Electronic Databases & Indexes
Expand your legal research options with online sources provided by the William M. Rains Law Library. These services are available to Loyola Law School Los Angeles faculty, students, and staff. For information about off-campus access, scroll down to the bottom of the table.
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AccessUN
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Index | Official Records, masthead documents, draft resolutions, meeting records, UN Sales Publications, and the UN Treaty Series citations | 1998-2008 | |
AudioCaseFiles |
MP3 files | MP3 files of Judicial opinions with full text of the opinion, a brief fact summary and the rule of law | varies, some cases going back as far as 1813 | To sign up for an account, please go to the library's AudioCaseFiles registration page. |
BEPress Journals |
Full-text database; PDF | High quality peer-reviewed journals, on a variety of topics, that offer cutting edge research quickly | 1999 - date | |
BNA |
Text and searchable databases | 100+ newsletters and reports | mid-1990s - date | Educational & Training Resources |
BNA Corporate Practice Library |
Text and searchable databases | In-depth analysis and practical guidance from expert legal practitioners in the series portfolios, plus the latest news in the weekly | mid-1990s - date | Product Tour |
BNA Health Law & Business Library |
Text and searchable databases | In-depth legal analysis of the most important issues affecting the health care industry | mid-1990s - date | Product Tour |
BNA Intellectual Property Library |
Text and searchable databases | Resources on patent, trademark, copyright, and other areas of intellectual property law. Includes cases, statutes, regulations, analytical materials, and more | mid-1990s - date | Product Tour |
BNA Labor and Employment Law Library |
Text and searchable databases | Complete resource for cases, guidance and news in: fair employment practices; individual employment rights; Americans with Disabilities; wages and hours; labor-management relations; collective bargaining; and labor arbitration | mid-1990s - date; cases going back to 1965 |
Product Tour Quick Reference Guide |
BNA Tax & Accounting Center |
Text and searchable databases | Expert analysis, news & commentary, primary sources, cases/decisions, and practice tools | mid-1990s - date | Quick Start Guide User Guide Product Tour |
Business Periodicals Index |
Index | 850+ publications | 1985 + | |
Cambridge Journals Online |
Full-text HTML and PDF |
Over one hundred journals in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities | Varies. Most journals available from early 1990's to present. |
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CCH IntelliConnect (If first-time user, please create User ID) |
Text and searchable database | Primary and secondary materials relating to domestic and global securities, banking, trade regulation, government contracts, telecom, information technology, federal energy guidelines, transportation law, and products liability and safety | Varies by source | User Guides Quick Reference FAQs |
Constitutions of Dependencies & Territories |
Full-text | English translations of the constitutions of territories and dependencies and relevant federal constitutional provisions | Up-to-date | How to Use Guide |
| Constitutions of the Countries of the World |
Full-text | English translations of 192 national constitutions | 1971 – continuously revised and updated | How to Use Guide |
CVN Courtroom Video |
Video | Online courtroom video repository with thousands of hours of trials, hearings, and oral arguments from civil cases | 2004 - present | You must register. Select LLS from the member list. |
EBSCOhost EJS |
Full-text and searchable Database | 8000+ journals across multiple disciplines | Varies by title | |
Foreign Law Guide
| Full-text | Current Sources of Codes and Basic Legislation in Jurisdictions of the World |
Up-to-date | |
Hein Online |
Full-text and searchable Database | Law Journal Library: 1,200+ law review journals; 600,000+ articles | Varies by title | |
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals  |
Index | 550+ law reviews & legal periodicals, US & worldwide; international and comparative | 1985-date | |
Index to Legal Periodicals |
Index | Cites articles from the most important legal periodicals and law books: access to scholarly articles, symposia, jurisdictional surveys, court decisions, legislation, books, book reviews, and more | Indexing 1982+ For older index coverage see Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective |
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Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective  |
Index | 750+ legal periodicals published in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. | 1908-1981 | |
IndexMaster |
Index and Table of Contents | 10,000+ legal publications | Varies by title | |
| InterAm Latin American Law *password required  |
Full-text (Spanish, Portuguese, and English translations). | Commercial, trade and investment legislation and other legal materials from 25 countries in the Americas | Updated daily. | Database User Guide |
International Courts of General Jurisdiction |
Full-text | Comprehensive coverage of decisions from the most important and general international courts. | FAQs | |
| International Criminal Law
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Full-text | Decisions from a range of international criminal courts and tribunals. | Post-WWII - date | FAQs |
| International Human Rights Law |
