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Core Databases
- Index to Legal Periodicals [about]
Index to Legal Periodicals
Coverage Dates: 1926 - Present
Format: Print
« Hide Description - LexisNexis-Academic [about]
LexisNexis-Academic
Coverage Dates: Varies - Present
Format: Online
Worldwide newspapers, magazines, newswires, and trade journals. Archives of state and federal case law, statutes and regulations.
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LexisNexis-Congressional
Coverage Dates: 1789 - Present
Format: Online
Comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information from Congressional Information Service, Inc.
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Westlaw Campus
Coverage Dates: Varies - Present
Format: Online
A Web-based legal research tool. Contains laws and statutes of the federal government and all 50 states as published in United States Code Annotated. Also includes: federal and state court cases; federal regulations published in the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations; American Law Reports, a research tool that collects and analyzes every court case decided on a particular point of law; an encylopedia of state and federal law; articles from law reviews and journals; and European Union law sources.
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» Guide to case law searching in Westlaw Campus