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HeinOnline 1220 - present Full-text legal periodicals, historical texts, foreign & international materials, and primary legal materials in PDF, including the Federal Register, U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Reports & attorney... View HeinOnline Online

Core Databases

Congress.gov 1973 - present Congress.gov contains federal legislative information from the United States government. It is the new platform for legislation, the Congressional Record, committee reports, nominations, treaties, ... View Congress.gov Online
Congressional Record (U.S.) (ProQuest Congressional) 1789 - 2017 The official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress back to 1789. Includes both daily and bound editions of the Congressional Record, as well as its predecessor titles:... View Congressional Record (U.S.) (ProQuest Congressional) Online
Digital Commons Law Network Current Open source collection of institutional repositories from across the United States, including faculty scholarship, law review articles and conference proceedings. The network may be searched in spe... View Digital Commons Law Network Online
Hearings (ProQuest Congressional) 1824 - 2018 Published and unpublished hearings from U.S. Congressional committee hearings proceedings. All hearings contain the full transcripts of the proceedings, including all oral statements, committee que... View Hearings (ProQuest Congressional) Online
HeinOnline 1220 - present Full-text legal periodicals, historical texts, foreign & international materials, and primary legal materials in PDF, including the Federal Register, U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Reports & attorney... View HeinOnline Online
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (HeinOnline) 1985 - present The Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP) is an index to articles appearing in approximately 450 legal journals published worldwide. The legal systems and practices of all countries are include... View Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (HeinOnline) Online
Index to Legal Periodicals Full Text & Retrospective 1908 - present Index to English-language legal periodicals, court decisions, legislation and more. Full text coverage for selected periodicals is also available back to 1994. Law books are indexed beginning in 19... View Index to Legal Periodicals Full Text & Retrospective Online
Law Journal Library (HeinOnline) 1788 - present HeinOnline contains full-text legal periodicals in PDF beginning with the earliest volumes. Covers all areas of United States law. (Updated daily) View Law Journal Library (HeinOnline) Online
LexisNexis Academic Dates Vary NOTE: This database will not be available after December 31, 2018; it was replaced with a new platform, renamed Nexis Uni. Access to both platforms will available until March 31, 2018. LexisNexis ... View LexisNexis Academic Online
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Business Organizations and Corporations Databases

Checkpoint (Thomson Reuters) Current Checkpoint is a resource for accounting and tax research. At the core of this resource is Thomson Reuters' Federal Tax Coordinator 2nd and United States Tax Reporter. Checkpoint also includes resou... View Checkpoint (Thomson Reuters) Online
Wolters Kluwer Cheetah 1940s - present Federal, state, and international tax information and materials, and practice materials in antitrust law, securities, and health & human resources. Includes Federal Securities Law Reporter, Securit... View Wolters Kluwer Cheetah Online

Constitutional Law Databases

Early American Case Law (HeinOnline) Contains the entire Federal Cases 30 book series (1894-1897) which contains more than 20,000 cases. Also included is the Trinity Series, which includes American Decisions, American Reports, and Ame... View Early American Case Law (HeinOnline) Online
Oxford US Constitutional Law 1776 - present Includes full text of current and historical United States state constitutions. Also includes the Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the US series, which offers article-by-article co... View Oxford US Constitutional Law Online
World Constitutions Illustrated (HeinOnline) 1812 - present Current constitutions for every country in the original language along with at least one English translation. Includes expert commentary, the complete set of the British and Foreign State Papers, a... View World Constitutions Illustrated (HeinOnline) Online

