Legal Databases by Subject: Books / E-Books
Book / E-Book Databases
This is a selective list. Other databases may offer access to additional book and e-books.
A search of UB's "Everything" will also yield results that include some (but not all) e-books available to UB folks.
Law Book Databases
- 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
- 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
- Westlaw (Law School) This link opens in a new windowPrimary and secondary legal sources. More InfoFull-Text LAW 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
- 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
- HeinOnline This link opens in a new windowThese and other databases in HeinOnline include books:
Legal Classics
History of International Law
World Trials Library
International Commission of Jurists Library (ICJ)
UNC Press Law Publications
New York Legal Research Library
Women and the Law (Peggy)
Animal Studies: Law, Welfare and Rights
Spinelli's Law Library Reference Shelf
Selden Society Publications and the History of Early English Law
Scottish Legal History: Featuring Publications of the Stair Society
More InfoUB ONLYLaw Book (Historical) Databases
- 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
- 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: Legal Treatises 1800-1926 This link opens in a new windowCollection of British and American treatises. More InfoUB ONLY
Multi-Discipline Book Databases
- 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
- 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
- eBook Collection - (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowSearch and view full text of eBooks. 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
- HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new windowA digital repository of online books and other scholarly materials. More InfoPartial Full-Text PUBLIC
- Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO) This link opens in a new windowOxford's collection of monographs available in e-book format. More InfoUB ONLY
- ProQuest Ebook Central This link opens in a new windowOver 200,000 authoritative ebooks at your fingertips. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO) This link opens in a new windowOxford's collection of monographs available in e-book format. More InfoUB ONLY
- OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new windowContent from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. More InfoUB ONLY
Reminder
Don't forget to also consult
"Key Legal Databases"
for your research!
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)