ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct 1996 - to date (updated weekly)

Full-text articles, opinions, and other supporting legal documents relating to legal ethics, malpractice and other issues concerning the legal profession.

All use of this resource is controlled by the UW Law School's BNA Academic Customer License Agreement.

AccessUN 1966 - to date (updated daily)

Index to United Nations documents and publications, including treaties, official records, masthead documents, draft resolutions, meeting records, and more. Some full-text documents also available. For access to publications before 1966, see Index to United Nations Documents & Publications (available in Law Building only).

Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report 1996 - to date (updated weekly)

Full-text articles, cases, and other supporting legal documents relating to competition and deceptive trade practices law. Covers federal, state, and international law.

All use of this resource is controlled by the UW Law School's BNA Academic Customer License Agreement.

Badgerlink 1980's - to date (updated daily)

Full-text articles from general (including some legal) journals and newspapers.

Bankruptcy Law Reporter 1996 - to date (updated weekly)

Full-text articles, cases, and other supporting legal documents relating to federal and state criminal law.

All use of this resource is controlled by the UW Law School's BNA Academic Customer License Agreement.

Bibliography of Early American Law 1600's - 1860

Abstracts of American legal literature published in this country or abroad, from its beginnings to the end of 1860.  It also includes works on foreign, comparative and international law published in America.

BNA Online Dates of Coverage Vary (updated weekly)

Canadian Abridgment, Case Digests Early 19th century - to date (updated quarterly)

Summaries of Canadian case law by topic.

Canadian Abridgment, Encyclopedic Digest (updated quarterly)

Encyclopedia of Canadian law arranged by subject. Includes both Ontario and Western editions. Similar to American Jurisprudence or Corpus Juris Secundum.

Canadian Abridgment, Statute Citations 1980 - to date (updated quarterly)

Canadian statutes judicially considered.

Full-text business and finance materials. Includes cases, statutes, and regulations as well as analytical materials in the following areas: Securities; Exchanges and SROs; Corporate Governance; International; Banking; Trade Regulation; Products Liability and Safety; Government Contracts; IP/IT; Federal Energy Guidelines; and Transportation Law.

Funding for this resource is provided by Corporate Practice Institute, Inc.

CCH Tax Research Network

Full-text federal, state, and international tax information and materials. Includes legislation, reporters (Standard Federal Tax Reporter, Federal Tax Guide, state tax reporters, etc.), journals, treatises, and more.

Full-text European Union treaties, legislation, preparatory acts (abstracts only), parliamentary questions, and national provisions implementing directives. Most documents are in English.

Colonial and American Indian Treaties: A Collection 1629-1865

A collection of major treaties between Native Americans and the American colonies, and later the United States. Keyword search or browse by date, region (state or tribe), and title.

Communications Regulation (Pike & Fischer) 1964- to date (updated daily)

Full-text collection of legal and regulatory developments in communications law. Includes FCC rules, communications-related cases, case digests, notices, statutes, news articles, FCC Record, FCC Daily Digest, and Telecom Law Report newsletter.

All use of this resource is controlled by the UW Law School's P & F Academic Customer License Agreement.

Congressional Universe

See LexisNexis Congressional

Constitutions of the World Online (Countries, Dependencies & Territories) 1215 - present

Current and historical English translations of constitutions from countries, dependencies and territories around the world. Includes expert commentary from leading scholars.

Criminal Justice Abstracts 1968 - to date (updated daily)

Abstracts of journal articles, books, reports, and dissertations relating to criminal justice. Indexes United States and foreign publications.

Criminal Law Reporter 1996 - to date (updated weekly)

Full-text articles, cases, and other supporting legal documents relating to federal and state criminal law.

All use of this resource is controlled by the UW Law School's BNA Academic Customer License Agreement.

Current Contents

A compilation of the Tables of Contents for law periodicals received at the UW Law Library.

Current Index to Legal Periodicals (CILP)  Recent four months - to date

Citations to newly published law journal articles. Covers all areas of United States law. New issues are added weekly as they become available.

Customized email delivery is also available to UW Law School Faculty and Academic Staff through SmartCILP.

Eighteenth Century Collections Online 1700-1800

Full-text and images of every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom and in the British colonies during the eighteenth century. Approximately 150,000 items are included. Subjects include: history, geography, social sciences, fine arts, medicine, science, technology, literature and language, law, and reference materials.

Family Law Reporter 1996 - to date (updated weekly)

Full-text articles, cases, and other supporting legal documents relating to federal and state family law.

