Case Law

Access	Resource Name and Address	Contents	Dates of Coverage	Additional Information
	American Law Sources On-line (ALSO!) http://www.lawsource.com/also/	All Federal, All States	Varies (most mid 1990s→	Contains links to resources from other providers
	lexisOne http://www.lexisone.com	All Federal, All States	Last 5 years	Find by citation or keyword search
	VersusLaw http://www.versuslaw.com	All Federal, All States	Varies (most 1930s→)	Coverage good, very economical
	Loislaw.com http://www.loislaw.com	All Federal, All States	Varies (most 1930s→)	Coverage good, fairly economical
	LexisNexis or lexisOne packages http://www.lexisnexis.com http://www.lexisone.com/legalresearch	Choose package for your needs	Comprehensive	Coverage and cost varies by package
	Westlaw or WestlawPRO http://www.westlaw.com/SubOptions/	Choose package for your needs	Comprehensive	Coverage and cost varies by package
	LexisNexis by Credit Card http://web.lexis.com/xchange/ccsubs/ cc_prods.asp	All Federal, All States	Comprehensive	Retrieve by citation or keyword search (Search FREE - Pay only for documents viewed - $9/doc)
	Westlaw by Credit Card http://creditcard.westlaw.com	All Federal, All States	Comprehensive	Retrieve by citation only ($15/doc)

Citators

Access	Resource Name and Address	Contents	Dates of Coverage	Additional Information
	GlobalCite via Loislaw.com http://www.loislaw.com	All Federal, All States	Only references other materials available on Loislaw.com	Free with Loislaw.com subscription.
	KeyCite via Westlaw & WestlawPRO http://www.westlaw.com/SubOptions/	All Federal, All States	Comprehensive	Very reliable, Price may vary by subscription plan
	Shepards via LexisNexis or lexisOne packages http://www.lexisnexis.com http://www.lexisone.com/legalresearch	All Federal, All States	Comprehensive	Very reliable, Price may vary by subscription plan
	KeyCite via Westlaw by Credit Card http://creditcard.westlaw.com	All Federal, All States	Comprehensive	Very reliable, Price is $4.25/citation
	Shepards via LexisNexis by Credit Card http://web.lexis.com/xchange/ccsubs/ cc_prods.asp	All Federal, All States	Comprehensive	Very reliable, Price is $4.25/citation

Legislation

Access	Resource Name and Address	Contents	Dates of Coverage	Additional Information
	American Law Sources On-line (ALSO!) http://www.lawsource.com/also/	Federal / State Bills, Acts & Statutes	Current	Contains links to resources from other providers
	GPO Access http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode	US Code	1994→	Very reliable, older versions of US Code available
	Thomas http://thomas.loc.gov	Federal Bills, Acts, Cong. Record, etc.	Varies (earliest from 93rd Congress, 1973→)	Very reliable
	VersusLaw http://www.versuslaw.com	US Code, Selected State Statutes	Current	Browse or keyword / popular name search US Code, keyword search states
	Loislaw.com http://www.loislaw.com	Federal / State Acts & Statutes	Current	Coverage good, fairly economical
	LexisNexis or lexisOne packages http://www.lexisnexis.com http://www.lexisone.com/legalresearch	Choose package for your needs	Varies	Coverage and cost varies by package
	Westlaw or WestlawPRO http://www.westlaw.com/SubOptions/	Choose package for your needs	Varies	Coverage and cost varies by package
	LexisNexis by Credit Card http://web.lexis.com/xchange/ccsubs/ cc_prods.asp	Federal / State Acts, Statutes, Bills etc.	Varies	Retrieve by citation or keyword search (Search FREE - Pay only for documents viewed - $9/doc)
	Westlaw by Credit Card http://creditcard.westlaw.com	Federal / State Acts, Statutes, Bills etc.	Varies	Retrieve by citation only ($15/doc)

