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| Legal Research
Sources (Selected by Law Librarians) |
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| LegalTrac from Gale |
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Indexes over 800 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar
association journals and international legal journals. Also, indexes law-related articles from
more than 1,000 additional business and general interest titles. Selected full text from over
170 newspapers and magazines is also included. 1980 to present. |
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| Academic Search Elite
from EBSCO Search Tips |
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Provides full text for over 2,000 journals covering the social sciences, humanities,
general science, multi-cultural studies, education and much more. Coverage varies by
publication. Some full-text PDFs from 1985 to present. |
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| Congressional
Masterfile from Congressional Information
Service |
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Congressional Masterfile 1 indexes five major categories of U.S. congressional
publications: congressional reports, published and unpublished hearings, documents, committee prints,
and Senate executive reports and documents. Covers 1789-1969. |
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| Dissertations and Theses
from ProQuest |
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This database contains records for more than 2 million doctoral dissertations
and master's theses. Also included is the full text content for nearly 900,000 dissertations.
Includes extensive coverage of North American graduate schools, with coverage of some European
universities beginning in 1989. A separate database contains the subset of Marquette University doctoral
dissertations in full text. |
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| ECOLEX from Ecolex |
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World's largest environmental law database developed by combining resources of
the legal libraries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World
Conservation Union (IUCN), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Includes
information on treaties, international soft-law and other non-binding policy and technical guidance
documents, national legislation, judicial decisions, and law and policy literature. Users have
direct access to the abstracts and indexing information about each document, as well as to the full
text of most of the information provided. Coverage varies, some documents are from the
1800's. |
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| Fuente Academica
from EBSCO Search Tips |
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Collection of scholarly journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish
publishers. This database offers full text content to many academic areas including business
& economics, medical sciences, political science, law, computer science, library &
information sciences, literature, linguistics, history, philosophy and theology. This database
provides full text (including PDF) for more than 200 scholarly Spanish language journals.
Coverage varies by publication. Most are 1995 to present. |
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| Hein-On-Line
from Hein |
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A collaborative project between the William S. Hein Company, Cornell Information
Technologies and the Cornell University Law Library Hein-On-Line provides retrospective
full-text/image access to nearly 300 law reviews. Coverage varies by journal. |
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| Historic Documents
from CQ Press |
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Reviewing each year’s major events since 1972, Historic Documents reproduces
official public statements; noteworthy court decisions; reports by governmental agencies, including
some from the United Nations; special studies by public and private groups; and speeches by prominent
figures. The documents have introductions providing background, a summary, and indication of
subsequent events. The online version can be searched by keyword, title, and topic. There
is also a cumulative index. |
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| Issues and
Controversies@Facts.com from Facts On File |
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This full-text database contains in-depth and balanced articles dealing with
contemporary issues and controversies. Keyword and subject searching is available as well
as being able to browse by topic. A list of current hot topics is provided. This resource
(in addition to CQ Researcher) is an EXCELLENT
starting point for research on contemporary topics. September 25, 1995 to present. |
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| Lexis Nexis Academic
from Lexis Nexis Search Tips |
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Features a rich variety of full text sources providing up-to-date information on
current events, business, law, and medicine. It includes regional, national, and international
newspapers; magazines; wire services; business publications (trade journals, corporate annual reports,
tax sources); legal resources (law reviews, court cases, briefs, federal and state codes); government
documents; medical information (medical journals); and reference sources (directories, biographical
information). Coverage varies by title; very good coverage from the early 1990s to present,
with some coverage as early as the mid-1970s. |
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| Lexis Nexis Congressional
(formerly Congressional Universe) from Lexis Nexis
Search Tips |
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Includes text and status of Congressional bills; information about members of
Congress and their districts, text of prepared statements before Congressional hearings, text of
National Journal articles, and text of Congressional Record and Federal Register. Analysis of
appropriate bills gives information about relevant public policies. Click on "Publications"
button to get online version of CIS/Index. Index coverage is 1970 to present. Full text
coverage varies. |
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| LLMC Digital
from LLMC |
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Core publications from the executive, judicial, and legislative branches are
represented, including the U.S. Statutes at Large, Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the
United States, and Decisions of the United States Department of the Interior. Material from over
fourteen states is currently available, and ranges from Michigan house and senate journals to California
Supreme Court and Appellate Reports. Key legal reference works in Anglo-American law, such
as the Century Edition of the American Digest, are represented, as are secondary sources such as legal
periodicals and case reporters. International law sections include primary and secondary legal
materials from countries as varied as Great Britain, Canada and India. Coverage is primarily
historical, reflecting the consortium's focus on historical legal and government publications. While
some of these publications may be available in print or microfiche in libraries, particularly federal and
state depository libraries in the United States, electronic versions are in many cases unique to
LLMC Digital. Also includes other material of significant interest to historical
researchers and students, such as the constitutions and bylaws relating to Native American tribes, is
also available. As the collection develops it should include more publications with an appeal
beyond the legal and academic communities. Multi-jurisdictional collections relating to the British
Empire, Native Americans, and Military Law are particularly promising. Coverage varies by
document. |
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| The Making of Modern Law
from Gale |
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The Making of Modern Law is the result of digitizing Nineteenth
Century Legal Treatises and Twentieth Century Legal Treatises collections. It includes nearly 10
million pages of legal history from America and Britain in more than 21,000 works from casebooks,
local practice manuals, form books, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches and more -
separated into 99 subject areas. Individual titles are linked in MARQCAT. |
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| Policy Central
from National Journal Group |
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A multi-dimensional resource on politics and policy.&nbps; It includes the full text
of the National Journal, The Hotline, The Congressional Daily,
The Almanac of American Politics, Markup Reports & Bill Status, The Technology
Daily, Ad Spotlight and Poll Track. These sources provide a daily news
briefing on politics and poling data, a guide to political/special issue ads, information about
congressional hearings, updates on important news and trends in information technology politics and
policy. |
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| ProQuest Research Library
from ProQuest |
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Indexing, abstracts and selected full text or full images of articles in a wide range
of magazines and journals. It includes general interest and news publications as well as selected
scholarly journals. Includes bibliographic citations and abstracts of periodical articles; some full
text and full image articles. Coverage varies by title with good coverage for late 1980's to
present, some earlier coverage. |
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| Sports Business Resarch
Network from SBRnet |
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Searchable news and market research from the National Sporting Goods
Association and other industry sources on all aspects of sporting goods, sports equipment, participation,
broadcasting and marketing. |
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| United Nations Treaty
Collection from United Nations Search Tips |
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Access to multinational treaties compiled under the auspices of the United
Nations. Current treaties are includes as well as some treaties dating from the beginning of the
United Nations. |
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