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Due to vendor licensing requirements access to some resources is limited.  Restrictions are indicated by the color coded notations next to the title of each resource below.
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Law Lib. - Mondale Hall Access for all users within the Law Library.
Access for U of M Law faculty, students & staff throughout the law school building (Mondale Hall) .
UMLaw Remote Remote access available for U of MN Law faculty, students & staff only.
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Remote (off-campus) access available for U of M-TC affiliated users.
Open Access Internet resource available to anyone with access to the web.

Title List of Databases & E-Journals

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ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Access UN (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Readex U.N. Provides access to U.N. documents and publications (1946-current)

Accounting Policy & Practice Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Accounting Policy & Practice Series (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

AILALink Online (Reference)
A fully searchable, web-based immigration law library with a comprehensive collection of primary and secondary sources.

Alternative Investment Law Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
A weekly notification service that provides information on legislative, regulatory, and judicial developments relating to hedge funds, private equity funds, and other alternative investment vehicles.

Americans with Disabilities Act Manual (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
Note: the above link is to the BNA Labor & Employment Law Library. The content found in the Americans with Disabilities Act Manual can be found by clicking on the links to these three sections: "Analysis", "Law, Regulations and Agency Documents" and "News". Another alternative for locating disabilities law materials is to browse the index to disabilities law materials.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation Daily (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote) Hall)
Web version of the popular weekly newsletter on significant judicial, legislative, administrative, and enforcement actions on the state, federal and international levels. Coverage from 2/8/96 - current.

ArbitrationLaw Online (Reference)
International commercial arbitration and dispute resolution database. Includes laws, rules, treaties and conventions, arbitral and judical decisions, bibliography of commercial arbitration, treatises, journals, newsletters, monographs and a roster of arbitrators. Also includes regional and country specific information. Choose from a list of 42 publications and databases to search (no browse feature).

Asian Journal of Comparative Law (BE Press) (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
An initiative of the Asian Law Institute, an association of thirteen leading law schools in Asia...to provide a forum for discussion of the law and legal systems of Asia. The Journal is peer reviewed. The e-version of an accepted article is published after final editing; the print version is published once a year.

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Banking Daily (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Banking Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Bankruptcy Law Daily (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Bankruptcy Law Reporter (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Benefits Practice Center (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Berkeley Electronic Press (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Includes access to the following law-related BE Press titles: Asian Journal of Comparative Law, Global Jurist, International Commentary on Evidence, Issues in Legal Scholarship, Journal of Tort Law, Law & Ethics of Human Rights, Muslim World Journal of Human Rights, Review of Law and Economics, Theoretical Inquiries in Law, and Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology.

BioTech Watch (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Broker/Dealer Commpliance Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

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CALI - Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction  Available to U of M Law School students and faculty only.
CALI offers over 600 tutorials, lessons and podcasts covering over 32 different legal subject areas. Note: access limited to law faculty and students, user registration required. Contact Reference Office (625-4309) for Law School Authorization Code (required for registration).

Cambridge University Press Journals (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Full-text C.U.P. journals, covering a wide variety of subjects/disciplines, including 18 titles llisted under the subject  "Law" (.pdf format).

Cambridge University Press Texts via MyiLibrary (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Full-text C.U.P. monographs, covering a wide variety of subjects/disciplines, including approximately 98 titles covering law (primarily foreign, comparative and international law topics).

Chemical Regulation Daily (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Chemical Regulation Reporter - Current Reports (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Chicago Manual of Style (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Online version of the 15th edition.

CILP - Current Index to Legal Periodicals (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
This weekly service indexes 500+ legal periodicals into over 100 subject headings. In addition to the subject index, it lists the table of contents for each new journal issue covered. Weekly issues archived back to 1999 may be browsed or downloaded (MS Word format).

Class Action Litigation Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Collective Bargaining Negotiations & Contracts (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
Note: This link is to the BNA Labor & Employment Law Library. The content found in the Collective Bargaining Negotiations & Contracts can be found by clicking on the "Analysis", "Law, Regulations and Agency Documents" and "News" links. Another alternative for locating collective bargaining law materials is to browse the index to collective bargaining & negotiations law materials.