Foreign, International, and Comparative Law Databases

Canada Supreme Court Reports (HeinOnline) HeinOnline's Canada Supreme Court Reports contains the official bilingual series published under authority of the Supreme Court Act. This collection includes more than 9,400 cases which include bac... View Canada Supreme Court Reports (HeinOnline) Online
ChinaLawInfo (pkulaw.cn) 1949 - Present In Chinese, includes Chinese laws and regulations, cases, and other legal information promulgated by the Chinese central government and most local governments. Also includes civil cases, criminal c... View ChinaLawInfo (pkulaw.cn) Online
Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law Summaries of key concepts and the latest research on environmental law topics, including climate change law, biodiversity and nature protection, compliance and enforcement, and multilateral environ... View Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law Online
Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law Summaries of concepts and terms of international economic law, grouped into four parts: Foundations and Architecture, Principles, Main Regulatory Areas, and Cross-cutting Challenges. Each entry is ... View Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law Online
Encyclopedia of Law and Religion 2015 Issues at the junction of law, religion, and state are covered for each country worldwide, as well as special territories and international organizations. View Encyclopedia of Law and Religion Online
Encyclopedia of Public International Law 1494 - Present The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law is a definitive encyclopedia of peer-reviewed articles on every aspect of public international law. View Encyclopedia of Public International Law Online
English Reports (HeinOnline) 1220-1867 Contains exact page-images of the original bound reprint edition of the English Reports (containing more than 100,000 cases), together with the Indexes and Book of Charts. View English Reports (HeinOnline) Online
European Centre for Minority Issues (HeinOnline) HeinOnline’s collection of European Center for Minority Issues (ECMI) conducts practice-oriented research, provides information and documentation, and offers advisory services concerning minority-m... View European Centre for Minority Issues (HeinOnline) Online
Foreign & International Law Resources Database (HeinOnline) 1973 - present Contains full text international law publications, including prominent Yearbooks from around the world and proceedings of the American Society of International Law. Also contains U.S. law digests o... View Foreign & International Law Resources Database (HeinOnline) Online
Foreign Relations of the United States (HeinOnline) 1861 - 1988 The Foreign Relations of the United States series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. Before the current ... View Foreign Relations of the United States (HeinOnline) Online
Hansard 1803 - present Hansard Online is the official report of all parliamentary debates (proceedings) of both the U.K. House of Commons and the House of Lords. It is similar to the United States' Congressional Record. ... View Hansard Online
Human Rights Studies Online 20th - 21st centuries This collection of primary and secondary source materials offers access to comparative documentation, analysis, and interpretation of major human rights violations and atrocity crimes worldwide, fr... View Human Rights Studies Online Online
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (HeinOnline) 1985 - present The Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP) is an index to articles appearing in approximately 450 legal journals published worldwide. The legal systems and practices of all countries are include... View Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (HeinOnline) Online
Law in Eastern Europe (HeinOnline) 1951 - present The Law in Eastern Europe book series, published by Brill, covers the development, enactment, and impact of the rule of law in Eastern Europe. Per the agreement with the publisher, there is a 2 vol... View Law in Eastern Europe (HeinOnline) Online
LawInfoChina (en.pkulaw.cn) 1949 - Present In English, a nearly comprehensive collection of laws and regulations from China. Coverage for cases is selective. Also includes secondary legal information such as white papers, law journal articl... View LawInfoChina (en.pkulaw.cn) Online
LLMC Digital (Law Library Microform Consortium) 1700s to date Full-text U.S. Federal and Canadian primary law from the Law Library Microform Consortium. Also contains historical legal treatises. Emphasis is on older materials. View LLMC Digital (Law Library Microform Consortium) Online
Making of Modern Law: Foreign Primary Sources, 1600-1970 1600 - 1970 Four centuries of historical legal codes, statutes, regulations, and code-related commentaries from jurisdictions around the world. The contents of this collection are available for text analysis a... View Making of Modern Law: Foreign Primary Sources, 1600-1970 Online
Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative, and International Law, 1600-1926 1600 - 1926 Treatises and similar monographs in foreign, comparative, and international law, including Roman law, Islamic law, Jewish law, and ancient law. Principal countries covered are Argentina, Australia,... View Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative, and International Law, 1600-1926 Online
