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Administrative Law

  • HeinOnline
    Legal database that contains the full text of legal documents in pdf format, in several collections. The Law Journal Library contains articles from most major law reviews and law journals. Approximately 650 law journals and reviews are included, beginning with the inception date of each publication. Individual journals, or the entire collection, are fully searchable by author or word in title, or keyword or phrase in full text. The Federal Register Library contains the only electronic version of all Federal Register issues. The Treaties and Agreements Library contains all U.S. treaties and agreements, whether in force, expired, or yet-to-be published.

Alternative Dispute Resolution

  • ADRWorld.com
    ADRWorld.com provides coverage of the latest developments in alternative dispute resolution. ADRWorld.com provides coverage of the latest developments regarding arbitration, mediation and all forms of alternative dispute resolution, including legislative and regulatory developments in all 50 states and the federal government, important court opinions, and a comprehensive library of statutes, court rules and policy documents.

Antitrust Law

  • Antitrust and Trade Regulation Daily (BNA)
    Follows developments from Congress, the White House, and state attorneys general and agencies affecting restrictive trade practice law. Coverage of judicial developments includes cases before the Supreme Court and other federal courts, as well as orders and rulings of the Federal Trade Commission. Coverage: 1991 – present.
  • Antitrust and Trade Regulation Report (BNA)
    Federal, state, and international coverage of competition and deceptive trade practices law. Coverage: 1996 – present.

Arms Control

  • Armed Conflict Database
    Collection of data on armed conflict throughout the world. Includes information on refugees, displaced persons, weapons use and flows, fatalities, costs and timelines.

Arts & Entertainment Law

Banking Law

  • Banking Daily (BNA)
    Provides information and analysis on developments affecting financial institutions and financial investments, relating to regulatory policy, state and federal legislation, and state and federal judiciaries. Coverage: 1991 – present.
  • Banking Information Source
    Includes essential banking industry publications providing information about the financial service industry, banking and industry trends. Covers over 400 publications, with 160 current full-text trade magazines, newspapers, and some scholarly publications. Coverage: 1971 – present.
  • Banking Report (BNA)
    The latest news and analysis of banking legislation, regulatory policy, litigation, and investment at state and federal levels, from Capitol Hill to key financial centers around the world. Coverage: 1982 – present.

Bankruptcy

  • Bankruptcy Law Daily (BNA)
    Provides notification of breaking developments in state and federal bankruptcy law. Coverage: 1990 – present.
  • Bankruptcy Law Reporter (BNA)
    Provides in-depth coverage of issues in state and federal bankruptcy law, including filings, motions, and decisions, new and proposed legislation, and revisions to bankruptcy rules and forms. Coverage: 1998 – present.

Biological Weapons

  • Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre
    Database includes profiles of terrorist and insurgent groups, chronologies and descriptions of terror related events, expert analyses and case studies. Search options include limiting by country, territory, and group. A separate event search is provided that includes searching by country, event type, tactic, casualties and affected countries.

Campaign Finance

  • CongressDaily
    Nonpartisan daily electronic newsletter covering the people, process and the behind-the-scenes events concerning Congress.
  • CQ Library
    The CQ Library provides access to and search capability across two CQ publications – CQ Researcher, and CQ Weekly.
  • CQ Researcher
    Publishes 12,000-word reports covering the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, insight into all sides of the issues, bibliographies and more on a weekly basis. Includes all CQ Researcher reports published since 1991.
  • CQ Weekly
    Provides nonpartisan news and analysis on the United States Congress. The service includes access to the full text of all articles published since 1983.
  • CQ.com on Congress
    Georgetown Law Library subscribes to only Bill Text, Bill Compare, and Bill Track. Once you have pulled up a bill using the Bill Text feature, you will find links to the Bill Compare, and Bill Track. Current Congress only
  • Money and Politics Report (BNA)
    Newsletter providing comprehensive behind-the-scenes coverage of campaign finance, lobbying, and government ethics issues at federal, state, and local levels.

Civil Procedure

  • Digital Discovery & e-Evidence (BNA)
  • KluwerLitigation
    KluwerLitigation includes the full text of the four main conventions covering commercial litigation Brussels Convention, Evidence Convention, New York Convention, Service Convention as well as all relevant EC Regultions. Materials for foreign jurisdictions covers designations made for service of process and taking of evidence abroad that represent the implementation of the conventions, all in English. Note: Under the International Business tab, click "Kluwer Law International KluwerArbitration.com".

Civil Rights

  • Americans With Disabilities Act Manual (BNA)
    A reference resource on the Americans with Disabilities Act, providing analysis, guidance and primary source material. Also provides reports with news and developments in this area of law.
  • Ethnic NewsWatch
    Full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Includes articles editorials, columns, and reviews which provide a broad diversity of perspectives and viewpoints. In both English and Spanish. 1990-present.
  • GenderWatch
    Full text database of diverse publications (including scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, government and NGO reports, etc.) that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. 1970-present.
  • Hispanic American Periodicals Index
    Bibliographic citations to articles, book reviews (through 2001), documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in more than 500 key social science and humanities journals published throughout the world, from 1970 to the present. Covers Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Hispanics in the U.S. Many of the citations are linked to full text. Document delivery service is available for many items in the database, for a fee.
  • International Index to Black Periodicals
    Database provides listings of articles from as far back as 1900. It includes bibliographic citations and abstracts from scholarly journals and newsletters from the United States, Africa and the Caribbean and full text coverage of core Black Studies periodicals. Coverage is international in scope and multidisciplinary spanning cultural, economic, historical, religious, social, and political issues of vital importance to the Black Studies discipline.

Commercial Law

  • Electronic Commerce & Law Report (BNA)
    A weekly newsletter covering legal developments and trends in the major legal issues surrounding digital communications – contents, transactions, and infrastructure, on federal, state, and international levels. This database contains all issues published since April 12, 1996.

Communications Law

  • Children's Advertising Review Unit (CARU) Case Reports
    Case reports from a division of the Council of Better Bureau Bureaus that reviews national advertising for accuracy and truthfulness.
  • Communications Regulation (Pike and Fischer)
    The online version of Pike & Fischer’s Communications Regulation. Provides complete and comprehensive coverage of communications law and regulation and access to FCC rules, commission and court decisions, and the laws that govern U.S. communications. Coverage: 1964 – present.
  • Computer Technology Law Report (BNA)
    Coverage of legal developments in liability and insurance coverage issues relating to computers — from network security to packaging and protecting digital assets.
  • Electronic Commerce & Law Report (BNA)
    A weekly newsletter covering legal developments and trends in the major legal issues surrounding digital communications – contents, transactions, and infrastructure, on federal, state, and international levels. This database contains all issues published since April 12, 1996.
  • Media Law Case Alert (BNA)
    Weekly newsletter on developments and significant opinions in media law, including copyright, freedom of speech and of the press, defamation and privacy law, and broadcast regulation.
  • Telecommunications
    Search the full text of telecommunications industry publications, including magazines, journals and newsletters

