Databases & E-Reference Materials

A digitized version of the print edition of Kokushi Daijiten, one of the largest encyclopedias of Japanese history published in the Yoshikawa Kobunkan. It encompasses every aspect of Japan's history and includes entries in fields such as archaeology, folklore, religion, art, the Japanese language, and Japanese literature.

Koseisha zasshi kijisakuin shusei contains journal citation indices for Japanese journals from the Meiji period to the present.

Provides invaluable perspective on the late Qing and Republican era in China. The press of more than twenty cities is represented, spanning the Chinese mainland and the entire half century. The collection provides a comprehensive perspective on Chinese life, culture, and politics throughout the collapse of the Qing Dynasty, the years of provisional government and civil war, and the birth of the People's Republic. Open Access to this collection is made possible through the generous support of the Center for Research Libraries and its member institutions.

Included in the World Newspaper Archive, this collection provides access to more than 35 nineteenth and twentieth century Latin American newspapers. Features titles from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and elsewhere. Full text is available and new content is being added regularly.

Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference is a reference work covering the present state of research in the neurobiology and psychology of learning and memory. Topics include the neurochemistry and neurobiology of learning at the cellular and synaptic levels, systems neurobiology, the study of remarkable capabilities in animals, ethological and behavioristic analyses, mechanisms, psychology, and disorders of learning and memory in humans.

This database contains thousands of important historical legal works from the United States, Britain, and the Commonwealth. Includes works from some of the greatest legal minds in history including Joseph Story, Mary A. Greene, Jeremy Bentham, William Blackstone, Henry Maine, Frederick Pollock, and Benjamin N. Cardozo. In addition to many classic treatises, this collection also includes rare items that are found in only a handful of libraries around the world.

Offers information centered on the discipline of law and legal topics including criminal justice, ethics, federal law, international law, labor and human resource law, medical law, organized crime and the environment; some full text is available.

Offers tools and how-to instructions covering a wide-range of legal issues. A majority of the full-text legal reference books available are provided through Nolo, a provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses. With the Legal Forms by U.S. State feature, users can search state-specific legal forms by top subject areas, including adoption, bankruptcy, name changes and more. Some full text is available.

Indexes more than 1,200 legal publications, major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals, and legal newspapers. This database offers coverage of federal and state cases, laws and regulations, legal practice and taxation, as well as British Commonwealth, European Union, and international law.

OU Libraries will cease subscribing to this database, effective June 30, 2024. 

Legislative Insight is a federal legislative history service containing full-text publications generated by Congress during the process leading up to the enactment of U.S. Public Laws. Texts available include the full text of the Public Law itself, Congressional Record excerpts, committee hearings, reports, prints, and other congressional publications.