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19th Century Masterfile is comprised of over 60 subject indexes to periodicals, newspapers, books, U.S. Congressional Record, U.S. patents and U.S. and U.K. government documents published before 1930. Includes Poole's Index to Periodical Literature and Jones & Chipman's Index to Legal Periodical Literature.less

Detailed analyses of laws and rules that govern the practice of law, including state-by-state rulings.

A multidisciplinary index to articles in more than 10,900 journals and other publications in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian and Portuguese; full-text is available for over 5300 journals.less

AccessUN is a commercially published index to United Nations documents and publications, from 1945 onward. The full text documents themselves are available in GSSI (2nd floor of Doe Library) in the companion Readex UN Documents microfiche collection (Microfiche 10982). Law Library patrons: AccessUN can also serve as a key to the Law Library`s extensive U.N. documents holdings in hard copy. Use AccessUN to find bibliographic citations for UN documentation , then locate the documents (in paper) by UN symbol or Official Records designators in the U.N. Room. Note that the Law Library`s collection, however, is tailored to legal research and does not acquire all of the items listed in AccessUN. For more information, consult our UN Resources & Research Tools guide. AccessUN is provided through NewsBank. Click link above, then scroll down page for the direct link to AccessUN.less

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.less

The staff agency of the Judicial Council which has policy-making authority over the state court system.

A clearinghouse for information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government.

The African Journal Archive is a retrospective digitisation project of full-text, multi-disciplinary journal articles published in Africa in the Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities. Includes the Botswana Law Journal and the Comparative and International Journal of Southern Africa.less

The American Community Survey (ACS) is a nationwide survey designed to provide communities a fresh look at how they are changing. It is a critical element in the Census Bureau's reengineered decennial census program. The ACS collects and produces population and housing information every year instead of every ten years.less

City codes and municipal ordinances for about 25 states.

Searchable text of documents and data tabulations relating to the American presidency, including some resources going back to 1789-.

Provides commentary on, and full text of, the most important decisions of the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Rwanda (ICTR) and Timor-Leste, as well as The Special Court for Sierra Leone and the International Criminal Court (ICC).less

Federal, state, and international coverage of competition and deceptive trade practices law.

AustLII provides free internet access to Australasian legal materials. It publishes public legal information -- that is, primary legal materials (legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals); and secondary legal materials created by public bodies for purposes of public access (law reform and royal commission reports for example) and a substantial collection of law journals.

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Provides regular, in-depth coverage of developments in state and federal bankruptcy law.

This unique collection is a regularly updated, searchable database of jurisprudence and key documents relating to international/ized criminal courts and tribunals.  The following courts/tribunals are included: Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, International Criminal Court, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and Special Court for Sierra Leone.  Free collections include: International Court of Justice, Nuremberg and Far East Tribunals, and Speical Panels for Serious Crimes in East Timor.   less

A collection of working papers, many law-related, published using bepress.

Wide collection of publications and alert services that includes both primary legal sources, analytical materials, business and government information and analysis. Specialty areas include corporate law & business; employee benefits; employment & labor law; environment, health & safety; health care; human resources; intellectual property; litigation; and tax & accounting.less

Bloomberg Law provides subscription-based search technology, legal content, proprietary company information, and real-time news to lawyers and other legal professionals. Bloomberg Law services encompass legal databases and information resources that include: dockets, law reports, citations, and transactional information.

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Includes: Crime trends from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports; Homicide trends and characteristics; Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics, etc.less

Great source for non-U.S. company and industry information along with country risk reports. It contains global coverage of over 55,000 companies in 175 countries. BMI also provides macroeconomic data and forecasts for most countries.less

Provides full text for more than 7,400 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for nearly 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. This database offers information in nearly every area of business including management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more. Business Source Complete provides expanded indexing and abstract backfiles for the top scholarly business journals, dating back to 1965 or the first issue published (whichever is more recent). In some cases, indexing, abstracting, and PDF coverage actually goes back further than 1965. The database also includes other sources of full text information such as country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, ICON Group and CountryWatch and detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies.less

Two databases, one for initiatives and one for propositions - include full text of the measures, accompanying material contained in the ballot pamphlets, related legal and legislative history, and digital images of the ballot pamphlets.less

Includes information for California Ballot Propositions from 1884 to present. Updates follow every California election involving ballot measures. The Description includes the bolded number of the proposition, the title(s) for the ballot measures as printed as the heading in the voter pamphlet and any additional popular or alternative names of acts are listed in parenthesis. Finally, the statutes and bill numbers are included for ballot measures created by legislative effort.less

Search each two-year session by bill number, keyword or author. Includes full text of all version of bills, resolutions and constitutional amendments. Also included are status, history, vote analyses and veto messages.less

Contains the text of the regulations that have been formally adopted by state agencies, reviewed and approved by the Office of Administrative Law, and filed with the Secretary of State.less

California Rules of Court are organized by category, each of which is provided in two formats, Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) and HTML. The history legend of each rule specifies its effective date.less

Includes recent opinions, forms, court rules, and juror information.

The Commissions responsibility is the continuing substantive review of California statutory and decisional law. The Commission studies the law in order to discover defects and anachronisms and recommends legislation to make needed reforms.less

Via IGS web site. The IGS Library maintains a large depository collection of local ordinance codes and charters issued by California cities and counties and this page provides a list of currently available codes and charters issued in loose-leaf format. Links are provided to electronic versions of these documents, when available.less

Full text of the Notice Register starting July 2000 and table of contents only from January 1998.

The Senate Office of Research develops public policy initiatives for the California Senate.

Official website of the California State Assembly.

Official website of the California State Senate.

California State Assembly archive of California statutes (session laws) in pdf format. Also includes Final Histories, Legislative Index and Table of Sections Affected 1881 - 2001 and Assembly Journals 1849 - 1998. Selecting the volume from the drop-down list on the left produces a table of contents in the main frame. Despite their appearance, table of contents entries are live links. File sizes can be quite large, and the page may appear to freeze as the PDF downloads. If accessing from the Library's public access terminals, use a PC on LL2 (not Macs).less

A collection of hundreds of law books published by Cambridge University Press.

