Selected Law Resources

 

 

*360Search
Use 360 Search to search the Rhodes library catalog, selected databases and online journals simultaneously.

 

Databases
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  • *America: History and Life
    Covers over 2,000 journals published worldwide. In addition to covering all key English-language historical journals, America: History and Life coverage includes selected historical journals from major countries, state and local history journals, and a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities. Over 90% of the articles included are published in English-language journals.  
  • *American National Biography
    Offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation.
  • *CIAO-Columbia International Affairs Online (1991-  )
    The most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
  • *Congressional Universe
    CIS Congressional Universe is the world′s most comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information from Congressional Information Service, Inc. The service offers access to a variety of information by and about the United States Congress.
  • *EconLit with Full Text
    Produced by the American Economic Association, this is the world′s foremost source of references to economic literature. Also includes full text for more than 430 journals including titles from the American Economic Association, such as: American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Literature, and Journal of Economic Perspectives. The database contains more than 735,000 records from 1969-present. EconLit covers virtually every area related to economics.
  • *Facts.com
    Brings together content from seven core reference databases to answer questions about events, issues, statistics and people of the last 20 years. The seven databases are Facts On File World News Digest; Issues and Controversies On File; Today′s Science On File; Editorials On File; Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia; Reuters On-Line News Service; The World Almanac and Book of Facts. FACTS.com also delivers additional special features including maps, photographs, historic documents, and overviews of key issues, newsmakers and events since 1980.
  • GPO Access Search
    GPO Access is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government. The information provided on this site is the official, published version and the information retrieved from GPO Access can be used without restriction, unless specifically noted.
  • *GPO Monthly Catalog
    Consists of records published by the U.S. Government Printing Office since July 1976. Includes references to congressional committee reports and hearings, debates, documents from executive departments, and more
  • *istorical Abstracts
    Your complete reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life). This database is packed with annotated references to information on topics from the Renaissance to Tiananmen Square -- over half a million entries in all.  
  • In the First Person 
    A free, high quality, professionally published, in-depth index of more than 3,350 collections of personal narratives in English from around the world.
  • *Military and Intelligence Database
     The Military and Intelligence Database periodical list has been hand-selected by Gale editors to meet those content needs. Additionally, the product includes some basic reference materials that are updated annually: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia and the World Almanac and Book of Facts. With more than 500 titles and more than 7 million articles (80% full-text), searchers are sure to find answers to their reference questions.
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  • *World News Connection
    An extremely valuable research tool for anyone who needs to monitor non-U.S. media sources, the material in WNC is provided to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) by the Open Source Center (OSC). Analysts from OSC domestic and overseas bureaus monitor timely and pertinent open-source materials.
  • *Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega
    Electronic access to full text articles, page images, article abstracts, and citations from over 4,000 journals. Coverage back as early as 1982 ensures that every search is as deep as it is broad. Includes Index to Legal Periodicals.

Online Journals & Newspapers
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Reference Resources
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Websites

Texts and Documents

  • American Legal Ethics Library (Cornell)
    This digital library contains both the codes or rules setting standards for the professional conduct of lawyers and commentary on the law governing lawyers, organized on a state by state basis.
  • American Memory (Library of Congress)
    American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.
  • Avalon Project at the Yale Law School
    The Avalon Project will mount digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. We do not intend to mount only static text but rather to add value to the text by linking to supporting documents expressly referred to in the body of the text.
  • Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse (Wshington University Law School)
    The Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse is a collection of documents and information about civil rights cases in selected case categories across the United States.
  • Constitution Finder (U Richmond)
    This database offers constitutions, charters, amendments, and other related documents. Nations of the world are linked to their constitutional text posted somewhere on the Internet.
  • Greatest Trials of All Time (CourtTV)
  • Electronic Surveillance Laws by State
    The Greatest Trials of All Time is a new documentary series that tells the stories of history-making trials such as the Court-Martial of Lt. William Calley, the Scottsboro Boys, the Scopes Monkey Trial, and the trial of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg.
  • Famous Trials in History (U Missouri, Kansas City)
  • Human Rights Law (UN)
  • Human Rights Library (UMinn)
    The University of Minnesota Human Rights Library houses one of the largest collections of more than twenty-five thousand core human rights documents, including several hundred human rights treaties and other primary international human rights instruments. The site also provides access to more than four thousands links and a unique search device for multiple human rights sites.
  • Online Primary Document Collections (California State University, San Marcos)
  • Primary Sources in U.S. History
  • There are 2 subsets to this Lexis-Nexis database: Primary Sources in African American History and Primary Sources in American Women′s History
  • 100 Milestone Documents (U.S. National Archives)
  • Racial Profiling Data Collection & Resource Center (Northeastern U)
    Includes information about the racial profiling controversy, jurisdictions currently gathering data, community and civil rights groups, legislation, and other related topics.
  • RJ&L Religious Liberty Archive
    The Religious Liberty Archive is an extensive repository of valuable information and a useful resource for anyone seeking information about state and federal laws pertaining to religious freedom in the United States. View other Religious Liberty cases, commentaries, federal statutes, state constitutions, and important historical materials relevant to religious freedom in the United States.
  • State Laws and Published Ordinances - Firearms (ATF); Gun Laws, Gun Control & Gun Rights (U Pitt)
  • Supreme Court Opinions (LII,Cornell)
  • Landmark Supreme Court Cases
  • Supreme Court Opinions (Justia)
  • Historic Supreme Court Decisions
  • Tennessee Code
  • Uniform Crime Reports - FBI
  • University of Michigan Documents Center
    The Documents Center is a central reference and referral point for government information, whether local, state, federal, foreign or international. Its web pages are a reference and instructional tool for government, political science, statistical data, and news.
  • U.S. Code
    The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States.
  • World Legal Information Institute
    891 databases from 123 countries and territories via the Free Access to Law Movement
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