Legal Research Resources

Introduction & Remote Access

The Zief library subscribes to a growing selection of online legal research tools covering many areas of law. To see what's available, go to the Contents section. To see who may use these tools, go to Authorized Users.

USF's Gleeson Library also offers research resources covering a wide variety of subjects. More information is available from Gleeson Library's "Start Your Research" page.

Remote access: Unless otherwise noted, each online research tool is available by remote access. Remote access is available only to current USF students, faculty and staff. For off-campus access, see these remote access instructions.

Contents — What's Available

• United States Law - General

  • Tools for Finding Cases, Briefs, Statutes & Regulations
  • Tools for Finding Legal Articles, & Books, and Web Sites

• United States Law - By Topic

  Antitrust & Trade Regulation | Banking | Bankruptcy | Benefits ⁄ ERISA | Civil Procedure | Consumer Protection | Corporate, Business & Securities | Criminal Law | Cyberlaw (Internet, Computers & Technology) | Employment & Labor | Environmental Law | Evidence | Family Law | Government Contracts | Immigration | Health Law, Medical Law & Biotechnology | Intellectual Property | Legal Ethics ⁄ Professional Responsibility | Media Law | National Security ⁄ Homeland Security | Politics | Privacy | Real Estate | Taxation | Telecommunications | Torts ⁄ Product Liability | Transportation

• International Trade

• Foreign & International Law - In General

United States Law - General

Tools for Finding Cases, Briefs, Statutes & Regulations

• Lexis and Westlaw — full-text law & legal information [For current USF Law School faculty, students and staff only.]

• LexisNexis Academic — full-text law & legal information [For current USF non-Law-School faculty, students and staff only.]

• Supreme Court Library from HeinOnline — exact page images of U.S. Supreme Court decisions from official reports and advance sheets. Coverage begins with 1754.

• Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832 to 1978 — exact page images of parties' briefs, amicus briefs, petitions, and other documents filed in cases before the United States Supreme Court.

• VersusLaw for Law Schools — full-text U.S. case law via VersusLaw's "Standard Legal Research Plan." [For current USF Law School faculty, students and staff only. (VersusLaw registration is required.) Others must arrange their own personal subscriptions to VersusLaw.]

• LLMC Digital — historical full-text administrative law decisions and government documents with exact page images. [No remote access.]

• HeinOnline's U.S. Statutes at Large Database — Every law, public and private, ever enacted by the Congress is published in the Statutes at Large in order of the date of its passage. Until 1948, all treaties and international agreements approved by the Senate were also published in the set. In addition, the Statutes at Large includes the text of the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, amendments to the Constitution, treaties with Native Americans and foreign nations, and presidential proclamations.

• HeinOnline's U.S. Congressional Documents — The Congressional Record and its predecessors, and other documents from the federal Congress.

(Low-cost California case law and codes are available via individual subscriptions to AccessLaw and JuriSearch. AccessLaw & JuriSearch do not offer free law school plans.)

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Tools for Finding Legal Articles, & Books, and Web Sites

Articles

(For a full list of tools for finding law review articles (and advice on using them), see the Zief Library's Finding Articles About Law page.)

• BNA's United States Law Week (June 24, 1997 to present) — weekly news magazine reporting on developments in United States law (state and federal). Includes Supreme Court Today from July 1, 1996 to the present.

• Daily Report for Executives (BNA, Aug. 18, 1997 to present) — current news on all aspects of U.S. law of interest to business executives

• Index to Legal Periodicals & Books — citations to law books and academic law journal articles. Coverage for articles begins in 1918. Coverage for books begins with September 1994.

• LegalTrac — citations to articles from legal newspapers, legal magazines and scholarly law reviews⁄journals. Coverage begins with 1980.

• HeinOnline — a growing collection of full-text legal materials, including an extensive Law Journal Library and the complete Federal Register. HeinOnline delivers exact page images.

• Legal Scholarship Network  — scholarly working papers (articles in progress) and articles recently accepted for publication.

• Research Now from bepress (Berkeley Electronic Press) — peer-reviewed online journals in law, economics, business, humanities, political science, technology, science, and medicine.

Books

• Gale's Making of Modern Law — Over 22,000 pre-1926 English and American legal treatises covering almost 100 subjects. Fully searchable, with exact page images.

