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Legal Studies Research Databases

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SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window Comprehensive coverage of sociology, its scope includes subjects such as abortion, criminology & criminal justice, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, religion, rural & urban sociology, social psychology, and social work, to name a few. Contains full text for more than 890 journals, 850 books, and over 16,800 conference papers.
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CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window Contains over 4,000 in-depth research reports from 1923 to present on the world’s most pressing issues (gay marriage, gun control, Middle East conflicts, etc.) with data, charts, and visuals.
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Multidisciplinary eBook databases:

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary eBooks representing a broad range of subjects.
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Ebook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window eBooks on a range of subjects such as business, information technology, education, engineering, health, history, humanities, life & physical sciences, and social and behavioral sciences.
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Films On Demand: Master Academic Package This link opens in a new window Full-length streaming videos in the humanities, social sciences, business, health, medicine, sciences, and mathematics fields.
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Alexander Street: Academic Video Online‎ This link opens in a new window A large multidisciplinary collection of streaming videos. Includes documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, raw footage, award-winning films, including Academy® and Emmy® winners, newly released films, and archival material previously unavailable.
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ImageQuest (Britannica) This link opens in a new window Nearly 3 million rights-cleared images from more than 50 collections including Getty Images, the National Portrait Gallery of London, and the National Geographic Society.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
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Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window The largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world, this database contains articles, maps, images, videos, and yearbooks from 1993 to present. Use it instead of Wikipedia for your research!
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Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window More than 50 reference eBooks in business, communications, history, law, literature, medicine, nation & world, science, and technology.
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ABA Journal
Harvard Law Review
International Journal of the Legal Profession
American Jurisprudence
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American Bar Association (ABA) The American Bar Association is one of the world’s largest voluntary professional organizations, with over 400,000 members and more than 3,500 entities.
Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) ALWD is a non-profit professional association of directors of legal reasoning, research, writing, analysis, and advocacy programs from law schools throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. ALWD has more than 300 members representing more than 150 law schools.
National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) NALA is the nation's leading professional association for paralegals. As a non-profit organization, NALA provides continuing education and professional development programs for paralegals - from novice to experienced professionals.
National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA) NFPA was the first national paralegal association. It is an issues-driven, policy-oriented professional association.

Find Law "This free online resource provides articles on a variety of legal topics, from criminal law to tax law. This is a great starting point for any legal topic, and the articles direct the reader to important laws and cases on each subject."
Justia Justia offers free access to federal and state court decisions, codes, and regulations; recent dockets; selected case filings from the US federal district and appellate courts; as well as full text of the Annotated US Constitution.
Law Dictionary Featuring Black's Law Dictionary Free Online Legal Dictionary 2nd Ed.
LawHelp.org Find legal help on a state-by-state basis.
Legal Information Institute (LII) A not-for-profit group that believes everyone should be able to read and understand the laws that govern them, without cost.

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This guide is designed to help you with your research, introducing a range of Legal Studies resources available to you. The Legal Studies Research Databases box lists databases recommended in your subject area that you can search to find articles, eBooks, etc. Explore the Case Law, Codes & Statutes, and Regulatory Law pages to learn about using Nexis Uni and open web sources to find materials for your research, and how to cite your sources using the Bluebook.

Background Information

JGI. (n.d.). Close up of hand pounding gavel [Photograph].

Paralegals and Legal Assistants Occupational Outlook
Law (Research Starter) Greene, J. (2020). Law. Salem Press Encyclopedia.

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