Legal Databases by Subject: A-Z Law Databases
A-Z Law Databases
Alphabetical list of selected databases at UB with law-related content:
- African-American Newspapers: The 19th Century This link opens in a new windowComplete text of seven 19th century African-American newspapers. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- African American Newspapers, Series 1 & 2 This link opens in a new windowFull-text access to more than 350 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African-American experience. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new windowA vast collection of American historical periodicals, 17th-20th century. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- American Founding Era Collection (Rotunda) This link opens in a new windowProvides access to the papers of some of the major figures of the early republic such as: John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and more. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- American Legal Publishing’s Code Library This link opens in a new windowFull text municipal codes from selected jurisdictions across the United States. More InfoFull-Text PUBLIC
- Avalon Project at Yale Law School LibraryDigitized documents in law, history and diplomacy.
Collections include:
--Ancient Documents 4000bce - 399
--Medieval Documents, 400 - 1399
--15th Century Documents, 1400 - 1499
--16th Century Documents, 1500 - 1599
--17th Century Documents, 1600 - 1699
--18th Century Documents, 1700 - 1799
--19th Century Documents, 1800 - 1899
--20th Century Documents, 1900 - 1999
--21st Century Documents, 2000 -
--Major Document Collections
--Project DIANA - An Online Human Rights Archive
--International Military Tribunal for Germany - A Document Collection
- British History Online This link opens in a new windowA database of primary and secondary English and Irish history resources. More InfoUB ONLY
- C-SPAN: The Supreme Court This link opens in a new windowAudio recordings of U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments, and other recordings of speeches and appearances of Supreme Court Justices. More InfoStreaming Media PUBLIC
- Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new windowsee Cambridge Core More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- Statistics Canada Socioeconomic Data (formerly CANSIM) This link opens in a new windowStatistical database supported by Statistics Canada. More InfoData PUBLIC
- Catalog of US Government Publications This link opens in a new windowFinding tool for federal government publications, both electronic and print. More InfoPUBLIC
- Central Referral Service This link opens in a new windowA directory leading to information on more than 1400 Western New York health & human services agencies. More InfoFull-Text PUBLIC
- China Academic Journals (English Search Interface) This link opens in a new windowIndex to Chinese-language periodicals. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new windowDigitized images of America's historical newspapers. More InfoFull-Text PUBLIC
Canadian Human Rights Reporter CHRR Online database will close on December 31, 2020.
- Collective Bargaining Agreements (Digital Collection)Provided by the provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University. "A collective bargaining agreement is a labor contract between an employer and one or more unions...."
- Comtrade - (United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database) This link opens in a new windowDetailed foreign trade statistics. More InfoData PUBLIC
- Congress.gov This link opens in a new windowCongressional and legislative information. More InfoPUBLIC
- Court Help Centers & Community Organizations (NYS)"Court based Help Centers provide free information about the law and court procedure, to people who do not have an attorney. Help Center staff do not provide legal advice and are unable to represent you. If you need to start a case or if you received papers telling you that someone has started a case against you, a Help Center can guide you through the court process. "On this page, you will find the contact information for court-based Help Centers and Community Organizations that may be able to help you."
- CourtListener"CourtListener is a free legal research website containing millions of legal opinions from federal and state courts. With CourtListener, lawyers, journalists, academics, and the public can research an important case, stay up to date with new opinions as they are filed, or do deep analysis using our raw data.
- CQ Press Library This link opens in a new windowCovers public policy issues & U.S. Congress news & analysis. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- CRS (Congressional Research Service) Reports This link opens in a new windowA section of the Library of Congress that prepares background reports for Congress upon request. More InfoFull-Text PUBLIC
- E & E Publications This link opens in a new windowProvides access to E&E Daily, Greenwire and E&ENews PM.
A publication that strives to be an objective, timely, and comprehensive resource for professionals who track environment and energy policy news. More InfoUB ONLY - Early American Imprints I This link opens in a new windowDefinitive resource for researching every aspect of 17th- and 18th-century America. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Early English Books Online This link opens in a new window22 million digital page images of every work printed in the English language as well as works printed in Great Britain and its dependencies from 1473-1700 in any language. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- eBook Collection - (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowSearch and view full text of eBooks. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- eCode360 (from General Code)Search more than 2,000 municipal Codes from 25 States.
- Edgar (U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission)"All companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR." Search and download documents (free)
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new windowThis collection contains every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom between the years 1701 and 1800. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Encyclopedia of Human Rights This link opens in a new windowOffers in depth coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history. More InfoUB ONLY
- Environment Complete This link opens in a new windowDeep coverage in environmental studies. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- EOIR Virtual Law LibraryThe Law Library and Immigration Research Center (LLIRC) is at the Executive Office for Immigration Review's (EOIR) headquarters.