Comparative Law

  • Constitutions of Dependencies & Territories Online
  • Constitutions of the Countries of the World
    Contains the full text of constitutions from over 190 countries. The database contains English translations for all the countries, plus introductory and comparative notes that review recent amendments and provide historical and political information. This is the electronic equivalent of the print version, Constitutions of the Countries of the world. Best when used with IE.
  • Electronic Journal of Comparative Law
    Publishes articles relating to comparative private and public law, comparative legal aspects of information technology and the methodology of comparative law. November 1997 (Vol.1, issue 1) – present.
  • Foreign Law Guide
    This guide is the primary source for information on the sources of law for many foreign jurisdictions. It provides the researcher with relevant information on sources of foreign law, including complete bibliographic citations to legislation, the existence of English translations whenever possible, and selected references to secondary sources in English. It is arranged by country and includes an introduction to the legal system of that country as well as the availability of codes, session laws, and court reports. Each chapter contains a section arranged by subject that outlines the major laws for a given subject and provides references to English translations, when available.
  • Global Jurist
    Offers a forum for scholarly cyber-debate on issues of comparative law, law and economics, international law, law and development, and legal anthropology. Series includes Global Jurist Frontiers, Global Jurist Advances, and Global Jurist Topics.
  • Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
    Topical access to approximately 470 international and comparative law periodicals and 26 collections of essays. Coverage begins in 1985.

Computer and Internet Law

  • Communications Regulation (Pike and Fischer)
    The online version of Pike & Fischer’s Communications Regulation. Provides complete and comprehensive coverage of communications law and regulation and access to FCC rules, commission and court decisions, and the laws that govern U.S. communications. Coverage: 1964 – present.
  • Computer Technology Law Report (BNA)
    Coverage of legal developments in liability and insurance coverage issues relating to computers — from network security to packaging and protecting digital assets.
  • Digital Discovery & e-Evidence (BNA)
  • Electronic Commerce & Law Report (BNA)
    A weekly newsletter covering legal developments and trends in the major legal issues surrounding digital communications – contents, transactions, and infrastructure, on federal, state, and international levels. This database contains all issues published since April 12, 1996.

Constitutional Law

Consumer Law

Copyright

  • Intellectual Property Library (BNA)
    Electronic version of the publication which provides the full text of all decisions related to patents, copyrights and trademarks reported in United States Patents Quarterly from 1929 to the present, combined with finding aids to facilitate the search process. Also available in print in the Williams Library, 5th floor, Call Number KF2975 .A2.
  • Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal (BNA)
    Weekly newsletter reporting on legal developments in the fields of patent, trademark, and copyright law. Coverage: Feb. 1996 to present.
  • Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Daily (BNA)
    Daily newsletter reporting on legal developments in the fields of patent, trademark, and copyright law. Coverage: 2001 to present.

Corporations & Other Business Organizations

  • Contemporary Corporation Forms
  • Corporate Accountability & Fraud Daily (BNA)
    A daily newsletter providing legislative, regulatory and case law updates on corporate law issues ranging from executive compensation to implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This database contains all issues published since November 1, 2002.
  • Corporate Accountability Report (BNA)
    The weekly version of Corporate Accountability & Fraud Daily providing legislative, regulatory and case law updates on corporate law issues ranging from executive compensation to implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This database contains all issues published since January 24, 2003. Not all articles from the daily versions are included in this weekly version.
  • Corporate Counsel Weekly (BNA)
    A weekly newsletter providing legislative, regulatory and case law updates on legal issues faced by corporate counsel – from antitrust law to labor and employment law, to environmental law. This database contains all issues published since October 23, 1996.
  • Corporate Governance Report (BNA)
    A monthly newsletter focusing on corporate governance issues such as insider trading, fiduciary duties of directors and officers and piercing the corporate veil. This database contains all issues published since June 1, 1998.
  • Corporate Law Daily (BNA)
    A daily newsletter updating judicial, legislative, regulatory, and tax issues that affect corporate practice. This database contains all issues published since September 11, 2000.
  • Corporate Practice Library (BNA)
    The Corporate Practice Library includes the following components: Corporate Practice Series - a collection of approximately 60 portfolios, each addressing a legal area of special interest to corporate practitioners in detail and including checklists, sample forms and agreements; the complete text of Delaware Corporation Law and Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; and the weekly newsletter Corporate Counsel Weekly.
  • Corporation Service (CCH)
  • Delaware Law of Corporations & Business Organizations
  • Folk on the Delaware General Corporation Law
  • Journal of Corporate Taxation
    This is an RIA Checkpoint database which provides access to articles from the Journal of Corporate Taxation, which is published six times per year. Covers such topics as corporate organizations and reorganization; compensation and fringe benefits, international developments, and consolidated returns. Includes legislation, rulings, regulations and cases that affect the taxation of corporations. Also covers new opportunities and pitfalls that affect day to day and long range planning. Includes in depth analysis of the latest tax problems, concerns, and solutions of interest to corporate tax practitioners. Available in print in the Williams Library journals collection at Call Number K10 .O282.
  • LIVEDGAR
    This database of U.S. securities filings is useful in securties and business research. Contains PDF versions of filings with the SEC, primarily from 1992 forward when the EDGAR filing system began. Sophisticated, functional search methods available. Also includes SEC materials such as no action letters and staff reviews.
  • Macey on Corporation Law
  • NetAdvantage
    This database contains financial reports on companies and financial instruments prepared by Standard and Poor's, the prominent equity analysis firm and credit rating agency. Content is primarily on U.S. companies and issuances. Also provides company financial information and economic analysis by S&P.

Criminal Law

  • Criminal Law Reporter (BNA)
    Weekly reporting on significant developments, trends, and emerging patterns in criminal law. This database contains all issues published since August 7, 1996.

Disability Law

Economics and Law

  • B. E. Journals in Economic Analysis & Policy
    Includes all economic and legal titles from Berkeley Electronic Press. Articles employ microeconomics to analyze issues in business, consumer behavior, and public policy.
  • B. E. Journals in Macroeconomics
    Includes all economic and legal titles from Berkeley Electronic Press. Articles have an emphasis on both theoretical and applied macroeconomics, including business cycle research, economic growth, and monetary economics, as well as topics drawn from the substantial areas of overlap between macroeconomics and international economics, labor economics, finance, development economics, political economy, public economics, and econometric theory.
  • B. E. Journals in Theoretical Economics
    Includes all economic and legal titles from Berkeley Electronic Press. Articles relate to all areas of economic theory, both applied theory and “pure” theory, including game theory, decision theory, theory of economic mechanisms, contract theory, industrial organization, law and economics and public finance.
  • EconLit
    EconLit is a comprehensive, indexed bibliography with selected abstracts of the world's economic literature, produced by the American Economic Association. It includes coverage of over 400 major journals as well as articles in collective volumes (essays, proceedings, etc.), books, book reviews, dissertations, and working papers licensed from the CambridgeUniversity Press Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics. 1969 - present.
  • Financial Economics Network
    FEN issues a series of electronic "journals" of abstracts -- of working papers as well as articles accepted for publication -- in various areas of finance and economics. These abstracts are distributed principally via email, over the Internet, along with weekly announcements. In addition, working papers are posted on the FEN website for downloading in Adobe Acrobat format. GULC faculty, staff and students can register to receive email from FEN by using this form.
  • Global Jurist
    Offers a forum for scholarly cyber-debate on issues of comparative law, law and economics, international law, law and development, and legal anthropology. Series includes Global Jurist Frontiers, Global Jurist Advances, and Global Jurist Topics.