Columbia International Affairs Online (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Contains publications on theory and research in international affairs including journals, books, working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, course packs, and maps and country data.

Computer Technology Law Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Congressional Universe, see LexisNexis Congressional (below)

Constitutions of the Countries of the World; Constitutions of the Dependencies and Territories; Constitutions of the United States: National & State (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Access limited to a single user (no concurrent users). Contains the most complete and up-to-date english translations of the constitutions of 192 countries, the constitutions of dependcies and territories of countries worldwide and the constitutions of all 50 U.S. states.

Construction Labor Report (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Corporate Accountability & Fraud Daily (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Corporate Accountability Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Corporate Compliance Library (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Corporate Counsel Weekly (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Corporate Governance Library (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Corporate Law Daily (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Corporate Practice Library (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

CQ Electronic Library (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries) 
Provides access to reports and articles from the CQ Weekly, CQ Researcher, CQ Public Affairs Collection and the CQ Voting and Elections Collection. The CQ Weekly provides nonpartisan information on Capitol Hill. The CQ Researcher and Public Affairs collections investigate a wide range of current topics, providing the pro's and con's of the issues.

Criminal Law Reporter (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
Web version of the popular looseleaf service on significant developments, trends in and interpretations of criminal law and enforcement. Published weekly; coverage from 8/7/96 - current.

Current Law Journal Content - CLCJ (Open Access) (Washington & Lee Law School)
This database contains the tables of contents for over 1,188 law journals (as of 3/2006). Its coverage begins around 2005 and includes journals from 30 countries. The database does not contain full-text articles, but article citations provide links to full-text sources (both free and subscription-based). Users can specify a date range and/or country and browse the table of contents of all journals added to the database. Users can also search the article citations (author/title/abstract/journal-name fields) contained in the database. Results may be sorted in a number of ways including journal name, date-added, and "journal impact factor." Users can subscribe to a free email service that allows them to set up a profile and receive notification of new issues with links to the table of contents for journals the user selects. Users also have the option of viewing the table of contents via a feedreader, or displaying the table of contents of selected journals from CLCJ on their own web pages.

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Daily Environment Report (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Daily Labor Report (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Daily Report for Executives (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Daily Tax Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Digital Discovery & e-Evidence (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

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E-Commerce Law Daily (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

E-Commerce Tax Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Early American Imprints Series I. Evans (1639-1800) Digital Edition (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Collection of digitized text and images from 17th and 18th century America. Users may search and browse various types of documents on topics related to government, law, crime, history, politics, health, philosophy, labor, economics and trade, languages, military, literature, law and crime, people, science, theology, and society, customs, and manners.

Electronic Commerce & Law Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) (Reference)
Access to the EBRI's publications and resources.

Employment Awards Database (American Arbitration Association) (Reference)

Employment Discrimination Report (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Employment Discrimination Verdicts & Settlements (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Environment Reporter - Current Reports (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Environment & Safety Library (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
Library's subscription includes federal and state materials only.

Environmental Due Diligence Guide Report (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Environmental Law Reporter - ELR (Environmental Law Institute) (Reference)
Access to news and analysis from ELI's various newsletters, current awareness publications and journals. Coverage includes state, federal and international environmental law. Includes primary and secondary source materials, and indicies and finding tools.

Expert Evidence Report (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Export Reference Guide (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

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Family Law Reporter (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
Web version of the popular looseleaf service providing news and analysis of significant appellate court decisions and legislative and regulatory developments on state and federal levels. . Published weekly; coverage from 8/6/96 - current.

Federal Contracts Daily (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Federal Contracts Report (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Federal Environment & Safety Regulatory Monitoring Report (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Foreign & International Law Resources Database (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Part of the HeinOnline collection of databases and e-resources, this database provides access to full-text documents grouped in the following categories: Part I. International Yearbooks & Periodicals, Part II. U.S. Law Digests, Part III. International Tribunal/Judicial Decisions, Part IV. Other Significant Works Related to Foreign & International Law.

