Legal Databases by Subject
About this Guide
The UB Law Library and UB Libraries subscribe to many databases - legal and otherwise - that are useful for law-related research.
This Guide organizes selected UB databases (and a few free websites) by subject.
- Key Legal Databases
- Links to a list of databases that are useful for almost any legal research topic.
- A-Z Law Databases
- Databases available at UB that offer access to resources useful to legal researchers.
- By Subject tabs
- Lists specific databases and selected websites according to broad legal subject or type of resource.
Need assistance?
Reference Librarians help users find legal and other sources of information, teach law students legal research methods, and assist law faculty in their scholarly pursuits. Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions!
In-Person Assistance
- During Reference Service Hours (at desk or by appointment)
- The reference desk is located on the 2nd floor of the Law Library, at the far end of the service desk on the left after you enter the door.
Remote Assistance
- During Reference Service Hours
- Ask a Law Reference Librarian - by Email (asklaw@buffalo.edu)
- By phone: 716-645-2047 (If no answer, leave a message and your call will be returned).
- By chat
If you need more in-depth information on a topic, please refer to UB Research Guides (guides to databases by academic discipline).
Subject List of Law-Related Databases
KEY Legal Databases
American Indian Law
Animal Rights
Arbitration, International
Archives
Books/ E-Books
Business & Securities
Banking
Bankruptcy
Canada
Communication Law
Congressional Documents
Constitutional Law
Consumer Law
Criminal Law
Cyber Law & Internet Regulation
Data & Statistics
Directories
Dockets
Empirical Legal Research
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
Ethics
Environmental Law
Foreign & Comparative Law
Health Law
Immigration
Intellectual Property
International Law
International Organizations
Journals & Indexes
Labor & Employment
Law Reviews
Legal History
Legislative History
Libraries
Litigation
Local/Municipal Law
Military
New York
News
Policy
Property
Religion & Law
Slavery
Statistics
Statutes and Regulations
States (U.S.)
Study Aids
Tax
Trade
Treaties
United Kingdom
United Nations
U.S. Congress
U.S. Courts / Cases
U.S. Federal Law
U.S. Government Documents
U.S. Presidency
U.S. Supreme Court
Women
Western New York