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- Academic OneFile
- Source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles on the physical sciences, technology,
medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Integrated
with Web of Science for access to cited references.
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- CCH Internet Tax Research Network
- The CCH Tax web site covers tax and related law for accounting, legal, human resources, securities, government and health care
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- Criminal Justice Abstracts
- Provides comprehensive coverage of the major journals in criminology and related disciplines, extensive coverage of books, and unparalleled access to reports from government and nongovernmental agencies. For each document, an informative summary of the findings, methodology, and conclusions is provided.
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- One-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics, including history and containing many full-text articles, covering 1980 to present.
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- Ingenta
- Offers access to research article summaries from over 25,000 publications.
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- JSTOR
- Not-for-profit organization providing a fully searchable electronic database containing the archives of 117 major research journals covering 15 academic disciplines in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
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- Comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help students and adult learners succeed on academic or licensing tests.
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- Lexis-Nexis
- Coverage includes federal and state case law, federal and state codes, federal regulations, tax law, international legal material, patents, and law career information.
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- Media Law Reporter
- Weekly reporting service covering media law cases decided by federal and state courts at all levels; includes full-text cases.
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- Westlaw Campus Research
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statutes, regulations and court decisions.
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- Wilson OmniFile Fulltext Mega Edition
- Multidisciplinary database providing the complete content - indexing,
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including Humanities Full Text and Social Sciences Full
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- WorldCat
- Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide; contains more than 62 million records.
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Selected Web Sites
- CataLaw
- The catalog of catalogs of worldwide law on the Internet. Aids legal research by arranging all indexes of law and government into a uniform, universal and unique metaindex.
- http://www.catalaw.com/index.shtml
- FindLaw
- The highest-trafficked legal website, providing the most comprehensive set of legal resources on the Internet for lawyers, businesses, students and individuals.
- http://www.findlaw.com/
- GPO Access (U.S. Code, Public Laws, Regulations, SCt Cases)
- A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government. The information provided on this site is the official, published version and the information retrieved from GPO Access can be used without restriction, unless specifically noted.
- http://www.gpoaccess.gov/
- HierosGamos
- A portal to all things legal- lists of lawyers, state & local laws, etc.
- http://www.hg.org/
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ETSU Departmental Web Sites
- Introduction to Legal Resources at Sherrod Library
- A guide to the collections available at and through Sherrod Library. A must first-stop for researchers.
- http://faculty.etsu.edu/patricks/Legalintro.htm
- Locating Cases at and through Sherrod Library
- http://faculty.etsu.edu/patricks/Locating%20Cases.htm
- Criminal Justice and Criminology
- http://www.etsu.edu/crimjust/
- Political Science’s Legal Studies Minor
- http://www.etsu.edu/cas/polisci/legalstd.htm
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Selected Bibliography
- ALR (American Law Reports) series 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and Fed
- SHERROD Law (No Loan) KF132 .A
- AmJur Proof of Facts series 1st, 2nd, 3rd
- SHERROD Law (No Loan) KF 8933 .A43
- Black’s Law Dictionary, 7th edition
- SHERROD Law (No Loan) KF 156 .B53 1999
- Dictionary of Legal Terms: A simplified guide to the language of law.
- Gifis, Stephen H.
- Hauppauge, N.Y. Barron's, 1998.
- E-Book from NetLibrary
- http://www.netlibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=5220
- NOLO's encyclopedia of Everyday Law: Answers to your most frequestly asked legal questions
- Irving, Shae
- Berkeley CA: NOLO, 2003.
- http://www.netlibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=100137
- West’s Encyclopedia of American Law
- SHERROD Law (No Loan) KF 154 .W47 1998
