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BNA - Custom Email Signup Form
Law School students and faculty may use this form to sign up for email updates on BNA electronic products within the Law Library's collection. Updates are available for the Antitrust and Trade Regulation Report, the Criminal Law Reporter, the Family Law Reporter, the International Trade Reporter, the Patent Trademark and Copyright Journal, the Securities Regulation and Law Report, and several publications within BNA's Labor & Employment Law collection. Most updates are emailed on a weekly basis.
AudioCaseFiles is a unique study aid that provides downloadable audio files of digitally recorded case opinions and summaries. Cases commonly covered in first year law school courses are the initial focus of the database, but material relevant to some upper level courses is also available. Search for cases by name, by topic, or by casebook. You must register for your own login credentials by using your LUC email address.
BNA - ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct
ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct contains primary material and commentary on ethics issues. The database is divided into four parts: ABA and state ethics opinions, ethics rules, practice guides, and current reports containing news and analysis. Opinions date as far back as 1986. Indexes and other finding aids for locating relevant rules and opinions are also included.
BNA - Accounting Policy and Practice Report
The biweekly Accounting Policy & Practice ReportTM provides corporate accounting policy-makers and their advisors with experts’ insights and guidance on emerging, evolving, and complex issues relating to accounting rules and principles, financial statements and disclosures, management control and analysis, auditing principles and standards, and accounting practice and responsibility. It is combined with regularly issued Special Reports that provide expanded coverage on important issues.
BNA - Antitrust and Trade Regulation Daily
Antitrust & Trade Regulation Daily provides the up-to-the-minute information on developments in the enforcement of federal, state, and foreign competition and deceptive trade practice laws.
BNA - Antitrust and Trade Regulation Report
BNA's Antitrust and Trade Regulation Report is a weekly publication providing highlights and analysis of significant developments in deceptive trade practice law enforcement at the federal, state and international levels. Coverage includes accounts of significant judicial, legislative, and administrative actions. Issues back to February, 1996 are available.
BNA - Banking Daily
Banking Daily keeps you current with 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.
BNA - Banking Report
Banking Report keeps you current with 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.
BNA - Bankruptcy Law Daily
Bankruptcy Law Daily provides early notification of fast-breaking developments in state and federal bankruptcy law.
BNA - Benefits Practice Center
BNA's Benefits Practice Center is a reference resource for pension and employee benefits practitioners, including attorneys, accountants, actuaries, and other consultants. The service features BNA's pension and benefits reference services, extensive public domain material, highlights from BNA's news service and Web Links.
BNA - Biotech Watch
This daily bulletin offers comprehensive regulatory and legal coverage of biotechnology issues.
BNA - Chemical Regulation Daily
This bulletin keeps you current on significant developments and issues in the field of chemical regulation, with dependable, detailed, daily coverage.
BNA -Chemical Regulation Reporter - Current Reports
Reports coverage of new developments affecting the regulation of every stage in the chemical life cycle.
BNA - Class Action Litigation Report
Tracks the most important class action and multiparty litigation across the nation and across all subjects, with analysis and practical guidance.
BNA - Collective Bargaining Negotiations and Contracts
Several collective bargaining resources available through the Labor and Employment Law Library.
BNA - Computer Technology Law Report
Computer Technology Law Report features comprehensive, in-depth coverage of the major legal issues affecting the computer technology industry, on federal, state, and international levels. The service includes an e-mail summary of the Highlights and Table of Contents.
BNA - Construction Labor Report
Construction Labor Report brings you timely coverage and analysis of the latest developments and emerging trends in construction employment nationwide.
BNA - Corporate Accountability and Fraud Daily
From corporate governance to implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley, the detailed updates in Corporate Accountability & Fraud Daily shed new light on corporate lawyers’ changing roles and responsibilities and myriad high-profile challenges.
BNA - Corporate Accountability Report
From corporate governance to implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley, the detailed updates in Corporate Accountability Report shed new light on corporate lawyers’ changing roles and responsibilities and myriad high-profile challenges.
BNA - Corporate Compliance Library
BNA - Corporate Counsel Weekly
Discover trends on the horizon and stay alert to the full range of developments affecting corporate practice with the comprehensive news and expert analysis found in Corporate Counsel Weekly.
BNA - Corporate Governance Library
BNA - Corporate Law Daily
BNA’s Corporate Law Daily (CLD) covers the broad spectrum of business law and features concise, objective coverage of more areas of critical interest to corporate practitioners than any other resource available. Start the workday with objective, incisive coverage of the full spectrum of judicial, legislative, regulatory, and tax issues that affect corporate practice.
BNA - Corporate Practice Library
BNA's Criminal Law Reporter is a weekly publication with highlights of emerging developments, trends, interpretations, and issues related to criminal law. Analysis of major court decisions, legislation, and administrative developments is included. Issues date back to August, 1996.
