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U. S. Congressional Serial Set (1789-2012) - ProQuest Contains Documents and Reports from the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Includes committee reports related to bills and other matters, presidential communications to Congress, maps, treaty materials, as well as some non-governmental publications. During for much of the 19th century, especially in the pre-Civil War era, the Serial Set includes materials originating not only from the U.S. Congress but also key Executive Department publications. [Info] Full Text Resource!

U. S. Congressional Serial Set (1817-1979) Contains Documents and Reports from the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Includes committee reports related to bills and other matters, presidential communications to Congress, treaty materials, as well as some non-governmental publications. During for much of the 19th century, especially in the pre-Civil War era, the Serial Set includes materials originating not only from the U.S. Congress but also key Executive Department publications. [Info] Full Text Resource!

U. S. Congressional Serial Set (1995-present) Contains Documents and Reports from the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Includes committee reports related to bills and other matters, presidential communications to Congress, treaty materials, as well as some executive department publications and non-governmental publications. [Info] Full Text Resource!

U.S. International Trade Statistics - U.S. Census Bureau Provides monthly and year-to-date statistics for 3-digit and 6-digit NAICS by country and Country by 3-digit and 6-digit NAICS. Choose year from 2000 to present. Use December monthly report to get yearly figures for that year. [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

U.S. State and Local Historical and Genealogical Societies Links to state and local historical and genealogical societies arranged by state. [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

U.S. State Libraries and Archives Links to state libraries arranged by state. [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 Part of the Making of Modern Law series, this collection concentrates on the history of the Supreme Court from the final years of the court’s fourth chief justice, John Marshall, through the first ten years of the court’s 15th chief justice, Warren Earl Burger. [Info] Full Text Resource!

UChannel Princeton University University Channel, a web service created by The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, provides free online access to recordings of public-policy lectures given by scholars from various universities. Lectures are grouped by "topic"--Books, Economy, Global, Law, Media, Politics, Science, War--and are available via streaming video or as audio podcasts. New lectures are added weekly. [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

Ugaritic Data Bank An extensive collection of searchable Ugaritic texts that allows an individual to do a word/phrase search of the data bank in several different ways: (1) search an individual text; (2) search a collection of text aggregated by literary genre (e.g. poetry, legal, mythical, etc.); or (3) search the entire collection of texts. It also includes archaeological and epigraphic information as well as commentary on the text.

Access on the CD-ROM Workstation in the periodicals area of the Divinity Library. [Info] Full Text Resource! Available on CD-ROM Workstation in the Divinity Library

Ulrichsweb The Internet edition of Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory (Ulrichs). [Info]

Unabridged -- See Webster's Third New International Dictionary

Unctad Handbook of Statistics The goal of the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics online is to provide the statistical data essential for the analysis of the world trade, investment, international financial flows and development. This database provides the opportunity to disseminate the economic, demographic and social series which serve as a fundamental support for UNCTAD´s research tasks, intergovernmental dialogue, and technical assistance. [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

Uniform Crime Reports / Crime in the United States Web version Statistics on and analysis of violent crimes of murder, manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault and the property crimes of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson--as reported by state and local law enforcement agencies. Also includes hate crimes. Covers crime trends and provides statistics for nation, region, state, county, and city. Fulltext. [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

Union List of Artist Names: ULAN The Getty Art History Information Program’s database of biographical information and historical geographic data for artists and architects. ULAN has a global coverage with an emphasis on Western European and American names. It includes artists and architects from the ancient period to contemporary times, with a post-medieval emphasis. [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

United Nations Documents and Publications Index, 1948 to present Indexes United Nations publications, including official records, sales publications, masthead (formerly called memeographed) documents, and limited and restricted documents. Includes publications issued by the six main bodies, sessional and standing committees, functional commissions, conferences, and regional bodies. Provides full text of General Assembly, Security Council, and Economic and Social Council resolutions. Selected full-text Provisional Verbatim (PV) and Summary Records (SR) containing voting records were included in 1997. Index with some full text of resolutions and voting. [Info] (Free database--open to all users) Available in Central Library only

United States Government Manual [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

University of Michigan site -- See Making of America

UniWorld With this database you can find U.S. corporations with operations in other countries and also firms based in other countries with locations in the United States. It includes 190 countries and 130,000 companies. It is searchable by: region, country, state, keyword, industry type, revenue, number of employees and zip code which can be exported into MS Excel. [Info]

USA Counties - U.S. Census Bureau USA Counties features over 6,000 data items for the United States as a whole and individual states and counties from a variety of sources. Files include data published for 2007 estimates and many items from the 2000 Census of Population and Housing, the 1990 census, the 1980 census and the 2002, 1997, 1992, 1987, 1982 and 1977 economic censuses. [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

USA Counties 1998 CD-ROM version More than 5,000 data items for the United States, States, counties and equivalent areas from a variety of sources. Files include data published for 1997 population estimates and over 500 items from the 1990 Census of Population and Housing, the 1980 census and the 1992, 1987, 1982 and 1977 economic censuses. General topics: age, agriculture, ancestry, banking, building permits, business patterns, crime, earnings, education, elections, government, health, households, housing, income, labor force and employment, manufactures, population, poverty, retail trade, services industries, social programs, veterans, vital statistics, and wholesale trade. Includes data from the Bureau of the Census and other Federal agencies, such as the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Social Security Admin. [Info] (Free database--open to all users) Available in Central Library only