Law Resources: Finding Articles and Briefs
Use the Law Reference page to find encyclopedias that provide summaries of law and landmark cases.
You'll need a library PIN in order to access dtabases from off-campus. If you don't have a PIN, follow the directions for creating one.
Journal, magazine, and newspaper
articles:
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Academic
Search Premier contains articles on a broad variety of topics from journals, magazines, and
newspapers. ASP is an Ebsco database. See
Searching Ebsco Databases for help.
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Business Source Premier contains articles from trade journals and magazines relating to business.
BSP is an Ebsco database. See Searching Ebsco
Databases for help.
- CINAHL:
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health (Ebsco/iCONN) has articles from nursing and other
health profession journals. A good place to look for articles on public health law. CINAHL is an
Ebsco database. See Searching Ebsco
Databases for help.
- CQ
Researcher provides the full text of the weekly CQ Researcher, covering multiple viewpoints
on current controversial social issues.
- CQ
Weekly tracks legislation, votes, and other action
in Congress.
- Education Research Complete (Ebsco)
Indexes journals in education. A good place to search for articles on education law. ERC is an Ebsco
database. See Searching Ebsco Databases
for help.
- Newspapers from Proquest include the New York Times (1851-present) and Hartford
Courant (1764-1984, 1992-present),
as well as the Boston Globe, Christian Scene Monitor, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post. To search the older New York Times or Hartford Courant, go to Newspapers from Proquest and select Historical New York Times or Historical Hartford Courant from the pull-down menu. Or use the alphabetical list of
databases.
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Opposing
Viewpoints, like CQ Researcher,
presents mulitple points of view on controversial topics. Materials are full-text and include
essays and magazine articles.
- SocIndex with Full Text (Ebsco) has articles from journals in the field of sociology. This is an Ebsco database. See Searching Ebsco Databases for help.
For more choices, see this list of law-related databases.
Law review articles:
Westlaw
has an extensive collection of full-text law review articles. Select "Journals and Law Reviews" on the main LAW search page. You can choose one or all states from the pull-down menu. Law review articles are lengthy essays written by law students, law professors, and practicing lawyers. They are long, heavily footnoted, and attempt to thoroughly examine a topic.
Transcripts and briefs:
Westlaw provides a link to "Briefs and Other Related Documents" on the first screen of a case. Search for a case by name, citation, or subject. when you click on the name of the case in the result list, you'll see the link under the parallel citations.
Landmark Briefs and Arguments of the Supreme Court of the United States
Ref KF 101.8 K87
Complete text of brief and oral arguments in major cases, arranged chronologically.
Susan Clerc
Reference Librarian