Election Law

  • CongressDaily
    Nonpartisan daily electronic newsletter covering the people, process and the behind-the-scenes events concerning Congress.
  • CQ Library
    The CQ Library provides access to and search capability across two CQ publications – CQ Researcher, and CQ Weekly.
  • CQ Researcher
    Publishes 12,000-word reports covering the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, insight into all sides of the issues, bibliographies and more on a weekly basis. Includes all CQ Researcher reports published since 1991.
  • CQ Weekly
    Provides nonpartisan news and analysis on the United States Congress. The service includes access to the full text of all articles published since 1983.
  • CQ.com on Congress
    Georgetown Law Library subscribes to only Bill Text, Bill Compare, and Bill Track. Once you have pulled up a bill using the Bill Text feature, you will find links to the Bill Compare, and Bill Track. Current Congress only
  • Money and Politics Report (BNA)
    Newsletter providing comprehensive behind-the-scenes coverage of campaign finance, lobbying, and government ethics issues at federal, state, and local levels.

Employment and Labor Law

  • Americans With Disabilities Act Manual (BNA)
    A reference resource on the Americans with Disabilities Act, providing analysis, guidance and primary source material. Also provides reports with news and developments in this area of law.
  • Benefits Practice Center (BNA)
    This service organizes BNA’s collection of pension and benefits information into 3 main reference libraries: the Employee Benefits Library, the ERISA Compliance & Enforcement Library, and the Executive Compensation Library. It is a comprehensive resource for researching compensation, pension, and ERISA issues. Includes analysis, guidance and primary source material, such as the full text of judicial opinions, rulings and memoranda.
  • CCH Health and Human Resources Total Connect
  • Daily Labor Report (BNA)
    A daily newsletter covering legislative, regulatory, and case law developments, as well as general trends in various aspects of labor and employment law. This database contains all issues published since November 4, 1996.
  • Labor and Employment Law Library (BNA)
    Database provides the full text of cases, laws, and interpretations relevant to the field of employment relations. Types of materials include manuals, cases and newsletters. Manuals include the text of the law, statutory and case analysis, key definitions of disability related terms, sample forms, and a compilation of public and private resources. Cases reproduce the full text of cases on that subject (e.g. wage and hours). Newsletters are useful updating supplements to the cases and manuals. Services are divided into Employment Law and Labor Law
  • Labor Relations Week (BNA)
    Electronic version of weekly newsletter that follows major labor relations issues and key labor law developments. Covers legislative, regulatory, and general news organized by industry; major labor relations decisions that have an impact on labor relations, including NLRB and court cases; current labor relations challenges arising from collective bargaining contract negotiations and grievance situations; monitoring of union election results by industry, as available; specialized reports on health and safety issues, legal developments, and economic trends, including statistics, expert analysis, etc.; and interviews with leaders in government, unions, corporations, and academia.
  • Pension & Benefits Daily
    A daily newsletter reporting developments in pension and benefits law.

Energy law

  • Environment & Energy Daily
    Environment and Energy Daily tracks environmental and energy issues in Congress. E&E Daily is published daily except during extended congressional recesses. In addition to original reporting on daily legislative activity, E&E Daily’s coverage includes hearings, schedules, appropriations, legislative status and other related documents. With its sister publications, Land Letter and Greenwire, E&E Daily provides comprehensive coverage of the day’s environmental news. January 2004 - present.
  • Land Letter
    Land Letter is a weekly newsletter published by Environment and Energy Publishing, LLC that provides in-depth coverage of the latest developments in natural resources regulation, litigation, and legislation. With its sister publications, Environment and Energy Daily and Greenwire, Land Letter provides comprehensive coverage of the day’s environmental news.

Environmental Law

  • Chemical Regulation Daily (BNA)
  • Chemical Regulation Report (BNA)
  • Daily Environment Report (BNA)
    A daily current awareness source for news on environmental laws, regulations, and policies. This database contains all issues published since September 20, 1994.
  • Environment & Energy Daily
    Environment and Energy Daily tracks environmental and energy issues in Congress. E&E Daily is published daily except during extended congressional recesses. In addition to original reporting on daily legislative activity, E&E Daily’s coverage includes hearings, schedules, appropriations, legislative status and other related documents. With its sister publications, Land Letter and Greenwire, E&E Daily provides comprehensive coverage of the day’s environmental news. January 2004 - present.
  • Environment Reporter (BNA)
    A weekly newsletter covering new developments and trends in environmental law. This database contains all issues published since January 26, 1996.
  • Environmental Law Reporter (ELR)
  • Greenwire
    Greenwire is a daily news service published by Environment and Energy Publishing, LLC that reports on the latest environmental and energy politics and policy at state, national and international levels. Greenwire collects and summarizes environmental coverage from various print, broadcast and online sources; provides summaries of U.S. environmental laws; and provides a searchable database of all Greenwire articles published since 1996. With its sister publications, Environment and Energy Daily and Land Letter, Greenwire provides comprehensive coverage of the day’s environmental news.
  • International Environment Daily (BNA)
    Database provides content from the daily publication (coverage begins January 2, 2001). Covers developments in environmental, natural resource, and chemicals issues, in all major industrialized and developing nations and in international governmental and nongovernmental organizations. Includes "green" legislation worldwide; EU, UN, IMO, and OECD directives; international legislatures, regulatory agencies, and organizations; political, economic, and technological factors affecting environmental programs in the U.S. and around the world; institutional framework for environmental programs in other countries; crucial developments in international law, such as climate change, POPs, the Basel Treaty, and sustainable development.
  • International Environment Reporter ( BNA)
    Electronic version of the biweekly publication (coverage begins February 7, 1996). Covers international environmental law and policy in the major industrialized and developing nations. Includes global "green" legislation from proposal to enactment to enforcement; EU, UN, IMO, and OECD directives; international legislatures, regulatory agencies, and organizations;
  • Land Letter
    Land Letter is a weekly newsletter published by Environment and Energy Publishing, LLC that provides in-depth coverage of the latest developments in natural resources regulation, litigation, and legislation. With its sister publications, Environment and Energy Daily and Greenwire, Land Letter provides comprehensive coverage of the day’s environmental news.

Estate Planning

  • CCH Tax Research NetWork
    Online counterpart to CCH's many tax publications, including the Standard Federal Tax Reporter and tax materials for all 50 states. Includes full text of all primary sources, plus CCH's own commentary and analysis. User can search full text, browse by code section, or retrieve a document by its citation. Coverage: 1978 – present
  • Checkpoint (RIA)
    A tax and accounting research tool that provides comprehensive and full-text coverage of federal, state and some international tax materials. Provides access to RIA tax publications, including the RIA Citator 2d, Federal Tax Coordinator 2d, U.S. Tax Reporter, RIA Tax Alerts, all 50 state and local tax reporters, and 3 WGL journals.