Making of Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926 1600 - 1926 Documents from trials in the United States, Britain and other English-speaking jurisdictions. Includes unofficially published accounts of trials; official trial documents, briefs, and arguments; an... View Making of Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926 Online
Oxford International Organizations A database of annotated documents pertaining to the law of international organizations. Each document is accompanied by expert commentary on the context and impact of the document. View Oxford International Organizations Online
Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law (HeinOnline) 1793-late 20th Century A digitized and searchable collection of papers and articles by noted scholars on foreign and comparative law, with an emphasis on historical materials. Covers over 200 years worth of scholarship, ... View Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law (HeinOnline) Online
Philip C. Jessup Library (HeinOnline) Through special arrangement with the International Law Students Association (ILSA) this collection provides access to all of the top moot court competitions since 1960. It draws together the Proble... View Philip C. Jessup Library (HeinOnline) Online
Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674 - 1913 A fully searchable collection of criminal trials held at London's central criminal court including biographical details of the men and women executed at Tyburn. Contains all surviving editions of t... View Proceedings of the Old Bailey Online
Provincial Statutes of Canada (HeinOnline) 1758 - Present The Provincial Statutes of Canada contain public and private acts passed by Canadian provincial governments. Current, revised, and historical content is available for Alberta, British Colombia, New... View Provincial Statutes of Canada (HeinOnline) Online
Religion and the Law (HeinOnline) 1400s - present Books, periodicals, and bibliographies on the development, history, organization, and fundamental principles of various world religions. Also includes Christian Legal Society publications, an assor... View Religion and the Law (HeinOnline) Online
Reports on International Courts of General Jurisdiction (Oxford) 1902 - Present Oxford Reports on International Courts of General Jurisdiction (ICGJ) covers all contentious and advisory cases from the from the most important international courts of general jurisdiction. Each c... View Reports on International Courts of General Jurisdiction (Oxford) Online
Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts (Oxford) 1800 - Present Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts (ILDC) covers international law as applied in the domestic courts of around 70 jurisdictions. Case reports contain the full text of each decis... View Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts (Oxford) Online
Revised Statutes of Canada (HeinOnline) Complete coverage of all six revisions from the official printed volumes of the Revised Statutes of Canada in nearly 48,000 pages. The Statutes of Canada compile all the federal laws of Canada pass... View Revised Statutes of Canada (HeinOnline) Online
Selden Society Publications and the History of Early English Law (HeinOnline) Middle Ages - present Primary publications from the Selden Society, including its annual series containing law reports dating back to the Middle Ages, and year books from the Ames Foundation. Also includes other digests... View Selden Society Publications and the History of Early English Law (HeinOnline) Online
State Papers Online: Early Modern Government in Britain and Europe (1509-1782) 1509 - 1782 State Papers Online, 1509-1714 is a collection of English government documents originating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when the King or Queen acted as Prime Minister as well as Mon... View State Papers Online: Early Modern Government in Britain and Europe (1509-1782) Online
Summaries of EU Legislation Current This site provides fact sheets which summarise European Union legislation. The fact sheets are divided into 32 subject areas which are the Activities of the European Union. You will find not only s... View Summaries of EU Legislation Online
Treaties and Agreements Library (HeinOnline) 1776 - present Comprehensive collection of United States treaties, whether currently in-force, expired, or not-yet-officially published. Includes the United States Treaties and Other International Agreements set.... View Treaties and Agreements Library (HeinOnline) Online
World Constitutions Illustrated (HeinOnline) 1812 - present Current constitutions for every country in the original language along with at least one English translation. Includes expert commentary, the complete set of the British and Foreign State Papers, a... View World Constitutions Illustrated (HeinOnline) Online
World Treaty Library (HeinOnline) 1648 - present This collection brings together a wide array of treaties from around the world to create one of the largest collection of world treaties ever available, covering the time period from 1648 to the pr... View World Treaty Library (HeinOnline) Online
World Trials Library (HeinOnline) 1700s - 1900s Trial transcripts from some of history's most famous trials. Also includes texts that analyze and debate famous trials, as well as biographies of some of the greatest trial lawyers in history. View World Trials Library (HeinOnline) Online

