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ProQuest CongressionalIndexing and abstracts of U.S. congressional publications generated from all steps of the federal legislative process from 1789 to present (bills, hearings, reports, public laws). Full-text available for bills (from 1989), public laws (from 1988), reports (from 1990), hearings (from 1988), and compiled legislative histories (from 1970), the current U.S. Code, federal regulations (CFR), and background information on members of Congress. Also, full-text historical congressional documents from the U.S. Serial Set (presently from 1817-1854). More Info
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books
Indexes over 760 legal journals beginning in 1981 and over 2,000 books beginning in 1994. More Info
Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective
This retrospective database indexes over 750 legal periodicals published in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Annual surveys of the laws of a jurisdiction, annual surveys of the federal courts, yearbooks, annual institutes, and annual reviews of the work in a given field or on a given topic will also be covered. More Info
LegalTrac
Citations with some abstracts or fulltext articles to all major academic law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers. Includes articles on all areas of law, as well as on Federal and State cases, laws, and regulations, legal practice, and taxation. Also includes articles on the British Commonwealth, European Union and International Law. More Info
HeinOnline
Full-text articles appearing in over 700 legal journals and periodicals; and full-text Federal Register, U.S. Supreme Court cases, U.S. treaties and International Legal Materials. More Info
Databases & Other Web Resources
AILALinkProvides online access to laws, regulations, cases, forms, treatises, and practitioner handbooks in immigration law. More Info
Avalon Project at Yale Law School Library
Digitized documents in law, history and diplomacy.
Bloomberg BNA (Bureau of National Affairs)
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BNA is a leading publisher of information and analysis products for professionals in law, tax, business, and government. The company's print and electronic products address the full range of legal, legislative, regulatory, and economic developments affecting business.
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Cambridge Histories Online
Covers such topics as: the history of the book, Latin America, ancient history, India, modern history, Europe, modern Britain, Africa, American literature, China, Iran, Islam, Japan, Judaism, law in America, the United States, the Bible, native peoples of the Americas, medieval history, Egypt, 18th century philosophy, food, and Greek and Roman warfare. More Info
CCH/Wolters Kluwer Intelliconnect
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Collection of legal materials including both primary legal materials and legal analysis.
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Constitutions of the countries of the world and dependencies and territories and United States, national and state
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Contains the full text of the constitutions of 192 countries and 144 territories and dependencies translated into English. Also includes the full-text of the constitutions of the 50 states and the United States Constitution.
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CourtroomView Network (CVN)
Provides downloadable MP3 files of court opinions, offering students and faculty an alternative way to learn case law. As a founding sponsor, UB students and faculty have unlimited access to the AudioCaseFiles database. More Info
CQ Electronic Library
Covers public policy issues and U.S. Congress news and analysis; in-depth original reporting on major, controversial issues with complete summaries and bibliographies. More Info
Eighteenth Century Collection Online
The ECCO is an historical archive that traces the development of law in the British Empire. Reflecting this transformation were the many works published that summarized the laws, explained the court system, dramatized past and pending cases, guided attorneys, and theorized and commented on the application of legal standards. Among the thousands of publications included, researchers will find digital documents from the United Kingdom and from the Americas. More Info
KeyCite (via Campus Research)
Citations for court decisions. More Info
LLMC-Digital
Primary source documents from the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches of the United States government, many dating from the late 1700's and early 1800's. Contains some digitized documents not available in other databases. Documents are added monthly. More Info
LoislawConnect
LoisLaw includes both primary legal sources (laws, regulations, cases, and court rules) and an E-treatise collection. It also includes the GlobalCite citator and the LawWatch customized alert service. More Info
National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)
The NCLC Companion Websites contain the appendices of the corresponding book plus additional material. Search by keyword or browse the table of contents. More Info
NCJRS Abstracts Database
Indexes articles and books dealing with all aspects of criminal justice and law enforcement including: courts, police, juvenile justice, and crime prevention. Cited documents include United States and international research reports, journal articles, books and audio-visual materials. More Info
New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online is a dynamic online reference tool tailored for researchers in economics and other related disciplines. More Info
Religion Case Reporter
Indexes court decisions relating to religious issues. Provides citations to court cases and the text of relevant Federal statutes. More Info
RIA Checkpoint
A comprehensive collection of tax-related materials including Federal and state legislative statutes and codes, IRS rulings, regulations and procedures, Tax Court reported decisions, and selected journals. Also includes an international tax library, a state and local library and a pension and benefits library. An Archives file includes versions of the U.S. tax code from 1990 to date. More Info
U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection
The Congressional Serial Set is a compilation of reports and documents published by Congress since 1817. Reports are statements that describe bills section by section, or sometimes present results of Congressional investigations. Congressional documents include . . . More Info
E-journals Collections
bepressIncludes law journals published by Berkeley Electronic Press: Global Jurist Frontiers, Global Jurist Advances, Global Jurist Topics, Theoretical Inquiries in Law, and Issues in Legal Scholarship. Also includes working papers of faculty members from numerous law schools. More Info
HeinOnline
Full-text articles appearing in over 700 legal journals and periodicals; and full-text Federal Register, U.S. Supreme Court cases, U.S. treaties and International Legal Materials. More Info
Encyclopedias, Directories, Handbooks
Gale Virtual Reference Library Full text of many encyclopedias including:
LAW: West's Encyclopedia of American Law, Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law.
HISTORY:
Major Acts of Congress, Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCES:
Encyclopedia of Bioethics, Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice, International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family.
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Martindale-Hubble.com
Searchable directory of law firms and attorneys worldwide. Searchable/subject accessible database of articles written by attorneys. Additional components of the website address legal careers and other professional resources. Registration necessary to access full text of articles.
Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History
Covers legal history from ancient to modern times. Close to 1,000 articles present historical and contemporary comparisons of the world's legal systems, including the areas of private law, public law, and constitutional/higher law. More Info