Legal Indexes and Databases
The library provides access to a large number of research databases in support of the legal and multidisciplinary research needs of the College of Law faculty and students. College of Law faculty, staff and students can access these databases from campus or remotely. If you are not a member of the College of Law, please visit the library to access these resources.
| DATABASE | DESCRIPTION | RESTRICTIONS |
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| American State Papers | The American State Papers, comprising a total of thirty-eight physical volumes, contain the legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838. The collection includes documents that cover the critical historical gap from 1789 to the printing of the first volume of the U.S. Serial Set in 1817. | Available through computers on campus, and home access available to UNL faculty, staff and students - Info for remote users |
| Annual Reviews | This database provides access to the Annual Review series published by Annual Reviews, Inc. Divisions include biomedical sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences. The social sciences division includes The Annual Review of Law and Social Science. Each of the three subject divisions has a separate search page and search options. | Available through computers on campus, and home access available to UNL faculty, staff and students - Info for remote users |
| BNA | Electronic subscription to BNA materials covering the following subjects: Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Corporate, Criminal Law, Employee Benefits, Employment and Labor, Environment and Safety, Ethics, Family Law, Health Care, Homeland Security, Intellectual Property, International Law, International Tax, Litigation, Product Liability, Securities and Corporate Responsibility, Tax, Trade and Commerce | Available through computers at the law library. Home access available to UNL law faculty and law students via password. |
| CALI | The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction; interactive, computer-based lessons covering legal education subject areas. | For Law faculty, students, and staff only. Password Required. |
| CCH Business and Finance Internet Research Network | Description: "The CCH Business and Finance Internet Research Network is a full-text search service that provides access to both primary and secondary material arranged into the following topical libraries:
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| CCH Health and Human Resources Internet Research Network | The CCH Health and Human Resources Internet Research Network is a full-text search service containing federal and state laws and regulations, case law, forms, manuals and news reports arranged into the following topical libraries: Human Resources Management; Payroll; Benefits; Pension; Labor and Employment Law; Safety/OSHA; Environmental Compliance; Health Care Reimbursement; Health Care Compliance; Food, Drugs, & Devices |
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| CCH Tax Research | The CCH Internet Tax Research Network provides tax news as well as federal and state tax information. Included are tax codes, regulations, court cases, rulings, legislative documents, treaties, IRS publications, as well as CCH explanation and analysis. Federal Tax Archives are available for all years since 1978; State Tax Archives are available for all years since 1994. (Provides access to CCH’s federal and state tax libraries, and to recent tax news, analysis, cases, regulations and other primary source materials) | Available through computers on campus, and home access available to UNL faculty, staff and students - Info for remote users |
| Congressional Universe | The world's most comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information from Congressional Information Services. Includes access to many full-text Congressional publications, bills, laws, regulations, committee information, information about current members of Congress, and much more. | Available through computers on campus, and home access available to UNL faculty, staff and students - Info for remote users |
| Constitutions of the Countries of the World Online | Constitutions of the Countries of the World Online contains the full text for the constitutions of over 187 countries. Constitutional scholars who are familiar with the legal system, judicial language and official language of each foreign jurisdiction provide authoritative translations into English. Complementing these official documents are Introductory and Comparative Notes that examine recent amendments and highlights of pertinent historical, political and economic information. To connect to this database, click on the link 'Connect via IP access' on the left side of the screen | |
| Directory of Open Access Journals | Directory of Open Access Journals is a service that provides access to quality controlled Open Access Journals. The Directory aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use an appropriate quality control system, and it will not be limited to particular languages or subject areas. | None |
| Environmental Law Reporter | Provides analysis and reporting on every aspect of environmental law. Includes current news, articles, cases, administrative documents, environmental statutes, international treaties and federal and state regulations. (Online version of the Environmental Law Reporter, containing news and analysis, topical updates, and guidance and policy directives.) | For Law faculty, students, and staff only. Password Required. |
| GPO Access | GPO Access provides free online use of many Federal databases, including the Federal Register, the Code of Federal Regulations, GAO reports, the United States Code. Regulations, the Congressional Record and Congressional Bills. It also includes important business materials such as: Commerce Business Daily (CBDNet) and useful reference tools such as the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (MOCAT), the Sales Product Catalog (SPC), and the Government Information Locator Service (GILS). | None |
