Online access to BNA's portfolio of publications covering developments in health care, business, labor relations, law, economics, taxation, environmental protection, safety, and other public policy and regulatory issues.

Also known as: Bureau of National Affairs Online

Includes a broad range of news, research publications and research tools for business and legal research. Coverage includes:

--Antitrust and Trade Regulation
--Banking
--Corporate Governance
--Exchanges and SROs
--Federal Energy Guidelines
--Government Contracts
--Intellectual Property / Computer and Internet Law
--International Business
--Mergers and Acquisitions
--Products Liability and Safety
--Securities
--Transportation Law


From Commerce Clearing House. (Updated daily)

Concurrent user limit: 35

Also known as: Internet Research Network, IntelliConnect

ChinaLawInfo provides original Chinese language versions of the same resources. LawInfoChina provides English versions of Chinese laws and regulations as well as representative court cases.

Contains the full text for the constitutions of 192 countries. Constitutional scholars who are familiar with the legal system, judicial language and official language of each foreign jurisdiction provide authoritative translations into English. Complementing these official documents are Introductory and Comparative Notes that examine recent amendments and highlights of pertinent historical, political and economic information. (Derived from publisher description)

Concurrent user limit: 10

Criminal Justice Abstracts, contains comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations, and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines. Prepared in cooperation with the Criminal Justice Collection of Rutgers University Library, Criminal Justice Abstracts covers trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment, and sentencing. The database contains indexes of print journals from 1968, as well as thousands of archival records not available in any other format. Coverage: 1968-Present; Data Type: Bibliographic with Abstracts; Number of Records: 59,140 ; Records Added Annually: 2,500 ; Subjects Covered: Crime, Drugs, Law, Safety ,Social Science, Sociology, Political Science , Public Administration, and Government. (Updated quarterly)

Criminology: A Sage Full-Text Collection is a searchable collection of bibliographic records with links to the full text in PDF format of 23 journals published by Sage and participating societies. The collection covers subjects such as Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence.

Also known as: Sage Criminology

The Early Republic currently includes 17 volumes of digitized primary material documenting the actions, debates, and thoughts of the First Federal Congress and its members as collected by the First Federal Congress Project (FFCP) and published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. These volumes of the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress are used by Congress, historians, political scientists, and jurists to understand the most important and productive Congress in United States history.

Eighteenth Century Collections Online is a collection of English and foreign language books, directories, pamphlets, bibles, sheet music, sermons, advertisements and other ephemera published in the U.K. and the Americas between 1701 and 1800. Content is presented as full text page images which can be viewed online or downloaded as PDF documents. The collection is an ongoing project based on The English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC), a machine-readable union list of the holdings of the British Library, as well as those from more than 1,500 university, private, and public libraries worldwide. With full-text search capabilities across 180,000 titles (33 million pages), this collection provides multidisciplinary research opportunities not possible until now.

Also known as: ECCO

Films on Demand is a library of thousands of streaming videos across all disciplines from Films Media Group. All Temple users can search and view films or specific segments of films. If you establish a user account from within Films on Demand you can also create playlists from the various films/segments for your own use or for sharing with other Temple users.

Also known as: FMG,Films Media Group

Contains background information on the history and legal system of the countries of the world and discusses sources of the law for each country. The resource also provides a bibliography to locate primary sources of legislation for foreign jurisdictions.

The Hague Academcy Collected Courses Online is the electronic version of the longstanding book series on international law: Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law.

The Hague Academy of International Law, founded in 1923, is the prestigious international institution for the study and teaching of public and private international law and related subjects. The work of the Academy receives the support and recognition of the UN. Its purpose is to encourage a thorough and impartial examination of the problems arising from international relations in the field of law.

The courses deal with the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject, including legislation and case law. They are given by the most prominent legal specialists in the world. All courses at the Academy are published in the language in which they were delivered, either in English or in French.

The Collected Courses Online now covers more than 330 volumes (150,000 pages) containing over 1200 lectures given over a period of 85 years. At least seven new volumes are added every year. The result is a constantly growing fully searchable encyclopedic collection on international law.

Image-based (PDF) collection of legal research material. Unlike other periodical databases that supply only post-1980 volumes, Hein-On-Line provides each journal from its inception and continues to the most current volume allowed under contract between Hein and the journal.