European Union

  • Current Legal Information (UK)
    Includes Current Law, Current Law Case Citator, BADGER Grey Paper Index, Legal Journals Index, and Financial Journals Index.

Evidence

Family Law

  • Family Law Reporter (BNA)
    A weekly newsletter offering updates on the legal developments of state and federal family law. This database contains all issues published since August 6, 1996.

Food and Drug Law

Foreign Law

  • Constitutions of Dependencies & Territories Online
  • Constitutions of the Countries of the World
    Contains the full text of constitutions from over 190 countries. The database contains English translations for all the countries, plus introductory and comparative notes that review recent amendments and provide historical and political information. This is the electronic equivalent of the print version, Constitutions of the Countries of the world. Best when used with IE.
  • Current Legal Information (UK)
    Includes Current Law, Current Law Case Citator, BADGER Grey Paper Index, Legal Journals Index, and Financial Journals Index.
  • Foreign Law Guide
    This guide is the primary source for information on the sources of law for many foreign jurisdictions. It provides the researcher with relevant information on sources of foreign law, including complete bibliographic citations to legislation, the existence of English translations whenever possible, and selected references to secondary sources in English. It is arranged by country and includes an introduction to the legal system of that country as well as the availability of codes, session laws, and court reports. Each chapter contains a section arranged by subject that outlines the major laws for a given subject and provides references to English translations, when available.
  • Ghana - Consolidated Laws
    A compilation of consolidated statutes in force from the colonial era to year 2006
  • Ghana - Judgments
    A miscellaneous collection of Judgments from the Supreme Court, High Court and Court of Appeal from 1998-2006
  • Ghana Law Reports
    A comprehensive database that covers all the law Reports ever published in Ghana from 1959-1996 with its subject matter index.
  • Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)
    The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) is a database of laws, regulations, and other complementary legal sources from various countries in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe. The basic elements of this database are: (1) full texts of the documents in the official language of the country of origin; (2) summaries or abstracts in English; and (3) thesauri in English and in as many official languages as are represented in the database. The summaries or abstracts are linked electronically to the corresponding full texts.
  • Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
    Topical access to approximately 470 international and comparative law periodicals and 26 collections of essays. Coverage begins in 1985.
  • Indlaw.com
    This database for the Republic of India features, among other primary sources and practice guides, Supreme Court judgments and other regional and local case law, Central Acts and Statutes of India (federal,1883-current), and commentary from practitioners, mostly in firms with a transnational practice who are interpreting the laws of India and some British or Commonwealth law as it relates to developing areas of the law in the South Asian context.
  • ISINOLAW
    Provides access to legislation and regulations, cases, arbitration awards, and legal news from the People's Republic of China. Information on China and the WTO is also available. Documents are available in English, Chinese, and Japanese.
  • Legal Journals Index
    The LJI Web database, which is part of the Current Legal Information service, comprises entries from both Legal Journals Index and European Legal Journals Index. These provide citations and brief abstracts to over 320 periodicals published in the UK (1986 - present) and Europe (1993 - present). Our link will take you to the main CLI page; choose LJI from the menu there.
  • RIA Tax & Commercial Laws of the World
    Part of Checkpoint (RIA). English translations of major tax and commercial laws from around the world. Includes income and corporate tax, value added tax, corporation law, trust law, commercial codes, environmental law, labor law, and bankruptcy.
  • Uganda Online Library
    Uganda Online Library is a Ugandan legal database providing access to Chapters 1 - 364 in Volumes 1 to 13 of the Principal Laws of Uganda-2000 Revised Edition and Acts/Statutes from 2001 to date; judicial decisions of the Ugandan Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court Judgments and Rulings on Constitutional Interpretations, Elections, Civil Procedure and Practice, Land Contract, Adoption and Children, Divorce and Domestic Relations, Criminal Law.

Gender and the Law

  • Contemporary Women's Issues
    More than 1500 sources published by over 200 organizations around the world. Coverage begins with sources from 1992 and expands through the present with more than 150 periodicals in addition to non-periodical source publications. Sources provide information dealing with women's issues in over 190 nations. Access is provided on an annual subscription basis.

Health Law and Policy

  • CCH Health and Human Resources Total Connect
  • Health Care Policy Report (BNA)
    Electronic version of weekly publication with information and analysis of federal, state, and private-sector health care policy topics. Covers information on health insurers, insurance regulators, employers, tax specialists, consumer groups, health care providers, HMOs, fraud investigators, and other parties; Analysis & Perspective articles, interviews, special reports, and survey and study findings of influential research groups on health care matters. Also available in print in Williams Library, 5th floor, Call Number KF3821 .M26.
  • Health Law & Business Library (BNA)
    The Health Law & Business Portfolios provide authoritative, in depth legal analysis of important issues affecting the health care industry. The Portfolios examine the business implications of legal issues and the legal considerations inherent in business decisions. Each portfolio provides a Detailed Analysis a thorough examination of a specific legal/business topic, as well as Working Papers (appendix material, including sample practice documents, surveys of state laws on specific topics, and the full text of relevant statutory and regulatory materials) and a bibliography of selective print and electronic resources. The Health Law & Business Portfolios are organized into seven broad subject matter groups for quick browsing through related subjects: Antitrust, Contracting Issues, Fraud and Abuse; Operational Issues; Structural and Legal Issues; Tax-Exempt Health Care Entities; and Transactional Issues.
  • Health Law Reporter (BNA)
    This database includes articles and information published on a weekly basis covering timely legal, legislative, regulatory, and health care news and trends. It compiles case law, statutory law, regulations and news items by topic

Historic Preservation (U.S.)

  • Historic Preservation Research
    This resource collects the decisions issued by the Mayor's Agent of the District of Columbia. It also includes a comprehensive set of links to national and local sources of historic preservation information.

Human Rights

  • Human Rights Internet
    The web site constitutes a document center and an online resource for human rights materials the HRI has collected since 1976. The available databases include Human Rights Awards, Directory of Funding Organizations, Directory of Human Rights Organizations, Human Rights Publications, Directory of Children's Rights Organizations, Directory of Human Rights Educational Programs and the Internet Directory.

Intellectual Property Law

  • Computer Technology Law Report (BNA)
    Coverage of legal developments in liability and insurance coverage issues relating to computers — from network security to packaging and protecting digital assets.
  • Intellectual Property Library (BNA)
    Electronic version of the publication which provides the full text of all decisions related to patents, copyrights and trademarks reported in United States Patents Quarterly from 1929 to the present, combined with finding aids to facilitate the search process. Also available in print in the Williams Library, 5th floor, Call Number KF2975 .A2.
  • Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal (BNA)
    Weekly newsletter reporting on legal developments in the fields of patent, trademark, and copyright law. Coverage: Feb. 1996 to present.
  • Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Daily (BNA)
    Daily newsletter reporting on legal developments in the fields of patent, trademark, and copyright law. Coverage: 2001 to present.
  • U.S. Patents Quarterly (BNA)
    Provides the full text of case law and administrative decisions on patent, trademark, copyright, and unfair trade practices. Includes cases from federal and state courts, and decisions of the USPTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.
  • World Intellectual Property Report (BNA)
    Provides monthly news and analysis of developments in the regulation and enforcement of intellectual property rights worldwide. Dates of coverage: 1997-.

