DSOL Law Library - OLD: Most Frequently Used Databases

Follow the BNA Core Plus Collection link (above) and select the publication of interest.

CALI (Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction) provides online interactive tutorials in legal subjects, created by faculty members from a consortium of law schools. Password required for access.

LexisNexis Courtroom Cast Law School provides students and faculty with a next-generation legal learning platform by integrating text, audio, video, and rich media into an easily searchable database. Download MP3 files of edited judicial opinions, the full text of edited opinions, a brief fact summary, and the rule of law through Courtroom Cast. Browse by subject or casebook or search by keyword. Register to create an account through LMU Duncan School of Law.

Fastcase is a legal research system that offers comprehensive access to federal and state caselaw, statutes, regulations, court rules, and legal forms.

HeinOnline provides online access to more than 40 million pages of historical legal periodical content and other library collections. The content is in the original page-image (PDF) format, ensuring the authenticity of the original hardcopy document in an online environment.

Lexis Advance is a legal research and analysis database that provides full-text access to caselaw, statutes, regulations, rules, court documents, and secondary sources. Lexis Advance ID required for access.

ProQuest® Congressional is the most comprehensive online resource available for congressional publications and legislative research. With the U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection, the Congressional Research Digital Collection, the Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, or the Congressional Record Permanent Digital Collection, the full text of publications dating back in some cases as far as the late eighteenth century in searchable PDF format. The basic subscription includes abstracts and indexing for congressional publications, legislative histories, member biographies, committee assignments, voting records, and financial data; and the full text of key regulatory and statutory resources. For more information, follow this link to the ProQuest Congressional & Executive Branch Documents LibGuide.

Westlaw is a legal research and analysis database that provides full-text access to caselaw, statutes, regulations, rules, court documents, and secondary sources that include West Headnotes and the West Key Numbering system. Westlaw ID required for access.