BNA Databases (BNA All)
BNA is a leading publisher of print and electronic news and information,
reporting on developments in health law, intellectual property, labor relations,
family law, international trade, environmental protection, criminal justice,
and other public policy and regulatory issues.
Available for School of Law
students and faculty. Requires remote logon for wireless access and access
out of the School of Law.
University of Akron Electronic Resources
Electronic
Resources available through the University Libraries Catalog.
Electronic Subscriptions for Law Faculty
Logon to WebCT using your UAnet ID and Password, then select School
of Law Intranet and Calendar Ongoing (see sample link below).
Gongwer News Service
Provides daily coverage of issues in and around Ohio's government and political systems.
Gongwer's daily Ohio Report provides coverage of every bill in the General Assembly and closely
tracks the activities of the executive and judicial branches.
Available through OhioLINK.
HeinOnline
is an expanding collection of legal information
including the following collections:
- Law Journal Library
- Code of Federal Regulations
- English Reports, Full Reprint (1220-1865)
- European Center for Minority Issues
- Federal Register Library
- Foreign & International Law Resources Database
- Legal Classics
- Philip C. Jessup Library
- Session Laws
- Treaties and Agreements Library
- U.S. Attorney General Opinions
- U.S. Federal Legislative History Library
- U.S. Presidential Library
- U.S. Statutes at Large
- U.S. Supreme Court Library
- World Trials
University
of Akron only.
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
A multilingual
index to articles and books reviews published worldwide. Also analyzed are
the contexts of legal essays, festschrifts, mélanges, and congress
reports. The index to Foreign Legal Periodicals covers international (public
and private),
comparative, and municipal law of countries other than the United States,
the U.K., and Canada, and Australia. With coverage from 1985 to the present,
the
Index is updated quarterly.
Available through OhioLINK.
Index to Legal Periodicals
Retrospective: 1908 - 1981
This
retrospective index covers over 500 legal periodicals and law reviews from
the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
Available for School of Law
students and faculty. Requires remote logon for wireless access and access
out of the School of Law.
Journal of Forensic Sciences
Table
of Contents 1981 to current. Full text beginning 1998.
University of
Akron only.
LegalTrac
LegalTrac is the web based equivalent of the print product called "Current
Law Index." It is an index to legal periodical literature from 1980
to date. Approximately 25% of the articles are available in full text on
the web site and the remaining citations are only bibliographic cites.
Use
this database to find articles in all major law reviews, law journals, specialty
law and bar association journals, and legal newspapers on Federal and State
Cases, Laws and Government Regulations, Legal Practice, and legal subjects
such as Taxation and International Law. British Commonwealth and European
Union cases and law are also included.
The School of Law has the
print product and the web product. The database is also available on LEXIS
and WESTLAW as "Legal Resources Index."
University of Akron only.
LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe
Available
through OhioLINK.
LEXIS-NEXIS Congressional Universe
Available
through OhioLINK.
LLMC Digital
This
service from the Law Library Microform Consortium provides searchable databases
of earlier full text primary United States Government documents and legal
literature, most of which are not available through other online resources.
The initial
collection consists of U.S. federal and state materials relating to the executive,
legislative, and judicial branches of government (court opinions, statutes,
and administrative materials). Detailed contents descriptions are available
in the database and are updated as material is added to the collection. There
is some recent material, but the emphasis is on historical documents. It
is currently limited to the United States, but will expand to include Commonwealth
and Civil Law countries.
University of Akron only.
Matthew Bender Intellectual Property Library
Law students and
law faculty can
contact Law Librarians for access when off campus.
Available for School of Law
students and faculty. Requires remote logon for wireless access and access
out of the School of Law.
Ohio Capitol Connection
Online Legislative databases and research tools. information from current
and previous general assemblies.
Available for School of Law
students and faculty. Requires remote logon for wireless access and access
out of the School of Law.
Oxford Reference - Law
Dictionary
of Law and Guide to U.S. Supreme Court Decisions.
Available through OhioLINK.
PACER
Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) is an electronic public access service
that allows users to obtain case and docket information from Federal Appellate, District
and Bankruptcy courts, and from the U.S. Party/Case Index.
Available for School of Law
students and faculty. Please see a reference librarian for access.
