Legal Research - Databases

(Note: Unless otherwise noted, open to all KU students, staff, and faculty connecting to the Internet. Public access available in library. Off-campus database connections may require a login.)

Full-text: Law-Related

Full-text: Interdisciplinary

Indexes/Abstracts only

Full Text: Law-related

Foreign Law Guide - (click on Subscriber Login - no password required) offers current sources of codes and basic legislation in jurisdictions of the world.

HeinOnline - provides exact page images (PDFs) of legal journals, the CFR, Federal Register, Session Laws, Statutes at Large, Federal Legislative History Library, Supreme Court Library, Attorney General Opinions, Legal Classics Library, and more.

LEXIS - provides an expansive set of integrated legal research tools, as well as legal, news, business and public records content. Individual subscription and password required.

LexisNexis Academic - full-text of current news and up to the last 20 years; full-text company news & financial information; full-text federal, state & international legal materials; full-text and abstracted medical & health information; general reference sources.

LLMC Digital - image-based searchable database of legal publications.

Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800-1926 - full-text searching and digital images of 22,000 legal treatises on US and British law published from 1800 through 1926.

Making of Modern Law: Trials 1600-1926 - full-text searching and digital images of thousands of books and pamphlets covering major and minor trials of English-speaking jurisdictions and English-language trials in other jurisdictions.

RIA Checkpoint - searchable access to current statutes, administrative regulations, case law, forms, practice guides, journals, newsletters, and legislation in the areas of tax and finance.

Techlaw Briefs - free resource that collects and redistributes briefs in the area of law, technology, and public policy.

U.S. Supreme Court records and briefs, 1832-1978 - contains nearly 11 million pages of records and briefs brought before the U.S. Supreme Court in the period 1832-1978.

VersusLaw - online library providing access to federal, state, tribal and foreign decisions; federal and state statutes; and administrative codes and regulations. KU Law faculty, staff, and students will need to create individual accounts. Under 'Special Groups' is an option for Law School. Select that option, fill out the form, and receive a password via email.

WESTLAW - provides access to statutes, case law materials, public records and other legal resources, as well as current news articles and business information. Individual subscription/password required; public access version available in library only.

Full text: Interdisciplinary

America's Newspapers - full-text online local and national newspapers from all 50 states. Coverage of each newspaper varies. Selective access is included to Lawrence Journal World and the Kansas City Star.

CCH Internet Research Network - current state and federal statutes, regulations, and cases in the areas of Health Care, Human Resources, and Labor and Employment law. Also includes practice guides, forms, journals, and newsletters.

CCH Tax Research Network - searchable, full-text coverage of numerous federal and state tax publications.

Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Electronic Library - integrated search environment providing access to 8 separate CQ resources for research on American Government, history, politics, public policy, and current events. Provides access to research and reference articles, opinion and news coverage, data, and contact directories.

Directory of Open-Access Journals - covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. Aims to cover all subjects and languages.

Environment & Energy Publishing - comprehensive daily coverage of domestic and foreign environmental and energy politics and policy with electronic newsletters, journals, and webcasts.

Expanded academic ASAP - combination of indexing, abstracts, images, and full text for scholarly and general interest journals embracing all academic disciplines.

Factiva - worldwide full text coverage of local and regional newspapers, trade publications, business newswires, press release wires, media transcripts, news photos, business-rich Web sites, investment analyst reports, market research reports, country and regional profiles, company profiles, historical market data.

General OneFile - indexes newspapers, newswires and a collection of refereed academic journals, business publications, technology periodicals, general interest magazines as well as specialty titles in law, health care and computers. Includes more than 4,200 full-text titles; five newspaper indexes -- a total of nearly 8,000 titles in all with more than 20 years of backfile coverage from 1980 to present.

Gutenberg-e - award winning monographs; traditional narrative with digitized primary sources, including maps, photographs, and oral histories.

JSTOR - image and full-text online access of core academic journals in a variety of disciplines in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

Policy File: Public Policy Research & Analysis - abstracts and if available, links to full-text articles on public policy research and analysis from think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers.

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses - over 2 million dissertations and master's theses, many of which are available in full text for immediate downloading.

Stat-USA - provides the most recent economic, business, and international trade information produced by the U.S. Government and is a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

US Congressional Serial Set - texts from the bound, sequentially numbered volumes of all the reports, documents, and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives of the 15th Congress - 75th Congress, 2nd session, 1817 - 1937. Searchable by subject, publication category, standing committee author, and other parameters.

US Patent and Trademark Office - Full-text and full-page images of U.S. patents, including patent grants (full text since 1976, full-page images since 1790) and patent applications (published since 15 March 2001).

Wilson OmniFile full text select - indexing, abstracting and full-text content to journal articles in a variety of disciplines.

Index/abstract only

Criminal Justice Abstracts - citations to major international journals in criminology and related disciplines; extensive coverage of books, dissertations, and unpublished papers; and access to reports from government and nongovernmental agencies. Covers crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment and sentencing.

Environment index - indexes/abstracts journal literature in the area of environmental policy and studies. Database covers applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, environmental law, geography, marine & freshwater resources, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. Open to all KU students, staff, and faculty connecting to the Internet; public access available in library only.

Government Publications Office (GPO) monthly catalog - indexes all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments. Many have links to PDFs. Open to all KU students, staff, and faculty connecting to the Internet; public access available in library only. A non-subscription index - Catalog of U.S. government publications - is available from the Government Printing Office.

Index to legal periodicals & books (ILP) - cites articles from includes law reviews, bar association journals, university publications, yearbooks, institutes, and government publications and indexes law books. Open to all KU students, staff, and faculty connecting to the Internet; public access available in library only.

National newspaper index - indexing and abstracts for five major national newspapers: Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. The New York Times Book Review and The New York Times Magazine are also included. Open to all KU students, staff, and faculty connecting to the Internet; public access available in library only.

PAIS International - references journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more about public policy and work affairs. Open to all KU students, staff, and faculty connecting to the Internet; public access available in library only.

PapersFirst - indexes papers presented at worldwide meetings, conferences, expositions, workshops, congresses, and symposia received by the British Library Document Supply Center. Open to all KU students, staff, and faculty connecting to the Internet; public access available in library only.