| Resources in Print | ||
| A. Looseleaf Services and Digests | B. Legal Encyclopedias | C. Treatises |
| D. Handbooks and Manuals | E. Journal/Publication Indexes | |
| Electronic Resources | ||
| A. Federal Government Information | B. Wisconsin Legislature | C. Topical Material |
| D. Journal/Publication Indexes | ||
A. Looseleaf Services and Digests - Print publications that bring together primary and
secondary resources concerning a particular area of law. The materials included in this section
offer case summaries, commentary and analysis. West's Education Law Reporter and the online
version of BNA's Family Law Reporter offer the full-text of court opinions.
Children/Family Law
A Digest of Cases of the United States Supreme Court as to Juvenile and Family Law - KF
503.36 D54/v.1-2
1) Contains: Full-text of U.S. Supreme Court decision related to children and family law.
2) Coverage: 1962 to 2000
3) Search by: Name of case in table of contents. Each case is labeled with a subject heading.
ABA Child Law Practice - Law Library Periodicals, 3rd Floor (Shelved by title)
1) Contains: Articles that discuss issues and contain summaries of cases pertinent to the practice
of children's law.
2) Dates of Coverage: 1996 to present. Continues ABA Juvenile & Child Welfare Law Reporter,
1986 to 1996 (KF 479 A59 A23).
3) Search by: Article subject index and case law subject index:
http://www.abanet.org/child/clp/index.html
Family Law Reporter* - Reference Collection KF 501 A3 F36;
http://library.law.wisc.edu/eresources/bna.php (1996 - present)
1) Contains: Weekly analysis of current developments in family law and summaries of important
cases.
2) Coverage: 1974 to present.
3) Search by: Subject index, table of cases, state table.
A Digest of Supreme Court Decisions Affecting Education, 4th ed. - CIMC Professional Stacks
KF 4114 .Z57 2001
1) Contains: summaries of United States Supreme Court cases pertaining to educations.
2 Coverage: Through 2000.
3) Search by: Digest, index, table of cases.
School Law Reporter - KF 4114 N35
1)Contains : Monthly commentary about and analysis of important cases in education law.
2) Coverage: 1987 to present.
3) Search by: Table of contents and tables of cases within each issue, topical indexes.
Specialty Law Digests - Education Cases - Reference Collection KF 4114 S686
1) Contains: Summaries of court decisions relating to education law.
2) Coverage: Decisions from 1980 to 1987.
3) Search by: Index, table of cases, digest topics.
West's Education Law Digest - Reference Collection KF 4110.3 W47
1) Contains : Citations to and summaries of cases reported in West's Education Law Reporter.
2) Coverage: Decisions from 1982 to present.
3) Search by: Table of cases, words and phrases, topic and key number.
West's Education Law Reporter - Reference Collection KF 4110 A2 W47; Westlaw**
1) Contains: Full-text of court opinions and administrative decisions related to education. Also
includes articles and case comments that discuss recent rulings and their impact on school
policies. Updated through bi-weekly advance sheets.
2) Coverage: 1982 to present (1986 to present on Westlaw).
3) Search by: Table of cases, topical index, key number digest in back of each volume, and
West's Education Law Digest.
**See II. C, below.
General
American Law Reports (ALR) - Reference Collection KF 132 A45; Westlaw**
1) Contains: Discussion of state and federal issues with case annotations and selected reports of
state and federal appellate court decisions. ALR Federal covers exclusively federal topics.
2) Coverage: Comes in 5 editions, covering 1919 - present. Coverage for ALR Federal is from
1969 - present.
3) Search by: ALR Index, ALR Digest, or the “Subjects Annotated” section in each volume.
West's Wisconsin Key Number Digest - Reference Collection KFW 2457 W47
1) Contains: Summaries of and citations to Wisconsin appellate court opinions and federal cases
within the seventh circuit.
2) Coverage: 19th century to present.
3) Search by: Descriptive word index, table of cases, plaintiff-defendant table, topic and key
number.
**Westlaw also has ALR-FAM databases, which contains annotations related to family law. See
II. C, below.
B. Legal Encyclopedias - Cover a wide range of legal topics. Summarize broad principles of
American Law. Encyclopedias are arranged alphabetically by topic.
American Jurisprudence 2d (AmJur 2d) - Reference Collection KF 154 A47;
LexisNexis;Westlaw**
1) Contains: General coverage of over 430 broad legal topics.
2) Coverage: Current (updated with pocket parts).
3) Search by: General Index or Table of Statutes.
Corpus Juris Secundum (CJS) - Reference Collection KF 154 C57; Westlaw
1) Contains: General coverage of over 400 broad legal topics.
2) Coverage: Current (updated with pocket parts).
3) Search by: General Index, Index to Criminal Law, or Table of Statutes.