Database includes: Agency Decisions, Amicus Invitations, Country Conditions Research, Federal Register, TPS, FAQs, 8 Code of Federal Regulations, Immigration and Nationality Act.
- Financial Times This link opens in a new windowA leading global financial newspaper. More InfoFull-Text LAW ONLY
- FirstSearch WorldCat This link opens in a new windowDiscover books and many other types of materials held by libraries around the world. More InfoUB ONLY
- Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) & Foreign Affairs Handbook (FAH) (U.S. Dept. of State)"The Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) and associated Handbooks (FAHs) are a single, comprehensive, and authoritative source for the Department's organization structures, policies, and procedures that govern the operations of the State Department, the Foreign Service and, when applicable, other federal agencies. The FAM (generally policy) and the FAHs (generally procedures) together convey codified information to Department staff and contractors so they can carry out their responsibilities in accordance with statutory, executive and Department mandates. "
- Foreign Law Guide This link opens in a new windowSources of codes and basic legislation in jurisdictions of the world. More InfoUB ONLY
- Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new windowSearch portal provided by Gale. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Gale eBooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library) This link opens in a new windowFull-text entries from encyclopedias and reference works published by Gale Group More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- GenderWatch This link opens in a new windowWomen & gender-related research & information full-text entries from encyclopedias and reference works published by GenderWatch More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Global Legal Monitor"The Global Legal Monitor is an online publication from the Law Library of Congress covering legal news and developments worldwide. It is updated frequently and draws on information from official national legal publications and reliable press sources. "
- HeinOnline This link opens in a new windowSubject access to full-text articles on a wide variety of law-related topics appearing in over 700 legal journals and periodicals. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) This link opens in a new windowCover all aspects of homeland security and emergency management from terrorist threats through natural disasters. More InfoFull-Text PUBLIC
- Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals This link opens in a new windowIndexes approximately 450 worldwide legal journals providing coverage of international, comparative and foreign law. More InfoUB ONLY
- Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective This link opens in a new windowIndexes over 750 legal periodicals from 1908-1981. More InfoUB ONLY
- International Law Links (American Society of International Law)Among the several features under Current Developments, Analysis & Documents are ERG and EISIL. The ERG (Electronic Resource Guide) sets out basic strategies to find international legal materials and examine what resources are available on international environmental, economic and criminal law, private international law, human rights, treaties, international organizations, and the United Nations. The EISIL (Electronic Information System for International Law) has been designed as a database of authenticated primary and other materials across the breadth of international law.
- Jones & Chipman's Index to Legal Periodical Literaturev.1 (1770/1886)-v.6 (1932/1937)
"One hundred and fifty-eight different law journals and reviews have been
indexed; and also the articles relating to matters of law and legislation.
and to biographies of judges and lawyers, in one hundred and thirteen of the
principal American, British, and Colonial literary magazines and reviews."
Available online in HeinOnline database.
- Law and Corpus Linguistics Technology Platform This link opens in a new windowSearchable database of large collections of historical texts to assist legal researchers and others to determine the meanings of words and phrases in their historical contexts. More InfoPUBLIC
- Legal Journals Index (Westlaw Edge)Legal Journal Index indexes articles from legal journals published in the United Kingdom and Europe as well as journals covering topics pertaining to the laws of the European Community and its Member States.
- Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) This link opens in a new windowDistributes quality research, including working papers, related to law, economics, and business. More InfoUB ONLY
- LegalTrac (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new windowIncludes articles on all areas of law. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- Lexis+ (Law School) This link opens in a new windowPrimary and secondary legal sources. More InfoFull-Text LAW ONLY
- LexisNexis Digital Library This link opens in a new windowLexis Nexis Digital Library provides access to selected primary federal law and New York law, as well as secondary sources such as treatises and legal study aids. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- LLMC Digital This link opens in a new windowFull-text image based searchable database of legal publications. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative, and International Law, c. 1600-1926 This link opens in a new windowCollection of legal treatises, historical records and written material. More InfoUB ONLY
- Making of Modern Law: Foreign Primary Sources, 1600-1970 This link opens in a new windowCollection of foreign codes and laws. More InfoUB ONLY
- Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800-1926 This link opens in a new windowCollection of British and American treatises. More InfoUB ONLY
- Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources I & II, 1620-1970 This link opens in a new windowInformation for researchers of American legal history. More InfoUB ONLY
- Making of Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926 This link opens in a new windowPrimary documents focused on court activities in America, the British Empire, and the world. More InfoUB ONLY
- Making of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 This link opens in a new windowRecords and briefs brought before the United States Supreme Court. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Martindale.com Directory of Attorneys & Law FirmsSearchable directory covering the U.S. and Canada.