Foreign Law Guide: Current Sources of Codes and Basic Legislation in Jurisdictions of the World (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall, *Access not available outside Mondale Hall)
Web version of the popular hard copy set. An essential resource for locating primary and secondary legal resources as well as information regarding the legal histories and systems of countries world-wide.

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Global Jurist (BE Press) (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Formerly published as three separate publications (Global Jurist Frontiers, Global Jurist Advances and Global Jurists Topics)and consolidated in 2007 under the single title, Global Jurist. Global Jurist covers issues of comparative law, law and economics, international law, law and development, and legal anthropology.

Government Employee Relations Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

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Hague Academy Collected Courses Online (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
The Hague Academy is a prestigious international institution for the study and teaching of Public and Private International Law and related subjects. The work of the Hague Academy receives the support and recognition of the UN. Its purpose is to encourage a thorough and impartial examination of the problems arising from international relations in the field of law. The courses deal with the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject, including legislation and case law. All courses at the Academy are, in principle, published in the language in which they were delivered in the Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law.

Harmon on Patents: Black-Letter Law and Commentary (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
This treatise, (part of BNA’s Intellectual Property Library), restates contemporary substantive patent law in a series of “black-letter” rules with extensive commentary.

HazMat Transportation News (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Health Care Daily Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Health Care Fraud Report (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Health Care Policy Report (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Health Law & Business Library (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Health Law Reporter (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Health Plan & Provider Report (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

HeinOnline (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Contents include: Law Journals Library, Federal Register Library (vol. 1, 1936 - vol. 63, 1998), U.S. Supreme Court Library (U.S. Reports, preliminary reports and slip opinions), opinions of the U.S. Atty. General and the Office of Legal Counsel of the Dept. of Justice,  and a Treaties and Agreements Library.

Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Times to the Present: Millennial Edition (U of M-TC Campus Libraries)

Homeland Security Briefing (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Human Resources Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Human Rights Library - University of Minnesota (Open Access)
Treaties, U.N., Regional and U.S. human rights documents, bibliographies, asylum and refugee materials and more.


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Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
This index, "covers all forms of foreign (non-Anglo-American) law. This includes comparative law and legal systems, such as Islamic law; socialist law; public and private international law; and transnational commercial law. The data is not limited by country of publication, but rather type of publication. Thus, while publications concerning British and American law are not included, British and American publications concerning foreign law are included. The types of documents covered include journal articles, congress reports, essay collections, yearbooks, and book reviews. The database encompasses all languages. Coverage starts with 1985."

Index to Legal Periodicals & Books (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
Coverage includes 800+ legal periodicals, law reviews, bar association journals, university publications, yearbooks, institutes, government publications and books, (dates of coverage vary but begin no earlier than 1980 for periodicals and 1993 for books).

Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective: 1918-1981  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
A bibliographic database consisting of citations from the print editions of Index to Legal Periodicals published between 1918-1981. Coverage includes over 750 legal periodicals (law reviews, bar association journals, university publications, yearbooks, institutes and government publications) published in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

Index to Legal Periodical Literature 1786-1922, ed. Jones and Chipman, eds. (U of M-TC Campus Libraries)
Part of the 19th Century Masterfile, Series I database. Jones and Chipman's Index to Legal Periodical Literature contains 98,254 citations from 590 general periodical titles, 236 legal periodical titles and 67 Law Report Titles, covering 11,000 volumes.

International Business & Finance Daily (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

International Commentary on Evidence (BE Press) (U of M-TC Campus Libraries)
"...a peer-reviewed journal on evidence law and theory. Its purpose is to promote scholarly communication about the law of evidence without regard to political or academic boundaries. Each article addresses evidentiary issues of interest in more than one jurisdiction, and, frequently, in disciplines such as economics, psychology, philosophy and history."