BNA - Daily Environment Report
Daily Environment Report is an objective, comprehensive, current source for news on environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Used by regulators and the regulated alike, this daily publication alerts environmental professionals in all fields to developments in courts, Congress, agencies, industry, and organizations.
BNA - Daily Labor Report
Daily Labor Report® covers legal developments, labor and employment legislation, regulations affecting the workplace, human resource trends, and labor-management relations -- from Congress, the courts, unions, businesses, the NLRB, EEOC, and Labor Department.
BNA - Daily Report For Executives
Daily Report for Executives now brings you comprehensive, objective, up-to-the-minute coverage of economics, taxes, trade, environment, health care, banking, securities, pensions, antitrust, safety, telecommunications, agriculture, employee benefits, transportation, and regulatory issues.
BNA - Daily Tax Report
Daily Tax Report brings you comprehensive, objective coverage of taxation, pension, budget, and accounting issues through detailed reports on key legislative, regulatory, and legal tax developments.
BNA - Digital Discovery and e-Evidence
Digital Discovery & e-Evidence monthly newsletter offers a reliable stream of information about developments affecting the production and evidentiary value of electronic documents. The addition of the web edition gives subscribers access to the full text of decisions, rules, and pleadings in major cases dealing with this emerging area of practice. The site is updated each business day as activity occurs.
BNA - E-Commerce Law Daily"
Each business day, E-Commerce Law Daily brings you a national and global perspective on new developments affecting the law of electronic commerce, and all relevant practice areas.
BNA - E-Commerce Tax Report
E-Commerce Tax Report keeps you informed of e-commerce tax developments with daily news and practical information about developments affecting federal, state, and international taxation of electronic commerce.
BNA - Electronic Commerce and Law Report
BNA's Electronic Commerce and Law Report is a weekly publication concerned with major legal issues, at the federal, international, and state levels, involved in digital communications and transactions. It covers trends and developments, as well as case law, and includes summaries of court decisions, news articles, and links to related sources. Issues in the archive date back to April, 1996.
BNA - Employment Discrimination Report
BNA's Employment Discrimination Report brings you comprehensive weekly news coverage and practical guidance on one of today's most heavily regulated--and litigated--areas of law. Featuring uniquely comprehensive and objective coverage of judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in the area of equal employment opportunity, the Report spans all areas of EEO policy and practice.
BNA - Employment Discrimination Verdicts And Settlements
Employment Discrimination Verdicts and Settlements is a searchable database that contains thousands of employment discrimination verdicts, settlements, and awards reported in Employment Discrimination Report since January 1996.
BNA - Environment and Safety Library (Fed Env't and Env't Cases)
BNA - Environmental Due Diligence Report
Reliable news on changes, trends, and developments in the law concerning environmental due diligence. Ongoing coverage of the latest requirements, key developments, events of interest to counsel, consultants, buyers, sellers, brokers, agents, lenders, and developers.
BNA's Environment Reporter provides news and analysis about current case law, legislative, regulatory, and policy developments concerning the environment. It originated in 1970, with the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency, and is published on a weekly basis. All issues published since January, 1996 are included in our subscription.
BNA - Expert Evidence Report
An objective, results-oriented resource for plaintiffs' and defense lawyers, Expert Evidence Report monitors the latest federal and state news and guidance relating to expert evidence -- including court rulings on discoverability, admissibility, and sufficiency of expert evidence, Daubert hearings, legislative proposals, and changes to federal rules -- in all litigation areas.
BNA - Export Reference Guide
including country profiles, exporting fundamentals, a wealth of data on traveling and conducting business abroad, mail shipments, export regulations, and international agreements.BNA - Family Law Reporter - Current Reports
BNA's Family Law Reporter is a nationally-oriented weekly publication dedicated to significant current developments, issues and trends related to family law. Coverage includes federal and state cases, legislation and regulatory matters. Issues date back to August, 1996.
BNA - Federal Contracts Daily
Concise, authoritative reports cover the complete spectrum of issues affecting the federal acquisition of goods and services, to keep you abreast of policies and regulations at both government-wide and individual agency levels.
BNA - Federal Contracts Report
Federal Contracts Report is your one source for timely, accurate, and in-depth information on federal contracting laws, regulations, policies, and litigation. Concise, authoritative reports cover the complete spectrum of issues affecting the federal acquisition of goods and services, to keep you abreast of policies and regulations at both government-wide and individual agency levels.
BNA - Federal Environment and Safety Regulatory Monitoring Report
This report summarizes every proposed and final rule of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
BNA - Government Employee Relations Report
Government Employee Relations Report gives you complete coverage of current employment developments and trends in the public sector.
BNA - HazMat Transportation News
Alerts readers to the latest laws, rules, and policies affecting the packaging, labeling, and transportation of hazardous materials in the U.S.
BNA - Health Care Daily Report
BNA's Health Care Daily Report provides timely reporting of health care
policy and law, including focused coverage of Medicare, Medicaid, and managed care, and reliable and up-to-date legal, legislative, and regulatory information on health care law and regulation.