C. Treatises - Scholarly expositions on case law and legislation pertaining to a particular subject,
and published in book form. These include multi-volume works, textbooks and shorter
monographs. Below is a selective list of treatises and other works related to the rights and legal
status of children available at the law library:
Child Safety: A Guide for Judges and Attorneys - KF 3735 L86 2009
Child Welfare in the Legal Setting - Social Work Library KF3735 O27 2004
Children and the Law in a Nutshell - Reserve KF 479 Z9 R36 2008
Children and the Law: The Essential Readings - K 5483 C45 2001
**This is a collection of articles relating to children's issues within the legal system
Children's Health and Children's Rights (2006) _ International Journal of Children's Rights,
Vol. 13, Law Library Periodicals, 3rd Floor (Shelved by title.)
Children's Rights: A Comparative Perspective - K 639 Z9 C455 1996
Children's Rights in the United States : in Search of a National Policy -KF 479 W35 1999
Children, Social Science, and the Law - KF 3735 C48 2002
Creating effective parenting plans - KF 547 H378 2006
International Child Law - K639 B83 2005 (temporarily at new book shelf)
Juvenile Law - KF9779 M37 2007
Legal Rights of Children - KF 479 L44 1994
**This is a multi-volume work that is kept up-to-date through supplements
Keeping Kids Out of the System : Creative Legal Practice as a Community Child Protection
Strategy - KF 3735 G66 2001
Legal Concepts of Childhood - K 639 L44 2001
Legal Ethics in Child Welfare Cases - KF 735 R46 2004
Legal Rights of Children - KF 479 L44 2005 (supplements 2007
Out of Hearing : Representing Children in Care Proceedings - KF5 47 M375 1999
Promoting Child Community Protection: A Legislative Agenda - KF 3735 G664 2002
The Relationship Rights of Children - KF 540 D89 2006
Representing Children in Child Protective Proceedings : Ethical and Practical Dimensions - KF
3735 P47 2007
Standard of the Best Interests of the Child: A Western Tradition in International and
Comparative Law - K639 B74 2002
Understanding Juvenile Law - KF 9780 G37 2003
Use of Science and Technology in Service to Children in the Courts - Ref KF 4110.3 W47
What's Wrong with Children's Rights - HQ789 G78 2005
How to Work With Your Court: A Guide for Child Welfare Agency Administrators - KF 9780
H37 2004
A Judge's Guide to Improving the Legal Representation of Children - KF 337.5 J88 J83 1998
What I Wish I'd Learned in Law School: Social Science Research for Children's Attorneys -KF
3735 W48 1997
E. Journal/Publication Indexes - For more discussion, see section II, D below.
General Legal/Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice Abstracts - See entry under section II, D below.
Current Law Index - See entry under section II, D below
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books- See entry under section II, D below.
Children and the Law
Kindex - Law Library Index Tables, Grand Reading Room;Hein Online, Law Journal Library
1) Contains: Citations to literature concerning children and the law.
2) Coverage: 1965 to 2001 (ceased publication after that date.)
3) Search by: Subject (classification) index, author index.
A. Federal Government Information
LexisNexis Congressional - Accessible via the law library website (http://library.law.wisc.edu/).
Available to law school and law library connections only.
1) Contains: U.S. legislative and regulatory information.
2) Coverage: 1789 to present.
3) Search by: Congressional publications, legislative histories, bills, laws, regulations,
congressional testimony.
( See also Thomas (http://thomas.loc.gov/) and GPO access (http://www.access.gpo.gov/), two
free web databases that offer legislative and regulatory information.)
Wisconsin State Legislature, Legislative Reference Bureau
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/RSB/
1) Contains: Links to Statutes, Acts, Bills and Bill Histories, Wisconsin and US Constitutions,
Administrative Code and Register, Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules, Attorney General
Opinions, and more.
2) Coverage: Varies by sources.
3)Search by: Varies according to source.
* For links to laws from other states, visit the National Conference of State Legislatures' list of
web sites at: http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=17173
C. Topical Materials - Case law, Legislation, and Secondary Resources
BNA Family Law Reporter
http://library.law.wisc.edu/eresources/bna.php
See section I .A. for description.
Hein Online
http://library.law.wisc.edu/eresources/byname.php#H
Full-text legal periodicals, historical texts, foreign & international materials, and primary legal
materials in PDF, including the Federal Register, U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Reports & attorney
general opinions, state session laws, and more. For purposes of this seminar, see especially the
Subject Compilation of State Laws and Kindex (in the “Law Journal Library”)databases.
LexisNexis - See the Education Law and Family Law libraries via the LexisNexisDirectory of
Online Services- http://w3.nexis.com/sources/ (Under “Topics,” select “Legal” and then choose
the appropriate topic.)