Also known as: Hein Online

Includes the Nineteenth Century House of Commons Sessional Papers (almost 80,000 papers) and the accompanying Subject Catalogue of the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, 1801-1900. The Eighteenth Century Parliamentary Papers Collection (1688-1834) features publications published officially by the House of Commons or the House of Lords from 1688 to 1834, including sessional papers and other material such as Journals and Private Acts.

IBLS is a source for information related to the intersection of Internet Law and business.

Also known as: Internet Business Law Services

Tax, business, and legal research materials from CCH (Commerce Clearing House)

Also known as: CCH Internet Research Network, CCH Tax Research Network

Justis is the full-text, online library of UK, Irish and EU case law and legislation dating back to 1163. Documentation is available for both caselaw and legislation (pdf). Justis includes acts of Parliament (UK) from 1707 onward, acts of Parliament (Scotland) from 1999, acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 2000, and acts of Parliament (England) from 1235 to 1706. The latter are derived from Ruffhead's edition of the Statutes at Large up to 1866, thereafter from HMSO. The collection also includes Statutory Instruments from 1949 and Statutory Orders from 1671. Finally, Justis UK also includes Church Assembly and General Synod Measures from 1920.

LawInfoChina provides English versions of Chinese laws & regulations as well as representative court cases. ChinaLawInfo provides original Chinese language versions of the same resources.

Concurrent user limit: 1

A collection of scholarly peer-reviewed publications including law journals, documents, and case studies. Covers current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, and the environment. Offers full text for nearly 250 international law journals. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all journals in the collection. Updated regularly.

Full-text of over 250 legal periodicals from as far back as 1994 to the present. Access is via Wilson OmniFile. Select "Legal" as the Subject Area in OmniFile to limit your search to this subfile.

Concurrent user limit: 4

Also known as: Index to Legal Periodicals

Index to over 1,300 titles including domestic and international law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals, and law-related articles from general interest periodicals. Coverage extends back to 1980 and full-text is available for 100 titles. Access courtesy of the Temple Law Library.

LexisNexis Academic is a very large database covering thousands of publications, most of which are available in full text. It is especially useful for legal research. Coverage of current news and business information is also extensive. LexisNexis Academic contains the following content segments, each of which must be searched separately:

News -- Full-text of more than 50 major English-language newspapers from the U.S. and around the world; hundreds of magazines, journals, and newsletters; broadcast transcripts from the major television and radio networks; Wire services; Non-English language news sources.

Business -- Includes business and financial news, U.S. and international company financial information, bankruptcy reports, corporate governance ratings from ISS, accounting and auditing guides, and actual SEC filings.

Legal -- Case law, statutes and regulations, legal news and law reviews, international legal materials, patents, and directories of lawyers and law schools.

Medical -- A small number of news sources, consumer health sources, and medical journals.

Reference -- Includes biographical sources, polls and surveys from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, country and state profiles, quotations, and the World Almanac and Book of Facts.
(Updated daily)

Also known as: Lexis Nexis Academic, Academic Universe

LexisNexis Academic is a very large database covering thousands of publications, most of which are available in full text. It is especially useful for legal research. Coverage of current news and business information is also extensive.

Use this link to limit your legal research to information on federal and state cases.

LexisNexis Academic is a very large database covering thousands of publications, most of which are available in full text. It is especially useful for legal research. Coverage of current news and business information is also extensive.

Use this link to limit your legal research to law reviews.

Provides access to the full text of congressional working papers and legislation, a wide variety of information about Congress, including member biographical and committee assignment information, voting records, financial data, and the full text of the Congressional Record. The full text of key regulatory and statutory resources is also included. The U.S. Serial Set module includes the full text of over 325,000 U.S. Government publications compiled under the directive of Congress covering the period from 1789 to 1969. The Serial Set captures every aspect of American life from the early 19th century onward, from farming, to westward expansion, scientific exploration, politics, international relations, business, and manufacturing. It includes Congressional reports and documents as well as executive agency and departmental reports ordered to be printed by Congress.

