Law Library Databases

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Admiralty & Maritime Law

• American Maritime Cases – Now on Lexis

Finding Aids & Dictionaries

• Oxford English Dictionary
• South Carolina Bar Lawyers Desk Book
• WorldCat

Historical Legal Research

• 18th Century Collections Online
• The Making of Modern Law – Primary Sources 1620-1926
• The Making of Modern Law – Treatises 1800-1926
• The Making of Modern Law – Trials 1600-1926
• The Making of the Modern World
• Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978

Indexes

• CILP (Current Index to Legal Periodicals)
• Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
• LegalTrac

International Research Resources

• Foreign Relations of the United States
• Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law

Legal Research Resources

• Bloomberg Law (Individual password required, see librarian for assistance. Includes PACER access.)
• CALI
• Declassified Documents Reference System
• Fastcase/Fastcase 7
• HeinOnline
• Law.com
• Lexis+  (Individual password required, see librarian for assistance.)
• National Consumer Law Center
• PLI Plus
• ProQuest Congressional
• ProQuest Legislative Insight
• Westlaw Precision (Individual password required, see librarian for assistance.)

Periodicals

• BePress Digital Commons Network
• The Chronicle of Higher Education
• HeinOnline
• JSTOR
• New York Times
• South Carolina Lawyers Weekly (Please see a librarian for assistance.)
• Social Science Research Network (SSRN) (If you have trouble downloading, download anonymously or follow directions to create a free account.)

Research Resources

• Hathi Trust Digital Library
• ProQuest

Study Aids

• West Academic Study Aids
• Aspen Learning Library