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Nexis Uni
Replaces Lexis/Nexis Academic which retires later this year. Test drive this new and improved resource! Provides full-text access to laws, court cases, and law review articles. Also substantial news and business coverage. See especially the Law Reviews and Cases areas.
HeinOnline ( provided courtesy of the Law Library)
HeinOnline offers a broad range of legal materials: journal collections, state and federal statutes, codes and court cases, federal regulations, Congressional publications, treaties, foreign legal materials, world constitutions, etc.
GovInfo
Authenticated archival full-text access to essential federal publications from all three branches of government. Includes bills, Congressional publications, regulations, laws, codes, and a variety of other materials.
JSTOR
JSTOR archives full-text scholarly articles in a number of disciplines, including law and related disciplines. The collection is now being updated to include articles published in recent years.
LII: Legal Information Institute (Cornell University Law School)
Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective
Covers legal materials from 1908 to 1981. Not a full-text resource; use the NU check for full-text link to locate articles.
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books Full-Text
Legal article citations from 1981 to present; selected full-text from 1994 to present. When PDFs are not available, use the check for full-text links.
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Offers authoritative articles on various aspects of the law. Good for topic overviews.

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