Browse by Areas of Practice
Browse by Location - Martindale.com Directory of Bar AssociationsIncludes contact information and links to state, national, and selected international bar associations.
- Martindale.com - Legal Library SearchSearchable database of law firm articles and other documents
- Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive online resource containing analytical comparative articles offering a global overview of constitutional law. More InfoIN-HOUSE
- Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law Online This link opens in a new windowFully revised online Encyclopedia is written by over 650 scholars and practitioners from around the world. More InfoIN-HOUSE
- Military & Government Collection This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles of all aspects and branches of the military and government. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- National Journal Group's Policy Central This link opens in a new windowOnline access to the National Journal and resources on United States government and public policy. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- NCJRS Virtual Library This link opens in a new windowIndexes articles and books dealing with all aspects of criminal justice and law enforcement. More InfoPUBLIC
- Neighborhood Change Database 2010 This link opens in a new windowProvides electronic access to U.S. Census data from 1970-2010, with data normalized to 2010 Census tracts. For use with statistics and GIS applications. More InfoData UB ONLY
- New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online This link opens in a new windowReference tool on economics and other related disciplines. More InfoUB ONLY
- New York Law Journal (Law School) This link opens in a new windowNewspaper covering New York legal news and cases as well as national legal issues. More InfoFull-Text LAW ONLY
- NYCRR Digital Archive This link opens in a new windowThe NYCRR Digital Archive provides free access to the superseded pages ("take outs") of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations for the years 1945-2001 in pdf format. In order to use the NYCRR Digital Archive you must agree to the terms of use. More InfoPUBLIC
- OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new windowContent from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. More InfoUB ONLY
- Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History This link opens in a new windowCovers legal history from ancient to modern times. More InfoUB ONLY
- Oxford Scholarship Online (Law Collection) This link opens in a new windowA collection of Oxford University Press monographs available in e-book format. More InfoUB ONLY
- Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO) This link opens in a new windowOxford's collection of monographs available in e-book format. More InfoUB ONLY
- Oxford University Press Online Journals This link opens in a new windowFull-text of selected journals published by Oxford University Press. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) This link opens in a new windowThe PACER service provides on-line access to U.S. Appellate, District, and Bankruptcy court records and documents nationwide. More InfoIN-HOUSE
- PAIS International Online This link opens in a new windowProvides historical perspective on many of the 20th century's public and social policies. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law This link opens in a new windowA reference work covering numerous international law topics including diplomatic law, criminal law, human rights, and more. More InfoUB ONLY
- Policy File Index This link opens in a new windowSearch and access reports from more than 300 think tanks and research organizations. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- ProQuest British Parliamentary Papers Collection, 18th-21st Centuries This link opens in a new windowThe Parliamentary Papers empowers researchers to explore the British perspective on historical and contemporary events through a vast and authoritative archive of official government documents spanning three centuries. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new windowLegislative documents (U.S. Congress). More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- ProQuest Ebook Central This link opens in a new windowOver 200,000 authoritative ebooks at your fingertips. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- ProQuest Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1945 This link opens in a new windowProQuest Executive Branch Documents contains documents produced by Federal government departments, agencies, and commissions, spanning the years from our nation's founding through the mid-20th century. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2013) with Index (1851-1993) This link opens in a new windowsee New York Times (1851-2012) with Index (1851-1993). More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- ProQuest History Vault This link opens in a new windowProQuest History Vault provides access to millions of primary source, cross-searchable, full-text/full-image documents on the most widely studied topics in 19th and 20th-century American history, including African American studies, women’s studies, political science, social sciences, sociology, and international studies. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- ProQuest Indian Claims Insight This link opens in a new windowIndian Claims Insight is a research tool that provides researchers with the opportunity to understand and analyze Native American migration and resettlement throughout U.S. history, as well as U.S. Government Indian removal policies and subsequent actions to address Native American claims. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- ProQuest Legislative Insight This link opens in a new windowCongressional documents, legislative histories, and historical background. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new windowComprehensive single source for U.S. statistics. More InfoData UB ONLY
- ProQuest Statistical Insight This link opens in a new windowIndexes government publications of the US federal & state governments as well other intergovernmental, trade & professionals organizations. More InfoData UB ONLY
- ProQuest Supreme Court Insight (1975 – present) This link opens in a new windowRecords, briefs, and other documents from recent U.S. Supreme Court cases. More InfoUB ONLY
- Public Access Law Libraries (NYS)New York State court libraries listed by county. Many of the public access law libraries are closed or open by appointment only due to the coronavirus pandemic. Check the list on the website for status, and also call individual libraries for current status.
