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The following titles contain references to legal cases and issues related to the law. LexisNexis is especially useful when you wish to read the text of the laws, court reports, and law journal articles.

LexisNexis Academic restricted Indexes thousands of domestic and foreign newspapers, as well as journals, and other publications in News, Business company reports and articles, Legal Research, Medical and Reference. The legal research category includes law reviews, law news, federal and state laws and cases. Mostly full text. Coverage dates vary.

HeinOnline: The Modern Link to Legal History restricted HeinOnline consists of major full text legal collections including: the Law Journal Library, the Federal Register Library, the Treaties and Agreements Library, and the U.S. Supreme Court Library. These collections are image-based and fully-searchable, with comprehensive coverage of each title, some going back to the 18th century. Click on "Subscribers please click here to enter."

Librarian's Comment:

Of particular interest to the legal researcher at WMU is the historical coverage of law journals that provides full text from Volume 1 for hundreds of titles. Also not available in other sources at WMU is the Treaties and Agreements Library. The Federal Register Library and the U.S. Supreme Court Library are partially available in print and online in the Libraries.

Index to Legal Periodicals and Books restricted Indexes articles in over 900 law journals and other publications, including yearbooks and government publications, from the US and other English-speaking countries. Includes book reviews. Coverage: 1981-present. Updated monthly.
Print: KZ .I38x (Ref.) 1952-1994

Criminal Justice Abstracts restricted Comprehensive coverage of journals, books, and reports from governmental and private sources about criminology and related disciplines. Subjects include crime trends, prevention, deterrence, delinquency, police, and courts. Coverage from 1968 to the present.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts restricted Summarizes more than 170,000 publications, including Federal, State and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles and unpublished research on all aspects of criminal justice. Coverage: 1975 - present.

LegalTrac restricted Indexes and provides some full text of articles in law reviews, law journals, bar association journals, international legal journals and legal newspapers. Coverage: 1980-present.

ERIC restricted The Educational Resources Information Center indexes and abstracts over 2,000 journals and more than 450,000 reports in education and related fields. Some documents are available full text, the rest are on microfiche in the Education Library. Covers 1966-present. Updated monthly.
This is the FirstSearch version, also available from CSA and from the US government. Tutorial

Librarian's Comment: Useful source for articles and commentaries on laws, legislation, and court decisions affecting all levels and types of education in state, national, and international systems.

ABI/INFORM Global restricted An index of over 1,800 publications with abstracts, and full text from over 700 of these titles, selected from newspapers, trade publications, and journals on business including, for example, administration, economics, computers, finance, human resources, management, and marketing. Full-text of Wall Street Journal articles available from 1984. Otherwise coverage is from 1971 to the present with some older material available. Updated daily.

Librarian's Comment: Major index relating to all aspects of business including commerical law as well as international courts and justice systems. Good source for articles on all aspects of business crimes, e.g., computer and credit fraud.

Web of Science restricted Web of Science from the ISI Web of Knowledge contains three major databases covering all areas of knowledge: Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1956-present), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present). The literature can be searched by subject, author, journal title, and author's address. Cited Ref. Search allows users to search for articles that cite a particular author or work. Please LOGOFF when finished, so others may use the database. Tutorial

RefWorks Info: For Import Filter, choose "ISI (Institute for Scientific Information)". For Database, choose "Web of Science".

Librarian's Comment: One of several general indexing and database sources that includes articles on key legal issues, court decisions, etc. from all disciplines. Check for other WMU accessible indexes and databases under individual subjects such as Sociology as well as the broader subject guides to General Interest databases and Social Sciences.

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Laurel A. Grotzinger, E-mail: laurel.grotzinger@wmich.edu
Phone: 269-387-5418
Last updated: August 2007

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