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Law databases for walk-in patrons

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Top picks

1. LexisNexis Academic Legal - LexisNexis
Provides Law Reviews; Shepard's Citations; federal & state codes; tax law; Canadian court cases; Canadian legislation; European Union, Commonwealth, & Foreign Nations; and Patents
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.


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1. GovSearchSuite - Carroll Publishing
Contains directory information on people, programs, and places in federal, state, and municipal governments and civilian programs. Very strong in military and Department of Defense contracting communities. More info
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU, Broward, and Alumni.
2. GPO Monthly Catalog - FirstSearch (OCLC)
Citations only for documents printed by the U.S. government including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; documents issued by executive departments; etc. More info  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
3. Index to Legal Periodicals Full Text - WilsonWeb
New database created 19-Jun-09Citations from over 900 legal and government publications, from 1982 to present. Full text for 353 periodicals. Covers all areas of jurisprudence, including: corporate law, real estate and tax law, criminal law, recent court decisions, and new legislation. More info  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Alumni.
4. Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective - WilsonWeb
Index to over 750 English language legal periodicals for 1908-1981, plus annual surveys of laws, and federal courts, yearbooks, annual institutes, and annual reviews. More info  - Tutorial
NOTE: Limited to one simultaneous user. If you are unable to access, please try again later.
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
5. LegalTrac - Gale Cengage Learning
We have cancelled our Gale LegalTrac subscription. The last day of access was September 30, 2009. Please check our other law databases.
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
6. LexisNexis Academic - LexisNexis
Selected full-text articles, broadcast transcripts, speeches, biographies, laws, legal cases, SEC filings, company profiles, statistics, and other sources covering general news, business information, legal materials, medical and health information, and general reference information. More info  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
7. Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800 -1926 - Gale Cengage Learning
Comprehensive full-text collection of Anglo-American legal treatises containing 10 million pages of information from 21,000 works. Includes casebooks, local practice manuals, form books, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches and more, all separated into 99 subject areas. More info
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
8. Making of Modern Law: Trials, 1600 - 1926 - Gale Cengage Learning
Contains over 10,000 items (about 2,000,000 pages), including unofficially published accounts of trials; official trial documents, briefs and arguments reprinted or bound as separate publications; and official, separately published records of legislative proceedings, administrative proceedings, and arbitrations. The literature include sensational accounts of murder, adultery, divorce, and duels along with important cases of constitutional law, commercial law, impeachment, treason, and other topics. More info
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.

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