Electronic Resources

Coverage 1984 (updated daily)
Index to magazines and journals from every academic discipline. Many articles available in full-text.

Coverage to present
Gateway to administrative actions outside the scope of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and the Federal Register.

Coverage Coverage varies
Links to freely accessible online law sources for the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Coverage 1980s to present (updated daily)
Full-text articles from general (including some legal) journals and newspapers.

Coverage Current calendar year to present (updated daily)
Index of state bills for the current calendar year. Includes bill tracking history and some full text bills.

Coverage 1989 to present (updated daily)
Full-text of U.S. Congressional bills, bill tracking, and resolutions.

see also: Congressional Bills (GPO Access), LexisNexis Congressional

Coverage Coverage varies (updated weekly)
Full-text weekly reports and publications from BNA containing articles, cases, and other supporting legal documents. Available titles include: Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report; Bankruptcy Law Reporter; Criminal Law Reporter; Family Law Reporter; International Trade Reporter, Labor & Employment Law Library, Medical Research Law & Policy, Securities Regulation & Law Report, U.S. Law Week.

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

Coverage 1996 to present (updated annually)
Codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.

see also: Code of Federal Regulations (Hein Online)

Coverage 1938 to 1985 (updated annually)
Comprehensive coverage of the CFR from its inception.

see also: Code of Federal Regulations (GPO Access)

Coverage 1992 to present
U.S. Congressional committee reports.

see also: LexisNexis Congressional

Coverage 1993 to present (updated daily)
Full-text of U.S. Congressional bills and resolutions.

Coverage 2007 to present
Browse the current catalog of Congressional Committee Prints.

see also: LexisNexis Congressional

Coverage to present
Guide to resources at the University of Wisconsin Law Library and online.

Coverage Last four months (updated weekly)
Citations to newly published law journal articles covering all areas of United States law.

Coverage 1996 to present (updated daily)
Index of law journal tables of contents with links to full articles. Includes customized alerts by email and RSS.

Coverage 2009 to present (updated daily)
The official publication of presidential statements, messages, remarks, and other materials released by the White House Press Secretary.

Supercedes the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents as of January 29, 2009.

The DCLRC is a law library which provides a variety of legal information services to both the local legal community and the general public. It is located in the Dane County Courthouse.

Coverage to present (updated daily)
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.

Coverage Coverage varies to present (updated daily)
Selected case law and codes for the European Union, Australia, Ireland, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia & Brunei, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.

Coverage to present (updated daily)
Executive, legislative and judicial materials from the United States Government Printing Office. FDsys is currently in beta but it eventually will replace GPO Access. Content is being migrated on a collection-by-collection basis. So far, it includes congressional bills and documents, the Congressional Record, public and private laws, the Federal Register, and the Compilation of Presidential Documents.

see also: GPO Access

Interactive map of United States circuit courts and districts within each provides links to decisions.

Coverage 1994 to present (updated daily)
The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.

see also: Federal Register (Hein Online)

Coverage 1938 to present (updated daily)
Comprehensive coverage of the Federal Register from its inception.

see also: Federal Register (GPO Access)

Coverage 1973 to present
International law publications, including prominent Yearbooks from around the world and proceedings of the American Society of International Law. Also contains U.S. law digests on international law and judicial decisions of the Hague Permanent Court of International Justice.

Coverage 1861 to 1976
The Foreign Relations of the United States series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. Before the current title was adopted, this series was formerly known as Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States and Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers.

Coverage to present (updated daily)
Federal civil, criminal, and bankruptcy court dockets, as well as dockets from the US Supreme Court, Court of Claims, and Court of International Trade.

see also: Justia Federal District Court Filings and Dockets

Coverage 1969 to present (updated quarterly)
The Gargoyle is University of Wisconsin Law School's alumni newsletter.

Coverage 1996 to present (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.

Search engine for federal, state and local government sites with domains such as .gov, .mil as well as select government sites with .com, .us, and .edu domains.

Coverage to present
This is a selective list of major document titles or series currently received by the University of Wisconsin Law Library.

Coverage to present (updated daily)
Executive, legislative and judicial materials from the United States Government Printing Office. Includes the Federal Register, Congressional Record, U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Budgets, Public Laws, and more.

The information on GPO Access is in the process of being migrated to FDsys on a collection-by-collection basis. The information on GPO Access will remain current and continue to be available until migration is complete.

Coverage 1220 to present (updated daily)
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.

