Law Article Databases & Electronic Resources

Statutes, Regulations & Court Cases

LexisNexis Academic. 1790s to present for primary legal materials; 1980s to present for news and articles.
Federal and state statutes, regulations, court cases, law review articles, Canadian, European Union, Commonwealth and foreign nations legal materials, national and international news articles, business and reference information. Full text.

Westlaw Campus Research. 1790s to present.
Federal and state statutes, regulations, court cases, legal encyclopedias (American Jurisprudence 2d , American Law Reports), law review articles, and European Union legal library. Full text.

LexisNexis Congressional. 1976 to present.
Congressional publications and legislative histories; bills, laws, and regulations; member biographical and committee assignment information; and insider's perspectives on legislative activities through the National Journal. Some full text.

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LexisNexis Academic. 1790s to present for primary legal materials; 1980s to present for news and articles.
Federal and state statutes, regulations, court cases, law review articles, Canadian, European Union, Commonwealth and foreign nations legal materials, national and international news articles, business and reference information. Full text.

Westlaw Campus Research.
Federal and state statutes, regulations, court cases, legal encyclopedias (American Jurisprudence 2d , American Law Reports), law review articles, and European Union legal library. Full text.

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Academic Search Premier. Varies by title; mid-1980s to present.
Articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, and more. Some full text. sfx enabled database

ProQuest Research Library. Varies by title; earliest 1971 to present.
Articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, and more. Some full text. sfx enabled database

Books

the PAC (Catalog of the SDSU Library).
Books, periodical titles, many government publications and other materials in the SDSU Library. Articles in periodicals are not included.

Dictionaries

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law. Published under license by FindLaw.
Concise definitions of legal terms and concepts.

Everybody's Legal Glossary. Nolo Press.
Plain-English definitions for over a thousand legal terms.

Encyclopedias

Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law (via Gale) (via NetLibrary). 2 vols. 2003.
Brief descriptions of issue's historical background, profiles of various U.S. laws and regulations, details of how laws and regulations vary from state to state, and comprehensive bibliographies that include print and Web resources and lists of relevant organizations.

Westlaw Campus Research.
Federal and state statutes, regulations, court cases, legal encyclopedias (American Jurisprudence 2d , American Law Reports), law review articles, and European Union legal library. Full text.