All use of this resource is controlled by the UW Law School's BNA Academic Customer License Agreement.

Foreign Law: Current Sources of Codes and Basic Legislation in Jurisdictions Around the World (updated daily)

Concise descriptions of each country's legal system, the main sources of law, the nature of the legal literature, followed by a list of major laws and whether there is an English translation.

Global NewsBank 1996 - to date (updated daily)

Full-text world-wide news articles from translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, wire services, newspapers, magazines and government documents. All articles are in English.

Government Periodicals Universe

See LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index

Hein Online (1220 - to date)

Hein's US Treaty Index on CD-ROM 1776 - to date (updated semiannually)

Index to United States treaties and other international agreements. Includes a description of the agreement, its status, amendments, and legislative history.

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals  1985 - to date (updated daily)

Index to world-wide legal literature on all forms of foreign (non-Angle-American) law. Covers foreign law, comparative law, and legal systems. Includes journal articles, reports, essays, yearbooks, and book reviews in a variety of languages.

Index to Law School Theses and Dissertations  1887 - 1996

Index to graduate theses and dissertations produced at American law schools, including UW-Madison.

Index to Legal Periodicals Full Text & Retrospective 1908 - to date (updated daily)

Index to legal periodicals, court decisions, legislation and more. Full text coverage for selected periodicals is also available. Law books are indexed beginning in 1993. Covers all areas of law from the United States and Commonwealth countries.

Index to United Nations Documents and Publications 1946 - Dec. 2006

Index to United Nations documents and publications. Includes some full-text materials. For indexing of publications since 1966, see AccessUN (available electronically campus-wide).

Indlaw 1873 - to date

Searchable database of laws from India, including judgments from the Supreme Court and High Courts, legislation and rules, government notices, and other materials.

See reference librarian to access this database

International Legal Research in LexisNexis Academic Dates of Coverage Vary (updated daily)

Full-text selected case law and codes for the European Union, Australia, Canada, Ireland, Hong Kong, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia & Brunei, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.

International Trade Reporter 1996 - to date (updated weekly)

Full-text articles, cases, and other supporting legal documents relating to United States trade and international business law.

All use of this resource is controlled by the UW Law School's BNA Academic Customer License Agreement.

ISI Emerging Markets, Russia Dates of Coverage Vary (updated daily)

Full-text Russian business intelligence resource in Russian and English. Includes company news & financials, industry profiles, and macroeconomic reports. Also contains legal news and laws, including Kodeks Law Database (Russian) and Garant Law Database (English).

JSTOR: Journal Storage Project Dates of Coverage Vary

Full-text back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, and other fields. Coverage begins with volume one of each title and ends about two to five years before the most recently published volume.

KeyCite via Westlaw Patron Access (Not available from this machine) Dates of Coverage Vary (updated hourly)

Citation research service used to determine whether a case, statute, administrative decision, or federal regulation is good law and to find cases and other sources that cite it.

Labor & Employment Law Library Dates of Coverage Vary (updated weekly)

Full-text cases, statutes, regulations, manuals, news articles, and more relating to United States labor and employment law. Topics include fair employment practices, individual employment rights, Americans with disabilities, wages and hours, labor-management relations, collective bargaining, and labor arbitration.

All use of this resource is controlled by the UW Law School's BNA Academic Customer License Agreement.

The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln 1836-1861

Original documents from Lincoln's law practice, including facts about cases and non litigation activities handled by Lincoln and his law partners.

LawInfoChina 1949 - to date (updated daily)

A nearly comprehensive collection of Chinese laws and regulations dating back to 1949. Coverage for cases is selective. Nearly all of the content is available in both English and Chinese; a few items are in Chinese only.

The Lawyer's Reference Shelf 1999 Edition

Full-text of A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage, Second Edition and The Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations.

League of Wisconsin Municipalities Legal Opinions and Manuals (updated annually)

Summaries of all League opinions and full-text opinions since 1975. Also includes several of the League's manuals and conference papers.

Legal Dockets Online (updated daily)

Legal Dockets Online is a portal featuring an extensive collection of links to free and fee-based sources of court dockets for federal, state, and local courts. Other court documents (opinions, orders, etc) and criminal record databases are linked when available.

Legal Scholarship Network 1990's - to date

Abstracts of new and forthcoming legal scholarship. Some articles available in full-text. LSN is a division of the Social Science Research Network, which also includes articles on accounting, economics, and management.

Customized email delivery is also available to UW Law School Faculty and Academic Staff.