BNA - Health Care Fraud Report
BNA's Health Care Fraud Report provides detailed, comprehensive coverage on the latest health care fraud and abuse issues. A complete yet concise synthesis of one of today's fastest growing legal specialties, the Report monitors a broad range of health care fraud and abuse issues in the private insurance industry, managed care organizations, and federal and state programs.
BNA - Health Care Policy Report
BNA's Health Care Policy Report is the new standard of reporting on health care policy, with intensive, on-the-scene coverage of federal, state, and private-sector developments. BNA uncovers more behind-the-scenes information about health care regulation and policy -- and covers it more thoroughly and accurately -- than any other news source.
BNA - Health Law and Business Library
BNA's Health Law Reporter contains news of the latest legal developments affecting the health care industry, including analysis of the most significant case law, legislation, regulations, and enforcement trends. Our subscription contains all issues published since February, 1996.
BNA - Health Plan and Provider Report
With the Health Plan & Provider Report you'll be fully informed of virtually
every significant development in managed care today. This comprehensive, versatile resource delivers reliable, objective news coverage of the volatile managed care industry, including state and federal laws and policies affecting health plans and providers.
BNA - Homeland Security Briefing
Homeland Security Briefing® provides details on significant federal and state actions related to security and antiterrorist policies, focusing on developments at the new Department of Homeland Security, congressional oversight and funding of the agency, and the effects of nationwide implementation of the Federal Patriot Act.
BNA - Human Resources Report
Human Resources Report alerts you to important employee relations trends and developments -- upcoming laws, regulations, and innovative employer practices with focused news, practical information, and strategic insights on all HR-related developments.
BNA - Intellectual Property Library
BNA's Intellectual Property Library is a searchable collection of publications relevant to intellectual property law research. Included are: the United States Patent Quarterly (USPQ), with case law dating back to 1929, text of relevant statutes and administrative regulations, and Harmon's Patents and the Federal Circuit (7th ed.) treatise. Also available is the Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal (PTCJ), which contains weekly news about significant case law, statutes and general developments in the field of intellectual property. PTCJ issues date back to February, 1996. A "how-to" guide to the library is available: http://subscript.bna.com/pic2/lsll.nsf/id/MBER-5MBJLG?OpenDocument.
BNA - International Business and Finance Daily
International Business & Finance Daily provides concise, comprehensive business news coverage and top-level financial reporting from reliable sources in the United States and around the world.
BNA - International Environment Daily
International Environment Daily reports on developments in environmental, natural resource, and chemicals issues, in all major industrialized and developing nations and in international governmental and nongovernmental organizations.
BNA - International Environment Reporter - Current Reports
International Environment Reporter reports on international environmental law and policy in the major industrialized and developing nations, particularly environment and safety news on laws, regulations, and policies in all major industrialized and developing nations, and in international governmental and nongovernmental organizations.
BNA - International Tax Monitor
International Tax Monitor delivers daily news and analysis from the world’s financial and business centers, focused on tax and accounting developments affecting transnational enterprises.
BNA - International Trade Daily
The BNA International Trade Daily covers 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. This timely bulletin provides rapid, reliable notification of the most significant developments affecting U.S. trade and international business policy and the policies of major U.S. trading partners in Europe, North America, Latin America, and Asia.
BNA - International Trade Reporter
BNA's International Trade Reporter is a weekly publication that provides comprehensive coverage of developments that affect U.S. trade and international business policies and those of major trading partners of the U.S. Significant court and administrative rulings and regulatory and legislative trends are included. Issues date back to January, 1996.
BNA - Labor Relations Reporter/Labor & Employment Law Library
BNA's Labor Relations Reporter/Labor & Employment Law Library is an extensive, searchable collection of case law, arbitration decisions, manuals and newsletters related to labor and employment law. Topics covered include fair employment practices, wage and hour law, collective bargaining issues, disability issues, arbitration information and NLRB decisions. Review and analysis information is included. A "how-to" guide to the library is available: http://subscript.bna.com/pic2/lsll.nsf/id/MBER-5MBJLB?OpenDocument.
BNA - Labor Relations Week
Labor Relations Week provides in-depth coverage and broad perspective for negotiating contracts, handling grievances, and keeping up with today's major labor relations issues and key labor law developments with effective, targeted coverage.
BNA - Life Sciences Law and Industry Report
Life Sciences Law and Industry Report is a broad-based notification service that connects the dots among the many disciplines that make up the burgeoning life sciences industry, with biweekly updates on current regulatory, legislative, and legal issues.
BNA - Media Law Reporter
Media Law Reporter keeps up with media law cases on everything from FOIA to the First Amendment, and is the only weekly reporting service on significant opinions handed down by federal and state courts at all levels.
BNA - Medical Devices Law and Industry Report
Medical Devices Law & Industry Report provides in-depth, interdisciplinary biweekly news coverage of all major developments in the rapidly changing medical devices industry.
