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- Bloomberg
- Lexis
- Westlaw
- Individual password required
- CWRU login needed
- CWRU Law access only
- VPN required for off-campus access
If a title is available both electronically and in print, click the icon to access the electronic version.
Research Databases
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Magazines & Books:
Cases & Journal Articles:
Primary & Secondary Sources
Healthcare Law Treatises
Constitutional Law Treatises
- Westlaw Precision
Westlaw is a comprehensive legal research service providing legal and law-related documents. It provides primary and secondary legal resources. Westlaw passwords are distributed at orientation, & afterwards at the Reference Desk. Law School faculty, students, and staff receive individual accounts to Westlaw. - Lexis+
Law School faculty and students are provided individual accounts to Lexis and we are contractually unable to provide broader access. Non-law affiliates should use Nexis Uni, which does provide an interface to many of the Lexis products and tools of most value to academic researchers. Lexis provides extensive primary legal materials, secondary resources, selected general news resources and selected legal news services. - Bloomberg Law (B-LAW)
Bloomberg Law is a CALR platform that integrates cases, statutes, regulations, sample transactional documents, and a citator service with Bloombergs corporate news and analysis of financial markets. Known for U.S. Law Week. Also includes selected Wiley treatises and other selected publishers' treatises. Selected Federal filings from PACER are available. Users can set-up personal e-mail alerts. Getting Started resources appear on the main screen
Online Resources
- HeinOnline (eJournals)
- Full-text collection of back issues of legal journals.
- Multiple searching capabilities, including access by official citation.
- Exact page images.
- Coverage varies by publication. Coverage pre-dates Westlaw and Lexis.
- eJournal Portal
- An alphabetical listing with links to all electronic journals accessible to CWRU students and faculty.
- Specific journals can be browsed or searched by keyword or specific citation.
Print Resources
Use the Catalog to locate law review record. Then use the call number to locate the law review on the Ground Floor of the Law Library.
Sample Record
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Can't find what you're looking for?
Try OhioLINK's Electronic Journal List, JSTOR, or put in an Interlibrary Loan Request. Please see the reference desk for help.
- Baldwin's Ohio Revised Code Annotated (Westlaw)Print edition: Law Library 1st Floor, Range 64
- Page's Ohio Revised Code Annotated (Lexis)Print Edition: Law Library 1st Floor, Range 63
- U.S. Code Annotated (Westlaw)U.S.C.A. also is available in print, 1st floor, Range 62
- U.S. Code Service (Lexis)U.S.C.S. also is available in print, law library third floor, Range 47.
Congressional Record
- GPO
- HeinOnline
- Westlaw
- Lexis
- Law Library Ground Floor, Range 103
Congressional Hearings
Sources for Legislative Histories
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
- GPO
- HeinOnline
- Westlaw
- Lexis
- Current: Law Library 1st Floor, Range 62, Previous editions: Ground Floor, Range 105
Federal Register
- GPO
- HeinOnline
- Westlaw
- Lexis
- Law Library Ground Floor, Range 104
Regulatory Histories
For a curated list of current Ohio criminal laws, administrative codes, and litigation related to abortion see Abortion Laws by Franklin County Law Librarian, Susanna Marlowe.
