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| Databases by Title : A - C AccessUN A keyword searcheable database of publications issued by the United Nations. Contains leads to citations and selected full-text of documents and publications issued by the United Nations. More info   Provides online access to laws, regulations, cases, forms, treatises, and practitioner handbooks in immigration law. More info Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy.  BNA is a collection of law related publications and alert services published by the Bureau of National Affairs (BNA). It includes both primary legal sources (laws, regulations, and cases) and analytical materials on a wide array of legal topics. More info 
BNA is a collection of law related publications and alert services published by the Bureau of National Affairs (BNA). It includes both primary legal sources (laws, regulations, and cases) and analytical materials on a wide array of legal topics. Listed by title. More info
BNA is a collection of law related publications and alert services published by the Bureau of National Affairs (BNA). It includes both primary legal sources (laws, regulations, and cases) and analytical materials on a wide array of legal topics. Listed by subject. More info
Covers such topics as: the history of the book, Latin America, ancient history, India, modern history, Europe, modern Britain, Africa, American literature, China, Iran, Islam, Japan, Judaism, law in America, the United States, the Bible, native peoples of the Americas, medieval history, Egypt, 18th century philosophy, food, and Greek and Roman warfare. More info  Click on the Law Tab to search legal encyclopedias; law reviews and journals; American Law Reports; federal and state cases, statutes and regulations; and European Union law. More info The CCH/Wolters Kluwer Intelliconnect includes both primary legal sources (laws, regulations, and cases) and analytical materials. More info
A keyword searchable database containing the full text of the constitutions and introductory and comparative notes of 192 countries and 144 territories and dependencies translated into English. More info 
A keyword searchable database containing the full text of the constitutions and introductory and comparative notes of 192 countries and 144 territories and dependencies translated into English. More info |
| Databases by Title : D - F Eighteenth Century Collection Online (ECCO) The ECCO Law Module is an historical archive that traces the development of law in the British Empire. Reflecting this transformation were the many works published that summarized the laws, explained the court system, dramatized past and pending cases, guided attorneys, and theorized and commented on the application of legal standards. Among the thousands of publications included, researchers will find digital documents from the United Kingdom and from the Americas. More info Contains sources of codes and basic legislation in jurisdictions of the world. Leads to citations to sources of foreign law, foreign legislation, English translations of foreign codes and to selective secondary materials in English. More info |
| Databases by Title : G - I HeinOnline HeinOnline is a searchable digital library of full-text collections of legal journals, texts, cases, statutes, regulations, presidential materials, treaties, as well as international and foreign legal journals, cases and materials. Content is in the original page-image (PDF) format, ensuring the authenticity of the original hardcopy document. Content includes historical and current materials. More info
Indexes approximately 450 legal journals published worldwide. Provides in-depth coverage of international, comparative, and foreign law in all languages except Arabic. Contains leads to citations from articles published in 450 worldwide legal journals and approximately 80 individually published collections of legal essays, Festschriften and congress reports. Citations only. More info
Indexes 760 legal journals (from 1981) and over 2,000 books (from 1994).Leads to law books and articles in law reviews, bar association journals, university publications, yearbooks, institutes, and government publications. Citations only. More info
This retrospective database indexes over 750 legal periodicals published in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Annual surveys of the laws of a jurisdiction, annual surveys of the federal courts, yearbooks, annual institutes, and annual reviews of the work in a given field or on a given topic will also be covered. More info
Provides full-text access to the English translation of statutes, judicial interpretations, cases, arbitration awards, laws and regulations, and up-to-date legal news and developments of the People's Republic of China. Leads to full-text of court decisions, arbitrations, and law and regulations of the People's Republic of China. More info |
| Databases by Title : J - N KeyCite (via Campus Research) Citator for court decisions including unpublished opinions and selected administrative decisions, federal and state statutes, and law review articles. Use this service to determine whether your legal resources are still "good law." More info
Citations with some abstracts or full-text articles to all major academic law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers. Includes major academic law reviews, bar association journals, specialty journals and seven legal newspapers. Selected articles from journals and newspapers in allied disciplines such as criminology and accounting are also included. Citations and selected full-text articles. More info
LexisNexis Congressional, formerly Congressional Universe, is a LexisNexis product that indexes and provides selected full texts of Congressional publications, regulations, laws, legislative histories, and background information on members of Congress. More info
Contains 3 keyword searchable databases. The U.S. Federal Collection contains titles generated by U.S. Federal departments, agencies, commissions and other rule-making and enforcement agencies reporting to the President of the United States. The U.S. Federal- Judicial Collection contains titles generated by the U.S. Federal courts and their administrative agencies. The U.S. Federal-Legislative Collection contains titles generated by the U.S. Congress, its commissions and, agencies such as the General Accounting Office and the Library of Congress. More info
This fully revised online Encyclopedia is written by over 650 scholars and practitioners from around the world and edited by a team from the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. This online resource includes more than 700 new topics central to international law, not covered in the previous print edition. More info
NCJRS (National Criminal Justice Reference Service) Abstracts Database indexes articles and books dealing with all aspects of criminal justice and law enforcement including: courts, police, juvenile justice, and crime prevention. Cited documents include both United States and international research reports, journal articles, books and audio-visual materials. More info
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| Databases by Title : O - Z Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History Covers legal history from ancient to modern times. Close to 1,000 articles present historical and contemporary comparisons of the world’s legal systems, including the areas of private law, public law, and constitutional/higher law. More info
Provides on-line access to U.S. Appellate, District, and Bankruptcy court records and documents nationwide. More info
Indexes court decisions relating to religious issues. Provides references to where the text of court cases can be located. The text of Federal statutes relating to religious issues is also included. Contains leads to published and nonpublished court cases. More info
A comprehensive collection of tax-related materials including Federal and state legislative statutes and codes, IRS rulings, regulations and procedures, Tax Court reported decisions, and selected journals. Also includes an international tax library, a state and local library and a pension and benefits library. An Archives file includes versions of the U.S. tax code from 1990 to date. More info
Devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research. SSRN is made up of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences. University at Buffalo subscribes to the following networks: Accounting Research Network (ARN); Economics Research Network (ERN); Entrepreneurship Research & Policy Network (ERPN); Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) More info
UNdata is provided by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). This internet-based data service for the global user community brings UN statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single entry point from which users can search and download a variety of statistical resources of the UN System. UNdata replaces the United Nations Common Database. More info
A collection of treaties and international agreements registered or filed and recorded with and published by the Secretariat since 1946, pursuant to Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. Leads to full-text of treaties and international agreements. Also includes status of each treaty. More info
The Congressional Serial Set is a compilation of reports and documents published by Congress since 1817. More info
WorldCat is a mega-library catalog containing more than 60 million records contributed by 20,000 libraries around the world. It contains full bibliographic descriptions and cataloging information for the following types of materials: books, serials, manuscripts, sound recordings, audiovisual materials, maps, music scores, and computer-readable files (Note: the database does not include information on individual articles, stories in journals, magazines, newspapers, or book chapters). More info
World News Connection ( WNC ) covers news broadcasts from throughout the world. The Central Intelligence Agency and its contractors translate this information into English. Emphasis is upon popular, newsworthy topics that deal with political, social, and economic issues throughout the world. Policy documents and other excerpts from foreign government publications are sometimes translated as well. The National Technical Information Service, a section of the US Department of Commerce, maintains the World News Connection database, and Dialog publishes it. More info |
