Below you'll find a list of useful sources of information on law and related topics. Links are provided for online databases, websites and other electronic resources. Call numbers and links to online catalog records are provided where applicable.
Law Topics
General
- Lexis-Nexis
- Black's Law Dictionary
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Law
- Martindale-Hubbell Law Digest
- Martindale-Hubbell International Law Digest
- Legal Information Institute
- West's Encyclopedia of American Law
- American Law Yearbook
- The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation
- Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
- Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory
- Book Search: Law
- Guide To Law Online
- FindLaw
- Washlaw: Legal Information Online
- ABA Journal
- American Journal of Legal History
Database containing the full text of statutes, court decisions, law reviews, law news sources, law directories and more. To access legal information via Lexis-Nexis, click the link above, and then click on "Legal."
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Standard source for definitions of legal terms.
Type: Reference work / Call number: R 340.03 B56g 2004 / Catalog link
Online edition of law dictionary, from Xreferplus
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Want to know if seatbelts are required in Tennessee, or the laws regarding wage garnishment in Ohio? Arranged by state and subject/area of law, with summaries of laws and citations to relevant code. Also includes US patent, copyright, and trademark law
Type: Reference work / Call number: R. 340.025 M36md / Catalog link
Same as above, but for international law.
Type: Reference work / Call number: R. 340.025 M36mid / Catalog link
Cornell University's extremely useful guide to law and legal resources. Browse the site to find brief articles on legal topics and areas of law, alognside links to the relevant statutes, regulations and court decisions.
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Twelve-volume encyclopedia of law. Gives references to specific landmark cases. Organized by subject. With bibliographies, citations, index, index of citations
Type: Reference work / Call number: R. 348.7303 W52 / Catalog link
Annually-updated supplements to West's Encyclopedia of American Law.
Type: Reference work / Call number: R. 348.7303 W52a/ Link
Guide to citing legal sources.
Type: Reference work / Call number: R. 349.730148 B62c 2000 / Catalog link
'Virtually every attorney and law firm in the US' - contact info, degrees, areas of specialty, publications indexed by name, entries by firm/practice.
Type: Reference work / Call number: R. 340.025 M36m / Catalog link
Same as above on international level.
Type: Reference work / Call number: R. 340.025 M36mi /
Follow the link to run a search in the library's catalog, CardinalCat, for books on the subject of law.
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Law Library of Congress's guide to reliable legal information freely available on the internet.
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Extremely thorough index providing links to legal resources on the web.
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Extensive index providing links to legal resources on the web. From Washington University.
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Legal News
- Lexis-Nexis: Legal News
- FindLaw Legal News
- CQ Weekly
- The Hill
Search the full text of numerous legal news sources, including law newspapers, newsletters, magazines and more. To access legal news via Lexis-Nexis, follow the link above. Next, click "News." Then, find the pull-down menu labeled "Select Sources." Choose "Legal News Group File" from the pull-down menu, and enter your search terms above.
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Index to legal news sources from around the web.
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Thorough coverage of Congress, including the reports on the status of current legislation.
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Paper with current coverage of Congress, and widely read by Washington insiders.
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Legal Ethics
- Book Search: Legal Ethics
- Lexis-Nexis: Law Reviews
- Lexis-Nexis: Legal News
- Cardozo Public Law, Policy, and Ethics Journal
- Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics
- Internet Journal of Law, Healthcare and Ethics
- Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
- Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy
- Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics
Follow the link to run a search in the library's catalog, CardinalCat, for books on the subject of legal ethics.
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Scholarly legal journals, including coverage of the ethics of the law. To access law reviews via Lexis-Nexis, click on the link above. Then choose "Legal," and enter your search terms.
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Search the full text of numerous legal news sources, including law newspapers, newsletters, magazines and more. To access legal news via Lexis-Nexis, follow the link above. Next, click "News." Then, find the pull-down menu labeled "Select Sources." Choose "Legal News Group File" from the pull-down menu, and enter your search terms above.
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Laws, Codes, and Legislatures
- Constitution of the United States
- Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
- The Founders' Constitution
- U.S. Code
- Lexis-Nexis: U.S. Code
- THOMAS
- CQ Weekly
- The Hill
The Constitution of the United States, along with annotation and analysis, form the GPO.
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4-volume encyclopedia explores the constitution and constitutional law.
Type: Reference work / Call number: R. 342.73023 En1 / Catalog link
Includes the works (letters, official documents, articles, etc.) of the authors of the Constitution about the principles behind it, & also includes other relevant documents, early Supreme Court decisions, etc.