International Environment Daily (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

International Environment Reporter - Current Reports (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

International Law in Domestic Courts, see Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts (below)).

International Law Reports (Justis Publishing) (U of M-TC Campus Libraries)
Access Note:  click on the "Continue" button located in the "Sign In" box to access ILR.  This database offers, "regular and systematic reporting in English of decisions of international courts and arbitrators as well as judgments of national courts." Coverage includes, "all significant cases of public international law from 1919 to the present day" and includes a diverse range of topics such as: international boundaries, state and diplomatic immunity, treaties between states, war, terrorism and refugee law.

International Tax Monitor (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

International Trade Daily (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

International Trade Reporter - Current Reports (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Irish Penal Laws: Laws in Ireland for the Suppression of Popery (Open Access)
Full-text copies of laws passed by the Protestant Parliament of Ireland which regulated the status of Roman Catholics through most of the 18th century. This site contains the text of those Penal Laws passed in Ireland during the reigns of William and Mary, William III, Anne, and George I and II, from 1691 to 1760. It also contains certain English statutes relating to the status of Irish Catholics.

Isinolaw (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall )
A comprehensive database (searchable in English or Chinese) of the national and local laws and regulations, judicial interpretations, court judgements and arbitration of the People's Republic of China. Also includes: WTO documents, standard contact forms, legal news and alert services, Taiwan and Macau laws (in Chinese only), a lawyers directory, glossary, Chinese law publication catalogs and more. Note: subscription allows single and not concurrent usage.>

Issues in Legal Scholarship (BE Press) (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Issues in Legal Scholarship, "aims to provide a forum for discussion of seminal articles in the field of legal scholarship. The journal consists of a series of symposia, the focus of each being a key article in the field."

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Journal of Tort Law (BE Press) (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
"JTL is committed to methodological pluralism, and welcomes, among other approaches, comparative, doctrinal, economic, empirical, historical, philosophical, and policy-oriented analyses of issues in or related to tort law."

JSTOR (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
An electronic archive of scholarly journals from a variety of disciplines including: African American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology, and Statistics. Search, browse, print and download options provided.

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Labor Relations Reporter / Labor & Employment Law Library (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
A "complete resource for cases, guidance, and news in all major areas of the field: fair employment practices, individual employment rights, Americans with disabilities, wages and hours, labor-management relations, collective bargaining, and labor arbitration." Case law and administrative decisions dates of coverage vary (generally start in the 1960s).

Labor Relations Week (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Law & Ethics of Human Rights (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
This BE Press journal focuses on human rights law and its intersection with political theory and policy. Each issue centers around one contemporary human rights dilemma that raises major legal and moral questions.

Legal Research & Information Web Sites (Open Access)
A collection of links, compiled by the U of M Law Library Reference staff, to law-related resources available on the Internet. Organized by jurisdiction & subject.

Legal Scholarship Network (Open Access, registration required)
"LSN publishes a broad series of email abstracting journals of working papers and articles accepted for publication. In addition to including abstracts of scholarly papers, we also publish weekly Professional Announcements that include announcements such as professional meetings, calls for papers and special issues of journals and Professional Job Listings that carry announcements of open positions in academia and industry."

LegalTrac (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
An index to articles in law reviews, law journals and legal newspapers (1980-Present). Includes U.S., British Commonwealth and E.U. law-related topics.

LexisNexis : Available to U of M Law School students and law faculty only. Searchable Directory of Online Sources.

LexisNexis Academic (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
A collection of online databases: News, Business (plus corporate news and corporate financials), Legal, Medical, and Reference. The legal research resources include a substantial collection of state, federal and international primary and secondary materials, including statutes, case law, topical databases, Shepards Citators, attorney, law firm and law school directories.

LexisNexis Congressional (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Federal congressional publications and information of particular importance to legislative history research. Publications include: bills, hearings, committee reports, the Congressional Record, the U.S. Statutes at Large, the U.S. Code, the Code of Federal Regulations, the Federal Register, compilied legislative histories, Congressional Research Reports, campaign contribution and finanacial information, voting record information, and congressional news sources. See the "Content Coverage Chart" in the "Help" page section of the database for dates of coverage and update schedule.

