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A premier legal documents collection, HeinOnline also includes audio transcripts of Supreme Court cases, legislative histories, articles from law reviews, and fulltext linking to case law using Fastcase.
Research platform for primary sources of law: federal and state statutes, cases and administrative regulations. It also has a strong library of secondary sources of law and practice materials.
The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
Credo is a database of background content, containing full-text entries to help learn the basics of any topic. Start your research here to focus your topic, find keywords and people, and discover more in-depth books and articles.
These titles are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in Law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the issues associated with discrete subject areas.
The aims of the series are two-fold; to pinpoint essential principles of a particular field, and to offer insights that stimulate critical thinking. By distilling the vast amount of information available on the subject area into a concise and meaningful form, the volumes serve as accessible introductions for undergraduate and graduate students coming to the subject for the first time. Importantly, they also develop well-informed, nuanced critiques of the field that will challenge and extend the understanding of advanced students, scholars and policy-makers.
IBISWorld is a comprehensive industry and market research database, covering every US industry with a NAICS code. IBISWorld also provides similarly detailed reports and information on selected industries worldwide.
Provides access to primary source newspaper content from the 19th century, featuring full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S. The collection encompasses the entire 19th century, with an emphasis on such topics as the American Civil War, African-American culture and history, Western migration and Antebellum-era life, among other subjects.
The Times Digital Archive provides full-text access to images and content from the London Times, spanning the years 1785-2014. With over 12 million articles available, the archive supports research across multiple disciplines and areas of interest, including business, humanities, political science, and philosophy, along with coverage of all major international historical events.