BNA - Medical Research Law and Polcy Report
Medical Research Law and Policy Report tracks the most significant regulatory and legal developments in medical research that can affect the way your practice, clients, and organization stay in compliance.
BNA - Medicare Report
BNA's Medicare Report is a valuable source for timely factual coverage of legislative, regulatory, and legal developments affecting the Medicare program.
BNA - Mergers and Acquisitions Law Report
Mergers & Acquisitions Law Report covers federal, state, and international M&A developments, including litigation, legislation, regulation, and industry activities, in a wide range of legal fields -- including corporate, securities, environment, tax, health care, employment, and intellectual property law. You'll find out about litigation, legislation, regulation, administrative proceedings, and more. Plus, you'll monitor industries in which there is exceptional movement.
BNA - Money and Politics Report
Money & Politics Report provides comprehensive behind-the-scenes coverage of campaign finance, lobbying, and government ethics issues at federal, state, and local levels. In a single source, BNA's Money & Politics Report alerts you to the most important issues surrounding campaign finance reform, new lobbying regulations, and government ethics.
BNA - Occupational Safety and Health Daily
For incisive articles on legislative, regulatory, and judicial developments affecting job safety and health, rely on the resource that OSHA officials read.
BNA - Occupational Safety and Health Reporter
Occupational Safety & Health Reporter provides the complete information you need to monitor and comply with changing federal and state workplace safety and health requirements. For full coverage of the latest developments in federal and state occupational safety and health programs, standards, legislation, regulations, enforcement, and court and agency decisions, rely on the resource that OSHA officials rely on.
BNA - Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Law Daily
Concise yet comprehensive news of the most important intellectual property cases, regulatory developments, and trends, on a daily basis.
BNA - Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Journal
BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, uniquely objective, comprehensive news of the most important intellectual property cases, statutes, trends, and other key developments in all areas of the law, covers every significant development in intellectual property law.
BNA - Pension and Benefits Daily
Pension & Benefits Daily provides timely, thorough coverage of the latest developments in pension and benefits rules, legislation, and cases every business day, with instant links directly to the full source documents.
BNA - Pension and Benefits Reporter - Current Reports
BNA Pension & Benefits Reporter's Current Reports offers timely, thorough reporting on the content and compliance obligations of pension and employee benefit programs. Monitor the laws, regulations, cases, and issues that influence pension and benefits policy, design, and administration, and base your decisionmaking on a complete collection of authoritative pension reference documents and forms.
BNA - Pharmaceutical Law and Industry Report
Stay informed of regulatory and litigation developments affecting the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.
BNA - Privacy Law Watch
Stay informed of federal, state, and international developments affecting the privacy and accessibility of information about individuals.
BNA - Privacy and Security Law Report
Privacy & Security Law Report helps you keep pace with the new laws and rules in this emerging new practice area, with the latest privacy and security legal developments—from online marketing to employee screening to patient privacy.
BNA - Product Liability Daily
This daily report keeps your finger on the pulse of product liability law, regulation, and litigation issues.
BNA - Product Safety and Liability Reporter - Current Reports
Product Safety & Liability Reporter offers complete coverage and in-depth analysis of product liability litigation and product safety issues. This authoritative report keeps your finger on the pulse of all significant developments and issues in product safety and liability, and provides the resource materials you need to represent your clients.
BNA - Right-to-Know Planning Guide Report
The Right-To-Know Planning Guide is a bi-weekly newsletter that provides essential information on all facets of emergency planning and community-right-to-know issues. Managers responsible for handling community right-to-know for their facilities will find no better source for news on federal and state compliance issues.
BNA - Securities Law Daily
Securities Law Daily alerts you to the day's top stories in securities law and futures trading and accounting, with objective coverage of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, industry, federal and state courts, and Congress.
BNA - Securities Regulation and Law Report
Securities Regulation & Law Report keeps you fully informed of current federal and state developments in securities law and futures trading and accounting regulation, with objective coverage of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, industry, courts, and Congress.
BNA - State Environment and Safety Regulatory Monitoring Report
This report keeps you up-to-date on environment and safety regulatory developments in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in an easy-to-read format. With the full Web service you get access to the daily Web summaries and all monitoring reports back to Jan. 1, 1996, and daily, customizable e-mail summaries with links to full text of regulatory documents. You can also get the Web service (which includes back issues) alone or the e-mail service (E&S StateRegToday) alone.
BNA - State Environment Daily
BNA's editorial team and network correspondents provide coverage of major environmental legislative, regulatory, and judicial developments, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
BNA - State Health Care Regulatory Developments
This report keeps you up-to-date on health care regulatory developments in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in an easy to read format.
BNA - Taxcore
TaxCore provides important tax-related documents in full text from Congress, the IRS, and dozens of other sources, reproduced verbatim on a BNA-administered Website.
BNA - Tax Planning International Asia-Pacific Focus
Refer to in-depth articles on tax developments, legislative updates, and tax planning issues in Asia-Pacific countries, as well as essential tax briefings on the region.