LexisNexis Statistical (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Web version of three major statistical indexes.

Life Sciences Law & Industry Report (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

LLMC Digital (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
A digital collection of federal executive, legislative and judicial branch documents. Also includes select state, foreign, international materials and special collections on military law and British Empire studies. Offers a variety of search options. See web site for detailed information of collection holdings.

Loislawschool.com
Available to U of M law students & faculty only. Online registration required (see Reference Office for access code).

Looseleaf Services List (Open Access)
A list of looseleaf services (alphabetical by title) held by libraries (mostly law libraries) in the twin cities metro area. Compiled by the Minnesota Association of Law Libraries.


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The Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800 - 1926 (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Provides full-text digital images on every page of the 22,000 legal treatises on U.S. and British law published from 1800 through 1926. Browse feature (by author or title) and full-text search engine provided.

The Making of Modern Law: Trials 1600 - 1926 (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Provides full-text digital images of every page of the thousands of books and pamphlets in the collection. In addition to works pertaining to English-speaking jurisdictions, e.g. U.S., Britain, Ireland and Canada, English-language titles about trials in other jurisdictions such as France are included. Books encompassing multiple trials are included as well as books about a single trial. Books about general trial procedures, legal doctrines and advocacy methods are excluded, as are books about crimes not resulting in trials. Browse feature (by author or title) and full-text search engine provided.

Making of Modern Law United States Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832 - 1978, See
United States Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832 - 1978

MarciveWeb DOCS - Express Search (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Catalog of U.S. gov't. publications from 1976 to present.  

Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
Online version of the original print set. Contains over 450 articles including over 120 that relate to judicial decisions and dispute settlement, and a set of articles covering the history of international law since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. New material is added quarterly and the project is expected to reach completion in 2010.

Media Law Reporter (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
Covers media law issues from FOIA to the First Amendment. Contains an indexed library of case law dating back to 1977 with helpful editorial enhancements to aid research. Includes a weekly reporting service that provides significant federal and state court opinions.

Medical Devices Law & Industry Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Medical Research Law & Policy Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Medicare Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Mergers & Acquisitions Law Report (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Minnesota CLE (Reference)
U of M Law School students and faculty may access CLE publications via the web site's Online Library. Contact the Reference Office for access instructions. Retrieve chapters from CLE publications.  Browse by seminar name, practice area, author or search by keyword.   

Minnesota Lawyer and Minnesota Lawyer Judicial Directory (Reference Office)
Online edition of Minnesota's legal newspaper. In addition to coverage of legal news and events Minnesota Lawyer also includes sections on: Verdicts/Settlements, Court Opinions, Lawyer Directory, ADR Directory, Classifieds, and a Directory of Judges in Minnesota. Library access is password protected, see Reference Office for access.

Minnesota Legal Periodical Index (Web-MLPI) (Open Access)
Web version of the print index published by the Minnesota State Law Library. Covers Minnesota law school, bar association and commercial publications as early as 1984. Links to full-text articles when available on the web. A collaborative effort of the Minnesota State Law Library and Pritchard Law Webs, publisher of LawMoose!

Money & Politics Report (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Muslim World Journal of Human Rights (BE Press) (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
"...a medium for scholarly debate on various aspects of the question of human rights as it relates to the Muslim World. Edited by an international board of leading Islamic studies, Middle Eastern studies and human right scholars from around the world, MWJHR promises to serve as a forum in which barriers are bridged (or at least, addressed), and human rights are finally discussed with an eye on the Muslim world, in an open and creative manner."

MyiLibrary (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Full-text Cambridge University Press, Springer and Wolters Kluwer Law & Business monographs, covering a wide variety of subjects/disciplines, including approximately 319 titles covering law (primarily foreign, comparative and international law topics).

