If you are working offsite and need access to the databases you would use from your desktop, following are the Internet sites for several of the most popular research tools. *The sites need passwords for access.

Contact the Wirtz Labor Library's Main Reference Desk via email at library@dol.gov or 202-693-6600 or Law Librarian at 202-693-6613. We will be glad to do a search on a particular database.

• Dialog Bluesheets
  Bluesheets are written guides for every database on the Dialog® service. They contain detailed instructions on search techniques for the special features of each database, including file description, subject coverage, date range, update frequency, sources of the data, and the origin of the information. On the Bluesheet you will also find a sample record that shows what you can expect to obtain when you perform a search in the database.
  
  
• Lexis-Nexis http://www.lexisnexis.com
  LexisNexis™ provides authoritative legal, news, public records and business information; including tax and regulatory publications in online, print or CD-ROM formats. View our products and services by occupation, industry or task to see how LexisNexis unites innovative technologies and authoritative content to create solutions to support critical decisions. Discover exciting new tools that go beyond just research to help increase the productivity of your enterprise.
  
  
• Proquest http://www.proquest.com
  The ProQuest® online information service provides access to thousands of current periodicals and newspapers, many updated daily and containing full-text articles from 1986.
  
  
• Westlaw http://www.westlaw.com
  Westlaw is West's online legal research service. It enables legal professionals to conduct their research quickly and easily with an extensive collection of legal resources, news, business, and public records information.