• Hein Online Legal Classics Library — Initially based on the titles listed in Morris Cohen's award-winning Bibliography of Early American Law (Buffalo; William S. Hein & Co., Inc.; 1998), the collection contains several hundred of the most exceptional titles from this Bibliography as well as additional A-rated titles (according to the AALS Law Books Recommended for Libraries), plus many early British and Commonwealth titles.

• Ignacio  — for finding books and journals at USF's Gleeson Library and Zief Law Library. [Free access on and off campus.]

• Indexmaster  — searchable tables of contents and indexes of thousands of law books from more than 75 publishers, including the giants West Group. LexisNexis, and Aspen. [No remote access.]

• LawTRIO  — LawTRIO lets you find legal looseleafs, newsletters and CD-ROMs by subject, title, or publisher. [No remote access.]

Web Resources

• BNA's Web Watch (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs) — Up-to-date collections of online documents on legal topics of current interest. Documents are selected and vetted by BNA editors, and are from government, industry, and academic sources.

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United States Law - By Topic

Antitrust & Trade Regulation

• Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Feb. 8, 1986 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Antitrust & Trade Regulation Daily (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 25, 1999 to present) — Daily newsletter.

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Banking

• Banking Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Feb. 5, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Banking Daily (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 25, 1999 to present) — Daily newsletter.

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Bankruptcy

• Bankruptcy Law Reporter (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Mar. 7, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Bankruptcy Law Daily (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 2, 2001 to present) — Daily newsletter.

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Benefits ⁄ ERISA

• Benefits Practice Center (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs) — cases, statutes, regulations, agency documents, commentary, and news dealing with employee benefits, ERISA compliance, and executive compensation. Includes the treatise Employee Benefits Law, 2d.

• Pension and Benefits Reporter (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 15, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Pension and Benefits Daily (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Sept. 2, 1997 to present) — Daily newsletter.

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Civil Procedure

• Class Action Litigation Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Apr. 28, 2000 to present) — Biweekly newsletter.

• Digital Discovery & e-Evidence (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs)) — Cases, proposed and new rules, analysis, and news.

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Consumer Protection

• State Attorneys General News (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, May, 2008 to present) — Newsletter covering consumer protection, criminal law, environmental law, financial services, health care, labor and employment, and tax.

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Corporate, Business & Securities

• Corporate Compliance Library (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs) — Includes fully searchable access to Corporate Compliance Manual, legislation, agency information, codes of ethics, other documents, and news.

• Corporate Governance Library (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs) — Authoritative legal analysis of the most important issues affecting corporate governance and reliable news reports on core governance issues. Includes fully searchable access to Corporate Governance Manual, Corporate Governance Report, and numerous worksheets.

• Corporate Practice Library (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs) — "Portfolios" with in-depth explanations of legal principles and transactions. Topics covered: Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Corporate and Securities; Corporate Political Activity; Environment; Forms of Business; Intellectual Property; Labor and Employment; Selected State Corporate Laws.

• Alternative Investment Law Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Sept. 22, 2008 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Broker⁄Dealer Compliance Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, May 14, 1999 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Corporate Accountability Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 24, 2003 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Corporate Accountability & Fraud Daily (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Nov. 1, 2002 to present) — Daily newsletter.

• Corporate Counsel Weekly (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Oct. 23, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Corporate Governance Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, June 1, 1998 to present) — Monthly newsletter.

• Corporate Law Daily (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Aug. 15, 2000 to present) — Daily newsletter.

• International Business & Finance Daily (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 2, 2001 to present) — Daily newsletter.

• Mergers & Acquisitions Law Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 11, 1999 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Securities Regulation and Law Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Feb. 2, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Securities Law Daily (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 25, 1999 to present) — Daily newsletter.

• State Attorneys General News (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, May, 2008 to present) — Newsletter covering consumer protection, criminal law, environmental law, financial services, health care, labor and employment, and tax.

• World Securities Law Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Sept. 2004 to present) — Monthly newsletter.

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Criminal Law

• Criminal Law Reporter (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Aug. 7, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• State Attorneys General News (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, May, 2008 to present) — Newsletter covering consumer protection, criminal law, environmental law, financial services, health care, labor and employment, and tax.

• White Collar Crime Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Feb. 3, 2006 to present) — Bieekly newsletter.

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Cyberlaw (Internet, Computers & Technology)

• Computer Technology Law Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, May 5, 2000 to present) — Biweekly newsletter.

• Electronic Commerce & Law Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Apr. 13, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• E-Commerce Law Daily (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Apr. 1, 2001 to present) — Daily newsletter.

• E-Commerce Tax Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, May 15, 2000 to present) — Daily newsletter.