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NBER - National Bureau of Economic Research (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
A private, nonprofit, nonpartisan economic research organization. Access working papers in .pdf format.

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Occupational Safety & Health Daily Report (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Occupational Safety & Health Reporter - Current Reports (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Oceana - Constitutions of the Countries of the World & Dependencies and Territories & United States: National and State, see Constitutions of the Countries of the World & Dependencies & Territories & United States: National & State above.

Oxford Reports on International Courts of General Jurisdiction (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
ICGJ provides coverage of all contentious and advisory cases from the International Court of Justice and Permanent Court of International Justice. Basic orders regarding the setting of time limits for the filing of written and/or oral submissions by the parties are excluded. ICGJ is expected to eventually include cases from other courts, such as the Permanent Court of Arbitration and International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. All reported decisions have a headnote, the full text of the decision, and are linked to the Oxford Law Citator.

Oxford Reports on International Criminal Law (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
ICL focuses on decisions from a range of international criminal courts and tribunals (currently: Int'l. Criminal Court, Int'l. Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Int'l. Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Special Court for Sierra Leone and decisions from post-WWII military tribunals). ICL will cover all decisions from these courts which contain anything of jurisprudential importance. Interlocutory decisions which do not contain any point of law (whether that point is substantive, evidential or procedural) are excluded.

Oxford Reports on International Human Rights Law (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
IHRL covers international decisions on human rights from a variety of global and regional courts, including selected cases on the European Convention on Human Rights, and final decisions from the four UN Committees which are able to deliver views in individual cases (Committee Against Torture; Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women; Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; and Human Rights Committee).Oxford anticipates that coverage within IHRL will extend shortly after launch to include decisions from the Inter-American system, and decisions under the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights.

Oxford Reports on International Investment Claims (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
IIC aims to publish all publicly available awards and decisions arising out of international investment arbitrations, and related enforcement or review decisions from national courts. The collection at launch includes over 300 arbitral awards, decisions, and determinations issued under the auspices of various international arbitral bodies. A more complete description of the database is avaialble here

Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
ILDC covers international law as applied in the domestic courts of around 70 jurisdictions. The geographical scope is intended to be as broad as possible; ILDC currently reports on countries from every continent in the world and continues to add new reporters and new jurisdictions. The policy for ILDC has been to focus first on relevant cases from 2000 to the present for each jurisdiction, and then to work back through decisions earlier years to boost increase the size of the archive. Occasionally, ILDC reports on much earlier cases if they are very important for the development of international law jurisprudence in a particular jurisdiction.

Oxford University Press Journals (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Full-text O.U.P. journals, covering a wide variety of disciplines, including 22 law-related journals (html & .pdf formats).

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Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Daily (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Pension & Benefits Daily (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Pension & Benefits Reporter - Current Reports (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Pharmaceutical Law & Industry Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Privacy Law Watch (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Privacy & Security Law Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Product Liability Daily (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Product Safety & Liability Reporter - Current Reports (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

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Review of Law and Economics (BE Press) (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Specializes in the application to legal issues of insights developed in economic disciplines such as microeconomics and game theory, finance,econometrics, and decision theory, as well as in related disciplines such as political economy and public choice, behavioral economics and social psychology, and evolutionary biology.

RIA Checkpoint (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
A comprehensive tax and accounting research database covering tax and accounting laws and news on the international, federal, state and local levels. Includes: treaties, statutes, codes, rules, regulations, decisions, tax citators, IRS publications, legislative materials, current awareness tax news sources, periodicals, including six Warren, Gorham & Lamont tax journals. U of M Law faculty and students can also access RIA Checkpoint by obtaining a username and password. This provides remote access and added features, e.g. ability to save documents, searches, search histories and automatic emailing of newsletters. To obtain a username and password: Faculty contact the reference office; students click here.

Right-To-Know Planning Guide Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

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Securities Law Daily (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Securities Regulation & Law Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
News and analysis of federal and state developments in the regulation of securities and futures trading and accounting including coverage of the SEC, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, industry, courts, and Congress. Published weekly; coverage from 2/2/96 - current

Springer Texts via MyiLibrary (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Full-text monographs published by Springer covering a wide variety of subjects/disciplines, including approximately 189 titles covering law (primarily foreign, comparative and international law topics).