BNA - Tax Planning International European Tax Service
Gain a specialist understanding of EU tax legislation and its implementation within member states with this briefing service on European tax developments.
BNA - Tax Planning International Indirect Taxes
Tax Planning International Indirect Taxesprovides timely, detailed information from professionals throughout the world, providing information on everything from the intricacies of European VAT law to deciphering Customs regulations in Australia, from understanding the intricacies of stamp duty in the U.K. to working with sales and uses taxes in the United States. Tax Planning International Indirect Taxes provides up-to-date information and analysis on indirect taxes anywhere in the world.
BNA - Tax Planning International Review and Forum
Tax Planning International Review and Tax Management International Forum offer quality, in-depth, practical analysis and focused news reports to help make cross-border tax planning more effective.
BNA - Tax Planning International Transfer Pricing
Tax Planning International Transfer Pricing provides detailed, expert analysis of legislative developments in the growing world of transfer pricing regulation. Specialist authors address both the taxation and economic issues involved in preparing a successful transfer pricing strategy wherever in the world multinationals have interests.
BNA - Telecommunications Monitor
Telecommunications Monitor,a focused daily bulletin, offers detailed coverage of the most significant regulatory, legislative, and judicial decisions and developments affecting telecommunications.
BNA - Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal
A monthly journal that keeps you abreast of such wide-ranging compensation planning issues as qualified plan compliance, employment taxes, health care and other employee benefits, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans, including the impact of section 409A. It includes in-depth articles, practitioners' comments, reviews of benefit plans, and synopses of new developments.
BNA - Tax Management Estates, Gifts, and Trusts Journal
This bimonthly review gives you an ongoing perspective on today's many estate planning topics, such as marital deduction planning, estate and trust administration, charitable gifts, and valuation. It features articles by leading practitioners, updates on trends and techniques, and a digest of new developments.
BNA - Tax Management International Journal
This monthly resource on tax developments affecting international corporate and individual transactions includes a monthly report on the status of all U.S. tax treaties and a cross-border view of tax issues between the U.S. and Canada.
BNA - Tax Manangement Memorandum
The Memorandum provides a uniquely authoritative outlook, including the biweekly commentary of BNA Tax Management's Advisory Boards, on new issues, developments, trends and strategies. The Memorandum also contains news and issues in business tax planning.
BNA - Tax Management Real Estate Journal
This monthly journal offers the latest insights in the crucial areas of real estate tax planning, including passive loss rules, tax-free exchanges, workouts, REMICS and REITs. It includes analytical articles, practitioners' comments, and analysis of recent developments.
BNA - Tax Management State Tax Portfolios
Expert Analysis of state corporate income and franchise taxes, sales and use taxes, property taxes, miscellaneous taxes (including gross receipts taxes, telecommunications taxes and others). Topics covered include limitations on states' authority to tax, definition of a unitary business, business and non-business income, apportionment, credits and incentives, drop shipments, taxation of electronic commerce, pass-through entities, administrative procedures, etc.
BNA - Tax Management Transfer Pricing Report
The Tax Management Transfer Pricing Report reports tranfer pricing developments in the United States and internationally. This service provides news and analysis on U.S. and other governments' tax policies regarding intercompany transfer pricing and helps companies structure their operations to avoid double taxation. It provides analytical news and feature articles to keep you up to date on the most recent transfer pricing developments in U.S. courts, at the IRS, in Congress, and around the world. Each issue includes the insights of leading practitioners and detailed information on particular issues of practical interest such as the latest on advance pricing agreements around the world.
BNA - Tax Management Weekly Report
TM Weekly Report provides coverage of legislative, regulatory and judicial developments on taxation and accounting issues.
BNA - Tax Management Weekly State Tax Report
Tax Management Weekly State Tax Report provides state-by-state analysis of state code and regulations, state administrative and judicial court decisions, and state administrative pronouncements. It covers income and franchise taxes, sales and use taxes, property taxes, miscellaneous taxes (including gross receipts taxes, excise taxes, and others), and other developments.
BNA - Toxics Law Daily
BNA Toxics Law Daily covers litigation of toxic tort, hazardous waste, and related insurance litigation.
BNA - Toxics Law Reporter
Toxics Law Reporter provides comprehensive notification of toxic tort, hazardous waste, and related insurance litigation, from filings to final decisions.
BNA - Transportation Watch Daily
This daily bulletin offers comprehensive coverage of federal transportation policy, regulation, litigation, and spending, especially in relation to the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.
BNA's United States Law Week contains summaries and analysis of significant federal and state court cases and legislative and administrative developments that establish new legal precedents. Coverage extends to all areas of law, and issues back to June, 1997 are included. Supreme Court Today, a searchable database with daily updates, is also included in this subscription. It contains full-text Supreme Court decisions, oral arguments transcripts and summaries, and more.
BNA - United States Patents Quarterly
Intellectual Property Library provides the full text in electronic form of all decisions reported in United States Patents Quarterly from 1929 to the present, combined with finding aids to facilitate the search process. The Library is designed to make finding the right intellectual property case fast and easy.