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Employment & Labor

• Labor and Employment Law Library ⁄ Labor Relations Reporter (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs) — Cases, statutes, regulations, agency documents, a case digest, summaries of the law, and detailed analysis covering: fair employment practices; individual employment rights; wage & hour law; labor-management relations; labor arbitration; Americans with disabilities. Also includes the EEOC Compliance Manual.

• Construction Labor Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Feb. 14, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Daily Labor Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, July 8, 1996 to present) — Daily newsletter on all aspects of employment law.

• Employment Discrimination Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 31, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Employment Discrimination Verdicts & Settlements (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 31, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter containing information on settlements and verdicts from Employment Discrimination Report.

• Government Employee Relations Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Feb. 12, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Human Resources Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Feb. 5, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter. Includes downloadable "Workforce Strategies" on topics of current interest.

• Labor Relations Week (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 31, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Occupational Safety & Health Reporter (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Feb. 7, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Occupational Safety & Health Daily (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Dec. 28, 2000 to present) — Daily newsletter.

• State Attorneys General News (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, May, 2008 to present) — Newsletter covering consumer protection, criminal law, environmental law, financial services, health care, labor and employment, and tax.

• Workplace Immigration Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Oct. 22, 2007 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Workplace Law Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 1, 2002 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• LawMemo.com — Employment law case law database and three newsletters: Employment Law Memo, NLRB Memo, and Arbitration Memo. [For current USF Law School faculty, students and staff only. Advance registration at the LawMemo sign-up page is required. For help, speak to a Zief Law Library reference librarian.]

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Environmental Law

• Environment & Safety Library (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs) — Federal cases, statutes, regulations, agency documents, executive orders, and news.

• Environmental Law Reporter (Environmental Law Reporter) — Federal and state cases, statutes and regulations; news, analysis, and updates; background information on foreign and international environmental law. [Access from Zief Law Library workstations only.]

• Chemical Regulation Reporter (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Feb. 2, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Chemical Regulation Daily (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 2, 2001 to present) — Daily newsletter.

• Climate.bna.com (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs) — "a continously updated, complimentary, multi-media Web resource with news and information from around the world on climate change issues." Includes World Climate Change Report, (Jan. 2005 to present; available to subscribers only) and the Climapedia ("a listing of significant climate change websites and other reference materials").

• Daily Environment Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Sept. 20, 1994 to present) — Daily newsletter.

• Environment Reporter (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 26, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Environmental Due Diligence Guide Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Oct. 18, 2001 to present) — Monthly newsletter.

• Federal Environment & Safety Regulatory Monitoring Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Oct. 14, 1996 to present) — Daily "summary and overview of environment and safety regulations promulgated by federal agencies."

• HazMat Transportation News (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Oct. 19, 2001 to present) — Biweekly newsletter.

• International Environment Reporter (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Feb. 7, 1996 to present) — Biweekly newsletter.

• International Environment Daily (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 2, 2001 to present) — Daily newsletter.

• Right-to-Know Planning Guide Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Sept. 30, 1999 to present) — Biweekly newsletter.

• State Attorneys General News (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, May, 2008 to present) — Newsletter covering consumer protection, criminal law, environmental law, financial services, health care, labor and employment, and tax.

• State Environment & Safety Regulatory Monitoring Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 1, 1996 to present) — Daily summaries and overviews of "environment and safety regulatory developments in all 50 states and the District of Columbia."

• State Environment Daily (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 2, 2001 to present) — Daily newsletter.

• Toxics Law Reporter (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 24, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Toxics Law Daily (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Aug. 15, 2000 to present) — Daily newsletter.

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Evidence

• Digital Discovery & e-Evidence (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs)) — Cases, proposed and new rules, analysis, and news.

• Expert Evidence Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Apr. 1, 2001 to present) — Biweekly newsletter.

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Family Law

• Family Law Reporter (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Aug. 6, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

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Government Contracts

• Federal Contracts Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Feb. 5, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Federal Contracts Daily (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 2, 2001 to present) — Daily newsletter.

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Immigration

• Workplace Immigration Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Oct. 22, 12007 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

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Health Law, Medical Law & Biotechnology

• Health Law & Business Library (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs) — "Portfolios" with in-depth explanations of legal principles and transactions. Portfolios cover: Antitrust; Contracting Issues; Fraud & Abuse; Operational Issues; Structural & Legal Issues; Tax-Exempt Health Care Entities; Transactional Issues. Also includes summaries of recent state legislation, and links to Health Law Reporter.