Coverage 1776 to present (updated semiannually)
Index to United States Treaties (UST) and Treaties & Other International Agreements (TIAS). Includes a description of the agreement, its status, amendments, and legislative history.

see also: Treaties & Agreements Library (Hein Online)

Coverage 1985 to present
Index to world-wide legal literature on all forms of foreign law. Covers foreign law, comparative law, and legal systems. Includes journal articles, reports, essays, yearbooks, and book reviews in a variety of languages.

see also: Law Journal Library (Hein Online)

Coverage 1887 to 1996
Index to graduate theses and dissertations produced at American law schools, including UW-Madison.

Coverage 1908 to present
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.

see also: Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals, Law Journal Library (Hein Online)

Coverage 1946 to 2006
Index to United Nations documents and publications. Includes some full-text materials. Subscription cancelled in 2006.

see also: AccessUN

Coverage to present
English texts and background materials about constitutions and other constitutional documents worldwide. Also includes access to the German Case Law Project (GLAW), in German, sometimes with a brief English translation. Features extensive links to national constitutional courts, and to other sources of legal (especially international and constitutional) law on the Internet.

Coverage 1946 to present (updated daily)
Contains information about the Court, including its history, role, functioning, jurisdiction, finances, and biographical information on its judges, with photographs. Provides access to complete texts of the United Nations Charter, the Statute of the Court, and ICJ current press releases. Includes all cases brought before the Court.

Coverage Coverage varies to present
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.

Coverage Jan-04 to present (updated daily)
Case information from the U.S. Federal District Courts. Some cases also include opinions, orders, and other filings.

see also: FreeCourtDockets

Coverage 1950 to present (updated daily)
U.S. federal appellate cases

Coverage Coverage varies to present (updated daily)
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.

Coverage 1788 to present (updated daily)
Legal periodicals in PDF beginning with the earliest volumes.

see also: Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals

Coverage to present
Portal featuring an extensive collection of links to free and fee-based (PACER) sources of court dockets for federal, state, and local courts. Other court documents (opinions, orders, etc) and criminal record databases are linked when available.

see also: Justia Federal District Court Filings and Dockets, FreeCourtDockets

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Legal information and educational resources.

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The LRB's mission is to serve the Wisconsin Legislature and the public by providing nonpartisan legal, research, and library services.

Coverage Coverage varies to present (updated daily)
Legal, news, reference, and business sources. Legal tab contains United States federal and state case law, codes, and regulations, as well as law reviews and legal news. Also includes foreign and international primary sources.

Coverage 1789 to present (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, the Congressional Record, and more.

see also: Thomas

Coverage Coverage varies to present (updated daily)
Extensive collection of legal, news, reference, and business sources. Contains primary legal resources (cases, statutes, regulations, etc.) and secondary materials (journal articles, worldwide news, business sources, etc.).Non law school users may use LexisNexis Academic.

For assistance with passwords, see the LexisNexis & Westlaw IDs form. Passwords are issued to authorized Law School users only.

Coverage 1980s to present
Index to articles from journals and newsletters published by United States agencies, many in full text.

Coverage 1950s to present
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).

Coverage to present (updated daily)
Lexis-Nexis provides free case law from the last five years, with U.S. Supreme Court decisions from 1790. Also includes a collection of free legal forms.

Coverage 1700s to present
U.S. Federal and Canadian primary law from the Law Library Microform Consortium. Emphasis is on older materials.

Coverage Coverage varies to present (updated daily)
Primary law for federal and state jurisdictions. Includes case law, statutes and session laws, administrative codes and regulations, and court rules. Bar books and attorney general opinions are also available for some states.

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

Coverage to present
Comprehensive listing of agencies in Dane County which offer low cost legal assistance programs.

Coverage to present (updated daily)
Catalog of books, journals, and other materials owned by the UW-Madison Libraries. Includes free and licensed electronic resources.

Coverage to present (updated daily)
Catalog of books, journals, and other materials owned by Marquette University. Includes free and licensed resources.

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List of law library microforms by title.

Coverage 1961 to present
Provides an index and some full-text journals and pamphlets containing current news pertaining to all branches of the military.

Coverage to present
MLRC serves the legal information needs of judges, attorneys, and the general public by providing reference and research assistance, training, and forms sales and distribution.

Coverage to present
Guide to resources at the University of Wisconsin Libraries and online.

Coverage Coverage varies (updated daily)
Articles from national, international, and Wisconsin newspapers, plus other news sources and news wires. The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, and Wisconsin State Journal, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Wisconsin Law Journal are all included.

see also: ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune, ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times, ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times

Coverage 1970s to present
Selected reports from the Congressional Research Service (CRS), the public policy research arm of the United States Congress.