IntelliConnect is the portal to CCH and Wolters Kluwer databases,  including Kluwer Arbitration, China Laws for Foreign Business, and CCH's research networks for business, finance, tax, and human resources.less

Via IntelliConnect. Provides access to U.S. Federal, state, and international tax information including laws, regulations, cases, treatises, and current awareness and practice tools. Click on "Practice Areas" at the top, right hand side of the screen.  Unclick all boxes except "Tax and Accounting" and then click "OK."  Click on browse function on the left hand side of the page.  Browsing will be limited to titles related to tax and accounting.less

A database of over 400,000 economic time series covering a growing list of countries in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Data items include: National Accounts, Industrial, Sales, Construction-Property, Demographic-Labor, Domestic and Foreign Trade, Stock Markets, Banking, Inflation, Monetary, Forex, Investment, Tourism, and Transport/Telecom. This link is to the Doe Moffitt Data Lab page which more fully describes this resource.less

English language translations of laws, regulations, and cases from the People's Republic of China. Other legal news and information from China is available. The site is also available in Chinese.less

(Via IntelliConnect).  Electronic equivalent of  Asia KF1681 .C48.  Commentary, case law, legislation and other primary source materials on business regulations, taxation and customs, local business regulations for Special Economic Zones, Open Cities, provinces and other locations.  In English and Chinese.   To access, wait for the Browse feature on the left hand side of the screen to load; click on the title at the top of the list.less

Part of the World Trade Online database, this service provides access to current news, documents, statements from the Chinese government, U.S. policy, and more related to China and the World Trade Organization (WTO) as well as trade issues generally. This is the electronic version of Inside US-China Trade.less

Database on the 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) maintained by the Institute of International Commercial Law, Pace University Law School.  Includes text of the treaty, its legislative history, case annotations and scholarly writing.less

City maintained website with general info on the municipal code, the complete municipal code and zoning ordinance, and ordinances pending codification.less

Soon to be archive-only, this is the former GPO site for CFR. The new version is delivered by GPO's new FDsys portal.

Via FDsys, the portal of the United States Government Printing Office's Federal Digital System. Search from 1996 forward.

Compilation of municipal codes for some states.

Publisher of local codes and other municipal government documents such as city council minutes for selected locations. Internet Explorer recommended.less

Constitutional law database of the Council of Europe's Venice Commission. Selected constitutional law cases from a vareity of jurisdictions, including some outside of Europe, that are in, or have been translated into, English and French.less

Electronic version of the print version of the Collected Courses (also known as Recueil des Cours). The courses provide thorough examinations of international relations and law issues.less

Provides free public access to federal legislative information.  Launched September 19, 2012 by the Library of Congress and currently in beta, it is the successor to the Thomas database. Legislation from the 107th Congress (2001) to the present as well as member profiles 1973 to the present are currently available.  Over the next 2 years Congress.gov will be incorporating all the information now on Thomas.less

A project of the Center for Democracy & Technology through the cooperation of several organizations and collectors of CRS Reports, Open CRS provides citizens access to CRS Reports already in the public domain.less

Contains the full text of constitutions from over 190 countries, including English translations and introductory and comparative notes that review recent amendments and provide historical and political information. This database is the electronic version of the print source Constitutions of the Countries of the World.less

Profiles of state legislators (Senate and Assembly), constitutional officers, state Supreme Court and appellate court justices, and representatives to the U.S. Congress. Overviews and essays on major players and events influencing the state's branches of government, including lobbyists and the media. Also includes: information on the state budget; maps of assembly, Board of Equalization, and Congressional and Senate districts; tables of state data, including gubernatorial elections, economics, and the history office holders.less

Provides an historical analysis of members of Congress, their legislative voting behavior, interest group ratings, public policy legislation, current committees, background information and definitions, and chronology related to US Congress.less

The CQ Researcher is the perfect answer for people who need a place to begin research on current topics. This weekly publication covers the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, insight into all sides of the issues, bibliographies and more. Users may browse through articles in the current issue or search for past articles using words, dates or other criteria. Coverage includes 1991-present.less

Combines historical analysis with updates and commentary of US Supreme Court decisions, biographies of Supreme Court justices, Supreme Court institutional history and the US Constitution. Also includes background and commentary on constitutions from over 100 countries.less

Offers documents and data, authoritative analyses, background information and definitions, chronology, and historical material related to specific elections (Congressional, presidential, and gubernatorial) and the electoral process in America. A data set of voting/election statistics is available for exporting/downloading.less

Source for expert coverage of the U.S. Congress: status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and backroom maneuvering. less

Reports on developments, trends, and emerging patterns in criminal law.

Database with over 500,000 pages of previously classified government documents covering major international events from the Cold War to the Vietnam War. Allows for single source access to key information underpinning studies in international relations, American studies, United States foreign and domestic policy studies, and journalism.less

Italian law collection including legislation, cases, codes, regional laws, and legal doctrine and literature. To access this database, you need the id and password which are available once you submit your Calnet id and passphrase.less

Natural disasters and other catastrophic events lay bare the weaknesses in the legal system's ability to respond to events of this scale. Our society must put into practice innovative policies to recover effectively and equitably from past disasters and to prepare for future catastrophes. This Disasters & the Law database maintained by the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law Library has been designed to assist this effort, by facilitating an exchange of information and ideas from fields as diverse as urban planning, bankruptcy law, and wetlands banking. The database contains links to information gathered from a variety of sources. Most are freely available on the web, although a small number require subscription access.less

The Data Lab, located in Doe Annex 189, provides access to a growing collection of electronic data files and analytical software such as MS Excel, SAS, SPSS, Stata, and DataFerret. The Library Data Lab staff can help you locate, retrieve, and use computer-readable, numeric data. Please schedule an appointment with them to discuss your data needs or visit during regularly scheduled times when staff are present in the lab.less

Indexes over 125,000 volumes of early works printed in England or in English. These works constitute a significant portion of items included in the English Short Title Catalogue. It contains most of the works indexed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640), Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700) and the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661) collection.less

Nearly 40,000 books, from both academic and popular publishers, in a wide range of subject areas, including law, the sciences, social sciences, technology, the humanities, and more.less

Practical and detailed reference guides to the specific operating conditions, commercial laws, and business regulations in 51 countries. Provides excellent information for anyone interested in doing business abroad. Updated annually.less

Comprehensive guides to financial services, operating conditions, tax laws and investment opportunities in the world's 45 principal financial markets. Covers cash management and short-term investment options; bank and non-bank credit; equity and debt financing; and markets for stocks, bonds, currencies and derivatives. Updated annually.less

Authoritative, timely, detailed studies on the political, economic, and social structure of 200 countries. Annual profiles are updated by monthly reports. Historical coverage is back to 1996.less