Type: Reference work / Call number: R. 342.73023 F82k / Catalog link
Searchable and browseable text of the U.S. Code--the permanent laws of the United States. Organized by subject (title).
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Text of the U.S. Code, plus federal court rules and the Constitution, via Lexis-Nexis. To access the U.S. Code via Lexis-Nexis, click on the link above, and then click "Legal" in the Lexis-Nexis menu. On the right side of the page, click "Federal and State Codes."
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Searchable text of current bills and other legislation before Congress, as well as information about the current status of bills and other legislation. Also includes links to roll call votes, the Congressional Record, Congressional committee reports, and more.
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Thorough coverage of Congress, including the reports on the status of current legislation.
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Paper with current coverage of Congress, and widely read by Washington insiders.
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Courts and Court Decisions
- Lexis Nexis: Case Law
- U.S. Courts
- U.S. Judiciary: The Federal Court System and Decisions (Law Library of Congress)
- Political Database of the Americas: Judicial Branch
- Great American Court Cases
- Book Search: Courts
- Book Search: Supreme Court
- Congressional Quarterly's Guide to the Supreme Court
- Supreme Court Debates
- Supreme Court Review
- Federal Sentencing Reporter
- Journal of Supreme Court History
- Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judges
Search federal and state court decisions by citation, keyword or topic. To search case law in Lexis-Nexis, follow the link above. Then choose "Legal" from the Lexis-Nexis menu. On the Legal page in Lexis-Nexis, look for the link to "Federal & State Cases" on the right side of the page. Click it to search case law sources.
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Index to the websites of United States federal courts, including the Supreme Court, federal appellate and district courts, and bankruptcy courts.
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Index of information about U.S. courts, along with links to sources for court decision information.
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Georgetown University's index to the websites of the judicial branches of nations around the world.
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Includes over 800 important federal and state court cases, organized by topic.
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Follow the link to run a search in the library's catalog, CardinalCat, for books on the subject of courts.
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Follow the link to run a search in the library's catalog, CardinalCat, for books on the Supreme Court.
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History of the Supreme Court, court rules, biographies of Supreme Court Justices, and more.
Type: Reference work / Call number: R. 347.7326 B54c 3 ed / Link
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Executive Regulations, Orders, and Papers
- Code of Federal Regulations
- Federal Register
- Lexis Nexis: Federal Regulations
- Public Papers of the Presidents
- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Executive Orders
Searchable and browseable text of the Code of Federal Regulations, the formal and permanent codification of the rules and regulations of Executive Branch agencies.
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Daily government publication including proposed Executive Branch rules and regulations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.
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Includes the text of the Code of Federal Relations, plus U.S. Attorney General opinions, the Federal Register and the Federal Acquisitions Register. To access federal regulations via Lexis-Nexis, click the link above, and then click "Legal" in the Lexis-Nexis menu. Choose "Federal and State Codes" from the menu on the right side of the page. Find the pull-down menu labeled "Select Sources." Choose "CFR--Code of Federal Regulations" (or other code sources) from the menu.
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Official government publication of presidential documents, papers and speeches.
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Current statements, speeches, documents and papers of the President, updated every Monday.
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Text of Executive Orders of the current President. From the White House website.
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State and Local Legal Information
- Law Library of Congress: States and Territories
- Law Library of Congress: Illinois
- Washlaw: Illinois
- Illinois General Assembly
- Illinois Compiled Statutes
- Illinois Court Opinions
- Lexis-Nexis: Illinois Court Opinions
- Lexis-Nexis: Illinois Attorney General's Opinions
- Illinois Attorney General's Opinions
- Illinois Bar Association
- State Constitutional Law Bulletin
- Municipal Litigation Reporter
- Illinois Employment Law Letter
- Illinois Environmental Law Letter
- Illinois Health Law Update
- Illinois Workers' Compensation Law Bulletin
- Northern Illinois University Law Review
- Southern Illinois University Law Journal
- University of Illinois Law Review
- Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
- Chicago Journal of International Law
- Chicago-Kent Law Review
- Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal
- University of Chicago Law Review
- Northwestern University Law Review
Index to official websites and other resources related to the laws and courts of states and territories within the United States.
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Index to official websites and other resources related to the laws and courts of Illinois.
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Index to official websites and other resources related to the laws and courts of Illinois, from Washington University.
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Website of the Illinois General Assembly, including the text of current bills and information about the Illinois legislature.
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Permanent codification of the laws of the State of Illinois.