Use Lexis Nexis Congressional with U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection to:

* Discover a law's intent by tracing its legislative history
* Gauge Congressional attitudes toward current topics
* Find out how members of Congress voted on legislation
* Investigate the finances of members of Congress
* Monitor legislation and public policy on almost any topic
* Review the federal regulations that implement legislation
* Learn the makeup and mission of Congressional committees
* Access "Hot Bills" and topics of Congress
* Research various aspects of United States history

Also known as: Congressional Universe, Serial Set Digital Collection, Lexis Nexis Congressional

Provides the full-text of over 21,000 Anglo-American legal works including casebooks, local practice manuals, form books, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, and speeches from 1800 to 1926. This material has been separated into 99 different subject areas to aid in searching.

This digital collection contains books and pamphlets, official and unofficial trial documents and materials, legal transcripts, administrative proceedings, and arbitrations. The collection covers trials from all countries and languages, although the great majority are English-language and published in the U.S. or Great Britain. Documents are in PDF format and are fully searchable.

The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law is a fully updated online edition of the Encyclopedia of Public International Law published in print between 1991 and 2001 under the general editorship of Rudolf Bernhardt. The online edition includes search functionality and click-through cross references to other Encyclopedia entries as well as related content in the online service Oxford Reports on International Law. New materials will be added periodically. The August 2008 addition of 450 items included articles on the fragmentation of international law, genocide, and the Taliban. The encyclopedia covers over 700 topics with increased coverage of international criminal law, international dispute settlement, trade law, and environmental law.

OAIster is a union catalog of digital records that began at the University of Michigan, built by harvesting records using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). Today, OAIster is one of the world's largest aggregators of records, boasting more than 19 million items from more than 1,000 contributors. Records contain a digital object link allowing users access to the object in a single click.

Digital resources in OAister include:

--Digitized (scanned) books and articles
--Digital text
--Audio fles (WAV, MP3)
--Video fles (MP4, Quicktime)
--Photographic images (JPEG, TIFF, GIF)
--Data sets (downloadable statistical information

This database is a case reporting service that presents issues in public international law being decided in the domestic courts of more than 65 jurisdictions around the world. Legal experts provide detailed analysis of the core legal issues, highlight the most salient points of the case, and provide historical and legal context to analyze the significance of the decision.

Also known as: Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts, Oxford Reports on International Criminal Law, Oxford Reports on International Human Rights Law, Oxford Reports on International Courts of General Jurisdiction

Provides comprehensive coverage of the world's literature on sociology and applied aspects of sociology. Over 1,800 journals are indexed along with relevant dissertations. Citation andabstract included for each record. (Updated quarterly)

Supreme Court Records and Briefs (SCRB) comprises over 150,000 cases from the generation before the American Civil War to the decade of the Vietnam War and Watergate. It covers every aspect of law: civil rights law; constitutional law; corporate law; environmental law; gender law; labor law; legal history and legal theory; property law; taxation; trademark and intellectual property law, among other subjects. Document types include Appellant's Brief; Appellee's Brief; Application for Review; Application for Writ; Brief in Opposition; Brief of Real Party; Intervenor's Brief; Jurisdictional Statement; Letter Brief; Opposition for Review; Oral Transcript; Petition; Petition for Rehearing; Petitioner's Brief; Petition for Writ of Certiorari; Relator's Brief; Supplement to Petition; Transcript; among other sources.

Famous briefs include those written by leading attorneys, future associates of the Court, institutions, corporations, and advocacy groups: N.A.A.C.P.; ACLU; The New York Times; Louis D. Brandeis; Abe Fortas; Thurgood Marshall; Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

The collection is of interest to scholars and patrons interested in all aspects of American constitutional, political, legal, social, economical, cultural, and intellectual history.

SCRB is derived from two essential reference sources. For the period 1832 (when printed Court records began) through 1915, the documents are based primarily on the holdings of the Jenkins Memorial Law Library, America's first law library, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For 1915-1978 the source is the Library of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, a nationally recognized research facility and the single largest member supported law library in the United States.

SCRB features a fully searchable database of approximately 11 million pages and more than 350,000 separate documents. Approximately 150,000 Supreme Court cases are featured, the majority consisting of those for which the Court did not give a full opinion.

Also known as: Supreme Court Records & Briefs 1832-1978,Making of Modern Law

Online legal encyclopedia covering various areas of law, organizations, companies, and states/countries. Includes definitions, links, and print sources.