| Hein Online | INDEX/FULL-TEXT. Available collections: Law Journals, European Center for Minority Issues, Federal Register, Legal Classics Treaties and Agreements, U.S. Attorney General Opinions, U.S. Federal Legislative Histories, U.S. Statutes at large, U.S. Supreme Court (Full text of hundreds of legal periodicals from their first issue to, in many cases, the current issue. Format is image-based, presenting the exact page image and complete contents of the original materials including articles, essays, book reviews, etc. Searchable by author, title, keyword, and citation. Browseable by journal title, author, and article title.) | Available through computers on campus, and home access available to UNL faculty, staff and students - Info for remote users |
| Index to Legal Periodicals (Wilson) | Index to Legal Periodicals and Books (1981 – present) and Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective (1918-1981). The Index to Legal Periodicals and Books indexes around 1000 leading legal journals, yearbooks, institutes, bar association journals, university publications and law reviews, and government publications from the United States, Puerto Rico, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The database also indexes some 1,400 monographs per year. In addition there is the Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective that indexes over 500 legal periodicals back to 1918. | |
| Jones & Chipman | Index to Legal Periodical Literature (1786-1922) | |
| JSTOR | Complete back issues of scholarly journals in the arts & sciences, business, ecology & botany, general science, and language & literature | Available through computers on campus, and home access available to UNL faculty, staff and students - Info for remote users |
| LegalTrac | LegalTrac offers indexing for all major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty law publications, bar association journals and thousands of law-related articles from general interest publications. LegalTrac also includes selective full text. (Starting in 1981, LegalTrac indexes all major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty law publications, bar association journals and thousands of law-related articles from general interest publications. LegalTrac also includes selective full text.) | Available through computers on campus, and home access available to UNL faculty, staff and students - Info for remote users |
| LexisNexis (for Law Students) | For Law faculty, students, and staff only. Password Required. | |
| LexisNexis Academic Web Services | A four-part set consisting of Congressional Universe (congressional documents), General Academic (guided news and general legal search), Government Periodicals Index (periodicals/journals published by the government), and Statistical Universe (government statistics). | Available through computers on campus, and home access available to UNL faculty, staff and students - Info for remote users |
| LLMC-Digital | Offers a searchable full text digital collection of archival material from federal legislative, judicial and executive branch agencies, as well as a variety of State materials. Examples of U.S. Government titles being added are:
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| Making of Modern Law | The Making of Modern Law is a searchable full-text collection of American and British legal treatises and other law related works from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. (1800-1926). Click here for a title list. | |
| RIA Checkpoint | RIA Tax Service Online. Variety of tax resources, including RIA's United States Tax Reporter, Federal Tax Coordinator, Warren Gorham & Lamont treatises and much more. (A comprehensive tax research system. Here you can find the full-text of tax codes, regulations, IRS rulings, etc. Checkpoint also includes the Federal Tax Coordinator service which provides in-depth editorial analysis of tax laws.) | |
| Thomas | Databases providing access to the full texts of bills and laws from the United States Congress, the daily Congressional Record, relevant proceedings and proposed legislation, committee reports, and roll call votes, variously available from the present back to the 93rd Congress (1973). The site includes links to major U.S. legislative Web sites. | None |
| United Nations Treaties Series | A collection of treaties and international agreements registered or filed and recorded with and published by the Secretariat since 1946, pursuant to Article 102 of the Charter. The UNTS includes the texts of treaties in their authentic language(s), along with translations into English and French, as appropriate. The collection currently contains over 158,000 treaties and related subsequent actions which have been published in hard copy in over 2,200 volumes. Currently, the UNTS is being enhanced to include the latest desktop published volumes. | |
| U.S. Congressional Serial Set | The U.S. Congressional Serial Set is a collection of primary source materials covering the period 1817 through 1980 (the 15th through 96th congresses). This electronic version is presently complete through the 33rd Congress (1855). It’s made up of congressional reports and documents, arranged in sequentially numbered volumes. Many important executive agency documents were printed in congressional editions during the 19th century, making the U.S. Congressional Serial Set an incredibly rich resource covering nearly every aspect of society. The set includes the American State Papers, a retrospective collection of materials originating from 1789 through 1838 but published in the second quarter of the 19th century. | Available through computers on campus, and home access available to UNL faculty, staff and students - Info for remote users |
| U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 | A searchable full-text collection of official U.S. Supreme Court records and briefs. | |
| Westlaw (for Law Students) | For Law faculty, students, and staff only. Password Required | |
| World Cat | The WorldCat database is the OCLC Online Union Catalog. It contains more than 43 million records describing items owned by our libraries or libraries around the world. | Available through computers on campus, and home access available to UNL faculty, staff and students - Info for remote users |