State Attorneys General News (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
A continually updated, web-only news and analysis service covering the activities of the state attorneys general. Trend and analysis pieces form the core of the service and press releases from all the state AG offices will be consolidated on the site.

State Environment & Safety Regulatory Monitoring Report (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

State Environment Daily (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

State Health Care Regulatory Developments (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Statistical Abstract of the United States (Open Access)

Statistical Universe see, LexisNexis Statistical above.

Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology (BE Press) (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
"An interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the ethical and legal issues that arise from emerging technologies. At the intersection of theory and practice the journal combines conceptual analysis and normative deliberations in order to shape academic debates and policy decisions."

Subject Compilations of State Laws (HeinOnline) (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
"A comprehensive source for identifying thousands of articles, books, government documents, loose-leaf services, court opinions and Internet sites that compare state laws on hundreds of subjects."

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Tax Core (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
Provides access to important tax-related documents from Congress, the IRS, and dozens of other sources, reproduced verbatim.

Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Tax Management Estates, Gifts & Trusts Journal (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Tax Management International Journal (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Tax Management Memorandum (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Tax Management Portfolios (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Tax Management Real Estate Journal (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Tax Management Weekly Report (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Tax Management Weekly State Tax Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Tax Management State Tax Portfolios (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Tax Management Transfer Pricing Report (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Tax Planning International Review & Forum (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Tax Planning International Asia-Pacific Focus (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Tax Planning International Corporate Restructuring (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Tax Planning International European Union Focus (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Tax Planning International Indirect Taxes (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Tax Planning International Transfer Pricing (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Telecommunications Monitor (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Theoretical Inquiries in Law (BE Press) (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Web version of the print journal, Theoretical Inquiries in Law, published by the Cegla Institute for Comparative and Private International Law of the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law. The journal publishes articles presented at international conferences organized by the Cegla Institute. "The Journal specializes in the application to legal problems of insights developed in other disciplines, such as moral and political theory, epistemology, social sciences, economics and game theory, probability theory, and cognitive psychology."

Toxics Law Daily (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Toxics Law Reporter (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Transportation Watch (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

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Ulrich's Periodical Directory (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
One of the most comprehensive directories of serial publications. It includes academic and scholarly journals, consumer and trade magazines, monographic series, newsletters, newspapers, electronic publications, and active, ceased and forthcoming publications.

UN-I-QUE (United Nations Info Quest) (Open Access)
UN-I-QUE (UN Info Quest), is designed to provide quick subject access to selected UN materials, especially series, from 1946 onwards. UN-I-QUE includes: - annual/sessional reports of committees/commissions; - annual publications; reports periodically/irregularly issued; - reports of major conferences; - statements in the General Debate; etc.

UNBISnet (United Nations Bibliographic Information System) (Open Access)
UNBISnet, the UN Bibliographic Information System, is the primary index to United Nations documentation published since 1979, or earlier for selected major documents, by the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library and the Library of the UN Office at Geneva. It also includes the catalogue of the collections of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. Included are:  links to full text of resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Security Council, going back to 1946; the voting records for all resolutions which were adopted by the General Assembly beginning with its 38th session (1983-) and the Security Council beginning with its 1st year (1946-); citations to speeches made in the General Assembly beginning with its 38th session (1983-), the Security Council beginning with its 38th year (1983-), the Economic and Social Council beginning in 1983 and the Trusteeship Council beginning with its 15th special session (1982).

United Nations Treaty Collection (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Includes three databases: Status of Multilateral Treaties deposited with the Secretary-General, U.N. Treaty Series and Recently Deposited Multilateral Treaties.

United States Congressional Serial Set (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Coverage is from Vol. 1, 15th Cong. (1817) - Vol. 8854, 70th Cong. 1st. Sess. (1928).