Contains over 150,000 items published in Great Britain and its colonies, including those in North America, during the 18th Century. This database complements the materials found in Early English Books Online (EEBO), which covers 1475-1700. The resource is thus a rich source of information about the American and French Revolution, scientific and medical advances, literature, law, religion, industry, and all aspects of life in the 18th century.less

EISIL is a database created by the American Society of International Law. It provides access to primary documents, web sites, and research guides on many international topics. EISIL provides value added information, such as legal citations, summaries of documents, and more.less

Content previously contained in Communications Regulation from Pike & Fischer has been incorporated in this revised database along with additional analysis, news, case law, pleadings, statutes and regulations.less

The purpose of the guide is to evaluate, organize, guide and explain electronic international legal resources. The various chapters are critically revised and updated on a six-month basis. Each chapter discuss the parameters and vagaries of electronic research in their fields of expertise. They set out basic strategies to find international legal materials and examine what resources are available on international environmental, economic and criminal law, private international law, human rights, treaties, international organizations, and the United Nations.less

Comprehensive coverage of judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in the area of equal employment opportunity, the Report spans all areas of EEO policy and practice.less

The Guide describes the major statutes and regulations administered by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that affect businesses and workers and is designed mainly for those needing "hands-on" information to develop wage, benefit, safety and health, and nondiscrimination policies for businesses.less

This encyclopedia offers comprehensive coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history. Coverage includes development of the movement, historical cases of abuse, the key figures, major organizations, and a range of other issues in economics, government, religion, and journalism that touch on human rights theory and practice.  A print version of this set is also available. less

A classic reference work on the UN (and related bodies) and its role in international law and society.?? Quick access to major international treaties and documents. Entries are arranged alphabetically and there is a search engine.less

Via Justis.  Electronic version of the complete English Reports (KD270 1220 .E5) - cases decided in English courts from 1220 to 1873. Search over 100,000 cases and view as PDFs. To access, click on the "Continue to Justis" bar in the Sign In section (right hand of the screen).less

Coverage of legislative, regulatory, legal, and policy news concerning the environment. Includes proposed, new, and amended federal and state laws, rules, standards, and other significant documents.less

Provides analysis and reporting on every aspect of environmental law. Includes current news, articles, cases, administrative documents, environmental statutes, international treaties and federal and state regulations. If the page does not load within 20 seconds, click the reload button (on Firefox) or select View > Refresh (on Internet Explorer); on the second try, the ELR page should load immediately.less

The Environmental Protection Agency's Rulemaking Gateway "complements Regulations.gov, the federal government’s main portal for tracking rules from all federal agencies, by providing brief overviews of specific EPA rules and additional ways to search rules based on the phases they are in (e.g., pre-proposal, proposal), the topics they relate to (e.g., air, water), and the impacts they might have (e.g., impacts on small businesses or environmental justice)."—EPA News Release, February 18, 2010.less

The EUR-Lex web site provides comprehensive and authoritative information on EU law. It offers multilingual full-text coverage of a wide range of legal materials and provides access to the founding treaties, as well as to legislation and case law of the European Court of Justice.less

The online version of the Europa World Year Book and the nine-volume Europa Regional Surveys of the World series. Covers political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories. Also includes information on international organizations.less

Business news and information from more than 9,000 sources in 22 languages, including influential local, national and international newspapers, leading business magazines, trade publications, and newswires. Exclusive combination of The Wall Street Journal (1979-present), Financial Times, Dow Jones, and Reuters and Associated Press newswires, as well as Reuters Fundamentals, and Bureau van Dijk company profiles.less

Weekly newsletter covering important new federal and state cases, legislation, and trends on a variety of topics related to Family Law.

FDsys is a service of the Government Printing Office and provides free, online access to “America's Authentic Government Information”.  Updated daily, it provides electronic access to thousands of official federal government publications produced by all three branches of the U.S. government including the Federal Register, the Congressional Record and the United States Code.  FDsys is the successor to GPO Access which it replaced as of November 5, 2011.less

List of sources of federal agency decisions, actions, and FOIA reading rooms. Organized by topic. Compiled by the University of Virginia Library.less

The research and education agency of the federal judicial system. Basic history of the federal courts and judges on the federal bench since 1789. Includes Federal Judges Biographical Database, Courts of the Federal Judiciary, Landmark Judicial Legislation and Topics in Federal Judicial History.less

Via HeinOnline. Search or browse issues from volume 1 (1936) to present. View or download PDFs. Federal Register indexes, accessible from the same HOL library, can be separately searched.less

Via FDsys, the portal for the United States Government Printing Office's Federal Digital System. Search issues from 1994 forward.

Current and historical (to 1940s and earlier for many categories) statistics on banking, business, Consumer Price Indexes, employment & population, foreign exchange, Gross Domestic Product, interest rates, and other categories. Download MS Excel or text files, or use GeoFRED to create and download PDFs of maps showing data drawn from many of FRED's data series. Compiled by the Economic Research division of the Federal Reserve Bank.less

A topical, alphabetical listing of legislative and statutory databases, compilations and state charts/maps. Provided by The National Conference of State Legislatures.less

University of London, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies' searchable database of basic information on over 2,000 of the most significant multilateral treaties from 1353 to the present, as well as a number of significant bilateral treaties signed between 1353 and 1815.  The Index includes only those treaties where there are three or more parties to the instrument. less

Forecite provides over 3,000 jury instructions, issues, practice  notes, motions, and briefs for California criminal cases.  Password protected; please see Reference Librarian during scheduled Reference Desk hours.less

Via HeinOnline. This collection contains the full-text of many international law yearbooks and journals. It also contains U.S. international law practice digests, publications from international courts and tribunals, and other materials related to international and foreign law. The collection may be browsed or searched.less

Provides brief introductory information on the legal systems of 160 nations or jurisdictions, combined with a list of all codes and basic laws, where they can be found in their most current format in the offical language and any English translations, if available.less

A Word Bank Goup resource. The Gender Law Library is a collection of national legal provisions that impact women's economic status in 183 economies. The database facilitates comparative analysis of legislation, serves as a resource for research, and contributes to reforms that can enhance women's full economic participation.less

Laws, regulations, and other complementary legal sources from selected countries in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Contains full text in the official language of the country of origin and summaries or abstracts in English (many linked to full text documents).less

Extremely long runs of historical data on stock prices, stock indices, and macroeconomic data for the U.S. and foreign countries. Our subscription includes the full service and these sub-sets: Long-term Financial, Interest Rate, United States Daily Stock Market, Global Stock Market, Total Return, Annual Data, and Dow Jones Industrial Average Intraday.less

Fulltext searching of books scanned by Google. Full access to out-of-copyright books and previews of copyrighted books.