International Arbitration

  • Kluwer Arbitration Database
    This database contains the major international agreements, rules, and institutional information available in current international arbitration. It includes national laws, national rules, case law of awards, and even some submissions or interim orders under various arbitral regimes. Note: Under the International Business tab, click "Kluwer Law International KluwerArbitration.com".
  • Transnational Dispute Management (a.k.a. TDM)

International Environmental Law

  • International Environment Daily (BNA)
    Database provides content from the daily publication (coverage begins January 2, 2001). Covers developments in environmental, natural resource, and chemicals issues, in all major industrialized and developing nations and in international governmental and nongovernmental organizations. Includes "green" legislation worldwide; EU, UN, IMO, and OECD directives; international legislatures, regulatory agencies, and organizations; political, economic, and technological factors affecting environmental programs in the U.S. and around the world; institutional framework for environmental programs in other countries; crucial developments in international law, such as climate change, POPs, the Basel Treaty, and sustainable development.
  • International Environment Reporter ( BNA)
    Electronic version of the biweekly publication (coverage begins February 7, 1996). Covers international environmental law and policy in the major industrialized and developing nations. Includes global "green" legislation from proposal to enactment to enforcement; EU, UN, IMO, and OECD directives; international legislatures, regulatory agencies, and organizations;

International Finance & Taxation

  • International Business & Finance Daily (BNA)
    Database provides content from the daily publication (coverage begins January 2, 2001). Covers business news and financial reporting from reliable sources in the United States and around the world; key policy and regulatory developments in the U.S. and abroad; actions and initiatives of government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and other standard setting and regulatory bodies worldwide.

International Intellectual Property

  • Intellectual Property Library (BNA)
    Electronic version of the publication which provides the full text of all decisions related to patents, copyrights and trademarks reported in United States Patents Quarterly from 1929 to the present, combined with finding aids to facilitate the search process. Also available in print in the Williams Library, 5th floor, Call Number KF2975 .A2.
  • World Intellectual Property Report (BNA)
    Provides monthly news and analysis of developments in the regulation and enforcement of intellectual property rights worldwide. Dates of coverage: 1997-.

International Law

  • AccessUN
    Index to United Nations documents (1946 – present) including Official Records, masthead documents, draft resolutions, meeting records, UN Sales Publications, and UN Treaty Series citations. Also includes full-text of several thousand UN documents. Publications
  • Armed Conflict Database
    Collection of data on armed conflict throughout the world. Includes information on refugees, displaced persons, weapons use and flows, fatalities, costs and timelines.
  • Global Jurist
    Offers a forum for scholarly cyber-debate on issues of comparative law, law and economics, international law, law and development, and legal anthropology. Series includes Global Jurist Frontiers, Global Jurist Advances, and Global Jurist Topics.
  • Human Rights Internet
    The web site constitutes a document center and an online resource for human rights materials the HRI has collected since 1976. The available databases include Human Rights Awards, Directory of Funding Organizations, Directory of Human Rights Organizations, Human Rights Publications, Directory of Children's Rights Organizations, Directory of Human Rights Educational Programs and the Internet Directory.
  • Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
    Topical access to approximately 470 international and comparative law periodicals and 26 collections of essays. Coverage begins in 1985.
  • International Environment Daily (BNA)
    Database provides content from the daily publication (coverage begins January 2, 2001). Covers developments in environmental, natural resource, and chemicals issues, in all major industrialized and developing nations and in international governmental and nongovernmental organizations. Includes "green" legislation worldwide; EU, UN, IMO, and OECD directives; international legislatures, regulatory agencies, and organizations; political, economic, and technological factors affecting environmental programs in the U.S. and around the world; institutional framework for environmental programs in other countries; crucial developments in international law, such as climate change, POPs, the Basel Treaty, and sustainable development.
  • International Environment Reporter ( BNA)
    Electronic version of the biweekly publication (coverage begins February 7, 1996). Covers international environmental law and policy in the major industrialized and developing nations. Includes global "green" legislation from proposal to enactment to enforcement; EU, UN, IMO, and OECD directives; international legislatures, regulatory agencies, and organizations;
  • International Law in Domestic Courts
    International Law in Domestic Courts is a case reporting service including important public international law issues being decided in national courts around the world today. Legal experts in over 60 countries identify the most significant cases and analyze the decisions in those cases. Full text judgments are included, as are authoritative English translations of key passages. This database is searchable by country, key word, or topic.
  • International Tax Monitor (BNA)
    This database provides news and analysis from the world=s financial and business centers, focused on tax and accounting developments affecting transnational enterprises. Covers legislative, regulatory, judicial, and policy developments from U.S. legislative, judicial and executive branches. Tracks global tax developments in the European Union, Japan, Switzerland, Canada, Mexico, China, Russia, Brazil, and other countries. Provides information about the activities of foreign tax authorities and other government and industry groups, as well as current news on international operations. Collects information on tax proposals, regulations, and laws from worldwide sources. Daily coverage from February 6, 2001.
  • Journal of Philosophy of International Law
    A peer-reviewed journal promoting legal reflection on the foundations of international law which could give rise to philosophical questions, and promoting philosophical reflections on the nature of the international legal order.
  • Kluwer Law International Journals
  • KluwerLitigation
    KluwerLitigation includes the full text of the four main conventions covering commercial litigation Brussels Convention, Evidence Convention, New York Convention, Service Convention as well as all relevant EC Regultions. Materials for foreign jurisdictions covers designations made for service of process and taking of evidence abroad that represent the implementation of the conventions, all in English. Note: Under the International Business tab, click "Kluwer Law International KluwerArbitration.com".
  • SourceOECD
    This collection of publications by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is a rich resource of statistics, public policy research and economics data. Known for its thorough research and high quality data analysis, OECD publications are useful in law-related research, particularly on foreign nations.
  • Space Law - Basic Legal Documents
  • TIARA: US Treaties and International Agreements
    Contains over 12000 treaties and agreements, the earliest of which dates back to 1783. It also contains Senate Treaty Documents from no. 96-1 through the current Congress, and the US Department documents from DOS 86-1 to the present.
  • United Nations Document System
    Official repository for documents published by the United Nations. The full text of documents dating back to 1992 is accessible in Portable Document Format(PDF) in all official languages of the United Nations - Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. Documents are stored in two databases, UN Documentation, which includes documents back to 1992 and UN Resolutions, which includes resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and Trusteeship Council since 1946
  • United Nations Treaty Collection
    Collection includes 5 categories of treaty-related data. Status of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary General, UN Treaty series, recently deposited multilateral treaties, photographs of Treaty Signature ceremonies and Titles of multilateral treaties in the official UN languages.
  • World Securities Law Report (BNA)
    Provides monthly news, expert analysis, and practical guidance on developments in the regulation of securities transactions around the world. Focuses particularly on developments affecting cross-border transactions. Dates of coverage: September 2004-.
  • World Trade Online
    Immediate access to the latest in trade news. Each day's complete issue of Inside U.S. Trade, plus retrospective coverage going back 5 years. Also available: News from Around the World and exclusive special reports.
  • Worldtradelaw.net
    Provides detailed summaries and commentaries on WTO Panel and Appellate Body Reports. Each document provides a basic summary of the panel's or Appellate Body's legal findings and conclusions, a timeline, references to other reports and materials, and expert analysis on many of the key issues in the report. There is also access to the full text of the Panel and Appellate Reports. See Dispute Settlement Commentary Subscriber Log-in Area to access the commentaries.
  • WTO Reporter (BNA)
    Daily coverage of news developments from and about the World Trade Organization.

