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ABA/BNA Lawyer's Manual on Professional Conduct (BNA)News, guidance, court decisions, and ethics decisions relating to attorney conduct, professional responsibility, and legal ethics.

Accounting Policy & Practice Report (BNA)News and editorial analysis on accounting and auditing rules and developments.

Accounting Policy & Practice Series (BNA)Portfolios featuring analysis and guidance from expert practitioners with detailed illustrative examples and sample journal entries.

Antitrust and Trade Regulation Report (BNA)Primary and secondary materials related to competition and deceptive trade practices.

Bankruptcy Law Reporter (BNA)Recent developments in state and federal bankruptcy law.

Bloomberg LawPrimary and secondary material, including titles from BNA.
Current students, faculty, and staff only.

BNA: All DatabasesView the full list of all BNA subscription databases.

BNA E-Mail SummariesCurrent law students and faculty can sign up to receive regular e-mails with recent developments in numerous areas of law.

BNA: Search My BNASearch all databases in the library's BNA subscription, or selected subsets, at the same time.

Boston Business JournalCurrent business news, full text of the print edition of the journal, and searchable archives.
Password required for some content. Please see reference librarian.

CALI LessonsCALI offers more than 600 online interactive lessons in nearly 40 subject areas.
Current students can get the authorization code to create their own CALI accounts by logging into Campus Cruiser and selecting Law Library under the Courses tab.

Congressional (formerly Congressional Universe)Full text of recent publications from the United States Congress, index to older Congressional materials, and federal legislative histories.

Criminal Law Reporter (BNA)Recent criminal law developments including significant federal and state cases.

Current Index to Legal Periodicals (CILP)Weekly index of the most recent articles published in over 500 legal publications.

EBSCOHostFull text databases in numerous academic disciplines.

Electronic Commerce and Law Report (BNA)Hot topics and recent developments in U.S. and global e-commerce law.

Employment Discrimination Report (BNA)Covers recent developments relating to equal employment opportunity law, including cases, legislation, and regulations.

Environment Reporter - Current Reports (BNA)News relating to federal and state environmental laws, including legislation, regulations, and cases.

Environmental Law ReporterFederal, state, and international materials related to environmental law, including statutes, regulations, judicial and administrative decisions, treaties, news, and analysis.

Family Law Reporter - Current Reports (BNA)Recent federal and state cases and legislation relating to family law.

FastcaseFull text state and federal cases, statutes, and regulations.

Foreign Law GuideSummaries of the legal systems of nearly 200 countries and jurisdictions with references (and limited links) to primary and secondary sources.

Health Law Reporter (BNA)Recent federal and state cases and federal regulations relating to health care.

HeinOnlineFull text of hundreds of recent and older legal periodicals, English Reports, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, U.S. Treaties, U.S. Code, Statutes at Large, Congressional Record, U.S. Attorney General opinions, U.S. Supreme Court cases, and state session laws.

Index to Foreign Legal PeriodicalsIndex to articles from 1985 to present on issues of non-U.S., international, and comparative law.

Index To Legal Periodicals (1981-present)Index to articles from 1981 to present in over 1,000 law reviews, legal journals, and bar association publications.

Index To Legal Periodicals, Retrospective (1908-1981)Index to articles from 1908 to 1981 in over 750 legal periodicals from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

Intellectual Property Law Resource Center (BNA)News and cases related to United States copyright, patent, and trademark law.

Internet Law Resource Center (BNA)Cases, statutes, regulations, court filings, news, and analysis related to domestic and international Internet law.

International Trade Reporter - Current Reports (BNA)Cases, statutes, regulations, treaties, and the activities of international organizations relating to international trade.

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical AssociationFull text of JAMA from 1998 to present.

JSTORFull text of articles from scholarly journals in the fields of science, social science, and the humanities.

Labor & Employment Law Resource Center (BNA)Federal and state cases, NLRB decisions, model policies, forms, news, and analysis.

Lawyers Weekly USAAll articles from Lawyers USA since 1993. Includes news stories, news briefs, feature stories, and verdicts & settlements.
In-library use only. Please see reference librarian for assistance.

