Civic Engagement

Covers current social issues, from offshore drilling to climate change, health care to immigration. This cross-curricular research tool supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes.

Containing resources that present multiple sides of an issue, this database provides rich content that can help students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.

Focuses on broad issues (war, genocide, human rights, poverty, globalization, world trade, global warming and other topics) in the news. Not a pro and con database, Global Issues in Context ties together sources to present analysis of issues across social, political, economic, environmental, and global headlines.

Criminal Justice Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines on topics in criminal justice and related fields. Key subjects covered in the database include law, law enforcement, security, and terrorism.

Legal Information Reference Center is an online database designed to assist the general public in legal matters of all kinds. It includes exclusive full text for many top consumer legal reference books, as well as thousands of legal forms.

Case Histories: Find compilations of briefs, dockets, joint appendixes, oral arguments, opinions and other documents for a case. Precise filtering options allow you to customize each case history to meet your research needs.

Briefs: Search for briefs submitted by the Petitioner or Respondent, plus Amicus Curiae (”friend of the court”) Briefs. Filtering options allow you to narrow your search to a specific type of brief, such as the Petition for Writ of Certiorari.

Landmark cases: Landmark cases are categorized so that you can filter and narrow to find them easily.

U.S. Declassified Documents Online's greatest value lies in the wealth of facts and insights that it provides in connection with the political, economic, and social conditions of the United States and other countries. Materials as diverse as State Department political analyses, White House confidential file materials, National Security Council policy statements, CIA intelligence memoranda, and much more offer unique insights into the inner workings of the US government and world events in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.