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The decisions of Illinois courts, 1996-present.
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The decisions of Illinois Courts. Includes Illinois Supreme Court 1819-present; Illinois Appellate Courts, 1877-present. To find Illinois court opinions via Lexis-Nexis, click on the link above, and then click on "Legal" in the Lexis-Nexis menu. Choose "Federal & State Cases" from the menu on the right of the page. Find the "Select Sources" pull-down menu and select "IL Federal and State Cases, Combined."
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Compilation of Illinois Attorney General opinions, 1972-present, compiled annually.
Current Illinois Attorney General opinions.
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News and Information from the Illinois Bar Association
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International Legal Information
- Law Library of Congress: Nations of the World
- GLIN: Global Legal Information Network
- Lexis-Nexis: International Legal Materials
- Martindale-Hubbell International Law Digest
- University of Richmond's Constitution Finder
- Political Database of the Americas: Judicial Branch
- Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
- Book Search: International Law
- American Journal of Comparative Law
- American Journal of International Law
- Arab Law Quarterly
- Boston College Third World Law Journal
- Islamic Law and Society
- Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law
- International and Comparative Law Review
- International Legal Materials
- Journal of International Legal Studies
- Review of European Community & International Environmental Law
Index to official websites and other resources related to the laws and courts of nations around the world, including links to the sites of judicial, legislative and executive branches.
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Searchable U.S. government index to legal documents (code, court decisions, and more) from all around the world. Citations and summaries in English; original legal documents in various languages.
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Searchable database of Canadian, European, British Commonwealth and Mexican law. To access international legal materials via Lexis-Nexis, follow the link above, and then click on "Legal" on the Lexis-Nexis menu. On the righthand part of the Lexis-Nexis legal page, you'll find a link to "European Union, Commonwealth & Foreign Nations." Follow that link, and then enter your search terms.
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Brief summaries of international laws, organized by topic.
Type: Reference work / Call number: R. 340.025 M36mid / Catalog link
Index to the constitutions of nations around the world.
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Georgetown University's index to the websites of the judicial branches of the nations of the Americas.
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Contact information, degrees, areas of specialty, publications and more for lawyers around the world. Entries organized by firm/practice.
Type: Reference work / Call number: R. 340.025 M36m / Catalog link
Follow the link to run a search in the library's catalog, CardinalCat, for books on the subject of international law.
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Business Law
- Business Source Premier
- Lexis-Nexis: Business
- JSTOR
- Book Search: Business Law
- Book Search: Commercial Law
- Book Search: Corporation Law
- Business Law Monographs
- U.S. Master Tax Guide
- American Business Law Journal
- Business Law Review (London)
- Columbia Business Law Review
- Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
- International Corporate Law
- DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal
- DePaul Business Law Journal
- Hastings Business Law Journal
- Journal of Small and Emerging Business Law
- Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
- NYU Journal of Law & Business
- Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance
Database containing full-text articles and citations from numerous journals and magazines focused on business and economics topics. Includes numerous articles about business law.
Type: Online database / Link
Business, industry and trade news, as well as company information.
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Archival scholarly database, including the full-text of numerous articles on business law in scholarly journals.
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Follow the link to run a search in the library's catalog, CardinalCat, for books on the subject of business law.
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Follow the link to run a search in the library's catalog, CardinalCat, for books on the subject of commercial law.
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Follow the link to run a search in the library's catalog, CardinalCat, for books on the subject of corporate law.
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Multivolume series surveying business law, arranged by topic. Includes pertinent laws, description/discussion of various aspects of the law, sample forms, etc. Examples: "Executive Compensation" and "Casualty and Liability Insurance"
Type: Reference work / Call number: R. 346.73066 B43b /Link
Annually updated guide to U.S. Tax law.
Type: Reference work / Call number: R. 343.7304 St2u / Link
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Conflict Resolution
- Dictionary of Conflict Resolution
- Encyclopedia of Conflict Resolution
- Book Search: Dispute Resolution
- ABA Dispute Resolution
- Dispute Resolution Journal
- Journal of Dispute Resolution
- Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution
- Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
- Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution
- Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution
- Journal of Conflict Resolution
Online version of dictionary focused on the field of conflict resolution.
Encyclopedia surveying topics of dispute resolution and conflict management.
Type: Reference work / Call number: R. 303.6903 B91e / Catalog link
Follow the link to run a search in the library's catalog, CardinalCat, for books on the subject of dispute resolution.
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Website of the American Bar Association's Dispute Resolution section, with news and more.
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