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EconLit This link opens in a new window Indexes and provides citations and abstracts from over 600 major journals as well as articles in collective volumes (essays, proceedings, etc.), books, book reviews, dissertations, and working papers licensed from the Cambridge University Press Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics.

International Historical Statistics International Historical Statistics; 1750-2010 3-volume set is the latest edition of the most authoritative collection of statistics available. Updated to 2010 wherever possible, it provides key economic and social indicators for the last 260 years, serving as an essential reference source.
NBER Working Papers NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) Working Papers is the full text collection of U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research working papers written by its researchers on a range of economics topics. Presents papers on economic issues ranging from corporate finance, industrial organization and taxation to monetary economics, international finance and macroeconomics.
OECD iLibrary OECD iLibrary is the online library of the OECD, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Everything published by the OECD (books, journals, series, working papers, databases) is available online on OECD. OECD iLibrary also contains content published by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), the OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and the International Transport Forum (ITF). OECD iLibrary presents all content so users can find - and cite - tables and databases as easily as articles or chapters in any available format: PDF, WEB, XLS, ActiveChart, DATA, ePUB, READ.
General OneFile Search humanities, education, business, science, current events, art, politics, economics, social science, law, health care, computers, technology, environmental issues, and general interest topics. Provides material from general interest and specialized publications, including popular magazines, academic journals, business and technology publications, law journals, health care periodicals, newspapers, wire services, and computer publications.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index The Arts & Humanities Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database indexing more than 1,100 arts and humanities journals, as well as relevant references from over 6,800 science and social sciences periodicals. Provides multidisciplinary indexing of all fields of arts and humanities, including dance, film, radio and television, language, music and literature.
Expanded Academic ASAP Indexes articles in approximately 1000 scholarly journals and popular magazines in the arts, humanities, social sciences, science and technology. Expanded Academic ASAP contains 27,791,083 articles updated as recently as last week. All articles have been published between 1980 and 2014.
Humanities and Social Sciences Full Text (plus Retrospective) Periodical coverage in Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective (1907-1984) includes some of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines. Humanities Full Text brings you full text plus abstracts and bibliographic indexing of the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities, as well as numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines

Philosopher's Index e Philosopher's Index provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals in the areas of aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic and metaphysics. It is also a rich source of material on the philosophy of various disciplines, such as education, history, law, religion and science.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy organizes scholars from around the world in philosophy and related disciplines to create and maintain an up-to-date reference work.
Oxford Handbook Onllne Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy bring together the world's leading scholars to discuss the latest thinking in a range of major topics in philosophy. Containing specially-commissioned essays with extensive referencing to further reading, the handbooks offer both thorough introductions to topics in the discipline, and a useful reference resource for scholars and advanced students.
Oxford Scholarship Online The Philosopher's Index provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals in the areas of aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic and metaphysics. It is also a rich source of material on the philosophy of various disciplines, such as education, history, law, religion and science.
Project Muse rovides access to the full-text of more than 200 scholarly journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Subjects include art, anthropology, classics, culture and society, demographics, economics, folklore, history, language, literature, mathematics, medicine and health, philosophy, politics, religion, science, sociology, etc. Coverage varies according to title (1993-) Also called Project Muse.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window A database of the back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. The gap between the most recently published issue of any journal and the date of the most recent issue available in JSTOR is from 2 to 5 years.

Making of Modern Law

Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800-1926 This link opens in a new window Provides access to page-image (pdf) versions of the complete contents of more than 22,000 American and British legal treatises from 1800 to 1926.
Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new window Gale Primary Sources combine major archives of eighteenth and nineteenth century monographs, manuscripts, newspapers, maps, and early photographs. Also includes all making of modern law libraries, US declassified documents, and civil liberties libraries.

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EBSCOhost EBSCOhost databases and discovery technologies are a premium online information resources for tens of thousands of institutions worldwide. This free app allows users to acquire EBSCOhost database content, provided courtesy of your library.

Heinonline Authenticated uses can retrieve documents across many collections.
iSSRN iSSRN by Social Sciences Research Network gives access to working papers and accepted papers in law and other fields too.
Law Dictionary & Guide Pro Law Dictionary includes 23,000+ definitions. It's $0.99.
Philosophy Spotlight By Wiley Publishing Includes: The Latest abstracts for articles and books, including the ability to ‘follow’ your favorite publications
Access My Library By Cengage Learning Depending on the specific library’s holdings, you may enjoy instant unlimited access to databases and eBooks covering: • Academics • Biographies and reviews • Directories and encyclopedias