Journal regarding the rapidly-expanding field of the rule of law and related disciplines such as economic growth, poverty reduction, promotion of democracy, protection of human rights and geopolitical stability. Articles include the exchange of views between academics and practitioners and focus on the promotion of the rule of law on both the national and international stage.less

Latest legal developments that influence the health care industry, including new cases, federal and state legislation, rules from federal regulators, and enforcement trends.less

Provides the full-text to the early issues of many legal journals and is continually enhancing the database to include more recent volumes and more journals.less

Via HeinOnline. Database with legislative histories, treaties, documents, books and scholarly journal articles related to bankruptcy in the United States. In addition to full-text searching, can browse legislation by Public Law number or popular name.less

This is one of the better sources for profiles of medium to large U.S. and non-U.S. companies as well as profiles of industries.  Not all of the advanced features for the 44,000 companies are included the University's subscription.  Some items not covered by the subscription are available for a fee.less

Via IntelliConnect.  Detailed, current coverage of federal and state laws, regulations, cases, and compliance issues. Topics covered include management of human resources; payroll; benefits; pensions; labor and employment law; safety/OSHA; environmental compliance; health care reimbursement; health care compliance; and food, drugs and devices. Includes historical archives of laws and cases.  Click on "Practice Areas" at the top, right hand side of the screen.  Unclick "Financial Services," "Legal Professionals," and "Tax and Accounting" and then click "OK."  Click on browse function on the left hand side of the page.  Browsing will be limited to titles related to human resources. less

Resource for current and detailed reports on over 700 industries in the U.S. Its business environment reports also examine the impact of demographics, consumer behavior, and economic activity on industrial segments. Short profiles of over 8,000 corporations are also provided.less

The Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP) database indexes articles as well as book reviews from more than 500 legal journals published worldwide, including journals, essay collections, festschrifts, and congress reports.  Access to full-text articles is available for more than 100 journals.less

Index to Legal Periodicals and Books (1981 - present) and Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective (1918-1981) The Index to Legal Periodicals and Books indexes around 1000 leading legal journals, yearbooks, institutes, bar association journals, university publications and law reviews, and government publications from the United States, Puerto Rico, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The database also indexes some 1,400 monographs per year. In addition there is the Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective that indexes over 500 legal periodicals back to 1918.less

An exclusive online newsletter updated throughout the week regarding news involving the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It is one of several online newletters accessible through the InsideEPA.com website.

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InsideEPA.com provides news, updated at least daily, about regulatory and policy developments involving the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It is comprised of the following online newsletters accessible through this InsideEPA.com website: InsideEPA (weekly and daily news reports), Inside Cal/EPA, Clean Air Report, Defense Environment Report, Environmental Policy Alert, Risk Policy Report, Superfund Report, Water Policy Report. less

Via HeinOnline. E-books, legislative histories, legislation, regulations, federal agency decisions, manuals and scholarly articles related to intellectual property law. Continuously updated, the database contains both modern and historical resources, including digital versions of treatises published as early as 1774. Also includes selected foreign and comparative resources.less

Provides the full text of all decisions reported in United States Patents Quarterly from 1929 to the present.  Also offers access to finding aids, treatises, laws and regulations regarding patents.less

Intellectual Property Watch is a non-profit, independent news service which reports on the interests and behind-the-scenes dynamics that influence the design and implementation of international intellectual property policies.less

Provides legal information pertaining to trade, investment, and related issues throughout the Americas. Includes primary sources (statutes, regulations, technical standards, official gazettes, constitutions, case law and treaties) and some secondary sources (commentaries, law review articles and analysis). English language translations are available for selected Mexican laws and regulations. Electronic version of the Inter-American Trade Report is also available.less

A comprehensive collection of world-wide taxation laws and information. Includes tax treaties, individual and corporate taxation information, tax caselaw, and commentary on taxation and investment issues. E-books and journals are also included. To access, select "IBFD Tax Portal."less

Collection of datasets related to the empirical study of international courts and tribunals. Includes data on compliance, judicial dissents, information on judges, caselaw citations, sentencing, and more.less

Encyclopedia covers foreign and international laws in the following area of law: Civil Procedure, Commercial and Economic Law, Competition Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Corporations and Partnerships, Criminal Law, Cyber Law, Energy law, Environmental Law, Family and Succession Law, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Intergovernmental Organizations, Labour Law, Media Law, Medical Law, Migration Law, Private International Law, Property and Trust Law, Religion Law, Social Security Law, Sports Law, Tort Law, and Transport Law.less

Environment and safety news on laws, regulations, and policies in all major industrialized and developing nations, and in international governmental and nongovernmental organizations.less

An online magazine covering international criminal justice, publishes investigative articles and interviews about world-wide efforts to try war criminals, from the International Criminal Court to domestic courts.
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Covers significant cases dealing with public international law issues, in English, from international courts and arbitrators as well as judgments of national courts.  Coverage is from 1919 to present.  To access, click the "Continue" button in the "Sign In" box.  Continue by using quick search or browse.less

Latest news and trends in U.S. trade policy, including regulatory, legislative, and judicial developments. Covers major activities of the International Trade Commission, Departments of State, Treasury, and Commerce, World Trade Organization, and European Union. Significant court and administrative rulings involving U.S. trade law, including opinions of the U.S. Court of International Trade, International Trade Administration, and International Trade Commission. Tracks international treaty negotiations and agreements.less

The Internet Archive Text Archive contains a wide range of fiction, popular books, children's books, historical texts and academic books. less

Pike & Fischer's Internet Law & Regulation has been incorporated into BNA's Internet Law Resource Center which contains an archive of full-text case law, pleadings, statutes, regulations, news and analysis.less

Investment Arbitration Reporter is an electronic news service tracking cross-border arbitrations between foreign investors and their host governments. The reports contain news of the latest lawsuits and policy developments related to nationalizations, privatizations, and other regulatory disputes.less

A fully searchable database of awards, treaties, and commentaries related to international investment and arbitration. Also contains national arbitration laws in English.   less

ISLG is a collection of tools for researching international investment treaty law. The scope of ISLG's document collection includes all publicly available decisions and awards where the subject of the claim is an investment treaty. Currently, NAFTA and ICSID awards and decisions are the most complete. The collection also includes investment treaties, including bilateral investment treaties, and rules. To access, click on "Member Login" at the top of the page. The database is best viewed using Internet Explorer 8.0 or higher and Adobe Reader or Professional 9.0 or higher.
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Company, industry, macroeconomic, stock market information, and news for over 80 developing countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe and Australia. Many of the publications are in the vernacular of the country. Current and historical information is provided. Data is exportable in Excel format.less

A freely available franocophone database that compiles the most recent supreme court decisions from 42 countries.