BNA - White Collar Crime Report
Legal developments affecting the prosecution and defense of fraud and other white collar crimes are the focus of this new notification service.
BNA - Workplace Law Report
Workplace Law Report provides weekly coverage of key federal and state court rulings under employment and labor laws, plus information on regulatory actions and administrative rulings.
BNA - World Communications Regulations Report
World Communications Regulation Report provides details of international regulation of communication technologies (land-line phone, mobile, handhelds, or desktop computer) giving an insight into the latest legal developments relating to issues such as electronic signatures, data privacy, Internet governance, domain names, technological protection measures to prevent copying or file sharing, broadcasting – plus related legal issues such as Antitrust and law enforcement measures including wiretapping.
BNA - World Intellectual Property Report
World Intellectual Property Report provides monthly news and analysis of developments in the global regulation and enforcement of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other areas of intellectual property law.
BNA - World Securities Law Report
World Securities Law Report provides monthly news of developments in the regulation of transactions involving securities around the world, as well as expert analysis of and practical guidance regarding these developments. Focuses particularly on developments affecting cross-border transactions.
BNA - World Trade Organization Reporter
WTO Reporter provides daily coverage of news developments from and about the World Trade Organization.
CALI - Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction
CALI (Computer Assisted Legal Instruction) is a collection of interactive lessons authored by law professors and librarians. Hundreds of lessons, covering more than 28 legal subject areas, are included. To use CALI, you must obtain our Law School's "authorization code" from Joe Mitzenmacher, Reference and Electronic Services Librarian, jmitze1@luc.edu, x5-6844. Follow the "Not a registered user yet?" link on the CALI website, and use our authorization code to register for your own CALI username and password.
CCH's Tax Service is an Internet-based research network that contains tax news and articles and analysis of tax issues. Primary federal and state tax law materials, including the Internal Revenue Code, case law, and regulatory information, are available, as are extra tax tools such as rate tables and topical "quick answer charts."
CCH's Business Service is an Internet-based research system containing many specialized CCH loose-leaf titles relevant to business and securities research. Federal and state securities, banking, trade regulation, government contracts, intellectual property, transportation, and products liability and safety are among the topics covered. The Law Library's subscription to Kluwer Arbitration is also accessible through this service, within the "International Business" tab.
CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) is a scholarly source for theoretical and practical research into issues involved in international affairs. Materials in the database date from 1991 onward and include working papers, NGO paper series, conference proceedings, research projects, case studies, books, journals and policy briefs. CIAO, which is updated on a monthly basis, also contains links to related information sources, such as maps and nation-specific information and a schedule of scholarly events.
Constitutions of the United States: National and State
(Choose the "Connect via IP Access" link at the left of the page.)
This online version of Oceana's Constitutions of the United States: National and State contains the most up-to-date version of the United States Constitution and state constitutions. The constitutions of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia are also included. Full-text query searching and searching via location are both available. To access the database go to http://www.oceanalaw.com/ and choose the "Connect via IP Access" link at the left of the page. (On campus only.)
HeinOnline is a searchable full-text, image-based collection of retrospective legal materials divided into distinct "libraries," which include the Law Journal Library, the Federal Register Library, the Legal Classics Library, and more. Documents can be viewed as high quality scanned images of the original print pages, or as uncorrected OCR text. They can be printed or downloaded and saved as PDF files.
Hein - Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
HeinOnline's Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) collection is part of its Federal Register Library. It contains full-text images of the CFR from 1938 to 1983, including supplement volumes, Lists of Sections Affected (LSAs), and Compilations of Sections Affected. A "Title and Part Quick Locator" is available for issues through 1962 and from 1977 to 1983; other searching and browsing options are available for the complete collection. Documents can be viewed as high quality scanned images of the original print pages, or as uncorrected OCR text. They can be printed or downloaded and saved as PDF files.
HeinOnline's Law Journal Library is a collection of articles published in law reviews and other legal periodicals. Coverage starts with volume 1 of each title, and in many cases, continues to within the most recent year. Articles can be viewed as high quality scanned images of the original print pages, or as uncorrected OCR text. They can be printed or downloaded and saved as PDF files.
HeinOnline's English Reports (full reprint) collection contains more than 100,000 important early English cases, printed in 176 volumes, which were issued between 1220 and 1867 and were originally published in 275 separate series of reports. Browsing, advanced searching, indexing and Book of Charts features allow users to locate specific cases of interest. Documents can be viewed as high quality scanned images of the original print pages or as uncorrected OCR text. They can be printed or downloaded and saved as PDF files.
Hein - European Center for Minority Issues
HeinOnline's collection of European Center for Minority Issues (ECMI) materials contains reports and working papers prepared by the Center, which conducts research on minority/majority issues in Europe. The collection also contains the Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe (from 2000 to 2004) and a 2005 treatise, Ombudsman Institutions and Minority Issues: a Guide to Good Practice. Documents can be viewed as high quality scanned images of the original print pages, or as uncorrected OCR text. They can be printed or downloaded and saved as PDF files.