International Organizations

  • AccessUN
    Index to United Nations documents (1946 – present) including Official Records, masthead documents, draft resolutions, meeting records, UN Sales Publications, and UN Treaty Series citations. Also includes full-text of several thousand UN documents. Publications
  • Human Rights Internet
    The web site constitutes a document center and an online resource for human rights materials the HRI has collected since 1976. The available databases include Human Rights Awards, Directory of Funding Organizations, Directory of Human Rights Organizations, Human Rights Publications, Directory of Children's Rights Organizations, Directory of Human Rights Educational Programs and the Internet Directory.
  • Official Document System of the United Nations
    Official repository for documents published by the United Nations. The full text of documents dating back to 1992 is accessible in Portable Document Format(PDF) in all official languages of the United Nations - Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. Documents are stored in two databases, UN Documentation, which includes documents back to 1992 and UN Resolutions, which includes resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and Trusteeship Council since 1946
  • SourceOECD
    This collection of publications by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is a rich resource of statistics, public policy research and economics data. Known for its thorough research and high quality data analysis, OECD publications are useful in law-related research, particularly on foreign nations.
  • WTO Reporter (BNA)
    Daily coverage of news developments from and about the World Trade Organization.

International Trade Law

  • China Trade Extra
    This database is part of the World Trade Online service. It provides access to news, documents, statements, U.S. policy, and more related to China and the World Trade Organization (WTO) as well as trade issues generally.
  • InterAm Database
    Legal information pertaining to trade and investment throughout the Americas. Includes primary sources (statutes, regulations, technical standards, official gazettes, constitutions, case law and treaties) and secondary sources (commentaries, law review articles and analyses). [Password required for some items; ask at Reference Desk.]
  • International Trade Daily (BNA)
    This database covers information published on a daily basis about U.S. and foreign trade policy, with a focus on topics such as export incentives, financing, licensing, foreign investments, limits on imports, import relief, and adjustment assistance. The content includes news and trends in U.S. trade policy, including regulatory, legislative, and judicial developments; pertinent activities of the International Trade Commission, Departments of State, Treasury, and Commerce, World Trade Organization, and European Union; U.S. laws and agency actions likely to have an impact on imports and exports; trade law rulings from courts and administrative agencies; major international treaty negotiations and agreements; trade relationships and arrangements among U.S. trading partners; and international business developments, especially the global shift in regulation of trade in services. Coverage from September 11, 2000. trade and international business policy and the policies of major U.S. trad
  • International Trade Reporter (BNA)
    This electronic version of the publication provides "current information on laws, regulations, cases, and policy developments affecting U.S. trade, international business, and major U.S. trading partners, provided in this comprehensive multi part resource." Also available in print in the Wolff Library reference stacks at Call Number KF6656.5 .I58.
  • World Trade Online
    Immediate access to the latest in trade news. Each day's complete issue of Inside U.S. Trade, plus retrospective coverage going back 5 years. Also available: News from Around the World and exclusive special reports.
  • Worldtradelaw.net
    Provides detailed summaries and commentaries on WTO Panel and Appellate Body Reports. Each document provides a basic summary of the panel's or Appellate Body's legal findings and conclusions, a timeline, references to other reports and materials, and expert analysis on many of the key issues in the report. There is also access to the full text of the Panel and Appellate Reports. See Dispute Settlement Commentary Subscriber Log-in Area to access the commentaries.
  • WTO Reporter (BNA)
    Daily coverage of news developments from and about the World Trade Organization.

Jurisprudence

  • Journal of Philosophy of International Law
    A peer-reviewed journal promoting legal reflection on the foundations of international law which could give rise to philosophical questions, and promoting philosophical reflections on the nature of the international legal order.
  • Journals of Legal Scholarship
    Full-text coverage of two legal journals: Theoretical Inquiries in Law and Issues in Legal Scholarship. Both are Web based journals that offer academic analyses of law and law related subjects, in private and public law as well as ancillary disciplines like legal history and jurisprudence.
  • Legal Scholarship Network
    The goal of LSN is to facilitate the distribution of scholarly information related to law. LSN is part of the Social Science Research Network, a larger collection of working papers that includes scholarly materials from the fields of economics, finance, accounting, and marketing. LSN issues a series of electronic journals of abstracts -- of working papers as well as articles accepted for publication -- in various areas of law. These abstracts are distributed principally via email, over the Internet, along with weekly announcements. In addition, law school working papers are posted on the LSN website for downloading in Adobe Acrobat format. GULC faculty, staff and students can register to receive email from LSN by using this form.

Legal Ethics

Legal History

  • America: History & Life
    Primary index to research in U.S. and Canadian history. Provides abstracts of scholarly literature on the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada from pre-historic times to the present. Covers 1800 journals in many languages and includes citations to book reviews, media reviews and dissertations. Coverage: 1954 – present.
  • Declassified Documents Reference System - U.S.
    Full text searchable access to a selection of over 75,000 previously classified U.S. government documents. Post World War II documents include correspondence and memoranda, minutes of cabinet meetings, technical studies, national security policy statements, and intelligence reports.
  • Digital National Security Archive
    Contains more than 35,000 declassified primary documents that led to policy decisions. Covers such areas as Afghanistan, Berlin Crisis 1958-1962, Cuban Missile Crisis, El Salvador, Iran-Contra Affair, etc.
  • LLMC Digital
    Electronic database of historical legal materials containing case reporters, statutes of the U.S. and selected foreign nations, U.S. government documents, and many other legal materials. A rich source for legal history researchers.
  • Making of Modern Law
    Full-text searchable collection of 21,000 British and American legal treatises from the 19th and early 20th centuries. The 10 million+ pages available in this database are viewable as PDF images. Content was originally published in the microfilm sets “Nineteenth-Century Legal Treatises” and “Twentieth-Century Legal Treatises.”
  • U.S. Congressional Documents
    Includes Annals of Congress, Register of Debates, Congressional Globe, Congressional Record, American State Papers, Journals of the Constitutional Congress.
  • U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978
    This database contains nearly 11 million pages of records and briefs brought before the U.S. Supreme Court in the period 1832-1978. The collection is derived from documents in the holdings of the Jenkins Memorial Law Library, America's first law library, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Library of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Legal Research

  • HeinOnline
    Legal database that contains the full text of legal documents in pdf format, in several collections. The Law Journal Library contains articles from most major law reviews and law journals. Approximately 650 law journals and reviews are included, beginning with the inception date of each publication. Individual journals, or the entire collection, are fully searchable by author or word in title, or keyword or phrase in full text. The Federal Register Library contains the only electronic version of all Federal Register issues. The Treaties and Agreements Library contains all U.S. treaties and agreements, whether in force, expired, or yet-to-be published.
  • Indexmaster
    Searchable and viewable tables of contents and indexes from over 10,000 legal books. It is searchable by keyword, title, author or publisher.
  • LexisNexis
    Comprehensive database of legal and non-legal resources. Comprehensive database of legal and non-legal resources.
  • WESTLAW
    Comprehensive database of legal and nonlegal sources.

