Law & Criminal Justice Databases

Major Databases
Access World News [formerly Newsbank]
Search current and archived news articles, newswires, video news, TV news transcripts and journals on issues, events, business, government, more. Includes The Commercial Appeal.
Credo Reference - Law
Fulltext Reference articles, plus video, audio, and images
Credo Reference - Social Sciences / Criminal Justice
Fulltext Reference articles, plus video, audio, and images
Criminal Justice Collection
Fulltext articles in forensic science, law, criminal justice and more. This collection is also available through PowerSearch
Discovery Education
Download educational videos and clips from sources like PBS, Clearvue, more
Ebrary eBook Collection
Our largest collection of eBooks! Get the Ebrary mobile app
Ebsco eBook Collection [Formerly NetLibrary]
Over 50,000 fulltext ebooks covering all areas
Films on Demand
Our premium academic video database! see our How-To Guide for this database
Government Publications
Fulltext U.S. government publications
JSTOR
Excellent source for fulltext articles from a range of scholarly sources
LexisNexis Academic
FullText journal articles, plus news, legal content, and business data. See our Lexis tutorial
Oxford Reference Online - Law
Fulltext reference books in law
Oxford Reference Online - Politics & Social Sciences
Fulltext reference books in social sciences, government
PowerSearch
Search 44 scholarly databases at once! see more...
Additional Databases
ABI/Inform Global
Our Premier Business & Finance database - includes Wall Street Journal
Cambria Press eBooks
FullText Reference eBooks
Directory of Open Access Journals
A database of thousands of scholarly online journals
Encyclopedia Britannica
The complete multi-volume encyclopedia
Gale Virtual Reference Library eBooks
FullText Reference eBooks
World Book Encyclopedia
Fulltext reference database on every topic imaginable
E-Journals
Foreign Affairs
The American journal of international relations
Social Policy
Journal for social and economic justice
Web Resources
"The American Dream is at the Expense of the American Negro" Debate
Video of famous debate between William F Buckley and James Baldwin at Cambridge University, October 26, 1965
Avalon Project at Yale Law School
Contains digital legal and historical documents from 17th Century - present
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
1774-Present
Congress.org
News, issues, links to contacting elected officials
Federalist Papers
Search the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Amendments
50states.com
Web links organized by state
Foreign Governments
Links to documents about foreign governments and the official websites of national governments.
GPO Access
Government Printing Office Online
IRS
Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service Online
Liberty Library of Constitutional Classics
Works on constitutional government
National Center for State Courts
News and information about the courts
Presidential Inaugurations
Primary historical documents of our nation's history
The Constitution of the United States
Analysis of the Constitution and annotations of Supreme Court cases
THOMAS Legislative Information
Searchable archives and databases
U.S. Copyright Office
Information on copyright law
U.S. House of Representatives
Offical website of the House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
Official website of the U.S. Senate
Tennessee Government
Government and community information
WrightsLaw - Special Ed Caselaw
Caselaw section of the Wrightslaw Special Education Law Library