General / Multidisciplinary Databases

Bar Journals (HeinOnline) 1800s - present HeinOnline's Bar Journals collection contains more than 100 state and local Bar Journals dating from the late 1800s to the present day. You can search by article title, author, description, date, o... View Bar Journals (HeinOnline) Online
C-Span Video Library 1987 - present Videos and transcripts of C-Span programs; includes public affairs programming, Congressional proceedings, news conferences, BookTV non-fiction author talks and interviews, and more. Contains every... View C-Span Video Library Online
Code of Federal Regulations (HeinOnline) 1938 - 1983 Comprehensive coverage of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) from its inception. (Updated monthly) View Code of Federal Regulations (HeinOnline) Online
Criminal Justice in America: U.S. Attorney General Opinions, Reports, and Publications (HeinOnline) 1870 - present Official opinions of the U.S. Attorney General. Includes both the "Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States" as well as, the "Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel of the U... View Criminal Justice in America: U.S. Attorney General Opinions, Reports, and Publications (HeinOnline) Online
Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law Summaries of key concepts and the latest research on environmental law topics, including climate change law, biodiversity and nature protection, compliance and enforcement, and multilateral environ... View Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law Online
Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law Summaries of concepts and terms of international economic law, grouped into four parts: Foundations and Architecture, Principles, Main Regulatory Areas, and Cross-cutting Challenges. Each entry is ... View Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law Online
Federal Register (HeinOnline) 1936 - present Comprehensive coverage of the Federal Register from its inception. (Updated daily) View Federal Register (HeinOnline) Online
govinfo varies by series Free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. Includes the Federal Register, Congressional Record, U.S. Code, U.S. Statutes at Large, Code of Federa... View govinfo Online
Immigration Law & Policy in the U.S. (HeinOnline) 1800-present A compilation of historical documents and legislation related to immigration in the United States as well as current hearings, debates and recent developments in immigration law. Includes BIA Prece... View Immigration Law & Policy in the U.S. (HeinOnline) Online
Intellectual Property Law Collection (HeinOnline) 1909 - present With more than 4 million pages of legislative histories, treatises, documents, classics, and more relating to copyrights, patents, and trademarks, this collection allows researchers to search acros... View Intellectual Property Law Collection (HeinOnline) Online
Justia: Law & Legal Information for Lawyers, Students, Business and the Public Varies - Earliest from 1790s A legal portal featuring U.S. Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and district court cases and court filings. Regulations from the Federal Register are also available. Justia also features a legal blog... View Justia: Law & Legal Information for Lawyers, Students, Business and the Public Online
LLMC Digital (Law Library Microform Consortium) 1700s to date Full-text U.S. Federal and Canadian primary law from the Law Library Microform Consortium. Also contains historical legal treatises. Emphasis is on older materials. View LLMC Digital (Law Library Microform Consortium) Online
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Virtual Library 1970's - present The NCJRS Virtual Library contains summaries of more than 225,000 publications on criminal justice, including federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles... View National Criminal Justice Reference Service Virtual Library Online
National Survey of State Laws (HeinOnline) 1993 - 2015 This database version of Richard Leiter's National Survey of State Laws provides an overall view of some of the most sought-after and controversial legal topics in the United States. Users are able... View National Survey of State Laws (HeinOnline) Online
Oxford Handbooks Online Current Oxford Handbooks Online provides access to the full text of more than 190 plus titles published as part of the prestigious Oxford Handbooks series, plus specially commissioned keywords and abstract... View Oxford Handbooks Online Online
Philip C. Jessup Library (HeinOnline) Through special arrangement with the International Law Students Association (ILSA) this collection provides access to all of the top moot court competitions since 1960. It draws together the Proble... View Philip C. Jessup Library (HeinOnline) Online
Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases (HeinOnline) 1973 - Present Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases provides expert, plain-language analysis of all cases given plenary review by the Supreme Court. Issues 1-7 precede the Court's seven argument sessions ... View Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases (HeinOnline) Online
ProQuest Congressional 1789 - present Comprehensive ongoing collection of U.S. federal government publications from the late 18th century to the present. Includes acts (laws), bills and resolutions, committee reports and documents, hea... View ProQuest Congressional Online
ProQuest History Vault: Slavery and the Law 1775-1867 Petitions on race, slavery, and free blacks submitted to state legislatures and county courthouses from 1775-1867. Also includes a record of the state laws governing American slavery from 1789-1865. View ProQuest History Vault: Slavery and the Law Online
ProQuest Legislative Insight 1789 - 2018 Legislative Insight is comprised of fully searchable PDFs of full-text publications generated in the course of congressional lawmaking. These include the full text of the Public Law itself, all ver... View ProQuest Legislative Insight Online