Coverage to present
Legal titles within Oxford Reference Online include The Oxford Companion to American Law, The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia, A Dictionary of Law, A Dictionary of Law Enforcement, The New Oxford Companion to Law, The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States, and The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions

Coverage 1955 to present
A multimedia archive devoted to the Supreme Court of the United States, providing the audio of oral arguments from cases before the Supreme Court.

Coverage 1849 to 2004 (updated daily)
The Chicago Tribune and Chicago Daily Tribune in PDF format since its beginning year. More recent years are available through ProQuest Newspapers.

see also: Newspaper Source Plus, ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times, ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times

Coverage 1891 to 1986 (updated daily)
The Los Angeles Times in PDF format since its beginning year. More recent years are available through ProQuest Newspapers.

see also: ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune, Newspaper Source Plus, ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times

Coverage 1851 to 2004 (updated daily)
The New York Times in PDF format since its beginning year. More recent years are available through ProQuest Newspapers.

see also: ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune, ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times, Newspaper Source Plus

Coverage 1988 (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.

Coverage 1790s to present (updated daily)
U.S. federal and state cases, statutes, regulations, court rules, constitutions and legal forms.

Coverage to present
This guide lists the locations of many of the UW Law Library's most heavily used materials.

Coverage to present
This guide lists the locations of many of the UW Law Library's most heavily used materials.

Coverage Present (updated monthly)
New books, videos, and government documents received by the UW Law Library each month, arranged by legal subject.

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

Coverage Coverage varies to present
Session laws of the United States, all fifty states, Canada and Australia.

Coverage 1990s to present (updated daily)
New and forthcoming scholarship in a number of disciplines, including law (as part of the Legal Scholarship Network division of SSRN).

Users may follow new faculty and staff scholarship by subscribing to SSRN's UW Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series.

Coverage 1853 to present
Biennial almanac of Wisconsin government.

Directory of government web sites including State of Wisconsin agencies, courts and legislature. Also includes links to federal, local, Native American sites.

Coverage to present
Official state employee directory includes phone numbers and email addresses.

Coverage 1979 to present (updated quarterly)
Index to articles, books, government documents, loose-leaf services, court opinions and Internet sites that compare state laws on hundreds of subjects.

Coverage to present (updated daily)
This official Supreme Court site offers documents from the current term such as bench and slip opinions, dockets, calendar, and rules.

Coverage Coverage varies to present (updated daily)
Federal legislative information including bills and bill tracking, resolutions, the Congressional Record, and committee reports.

see also: LexisNexis Congressional

Coverage 1900 to 1926
Index to works relevant to legal theory and history printed in the United States and the United Kingdom during the early twentieth century.

Coverage 1870 to present
Official opinions of the U.S. Attorney General. Includes both the "Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States" as well as, the "Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel of the United States Department of Justice."

see also: Wisconsin Attorney General Opinions

Coverage 1994 to present (updated annually)
Published every six years, with an annual supplement.

see also: U.S. Code (Cornell University's Legal Information Institute)

Coverage to present
Clearinghouse of information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government. Contains background information about the court, rules, publications, links to federal appellate and district court web sites, and links to federal appellate case law.

Coverage to present
Directory of Federal Government Agencies from LSU libraries, in partnership with GPO.

Coverage 1997 to present (updated weekly)
Full-text articles, cases, and other supporting legal documents covering significant cases and key legislative / regulatory developments.

Customized email delivery is also available to UW Law School Faculty and Academic Staff through BNA Online Email Highlights.

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

Coverage 1789 to present
Selected federal legislative histories published by the U.S. GPO and private publishers. Also includes the index, "Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories."

see also: LexisNexis Congressional

Coverage 1897 to present
Includes Message and Papers of the Presidents, Public Papers of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, and more.

Coverage 1789 to present
Complete coverage of the Statutes at Large, containing both public and private laws published in numerical order, and treaties to 1950.

Coverage coverage varies (updated daily)
Collection of primary materials by and about the US Supreme Court.

see also: U.S. Supreme Court Library (Hein Online)

Coverage 1776 to present
Complete coverage of the supreme court opinions. Includes books, treatise and periodicals on the federal court.

see also: U.S. Supreme Court Center (FindLaw)

Coverage Coverage varies to present
This search service from the United Nations Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs offers access to statistics and datasets from the UN system.

Coverage 1946 to present
UN site provides access to resolutions, decisions, the UN Journal, and other documents.

Coverage 1946 to present (updated daily)
The official site of the United Nations contains news and information about the UN and its bodies. The site is also the official portal to the UN Documentation system

Coverage 1979 to present
From the UN

Coverage 1946 to present
An overview of the various types of documents and publications issued by the UN (e.g., reports, resolutions, meeting records, sales publications, press releases) and gives guidance on how to use them.