United States Law Week (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
Web version of the popular weekly publication. Coverage from 6/24/97 - current. Provides news and analysis of significant state and federal cases, legislative, regulatory and pre-decisional developments. Includes, Supreme Court Today, a searchable database with daily updates, containing docket information, petition summaries, and other material.

United States Patents Quarterly (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

United States Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832 - 1978 (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Document types include Appellant's Brief; Appellee's Brief; Application for Review; Application for Writ; Brief in Opposition; Brief of Real Party; Intervenor’s Brief; Jurisdictional Statement; Letter Brief; Opposition for Review; Oral Transcript; Petition; Petition for Rehearing; Petitioner’s Brief; Petition for Writ of Certiorari; Relator’s Brief; Supplement to Petition; Transcript; among other sources. Browse and full text searching capability are provided. Searches by specific keywords or phrases, author (counsel or organization), case name, court term year and document filing date, U.S. Reports citation number are available.

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VersusLaw - Law School Program
Registration required. Free access provided from Aug. 15th - July 15th each year to law school students, faculty and library staff, (users must reactivate their accounts after Aug. 15th each year). Access case law databases for Federal, State and some Native American tribal courts and also the Australian Federal and High courts.

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Web Watch (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
Provides web links to timely, relevant documents related to the hottest topics of the day. The weekly e-mail points you to the hot topic showcased on the site for the week and lists other topics that have been updated.

Westlaw U of M Law student & Law faculty access only.

White Collar Crime Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Texts via MyiLibrary (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Full-text Wolters Kluwer monographs, covering a wide variety of subjects/disciplines, including approximately 52 titles covering law (primarily foreign, comparative and international law topics).

Workplace Immigration Report (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
Provides original reporting on workplace immigration news developments, federal and state legislation and regulations, and immigration enforcement actions in various industries. It also offers guidance for employers on workplace immigration policies and practices.

Workplace Law Report (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

World Climate Change Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
This service offers real-time coverage of climate-change and emissions trading developments as they happen worldwide, in-depth analysis, interviews with key policymakers, background reports and legislation, litigation coverage and court opinions, videos, and much more.

World Communications Regulation Report (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

World Intellectual Property Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

World News Connection (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
Summaries of foreign newspaper/periodical articles, conf. proceedings, radio/TV broadcasts.

World Securities Law Report (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

WorldTradeLaw.net (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
An international trade law database containing: primary source documents related to trade law; a full-text search engine for GATT/WTO decision; editorial summary and analysis of trade law issues including all new WTO Panel and Appellate Body reports. An index of the legal provisions and terms for these reports is also provided.

WTO Reporter (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

Subject List of Databases & E-Journals

Accounting Law & Regulation
  • Accounting Policy & Practice Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
    Published biweekly. Focuses on corporate accounting issues and provides commentary and analysis on issues concerning, "accounting rules and principles, financial statements and disclosures, management control and analysis, auditing principles and standards, and accounting practice and responsibility."

  • Accounting Policy & Practice Series (BNA)  (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
    Focuses on accounting issues of interest to accounting policymakers and practitioners. Provides analysis and commentary on pronouncements and other actions by major accounting and auditing standards setters. The series has two main components: the Portfolios featuring in-depth analysis and practical guidance from expert legal practitioners and the Accounting Policy & Practice Report providing the latest news and developments.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation

Banking & Finance Law

Bankruptcy

Biotechnology
  • BioTech Watch (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)

  • Life Sciences Law & Industry Report (BNA) (Law Lib. - Mondale Hall & UMLaw Remote)
    Biweekly publication, archived to 3/2007. Covers legal and policy developments of this interdisciplinary field. Provides news and analysis as well as primary source materials.

  • Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology (BE Press) (U of M-TC Campus & Libraries)
    "An interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the ethical and legal issues that arise from emerging technologies. At the intersection of theory and practice the journal combines conceptual analysis and normative deliberations in order to shape academic debates and policy decisions."

Business & Corporations Law