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Index to Legal Periodicals and Books UCB only
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.
LegalTrac UCB only
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.
Bureau of National Affairs (BNA)
A listing of the BNA databases that the Law Library subscribes to.
California Courts Self Help Center
This site is intended to help users find legal assistance, learn about California law, work better with an attorney, and represent oneself in some legal matters.
CataLaw
A catalog of catalogs of law on the Internet arranging legal and government sites into a metaindex.
FindLaw: Internet Legal Resources
Excellent legal web site that brings together many of the major legal resources.
Hein Online UCB only
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.
Index to Legal Periodical Literature (1786-1922) UCB only
Index to legal articles from over 900 legal and general periodicals, from 1786 to 1922. You must select "Index to Legal Periodical Literature" from the drop-down menu of periodical indexes.
KluwerArbitration.com UCB only
KluwerArbitration is a fully searchable database covering the topic of international commercial arbitration. It includes: conventions, national legislation and case law, model laws rules of international and regional institutions, commentary, and information on bilateral investment treaties. The researcher can search or browse the database. Most information is full-text, but in some cases summaries or citations are only available. After you have accessed the database, select the "International Business" tab.
LawHelpCalifornia.org
Basic self-help legal information and resources for Californians in the areas of housing, public benefits and health, work, immigration, senior issues, Native American issues, families and kids, protection from abuse, consumer law, small claims, civil rights, estate planning, and disability law.
Legal Information Institute (Cornell)
Good collection of legal materials from the US and foreign jurisdictions.
Legal Scholarship Network (LSN)
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.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Service UCB only
Includes access to Lexis-Nexis Academic for news, business and legal information; LexisNexis Congressional; Statistical Information, Government Periodicals Index, and Current Issues.
Periodical Contents Index (1665 -1995) UCB only
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.
Your Public Law Library
The Council of California County Law Librarians has created a site that offers links to research resources and self help tools, provides a basic legal research class and has a real time "ask a librarian" online service. |
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