JustCite is a multi-jurisdictional citator for UK case law from 1163 to present as well as Irish case law, EU case law and decisions from the European Court of Human Rights.?? It also covers UK statutes from 1235 to present and secondary legislation (Statutory Instruments) and EU legisltion. Links to the full-text sources are available but the Law Library does not subscribe to all databases.less

English Reports via Justis. From Justis homepage, click on the "Continue to Justis" button on the right hand side of the page.

Via IntelliConnect. Covers the handling of applications for patents, designs and trademarks throughout the world. Includes the full text of key conventions, treaties and agreements, reliable analysis and summaries, and over 200 detailed country reports. It will take a few seconds for all content to load. When the download is complete, click on "KluwerManualIP.com" highlighted in light green on the left side of the screen.less

Via IntelliConnect. Covers international commercial arbitration, including conventions, national legislation and case law, model laws rules of international and regional institutions, commentary, and information on bilateral investment treaties. Search or browse; most information is full-text, but in some cases only summaries or citations are available. It will take a few seconds for all content to load. When the download is complete, click on "KluwerArbitration.com" highlighted in light green on the left side of the screen.less

This service organizes federal statutory, regulatory, enforcement, and disclosure information and makes it useful through emphasis on search, guidance, current awareness, and analytics. It focuses specifically on heavily regulated industries including securities, finance, communications, technology, and energy as well as all industries affected by trade, environmental, and labor regulation. The service includes a Dodd-Frank Tracker.less

A comprehensive resource for cases, guidance, and news in all major areas of labor and employment: fair employment practices, individual employment rights, Americans with disabilities, wages and hours, labor-management relations, collective bargaining, and labor arbitration.less

The Law Library of Congress has digitized three collections of selectively compiled congressional hearings (Census, Freedom of Information/Privacy, and Immigration) as a pilot project. Ultimately, this resource will provide full-text access to approximately 75,000 volumes of hearings held by the Library. less

Summaries of, and links to, recent U.S. state and federal employment law cases. Access restricted to those with a law.berkeley.edu email address. Password available at Reference desk.less

Fully searchable archive of all articles published in the original French edition of Le Monde Diplomatique back to the first issue in 1954 and back to 1996 for the English edition. 6-month moving wall limits access to current content.less

Online version of various Yellow Book Leadership Directories. The Leadership Library is a personnel contact database for government, business, media, and nonprofit organizations. It lists names, titles, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, email addresses and biographical data.less

Via HeinOnline. More than 1200 works on US and English legal thought, both classics and rare titles, focusing on constitutional law, political science, legal philosophy and jurisprudence, biography, and more.less

Legal forms and full text of over 310 legal reference publications, including Nolo titles, written for the general public.

Links to statistics and research about lawyers and the legal profession.

LSN, a division of Social Science Research Network (SSRN), hosts and distributes scholarly information and papers related to law to legal, economics, and business scholars and practitioners.less

Starting in 1981, LegalTrac indexes all major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty law publications, bar association journals and thousands of law-related articles from general interest publications. LegalTrac also includes selective full text.less

Comprehensive legal research system. Requires individual password.

Includes access to LexisNexis Academic for news, business and legal information. LexisNexis formerly also offered LN Congressional and LN Legislative Insight, LN Statistical Insight and LN Statistical Datasets, and LN Government Periodicals Index; these services were bought by ProQuest and are listed in this index under P.less

LLMC - Digital provides full-text access to a vast collection of law and law-related literature courtesy of the Law Library Microform Consortium (LLMC), a non-profit library cooperative that has filmed more than 7,500 titles and over 90,000 volumes during its past 27 years of operation. The first group of titles mounted on the LLMC - Digital web site are U.S. Federal documents; however, it is anticipated that constitutional, legal, and law-related materials from Commonwealth and Civil Law countries will begin to appear 2004. The collection includes statutes, treatises, case law, administrative decisions, and reports of government agencies, boards and departments and its current emphasis is mainly on historical documents (1790 - 2000).less

Suggested sources of information pertaining to municipal or county legal research, with a special emphasis on California local government.

A U.S. law database with cases, statutes, administrative regulations, court rules, e-books and bar journals, including selected Aspen publications.less

A handwritten list the Administrative Register entries affecting each title of the Code of Regulations (and its predecessors) from 1945-1990.less

Fully searchable digital archive containing constitutional conventions and compilations (reports, journals, proceedings, debates, manuals, rules of order, and information for the use of delegates); city charters (the texts of enacted and proposed charters and ordinances in American jurisdictions); law dictionaries; and early U.S. state codes. Primary Sources will also include colonial records from the Primary Source Microfilm collection Published Records of the American Coloniesless

A fully searchable collection of 19th and 20th century legal treatises, casebooks, local practice manuals, form books, pamphlets, letters, speeches, and other historical legal works, covering a wide range of topics of US and British law. Includes approximately 10 million pages of over 21,000 works.less

A fully searchable database containing books and pamphlets, official and unofficial trial documents and materials, legal transcripts, administrative proceedings, and arbitrations. The collection covers trials from all countries and languages, although the great majority are English-language and published in the U.S. or Great Britain.less

A fully searchable collection of briefs and other documents related to cases brought before the U.S. Supreme Court. It contains over 150,000 cases and 350,000 documents. Search results are linked to the actual full-text PDF documents.less

A digital collection of more than 61,000 books from the period 1460-1850, and 466 pre-1906 serials. Focuses on economics but includes political science, history, sociology, and special collections on banking, finance, transportation and manufacturing. Combines the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature at the University of London Library, and the Kress Library of Business and Economics at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration along with supplementary materials from the Seligman Collection in the Butler Library at Columbia University and from the libraries of Yale.less

Fully updated online edition of the Encyclopedia of Public International Law published in print between 1991 and 2001.  Comprehensive coverage of public international law topics. less

U.S. SEC reports and non-U.S. corporate reports. Financial data is in Excel format and data for most companies goes back 15 years with quarterly or annual frequency. Textual material describes company history, subsidiaries, joint ventures, business activities, executives, and long term debt. Major industry reports cover North America and Asia Pacific regions.less

Municipal codes of select cities from all fifty states.

