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Library Specialty Databases
The American Bench
The American Bench is a comprehensive online directory of judges and information regarding U.S. courts. The database includes a searchable directory of over 19,000 judges, profiles of federal and state courts, judicial boundary maps and gender diversity surveys.
AudioCaseFiles
Provides downloadable MP3 files of court opinions and streaming trial video. Search for cases by course, textbook or subject. Students receive unlimited access. Students need to register using JMLS e-mail address.
BNA Library
The BNA All Library offers electronic access to more than 100 important BNA reporters and newsletters, and includes access to the Benefits Practice Center, Intellectual Property Library, Labor and Employment Library and Tax and Accounting Center.
CALI Lessons
CALI (Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction) publishes more than 600 computer-based tutorials in over 28 different legal subject areas. Ask a reference librarian for the School's CALI authorization code.
CCH Business Compliance, Health & Human Resources School Internet Library
Provides searchable access to current state and federal statutes, regulations, and cases in the areas of Health Care, Human Resources, and Labor and Employment law. Also includes practice guides, forms, journals, and newsletters. Also includes the CCH Business Franchise Guide Online. To access Business Franchise Guide, click on the 'Practice Area' tab and choose 'Antitrust, Trade Regulation'.
CCH Estate Planning Expert Library Complete
An exclusive estate planning research resource written by experts, for experts. It’s a powerful trust and estate administration tool, a combination of leading estate planning treatises, integrated with CCH’s expert analysis and primary source material — plus useful practice tools, daily tax news, and coverage of current issues and trends.
CCH Legal Professional School Internet Library
Provides searchable, full-text coverage of numerous topics including Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Banking, Corporate Governance, Intellectual Property, Construction Law, Transportation Law, Federal Energy Guidelines, Products Liability, Securities, and other business law topics.
CCH OmniTax School Library
Designedfor those tax professionals and organizations that need the most comprehensive and up-to-date tax information available. It includes all relevant federal, state and local primary source material, as well as CCH’s explanations, analysis and practice aids.
Constitutions of the Countries of the World Online
Constitutions of the Countries of the World Online offers access to 188 country constitutions with extensive expert commentary from leading scholars worldwide. This online title is based on the earlier loose-leaf set, Blaustein's Constitutions of the Countries of the World. Like its print counterpart, this database contains accurate English translations. Researchers can search by topic across all nations. This resource is indispensable to anyone researching comparative, constitutional law.
Consumer Law Manuals Companion Websites
The Consumer Credit and Sales Legal Practice Series is an 18 volume set of treatises. Libraries with the entire set can offer access to the National Consumer Law Center’s (NCLC) companion websites on the following topics: access to utility, arbitration, automobile fraud, banking, bankruptcy, class actions, collection actions, cost of credit, credit discrimination, fair credit reporting, fair debt collection, foreclosures, repossessions, student loans, truth in lending, unfair and deceptive practices and warranty. Each companion website provides access to the appendix of each treatise plus many additional documents, such as pleadings, forms, statutes, regulations, agency interpretation and legislative and regulatory history.
FirstSearch
FirstSearch is a collection of databases that includes WorldCat, a national library catalog, and several databases containing articles on education, government, business, and science. Use Worldcat to locate materials in other libraries for inter-library loan.
Foreign Law Guide
Electronic incarnation of the venerable Reynolds & Flores loose-leaf set Foreign Law: Current Sources of Codes and Basic Legislation in Jurisdictions of the World; this subscription website represents the gold standard in foreign legal research, but is only available for a fee; it provides the most comprehensive, in depth coverage available of high quality current sources, both print and electronic, of foreign laws in their original language and English translation. Click on "Subscriber Login" to access content.
Harvard Research in International Law Online
The Harvard Research in International Law collection consists of the Harvard Research in International Law materials as assembled by Harvard Law Professor and first chairman of the International Law Commission, Manley O. Hudson and originally published in the American Journal of International Law between 1929 and 1939. The International Law Commission utilized the Harvard Research when drafting a number of important treaties, including the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1961 and Consular Relations 1963. In addition, a contemporary analysis and appraisal of these materials by international law experts is included on topics such as nationality, diplomatic privileges and piracy.
History of Bankruptcy
This library is Part III of the Taxation & Economic Reform in America Archive. It includes legislative histories, treaties and documents related to bankruptcy in America. These materials are accessible via public law number and popular name. In addition, books about bankruptcy and links to scholarly articles are included. Thus, scholars studying backruptcy law can search this one database for legislative history, statutes, scholarly articles and books discussing bankcruptcy at various points in U.S. history.
