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Online Databases

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:


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Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report (LAW)(LEX/WEST)

A current awareness tool and source for news and guidance on antitrust and trade regulation issues.

Berkeley Electronic Press - Global Jurist (LAW)

Global Jurist offers a forum for scholarly debate on issues of comparative law, law and economics, international law, law and development, and legal anthropology.

Berkeley Electronic Press - Theoretical Inquiries in Law (LAW)

Theoretical Inquiries in Law specializes in the application to legal problems of insights developed in other disciplines, such as moral and political theory, epistemology, social sciences, economics and game theory, probability theory, and cognitive psychology.

Berkeley Electronic Press-Issues in Legal Scholarship (LAW)

Issues in Legal Scholarship publishes on-line symposia designed to bring together some of the best recent work on an issue in legal scholarship.

BNA's ABA/BNA Lawyer's Manual on Professional Conduct (LAW)(LEX/WEST)

A current awareness tool and source for news and guidance on virtually every aspect of attorney conduct and legal ethics.


BNA's Criminal Law Reporter (LAW)(LEX/WEST)

A current awareness tool and resource on the enforcement and interpretation of criminal law.

BNA's Family Law Reporter (LAW)(LEX/WEST)

A current awareness tool and resource for information on the all aspects of family law in both state and federal legal environments.

BNA's Labor and Employment Law Library (Electronic version of BNA's Labor Relations Reporter) (LAW)(LEX/WEST)

A current awareness tool and resource for information on all aspects of employment relations.

BNA's Securities Regulation & Law Report (LAW)(LEX/WEST)

A current awareness tool and resource for information on all aspects of securities law and futures regulation.

BNA's United States Law Week (LAW)(LEX/WEST)

A current awareness tool and resource for information on the most significant cases and key legislative, regulatory, and pre-decisional developments, across the country, and across all areas of the law.

CALI (PASS)

Interactive tutorials in over 25 different legal subject areas. To access this resource from their website, you must register.

CCH Online (WN)

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.

California Code of Regulations (INT)

Provides free public access to the full text of the CCR.

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) (WN)

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

Current Index to Legal Periodicals (CILP) (LAW) (WEST)

A current awareness service providing topical access to over 500 legal publications.

EISIL (INT)

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.

Foreign Law Guide (WN)

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.

Findlaw (INT)

A website for locating a wide variety of law related resources, including primary sources materials, news and career related information.

GPO Access (INT)

GPO Access is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to the information products produced by the Federal Government.

Hein Online (WN)

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.

Index to Legal Periodicals and Books (WN) (LEX/WEST)

Index to Legal Periodicals & Books is a bibliographic database that cites articles from legal periodicals and indexes law books.

Kluwer Arbitration (PEP)

"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."

Legal Information Institute (INT)

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.

Legal Scholarship Network (PASS)

Abstracts of journal articles accepted for publication as well as working papers. Part of the Social Science Research Network (SSRN).

Lexis (PASS)

Access to a wide variety of law and news oriented resources.

LexisNexis Congressional (WN)

Indexing and abstracting of Congressional material since 1970. Some full-text documents.

LLMC-Digital (LAW)

Digitized copies of a wide variety of older legal resource materials, such as older federal and state statutes, opinions, and executive branch materials.

Making of Modern Law (MOML) (WN)

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.

Official California Legislative Information (INT)

Information regarding pending matters before the California legislature.

State Bar of California (INT)

Information about this public corporation with the judicial branch of the California government. This organization is charged with regulating lawyers in California.

State Bar of California - Attorney Rules and Regulations (INT)

A website for information about the rules and regulations governing attorneys in California.

Thomas (INT)

The Library of Congress' website for current information about the activities of Congress.

University Libraries' Databases (WN)

Numerous non-law databases covering business, communication, education, humanities, social sciences, psychology, and science.

United Nations Treaty Collection (LAW)

Full-text as well as status of treaties filed with the U.N. Secretary-General.

Westlaw (PASS)

Access to wide variety of law and new oriented resources and TWEN.

WorldCat (WN)

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.

World Legal Information Institute (INT)

Access to the information found at various legal databases providing reliable legal information throughout the world.

WorldTradeLaw.net (LAW)

Resources of interest to those researching world trade law issues.