- Refworld (UNHCR)Database includes:
Laws
Case Law
Country Information
Resources
The Office of the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) was established on December 14, 1950, by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide.
- Reuters Legal News This link opens in a new windowLegal news covering Litigation, Transactional, Government and Legal Industry. Registration is FREE. More InfoFull-Text PUBLIC
- Serial Set Digital Collection and Serial Set Digital Collection Part II This link opens in a new windowsee U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection. More InfoUB ONLY
- SHARIAsource Portal"SHARIAsource is a project of the Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School, that aims to provide comprehensive content and context on Islamic law in a way that is accessible and useful. It is a Portal into the digital world of Islamic legal studies and related tools from data science and AI. Working with a global team of advisors, senior scholars, and editors,[their] mission is to organize the world’s information on Islamic law."
- Slavery and Anti-Slavery, Parts 1-4 This link opens in a new windowPrimary source documents on all aspects of the phenomenon of slavery and its abolition in the US, Latin America, the Caribbean, and other regions. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Social Science Research Network (SSRN) This link opens in a new windowDevoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research. More InfoUB ONLY
- Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new windowTopical & cited reference searching from ISI Web of Knowledge - select "Full Search" option to limit to this database. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new windowsee ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States . More InfoUB ONLY
- Thomson Reuters Checkpoint This link opens in a new windowComprehensive collection of tax-related materials. More InfoUB ONLY
- U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) FormsLinks to online forms (free, downloadable pdfs), guidance, fee information, and non-USCIS forms.
Includes "Explore my options" for guidance to select desired form. - U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) Laws & PolicyIncludes:
Legislation
Regulations
Policy Manual
Policy Memoranda
Handbooks
Other Resources
- U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection This link opens in a new windowAn ongoing collection of U.S. Government publications compiled under the directive of Congress. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- U.S. Supreme Court Case Documents This link opens in a new windowProvides access to dockets from 2001 to present and to electronic images of most filings submitted in U.S. Supreme Court cases from November 13, 2017 to present. More InfoFull-Text PUBLIC
- U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument Transcripts (1968 - present) This link opens in a new windowProvides access to oral argument transcripts from 1968 to present; new transcripts are posted the same day an argument is heard by the Court. More InfoFull-Text PUBLIC
- United Nations Treaty Collection This link opens in a new windowTreaties and international agreements. More InfoFull-Text PUBLIC
- USA Trade Online This link opens in a new windowA dynamic data tool that gives users access to current and cumulative U.S. export and import data.More InfoData PUBLIC
- Wall Street Journal This link opens in a new windowA leading newspaper in business and finance. More InfoUB ONLY
- Westlaw Campus Research This link opens in a new windowWestlaw's Campus Research provides access to primary and secondary law at the federal and state level for all United States jurisdictions. This includes: cases, statutes, and regulations. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Westlaw (Law School) This link opens in a new windowPrimary and secondary legal sources. More InfoFull-Text LAW ONLY
- West Study Aids This link opens in a new windowOnline access to more than 500 study aids including case briefs, outlines, overviews and exam prep titles. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new windowMulti-disciplinary database that includes full-text journal articles and some full-text reference sources. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Women’s Studies Archive: Issues and Identities This link opens in a new windowPrimary source documents from the 19th and 20th centuries covering the social, political, and professional aspects of women’s lives and spanning multiple regions. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- WorldCat Discovery This link opens in a new windowInformation about books and many other types of materials held by libraries around the world. More InfoUB ONLY
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new windowComprehensive index and abstract that covers approximately 2,500 serial titles, about 60% published outside of the United States, and indexes books, book chapters, reviews of books and other media as well as dissertations. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
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
Key to Symbols
UB ONLY - Restricted to current UB-affiliated students, faculty and staff.
LAW ONLY- Restricted to current LAW students and LAW faculty.
IN-HOUSE- Accessible only in designated location (UB library or building).
PUBLIC- Free resource on the Internet, available to everyone.
Lexis+ (UB law students only)
Westlaw Edge (UB law students only)
In-House (inside UB Law Library only)
Public (free on the Internet)
UB Only (UB credentials required)