Law Databases
(see also
Criminal Justice,
Government,
Patents and Copyright, and
General)
[Cases & Statutes]
[Indexes]
[Online Books]
[Also of Interest]
- Cases and Statutes:
- Congressional
Universe (LexisNexis)
- Congressional Information Service (CIS) indexing and
abstracting of congressional
publications and the CIS Legislative Histories from 1970-present;
indexing from 1789-1969. Full text of congressional reports, documents,
prints, bills, testamony, prepared statements, selected
transcripts, bills, US Code, Code of Federal Regulations, and
Congressional Record. Congressional personnel and committee information,
bill tracking, hot topics, and web links.
- LexisNexis
Federal and State Cases (LexisNexis)
- Complete combination of Federal and State caselaw includes U.S. Supreme
Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal District Courts, and State
Caselaw for all 50 States plus the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, Virgin Islands, and other U.S. territories. Also included
are specialty courts such as Military Appeals, Customs, Patents,
Tax, Trade, Commerce, Veteran Appeals, and Bankruptcy.
- LexisNexis
Federal and State Codes (LexisNexis)
- United States Code, Internal Revenue Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register,
Federal Acquisition Regs & Supplements, State Codes, State Constitutions, State Court Rules,
Advance Legislative Service (ALS) for all states, and Attorney General Opinions for all States.
- LexisNexis
Shepard's Citations (LexisNexis)
- Retrieves prior history, subsequent history, and all citing references for
citations to federal & state cases and law reviews.
- Westlaw
Campus
- Cases from the courts of all 50
states and the federal courts;
statutes from all 50 states and federal statutes
published in the United States Code Annotated;
federal regulations published in the Federal Register
and the Code of Federal Regulations;
annotations from American Law Reports, a publication containing
attorney-written articles that summarize and analyze
case law on a particular legal issue;
articles from American Jurisprudence 2d, a comprehensive
encyclopedia of state and federal law
articles from law reviews and journals.
- Indexes to Journals and Books:
- GPO
Monthly Catalog (FirstSearch)
- Covers all types of U.S. government documents,
including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records;
judiciary materials; and documents on all subject areas issued by
executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, etc.)
- LexisNexis
Law Reviews (LexisNexis)
- Full text of American, Canadian, and British journals that are
dedicated to the scholarly review of a variety of legal topics and developments
and are of importance to students, practitioners, and academics. Covers 1982 to the present.
For legal news: see also the
LexisNexis News
section and select "Legal News Group File" from the drop-down menu.
- LIUCat
on the Web:
- The online public access catalog of Long Island University's
six campuses. This can be searched from any computer. No password is needed.
- Online Encyclopedias and Books:
- American
Law Yearbook (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- This annual supplement to West's Encyclopedia of American Law
updates and expands the content with dozens of new topics. The 2005 edition covers the
Schiavo case, the Michael Jackson case, and biographies of new attorney general Alberto
Gonzales and other important government appointees, in addition to the Supreme Court
docket and more.
- Collins
Dictionary of Law (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Dictionary
of Conflict Resolution, Wiley (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Dictionary
of Law (A&C Black) (Credo/xrefer)
- Covers all aspects of civil, criminal and commercial law. Examples and encyclopedic comments
help to explain complex terms from British, European, and US legal procedure.
- Dictionary
of Spanish Law, Peter Collin Publishing (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- ebrary (ebrary)
- Currently
offers over 25,000 full-text books, sheet music titles, maps, reports, and other authoritative documents from more
than 180 leading academic, trade, and professional publishers. The collections are particularly strong in
business, economics, education, computers, technology, science, medicine, history,
language, literature, humanities, politics, and social sciences. Publishers include The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Random House, Penguin Classics, Taylor
& Francis, Yale University Press, John Wiley & Sons, Greenwood, and more.
- Note: to use ebrary, you must first download and install the
ebrary Reader on your computer (more information).
- Encyclopedia
of Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues in Biotechnology
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopedia
of the American Constitution (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Spanning the disciplines of law, political science, and history,
this covers doctrinal concepts of constitutional law, judicial decisions, public acts, statutes,
treaties, executive orders, and historical periods. Includes chronologies and a
glossary of legal terms.
- Gale
Encyclopedia of Everyday Law (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Covers the theory and history behind the law as well as practical
information on dealing with the law and its everyday effect upon citizens. Includes
brief descriptions of each issue's historical background, profiles of various U.S.
laws & regulations, details of how laws & regulations vary from state to state,
bibliographies of print & web resources, and lists of relevant organizations.
- Great
American Court Cases, Gale (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Harrap's-Dalloz
French-English Law Dictionary (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Major
Acts of Congress (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- An illustrated encyclopedia of congressional acts from the earliest
days of the American republic up through recent years. Broadly applicable to students
as well as general readers, this reference work is suitable for high school
and college students, public library patrons, and professionals seeking comprehensive
information on the legal statutes that affect all of us.
- Martindale-Hubbell
Law Directory (LexisNexis)
- Search for lawyers and firms by
name, agency, company, firm, city, county, state, country,
area of practice, or language.
- Merriam-Webster's
Dictionary of Law (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- National
Survey of State Laws
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- West's
Encyclopedia of American Law
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Also of Interest:
- Governments
of the World: A Global Guide to Citizen's Rights and Responsibilities (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Provides multidisciplinary background information on the governments,
political issues, and citizen politics in every independent nation of the world (and several
non-independent territories), covering both their structure and how they affect citizens in the
daily exercise of their rights and responsibilities. Includes historical surveys on different
types of political systems; sidebars that explore key people, themes, & events;
biographical sketches; a selection of primary documents; the intricacies of international
relationships in a global environment; and the roles of international courts &
supranational institutions such as the United Nations & the European Union.
- World
of Forensic Science
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
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