| Online Resource |
Coverage |
Scope Notes |
| Commercial Legal Research Vendors (selective) |
LexisNexis Account Login
https://www.lexis.com/research
Law Library access is restricted to statutory users and on-site to attorneys with library privileges |
Federal & State |
Varies (and depends on subscription plan) |
Westlaw Account Login
http://web2.westlaw.com/signon/
Law Library access is restricted to statutory users and on-site to attorneys with library privileges. |
Federal & State |
Varies (and depends on subscription plan) |
Casemaker (Ohio State Bar Association)
www.ohiobar.org/Pages/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fMembers%2fPages%2fCaseMaker.aspx
Law Library access is restricted to statutory users and attorneys with library privileges who has their own OSBA accounts |
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Fastcase
https://www.fastcase.com
The Law Library does not subscribe to Fastcase. |
Federal & State |
Varies |
Loislaw
www.loislaw.com
The Law Library does not subscribe to Loislaw. |
Federal & State Session Laws & Statutes; |
Varies |
Hein Online
http://heinonline.org/
Law Library access restricted to statutory users and attorneys with library privileges on-site. |
Federal Session Laws & Statutes |
U.S. Code 1925→
Statutes at Large 1789→ |
| Free Online Statutory Research Services (selective) |
American Law Sources On-line
www.lawsource.com/also/ |
Federal & State Bills, Session Laws & Statutes |
Links to outside websites |
Justia
www.justia.com/ |
US Code,
State Codes |
US Code: current
State Codes: varies |
Legal Information Institute (Cornell)
www.law.cornell.edu/ |
US Code,
State Codes |
US Code: current
State Codes: varies |
| Federal Constitution, Codes, Statutes, Treaties & Congressional Resources |
| Note on Government Printing Office (GPO) Datasets. The migration of federal government information from GPO Access into the GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) is occurring on a collection-by-collection basis and is expected to be completed in 2010. The below provides links to government datasets in FDsys when available. GPO Access datasets may be more comprehensive, will remain current, and continue to be available until the migration is completed. To view available sources and each source’s coverage, go to GPO Access and GPO FDsys.
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| Monitoring Federal Legislation |
Congress.gov
http://beta.congress.gov/
Free. Text of bills, resolutions, enrolled bills, bill summary and status, and roll call votes. |
Open Congress (Sunlight Foundation)
www.opencongress.org/
Free. Text of bills and resolutions, bill summary and status, roll call votes, plus analysis and news coverage. |
GalleryWatch (Roll Call)
www.gallerywatch.com/
The Law Library does not subscribe to this fee-based service. Provides real-time legislative information and news, including bill text and analyses, and committee and floor actions. |
| Constitution of the United States |
GPO Access
www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/index.html |
Legal Information Institute (Cornell)(annotated)
http://topics.law.cornell.edu/constitution |
U.S. Senate (annotated)
www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm |
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| Federal Public & Private Laws |
Thomas (Library of Congress)
http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d111/d111laws.htm |
GPO FDsys
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=PLAW |
United States Statutes at Large (GPO FDsys)
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=STATUTE |
| United States Code (U.S.C.) |
U.S. House Office of the Law Revision Counsel
http://uscode.house.gov/
Law Revision Counsel’s List of Admendments Since Last Official Codificaton
http://uscode.house.gov/classification/tables.shtml |
Cornell Legal Information Institute
www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/ |
| Commercial Sources for Federal Legislative History Materials (selective) |
LexisNexis Account Login
https://www.lexis.com/research
Scope varies and depends on subscription plan. Compiled legislative histories include the comprehensive Congressional Information Service (CIS) for statutes passed from 1970 onwards and the CIS Historical Index for laws passed before 1970.
Law Library access is restricted to statutory users and on-site to attorneys with library privileges. The Law Library's subscription plan may not include all listed resources. |
Westlaw Account Login
http://web2.westlaw.com/signon/
Scope varies and depends on subscription plan. Compilations include brief legislative histories in United States Code, Congressional and Administrative News for statutes passed from 1948 (securities laws from 1933) and the GAO's compiled legislative histories. United States Code Annotated on Westlaw links to legislative history materials.
Law Library access is restricted to statutory users and on-site to attorneys with library privileges. The Law Library's subscription plan may not include all listed resources. |
Hein Online
http://heinonline.org/
Law Library access restricted to statutory users and attorneys with library privileges on-site. |
| Free Legislative History Sources |
History of Bills (FDsys)
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=HOB
Lists legislative actions on bills that are reported in the Congressional Record. |
Congressional Record (Daily Edition)(FDsys)
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=CREC
Congressional Record (Bound Edition)(FDsys)
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=CRECB |
Congressional Reports (FDsys)
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=CRPT |
Congressional Hearings (FDsys)
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=CHRG |
Congressional Documents (FDsys)
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=CDOC |
| Research Guides for Federal Legislative History Research |
Federal Legislative History Research: A Practitioner's Guide to Compiling the Documents and Sifting for Legislative Intent (Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.)
www.llsdc.org/Fed-Leg-Hist/ |
Federal Legislative History (Law Library of Congress)
www.loc.gov/law/help/leghist.php |
See also:
- Non-commercial Legislative Histories of Selected U.S. Laws on the Internet (Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.)
www.llsdc.org/Leg-Hist/
- Commercial Legislative Histories of U.S. Laws on the Internet (Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.)
www.llsdc.org/leg-hist-commercial/
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| Treaties |
Thomas (Library of Congress)
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/treaties/treaties.html |
GPO Access
www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/index.html |
Treaties in Force (U.S. Department of State)
www.state.gov/s/l/treaty/index.htm |