The complete microfilmed content of the National Law Journal from 2009 to the present is available through Proquest Digital Microfilm. Content is accessed by date and page number, no search function is currently available.  Articles can be printed or downloaded.less

Comprehensive encyclopedia of economic thought, containing over 1000 articles by over 1,500 contributors, providing both a current overview of economics as well as classic essays. New and expanded areas in the current edition include experimental and behavioral economics, game theory, international economics, technological change and growth. less

The complete microfilmed content of the New York Law Journal from 2009 to the present is available through Proquest Digital Microfilm. Content is accessed by date and page number, no search function is currently available.?? Articles can be printed or downloaded.less

Via HeinOnline. Contains a variety of legal materials from the state of New York including cases, attorney general opinions, historic and contemporary statutes, bar journals and treatises.less

Via Legal Information Reference Center.

Full-text publications and statistical data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), including country studies, forecasting publications, reports, and socioeconomic datasets. The statistics section includes data in the areas of international trade, telecommunications, foreign aid, migration, and many other categories. Includes data from 1983 to the present.less

This database provides access to all types of official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993. Since older UN documents are added to the system on a daily basis, be sure to search the collection. ODS also provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards. The system does not contain press releases, UN sales publications, the United Nations Treaty Series or information brochures issued by the Department of Public Information. For more information, consult our UN Resources & Research Tools guide.less

Online, searchable access to over 100 practice guides and action guides by a leading publisher of California legal commentary and analysis. Includes links to cited California statutes and cases.less

Via Findlaw.com. Opinions of the California Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal from 1934 to the present. Includes the official citation and page numbers.less

Slip opinions of the California Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal issued in the last sixty days. After 60 days published opinions are archived. In addition, unpublished opinions of the California Courts of Appeal are also posted for 60 days.less

Provides access to carefully selected encyclopedic-like entries on various subjects within international law as well as annotated bibliographies of sources for further research.?? New subjects within international law are being added.less

This encyclopedia of law provides both historical and contemporary comparisons of the world legal systems and covers legal history from ancient to modern times.  Major categories of law include: private law (contract, tort, civil procedure), public law (statutory, criminal, etc.), and higher or constitutional law.  This set is also available in print at the Reference Desk.less

This encyclopedia charts the interdisciplinary field of Peace Studies and offers a comprehensive survey of historical, political, theoretical and philosophical issues relating to peace and conflict. Each entry is signed by a leading scholar in the field, contains a bibliography for further reading, and is cross-referenced with other useful points of interest within the encyclopedia. In addition to A-to-Z entries, the Encyclopedia also includes a peace chronology, key documents and appendices. Key subjects covered include world leaders, major events, organizations, theories and current events. less

Reference sources from Oxford University Press, including legal dictionaries (Dictionary of Law, Dictionary of Law Enforcement, Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law) and several encyclopedias, guides and companions to legal topics in American, international and foreign law. Search sources collectively or search within an individual titleless

International law jurisprudence from a variety of international courts and tribunals, includes: International Law in Domestic Courts, International Courts of General Jurisdiction, International Criminal Law, and International Human Rights Law.less

The Oyez Project includes many hours of oral arguments (in real audio) as well as transcripts. Other resources includes biographical information about Supreme Court Justices. less

An electronic public access service that allows users to obtain case and docket information from Federal Appellate, District and Bankruptcy court. This service does require users to register and there are fees involved.less

A concise reference tool containing definitions of international terms, concepts, acronyms, and important events in international law.  Topics include diplomatic law, criminal law, human rights, treaty law, and more.  Provides references for further research including cases, treaties, journal articles, and websites. This is the third edition and is also available in print at the Reference Desk. less

An index to millions of articles published in thousands of periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences since 1665. Includes a broad but not comprehensive coverage of major legal periodicals. PCI also provides link to full text articles in the JSTOR database.less

An online periodical archive that provides access to some 450 digitized journals in the humanities and social sciences. A sister database, Periodicals Index Online, provides additional indexing for articles in over 4,500 periodicals.less

Covers 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.less

250 scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences. Topics include cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics and many others.less

Provides index and abstracts of congressional publications back to 1789, including full text of congressional hearings from 1824-2003, full text Committee Prints from 1830-2003, full text Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports from 1916-2003, and legislative histories from 1970-present. Please note that ProQuest is currently digitizing its hearings from 1824-1979 so some hearings may not be available full text. Congressional and Statistical training videos are now available on the YouTube channel.less

Provides access to the complete, microfilmed content of the National Law Journal and the New York Law Journal from 2009 to the present.   Find articles and images by date and page number, no search function is currently available.   Articles can be printed or downloaded.less

Abstracts and indexing to more than 1,100 periodical titles. Coverage includes 3 choices: Current (1998 - Present), Backfile (1986 - 1997), Deep Backfile (Prior to 1986). ProQuest includes some full text.less

Indexes graduate dissertations from over 1,000 North American, and selected European, graduate schools and universities. Dissertations published since 1980, and master's theses since 1988, include brief abstracts written by the authors. Offers full text of most of the dissertations added since 1997.less

A federal legislative history service comprised of fully searchable full-text PDFs of publications generated in the course of congressional lawmaking. These include the full text of public laws, all versions of related bills, law-specific Congressional Record excerpts, committee hearings, reports, and prints. Also included are Presidential signing statements, CRS reports, and miscellaneous congressional publications that provide background material to aid in the understanding of issues related to the making of the law.less

Comprehensive access to US and international statistical information and reports. Search by keywords in title, abstract and index, then filter results by subject, governmental or private source, geography, data breakdowns tabulated, etc. Includes reports and datasets from licensed and public domain sources. To search Proquest Statistical Datasets directly, select Datasets from the "Related Subscriptions" pulldown near the top of the screen.less

Select California municipal codes.