• BioTech Watch (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Apr. 1, 2001 to present) — Daily newsletter.

• Health Care Fraud Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 15, 1997 to present) — Biweekly newsletter.

• Health Care Policy Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 29, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Health Law Reporter (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Feb. 1, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Health Care Daily Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Oct. 1, 1996 to present) — Daily newsletter.

• Health Plan & Provider Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Feb. 14, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Life Sciences Law & Industry Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Mar. 16, 2007 to present) — Biweekly newsletter.

• Medical Devices Law & Industry Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Feb. 28, 2007 to present) — Biweekly newsletter.

• Medical Research Law & Policy Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, March, 2002 to present) — Biweekly newsletter.

• Medicare Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Feb. 2, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Pharmaceutical Law & Industry Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, July 12, 2001 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Pharmaceutical Law & Industry Daily (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs)  — Newsletter covering a wide range issues affecting the pharmaceutical industry, including patent litigation and fraud prevention.

• State Attorneys General News (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, May, 2008 to present) — Newsletter covering consumer protection, criminal law, environmental law, financial services, health care, labor and employment, and tax.

• State Health Care Regulatory Developments (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Sept. 2, 1996 to present) — Daily summaries and overviews of "what's happening in health care regulation in all 50 states and the District of Columbia."

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Intellectual Property

• Intellectual Property Library ⁄ United States Patents Quarterly (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs) — Full text of United States Patents Quarterly, first and second series. Also includes Federal statutes and regulations, the Manual of Patent Examining Practice, the Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure, and the treatise Patents and the Federal Circuit.

• Media Law Reporter (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs) — State and federal case law and news on all aspects of law (including copyright) related to the regulation of media content, distribution, and ownership.

• Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Feb. 15, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Daily (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 2, 2001 to present) — Daily newsletter.

• World Intellectual Property Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 1997 to present) — Monthly newsletter.

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Legal Ethics ⁄ Professional Responsibility

• ABA⁄BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs) — ABA and state ethics rules and codes; practice guides with detailed commentary and analysis; full text of ABA ethics opinions; summaries of state ethics opinions; current news reports. [Requires javascript.]

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Media Law

• Media Law Reporter (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs) — State and federal case law and news on all aspects of law related to the regulation of media content, distribution, and ownership.

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National Security ⁄ Homeland Security

• Homeland Security Briefing (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 22, 2003 to present) — Daily newsletter.

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Politics

• Money & Politics Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Oct. 15, 1997 to present) — Daily newsletter.

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Privacy

• Media Law Reporter (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs) — State and federal case law and news on all aspects of law (including privacy) related to the regulation of media content, distribution, and ownership.

• Privacy Law Watch (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Apr. 1, 2001 to present) — Daily newsletter.

• Privacy & Security Law Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 1, 2002 to present) — Daily newsletter.

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Real Estate

• Real Estate Law & Industry Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs) — Biweekly newsletter covering commercial real estate topics, including commercial credit, alternative finance methods, and the securitization market.

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Taxation

• BNA Tax and Accounting Center — Includes the following:

  • BNA Tax Management Library — Includes: "Tax Management Portfolios"; Federal and State tax-related legislation, regulations, and cases; Treasury Department and IRS documents; BNA tax journals; practice tools (forms, calendars, working papers, tables, charts and lists); commentary; news. The "Tax Management Portfolios" cover: U.S. Income; Estates, Gifts and Trusts; Foreign Income; and State Tax. The BNA journals are: Tax Management Memorandum, Compensation Planning Journal, Real Estate Journal, International Journal, and Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal.

  • Accounting Policy & Practice Report (October 21, 2005 to present) — This biweekly BNA newsletter covers corporate accounting and tax issues. Includes Special Reports that furnish expanded coverage of selected topics.

  • Accounting Policy & Practice Series — A portfolio series providing analysis and coverage of pronouncements and other actions by major accounting and auditing standard setters.

• TaxCore (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Nov. 3, 1997 to present) — Full-text, primary source documents ("official reports, statements, transcripts, memoranda, rulings, and other materials issued by public- and private-sector sources"). Published daily.

• Daily Tax Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 3, 1994 to present) — Daily newsletter.

• E-Commerce Tax Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, May 15, 2000 to present) — Daily newsletter.

• State Attorneys General News (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, May, 2008 to present) — Newsletter covering consumer protection, criminal law, environmental law, financial services, health care, labor and employment, and tax.

