Government & Legal

Gathered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library, AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) provides citations for journal articles, book chapters, monographs, theses, patents, audiovisual materials and technical reports related to agriculture. Covers topics such as animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education.

Service provider: EBSCO

This resource is made available through the State Library of Kansas.

Military records, photos and personal documents from many county, state, national and international archives. Powered by Ancestry, Fold3 provides more than 470 million searchable records covering:

• Revolutionary War
• Civil War
• War of 1812
• Mexican American and Early Indian Wars
• World War I
• World War II
• Korean War
• Vietnam War
• Recent wars and conflicts
• Black history
• Native American history
• International records

Sign up for an optional personal account to save bookmarks, build memorial pages and submit annotations to images.

Service Provider: ProQuest, a Clarivate Company

This resource is made available through the State Library of Kansas.

The Automated Information Mapping System (AIMS) Online Mapping is a Geographic Information System (GIS) website supported by Johnson County's Department of Technology and Innovation. The AIMS database combines a variety of graphic and nongraphic Johnson County data compiled from recorded deeds, plats, tax records and other public records.

AIMS uses a Google based mapping interface and integrates information on government districts, historical images, property taxes, school boundaries, tax rates, traffic, utilities, zoning and more.

Service provider: Johnson County Government

Kansas Court Forms curated by the Johnson County Law Library and many are customized for the Johnson County District Court. Topics cover divorce, name change and more. Some forms are writable, and all forms can usually be downloaded in Microsoft Word and/or PDF formats.

Service provider: Johnson County Law Library

Selection of Kansas Court Forms curated by Kansas Judicial Council including coverage on divorce, child support, civil actions, juvenile offender, probate and more. Writable forms can usually be downloaded in Microsoft Word and/or PDF formats.

Service provider: Kansas Judicial Council

The laws of the State of Kansas from the Kansas Legislature.

Service provider: State of Kansas

Customizable legal templates with step-by-step guidance. Find do-it-yourself legal documents, forms and contracts for estate, real estate, financial, business and family. LawDepot is available through Libby for 30 days at a time.

First time users: Access LawDepot from the Library website or find it in the Extras section of Libby.

1. Add your Library Card in Libby. (You may already be signed in if you use other Libby resources, such as eBooks.)
2. Open the LawDepot overview with your Library card.
3. Get Access with a 30-day pass and Continue to the LawDepot website. LawDepot's Terms of Use apply.

Returning users: With an active pass, you can access LawDepot two ways:

• Return to this Library webpage to access LawDepot through Libby.
• In Libby, open LawDepot from your Shelf or find it in the Extras section.

When your access expires: Return to the Library website or Libby any time to get access again.

Service provider: OverDrive

Full-text articles and abstracts from respected, scholarly law journals emphasizing on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world. Offers information centered on the discipline of law and legal topics such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor and human resource law, ethics, the environment and more.

Service provider: EBSCO

This resource is made available through the State Library of Kansas.

Digitized collections from the American Civil Liberties Union spanning 1912-1990, including materials from the Southern Regional Office founded in 1964. The files cover topics focusing on censorship, civil rights, civil liberties, conscientious objectors, labor, race, gender, issues relating to the U.S. Supreme Court and more.

This Gale Primary Sources archive includes bills, briefs, correspondence, court documents, legal case files, memorandums, minutes, newspaper clippings, reports, scrapbooks and telegrams. Search for specific terms, browse publications and collections, or use the Topic Finder to discover related information in the archive.

Service provider: Gale, a division of Cengage Learning

Historical legal codes, statutes, regulations and commentaries on codes from various European countries providing interpretive analysis with books on codes, the "primary sources" of law. The collection covers a variety of topics such as administration of justice, civil law, commercial law, military law, U.S. state and territorial codes, municipal codes, commentaries on codes of countries around the world, constitutional conventions and compilations.

This Gale Primary Sources archive complements the collection of treatises found in The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative and International Law, 1600-1926 collection.

Service provider: Gale, a division of Cengage Learning

Historical foreign and international legal literature including treatises and monographs from1600 to 1926. Covers international law, the largest category in the collection offering classics since the sixteenth century; foreign law, covering a variety of countries legal treatises and equivalent works in civil-law systems; and comparative law, providing comparisons of legal systems and includes Ancient, Roman, Jewish Law and Islamic law. The collection recognizes that the roots of English common law will be found in the deep recesses of European history.

This Gale Primary Sources archive complements the codes found in The Making of Modern Law: Foreign Primary Sources collection.

Service provider: Gale, a division of Cengage Learning

Collection of academic journals and other content pertinent to the needs for all branches of the military and government. A sample of some of the titles include Air Force Comptroller, Defense Acquisition, JFQ: Joint Force Quarterly, Military Technology, Combat Edge, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Foreign Affairs, Naval Forces and more.

Service provider: EBSCO

This resource is made available through the State Library of Kansas.

Collections of historical materials focused on groups in the 20th century deemed ‘extreme’ or ‘radical’ by contemporaries, with a variety of viewpoints from the far-right to the far-left on political, social, cultural, sexual and economic issues. This includes fringe political movements of the time, such as anti-Catholic, anti-Semitic, anti-war, communist or socialist, creationist, environmentalist, hate, holocaust denial, new left, survivalist, white supremacist and white nationalist.

Materials are largely from the U.S. and Britain with additional global movements demonstrating national and international impact. This Gale Primary Sources archive includes periodicals, campaign propaganda, government records, oral histories (audio and transcripts), ephemera (stickers, leaflets, pamphlets) and more. Search for specific terms, browse publications and collections, or use the Topic Finder to discover related information in the archive.

Service provider: Gale, a division of Cengage Learning

More than 30 million citations and abstracts of biomedical and life sciences literature with the aim of improving health–both globally and personally. Citations primarily stem from the biomedicine and health fields, and related disciplines such as life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical science and bioengineering. This database was developed and is maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information at the U.S. National Library of Medicine, located at the National Institutes of Health. For more information, see the PubMed User Guide and frequently asked questions.

Includes links out to some full-text articles via other sources, such as the publisher's website. To find articles that are free of charge, filter search results using the "Free full text" option. For access to the full text of other articles, submit a request through Interlibrary Loan.

Service provider: U.S. National Institutes of Health