Legal Indexes and Databases
ALM
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Daily Report (formerly Fulton County Daily Report) | Primary legal newspaper for the Atlanta area | COL |
Aspen
| Database | Description | Access |
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| LoisLaw | Full text legal resources, including primary law and treatises | COL |
Bloomberg
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct | Covers topics relevant to professional conduct and legal ethics, including practice guides, model rules and standards, cases, and ethics opinions | COL |
| Benefits Practice Resource Center | Contains materials relating to pensions, employee benefits, and ERISA compliance, including practice aids, cases, and relevant statutes | COL |
| Bloomberg BNA | Primary and secondary sources on health, tax, and other topics | COL |
| Bloomberg Law | Full text legal resources | PW |
| BNA Email Alerts | Email alerts from BNA on a variety of topics, available to members of the GSU College of Law community | COL |
| Corporate Compliance Library | Materials relating to organizational compliance programs under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines for Organizational Defendants | COL |
| Corporate Governance Library | Current news and reference materials relating to corporate governance, including Delaware corporations law and the Corporate Governance Manual | COL |
| Corporate Practice Library | Consists of portfolios and primary materials on topics relevant to corporate counsel, including antitrust, securities, and Sarbanes-Oxley | COL |
| Environment & Safety Library | Statutes, regulations, decisions, and secondary material relating to federal, state, and foreign laws on the environment and safety | COL |
| Health Law Resource Center | Issues arising where health law and business interests intersect | COL |
| Intellectual Property Law Resource Center | Primary source materials on intellectual property, including all cases in the United States Patents Quarterly, laws, and regulations | COL |
| Labor & Employment Law Resource Center | Provides overview discussions of key labor and employment law topics | COL |
| Media Law Reporter | The latest cases and news on media law on the state and federal levels | COL |
| Securities Law Daily | Reports on activities that affect acquisitions, mergers, securities, and commodities | COL |
| Tax and Accounting Center | Analysis and primary sources relating to tax and accounting, including portfolios, the IRC, treasury rules and regulations, and relevant cases | COL |
| TaxCore | Provides access to important tax-related documents from Congress, and the IRS | COL |
Brill
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign Law Guide | Finding aid for law on a specific subject in a foreign jurisdiction | COL |
CALI
| Database | Description | Access |
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| CALI | Provides web-based tutorials on specific areas of the law designed for law students | PW |
CCH
| Database | Description | Access |
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| CCH Intelliconnect | Access to CCH tax, employment, healthcare and other resources | COL |
CQ Press
| Database | Description | Access |
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| CQ Historic Documents Series | Contains the full text the CQ Historic Documents Series, which contains primary sources including speeches, treaties, and reports | GSR |
| CQ Researcher | Reporting and analysis on current political and social issues, including background and tables and maps as necessary | GSR |
CVN
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| AudioCaseFiles (Courtroom View Network) | Downloadable audio files of case opinions and streaming trial video | PW |
Chronicle of Higher Education
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Chronicle of Higher Education | Online access to news and information in higher education. | COL |
E&E Publishing
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Land Letter | Natural resources issues | COL |
ELI
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Law Reporter Online | Provides access to databases and current news and legislation focusing on environmental law and policy | COL |
Ebsco
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Index to Legal Periodicals | Index of law articles | COL |
| Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective | Index of law articles | COL |
Fastcase
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Fastcase | Provides access to Georgia codes, rules and regulations, and case law. | COL |
GALILEO
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Code | Provides access to the unannotated text of the current Georgia Code, or those laws currently in force in Georgia | GSU |
| Georgia Legislative Documents | Georgia legislative resources | GAL |
Gale
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| LegalTrac | Index of law articles | GSR |
| Making of Modern Law | Legal treatises from the 19th and 20th century | GSR |
| Making of Modern Law: Foreign Primary Sources | Historical primary foreign legal sources from 1600-1970 | COL |
| Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative, and International Law, c. 1600-1926 | Historical legal resources from around the world | COL |
| Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources, 1620-1970 | Historical primary legal sources | COL |
| Making of Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926 | Documents related to historical trials | COL |
| Making of Modern Law: US Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 | Full text of records and briefs from Supreme Court cases | COL |
| Making of the Modern World | Historical economic resources from around the world | COL |
| U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 | Historical U.S. Supreme Court materials | GSR |
HeinOnline
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Collection | Archival material relating to the activities of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) | GSR |
| American Indian Law Collection | Archive of treaties, federal statutes and regulations, federal case law, tribal codes, constitutions, and jurisprudence related to American Indians | GSR |
| American Law Institute Library | Historical documents from the creation of the Restatements of the Law, including draft and final versions of the Restatements | GSR |
| Assocation of American Law Schools (AALS) Library | Archival material relating to the activities of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) | GSR |
| Bar Journals Library | Contains the full text of bar journals of various states, including the Georgia Bar Journal | GSR |
| Canada Supreme Court Reports | Full text reports from the Canadian Supreme Court, going back to 1876 | GSR |
| Code of Federal Regulations Library | Historical versions of the Code of Federal Regulations | GSR |
| Congress and the Courts | Contains materials related to the intersection between Congress and the court system | GSR |
| English Reports | Contains the full text of the English Reports from 1220 to 1867 and the Statutes of the Realm from 1235 to 1713. | GSR |
| European Center for Minority Issues | Contains publications of the ECMI, including working papers, which conducts practice-based research on majority-minority relations in Europe | GSR |
| Federal Legislative History Library | It's like having Nancy Johnson work for you | GSR |
| Federal Register Library | Contains the full text of the Federal Register from 1939 to the present and other material relating to administrative law | GSR |
| Foreign and International Law Resources | Contains yearbooks, periodicals, digests, court decisions, and other materials relating to the law of foreign countries and international bodies | GSR |
| Foreign Relations of the United States Library | More than 350 volumes, produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian, of documents relating to United States foreign policy | GSR |
| Harvard Research in International Law | Contains the full text of Harvard Research in International Law and Contemporary Analysis and Appraisal, scholarly works on international law | GSR |
| History of Bankruptcy: Taxation & Economic Reform in America Part III | Historical treatises and primary sources relating to bankruptcy | GSR |
| History of International Law Library | More than 500 titles relating to international law, including the Hague Conventions, Law of the Sea, Nuremberg, and other topics. | GSR |
| History of Supreme Court Nominations | Includes 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 | GSR |
| International Journal of the Jurisprudence of the Family Library | Full text access to an international journal focusing on family law | GSR |
| Israel Law Reports Library | Full text of the Israel Law Reports and the Israel Law Review | GSR |
| Kluwer Law International Journal Library | Provides full-text access to journals on international legal subjects | GSR |
| Law Journal Library | Provides PDF full-text access to legal periodicals | GSR |
| Legal Classics | Historical monographs | GSR |
| Manual of Patent Examining Procedure Library | Contains the 1st through the 8th editions of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure | GSR |
| National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws Library | Provides access to archival material relating to the work of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws | GSR |
| National Moot Court Competition Library | Contains the records and briefs of the National Moot Court Competition | GSR |
| New York Legal Research Library | Contains secondary and primary source material on New York law and legal history | GSR |
| Pentagon Papers | The complete Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force | GSR |
| Philip C. Jessup Library | Material relating to the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition | GSR |
| Scottish Legal History Library: Featuring Publications of the Stair Society | Contains secondary and primary source material about the history of law in Scotland | GSR |
| Selden Society Publications and the History of Early English Law | Contains the official publications of the Selden Society and other materials relating to the history of English law, dating back to 1066 A.D. | GSR |
