Indexes and Databases
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Law Databases
Campus Research Westlaw Campus Research is an online legal research tool that includes: Decisions and case law from the courts of all 50 states and the federal courts in addition to over a million unpublished cases; Laws from all 50 states and federal statutes as published in the United States Code Annotated; Federal regulations published in the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations; American Law Reports; American Jurisprudence 2d; and law review and legal journal articles.
LexisNexis Academic Provides access to various databases, including current news, business information, company directories, federal and state laws, regulations, legal cases, etc.
LegalTrac LegalTrac offers indexing for all major law reviews, for legal newspapers, law specialty publications, and bar association journals. LegalTrac indexes approximately 800 legal publications and also contains law-related articles from an additional 1,000 periodicals.
General Databases
Academic Search Premier Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 1,560 academic, social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural journals. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for 2,730 journals. Nearly 1,800 journals are peer reviewed. Full text backfiles go as far back as January of 1990, while indexing and abstract backfiles go as far back as January of 1984. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.Expanded Academic ASAP Indexes over 1500 journal titles in a variety of subject areas including astronomy, religion, law, history, psychology, humanities, current events, sociology, communications and the general sciences. Articles in over 500 journals are full text.
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Access to Journals not owned by Auburn University Libraries
- Ingenta (Formerly UnCover) A database of article information taken from over 18,000 journals that allows full-text PDF access and faxing to articles not owned by AU Libraries. Available to AU faculty, graduate students and staff.
Key Reference Sources
American Jurisprudence - KF 154. A42
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Black’s Law Dictionary - Reference Collection KF 156. B532
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The Bluebook: A uniform system of citation - Reference Collection KF 385. A4 G68
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Great American Court Cases - Reference Collection KF 385. A4 G68
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Landmark Briefs and Arguments of the Supreme Court of the United States - KF 101.9. L362
Word’s and Phrases - KF 156. W6712
Key Web Sites
Legal Abbreviations
- Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations - Reference Desk - 2nd floor - KF 246. B46