Westlaw - See the Education and Family Law Practice-Area Materials sections of the Westlaw
Database Directory- http://directory.westlaw.com/ (Click on “Topical Materials by Area of
Practice,” and select the appropriate topic.)
D. Journal/Publication Indexes - Provide citations to periodicals, books and other titles.
Indexes are searchable by a number of different access points (i.e. subject, author, title).
Unless otherwise noted, the databases below are licensed for use by UW Madison students,
faculty and staff via Wiscworld. To access, go to the UW-Law Library home page at
http://library.law.wisc.edu. Click on “Electronic Resources,” then “Journals & News Articles.”
Then follow the links to the appropriate database.
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books Full Test and Retrospective - Accessible via the UW
Madison Libraries home page (see paragraph above); via Westlaw (ILP); via LexisNexis
(LAWREV; ILP); and in print format, under the title Index to Legal Periodicals and Books.
Volumes are located on the periodical index tables in the Grand Reading Room.
1) Contains: Citations to articles, bibliographies, book reviews, and other titles from 891 legal
periodicals (law reviews and law journals). Includes some full text. Also contains citations to
more than 2000 law books.
2) Coverage: Articles: 1908 to present; Books: 1993 to present.
3) Search by: Subject, keyword, date, journal title, court cases, statute.
Legal Resource Index - Westlaw (LRI); LexisNexis (LAWREV; LGIND); and in print format
known as the Current Law Index. Volumes are located on the periodical index tables in the
Grand Reading Room.
1) Contains: Citations to articles in more than 850 English language legal periodicals and
newspapers. Some articles have abstracts.
2) Coverage: 1980 to present.
3) Search by: Subject, keyword, date, journal title, abstract(summary) and more.
Criminal Justice Periodicals
Criminal Justice Abstracts
1) Contains: Citations and abstracts to international journals, books, reports, dissertations, and
unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines.
2) Coverage: 1968 to present.
3) Search by: Subject , author, title, keyword.
*Note: CJA is also available in print from 1977 to the present (and from 1970 to 1976 as Crime
and Delinquency Literature). Volumes are located on the reference periodical index tables in the
Grand Reading Room.
NCJRS - Available to all over the web at http://www.ncjrs.org/search.html
1) Contains: Summaries of more than 160,000 publications on criminal justice, including federal,
state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished
research. More than 1,500 full text publications are also available.
2) Coverage: 1970's to date.
3) Search by: Title, subject, author, NCJ number.
The databases in this section can be accessed via the UW-Madison libraries home page at
http://www.library.wisc.edu/.
Family & Society Studies Worldwide (Family Studies Database)
1) Contains: indexing to more than 1800 journals, books, chapters, newsletters, government
documents, and dissertations. Covers the educational, medical, psychological and sociological
aspects of family literature.
2) Coverage: 1970 to present.
3) Search by: Author/Editor, publication year, periodical, publisher, ISSN or ISBN.
ProQuest Research Library
1) Contains: indexes more than 2,000 periodicals, and provides the full text of nearly 1,000 of
them. It has a mix of general interest and academic journals that cover the arts, business,
education, health, humanities, psychology, sciences, and the social sciences. Topics covered
include multi cultural issues, gay/lesbian issues, and women's issues.
2) Coverage: Citations and abstracts from 1985 to present. Full-text journals go back to 1988.
3) Search by: Author, date, subject , article title, abstract and more.
PAIS International Computer File (Public Affairs Information Service)
1) Contains: Citations to more than 900 journals, books, statistical compilations and other titles
on an international scale in the areas of public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in
general.
2) Coverage: 1972 to present.
3) Search by: Subject , author, title, keyword.
Social Sciences Full-Text (1983-)
1) Contains: Indexing of more that 415 periodicals in the fields of economics, politics and
foreign affairs, public administration, public health, sociology, criminology, environmental and
urban studies, psychology and anthropology.
2) Coverage: Citations from 1982 to present; abstracts from 1994 to present; and selected full-
text articles from 1995 .
3) Search by: Subject, keyword, date, journal title.
Sociological Abstracts (1963 - )
1) Contains: Indexing and abstracting of 2500 worldwide journals in sociology and related
disciplines, papers presented at various sociological association meetings, dissertations, book
reviews, and selected books.
2) Coverage: 1963 to present. Dissertations are available from 1986.
3) Search by: Subject, author, title, keyword, descriptor, citation, and ten other fields.
Web of Knowledge (1982- )
1) Contains: indexing of more than 8,000 peer-reviewed journals from a combination of three
databases - Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts &
Humanities Citation Index.
2)Coverage: From 1982 to present (Social Sciences Citation Index)
3) Search by: Author, title, and institution. Can also search by cited authors and to find articles
sharing one or more cited reference. Possible to search the three databases independently or in
any combination.
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