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The Law Library purchases a variety of online databases to assist faculty, students, and staff with their research needs. In addition, links to particularly useful legal research oriented websites are included in the list.
The type of access provided to each resource is marked by the following indicators:
INT (Free Internet Resource)
LAW (Available on the School of Law campus)
LEX/WEST (Available via Lexis and/or Westlaw)
PASS (Available using a password; contact a reference librarian for assistance)
PEP (Available on any Pepperdine campus)
WN (Available anywhere with your WaveNet username and password)
In addition to the resources listed below, Pepperdine School of Law students have full access to the electronic databases available through the Pepperdine University Libraries. Visit the Libraries' Electronic Databases page to view a listing of resources by title, subject, or type.
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Digitized archival materials from the Library of Congress, including legal and historical materials.
Electronic versions of Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 and Early American Newspapers, Series 1, 1690-1876. These databases include monographs, pamphlets, broadsides, government documents, ephemera and newspapers from these time periods.
Search engine and directory of legal blogs.
Access news and reference materials on a wide range of legal topics, from Criminal Law and Family Law to Intellectual Property and Tax. Users can sign up for regular email updates. Click on the link above to access our full list of Bloomberg BNA resources by title or by subject.
Bloomberg Law is an integrated online legal research system now available to Pepperdine Law students, faculty, and staff. Along with state and federal primary and secondary legal materials, Bloomberg Law provides access to extensive business & financial news and information. Another notable feature is the ability to access federal dockets as an alternative to PACER, as well as many state and even some international dockets. Registered students have free summer use of Bloomberg Law no matter where you will be working.
To register and receive a password, click here and fill in your name, school, and Pepperdine Law email address, then click Submit. (You do not need an activation code.) You will then receive an email with a temporary password, and can begin researching in Bloomberg Law right away by signing in at http://www.bloomberglaw.com.
Interactive tutorials in over 25 different legal subject areas. To access this resource from their website, you must register using the Pepperdine University School of Law CALI authorization code. If you do not have the authorization code please visit Wavenet’s Law School News section for this information. Complete your registration on the CALI website (linked above).
Provides free public access to the full text of the CCR.
Includes published opinions from 1850 to date, unpublished opinions from the last 60 days, judicial forms, court rules and a wealth of other resources.
CCH Online is an electronic library of approximately 150 titles published by CCH and Aspen publishers. It includes primary materials, such as cases, statutes and regulations, as well as secondary materials, such as practice guides, newsletters and other treatises. CCH Online covers a wide array of legal topics including, but not limited to, antitrust and trade regulation, banking, construction law, corporations, energy, finance, government contracts, insurance, intellectual property, products liability, securities, transportation law and trial practice. NOTE: CCH Online works best in Internet Explorer. You may experience problems using CCH Online in other browsers.
Includes full-text CEB practice materials on a wide array of topics, including business law, civil litigation, evidence, family law, real property, torts, and more.
A resource for materials related to all aspects of international affairs. It contains working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs related to theory, policy, diplomacy, politics and law in the international arena
A current awareness service providing topical access to over 500 legal publications.
A website for locating the highest quality primary materials, authoritative web sites and helpful research guides to international law on the Internet, developed and maintained by the American Society for International Law.
This is the online edition for the five-volume Encyclopedia of Human Rights, edited by David Forsythe. The encyclopedia offers comprehensive coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history includes major figures, organizations and institutions, human rights events and crises, and human rights norms.
FDSys (INT)
[Formerly GPO Access] A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to the information products produced by the Federal Government.
A website for locating a wide variety of law related resources, including primary sources materials, news and career related information.
The Foreign Law Guide provides an analysis of the legal systems of approximately 200 countries. Each country's analysis identifies publications for legal materials of that country, including publications with English translations; provides links to relevant Internet resources; and identifies by legal topic (i.e. family law, intellectual property, etc.) the relevant statutes for that country. In addition, the Foreign Law Guide contains links to a wide range of conventions and treaties.
A listing of national and multi-national organizations, including the Legal Information Institutes, that provide free access to legal resources (including case law and statutes) in their respective jurisdictions.
Global Jurist offers a forum for scholarly debate on issues of comparative law, law and economics, international law, law and development, and legal anthropology.
Extensive collection of most major legal journals with digitized images of the original pages. The best source for an electronic copy of law review articles published prior to 1980. In addition, Hein Online includes a wealth of historical and contemporary information regarding legal restatements, legislative materials, presidential materials, government agency information and legal treatises. Foreign and International materials, such as World Constitutions Illustrated, treaties, UN documents and English Reports are also included in Hein Online.
