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The ACLU archive includes more than 2 million pages of primary resource materials from the records of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The records focus on civil rights, race, gender, and issues relating to the U.S. Supreme Court fro 1912 to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The collection also includes legal briefs, newspapers, internal memoranda, client correspondence, and committee reports. There are also other topics covered such as  the rise of the Ku Klux Clan, the Civil Rights movement, and ACLU's involvement in the Vietnam War. The main goals of the ACLU were to fight to end racial discrimination, promote the true definition of civil rights and defend those who did not have much power during those periods.

Covers all judges who have served since 1789 on the U.S. District Courts, the U.S. Courts of Appeals, the Supreme Court, and the former U.S. Circuit Courts.

The most comprehensive collection of primary documents on modern U.S. foreign, military, and intelligence policy available outside the U.S. government. Collections cover the most critical world events, countries and U.S. policy decisions from post-World War II through the 21st century, providing unparalleled access to the defining international strategies of our time with more than 143,000 indexed, declassified documents.

EDGAR is the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system used at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). EDGAR is the primary system for submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file information with the SEC. All companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR. Anyone can access and download this information for free. Here you'll find links to a complete list of filings available through EDGAR and instructions for searching the EDGAR database.

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Films On Demand is a streaming video platform that provides access to documentaries, award-winning educational films, independent films, and helpful instructional videos. All videos are iPad, PC, Mac, Android, mobile, and interactive whiteboard friendly.

This collection features more than 17,000 world history e-books. Titles encompass a variety of subjects, including medieval history, history of music, history of science, law in history, history of philosophy, art history, history of technology, history of business and economics, history of religion, military history and more. Notable publishers include Harvard University Press, Oxford University Press, McGill-Queen’s University Press, Ashgate Publishing Ltd., University of California Press and State University of New York Press.

History Vault unlocks the wealth of key archival materials with a single search. Researchers can access digitized letters, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, financial records, diaries, and many more primary source materials.

Researchers can observe changes in the Indian claims process throughout U.S. history to the present and understand the determination of tribes in bringing action against the U.S. Government for inequities in the treaty process. This includes court documents, Native American oral testimonies, as well as evidentiary exhibits documenting tribal history and culture.

ProQuest and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) have teamed up to digitize the association’s archives, bringing one of the most famous records of the civil rights movement to the online world via ProQuest History Vault. The collection is nearly two million pages of internal memos, legal briefings, and direct action summaries from national, legal, and branch offices throughout the country. It charts the NAACP’s work and delivers a first-hand view into crucial issues: lynching, school desegregation, and discrimination in the military, the criminal justice system, employment, and housing, among others.

The Open Textbook Library provides a catalog of openly-licensed textbooks.
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Provides access to tens of thousands of journals, magazines, newspapers, dissertations, and other publications is available through the ProQuest collection of several databases.
Use this database for general or multidisciplinary topics. It covers a broad range of academic subjects from arts, business, education, health, humanities, law, military, psychology, science & technology, to social sciences. Includes full text articles and ebooks.
Searchable journals, books, eReferences and protocols.  Subjects included are architecture, design, behavioral science, biomedical and life sciences, business,  economics, chemistry, materials science, computer science, earth and environmental science, engineering, humanities, social sciences, law, mathematics, statistics, medicine, physics, astronomy and applied computing.

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