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Updated Sept. 26, 2004.
The Gallagher Law Library contains
more than 500,000 volumes. In addition, the Law Library provides access to
many online legal research services. Some of these databases may be accessed by
computers anywhere on the University of Washington campus; some must be used in the Law
Library; some are available via the Internet; and some are limited to UW
School of Law students,
faculty, and staff.
Legal Databases Available to All Users via
the Internet
A first step in legal research is identifying relevant
books. Another is finding primary legal materials such as laws, regulations,
and cases; many primary law sources are now available on the Internet. The
following sources are freely available to anyone with a computer connected
to the Internet:
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Legal and Law-Related Databases
Available on the UW Campus
Legal periodical articles provide useful
introductions to or reviews of legal topics. Periodical articles from
related disciplines, like business and medicine, are useful for
interdisciplinary research.
Legal and law-related databases are described on the
Legal Indexes & Databases page.
To find additional services on other disciplines, consult the UW
Libraries Research Databases page, http://www.lib.washington.edu/types/databases/. Access to commercial databases is restricted to visitors
who are working in one of the UW Libraries (including the Law Library) and
to UW faculty, students, and staff who access the Internet via the UW
Internet Connectivity Kit or the UW
Libraries Connect from Off-Campus page,
http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/connect.html.
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Legal Databases Located Exclusively at
the Gallagher Law Library
In addition to the Law Library's online catalog and other legal databases
and indexes, the Law Library provides access to the following electronic resources
to users who visit the Law Library.
- KeyCite: A web-based case law citation
service developed by Westlaw. Legal researchers use this service to determine if a
specific case has been affirmed, overruled, or modified by a later court decision and/or
to identify later court decisions and law review articles that refer to or mention a specific case. KeyCite is
available only on the Law Library's public computers adjacent to the Reference
Office. Read more about KeyCite.
- Diskettes on assorted topics: Some books now include floppy
disks and CD-ROMs with forms and other text that supplement the printed material. Accompanying
diskettes are kept with the books.
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Legal Databases Available Only
to UW School of Law Faculty and Students
Several commercial products are available
exclusively to UW School of Law faculty and students by the terms of our
contracts with the providers:
- LexisNexis
- Loislaw
- VersusLaw
- Westlaw
CALR Access by UW Law Students, Faculty,
Staff, and Librarians
provides more information about these services.
Internet Access at the
Gallagher Law Library
The Law Library provides several public Internet workstations
for legal research. Users may access KeyCite and
Internet Legal Resources, a page
with links to selected U.S. and Washington State government and legal
sites, legal directories, and other useful legal sites on the World Wide Web.
Users must sign in with either their UW NetIDs or with the barcode
number associated with their registration as a Law Library user. If you
have not yet registered as a user with the Law Library, please
obtain a temporary password at the Circulation Desk. Users are limited to
2 hours per day.
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