• Tax Management Weekly Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jul. 26, 1999 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Tax Management Weekly State Tax Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 10, 1997 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Tax Management Transfer Pricing Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 3, 1996 to present) — Biweekly newsletter.

• International Tax Monitor (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Feb. 6, 2001 to present) — Daily newsletter.

• Tax Planning International Review & Forum (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, June 2003 to present) — Monthly newsletter.

• Tax Planning International Asia-Pacific Focus (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, May 2003 to present) — Quarterly newsletter.

• Tax Planning International Corporate Restructuring (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, March 2006 to present) — Monthly newsletter.

• Tax Planning International Indirect Taxes (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, July 2003 to present) — Monthly newsletter.

• Tax Planning International European Tax Service (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, June 2003 to present) — Monthly newsletter.

• Tax Planning International Transfer Pricing (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, June 2003 to present) — Monthly newsletter.

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Telecommunications

• Telecommunications Monitor (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Feb. 6, 2001 to present) — Daily newsletter.

• World Communications Regulation Report (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, January 2006 to present) — Monthly newsletter.

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Torts ⁄ Product Liability

• Media Law Reporter (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs) — State and federal case law and news on all aspects of law (including defamation) related to the regulation of media content, distribution, and ownership.

• Product Safety & Liability Reporter (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 19, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• Product Liability Daily (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 2, 2001 to present) — Daily newsletter.

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Transportation

• Transportation Watch (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, June 6, 1999 to present) — Daily newsletter.

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International Trade

• Export Reference Guide (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs) — The most complete source available for key data on current foreign import regulations, tariff systems and exchange controls, trading procedures, and interactive tax forms.

• WorldTradeLaw.net  — Features "Dispute Settlement Commentaries" brief analyses of all World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel reports, appellate body reports and arbitrations. Includes free full-text WTO reports and documents. [No remote access.]

• International Trade Reporter (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Jan. 24, 1996 to present) — Weekly newsletter.

• International Trade Daily (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Sept. 11, 2000 to present) — Daily newsletter.

• WTO Reporter (BNA - Bureau of National Affairs, Mar. 21, 2000 to present) — Daily newsletter.

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Foreign & International Law - In General

• Reynolds, Thomas H. & Flores, Arturo A., Foreign Law Guide: Current Sources of Codes and Basic Legislation in Jurisdictions of the World Brief overviews of over 170 legal systems; citations to laws in the original language (and, where possible, in English) in official or other authoritative sources; citations to court reports; occasional links to full-text sources. [Remote access not yet available.]

• Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (1985 to present) — Citations to articles on foreign, comparative and international law from law journals around the world. [No remote access.]

• United Nations Treaty Collection — Full text, with exact page images, of "over 50,000 bilateral and multilateral treaties and subsequent treaty actions." Also includes Status of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary General.

• HeinOnline Treaties and Agreements Library (1776 to the present) — Full text, with exact page images, of United States Treaties published in United States Treaties (U.S.T.), Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America (Bevans), Treaties, Conventions, International Acts, Protocols and Agreements (Malloy), Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States (Miller), Treaties and International Acts Series (T.I.A.S.), KAV agreements.

• AccessUN (1944 to present) — citations to United Nations documents (Official Records, masthead documents, draft resolutions, meeting records, UN Sales Publications, and the UN Treaty Series citations). Also has selected U.N. Documents in full text. [No remote access.]

• Australian Case Law from VersusLaw — full-text case law from the Federal Court of Australia (1990 to present) and the High Court of Australia (1947 to present). [For current USF Law School faculty, students and staff only. (VersusLaw registration is required.) Others must arrange their own personal subscriptions to VersusLaw.]

• IndLaw - On-Campus Access ⁄ IndLaw - Off-Campus Access [off-campus access for USF users only] — Indlaw is part of the Indianlawonline project to build an electronic legal library of various primary and secondary legal documents like the constitutional texts, parliamentary debates, case law, Parliamentary and State enactments and delegated legislation in both India and the U.K. [For off-campus access, please log in with your full name and campus ID number.]

[Lexis and Westlaw also offer significant collections of case law, statutes, regulations, and journals from the English-speaking common law countries.]

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Authorized Users

In most cases, anyone who is entitled to use the Zief Library may use these online materials while they are in the Zief Library. Current members of the USF community may also use most of these materials from workstations on campus. By agreement with the publisher, Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) materials may be used only by current law school students, faculty, and staff. Special rules also apply to Lexis and Westlaw. See the Zief Library's Lexis and Weslaw information page for details.
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