CQ Researcher Plus Archive - Provides in-depth reports on current events and topics of current interest.
Dallas Morning News Historical Archive- Provides full-image reproductions of this major newspaper documenting major events in Texas, the United States, and the world, and providing primary source information, classified and display advertising, photos and graphics
Historical New York Times - If you're interesting in researching news items from 1851 to 2005, try searching this resource. It will help give you a sense of the public sentiment at the time a particular legislation was passed.
Houston Chronicle - Houston's hometown newspaper. Search full-text articles from 1985 to present.
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers- A full-text collection of legislative and other documents from the Britain's House of Commons. These papers are among the richest and most detailed primary sources for the history of the past two centuries, and are fundamental to an understanding of current legislation, policy making and the political environment.
LexisNexis Congressional - The place to go for legislative histories, floor votes, congressional reports, and bill tracking.
JSTOR - An excellent source for secondary resources on different historical topics.
OpinionArchives - Provides electronic archives for journals of opinion, including The Nation, Commentary, The New Republic, Commonweal, NACLA, American spectator, National Review, Harper's Magazine, and The New York Review of Books.
PolicyFile- A collection of U.S. foreign and domestic policy papers and gray literature, including reports, papers, and documents from think tanks, research institutes, and government agencies.
Social Explorer - Provides U.S. demographic data back to 1790 through data reports and interactive demographic maps that can be viewed, queried, and manipulated on the site.
Social Sciences Citation Index- Via Web of Science®, provides access to the bibliographic and citation information to journal articles. It also analyzes research trends, provides impact factor of journals and researchers.
Social Sciences Full Text- Covers over 625 periodicals as far back as 1983, nearly 400 of which are peer-reviewed. The subject areas include latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories, and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences.
Social Work Abstracts- Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Covers more than 450 social work and human services journals, including theory and practice, areas of service and social issues and problems.
SocINDEX with Full Text - Provides more than 1,300,000 records. Offers coverage from all subdisciplines of sociology.
Texas Reference Center - Covers a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more.