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Law Resources

* Legal research involving laws or cases can be researched in the K section of the Reference Stacks, Westlaw, or using Internet resources.  * Books should also be used for information about landmark cases or broad legal topics. 
* Journal articles can be used for more specific topics.  
Resources for Research Help
Westlaw (Campus Research)
HELP: includes federal and state laws and court cases
HELP: covers laws, cases, and other legal materials
HELP: includes federal cases 1789 to present; Tenn cases 1945 to present
HELP: access from on campus or off-campus with APSU ID  
All items available on your computer HELP: More about Westlaw (Campus Research)
LexisNexis Academic
*full-text documents from over 6,000 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications
*covers news, accounting literature, company information, law reviews, Federal and State case law, codes, medical journals, biographical information, country profiles, opinion polls and surveys and more
*deep backfile lets you find contemporary accounts of events that took place decades ago.
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID
Most items available on your computer HELP:More about LexisNexis Academic
HELP:Locating articles in the Library
HELP: Request items from other libraries
 Legal Periodicals Full Text 
*lists citations, summaries, and full-text of journal articles and books
*covers legal topics 
*covers items published from 1981, summaries since 1990, and full-text since 1995
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID
Some items available in the library HELP:More about Legal Periodicals Full Text
HELP:Locating articles in the Library
HELP: Request items from other libraries
Internet resources
* authoritative, credible, and reliable Web sites
* selected for accuracy and relevance to the subjects taught at APSU
* updated regularly
* access from anywhere
All items available on your computer HELP:How to search the Internet
HELP: Evaluating Internet resources
America: History & Life (AHL)
*lists citations and short summaries of journal articles and dissertations
*covers United States and Canadian historical events from prehistory to the present
*covers items published from 1964 to present
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID
Some items available in the library or on your computer HELP:More about AHL
HELP:Locating articles in the Library
HELP: Request items from other libraries
Gale Virtual Reference Library
*provides the ability to search multiple eBooks at once
*covers wide range of subjects
*individual chapters can be printed, downloaded, and e-mailed
*citations can be exported in MLA and APA format
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID
All items available in the library or on your computer HELP:More about Gale Virtual Reference Library
HELP: GVRL Title List
HELP:If you are unable to access the GVRL using Internet Explorer, please try another web browser such as Mozilla Firefox
General OneFile (InfoTrac)
*lists citations and summaries of most articles and entire text of some articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers
*covers all subjects
*covers items published from 1980-present
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID
Most items available in the library or on your computer HELP:More about General OneFile
HELP:Locating articles in the Library
HELP: Request items from other libraries
WilsonWeb OmniFile Full Text 
*provides access to full text articles, page images, article abstracts, and citations from thousands of sources
*covers all subjects
*retrospective coverage as far back as 1982, full-text since 1994
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID
Most items available on your computer HELP:More about WilsonWeb OmniFile
HELP:Locating articles in the Library
HELP: Request items from other libraries
Academic Search Premier
* contains indexing for 8,200 publications
* contains full text for more than 4,650 titles
* PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for over 100 journals
* access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID
Most items available in the library or on your computer HELP:More about Academic Search Premier
HELP:Locating articles in the Library
HELP: Request items from other libraries
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
*links to journals with full-text articles 
*covers all subjects
*covers articles from the mid-1990's to the present
*access from anywhere
Some items available in the library or on your computer HELP:More about DOAJ
HELP:Locating articles in the Library
HELP:Request items from other libraries


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