Research Resources for In-House Use Only

Westlaw Patron Access
Quick search access with all of the content of Westlaw Patron Access, including federal and state materials, information for practice areas and a variety of tools. Available in the Library and Court complex only.

vLex NEW
Searchable, full text library of federal and state material including case law, statutes, session laws, administrative materials, books & journals, jury verdict & settlement (National, FL, New England, NJ, NY, PA & TX), various forms for national courts as well as other federal departments and news.  Please be sure to check each database for coverage dates.

LLMC-Digital
Weekly online publication listing new articles in law journals and reviews. Titles are listed by topic and by journal title.

HeinOnline
A searchable archive of legal materials converted to electronic format, including Code of Federal Regulation, English Reports, European Center for Minority Issues, Federal Register Library, Law Journal Library, Legal Classics, Treaties and Agreements, US Presidential Library, US Supreme Court Library, US Statutes at Large and more.

National Consumer Law Center Digital Library
Searchable, full text library of practice aids, pleadings and primary sources covering consumer related issues: bankruptcy, foreclosure, consumer credit, debt collection, and more.

Research Resources for Remote Access

(library card needed)

vLex NEW
Searchable, full text library of federal and state material including case law, statutes, session laws, administrative materials, books & journals, jury verdict & settlement (National, FL, New England, NJ, NY, PA & TX), various forms for national courts as well as other federal departments and news.  Please be sure to check each database for coverage dates.

HeinOnline
A searchable archive of legal materials converted to electronic format, including Code of Federal Regulation, English Reports, European Center for Minority Issues, Federal Register Library, Federal Legislative History Library, Law Journal Library, Legal Classics, Treaties and Agreements, US Attorney General opinions, US Presidential Library, US Supreme Court Library, US Statutes at Large.

National Consumer Law Center Digital Library  Searchable, full text library of practice aids, pleadings and primary sources covering consumer related issues: bankruptcy, foreclosure, consumer credit, debt collection, and more.

HeinOnline Libraries

Bar Journals
Contains more than 70 state and local Bar Journals. You can search by article title, author, description, date, or across the full text of the articles available through HeinOnline.

Code of Federal Regulations
General and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government; available through HeinOnline.

English Reports (1220-1865)
Original reports of 100,000 cases, representative of 265 separate series of reports, arranged by courts; available through HeinOnline.

European Center for Minority Issues
Includes ECMI reports and working papers, Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, and Ombudsman Institutions and Minority Issues: A Guide to Good Practice; available through HeinOnline.

Federal Register Library
The official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations; executive orders and other presidential documents; available through HeinOnline.

Law Journal Library
HeinOnline Law Journal Library is a collaborative ongoing effort of William S. Hein Co., Inc., Cornell Information Technologies and the Cornell University Law Library to convert the text of all back issues of indexed law journals into a searchable electronic format; available through HeinOnline.

Legal Classics Library
Classic legal texts such as Blackstone's Commentaries (1803), Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia (1914), De Jure Naturae et Gentium Libri Octo (1688), Federalist Special ed. (1788), On Civil Liberty and Self-Government Enl. ed. (1859), Writings of John Marshall, Late Chief Justice of the United States, upon the Federal Constitution (1839); available through HeinOnline.

Manual of Patent Examining Procedure
Patent laws and rules published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Available through HeinOnline.

Treaties and Agreements Library
United States Treaties and Other International Agreements, Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America 1776-1949 (Bevans), Treaties, Conventions, International Acts, Protocols and Agreements (Malloy), Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States of America (Miller), KAV Agreements, Treaties in Force, Guide to Treaties in Force; available through HeinOnline.

U.S. Attorney General Opinions
Includes Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States, Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel of the United States Department of Justice, Attorney General. Annual Report. U.S. Department of Justice, Attorney General's National Committee to Study the Antitrust Laws; available through HeinOnline.

U.S. Code Library
Comprehensive coverage from HeinOnline; browse by edition or title; includes citation search tool.

U.S. Federal Legislative History Library
Federal legislative histories and Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories (Johnson); available through HeinOnline.

U.S. Presidential Library
Includes Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Public Papers of the Presidents, CFR Title 3 (Presidents), Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, and other documents related to U.S. presidents.; available through HeinOnline.

U.S. Statutes at Large
Contains the text of all laws and resolutions passed by Congress from 1789 to 2006, along with treaties to 1949 and Revised Statutes of the United States (1873-1874).

U.S. Supreme Court Library
Includes U.S. Reports (1754-2004), U.S. Reports Preliminary Prints (2002-2006) and U.S. Reports Slip Opinions (2002- ), Rules of the Supreme Court of the United States (1890-2006), Constitution of the United States of America, Supreme Court Economic Review (1982-1997), Supreme Court Review (1960-1998), and numerous books on the Supreme Court. Available through HeinOnline.

Research Resources for In-House and Remote Access

Library of Congress Guide to Law Online Annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. It includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service Library
Summaries of more than 190,000 documents on criminal justice, juvenile justice, and substance abuse resources, including Federal, State, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. NCJRS News: JustInfo, the bi-monthly newsletter, highlights information from criminal justice agencies.

NCJRS News: JustInfo
Newsletter of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service; highlights information from criminal justice agencies.

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