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Legal Subject Guide Databases and Journal Indexes The following databases are only available to faculty, staff, and students of Charleston Southern University: Academic OneFile (InfoTrac) A general database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals in most disciplines Academic Search Premier (EBSCOHost)  A general, multi-disciplinary database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals CQ Researcher A journal that contains original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Controversial topics addressed in a balanced, unbiased manner. EBSCO eBook Collection A collection of over 21,000 electronic books available in full text online. These titles may be searched in the library's catalog or directly in the EBSCO database. Formerly known as NetLibrary, titles in this collection cover all subject areas. Expanded Academic (InfoTrac) A general database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals. General OneFile (InfoTrac) A general database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals in most disciplines ranging from architecture to biology and history to mathematics. JSTOR An archive of scholarly journals that offers high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR span many disciplines. Because of JSTOR's archival mission, there is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR. LegalTrac (InfoTrac) Provides indexing for approximately 875 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. LegalTrac also contains law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles. LexisNexis: Academic Provides access to full-text legal, news, business, and medical publications. Includes law review articles and more than 300 legal newspapers, magazines, and newsletters. Provides access to the Shepard's Citations service for all federal and states court cases back to 1789, European Union law from the CELEX database, and international case law from a number of other countries. Includes national and regional newspapers, wire services, transcripts of television and radio broadcasts, international news, and non-English language sources. Provides detailed company information and financial performance measures to identify and compare companies matching specific criteria. Includes Company Dossier, Hoover's Company Reports, Disclosure reports, Standard & Poor's Corporate Descriptions, and SEC filings. LexisNexis: Congressional A comprehensive online resource available for congressional publications and legislative research. You can perform in-depth research in public policy, historical, and legal areas of interest. It includes abstracts and indexing for congressional publications, legislative histories, member biographies, committee assignments, voting records, and financial data; and the full text of key regulatory and statutory resources. Liebert Online An authoritative database continaing peer-reviewed journals in the most promising areas of biotechnology, biomedical research/life sciences, clinical medicine and surgery, and law. Opposing Viewpoints in Context Provides contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, it features continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. Oxford Journals Online Provides abstract and full text access to journals published by Oxford University Press. Disciplines covered in Oxford Journals are the humanities, law, life sciences, mathematics & physical sciences, medicine, and social sciences. Oxford Reference Online Premium Combines language and subject reference works together to form a large reference library. It contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works. SpringerLink An online collection of science, technology, and mathematics (STM) books, journals, and reference works from Springer-Verlag. Subject areas covered include Architecture and Design; Behavioral Science; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Business and Economics; Chemistry and Materials Science; Computer Science; Earth and Environmental Science; Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences and Law; Mathematics and Statistics; Medicine; Physics and Astronomy; Professional and Applied Computing. Print Sources Encyclopedias Corpus Juris Secundum (CJS) (REF. KF65 .M3 V. 1-101) South Carolina Jurisprudence : A Complete Narrative, and Encyclopedic Statement of South Carolina Law (REF. KFS1865 .S68 1991 V.1-32 +Index) Case Law American Law Reports, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, Fed (ALR) (Ref. KF132.6/.A45*) (Vols. in Storage) Landmark Supreme Court Cases (Ref. KF4549/.L37/1991) South Carolina Reports (Ref. KFS1845/. S64) United States Reports : Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court (Ref. KF101 .U5 V. 1-349 on Microfiche ; Ref. KF101 .U5 V. 350-533) United States Supreme Court Decisions: An Index to Their Locations (1976) (Ref. KF101.6/.A5) United States Supreme Court Decisions: An Index to Excerpts, Reprints, and Discussions (Ref. KF101.6/.G83/1983) U.S. Supreme Court Education Cases (Ref. KF4110.3 .U15 1998-- ) Statutes and Codes Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (Reference Office) Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, Annotated (Ref. KFS1830 1976 .A2 INDEX 2003, V. 1- V. 27, SUPPL. 2002) United States Code (Ref. KF62 2000 .A2 2001 V. 1-35) United States Statutes at Large (Ref. KF50 .U545) Reference Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations : A Reference Guide for Attorneys, Legal Secretaries, Paralegals, and Law Students (Ref. KF246 .B46 2001) Black's Law Dictionary (Ref. KF156/.B53/1999) Federal Civil Judicial Procedure and Rules (Ref. KF8816/.A193/1999) Guide to South Carolina Criminal Law and Procedure (Ref. KFS2361/.W38/1994) The Lawyer's Guide to Internet Research (Ref. KF242.A1 L353 2000) National Survey of State Laws (Ref. KF386/.N38/yr) The Roxbury Dictionary of Criminal Justice : Key Terms and Major Court Cases (Ref. HV7411/.C48/1997) South Carolina Rules of Court (Ref. KFS2329/.A197/year) Internet Resources General American Law Sources On-line (ALSO!)
National Federation of Paralegal Associations Legal Resources Native American Legal Resources The Virtual Chase: Legal Research on the Internet Federal Government Supreme Court of the United States (official site) THOMAS
State Government Opinions of the Supreme Court of South Carolina South Carolina Legislature Online
South Carolina Reference Desk (courtesy of the University of South Carolina Law School)
State Constitutions (University of South Carolina Law Center)
Journals and Magazines The following journals are available in the CSU library: American Business Law Journal The American Journal of International Law The Business Lawyer Employee Relations Law Journal The Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology The Journal of Law & Economics South Carolina Law Review |
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