ICC Dispute Resolution Library
This Library contains more than 1000 documents from the ICC International Court of Arbitration. Please contact the reference desk for username and password. This library is only available to students and faculty.
IICLE SmartBooks
SmartBooks is an extensive online research library containing more than 100 IICLE practice handbooks with periodic updates providing "how to do it" instruction for Illinois lawyers as well as several electronic versions of legal forms.
Investment Arbitration Reporter
The IA Reporter provides news reports, articles, and analysis of materials relating to foreign investment protection, dispute resolution and policymaking.
Justis International Law Reports
International Law Reports (ILR) are now available electronically from Justis Publishing in the U.K. ILR contains court decisions and arbitrations from international courts and national courts all around the world on important public international law topics (i.e. international boundaries, state and diplomatic immunity, war, terrorism, international criminal law, investor state disputes and refugee law). All decisions are available in authoritative English translation. ILR coverage dates from 1919 to present.
KluwerArbitration.com
KluwerArbitration offers you a fully-searchable database with materials in the field of international commercial arbitration. To access KluwerArbitration, use the link above, then click on the 'International Securities and Business' tab on the left-hand column and then choose 'KluwerArbitration'.
Kluwer Law International Journal Library
This library contains twelve leading European journals including the Business Law Review, Common Market Law Review, International Journal of Comparative Labour Law & Industrial Relations, European Public Law, European Review of Private Law, Legal Issues of Economic Integration and the Journal of World Trade,
Law Info China
Given access to this website by the Peking University, Law Info China strives to provide the most comprehensive and user-friendly databases for Chinese legal information.
Law Journal Press
Law Journal Press provides electronic access to the full text of selected treatises. Treatises cover a variety of subject areas, but many are focused on intellectual property and information technology law.
LawTRIO Law Publications Database
LawTRIO is a fully searchable database of over 7,500 legal titles combined from Legal Looseleafs in Print, Legal Newsletters in Print, and Directory of Law-related CD-Roms. This tool is best used to look for title in a particular area of law. These titles are not full text.
Leadership Directories
Online Version of the Law Firm Yellow Book and the Judicial Yellow Book that we also have in print form.
LexisNexis
Students, faculty and subscribers only.
LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis Academic provides access to full-text news, business, and legal publications, using a variety of flexible search options. The legal tab includes law review articles from more than 500 legal journals, news from more than 300 legal newspapers, magazines and newsletters, and access to Shepard's for all federal and state cases.
LoisLaw
LoisLaw provides access to cases from every jurisdication. For Illinois, state court coverage begins in 1925. One feature is the access provided to Aspen treatises in a number of areas related to business, employment, and civil practice.
Lynda.com
Faculty only.
Mango Languages
Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like Spanish, German, Japanese, French and Mandarin Chinese.
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law Online
A comprehensive work with hundreds of articles covering the central and essential topics in international law.
New York Legal Research Library
Hein Online’s New York Legal Research Library is the first of Hein’s new State Research Libraries. This collection is a great starting point for New York specific research, and includes law reviews, historical statutes, session laws, the state register, and attorney general opinions.
Oxford English Dictionary Online
OED Online is the online version of the 20 volume Oxford English Dictionary in print. OED is recognized as one of the foremost authorities on the meaning, history and pronunciation of words.
ProQuest Congressional
ProQuest Congressional offers access to the full text of congressional working papers and legislation. It also provides access to a wide variety of information about Congress, including member biographical and committee assignment information, voting records, financial data, and the full text of the Congressional Record.
RIA Checkpoint Registration page
This page directs John Marshall students and faculty to register for RIA's tax research service on the Web. Once registered, students and faculty can access Checkpoint from any computer via the Web. Initial registration must occur via the JMLS network.
RIA Checkpoint Direct Access
This page allows JMLS students and faculty to access RIA Checkpoint directly, without registering.
Selden Society Publications
This Library contains the Selden Society Annual Series, Selden Society Supplemental Series and the Centenary Guide to the Publications of the Selden Society published in 1987. In addition to the Selden publications, one can find more than 100 English Legal History Classics including abridgements, digests and dictionarieswith links to early English case law and other relevant online publications.
Westlaw
Students, faculty and subscribers only.
WorldTradeLaw.net Dispute Settlement Commentary Service
DSC provides summary and analysis of WTO reports and arbitrations.