LegalTracIndex to articles from 1980 to present in over 800 law reviews, legal newspapers, and bar association journals. Includes some full text.

LexisNexis/Shepard's TerminalShepardize cases and statutes by citation and access a limited number of LexisNexis databases from this terminal within the library.
In-library use only.

LLMC DigitalIncludes full text of state, federal, and American Indian legal materials; selected legal publications; and a number of foreign legal documents. The collection is mostly historical, although there are some more recent documents. This is an on-going project, and new items are added regularly.

Mass. Lawyers WeeklyNews and special features from Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, including opinion digest, verdicts & settlements, judge assignments, judicial profiles, and a brief bank.
In-library use only. Please see reference librarian for assistance.

Mass. Lawyers Weekly Rules ServiceState and federal court rules, including Massachusetts Rules of Civil, Criminal and Appellate Procedure, and local rules for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
In-library use only. Please see reference librarian for assistance.

Mass. Prosecutor's GuideFull text of the Prosecutor's Guide with links to state case law.

MCLE LibraryTreatises from Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education.

National Law JournalCurrent articles, special features, and searchable archive (past year only) from National Law Journal.
In-library use only. Please see reference librarian for assistance.

Oxford English Dictionary (OED)Online edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Oxford Journals OnlineIncludes more than 150 journals in various disciplines, including law, humanities, social science, business, and medicine.

Oxford Scholarship Online: Law CollectionBrowse, search, and read full-text monographs from Oxford University Press.

Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal (BNA)Recent cases, agency rules, and bill tracking on intellectual property.

Practical Law CompanyExcellent resource for transactional documents, overviews, and checklists.
Current students, faculty, and staff only.

RIA CheckpointTax research system that includes statutes, regulations, and practice materials.

Securities Regulation and Law Report (BNA)Recent state and federal developments relating to securities regulation, including cases, legislation, and regulations.

Social Law Library DatabasesCases from Massachusetts courts (including Supreme Judicial Court, Appeals Court, Superior Court, Housing Court, and Land Court) and decisions from Massachusetts administrative agencies (including Appellate Tax Board, Department of Industrial Accidents, Housing Appeals Committee, and Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination).

SourceOECDBooks, periodicals, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD).

State House News ServiceLegislative news and calendars from the Massachusetts State House.
In-library use only. Please see reference librarian for assistance.

State Tax Library (BNA)Portfolios and guides on state tax issues, including income, sales, and property taxes.

Tax and Accounting Center (BNA)Gateway to all of BNA's tax and accounting resources.

Tax Management Portfolios (BNA)Portfolios on U.S. income; compensation planning; estates, gifts, and trusts; foreign income; and real estate taxes.

Tax Management Weekly Report (BNA)News on legislation, regulations, and cases related to federal tax issues.

Tax Management Weekly State Tax Report (BNA)News on legislation, regulations, and cases related to state tax issues.

Transnational Dispute ManagementNews, articles, and primary source materials (awards, statutes, and treaties) related to international commercial arbitration.
In-library use only. Please see reference librarian for assistance.

United Nations Treaty CollectionFull text of the United Nations Treaty Series, League of Nations Treaty Series, and Status of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General.

United States Patents Quarterly (BNA)Full text cases published in U.S.P.Q.

U.S. Law Week (BNA)Significant developments in state and federal law, including cases, legislation, and regulations; monthly summary of federal court circuit splits.

Westlaw Patron Access TerminalAccess a limited number of Westlaw databases from this terminal within the library.
In-library use only.

White Collar Crime Report (BNA)Recent cases, legislation, and regulations relating to the prosecution of white collar crime.

Wiley Online LibraryFull-text journals in the areas of life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.

WorldTradeLaw.netPrimary source documents related to international trade law with summary and analysis of WTO Panel and Appellate Body reports.

These databases have been licensed for Suffolk Law School student, faculty, and staff use only. Some require passwords and can only be used in the law library; see the reference librarian on duty for assistance. Most others can be accessed from any computer in Sargent Hall or off-campus (after authentication). If you need assistance, please call (617) 573-8516.

 

 

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please email: Rick Buckingham, Electronic Services & Legal Reference Librarian
Last modified: November 9, 2012.


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