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Need assistance finding law resources? Contact the Libraries' subject specialists:

Lois Cherepon [cherepol@stjohns.edu; 718-390-4521]
Andrew Sankowski [sankowsa@stjohns.edu; 718-990-6712]

DatabaseseReference Sources

LexisNexis Academic Universe [How do I?] – The Legal Research database offers federal and state case law, codes and statutes, law reviews and news, selective international law, patent research, and law directories.

LexisNexis Congressional – Full text of congressional reports, documents, prints, bills, and the Congressional Record.  Access to the Federal Register, the Code of Federal Regulations, the United States Code Service, and bill tracking/hot topics.  Historical indexes back to 1789 and  CIS legislative histories.

Hein Online: Legal History – Extensive law journal library including Federal Register (1936-80); Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; full text of classic legal treatises, treaties and agreements; US Attorney General Opinions and US Supreme Court cases (1970 – present). Includes European Center for Minority Issues documents.

LegalTrac (Gale) – Indexing plus some full text for major law reviews, legal news, bar association journals, international legal journals and law-related articles from business and general interest publications; from 1980 to present.

IndexMaster Legal Research – Search the table of contents of over 7,000 secondary legal titles from small and large publishers.

Making of Modern Law (Thomson Gale) –  Full text of U.S. and British legal treatises published from 1800 through 1926.

Homeland Security Digital Library – Quick access to important documents related to U.S. security.

Gale Virtual Reference Library: Law – includes law encyclopedias such as the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution and West’s Encyclopedia of American Law.

Oxford Reference Online Premium: Law – contains the full content of reference titles such as the Oxford Companion to American Law, A Dictionary of Law, the Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Oxford Guide to the United States Supreme Court Decisions.

Credo Reference: Law – provides full text of reference titles such as the Collins Dictionary of Law and Great American Court Cases.

Selected eJournalsWeb Sites

ABA Journal

International Justice Tribune

National Law Journal

New York Law Journal

CQ Weekly

More law ejournals

FindLaw

Finding the Law: Research Links – St.John's University School of Law – Rittenberg Law Library

Guide to Law Online – Library of Congress

LII - Legal Information Institute – Cornell University Law School

THOMAS – Legislative Information on the Internet – Library of Congress

Washlaw – Legal Research on the Internet 


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