Legislative History

  • CQ Library
    The CQ Library provides access to and search capability across two CQ publications – CQ Researcher, and CQ Weekly.
  • CQ Researcher
    Publishes 12,000-word reports covering the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, insight into all sides of the issues, bibliographies and more on a weekly basis. Includes all CQ Researcher reports published since 1991.
  • CQ Weekly
    Provides nonpartisan news and analysis on the United States Congress. The service includes access to the full text of all articles published since 1983.
  • CQ.com on Congress
    Georgetown Law Library subscribes to only Bill Text, Bill Compare, and Bill Track. Once you have pulled up a bill using the Bill Text feature, you will find links to the Bill Compare, and Bill Track. Current Congress only
  • LexisNexis Congressional (formerly Congressional Universe)
    Full text and indexing of U.S. Congressional documents. Indexing begins with the 1st Congress. Full text coverage as follows: Bills from 1989; Hearings from 1994 (some older documents also available); Committee Reports & other Serial Set documents from 1789-1969 and 1990-current; the Congressional Record from 1985; Public Laws from 1987. Also CIS Legislative Histories from 1969; and information about current members of Congress and congressional committees; hot bills and topics; The Hill (1995-); The Washington Post (1977-).
  • LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection.
    Full text of published and unpublished Congressional Committee Hearings, including transcripts, oral statements, committee questions and discussion, related reports, statistical analyses, correspondence, exhibits and articles. Published Hearings are currently available from 1975-1983. The addition of years is ongoing. A complete collection of published and unpublished Hearings from 1823 to 2003 will be available by 2009.
  • U.S. Congressional Documents
    Includes Annals of Congress, Register of Debates, Congressional Globe, Congressional Record, American State Papers, Journals of the Constitutional Congress.

National Security Law

  • Armed Conflict Database
    Collection of data on armed conflict throughout the world. Includes information on refugees, displaced persons, weapons use and flows, fatalities, costs and timelines.
  • Digital National Security Archive
    Contains more than 35,000 declassified primary documents that led to policy decisions. Covers such areas as Afghanistan, Berlin Crisis 1958-1962, Cuban Missile Crisis, El Salvador, Iran-Contra Affair, etc.
  • Homeland Security Briefing (BNA)
    Homeland Security Briefing is a daily newsletter that covers significant federal and state actions related to security and antiterrorist policies, focusing on developments at the Department of Homeland Security, congressional oversight and funding of the agency, and the effects of nationwide implementation of the federal PATRIOT Act.

Poverty Law

  • National Center on Poverty Law
    Includes access to full-text case pleadings and other documents in Poverty Law Library, plus Clearinghouse Review articles from 1990.

Securities Law

  • Broker Dealer Compliance Report (BNA)
  • CCH Business and Finance Internet Research NetWork
    Online version of the CCH business publications such as the Federal Securities Law Reporter, the Trade Regulations Reporter and many other looseleaf services, treatises, guides and newsletters on Banking, Securities, Government Contracts and other business-related legal materials. Also includes the latest CCH news reports. Search full-text or retrieve documents by citation.
  • Corporate Accountability & Fraud Daily (BNA)
    A daily newsletter providing legislative, regulatory and case law updates on corporate law issues ranging from executive compensation to implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This database contains all issues published since November 1, 2002.
  • Corporate Accountability Report (BNA)
    The weekly version of Corporate Accountability & Fraud Daily providing legislative, regulatory and case law updates on corporate law issues ranging from executive compensation to implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This database contains all issues published since January 24, 2003. Not all articles from the daily versions are included in this weekly version.
  • Corporate Counsel Weekly (BNA)
    A weekly newsletter providing legislative, regulatory and case law updates on legal issues faced by corporate counsel – from antitrust law to labor and employment law, to environmental law. This database contains all issues published since October 23, 1996.
  • Corporate Law Daily (BNA)
    A daily newsletter updating judicial, legislative, regulatory, and tax issues that affect corporate practice. This database contains all issues published since September 11, 2000.
  • Corporate Practice Library (BNA)
    The Corporate Practice Library includes the following components: Corporate Practice Series - a collection of approximately 60 portfolios, each addressing a legal area of special interest to corporate practitioners in detail and including checklists, sample forms and agreements; the complete text of Delaware Corporation Law and Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; and the weekly newsletter Corporate Counsel Weekly.
  • LIVEDGAR
    This database of U.S. securities filings is useful in securties and business research. Contains PDF versions of filings with the SEC, primarily from 1992 forward when the EDGAR filing system began. Sophisticated, functional search methods available. Also includes SEC materials such as no action letters and staff reviews.
  • NetAdvantage
    This database contains financial reports on companies and financial instruments prepared by Standard and Poor's, the prominent equity analysis firm and credit rating agency. Content is primarily on U.S. companies and issuances. Also provides company financial information and economic analysis by S&P.
  • Securities Law Daily (BNA)
    Daily newsletter reporting on developments in federal securities law. Coverage: 1999 to present.
  • Securities Regulation & Law Report (BNA)
    Federal and state developments in the regulation of securities and futures trading and accounting, with coverage of the SEC, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, industry, courts, and Congress. Coverage: Feb. 1996 to present.
  • World Securities Law Report (BNA)
    Provides monthly news, expert analysis, and practical guidance on developments in the regulation of securities transactions around the world. Focuses particularly on developments affecting cross-border transactions. Dates of coverage: September 2004-.

Statutory Law

  • LexisNexis Congressional (formerly Congressional Universe)
    Full text and indexing of U.S. Congressional documents. Indexing begins with the 1st Congress. Full text coverage as follows: Bills from 1989; Hearings from 1994 (some older documents also available); Committee Reports & other Serial Set documents from 1789-1969 and 1990-current; the Congressional Record from 1985; Public Laws from 1987. Also CIS Legislative Histories from 1969; and information about current members of Congress and congressional committees; hot bills and topics; The Hill (1995-); The Washington Post (1977-).

