Database and Index Descriptions:

BNA ALL: Web versions of the popular loose-leaf services published by the Bureau of National Affairs providing news and analysis on significant developments, trends and interpretations of judicial, legislative, administrative and enforcement actions on the state, federal and international levels.(1)

CALI: Computer Assisted Legal Instruction. Over 400 self-paced tutorials for law school subjects. Must register as a SLU Law student. See Library for password.(5)

CCH Business & Finance Network: A full-text search service containing Securities, Exchanges and SROs, International Securities, Banking, Capital Changes, Trade Regulation, Products Liability and Safety, Government Contracts, Information Technology, Federal Energy Guidelines and Transportation Law. (1)

CCH Health and Employment Network: A full-text search service containing federal and state laws and regulations, case law, forms, manuals and news reports arranged in seven topical libraries of information: Human Resources Management; Payroll; Pension/Benefits; Employment Law; Safety, OSHA & Worker's Compensation; Health Law; Food and Drug. (1)

CCH Tax Research Network: CCH Tax Research Network: An online service containing primary source documents for federal income, excise, and estate and gift taxes. It has daily news reports describing recent tax developments and also includes the Missouri State Tax Reporter. (3)

CIAO: Columbia Iternational Affairs Online. An internet based, full-text resource for journal articles, reports, studies, conference proceedings, complete books and scholarly works in progress for all area of international affairs back to 1991.(3)

Constitutions of the Countries of the World:   A full text database of the constitutions of  over 190 countries, including English  translations and introductory notes that discuss recent amendments and provide historical information. (1)

Foreign Law Guide: A web version of a loose-leaf service which has links to hundreds of URLs containing reprints or translations of legislation as well as citations to secondary sources featuring commentary and analysis. (3)

Hein Online: Full text, image based collection of legal periodicals usually from inception of publication. Other specialized collections include the Federal Register, the Congressional Record and other Congressional Documents, International Legal Resources, and State Session Laws (3)

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals: A multilingual index to articles and book reviews appearing in over 500 legal journasl published worldwide. It provides in-depth coverage of public and private international law, comparative and foreign law. (Single Use License) (1)

Index to Legal Periodicals: A bibliographic database providing citations to more than 600 periodicals. ILP’s coverage begins in 1981. (3)

JSTOR: Searchable database of journal articles in areas including economics, finance, history, philosophy, political science, and sociology. (3)

Lexis: http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/ (5)

LexisNexis Academic: Web-based service that provides access to nearly 6,000 titles in news, business and legal information. (3)

LLMC Digital: Includes selected U.S. Federal materials from the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches. (3)

Loislaw: An online service providing state and federal statutes, regulations, cases, and court rules. Loislaw is also the only online source for the Missouri Bar Books. The Missouri Bar books are full text and searchable. (5)

Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800-1925 Created from the digitization of the Nineteenth Century and Twentieth Century Legal Treatises microfilm collections, The Making of Modern Law includes a fully searchable database of more than 22,000 British commonwealth and American legal works including casebooks, local practice manuals, form books, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters and speeches. (3)

Making of Modern Law: Trials

RIA Tax Research Database: Includes primary resources in the area of  federal taxation, as well as editorial analysis and tax libraries for all 50 states.(1)

SSRN (Social Science Research Network): Saint Louis University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series. Collection of law faculty scholarship.

Supreme Court Records & Briefs, 1832-1978: A digital collection of more than 350,000 separate documents from over 150,000 Supreme Court cases. Document types include Appellant's Brief; Appellee's Brief; Application for Review; Application for Writ; Brief in Opposition; Brief of Real Party; Intervenor's Brief; Jurisdictional Statement; Letter Brief; Opposition for Review; Oral Transcript; Petition; Petition for Rehearing; Petitioner's Brief; Petition for Writ of Certiorari; Relator's Brief; Supplement to Petition; and Transcript. (3)

U.S. Congressional Serial Set with American State Papers (1789-1838) # Currently contains materials from the 15th Congress - 36th Congress, 1st Session (Senate), 1817-1860; Serial Set Vols. 1 - 1040. When complete it will cover U.S. Senate and House of Representatives reports, documents, and journals published between 1817 and 1980 (15th through 96th Congresses) along with the American State Papers originating 1789-1838.(3)

Westlaw: http://lawschool.westlaw.com/DesktopDefault.aspx (5)

WorldCat: A combined catalog of the holdings of more than 41,000 libraries. It provides descriptive details about each title and a list of libraries that own each item. (3)

Databases in the social sciences, humanities and sciences available to SLU Users.

(1) Accessible at Law School Only
(2) Accessible at SLU
(3) Accessible at SLU and off campus
(4) Law School network username and password required.
(5) Vendor password required

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