Moritz Law Library
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 Law Journal and Newspaper 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
- Hein Online [off-campus]
- JSTOR [off-campus]
- Academic Search Complete [off-campus]
- WorldCat [off-campus]
- Proquest Historical Newspapers [off-campus] - New York Times (1851 to 3 years ago), Chicago Tribune (1849-1985), Washington Post (1877-1990)
- New York Times (Image Edition) [Drinko Hall only]- 1 year ago to today
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
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Finding Books
To find a book, search by the book's title or author in the following catalogs.
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
- LexisNexis Congressional [off-campus] CIS Index
- GPO Access has links to some Congressional Hearings (from the 105th Congress forward) in PDF.
- HeinOnline Federal Legislative Histories [off-campus]
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 resources available at Moritz Law Library, The Ohio State University Libraries, OhioLINK, and other local libraries (including searching databases such as HeinOnline [off-campus] for PDF versions), 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.
If you have trouble finding page numbers for newspaper articles (ILLs cannot be processed without page numbers), try Factiva [off-campus].
