Research Databases, Journals & Periodicals

Full-Text Databases

• ADR World.com [Drinko Hall only] News coverage of developments in alternative dispute resolution, updates and full text of ADR regulations and statutes, summaries of judicial opinions concerning ADR, and more.
• Arbitration Law Online [Moritz password required off-campus]
• AudioCaseFiles - Contains downloadable audio files of court opinions and podcasts from law professors and law student
• BNA All [Drinko Hall only] Subject List of all products included in BNA All subscription
• CCH Internet Tax Research [off-campus] Provides access to state and federal tax laws, reporters, news and other related materials
• Constitutions of the Countries of the World Online [Drinko Hall only] English translations of the constitutions of over 190 countries
• CQ Electronic Library [off-campus] Reference resource for research in American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs.
• ebrary [off-campus] eBooks on a variety of law-related subjects
• Eighteenth Century Collections Online [off-campus] Law subject group includes online versions of 18th century legal treatises, digests, law dictionaries, case summaries
• Factiva [off-campus] Newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal
• Foreign Law Guide [Drinko Hall only]
• Gongwer Ohio News Service [off-campus] Ohio state government news and information
• Hein Online [off-campus] - This searchable archive contains law journals, the Federal Register, U.S. Treaties, classic legal treatises, U.S. Reports , and U.S. Attorney General Opinions
• Homeland Security Digital Library - Selected U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as resources from universities, organizations and local and state agencies relating to homeland security
• International Law in Domestic Courts [off-campus] Database of domestic cases in international law from over 60 jurisdictions
• Isinolaw [Drinko Hall only] is a collection of laws, regulations, judicial interpretations, forms and other information about the legal system of the People's Republic of China.
• Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) [off-campus]
• Leadership Library on the Internet [Moritz password required off-campus] Searchable directories of judges, law firms, corporations and many more types of governmental and other organizations. (Also known as Yellow Books).
• Legal Scholarship Network (part of SSRN)
• Legal Trac [Drinko Hall only]
• LexisNexis Academic [off-campus]
• LexisNexis Congressional [off-campus] Resource for federal legislative history research, including access to U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980.
• LexisNexis [password required]
• LLMC Digital Online [OSU campus only] A digital collection of primary & secondary legal materials. Includes decisions from some federal agencies and many official case reporters. A growing collection of common law abroad materials includes materials from British Canada, and India.
• Making of the Modern Law [off-campus] Database containing classic legal treatises from 1800 to 1926.
• New England Journal of Medicine [off-campus]
• New York Times (Image Edition) [Drinko Hall only]
• ODS-The Official Document Systems of the United Nations
• Ohio Capitol Connection [Drinko Hall only]
• RIA Checkpoint [Drinko Hall only] Database containing tax law resources
• RIA Worldwide Tax Law [Moritz password required off-campus]
• Treaties and International Agreements Online (TIARA) [Drinko Hall only] U.S. treaties, a U.S. treaties index, international agreements, and international tax treaties
• UN Treaties - United Nations Treaty Series, texts of recently deposited multilateral treaties, and the status of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General.
• U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 [off-campus] Digital archive of select Supreme Court materials.
• WilsonWeb [Drinko Hall only] Index of legal journals and books from 1908 to present.
• Westlaw [password required]
• More full-text databases at Ohio State - Search by subject or database name.

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Journals and Periodicals

• Moritz eJournal Finder - Browse or search a list of legal journals that are available in full-text online. (Includes journals in Hein Online, Legal Trac, LexisNexis Academic, LexisNexis Congressional, and the OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center.)
• A-Z eJournals List (Ohio State University Libraries) Browse or search the list of full-text electronic journals available to The Ohio State University community.

Indexes to Periodicals and Books

• Criminal Justice Abstracts [off-campus] This index covers books, journals, reports (both governmental and non-governmental) on criminology and related fields.
• WilsonWeb [Drinko Hall only] This databases includes Index to Legal Periodicals and Books and Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective. Together, they cover legal periodicals from United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand beginning in 1908 and English-language legal books beginning in 1993.
• Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals [Drinko Hall only] This index covers legal periodicals from countries other than the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia beginning in 1985.
• Index to Legal Periodical Literature (1786-1922) [off-campus] This is the online version of Jones & Chipman's index of legal literature from 1786-1922. It is part of the 19th Century Masterfile database.
• Legal Trac [Drinko Hall only] This index covers legal periodicals from 1980. Includes some full-text.
• Other Indexes

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Individual Journals

• Legal Reference Services Quarterly [Drinko Hall only]

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