Research Guides: Accuracy Checks Resources

Use My Record to check due dates, renew material, and check the status of OhioLINK requests.

Use ILLIAD to submit and monitor interlibrary loan requests.

Finding Journal Articles

To find articles, search by the full journal or newspaper name in the following resources.

• OSU Library Catalog
• OSU eJournal Title List & Moritz eJournal List
• WorldCat [off-campus]
• Hein Online [off-campus]
• JSTOR [off-campus]
• Academic Search Complete [off-campus]
• Google Scholar
• Proquest Historical Newspapers [off-campus] - New York Times (1851 to 3 years ago), Chicago Tribune (1849-1985), Washington Post (1877-1990)

View a list of newspapers available in microform at the OSU Libraries. Use the Library Catalog to find the location of the microfiche or microfilm.

For additional information about locating newspaper articles, see the Library's Newspaper Finding Guide.

Finding Books

To find a book, search by the book's title or author in the following catalogs.

• OSU Library Catalog
• OhioLink
• WorldCat [off-campus]

Cases and Briefs

• Westlaw has some regional and federal reporter cases and briefs in PDF
• The U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 [off-campus] database is a digital archive that contains select Supreme Court records for the specified time period.
• ABA's Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases has current merit briefs

Federal Legislative History Materials

• ProQuest Congressional [off-campus] CIS Index
• THOMAS has some legislative history information going back to the 93rd Congress (1973), with more complete information available starting at the 101st (1989).
• GPO Access has links to some Congressional Hearings (from the 105th Congress forward) in PDF.
• HeinOnline Federal Legislative Histories [off-campus]

For additional information about locating federal legislative history, see the Library's Legislative History Guide.

Citation Format

• Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations is a database of legal citations. Use it to to translate the abbreviation to a title or ISBN number that you can then use to search an online catalog such as the OSU Library Catalog or WorldCat.
• Introduction to Basic Legal Citation
• The Bluebook is available in the Moritz Law Library Reserve Room. KF 245.U5
• Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations is available in the Moritz Law Library Reserve Room KF 246 .B46 2001. Use Bieber's to decipher an unfamiliar abbreviation.

Research Guides

• Subject specific guides prepared by Moritz Law Library Reference Librarians

Links to Local Library Web Sites

• Capital University Law School Library
• Columbus Metropolitan Library
• Supreme Court of Ohio
• State Library of Ohio

InterLibrary Loan (ILL)

Once you've exhausted the available resources, you may request the material through ILLIAD. Please follow the ILL procedures for your journal. If you are still unable to obtain the material, please submit this completed ILL form at the Reference Desk.

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