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books makes it easy to search for articles from legal periodicals published from 1981 to the present.
Locate articles published from 1908 to 1981.
Rules, treaties and analysis regarding international humanitarian law.
An electronic news service tracking cross-border arbitrations between foreign investors and their host governments.
Investor-State Law Guide (ISLG) is a new research tool in the area of investment treaty arbitration. ISLG contains rules, conventions, bilateral investment treaties, free trade agreements (including NAFTA), and arbitration decisions, all of which are cross-referenced. Database research tools include Subject Navigation, Terms and Connectors indexing, Article Citator (showing how a specific legal instrument is considered by tribunals), and Jurisprudence Citator (showing how specific decisions have been treated by subsequent tribunals).
Justia (INT)
Provides free case law, codes, regulations and legal information for lawyers, business, students and consumers world wide.
"KluwerArbitration offers you a fully-searchable database with materials in the field of International Commercial Arbitration. KluwerArbitration is brought to you by Kluwer Law International in association with the Institute for Transnational Arbitration and the International Council of Commercial Arbitration."
NOTE: For off-campus access, use the link for CCH Online above. Kluwer Arbitration is located under the "International Securities & Business" practice area. Use Internet Explorer only.
Includes the following titles: Enforcement of Foreign Judgments, International Encyclopedia of Law -- Constitutional Law, International Encyclopedia of Law – Private International Law and International Encyclopedia of Law – Religion Law. Select the desired publication from the menu on the left hand side of the screen.
The website is one of the most expansive legal reference collections in the world, with links to almost every legal topic, constitutions and codes, court opinions, law by source or jurisdiction.
Full-text access to hundreds of legal books published by Nolo press as well as access to thousands of various legal forms.
Abstracts of journal articles accepted for publication as well as working papers. Part of the Social Science Research Network (SSRN).
Access to a wide variety of law and news oriented resources.
Digitized copies of a wide variety of older legal resource materials, such as older federal and state statutes, opinions, and executive branch materials.
An online library of more than a hundred legal treatises on a wide variety of topics, including bankruptcy, business law construction law, drunk driving, elder law, employment law, estate planning, evidence, family law, internet law, personal injury law, product liability and real estate law. After accessing this database, click on “All Treatise Library” to enter the database.
The Making of Modern Law, also known as MOML, includes treatises on early American and British law published from 1800 to 1926. It is an invaluable resource for researching legal history and the foundations of the law.
Search or browse peer-reviewed articles on a wide variety of topics related to public international law.
Information regarding pending matters before the California legislature.
Proceedings of London's Central Criminal Court from 1674 to 1913.
Access a collection of 222 academic and research journals covering a broad range of subject areas: humanities, social sciences, life sciences, mathematics & physical sciences, medicine and law. Legal journal titles include Journal of Church and State and the British Yearbook of International Law.
A legal encyclopedia providing comprehensive coverage of political and legal history in the United States.
A legal encyclopedia that includes historical and contemporary comparisons of the world legal systems.
Includes a number of resources regarding the law, politics and human rights, including, but not limited to, legal encyclopedias and dictionaries.
An encyclopedia of international law.
A source for Congressional materials from 1789 to date.
Selected compiled U.S. Congressional legislative histories, with links to the full-text of most of the identified documents.
Maintained by the United Nations Refugee Agency, this website contains a comprehensive collection of national and international case law, country-specific news and reports, treaties and agreements, and more.
Information about this public corporation with the judicial branch of the California government. This organization is charged with regulating lawyers in California.
A website for information about the rules and regulations governing attorneys in California. Includes links to the California Rules of Professional Conduct, the State Bar Act, California Rules of Court, and related state statutes.
The Library of Congress' website for current information about the activities of Congress.
Numerous non-law databases covering business, communication, education, humanities, social sciences, psychology, and science.
Full-text as well as status of treaties filed with the U.N. Secretary-General.
Access to wide variety of law and new oriented resources and TWEN.
OCLC's Online Union Catalog contains bibliographic records of all types of materials owned by libraries around the world. WorldCat covers materials dating back to the 11th century, includes holdings information from libraries in 45 countries and is updated daily.
Access to the information found at various legal databases providing reliable legal information throughout the world.
Resources of interest to those researching world trade law issues.
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