Expand your legal research options with online sources provided by the Gallagher Law Library.
These services are available to University of Washington Law School faculty,
students, and staff; other University of Washington faculty, students, and
staff; and users visiting the Gallagher Law Library. UW users who want to access
these services from home should read Connecting
to Online Library Resources. Contact the
reference librarians for assistance by phone (206) 543-6794 or email.
Many more databases, indexes, and other research tools covering a wide
variety of topics are available via the
UW Libraries Research
Databases list.
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Source |
Type |
Contents |
Dates / Frequency |
More Info
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Articles |
HeinOnline |
Text & searchable database |
Law Journal Library: 1,100+ US law reviews.
Most titles begin with vol. 1. |
Varies by title |
Contents
Help |
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BNA |
Text & searchable databases |
100+ newsletters |
mid-1990s - date |
Contents
Educational
& Training Resources
Materials |
BNA Email newsletters
UW Law School users only |
Text |
100+ newsletters |
mid-1990s - date |
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LegalTrac
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Index |
1,300+ English-language law reviews, legal
newspapers & bar journals |
1980 - date |
Contents
Description
Help
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| Text |
100+ selected law reviews |
Varies by source |
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Legal Information Management Index |
Index |
60+ library & law-library specific journals &
newsletters |
Varies by source |
Contents Ask the reference librarian to sign in with the password. |
| Current Index to Legal Periodicals |
Index & tables of contents |
500+ US law reviews |
Weekly (last 6 weeks only) |
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Index to Foreign
Legal Periodicals |
Index |
550+ law reviews & legal periodicals, US & worldwide;
international & comparative |
1985 - date |
Quick reference guide
Subject headings
Periodicals indexed |
US Judicial |
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LLMC Digital |
Text & searchable database |
Court opinions from the US Supreme Court, Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit & Court of Customs & Patent Appeals |
Varies by source |
About
Help |
| HeinOnline |
Text & searchable database |
US Supreme Court opinions & books about the
Court |
1754 - date |
Contents
Help |
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Judicial Staff Directory |
Searchable biographical directory |
US & state judges & court staff; US Justice
Department |
Current |
Ask the reference librarian to sign in with the password. |
Status of Laws & Cases
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KeyCite |
Searchable database |
Prior & subsequent history of US & state cases, statutes
(laws) & other legal sources; references to citing cases, law review
articles & other sources |
Daily |
About
Help |
| LexisNexis Academic: Shepard's |
Searchable database |
Prior & subsequent history of US & state cases, statutes
(laws) & other legal sources; references to citing cases, law review
articles & other sources |
Daily |
Help |
US Legislative |
ProQuest Congressional |
Text, abstracts & searchable databases |
Bills, laws, testimony & legislative history |
Varies by source |
Contents
Help |
| HeinOnline |
Text & searchable database |
U.S. Statutes at Large (chronological
arrangement of laws passed by Congress) |
1789 - 2008 |
Help |
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HeinOnline |
Text & searchable database |
Federal Legislative History Library: an index
to published histories, selected histories & guides |
|
Help |
| Readex Congressional
Serial Set |
Text & searchable database |
Congressional reports & documents |
1817 - 1980
|
Help |
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LLMC Digital |
Index & searchable database |
Index to US laws enacted between 1874 & 1931 |
1874 - 1931 |
About
Help |
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Congressional Staff Directory |
Searchable biographical directory |
Members of Congress & Congressional staff |
Current |
Ask the reference librarian to sign in with the password. |
US Administrative |
ProQuest Congressional |
Text & searchable database |
Code of Federal Regulations
Federal Register |
1980 - date |
Contents
Help |
| HeinOnline |
Text, graphics & searchable database |
Federal Register Library |