| Session Laws Library | Contains the full text of the session laws of all 50 states, the Statutes at Large, and the session laws of Canada, Australia, and the Bahamas | GSR |
| Spinelli's Law Librarian's Reference Shelf | Research materials provided for and by law librarians | GSR |
| State Attorney General Reports and Opinions | Full text access to attorney general opinions from all fifty states as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands | GSR |
| Subject Compilations of State Laws | Indexes and links to materials that contain a survey of the laws of various states on a particular topic | GSR |
| Supreme Court Library | Supreme Court Cases | GSR |
| Taxation and Economic Reform in America: A Historical Archive, 1781-2009 | Tax regulations, laws and legislative histories | GSR |
| Treaties and Agreements Library | Treaties and other international agreements | GSR |
| Trends in Law Library Management and Technology | Full text access to journal archive from 1987 to present | GSR |
| U.S. Attorney General Opinions | U.S. Attorney General research | GSR |
| U.S. Congressional Documents Library | Historical Congressional documents, including the American State Papers, Congressional Record, and Statutes at Large | GSR |
| U.S. Department of the Interior | Administrative decisions and other documents from the Department of the Interior | GSR |
| U.S. Federal Agency Library | Decisions and reports from United States federal agencies | GSR |
| U.S. Presidential Library | Contains material such as the Public Papers of the Presidents, CFR Title 3, and biographical material on the presidents | GSR |
| U.S. Statutes at Large Library | Full text of the U.S. Statutes at Large from 1790 to the present | GSR |
| United Nations Law Collection | Contains treaties and United Nations documents, including the treaty series, yearbooks, ICJ reports, and UNCITRAL materials | GSR |
| United States Code Library | Contains the current and historical versions of the United States Code | GSR |
| World Constitutions Illustrated | Contains current world constitutions as well as historical primary materials and constitutional analysis | GSR |
| World Trials Library | Contains trial transcripts and monographs about famous and historic trials, including biographies of famous lawyers | GSR |
InfoSources
Justis
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| JustCite | Legal citator focusing on UK law | COL |
| Justis | Contains the full text of UK case law and legislation back to 1163, including state trials and statutory instruments | COL |
LLMC
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| LLMC-Digital | LLMC collection of legal documents | COL |
LexisNexis
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| LexisNexis | Full text legal resources | PW |
| LexisNexis Academic | Databases on news, business, legal, medical and reference | GSU |
| LexisNexis Shepard's | Citator service | LL |
M. Lee Smith Publishers
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Employment Law | Federal and State emplyment documents | PW |
NCLC
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| National Consumer Law Center Companion Resources | Companion materials on consumer law topics, including student loan law, repossessions and credit discrimination | COL |
NELLCO
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| WorldTradeLaw.net | Commentary and critical analysis of WTO reports | COL |
OUP
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law | The online version of the Encyclopedia of Public International Law | COL |
| Oxford Reports on International Law | Decisions of international and domestic tribunals relating to aspects of international law, consisting of five modules | COL |
| Oxford Scholarship Online | Full text books on domestic and international law from Oxford University Press | COL |
Paratext
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Index to Legal Periodical Literature 1786-1922 | Articles from several indices | GSR |
Practicing Law Institute
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| PLI Discover Plus | Treatises and forms on a variety of practice areas, including health care, IP, and tax | COL |
ProQuest
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| ProQuest Congressional (formerly LexisNexis Congressional) | CIS congressional index of publications (public laws, bills, hearing testimony, committee reports, etc) | COL |
| ProQuest Legislative Insight Digital Archive | Compilations of full-text legislative histories | COL |
SSRN
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| SSRN- Legal Scholarship Network | Working papers | FAC |
Thomson Reuters
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Thomson Reuters Checkpoint | Primary and secondary tax documents | GSU |
United Nations
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| United Nations Treaty Collection | Full text of treaties |
University of Virginia Press
| Database | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|
| American Founding Era Collection | Provides primary and secondary materials from U.S. Founding Fathers | COL |
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