Regulations

Access	Resource Name and Address	Contents	Dates of Coverage	Additional Information
	American Law Sources On-line (ALSO!) http://www.lawsource.com/also/	Federal / State Admin Codes & Regulations	Current	Contains links to resources from other providers
	GPO Access http://www.gpoaccess.gov/executive.html	CFR, Federal Register etc.	CFR: 1996→ Fed Reg: 1994→	Very reliable
	VersusLaw http://www.versuslaw.com	CFR, Selected State Regulations	Current	Browse or keyword / popular name search CFR, keyword search states
	Loislaw.com http://www.loislaw.com	Federal / State Admin Codes & Regulations	Current	Coverage good, fairly economical
	LexisNexis or lexisOne packages http://www.lexisnexis.com http://www.lexisone.com/legalresearch	Choose package for your needs	Varies	Coverage and cost varies by package
	Westlaw or WestlawPRO http://www.westlaw.com/SubOptions/	Choose package for your needs	Varies	Coverage and cost varies by package
	LexisNexis by Credit Card http://web.lexis.com/xchange/ccsubs/ cc_prods.asp	Federal / State Admin Codes & Regulations	Varies	Retrieve by citation or keyword search (Search FREE - Pay only for documents viewed - $9/doc)
	Westlaw by Credit Card http://creditcard.westlaw.com	Federal / State Admin Codes & Regulations	Varies	Retrieve by citation only ($15/doc)

Law Review and Legal Journal Articles

Access	Resource Name and Address	Contents	Dates of Coverage	Additional Information
	Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com	Citations	Varies	General scholarly publications
	American Law Sources On-line (ALSO!) http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?usj	Full-text	Varies (most mid 1990's→)	Coverage limited, Contains links to resources from other providers
	Legal Scholarship Network http://www.ssrn.com/lsn/	Abstracts, some full-text	1990's→	Coverage limited
	University Law Review Project http://www.lawreview.org	Full-text	1990's→	Coverage limited, Keyword search all journals or browse by title
	LexisNexis http://www.lexisnexis.com	Full-text	Varies (most mid 1980's→)	Coverage excellent, Cost varies by package
	Westlaw http://www.westlaw.com/SubOptions/	Full-text	Varies (most mid 1980's→)	Coverage excellent, Cost varies by package
	LexisNexis by Credit Card http://web.lexis.com/xchange/ccsubs/ cc_prods.asp	Full-text	Varies (most mid 1980's→)	Retrieve by citation or keyword search (Search FREE - Pay only for documents viewed - $9/doc)
	Westlaw by Credit Card http://creditcard.westlaw.com	Full-text	Varies (most mid 1980's→)	Retrieve by citation only ($15/doc)

Suppliers of Legal Information by Fax, Mail, or Email

Name and Contact Information	Coverage	Pricing Information
Wisconsin State Law Library 1-800-322-9755 or wsll.ref@wicourts.gov	Cases, legislation, regulations, journal articles, etc.	Articles, etc. - $.75/page ($3 minimum) Shepardize - $7.50/citation (up to 6 pages) For more information, see fee schedule at http://wsll.state.wi.us/fees.html
Ex Libris @ Biddle Law Library (Univ. of Penn) 1-215-898-9387 or http://www.law.upenn.edu/bll/illdoc/exlibris	Cases, legislation, regulations, journal articles, books, etc.	Articles, etc. - Fax $1.page ($6 minimum); Mail: $.75/page ($6 minimum) Books, etc.: $25/volume + return shipping For more information, see fee schedule at http://www.law.upenn.edu/bll/illdoc/exlibris/pricing.html
Law Libraries in Other U.S. States List of delivery services available at http://www.aallnet.org/caucus/docdel/ supplier.html	Varies	Varies

Vendors of Legal Information by Credit Card

Name and Contact Information	Coverage	Pricing Information
LexisNexis by Credit Card http://web.lexis.com/xchange/ccsubs/ cc_prods.asp	Cases, legislation, regulations, Shepards, journal articles, news, etc.	Prices range from $1-$12/document - Most legal documents are $9; Shepards is $4.25 (Retrieve by citation or keyword search. Search FREE. Pay only for documents viewed)
Westlaw by Credit Card http://creditcard.westlaw.com	Cases, legislation, regulations, KeyCite, journal articles, news, etc.	Prices range from $15-19/document; KeyCite is $4.25 (Retrieve by citation only; no keyword searching available)

Vendors of Legal Information by Paid Subscription

Access Types

Free for Everyone	By Paid Subscription - Low Priced	By Paid Subscription - Mid Priced	By Paid Subscription - High Priced	By Credit Card

Compiled by: Bonnie Shucha
UW-Madison Law Library
Revised: January 2006
http://library.law.wisc.edu/guides/bibliographies/legalinfointl.htm