LexisNexis (lawschool.lexis.com) Dates of Coverage Vary (updated hourly)

Extensive collection of full-text legal, news, reference, and business sources. Contains primary legal resources (cases, statutes, regulations, etc.) and secondary materials (journal articles, worldwide news, business sources, etc.).

For assistance with passwords, see LexisNexis & Westlaw Password Problem / Request Form. Passwords are issued to authorized Law School users only.

LexisNexis Academic Dates of Coverage Vary (updated daily)

Full-text legal, news, reference, and business sources. Legal Research section contains United States federal and state case law and codes, as well as law reviews and legal news.

Note: LexisNexis Academic does not offer Shepards citation research service. However, an alternate citator is available at the Law Library without a password via KeyCite.

LexisNexis Congressional 1789 - to date (updated daily)

Index to publications of the United States Congress since 1789 and some full-text documents beginning in the late 1980s. Includes bills & acts, committee reports, testimony, regulations, legislative histories, and more. 

LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index 1980s - to date (updated daily)

Full-text articles from journals and newsletters published by United States agencies. Topics include law, business, science, medicine, history, finance, and more.

LexisNexis Statistical 1950s - to date (updated daily)

Index to and selected full-text U.S. statistical data. Includes contents of the American Statistics Index (ASI), Statistical Reference Index (SRI), and Index to International Statistics (IIS).

LLMC Digital 1700s - to date

Full-text U.S. Federal and Canadian primary law from the Law Library Microform Consortium. Emphasis is on older materials.

Loislawschool.com Dates of Coverage Vary (updated daily)

Full-text primary law for most federal and state jurisdictions. Includes case law, statutes and acts, administrative codes and regulations, and court rules. Bar books, attorney general opinions and jury instructions are also available for some states.

Authorized Law School users may also request a password for access outside the Law building.

MadCat Library Catalog (updated daily)

Catalog of books, journals, and other materials owned by the UW-Madison Libraries.

Medical Research Law & Policy 1996 - to date (updated weekly)

Full-text articles, cases, legislation, regulations, and more relating to medical research law.

All use of this resource is controlled by the UW Law School's BNA Academic Customer License Agreement.

Military and Government Collection 1961 - to date (updated daily)

Index and some full-text journals and pamphlets containing current news pertaining to all branches of the military.

NCJRS Abstracts Database 1970's - to date (updated daily)

Abstracts of publications on criminal justice, including government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. Compiled by the National Criminal Justice Reference Service. Includes some links to full-text.

Customized e-mail delivery of JUSTINFO, a bi-weekly newsletter of new NCJRS publications, is also available.

Nineteenth Century Legal Treatises Index 1800s
Twentieth Century Legal Treatises Index Early 1900s

Two indexes to works relevant to legal theory and history printed in the United States and the United Kingdom during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Indexes can be searched simultaneously.

19th Century Masterfile, including Index to Legal Periodical Literature

Combination of indexes to nineteenth century journals and government publications. Includes Jones and Chipman's Index to Legal Periodical Literature (1786-1922), as well as other indexes to presidential papers, patents, & government publications. An English parliamentary history and index to debates is also included.

One Source Dates of Coverage Vary (updated daily)

The OneSource Global Business Browser provides robust intelligence on over 16 million U.S. and Canadian firms as well as the top 100,000 international companies and 50,000 subsidiaries and branches of multinational companies located in developing countries. The database also includes over 18 million executive decision makers, company and industry analysts’ reports and hundreds of industries.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times 1851-2001

Complete full-text New York Times. Available in PDF format. More recent years are available through the ProQuest Newspapers database.

ProQuest Newspapers 1980s - to date (updated daily)

Index to national and Wisconsin newspapers. Full-text available for many articles.

ProQuest Research Library 1988 - to date (updated daily)

Index to and full text general interest and academic journals that cover the arts, business, education, health, humanities, psychology, sciences, and the social sciences. It contains periodicals covering multicultural and women's issues and international affairs.

Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) 1972 - to date

Index to world-wide literature concerning public policy, social policy, and the social sciences. Includes journal articles, books, government documents, statistical compilations, committee reports, directories, and more.

Recent Acquisitions, Selected (updated monthly)

List of new books, videos, and government documents received by the UW Law Library this month. Arranged by legal subject.

Customized email delivery is also available through our Selected Recent Acquisitions Email Service.