ProQuest Regulatory Insight 1935 - 2018 As a companion to ProQuest Legislative Insight, Regulatory Insight offers U.S. federal administrative law histories organized by federal statute and executive order, as well as Federal Register and... View ProQuest Regulatory Insight Online
ProQuest Supreme Court Insight 1975/1976 to 2018/2019 terms Includes full opinions from Supreme Court argued cases, including per decision, dockets, oral arguments, joint appendices and amicus briefs. Also includes all paid cases not heard by the Supreme Co... View ProQuest Supreme Court Insight Online
Public Library of Law Varies - Earliest from 1754 Full-text U.S. federal and state cases, statutes, regulations, court rules, constitutions and legal forms. All materials are freely available on the Internet, however dates of coverage vary. (Updat... View Public Library of Law Online
Religion and the Law (HeinOnline) 1400s - present Books, periodicals, and bibliographies on the development, history, organization, and fundamental principles of various world religions. Also includes Christian Legal Society publications, an assor... View Religion and the Law (HeinOnline) Online
Serial Set (U.S.) (ProQuest Congressional) 1789 - 2018 Reports and documents either produced or ordered by Congress, as well as presidential communications and treaty materials. Contains comprehensive and often detailed information on an extremely wide... View Serial Set (U.S.) (ProQuest Congressional) Online
Session Laws Library (HeinOnline) 1754 - present This Library contains exact replications of the official bound session laws (acts) of all 50 states from inception, as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. All states are available back to i... View Session Laws Library (HeinOnline) Online
Slavery in America and the World (HeinOnline) 1700s - Present Brings together all known legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. Includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute d... View Slavery in America and the World (HeinOnline) Online
Spinelli's Law Library Reference Shelf (HeinOnline) 1500's - present A collection of works, scholarly articles and tools for legal research, including AALL GD-SIS State Bibliographies, AALL Publication Series, Legal Dictionaries, Serials, Cataloging Publications, Bi... View Spinelli's Law Library Reference Shelf (HeinOnline) Online
State Attorney General Reports and Opinions (HeinOnline) 1791 - present State Attorney General Reports and Opinions for all fifty states as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Also includes the Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States and... View State Attorney General Reports and Opinions (HeinOnline) Online
Subject Compilations of State Laws (HeinOnline) 1960 - present Index to articles, books, government documents, loose-leaf services, court opinions and Internet sites that compare state laws on hundreds of subjects. (Updated quarterly) View Subject Compilations of State Laws (HeinOnline) Online
U.S. Congressional Documents (HeinOnline) 1789 - Present This collection features the complete Congressional Record Bound version, as well as the daily version back to 1980. It also includes the three predecessor titles: Annals of Congress (1789-1824), R... View U.S. Congressional Documents (HeinOnline) Online
U.S. Federal Agency Documents, Decisions, and Appeals (HeinOnline) 1919 - Contains the body of reported judicial opinions that are published by each agency. Notable titles include Decisions of the National Labor Relations Board (1934-Current); Federal Communications Comm... View U.S. Federal Agency Documents, Decisions, and Appeals (HeinOnline) Online
U.S. Presidential Library (HeinOnline) 1897 - present Includes "Messages and Papers of the Presidents", "Public Papers of the President", "Weekly Compilations of Presidential Documents", and more. (Updated daily) View U.S. Presidential Library (HeinOnline) Online
U.S. Statutes at Large (HeinOnline) 1789 - present Complete coverage of the Statutes At Large, containing both public and private laws published in numerical order. (Updated daily) View U.S. Statutes at Large (HeinOnline) Online
Wisconsin Administrative Code & Register Current The Wisconsin Administrative Code is the publication, in a continual revision system, of the rules of executive agencies of the State of Wisconsin having rule-making authority. The Wisconsin Admini... View Wisconsin Administrative Code & Register Online
Wisconsin Bills 1995-present Wisconsin bills, acts, and resolutions, including bill histories and amendments. View Wisconsin Bills Online
Wisconsin Briefs 1992-2009 Briefs for Wisconsin Supreme Court and Court of Appeals published and unpublished cases. View Wisconsin Briefs Online
Wisconsin Digital Archives 2001 - present The Wisconsin Digital Archives is a growing collection of documents about the activities, functions, and policies of Wisconsin State Government. The collection contains documents from 2001 to curre... View Wisconsin Digital Archives Online
Wisconsin Eye May 2007 - present Wisconsin Eye is a statewide multimedia public affairs network with a mission to present an independent, statewide view of civic life and public policy discussion. The network covers floor sessions... View Wisconsin Eye Online
Wisconsin Historical Society Archive-It Collection 2010 - present The Wisconsin Historical Society Archive-It collection includes archived versions of Wisconsin state, county, and municipal government web sites, as well as archived versions of web sites from the ... View Wisconsin Historical Society Archive-It Collection Online
Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Digital Collections 1950 - present The digital collections of the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau contain documents published by the legislature and legislative agencies (including the Legislative Reference Bureau, Legislativ... View Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Digital Collections Online
Wolters Kluwer Cheetah 1940s - present Federal, state, and international tax information and materials, and practice materials in antitrust law, securities, and health & human resources. Includes Federal Securities Law Reporter, Securit... View Wolters Kluwer Cheetah Online

