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Congressional Publications
Comprehensive U.S. legislative information. If fulltext is not available online, check with the Central Library's Reference Department for print availability.* Please note: Starting January 1, 2019, Houston Public Library will no longer be able to provide access to this resource. Please reference the following for similar information: https://www.govinfo.gov, https://www.usa.gov, https://www.congress.gov
Gale Legal Forms
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Full-text reference books on topics including biography, business, the environment, history, law, social sciences, medicine, religion, the sciences, and multicultural studies.*
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Full-text of scholarly law journals.*
Legal Information Reference Center
Online full text for many of the top consumer legal reference books and thousands of legal forms. Content offers users detailed “how-to” instructions to address a wide-range of legal issues including business law, financial planning, family law, and property & real estate.
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