RIA Checkpoint 1950s - to date (updated daily)

Full-text tax and accounting materials. Includes the complete federal tax code, regulations, committee reports, and rulings. Also contains the Federal Tax Coordinator, U.S. Tax Reporter, Federal Tax Handbook, a news/current awareness section, as well as state tax cases, rulings, and legislation.

Securities Regulation & Law Report 1996 - to date (updated weekly)

Full-text articles, cases, and other supporting legal documents relating to securities and futures trading, as well as accounting. Covers federal and state law.

All use of this resource is controlled by the UW Law School's BNA Academic Customer License Agreement.

Statistical Universe

See LexisNexis Statistical

United Nations Master Treaty Index on CD-ROM 1946 (1 UNTS 3) - to date (updated semiannually)

Index to Category I and II treaties and other international agreements published in the United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS). Also indexes treaties filed with the Secretariat but not yet published (NYP) in the UNTS.

United Nations Treaty Collection 1996 - to date

United Nations bilateral and multilateral treaties in full text as published in the United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS). Also contains some multilateral treaties not yet appearing un UNTS. Treaties available in their authentic language(s), along with a translation into English and French, as appropriate.

University Law Review Project 1990's - to date

Full-text law journals freely available on the Internet. Search entire collection by keyword or browse journals by topic or law school. Covers all areas of U.S. law.

Customized email delivery of new law review and law journal article abstracts is also available through Findlaw's Abstract Notification Service.

U.S. Law Week 1997 - to date (updated weekly)

Full-text articles, cases, and other supporting legal documents covering significant cases and key legislative / regulatory developments. Covers all areas of United States law.

All use of this resource is controlled by the UW Law School's BNA Academic Customer License Agreement.

UW Madison Libraries Electronic Journal List -Dates of Coverage Vary

List of full-text electronic journals and newspapers available at the UW Madison Libraries. Search or browse by title, then link to full-text. List includes dates of coverage.

VersusLaw Dates of Coverage Vary (updated daily)

Full-text federal, state, and Native American tribal court opinions.

Passwords are issued to authorized Law School users only. Complete the online registration form.

Westlaw (lawschool.westlaw.com)-Dates of Coverage Vary (updated hourly)

Extensive collection of full-text legal, news, reference, and business sources. Contains primary legal resources (cases, statutes, regulations, etc.) and secondary materials (journal articles, worldwide news, business sources, etc.).

Note: A password is required to access lawschool.westlaw.com. Passwords are issued to authorized law school users only. Non law school users may use Westlaw Patron Access.

For assistance with passwords, see LexisNexis & Westlaw Password Problem / Request Form.

Westlaw Patron Access (Not available from this machine) Dates of Coverage Vary (updated hourly)

Extensive collection of full-text legal, news, reference, and business sources. Contains primary legal resources (cases, statutes, regulations, etc.) and secondary materials (journal articles, worldwide news, business sources, etc.). Content equivalent to lawschool.westlaw.com.

Note: Westlaw Patron Access is available without a password on the three computers labeled "Law Library Workstation" on the fifth floor of the Law Library.

WisBlawg, From the UW Law Library (updated daily)

Blog offering legal research and Internet news & information with an emphasis on Wisconsin. Authored by UW Law Librarians.

Wisconsin Briefs Beginning with 173 Wis. 2d (1992)

Full-text briefs for Wisconsin Supreme Court and Court of Appeals published and unpublished cases.

For briefs covering cases reported in
Wisconsin Reports vol. 9 (1858) to vol. 275 (1957), see the Wisconsin Briefs Finding Guide.

Wisconsin Legislative Drafting Records 1999/2000 - 2005/2006 Sessions

Written materials, letters, and memoranda given to or created by the legislative drafting attorney in the process of drafting a bill, resolution, or subsequent amendments. May provide some insight into the meaning of statutory language.

Wisconsin Public Employment Decisions Digest 1976- 1998

Summaries of Wisconsin decisions involving the Municipal Employment Relations Act and State Employment Labor Relations Act.

WorldCat Library Catalog (updated daily)

Catalog of millions of books, journals, and other materials owned by libraries around the world, including UW-Madison and the Library of Congress.

A comprehensive legal research tool for WTO dispute settlement. Features include summary/analysis of all reports/arbitrations; up-to-date keyword index; and a database of dispute settlement tables/statistics.

All use of this resource is controlled by WorldTradeLaw.net LLC's Disclaimer & Terms of Use.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts 1975 - to date (updated monthly)

Index and abstracts of journals in political science and related fields, including international relations, law, public administration, and public policy.