Supreme Court

  • U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978
    This database contains nearly 11 million pages of records and briefs brought before the U.S. Supreme Court in the period 1832-1978. The collection is derived from documents in the holdings of the Jenkins Memorial Law Library, America's first law library, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Library of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
  • United States Law Week (BNA)
    The most significant cases and key legislative, regulatory, and pre-decisional developments, across the country, across all areas of the law

Taxation

  • Accounting and Tax Index
    Combines abstracts of articles published in nearly 300 accounting and tax publications with official releases from the AICPA and FASB and selective indexing of tax-related information in thousands of business journals. Coverage: 1971 – present.
  • Benefits Practice Center (BNA)
    This service organizes BNA’s collection of pension and benefits information into 3 main reference libraries: the Employee Benefits Library, the ERISA Compliance & Enforcement Library, and the Executive Compensation Library. It is a comprehensive resource for researching compensation, pension, and ERISA issues. Includes analysis, guidance and primary source material, such as the full text of judicial opinions, rulings and memoranda.
  • CCH Tax Research NetWork
    Online counterpart to CCH's many tax publications, including the Standard Federal Tax Reporter and tax materials for all 50 states. Includes full text of all primary sources, plus CCH's own commentary and analysis. User can search full text, browse by code section, or retrieve a document by its citation. Coverage: 1978 – present
  • Checkpoint (RIA)
    A tax and accounting research tool that provides comprehensive and full-text coverage of federal, state and some international tax materials. Provides access to RIA tax publications, including the RIA Citator 2d, Federal Tax Coordinator 2d, U.S. Tax Reporter, RIA Tax Alerts, all 50 state and local tax reporters, and 3 WGL journals.
  • Daily Tax Report (BNA)
    Detailed reports on key legislative, regulatory, and legal tax developments --nationwide and around the globe. Includes TaxCore, a Notes- and Web-based component providing essential full-text tax documents, including primary source material from the Internal Revenue Service, the Tax Court, the Treasury Department, and more, along with IRS hearing transcripts. This database contains all issues published since October 4, 1994
  • Federal Tax Coordinator 2nd
    Part of Checkpoint (RIA).
  • International Tax Monitor (BNA)
    This database provides news and analysis from the world=s financial and business centers, focused on tax and accounting developments affecting transnational enterprises. Covers legislative, regulatory, judicial, and policy developments from U.S. legislative, judicial and executive branches. Tracks global tax developments in the European Union, Japan, Switzerland, Canada, Mexico, China, Russia, Brazil, and other countries. Provides information about the activities of foreign tax authorities and other government and industry groups, as well as current news on international operations. Collects information on tax proposals, regulations, and laws from worldwide sources. Daily coverage from February 6, 2001.
  • Journal of Corporate Taxation
    This is an RIA Checkpoint database which provides access to articles from the Journal of Corporate Taxation, which is published six times per year. Covers such topics as corporate organizations and reorganization; compensation and fringe benefits, international developments, and consolidated returns. Includes legislation, rulings, regulations and cases that affect the taxation of corporations. Also covers new opportunities and pitfalls that affect day to day and long range planning. Includes in depth analysis of the latest tax problems, concerns, and solutions of interest to corporate tax practitioners. Available in print in the Williams Library journals collection at Call Number K10 .O282.
  • Journal of Taxation
    This is an RIA Checkpoint database which provides access to articles from the monthly Journal of Taxation. The journal provides analysis and practical guidance on tax-saving strategies. Each issue features a column on recent private letter rulings as well as "Shop Talk," a unique give and take arena that highlights contributions by readers. Available in print in the Williams Library journal collection at Call Number K10 .O72.
  • Pension & Benefits Daily
    A daily newsletter reporting developments in pension and benefits law.
  • RIA Citator 2d
    Tax citations for cases and IRS pronouncements issued or cited since 1954, including information on strength or weakness of cases, judicial history of cases and key legal issues.
  • RIA Tax & Commercial Laws of the World
    Part of Checkpoint (RIA). English translations of major tax and commercial laws from around the world. Includes income and corporate tax, value added tax, corporation law, trust law, commercial codes, environmental law, labor law, and bankruptcy.
  • RIA Tax Alerts
    Daily web-based news regarding major tax developments.
  • State and Local Taxes Library (RIA)
    Provides comprehensive collection of primary source material for all 50 states supported by editorial RIA commentary.
  • Tax Management State Portfolio Collection (BNA)
    Full text access to BNA’s State Tax Management Portfolios, which provide in-depth expert explanations on state tax issues including income, franchise, and sales taxes; limitations on state authority to tax; property taxes; credits and incentives; etc. Special tables provide brief 50-state overviews on selected issues.
  • Tax Management Transfer Pricing Report (BNA)
    Provides news and analysis on U.S. and foreign governments' tax policies regarding intercompany transfer pricing and helps companies structure their operations to avoid double taxation. Dates of coverage: 1996-.
  • Tax Management Weekly Report (BNA)
    Provides coverage of federal legislative, regulatory and judicial developments on taxation, as well as accounting issues. Dates of coverage: July 1999-.
  • Tax Management Weekly State Tax Report (BNA)
    Provides analysis of state code and regulations, state administrative and judicial court decisions, and state administrative pronouncements for all 50 states. Covers income and franchise taxes, sales and use taxes, property taxes, excise taxes, and other developments. Dates of coverage: 1997-.
  • TaxCore (BNA)
    Provides the full text of important primary materials mentioned in BNA tax periodicals. Documents come from Congress, the IRS, state and local agencies, and other sources. Document types include congressional and agency reports, bills, cases, and IRS rulings. Dates of coverage: November 1997-.
  • United States Tax Reporter (RIA)
    Up-to-date source of federal tax law, regulations, committee reports, case law, administrative rulings, and editorial explanations.

Terrorism

  • Digital National Security Archive
    Contains more than 35,000 declassified primary documents that led to policy decisions. Covers such areas as Afghanistan, Berlin Crisis 1958-1962, Cuban Missile Crisis, El Salvador, Iran-Contra Affair, etc.
  • Homeland Security Briefing (BNA)
    Homeland Security Briefing is a daily newsletter that covers significant federal and state actions related to security and antiterrorist policies, focusing on developments at the Department of Homeland Security, congressional oversight and funding of the agency, and the effects of nationwide implementation of the federal PATRIOT Act.
  • Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre
    Database includes profiles of terrorist and insurgent groups, chronologies and descriptions of terror related events, expert analyses and case studies. Search options include limiting by country, territory, and group. A separate event search is provided that includes searching by country, event type, tactic, casualties and affected countries.

Treaties & International Agreements

  • HeinOnline
    Legal database that contains the full text of legal documents in pdf format, in several collections. The Law Journal Library contains articles from most major law reviews and law journals. Approximately 650 law journals and reviews are included, beginning with the inception date of each publication. Individual journals, or the entire collection, are fully searchable by author or word in title, or keyword or phrase in full text. The Federal Register Library contains the only electronic version of all Federal Register issues. The Treaties and Agreements Library contains all U.S. treaties and agreements, whether in force, expired, or yet-to-be published.
  • TIARA: US Treaties and International Agreements
    Contains over 12000 treaties and agreements, the earliest of which dates back to 1783. It also contains Senate Treaty Documents from no. 96-1 through the current Congress, and the US Department documents from DOS 86-1 to the present.
  • United Nations Treaty Collection
    Collection includes 5 categories of treaty-related data. Status of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary General, UN Treaty series, recently deposited multilateral treaties, photographs of Treaty Signature ceremonies and Titles of multilateral treaties in the official UN languages.

United Nations

  • AccessUN
    Index to United Nations documents (1946 – present) including Official Records, masthead documents, draft resolutions, meeting records, UN Sales Publications, and UN Treaty Series citations. Also includes full-text of several thousand UN documents. Publications
  • Official Document System of the United Nations
    Official repository for documents published by the United Nations. The full text of documents dating back to 1992 is accessible in Portable Document Fo