Hein - Federal Register Library
HeinOnline's Federal Register Library contains full-text images of the Federal Register, including annual index volumes, from 1936 to the present year. HeinOnline's Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) collection (see above), the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (1965 to the present year), and the United States Government Manual (1935 to the present year) are also included. Documents can be viewed as high quality scanned images of the original print pages, or as uncorrected OCR text. They can be printed or downloaded and saved as PDF files.
Hein - Foreign and International Law Resources Database
HeinOnline's Foreign and International Law Resources Database (FILRD) contains approximately 675 volumes of the best international law publications. Contents include: International Yearbooks, Periodicals, U.S. Law Digests (pertaining to international law), International Tribunal reports and decisions, and other works related to foreign and international law. Some materials date back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Documents can be viewed as high quality scanned images of the original print pages or as uncorrected OCR text. They can be printed or downloaded and saved as PDF files.
HeinOnline's Legal Classics Library is a large collection of legal treatises and texts that were published primarily in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Early British and Commonwealth texts and early American texts are included. Documents can be viewed as high quality scanned images of the original print pages, or as uncorrected OCR text. They can be printed or downloaded and saved as PDF files.
Hein - Philip C. Jessup Library
HeinOnline's Philip C. Jessup Library is a compilation of materials developed in conjunction with the Jessup international law moot court competition. The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition Compendium (from 1960 to the present year), which serves as a permanent record of each year's competition, makes up the bulk of the collection. Also available are issues of the ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law and the ILSA Journal of International Law (also known as the ASILS International Law Journal). Documents can be viewed as high quality scanned images of the original print pages, or as uncorrected OCR text. They can be printed or downloaded and saved as PDF files.
HeinOnline's Session Laws module contains state laws in session law form (i.e. chronological, pre-code form), for all 50 U.S. states from approximately 2001 through 2005. Material for additional years will be added through upgrades every other month; eventually coverage will extend back to the colonial period. Acts of the Parliament of Canada are also included in the collection, as are links to federal session laws in the HeinOnline U.S. Statutes at Large library. Documents can be viewed as high quality scanned images of the original print pages or as uncorrected OCR text. They can be printed or downloaded and saved as PDF files.
Hein - Treaties and Agreements Library
HeinOnline's Treaties and Agreements Library contains official and unofficial United States treaties sources. Official sources include the United States Treaties and Other International Agreements (UST) series (from 1950 to 1984) and the Treaties and International Acts Series (TIAS) (from 1982 to 1996). Unofficial sources contain treaties dating back to the Constitutional period. (Pre-1948 treaties are also available in HeinOnline's U.S. Statutes at Large collection ? see below.) Several treaty guides and indexes, treatises, and relevant links are also available through this collection. Documents can be viewed as high quality scanned images of the original print pages, or as uncorrected OCR text. They can be printed or downloaded and saved as PDF files.
Hein - U.S. Attorney General Opinions
HeinOnline's U.S. Attorney General Opinions collection includes the Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States (from 1791 to 1982) and the Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel of the United States Department of Justice (from 1977 to 1996). The 1877 Digest of the Published Opinions of the Attorneys-General & of the Leading Decisions of the Federal Courts, with Reference to International Law, Treaties and Kindred Subjects and a 1955 committee report on antitrust laws are also included. Documents can be viewed as high quality scanned images of the original print pages, or as uncorrected OCR text. They can be printed or downloaded and saved as PDF files.
Hein - U.S. Congressional Documents
HeinOnline’s collection of U.S. Congressional Documents contains Congressional debates and proceedings from selected volumes of the Congressional Record (bound and daily editions) and from its three predecessor publications: the Annals of Congress (1789-1824), the Register of Debates (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873). It also contains two additional collections, the American State Papers and the Journals of the Continental Congress, with related historical material from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Documents can be viewed as high quality scanned images of the original print pages, or as uncorrected OCR text. They can be printed or downloaded and saved as PDF files.
Hein - U.S. Federal Legislative History
HeinOnline's U.S. Federal Legislative History Library contains two sections. The first, based on Nancy P. Johnson's loose-leaf publication, Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories: a Bibliography of Government Documents, Periodical Articles and Books, identifies sources for research on select laws. The second, dubbed the U.S. Federal Legislative History Collection, contains full-text histories of significant legislation. Links to external websites with valuable information on legislative history research are also included. Documents can be viewed as high quality scanned images of the original print pages, or as uncorrected OCR text. They can be printed or downloaded and saved as PDF files.
Hein - U.S. Presidential Library
HeinOnline's U.S. Presidential Library provides access to a wide variety of presidential materials. It includes the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (from 1965 to the current year), messages and papers of presidents through George W. Bush, executive orders, a 1989 volume of inaugural addresses, and a variety of other sources. Also included is a link to a Library of Congress website with presidential inauguration photos and documents. Documents can be viewed as high quality scanned images of the original print pages, or as uncorrected OCR text. They can be printed or downloaded and saved as PDF files.
