Legal Resources

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The following resources are top picks for finding journal articles, law reviews, and much more. For additional law resources at the library, including other subscription databases and websites, see the InfoTree section Social Sciences > Law. You may also try a keyword search in Infotree for the word "law" which will result in any other InfoTree Records that have the word "law" as a descriptive keyword, as well as specialized InfoTree categories such as Environmental Law, Constitutional Law, etc.

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Complete Law Journal Library (from Hein Online)

Comprehensive collection of digitized law journals, in some case going back to the 19th century. The collection may be browsed by title and volume, or searched for specific topics. In addition to the complete set, there are four subsets to this collection:

  • Most-Cited Law Journals
  • Core U.S. Law Journals
  • American Bar Association Law Journals
  • International & Non-U.S. Law Journals

Searching Tip: If you only want to search a topical section of the database, click on “libraries” in the following text string near the top of the page: Libraries > Law Journal Library. You may now search only Criminal Justice Journals, Intellectual Property Library, etc.

Law Reviews (Lexis-Nexis)

Contains the full text of documents which are dedicated to the scholarly review of a variety of legal topics and developments and are of importance to students, practitioners and academics.

Legal Collection (from EbscoHost)

A collection of peer-reviewed publications including law journals, documents, and case studies. Contains information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world, including full text for nearly 250 law journals.

Legal Collection provides information centered on the discipline of law and legal topics such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, the environment and much more.

Politics, Political Science and Law Journals (OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center)

Searchable full-text journals covering various years from the 1990s to the present. The link goes to a browseable list of available journals. You can also use the Search feature to do keyword searching of their contents.

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