database allows you to search summaries of these items from 1964 to the present, with some materials dating back to the late 1940s.
New Electronic Titles: A GPO Access Finding Aid
NET includes full text publications recently released by the U.S. government on topics such as health, environment, education, consumer guides, business statistics, foreign affairs, government information and social policy.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only New York Times (Proquest Historical Newspapers) 
Allows full text access to the New York Times from 1851-2004. All documents display as PDF images.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Newspaper Source 
Updated daily, this full text collection provides access to articles from regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, newspaper columns and other sources. Coverage
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only 19th Century Historical United States Newspapers
Contains full text content and images from newspapers that were published in a variety of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S. during the 1800s.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only 19th Century Masterfile
Integrating over 60 subject indexes to books, articles, U.S. patents, and governmental publications, this is the largest index available for historical research prior to 1925. It includes the Index to Legal Periodical Literature 1786 - 1922.
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only OCLC FirstSearch
Provides access to WorldCat, a database containing the merged online catalogs of thousands of libraries worldwide. WorldCat allows you to search across millions of records representing titles in all formats. This is helpful if you are trying to verify the existence of a publication that cannot be found through InfoHawk, or for preparing a bibliography of publications by a particular author. 
  Official Documents of the United Nations
Includes the full text of publicly available UN documents including: Resolutions back to 1946; selected Security Council and General Assembly documents back to 1985; meeting records, tribunal judgments, journals, bulletins, and reports back to the mid-1990s. The database does NOT include press releases, the UN Treaty Series, or sales publications. For an index to UN documents covering a broader time period, consult the electronic resource AccessUN. Search Guide (PowerPoint) | Search Guide (text)
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Oxford Journals 
Full text access to Oxford University Press journal titles covering law, the humanities, math, social science, medicine, and science. Title List
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Oxford Reference Online
Contains over 170 fully indexed, cross-searchable dictionaries, encyclopedias, and reference works published by Oxford University Press.  Titles cover a variety of languages and subjects and include the Oxford Companion to American Law, Oxford Dictionary of Law, and Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. Title List
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only PAIS International
Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, research reports, and other literature relevant to political science and public affairs. Coverage extends back to 1972 and includes publications from over 120 countries. Search Guide | Title List
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, 1275-1504
The rolls of parliament were the official records of the meetings of the English parliament from the reign of Edward I from 1272-1307 until the reign of Henry VII from 1485-1509.  The rolls were first edited and published in 1783 in six folio volumes entitled Rotuli Parliamentorum (RP) under the general editorship of the Reverend John Strachey.  This new edition reproduces the rolls edited in RP in their entirety, plus those subsequently published by Cole, Maitland, and Richardson and Sayles. It also includes a substantial amount of material never previously published, together with a full translation of all the texts from the three languages used by the medieval clerks (Latin, Anglo-Norman and Middle English).
  Patent Full-Text and Full-Page Image Databases
A full text collection of patents issued since 1976 and full page images of patents issued since 1790. Search Guide
Restricted Resource - UI Access Only Periodicals Index Online 
Indexes periodical articles in the humanities and social sciences, covering each title from its first issue, which may be as early as 1665. The scope is international, including journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other languages.