HeinOnline's Statutes at Large collection includes the text of official federal session laws passed between 1789 and 2004. Treaties and other international agreements approved by the Senate through 1948 are also available. (Post-1948 treaties are available in HeinOnline's Treaties and Agreements Library ? see above.) Browsing options include: volume number, popular name, Indian Treaties, and Other Treaties. Documents can be viewed as high quality scanned images of the original print pages, or as uncorrected OCR text. They can be printed or downloaded and saved as PDF files.
Hein - U.S. Supreme Court Library
HeinOnline's U.S. Supreme Court Library contains the official United States Reports (from 1754 to 2003) of the Court, along with preliminary prints (from 2002 to 2005) and slip opinions (from 2002 to the current year). A number of books about the Court, dating back to the late 18th and early 19th centuries, are also in the collection, as are the Supreme Court Economic Review (from 1982 to 2001) and the Supreme Court Review (from 1960 to 2000). Documents can be viewed as high quality scanned images of the original print pages, or as uncorrected OCR text. They can be printed or downloaded and saved as PDF files.
HeinOnline's World Trials collection contains materials about many well-known trials in history. A majority of the entries date from the early nineteenth century; others are more contemporary. Documents in the collection take many forms, including records and transcripts, historical analysis, memoirs and reports. Searching and browsing (by title or author) options are available. Documents can be viewed as high quality scanned images of the original print pages or as uncorrected OCR text. They can be printed or downloaded and saved as PDF files
International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family
The online International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, an Oxford University Press Journal, contains articles focused primarily on theoretical or comparative law issues involving families. Relevant articles from related disciplines are also included. It is available in full-text for 2005 and 2006, and limited abstracts are available for earlier years. Articles may be downloaded and saved as PDF files.
Journal of Law, Economics and Organizations
The online Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, an Oxford University Press Journal focused on interdisciplinary study of institutions and phenomena, is available in full-text for 2005 and 2006. Limited abstracts are available for earlier years. Articles may be downloaded and saved as PDF files.
Kluwer Arbitration is a searchable database of International Commercial Arbitration materials. It is accessible through the Law Library's subscription to the CCH Business Service (see above), within the "International Business" tab of that service. Materials in the database include legislation, conventions, case law, rules, commentary, and lists of bilateral investment treaties (BITs). Materials are organized by type and by country. A newsletter, listing of events, and directory of arbitration organizations are also available.
LegalTrac is an online index for Anglo-American law review and journal articles published in major legal periodicals and related publications between 1980 and the present. Citations, with abstracts, to more than 800 legal publications, including legal newspapers and bar association journals, are available. Full-text is generally not included, but is available for a small number of articles. Once you have ascertained the citations for articles relevant to your research, look for the full-text in another database, such as HeinOnline's Law Journal Library, or in print.
LexisNexis is a comprehensive legal research system consisting of innumerable legal and business-related databases, which are fully searchable. Primary and secondary materials, including case law, statutes, administrative materials, treatises and more are included. Consult the online directory for a complete list of holdings. Current Law School students and faculty are assigned individual passwords for legal research for educational purposes.
LLMC-Digital is an electronic product of the Law Library Microform Consortium (LLMC). The LLMC backfile contains the world's largest collection of government documents and legal literature in microform; LLMC-Digital is an ongoing attempt to convert those documents to an electronic form. Specialty sources within the collection include old federal administrative decisions, federal case law, some presidential papers, state publications, and foreign and international materials. Searching capabilities are limited.
LoisLaw is full-text legal research database containing U.S. federal and state case law, news and business-related sources. Registration is required in order to obtain a password for access. Consult Joe Mitzenmacher, the Law Library's Reference and Electronic Services Librarian, jmitze1@luc.edu, x5-6844, for the code needed for registration.
The online Medical Law Review is an Oxford University Press Journal about health care and law, with an international focus. Two sections of commentary, one for UK law and one for United States, Commonwealth, and European law, are included. Full-text is available for 2004 through 2006, and limited abstracts are available for earlier years. Articles may be downloaded and saved as PDF files.
SmartBooks is a searchable, online version of publications by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE). Downloadable handbooks, seminar course materials, and QuickGuides make up the bulk of the collection. Many also contain downloadable forms. IICLE publications are practice-oriented and focus on Illinois law, although some federal coverage is often included.
Westlaw is a comprehensive legal research system consisting of innumerable legal and business-related databases, which are fully searchable. Primary and secondary materials, including case law, statutes, administrative materials, treatises and more are included. Consult the online directory for a complete list of holdings. Current Law School students and faculty are assigned individual passwords for legal research for educational purposes.
WorldCat
WorldCat, a database within the OCLC FirstSearch collection of research databases, is a catalog of library holdings in libraries around the world. It contains millions of records and is an excellent source for identifying books, articles and other materials that you would like to request through interlibrary loan.
