Library services and COVID-19
Many library services continue online to support learning and instruction on the Boston campus.
- Check my appointment calendar for online and telephone research appointments; please e-mail me if you need an alternative time or wish to work via e-mail.
- Use the QuestionPoint online chat service (available 24/7).
- Contact us through our e-mail web form (response in one business day).
- Text us at 617.934.7876.
- Also, check our Research Tutorials, Scholar OneSearch Tutorials, and Citation Management resources.
We look forward to working with you.
Key Resources
Welcome! For additional options, visit our comprehensive list of resources or consult a Subject Librarian, discipline-specific Subject Guide, or NU Law School Library Subject Guide.
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Nexis UniReplaces Lexis/Nexis Academic. 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.
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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.
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GovInfoAuthenticated 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.
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JSTORJSTOR 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.
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Index to Legal Periodicals RetrospectiveCovers legal materials from 1908 to 1981. Not a full-text resource; use the NU check for full-text link to locate articles.
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Index to Legal Periodicals and Books Full-TextLegal 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.
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International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral SciencesOffers authoritative articles on various aspects of the law. Good for topic overviews.
Library Quick Links
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Scholar OneSearchScholar OneSearch provides simple, one-stop searching for books, articles, digital media, government publications, and more. To search the NU library catalogs for books, e-books, and other local resources, select the Library Catalogs option in Scholar OneSearch.
Key E-Journal Collections
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The Law Library is open to members of the Northeastern University community.
Please consult the excellent Library Guides created by Law School librarians!
Please note: Snell Library and the Law Library share access to many databases and e-journals. However, a number of Law Library e-resources, including Westlaw and the Law Library's version of Nexis Uni are not available to the larger University community.