Business Law
Best Bets - Law Databases
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Westlaw This link opens in a new windowIncludes American Jurisprudence, Ohio Jurisprudence, and Corpus Juris Secundum, as well as a large collection of legal and news databases, including federal and state law, statutes and cases, transcripts of news programs and local sources.
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Legal Collection This link opens in a new windowDatabase for law publications. Most titles are full-text. 1965-present, although the bulk of the collection is 1990s- present.
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ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new windowU.S. Congress documents including hearings, legislation, and regulations. Provides bill tracking and legislative histories. ProQuest Congressional offers information and primary-source documents by and about the United States Congress. Indexes some social media from various government bodies. 1789-present.
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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowFind scholarly articles as well as magazine and newspaper articles. Useful for research on management, responses to lawsuits, bankruptcy, business ethics etc.
How to use Westlaw
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How to Access Legal Encyclopedias in WestlawAlthough the steps only show American Jurisprudence, you can use the same click stream to find American Law Reports and Corpus Juris Secundum.
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How to Search for Cases by Date in WestlawThis example uses the last 6 months, but you can easily modify it to cover different date ranges.
Course Guides
Other Sources
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Legal Information Institute - Cornell LawEasy to understand but comprehensive guide to US law.
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LLSDC's Legislative Source BookWritten by the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, DC. Thorough explanation of how federal law is written, how to find federal law and regulations, and more.
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CRS Reports - Official SiteCongressional Research Service (CRS) reports are non-partisan reports created for Congress members and staff to explain a topic. The official site has the most recent reports, however, some older reports may not be available.
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Every CRS ReportUnofficial site. Limit by date to see newer reports, and older reports that were not easily findable from the official site can often be found here.
Federal Resources
Supreme Court Cases
- These are published in three legal reporters, United States (US) Reports the official reporter, Supreme Court Reporter (S. Ct.) published by West, United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers Edition ( L. Ed., L. Ed. 2d) , published by Lexis. For a quick overview of Supreme Court cases try Oyez.org
6th Circuit Court of Appeals
- 6th Circuit Court of Appeals- Opinions can be found here
American Jurisprudence (Federal, State & Local) - Introduction to legal issues
- Available online via Westlaw
State Print & Online Resources (Ohio)
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The Supreme Court of Ohio Law Library, Information SeriesPDF of Chapter 9, Ohio Legal Research
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Ohio State Court RecordsA detailed overview of how one goes about accessing court records in Ohio.
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Ohio Office of the ReporterCourt opinions from the Ohio Supreme Court and appellate district courts.