Full-text | International decisions on human rights from a variety of global and regional courts. | 1961 - date | FAQs |
| International Law in Domestic Courts |
Full-text | Expert English translations of case law from over 65 jurisdictions. | 2000 - date |
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Isinolaw.com |
Full-Text (Chinese and English) | Court Judgements, Arbitration Awards as well as up-to-date legal news and development in China. | Up-to-date | |
Justis |
Searchable Full-text PDF | Justis is a full text online legal library of UK, Irish and EU case law dating back to 1163 and legislation from 1235. | Varies by source | Quick Tour |
LLMC Digital  |
Text and searchable database | Court opinions from the US Supreme Court, Court of Appeais for the Federal Circuit & Court of Customs & Patent Appeals | Varies by source | About |
Legal Resource Index (LegalTrac)
| Index | 1,300+ English-language law reviews, legal newspapers & bar journals | 1980 - present | |
LexisNexis
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Full-text and searchable database | Cases, codes, legislation, secondary sources, legal and business news, public records | Varies by source | |
LexisNexis Congressional  |
Indexing, text and searchable database | Hearings, Bills, Committee Reports and Prints, Congressional Record, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register and Public Laws | Indexing/abstracting from 1970 – forward. Full-text varies, mostly from 1988 – forward. |
User Guide |
LexisNexis Statistical Datasets  |
Data sets | Access to 12 billion data points from licensed and public domain datasets. Scan the contents of over 580 datasets, select subjects and variables of interest, and view your data in side-by-side tables and charts | Varies | Guidebook WIKI Up-to-date list of content |
| Loislaw *school code required  |
Full-text and searchable database | Primary law, public records and treatises | Varies | |
Making of Modern Law (MOML): Treatises |
Full-text | 22,000 legal treatises on US and British law | 1800-1926 | |
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law |
Full-text | Comprehensive work covering the central and essential topics in international law. | Online edition of print published between 1991-2001; constantly updated and expanded with new articles |
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OnLAW |
Full-text | Access to more than 130 of CEB's California practice guides. Expert step-by-step guidance, legal analysis and forms needed to practice law in California | 2000 - Continuously updated | User Guide | Oxford Scholarship Online - LAW |
Full-text | Over 3,000 carefully-selected Oxford books. Full-text access to the Law module. Abstract and keyword access in all other subjects. | January 2009 - present | FAQs |
RIA Checkpoint Tax Library (must register on-campus first; temporarily on-campus access only)
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Text & searchable database | Tax Court cases, Internal Revenue Code & regulations, tax treaties, administrative materials, tax journals, U.S. Tax Reporter & Federal Tax Coordinator | Varies by source | Quick Reference Guide |
Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
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Abstracts & full-text | Abstract Database containing abstracts on over 153,600 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers; Electronic Paper Collection containing over 121,500 downloadable full text documents in PDF format. | Varies | |
TradeLawGuide |
Full-text | All jurisprudence and procedural documents from World Trade Organization (WTO) | up-to-date | Getting Started |
| Treaties and International Agreements Online |
Full-text | 15,000 treaties and international agreements | up-to-date | How to Use Guide |
United Nations Treaty Collection |
Full-text | Multilateral, bilateral, and recently deposited multilateral treaties | League of Nations Treaty Series (5 July 1920– 3 October 1944) United Nations Treaty Series (14 December 1946-January 2005) Multilateral Treaties (as of January 2006) |
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United States Congressional Serial Set
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Full-text | Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives | 15th Congress - 87th Congress, 2nd Session, 1817 - 1962 | |
United States Supreme Court Records and Briefs
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Citation & Full-Text | Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court | 1832-1978 | |
Westlaw
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Full-text and searchable database | Laws, statutes, regulations, court decisions, KeyCite, AmJur, ALR, and law reviews | Varies by source | Research Guide |
For off-campus access:
- If a database is marked with as asterisk, you must call the reference desk, at 213-736-1177, to obtain the password.
- Download the library toolbar (currently only supported by Windows XP/2000, Internet Explorer 6.0+, and Mozilla Firefox). You will only be required to login once using your First Name Last Name, and 7-digit ID number, located on your ID card, in the barcode box. After initial login you’ll be authenticated for off-campus access.
Many more databases, indexes, and other research tools covering a wide variety of topics are available via LMU’s Von Der Ahe Library. LMU databases are only accessible on-campus.
Law School faculty, students, and staff may also use LexisNexis and Westlaw. For more information, see Computer Lab.
Many other free Internet legal sources are listed on the Internet Legal Resources page.