Indigenous Peoples Databases

American Indian Experience "Pre-contact" - present The American Indian Experience is a portal and full-text online library of more than 150 titles; hundreds of primary documents and images, including treaties, speeches, traditional tales, and capti... View American Indian Experience Online
American Indian Law Collection (HeinOnline) 1700s - current Full-text legal materials by and about Native Americans. Includes federal law relating to tribes, such as relevant sections of the US Code and CFR, some legislative history, and administrative deci... View American Indian Law Collection (HeinOnline) Online
LLMC Digital (Law Library Microform Consortium) 1700s to date Full-text U.S. Federal and Canadian primary law from the Law Library Microform Consortium. Also contains historical legal treatises. Emphasis is on older materials. View LLMC Digital (Law Library Microform Consortium) Online

Judicial Systems, Courts, and Judges Databases

Congress and the Courts (HeinOnline) 1787 - 2010 Congress and the Courts, featuring William H. Manz’s Congress and the Courts: A Legislative History 1787-2010, brings together materials reflecting congressional concern with the composition and st... View Congress and the Courts (HeinOnline) Online
History of Supreme Court Nominations (HeinOnline) 1789 - Present This library features the complete print series Supreme Court of the U.S. Hearings and Reports on Successful and Unsuccessful Nominations of Supreme Court Justices by the Senate Judiciary Committee... View History of Supreme Court Nominations (HeinOnline) Online
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Virtual Library 1970's - present The NCJRS Virtual Library contains summaries of more than 225,000 publications on criminal justice, including federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles... View National Criminal Justice Reference Service Virtual Library Online
U.S. Supreme Court Library (HeinOnline) 1776 - present Complete coverage of U.S. Supreme Court opinions as well as preliminary prints, slip opinions, and books and periodicals related to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Updated daily) View U.S. Supreme Court Library (HeinOnline) Online

Jurisprudence and Legal History Databases

19th Century Masterfile, Series I and V 1786 - 1907 Series I of 19th Century Masterfile provides access to the periodical literature of the nineteenth century. Included is an online version of Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, 1802-1906; the f... View 19th Century Masterfile, Series I and V Online
Early American Case Law (HeinOnline) Contains the entire Federal Cases 30 book series (1894-1897) which contains more than 20,000 cases. Also included is the Trinity Series, which includes American Decisions, American Reports, and Ame... View Early American Case Law (HeinOnline) Online
History of Supreme Court Nominations (HeinOnline) 1789 - Present This library features the complete print series Supreme Court of the U.S. Hearings and Reports on Successful and Unsuccessful Nominations of Supreme Court Justices by the Senate Judiciary Committee... View History of Supreme Court Nominations (HeinOnline) Online
J. Willard Hurst Collection 1932 - 1997 The J. Willard Hurst Collection details the career of the man commonly identified as the father of modern American legal history. The collection includes Hursts personal outlines and notes; course ... View J. Willard Hurst Collection Online
Legal Classics (HeinOnline) 1500s-1900s Thousands of full text works from some of the greatest legal minds in history. In addition to many “classics” this collection also includes rare items that are found in only a handful of libraries ... View Legal Classics (HeinOnline) Online
LLMC Digital (Law Library Microform Consortium) 1700s to date Full-text U.S. Federal and Canadian primary law from the Law Library Microform Consortium. Also contains historical legal treatises. Emphasis is on older materials. View LLMC Digital (Law Library Microform Consortium) Online
Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800-1926 1800 - 1926 Over 22,000 legal treatises from the 19th- and early 20th- century. Covers all aspects of American and British law and encompasses a range of analytical, theoretical and practical literature for re... View Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800-1926 Online
Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources 1620 - 1979 Four centuries of American legal primary sources. Published records of the American colonies; federal, state, territorial, and municipal codes; constitutional conventions and compilations; and othe... View Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources Online
Making of Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926 1600 - 1926 Documents from trials in the United States, Britain and other English-speaking jurisdictions. Includes unofficially published accounts of trials; official trial documents, briefs, and arguments; an... View Making of Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926 Online
Making of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 1832 - 1978 Records and briefs brought before the U.S. Supreme Court in over 150,000 cases between 1832 and 1978. The collection does not include the Court’s rulings, opinions or decisions, but focuses on the ... View Making of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 Online
Religion and the Law (HeinOnline) 1400s - present Books, periodicals, and bibliographies on the development, history, organization, and fundamental principles of various world religions. Also includes Christian Legal Society publications, an assor... View Religion and the Law (HeinOnline) Online
Scottish Legal History (HeinOnline) 1936-present Official publications from the Stair Society including the Stair Society Main (Annual) Series and Supplementary Series discussing various aspects of Scots law. View Scottish Legal History (HeinOnline) Online
State Papers Online: Early Modern Government in Britain and Europe (1509-1782) 1509 - 1782 State Papers Online, 1509-1714 is a collection of English government documents originating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when the King or Queen acted as Prime Minister as well as Mon... View State Papers Online: Early Modern Government in Britain and Europe (1509-1782) Online
State Reports: A Historical Archive (HeinOnline) Dates vary State Reports: A Historical Archive provides a digital version of Hein's State Reports Checklist along with linking to the full text of historical state reports from all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico. View State Reports: A Historical Archive (HeinOnline) Online
State Statutes: A Historical Archive (HeinOnline) 1717 - The collection includes more than 1,600 volumes and nearly 2,000,000 pages of historical superseded state statutes (but not current state statutes) and offers a valuable source of information for l... View State Statutes: A Historical Archive (HeinOnline) Online

