Online Databases
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Other Useful Databases for Legal Research
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Legal Databases
| Access | Database | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Law School Access Only | BNA Web | includes U.S.Law Week, I.P. library, Labor library, and other reporters |
| Rutgers Only | HeinOnline | Coverage of many older law journals not contained in Lexis or Westlaw;
Federal Register; Legal Classics; U.S. Treaties; Federal Legislative Histories. Law School's subscription also includes Foreign & International Law Resources. |
| Law School Access Only | IBFD | International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation |
| Password required | Lexis-Nexis | Broad coverage of primary and secondary legal sources and news databases |
| Rutgers Only | LLMC Digital | LLMC-Digital offers a wide range of archival material from federal legislative, judicial and executive branch agencies. |
| Law School Access Only | Making of Modern Law | Legal treatises 1800-1926 (Supported by Rutgers Law School Alumni Association) |
| Law School Access Only | RIA Checkpoint | A tax database |
| Newark Campus | Total Kleinrock Office | A tax database. If you already have a password, please log in . To get a password, send e-mail (from Andromeda, Kinoy, or Pegasus) to request Customer Number. After obtaining Customer Number, go to here to create your password. |
Free access username: treaties password: 12345 |
United Nations Treaty Collection | Includes full-text of all UN Treaties |
| Password required | Westlaw | Broad coverage of primary and secondary legal sources and news databases |
Other Useful Databases for Legal Research
| Access | Database | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rutgers Only | Access UN | United Nations publications |
| Rutgers Only | Books in Print | Full bibliographic information and links to reviews |
| Rutgers Only | Business & Industry Database | Coverage: 1994 - present |
| Rutgers Only | Business Source Premier | Business Information, has some coverage from 1926 onwards, and more than 200 journals with complete coverage from 1965 |
| Rutgers Only | CCH Tax Research Network | Information on latest changes to tax laws and regulations |
| Rutgers Only | CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online | Papers & conference proceedings from universities, NGOs and foundations, 1991 - present |
| Rutgers Only | Country Watch | Current news & information on 191 countries |
| Rutgers Only | CQ Researcher | In-depth analysis of contemporary issues, 1991 to present |
| Rutgers Only | Criminal Justice Abstracts | Coverage: 1969 to present. |
| Rutgers Only | Digital Dissertations | Lists 1.5 million titles from 1861 to present |
| Rutgers Only | EconLit | Covers 550 journals, 1969 - present |
| Rutgers Only | EEBO - Early English Books Online | Contains some early English legal materials |
| Rutgers Only | Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) | Includes many law books published in the 1700's |
| Rutgers Only | Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management index | Coverage: 1984 to present |
| Rutgers Only | ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center | Database of education related literature, 1966 to present |
| Rutgers Only | Factiva | Access to Factiva publications and company information |
| Rutgers Only | JSTOR | Full-text database of older scholarly periodicals |
| Rutgers Only | New York Times (Proquest) | Full text images from the newspaper are available through this database. |
| Rutgers Only | Oxford English Dictionary | Based on the second edition but with drafts and revisions from the not yet released third edition |
| Rutgers Only | Polling the Nations | Opinion surveys from over 700 polling organizations covering 80 countries, 1986 - present |
| Rutgers Only | (PAIS) Public Affairs Information Service | Covers journals, books, conference proceedings and government documents, 1972 - present |
| Rutgers Only | SourceOECD | SourceOECD is the online publications portal of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.Full text of OECD periodicals and documents are available at this site. |
| Rutgers Only | Statistical Universe | Permits searching across many government statistical databases |
| Rutgers Only | Ulrich's Periodical Directory | Ulrich's provides information on approximately 250,000 periodicals. Includes some reviews. Coverage varies. |
| Rutgers Only | United Nations Statistics Division Common Database - UNStats | UNSTATS provides selected series from 30 specialized international data sources for all available countries and areas. |
| Rutgers Only | U.S. Congressional Serial Set | Congressional reports and documents, 1817-1980 |
| Rutgers Only | World News Connection | English and translated news stories from the Foreign News Service of the U.S. Government |
| Rutgers Only | Worldwide Political Science Abstracts | Coverage: 1975 to present |