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  • Hein Online

    Contains the full text of over 300 academic legal periodicals. Coverage begins at the earliest issue for each journal. Also includes the pre-1981 Federal Register, U.S. Supreme Court documents, and Treaties and Agreements Coverage: 1776-. Format: Articles: Scholarly Journals

  • Nexis Uni (Formerly LexisNexis Academic)

    Nexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. Format: Articles: Newspapers & Magazines, Articles: Scholarly Journals, Multi-Subject Databases, News & Current Events

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  • Criminal Justice Database

    A database of U.S. and international criminal justice journals supporting research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends. Covers such areas as Criminology; Corrections & Law Enforcement; Criminal Justice; Addictions, Alcoholism, Gambling, Child Abuse; and Criminal Rehabilitation. Coverage: 1995-.

  • Hein Online

    Contains the full text of over 300 academic legal periodicals. Coverage begins at the earliest issue for each journal. Also includes the pre-1981 Federal Register, U.S. Supreme Court documents, and Treaties and Agreements Coverage: 1776-.

  • HeinOnline Law Journal Library

    Contains more than 2,000 law and law-related periodicals. Coverage is from the first issue published for all periodicals and goes through the most-currently published issues allowed based on contracts with publishers.

  • Nexis Uni (Formerly LexisNexis Academic)

    Nexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.

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  • Routledge Handbooks Online

    Overviews of research and trends in the Social Sciences and Humanities. WFU access includes the following subject collections: Asian Studies; Communication, Journalism, Media & Culture; Environment & Sustainability; Law; Philosophy; Politics; Religion; Security Studies; and Sociology.

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  • Legislative Insight

    Legislative histories, including complete text of enacted laws and the full text of associated congressional documents (Congressional Record excerpts, committee hearings, etc.). Coverage: 1929-2012.

  • Price Control in the Courts: The U.S. Emergency Court of Appeals, 1941-1961

    This collection provides a unique look into the creation and activities of the temporary Emergency Court of Appeals, established by Congress and given exclusive jurisdiction to determine the validity of price control regulations under the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942. Coverage: 1941-1961.

  • ProQuest Congressional

    Provides indexing and full text of federal bills, laws, and regulations as well as information on Congress, voting records, legislative histories from 1789 to the present, and current legislative activities. Also contains the full text of the U.S. Serial Set and American State Papers from 1789-2003. Also includes indexing and full text of published and unpublished Congressional Hearings from 1829 to present. Includes the Congressional Record from 1873-present and its predecessor publications from 1789-1873. Coverage: 1789-present.

  • Supreme Court Insight

    Supreme Court Insight is a complete online collection of full opinions from Supreme Court argued cases that includes per curiam decisions, dockets, oral arguments, joint appendices and amici briefs, with harmonized subject and organization indexing. Supreme Court Insight also includes Supreme Court Insight Certiorari Denied. Coverage: 1933-Present.

  • United Nations Treaty Collection

    Contains: Status of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General, United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS), Texts of Recently Deposited Multilateral Treaties, Photographs of Signature Ceremonies, Treaty titles in the UN Official Languages, Summary of Practice of the Secretary-General as Depositary of Multilateral Treaties, Treaty Handbook, Monthly Statements of treaties and International Agreements, Depositary Notifications (CNs) by the Secretary-General, United Nations Treaty Series Cumulative Index, and Notes verbales from The Legal Counsel relating to the depositary practice and the registration of treaties pursuant to Article 102 of the Charter. Coverage: 1946-.

  • World Constitutions Illustrated

    This collection includes the current constitution for every country in its original language format and an English translation, as well as substantial constitutional histories for countries such as Australia, Brazil, China, France, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and more. It also includes constitutional periodicals, thousands of classic books, other related works such as the World Fact Book, and bibliographic references.

  • World Trials Library

    The HeinOnline World Trials Library Includes more than 3,500 trials including complete sets of American State Trials, Howell’s State Trials, and the Nuremburg Trials. It contains trial transcripts, critical court documents, and trial-related resources such as monographs which analyze and debate the decisions of famous trials, as well as biographies of many of the greatest trial lawyers in history.

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  • U.S. Supreme Court Library HeinOnline

    HeinOnline’s U.S. Supreme Court Library contains comprehensive coverage of the U.S. Reports, which is the official source of United States Supreme Court case law. Since the publication of the official U.S. Reports is generally delayed by several years, the United States Reports Preliminary Prints and the United States Reports Slip Opinions are also included in this database.

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