1936 - date |
Contents
Help |
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HeinOnline |
Text, graphics & searchable databases |
US Presidential Library: Executive orders, proclamations, messages &
papers |
Varies by source |
Contents
Help |
| HeinOnline |
Text & searchable databases |
Attorney general opinions |
1791 - 1996 |
Contents |
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LLMC Digital |
Text & searchable database |
Administrative decisions from various executive branch
agencies |
Varies by source |
About
Help |
|
Federal Staff Directory |
Searchable biographical directory |
US President, agencies, commissions & staff |
Current |
Ask the reference librarian to sign in with the password. |
Treaties |
HeinOnline |
Text & searchable database |
Treaties & Agreements Library |
1776 - date |
Contents
Help |
| RIA Checkpoint |
Text & searchable database |
US tax treaties |
In force treaties |
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Subject-Specific Resources |
Advertising |
CCH Intelliconnect |
| Advertising Law Guide |
Text & charts |
Explanations, new developments, laws, state charts |
|
Help |
Alternative Dispute Resolution |
International Commercial Arbitration in Asia |
Text |
|
2006 |
Ask the reference librarian to sign in with the password. |
Antitrust |
CCH Intelliconnect |
Searchable text |
RICO Business Disputes Guide; State Unfair Trade Practices Law; Trade Regulation Reporter |
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Help |
Banking |
Banking Law in the U.S. |
Text & searchable database |
Treatise on banking law |
Varies |
Table of
Contents
Ask the reference librarian to sign in with the password. |
| CCH Intelliconnect |
Text & searchable datatabase |
Federal Banking Law Reporter; State Banking Law Reporter |
|
Help |
Bankruptcy |
CCH Intelliconnect |
Text & searchable datatabase |
Bankruptcy Law Reporter |
|
Help |
| HeinOnline |
Searchable text |
History of Bankruptcy |
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Congress |
HeinOnline |
Text & searchable database |
Articles, books, Federal Judicial Center publications, legislative histories, regulations |
Varies by source |
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Education |
Chronicle of Higher Education |
Searchable newspaper |
News about & affecting colleges & universities |
1989 - date |
Ask the reference librarian to sign in with the password. |
Environment |
Environmental Law Reporter |
Text & searchable database |
US & state articles, briefs cases, laws, policies &
regulations |
Varies by source |
How to Use |
| BNA |
Text & searchable database |
US, state & international laws, regulations, cases, policies
& news |
Varies by source |
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Indian Law |
HeinOnline |
Text & searchable database |
Administrative agency decisions, articles, books, laws, legislative histories, regulations, related reports |
Varies by source |
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Intellectual Property |
HeinOnline |
Text & searchable databases |
Administrative agency decisions, articles, books, examing procedure manuals, laws, legislative histories, regulations |
Varies by source |
About |
International Law |
HeinOnline |
Text & searchable databases |
International & Non-US Law Journals; Treaties &
Agreements;
Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court; European Center for Minority
Issues |
1960 - date |
Contents |
Labor & Employment |
| BNA |
Text & searchable database |
U.S. & state cases & arbitrations;
email newsletters summaries &
full decisions |
Varies by source |
Quick Reference Card |
Librarianship |
Legal Information Management Index |
Index |
60+ library & law-library specific journals &
newsletters |
Varies by source |
Contents Ask the reference librarian to sign in with the password. |
Maritime Law |
Lloyd's Law Reports & Lloyd's Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly |
Text & searchable database |
English maritime, insurance & commercial cases |
1919 - date |
About Ask the reference librarian to sign in with the password. |
Tax |
BNA |
Text |
20+ newsletters, US & international |
Mid-1990s - date |
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| RIA Checkpoint |
Text & searchable databases |
Tax Court cases, Internal Revenue Code & regulations, tax
treaties, administrative materials, tax journals, U.S. Tax Reporter &
Federal Tax Coordinator |
Varies by source |
Quick Reference Guide
User Guide |
|
LLMC Digital |
Text & searchable database |
Decisions from US Tax Court & Board of Tax
Appeals |
1926 - 43 & 1970 - date |
About
Help |