Coverage 1946 to present (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 in the UNTS.

see also: United Nations Treaty Collection

Coverage 1946 to present (updated daily)
All types of official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993. ODS also provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards.

Coverage 1920 to present
United Nations bilateral and multilateral treaties in full text as published in the United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS). Contains some multilateral treaties not yet appearing in UNTS. Also includes the League of Nations Treaty Series. Treaties available in their authentic language(s), along with a translation into English and French, as appropriate.

see also: United Nations Master Treaty Index on CD-ROM

Coverage to present
The U.S. government's official web portal to all federal, state, and local government information, as well as Native American Tribal government information.

Coverage 1990s to present
New and forthcoming law school faculty and staff scholarship. Part of the Social Science Research Network (SSRN),

see also: SSRN (Social Science Research Network)

Coverage 1886 to present
Full-text federal, state, and Native American tribal court opinions. Coverage varies according to resource.

Law school students, faculty and staff may request a VersusLaw ID.

Coverage to present
Feature films, TV dramas, and documentaries available at the Law Library

Coverage 1993 to 2009 (updated weekly)
The official publication of presidential statements, messages, remarks, and other materials released by the White House Press Secretary.

The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents has been superceded by the Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents as of January 29, 2009.

see also: U.S. Presidential Library (Hein Online), Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents (GPO Access)

Coverage to present (updated daily)
Database of state and federal dockets. Search for dockets by jurdiction, keyword, nature of suit, party name, attorney or judge, date, and more. Set up alerts to monitor new cases or track filings in a specific case.

Coverage to present (updated daily)
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.). Non law school users may use Westlaw Patron Access.

For assistance with passwords, see the LexisNexis & Westlaw IDs form. Passwords are issued to authorized Law School users only.

Coverage to present (updated daily)
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 roughly equivalent to Westlaw for Law Schools.

Westlaw Patron Access is only available on the three computers labeled "Law Library Workstation" on the fifth floor of the Law Library.

Coverage to present (updated daily)
A collaboratively-created, public-access law dictionary and encyclopedia.

see also: Zimmerman's Research Guide

Coverage 2004 to present (updated daily)
Blog offering legal research and Internet news & information with an emphasis on Wisconsin.

Coverage 1969 to present
Acts passed by the Wisconsin Legislature since 1969. A table of statutes sections affected by Wisconsin acts since 1995 and Governor's Veto Messages are also available.

Coverage 1996 to present (updated biweekly)
Agency rules appearing in the Administrative Code (current) and notices in the Administrative Register (since 1996).

Coverage to present
Full-text of the Wisconsin Constitution, including pending constitutional amendments. Full-text of the U.S. Constitution.

Coverage 1982 to present
Opinions of the Attorney General beginning with volume 71.

see also: U.S. Attorney General Opinions (Hein Online)

Coverage 1995 to present (updated daily)
Bills, acts, and resolutions, including bill histories and amendments.

Coverage 1992 to present (updated quarterly)
Briefs for Wisconsin Supreme Court and Court of Appeals published and unpublished cases since 173 Wis.2d.

see also: Wisconsin Briefs Finding Guide

Coverage 1858 to 1957
Index to the UW Law Library

see also: Wisconsin Briefs

Coverage 1989 to present (updated daily)
Wisconsin Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Tax Appeals, and WERC opinions and decisions.

Coverage 1995 to present
Official Wisconsin Courts site contains a variety of court documents, as well as general information about the court system and the current court term.

Coverage Coverage varies to present (updated daily)
Civil and criminal case information and status reports from Wisconsin circuit courts, Court of Appeals & Supreme Court. Case information includes case summaries, parties, court recorded events, and docketed civil judgments.

Coverage to present (updated daily)
Statewide public affairs broadcasting network. Includes Internet video of Wisconsin legislative sessions and meetings and Supreme Court oral arguments.

Coverage Coverage varies to present
A listing of online and print legal research resources available to attorneys In Wisconsin.

Coverage 1999/2000 to 2007/2008 (updated annually)
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.

Coverage 2001 to present
Proposed changes to agency rules reviewed by the Legislative Council Rules Clearinghouse.

Coverage to present
Official State directory of agency and departmental web sites.

Coverage to present (updated daily)
Catalogs of the State Law Library, the Dane County Law Library, and the Milwaukee Legal Resource Center. Links to state, federal, and other legal resources on the Internet.

Coverage 1989 to present
Statutes from the Revisor of Statutes. Statutes are updated with the integration of acts from the current legislative session.

Coverage 1700s to 1900s
Trial transcripts from some of history's most famous trials. Also includes texts that analyze and debate famous trials, as well as biographies of some of the greatest trial lawyers in history.

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