Legal Research Databases

American Law Institute Library (HeinOnline) 1923 - present The American Law Institute Library is home to a range of scholarly work that examines and clarifies the law, as annotated and written by a collection of judges and lawyers. The library includes Res... View American Law Institute Library (HeinOnline) Online
Digital Commons Law Network Current Open source collection of institutional repositories from across the United States, including faculty scholarship, law review articles and conference proceedings. The network may be searched in spe... View Digital Commons Law Network Online
Encyclopedia of Law and Religion 2015 Issues at the junction of law, religion, and state are covered for each country worldwide, as well as special territories and international organizations. View Encyclopedia of Law and Religion Online
Encyclopedia of Public International Law 1494 - Present The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law is a definitive encyclopedia of peer-reviewed articles on every aspect of public international law. View Encyclopedia of Public International Law Online
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (HeinOnline) 1985 - present The Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP) is an index to articles appearing in approximately 450 legal journals published worldwide. The legal systems and practices of all countries are include... View Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (HeinOnline) Online
Index to Legal Periodicals Full Text & Retrospective 1908 - present Index to English-language legal periodicals, court decisions, legislation and more. Full text coverage for selected periodicals is also available back to 1994. Law books are indexed beginning in 19... View Index to Legal Periodicals Full Text & Retrospective Online
Law Journal Library (HeinOnline) 1788 - present HeinOnline contains full-text legal periodicals in PDF beginning with the earliest volumes. Covers all areas of United States law. (Updated daily) View Law Journal Library (HeinOnline) Online
National Survey of State Laws (HeinOnline) 1993 - 2015 This database version of Richard Leiter's National Survey of State Laws provides an overall view of some of the most sought-after and controversial legal topics in the United States. Users are able... View National Survey of State Laws (HeinOnline) Online
Oxford US Constitutional Law 1776 - present Includes full text of current and historical United States state constitutions. Also includes the Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the US series, which offers article-by-article co... View Oxford US Constitutional Law Online
Wisconsin Jury Instructions Includes the current edition of all three sets of Wisconsin Jury Instructions (Civil, Criminal and Children's). The Instructions are searchable and can be printed or downloaded as Microsoft Word or... View Wisconsin Jury Instructions Online