Rand California, sponsored by the think-tank, RAND, is a subscription-based service on California and U.S. public policy with an emphasis on statistics.less

This tax database provides comprehensive coverage of U.S. federal and state tax matters. It also includes a section of primary material and sources, with the complete federal tax code, regulations, committee reports, rulings, and more. International tax and some foreign tax law is covered. RIA Worldwide Tax Law provides English translations of tax and commercial laws from jurisdictions around the world.less

Via Westlaw (personal password required). A collection of over 1,700 out-of-print treatises and other legal materials published between 1840 and 1970. Comprehensive searching is available in Rise of American Law (ROAL-All) which combines the following six databases: International (ROAL-INT); Jurisprudence and Encyclopedias (ROAL-JUR); Practice Guides (ROAL-PRACGD); Treatises, Casebooks and Instructional Materials (ROAL-TREA); Legal History, including Commentaries and Speeches (ROAL-LEGHIST); and Dictionaries and Words and Phrases (ROAL-DICT).
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Via HeinOnline. Official publications of the Stair Society including the Stair Society Main (Annual) Series, volumes 1 - 53 (1936 - 2008). Also contains historical treatises and scholarly law review articles on Scots Law.less

Track legislative and regulatory proposals and actions affecting securities laws, futures regulation, accounting issues, and related matters. Comprehensive, up-to-date information on SEC and CFTC regulations and FASB actions.less

Documents from the United States and Europe, newspaper collections and books published in the antebellum era. Database is comprised of over 1.5 million cross-searchable pages, 7,247 books, 80 serials, more than fifteen manuscript collections and court records. Also includes reference materials from Macmillan, Scribners, and Gale encyclopedias and material published through partnerships with the Amistad Research Center, Oberlin College, Oxford University, and other institutions.less

A collection of e-books in the area of the law; published by Springer between 2005 and 2012.  Other disciplines are available through this collection. less

Via THOMAS. Map of the United States and links to the official websites of all the States and Territories of the U.S. Also includes links to the websites for the National Conference of State Legislatures and State Government Resources.less

Annual publication from the census bureau providing statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States.

Numerous resources for research and statistics about lawyers and the legal profession.

Municipal codes from some states. Includes a statewide search feature.

Via HeinOnline. Lists surveys of state laws published since 1979 in articles, books, websites and other sources. Works are listed by topic, with a brief annotation describing coverage, depth and other details. You can browse the subject headings or search for keywords in annotations. Based on Cheryl Rae Nyberg's annual bibliographies of the same title (KF240 .F67 [Reference Desk]).less

This archive contains all opinions of the court issued since May of 1990. In addition, there is a collection of 610 of the most important historical decisions of the Court. less

Resources for pursuing a study of Supreme Court history and its operations, including information about individual Justices and major decisions during the tenure of each Chief Justice.less

This Law Library of Congress website provides "Nomination Documents" for both "Confirmed" and "Not Confirmed" Supreme Court nominees. A chart includes the date of nomination, date of confirmation or other result, the available nomination "documents", who they were nominated by and who they replaced. Documentation for all justices is not yet available. Some of the nomination documents available are "Floor Debates", "Floor Vote", "Hearings", "Senate Floor Statements", and "Executive Report", The "Selected Resources" section lists recent Supreme Court nominees, some confirmed, and some not. Resources include "Articles/books by", "Congressional Documents", and even "Video" of some of the nominees are featured here.less

The Tax and Accounting Center offers a comprehensive array of analysis, news, primary sources, and practice tools covering federal, international, and state tax issues and financial accounting.less

A comprehensive array of analysis, news, primary sources, and practice tools covering federal, international, and state tax issues and financial accounting.less

A comprehensive array of analysis, news, primary sources, and practice tools covering state tax issues and financial accounting.

Information on legislative, regulatory, judicial, and policy developments from the Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, the courts, and in Congress. The Report also provides articles on new and emerging areas of taxation.less

This weekly 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.less

Via HeinOnline.  Access to over 900 volumes of legislative history materials regarding taxation and economic reform in the United States.  Includes the Carleton Fox collection, with 48 years of historical legislation related to internal revenue laws, and 25 legislative histories about U.S. economic reform and stimulus plans.less

Access to the complete digital edition of The (London) Times, with keyword searching to retrieve full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page. The entire newspaper is captured, with all the articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching.less

From 1989 onward, it traces federal legislation and contains the full text of bills, resolutions, reports, public laws, roll call votes, the Congressional Record, presidential nominations, and treaties. It will eventually be replaced by Congress.gov, as the information now on Thomas becomes available on Congress.gov, Thomas's successor site launched in beta by the Library of Congress in September 2012.less

Thomson ONE is a platform for public company financials and analyst research, as well as venture capital firm, fund, and portfolio company information. This resource replaces both Investext and VentureXpert  (works best with Internet Explorer and only on PCs)less

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) is a data gathering, data research, and data distribution organization associated with Syracuse University. Transactional refers to data about individual activities. The Data is collected from the federal government, mostly under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), concerning enforcement, staffing, spending, and other matters.less

WTO database with jurisprudence on WTO provisions, including subsequent reports, awards and decisions citing those provisions. Includes procedural documents, Dispute Settlement Body minutes, and pending jurisprudence.less

TDM is a global transnational dispute management portal and it aims to provide updates on new developments, insights and comments, as well as national legislation and case law. The primary focus is international commercial arbitration. In particular, see the current newsletter (and complete archive) and the "Knowledgebank" which provides access to primary materials.less

TLDB contains a comprehensive digest of principles and rules of transnational commercial law. The digest provides access to precedent-authorities needed to ascertain the disputed meaning of key legal terms in transnational disputes and provides thousands of full text references (arbitral awards, court decisions, law review articles, domestic laws, conventions, model laws, international restatements etc.). The database also contains a large bibliography on transnational commercial law. Searching is available and all information is free of charge.less

Via HeinOnline. Official and unofficial collections of treaties and other international legal instruments to which the US is a party, including Indian treaties. Supporting materials include historical books and periodicals relating to US treaty-making.less

Consists of several databases, the most important are: i. Status of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General. This database lists signatories and parties to more than 517 multilateral treaties, provides links to their full text and includes declarations and reservations. It is updated daily. The annual print version is available at the Reference Desk and in the UN Room (KZ4992.7 M85) ii. United Nations Treaty Series Contains the full text of more than 40,000 bilateral and multilateral agreements (print version is available at KJ179. U58 TS.) Search by title phrase or title keywords, dates of conclusion/adoption, names of participating states and selected broad subject terms. There is no full-text searching available. Note: publication requires entry into force, registration, and translations into several languages. These requirements often contribute to a considerable delay in publication.less

