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EBSCO Academic Search Premier Search this database for general journal literature on popular legal issues. For articles citing specific cases search for topic of interest by "subject" AND courts OR litigation OR trials OR judgements by "subject" OR appellate in "subject" OR try court ruling in "abstract.
Case law Guides:
ProQuest Search this database for general journal literature on popular legal issues. For articles citing specific cases search for topic of interest by "subject" AND court decisions by "subject" OR litigation by "subject".
Academic Universe Search this database primarily for earch this database for legal news and state & federal case law. It has especially good coverage of business and health legal resources.
Other Case Law Sites:
EBSCO Business Source Premier Use the same search strategy in this database as you would in Academic Search Premier.
Legal Periodicals Online Listing- A listing by title of all full-text legal magazine and journal titles available in one or more of the college's online databases. The databases containing each journal are noted
CQ (Congressional Quarterly) A collection of public affairs documents on the US government, politics, and law. The Supreme Court Collection provides abstracts of Supreme court opinions and links to the full text.
Cornell Legal Information Institute This is a major resource for leagal research and includes Federal Court decisions, U.S. Code, Constitution, Current awareness service for general legal topics and current legal items in the news.
FindLaw This commercial site provides all sorts of legal information for professionals, the lay person, business and the law student. It is very extensive and includes case law, legal news, federal and state statutes, foreign law, law school info, career info, etc.
Search Engines Search the web using various search engines, but be skeptical and evaluate sites very carefully.
Supreme Court The official site of the U.S. supreme court, with docket, recent decisions, oral arguments and more information. Case information and arguments are only the most current.
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