Legislation Databases

Congress and the Courts (HeinOnline) 1787 - 2010 Congress and the Courts, featuring William H. Manz’s Congress and the Courts: A Legislative History 1787-2010, brings together materials reflecting congressional concern with the composition and st... View Congress and the Courts (HeinOnline) Online
Congress.gov 1973 - present Congress.gov contains federal legislative information from the United States government. It is the new platform for legislation, the Congressional Record, committee reports, nominations, treaties, ... View Congress.gov Online
Congressional Record (U.S.) (ProQuest Congressional) 1789 - 2017 The official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress back to 1789. Includes both daily and bound editions of the Congressional Record, as well as its predecessor titles:... View Congressional Record (U.S.) (ProQuest Congressional) Online
Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1939 (U.S.) (ProQuest Congressional) 1789 - 1939 Collection of publications from the Executive Branch of the federal government listed in the 1909 Checklist created by the U.S. Superintendent of Documents as a summary of all publications issues b... View Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1939 (U.S.) (ProQuest Congressional) Online
LLMC Digital (Law Library Microform Consortium) 1700s to date Full-text U.S. Federal and Canadian primary law from the Law Library Microform Consortium. Also contains historical legal treatises. Emphasis is on older materials. View LLMC Digital (Law Library Microform Consortium) Online
ProQuest Congressional 1789 - present Comprehensive ongoing collection of U.S. federal government publications from the late 18th century to the present. Includes acts (laws), bills and resolutions, committee reports and documents, hea... View ProQuest Congressional Online
ProQuest History Vault: Slavery and the Law 1775-1867 Petitions on race, slavery, and free blacks submitted to state legislatures and county courthouses from 1775-1867. Also includes a record of the state laws governing American slavery from 1789-1865. View ProQuest History Vault: Slavery and the Law Online
ProQuest Legislative Insight 1789 - 2018 Legislative Insight is comprised of fully searchable PDFs of full-text publications generated in the course of congressional lawmaking. These include the full text of the Public Law itself, all ver... View ProQuest Legislative Insight Online
ProQuest Regulatory Insight 1935 - 2018 As a companion to ProQuest Legislative Insight, Regulatory Insight offers U.S. federal administrative law histories organized by federal statute and executive order, as well as Federal Register and... View ProQuest Regulatory Insight Online
Serial Set (U.S.) (ProQuest Congressional) 1789 - 2018 Reports and documents either produced or ordered by Congress, as well as presidential communications and treaty materials. Contains comprehensive and often detailed information on an extremely wide... View Serial Set (U.S.) (ProQuest Congressional) Online
Session Laws Library (HeinOnline) 1754 - present This Library contains exact replications of the official bound session laws (acts) of all 50 states from inception, as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. All states are available back to i... View Session Laws Library (HeinOnline) Online
Slavery in America and the World (HeinOnline) 1700s - Present Brings together all known legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. Includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute d... View Slavery in America and the World (HeinOnline) Online
Summaries of EU Legislation Current This site provides fact sheets which summarise European Union legislation. The fact sheets are divided into 32 subject areas which are the Activities of the European Union. You will find not only s... View Summaries of EU Legislation Online
U.S. Code (HeinOnline) 1925-present This collection includes complete coverage of the United States Code dating back to inception in 1925-1926. Also includes the Early Federal Laws Collection, which represents the most complete colle... View U.S. Code (HeinOnline) Online
U.S. Congressional Documents (HeinOnline) 1789 - Present This collection features the complete Congressional Record Bound version, as well as the daily version back to 1980. It also includes the three predecessor titles: Annals of Congress (1789-1824), R... View U.S. Congressional Documents (HeinOnline) Online
U.S. Federal Legislative History Library (HeinOnline) 1789 - present Selected federal legislative histories published by the U.S. GPO and private publishers. Also includes the index, "Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories." Researchers should begin their U.S. fe... View U.S. Federal Legislative History Library (HeinOnline) Online
U.S. Statutes at Large (HeinOnline) 1789 - present Complete coverage of the Statutes At Large, containing both public and private laws published in numerical order. (Updated daily) View U.S. Statutes at Large (HeinOnline) Online

Taxation Databases

Checkpoint (Thomson Reuters) Current Checkpoint is a resource for accounting and tax research. At the core of this resource is Thomson Reuters' Federal Tax Coordinator 2nd and United States Tax Reporter. Checkpoint also includes resou... View Checkpoint (Thomson Reuters) Online
Tax Notes 1972 - present Tax Notes is a weekly magazine featuring expert commentary, analysis, and special reports on federal taxation issues. Tax Notes Today offers daily federal tax news and analysis, including primary s... View Tax Notes Online
Taxation & Economic Reform in America (HeinOnline) 1781 - 2011 United States regulations, laws and legislative histories relating to tax and to economic reform and stimulus plans. Includes the Carlton Fox legislative history collection and the History of Unite... View Taxation & Economic Reform in America (HeinOnline) Online
Wolters Kluwer Cheetah 1940s - present Federal, state, and international tax information and materials, and practice materials in antitrust law, securities, and health & human resources. Includes Federal Securities Law Reporter, Securit... View Wolters Kluwer Cheetah Online

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