United Nations Info Quest, bibliographic database by the UN Dag Hammarskjold Library to serve as a ready reference file of UN documents and publications of a recurrent nature. For more information, consult our UN Resources & Research Tools guide.less

The most comprehensive database for UN documents & publications, from the United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library. Includes speeches, voting records, and resolutions. Full text from 1993, bibliographic records from 1979.less

United Nation Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) database providing free access to comprehensive statistical time series and indicators essential for the analysis of world trade, development, and interrelated issues in the areas of finance, technology, investment and durable development. less

A project of the California Digital Library that stores and distribute academic research results and working papers authored or sponsored by faculty from the University of California. It includes working papers from many law and legal-related centers and departments in the UC system.less

A searchable collection of law books published by Oxford University Press.  Topics include: comparative law, criminal law, human rights, legal history, private and public international law, and more.less

Primary materials from 1817- (15th Congress), including House and Senate reports, documents and journals; electronic access is through 1980 (96th Congress) at present, but content is being added. Also includes many important 19th century executive agency documents that were printed in congressional editions during the 19th century. Also includes American State Papers, materials originating from 1789 through 1838 but published in the mid 19th century.less

Reports on the most significant cases, regulations and legislative developments across the United States.

The full text of all decisions reported in U.S. Patents Quarterly from 1946 to the present, combined with finding aids to facilitate the search process.less

Provided by the Law Library of Congress, this site provides legal links and general resources on every state and territory belonging to the US. Some of the information provided on the site includes the constitution and other historical documents of each state; the Governor, Attorney General, and Election Commission of each state; judiciary opinions of each state's Supreme Court and Court of Appeals; and the code of laws, acts, and bills of each state. less

This database is updated monthly, and includes full-text English translations of over 11,500 treaties and international agreements. This is one of the most up-to-date source for many types of the included agreements. The collection includes non-U.S. taxation agreements too. Choose "IP Access to Products" on the top, left-hand side of the screen if not taken directly to the search page. Please log off at the end of your session as Boalt has a limited number of accounts which may be active simultaneously.less

A primary source for independent investment analysis (not brokerage house affiliated) of over 3,400 large, mid and small cap stocks. Mutual funds and options are also evaluated. Its measurement techniques have an excellent track record for predicting performance.less

Searchable database of English translations of over 3,000 Vietnamese laws, covering a wide range of subject areas. Access is by id and password only, so check with the Reference Desk for access information.less

This database provides access to primary materials (laws and cases) as well as secondary materials (articles and forms) for 95 countries, including the U.S. and the European Union (EU). The amount of information varies for each country with Spain and France having the best coverage. Search or browse by individual country. Materials are in the language of the country. ACCESS NOTE. The Landing page asks if you want to register a personal account. Ignore this and click on the V-Lex icon at the top of the screen to access the database.less

The California Secretary of State maintains an archive of Ballot Pamphlets and Voter Information Guides from March 1996 to the present.

The official publication of presidential statements, messages, remarks, and other materials released by the White House Press Secretary. Companion publication, Public Papers of the President of the United States, includes many items originally published in WCPD and is also available via GPO Access (1991- ), but publishes less frequently and is therefore usually four or more years behind current date. Both publications are also available from Hein Online (q.v.), in the US Presidential Library.less

Comprehensive legal research system. Requires individual password.

A bilingual China law database covering laws, regulations, judicial interpretations, CCP documents, cases, information on legal topics and current awareness. English translations of laws and regulations are available, but the cases are in Chinese only.less

Covers legal developments affecting the prosecution and defense of fraud and other white collar crimes.

Official White House website.

Features brief profiles on over 1.4 million individuals from all fields including government, business, science and technology, the arts, entertainment, and sports. Equivalent to the print versions of Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in Business and Finance, and many other Who's Who volumes.less

Includes more than 1,200 full-text World Bank publications. Topics covered include: economics and finance, law, public policy, education, international development, technology, poverty, gender, the environment, and more.less

A continuously updated, complimentary, multi-media Web resource with news and information from around the world on climate change issues. legislative and regulatory developments, court and administrative decisions, compliance news, state and federal government policies, international developments, emissions trading, and market information.less

Via HeinOnline. Database with current national constitutions in the original language and in English translation. Contains constitutional histories of selected countries including Brazil, Colombia, France and the United Kingdom, as well as full-text periodicals and books.less

Monthly news and analysis of developments in the regulation and enforcement of intellectual property rights worldwide.

The online equivalent to the print newsletter called Inside U.S. Trade, a weekly report on governmental and industry trade issues. Access the current newsletter, plus an archive of past issues. There is also the latest news on a variety of international trade and related issues, special reports on various hot topics, and a large collection of documents (reports, letters, dispute settlement documents, and more).less

Currently, this website only contains information about treaties signed between 1945 and 1999. Remaining treaties are being added through 2010 and early 2011. Once fully complete, the World Treaty Index, will feature citations and information about every known international agreement in the 20th Century.less

Via HeinOnline. Historical collection of books, trial transcripts, and other court documents from famous and important trials. Predominantly Anglo-American.less

Dispute Settlement Commentaries (DSCs) provide detailed summaries of the legal findings and conclusions as well as commentaries on WTO Panel reports, WTO Appellate Body reports, WTO Arbitrations, and NAFTA Chapter 20 Panel reports. Each DSC contains information about the case, including a time line, references to other reports and materials, and expert analysis on many of the key issues in the report. Other useful tools include search mechanisms, a WTO Case Law Index, and statistical information.less

This is the electronic version of the print set called Law and Practice of the World Trade Organization, a multi-volume looseleaf service. It provides access to the final texts of all relevant documents involved in the creation of the WTO (Marrakesh Declaration, the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization, GATT 1994, the Uruguay Round Agreements, and the Plurilateral Trade Agreements and related Ministerial Decisions, Declarations and Understandings), full-text decisions of the Dispute Settlement panels and reports, and commentary from trade law experts on a variety of issues. Search by keyword, title of document, product, agreement, country and subject.

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Tracks the progress of multilateral trade negotiations, negotiating positions of parties, policy decisions, dispute settlement activities, accession of new members, and reactions of countries to major developments. Coverss evolving rules for trade administered by the WTO. Monitors the progress of all major cases taken to the WTO.less

Online version of various Yellowbook Leadership Directories. The Leadership Library is a personnel contact database for government, business, media, and nonprofit organizations. It lists names, titles, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, email addresses and biographical data.less