Law Library Electronic Resources
Law students and faculty have access to all of the following electronic research resources through workstations at the Library, and in most cases, the law school. Many resources may also be used from home by authenticated law students, faculty and staff.
Check the law library catalog, ATLAS, for books, journals and other materials:
Find journals you can access and read online:
Find United States government documents:
Database Trials
Extensive Collections
- WashLaw Web
- Lexis/Nexis Academic
»Contains caselaw, statutory law, regulatory law, and secondary materials. Also contains Shepard's. Provided by Mabee Library. - Lexis
»Directory of sources - Westlaw
»Directory of sources - Fastcase
- Hein Online
Reference Tools
- Gale Ready Reference Shelf
- GovSearch (Carroll Directories)
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Oxford Reference Online
- Polk City Directory
U.S. Governmental Materials
Legislative
- Proquest Congressional
- Proquest Congressional: Legislative Histories, Bills, & Laws
- ProQuest Legislative Insight Service
- U.S. Code (Hein Online)
- U.S. Congressional Documents (1789-) (Hein Online)
- U.S. Federal Legislative History (Hein Online)
- Federal & State Session Laws (Hein Online)
- Subject Compilations of State Laws (HeinOnline)
Executive
- Federal Register — Code of Federal Regulations (HeinOnline)
- U.S. Attorney General Opinions (Hein Online)
- U. S. Federal Agency Library (Hein Online)
- U.S. Presidential Library (Hein Online)
Judicial
General
- Marcive U.S. Government Documents Catalog
- Washburn University Law Library Government Documents Catalog
- Law Library Microform Digital Collection (LLMC Digital)
- CQ Researcher Plus Archive
Kansas Governmental Materials
General Resources
Periodicals, Directories and Indexes to Periodicals
- Hein Online Law Journal Library
- Bar Journal Library (HeinOnline)
- Current Index to Legal Periodicals
- Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
- Index to Legal Periodicals and Books (indexes articles from 1918 to present)
- LawTRIO, law publications database
- LegalTrac
- Nineteenth Century Masterfile (includes: Index to Legal Periodical Literature, 1786-1922)
- Legal Scholarship Network (SSRN)
- Berkeley Electronic Press
Electronic Books, Indexes to Books, Union Catalogs
- America Indian Law Collection (HeinOnline)
- American Law Institute Library (HeinOnline)
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online
- Foreign Relations of the United States
- History of Bankruptcy: Taxation and Economic Reform in America, Part III
- Intellectual Poperty Law Collection
- Law Journal Press
- Legal Classics Library (HeinOnline)
- LoisLaw Treatises
- Making of Modern Law
- Making of Modern Law Primary Sources (1620-1970)
- Making of Moder Law Trials (1600-1926)
- National Conference of Commissioners on State Laws (Hein Online)
- National Moot Court Competition (Hein Online)
- NetLibrary (E-Books)
- Phillip C. Jessup Moot Court Library
- Rise of American Law
- Spinelli's Law Librarian's Reference Shelf
- Taxation & Economic Reform in America: A Historical Archive, 1781-2009
- World Trials Library (HeinOnline)
- WorldCat
- IndexMaster
- Choice Reviews
- Bibliography of Early American Law [to 1860] (Hein CD-ROM)
Foreign and International Law
- Constitutions of the Countries of the World
- English Reports (1220-1865) (HeinOnline)
- European Center for Minority Issues Papers (Hein Online)
- Foreign Jurisdictions (LLMC Digital)
- Foreign Law Guide
- Foreign & International Law Resources Library (HeinOnline)
- International Law and Organizations (LLMC Digital)
- Israel Law Reports & Law Review (Hein Online)
- Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law
- Oxford Reports on International Law
- Selden Society Publications and the History of Early English Law (Hein Online)
- Tax and Commercial Laws of the World (Law Library access)
- Select "International" from pull-down menu
- To use elsewhere on campus, or for off campus access create an account at the Law Library
- Access UN (Readex)
- United Nations Law Collection (Hein Online)
Treaties
- United Nations Treaty Collection
- Treaties and International Agreements OnLine (formerly TIARA)
- U.S. Treaties and Agreements Library (Hein Online)
- European Union Law Library (Sweet & Maxwell CD-ROM)
Specialized Topical Resources
- BNA Premier
» Access By Title
» Access By Subject - CCH Intelliconnect
»Access to Business & Finance, Human Resource Management, & Tax Research. - CALI (Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction)
» Requires registration; see a Reference librarian for authorization code or other assistance. - Environmental Law Reporter
- Practical Law Company
- Religion Case Reporter
- RIA Checkpoint (Law Library access)
- To use elsewhere on campus, or for off campus access create an account at the Law Library
- Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Digital Library
Warning: Use of electronic resources is governed by license agreements which limit use to the Washburn University community of students, faculty, staff, and on-site users of Washburn University Law Library facilities. Authorized users are responsible for using these resources only for individual, educational, and non-commercial purposes. The systematic downloading, distribution, or permanent retention of significant portions of these databases violates the university's acceptable use policy, jeopardizes the library's future access to resources, and is prohibited.



