Database Descriptions
Provides current news on arbitration, negotiation, mediation and all forms of dispute resolution.
American Review of International Arbitration
Full text access to current and back issues of the American Review of International Arbitration. Available from within the Law Library at the public internet terminals; librarians must enter login and password.
Arbitration Rules: International Institutions
Access to various journals and books on international arbitration. Available from within the Law Library at the public internet terminals; librarians must enter login and password.
Berkeley Electronic Press Journals--Global Jurist
Global Jurist journals are accessible from within the Law College Building. Law faculty and students may also gain access by virtue of an individual account. Please contact the Law Reference Desk, reference@law.msu.edu for information about creating an individual account.
- Global Jurist Frontiers (from vol. 1:1, 2001)
- Global Jurist Advances (from vol. 1:1, 2001)
- Global Jurist Topics (from 1:1, 2001)
Available from within the Law College Building. Sign up for BNA’s e-mail alerting services.
Computer-based tutorials in over 20 different legal subject areas; licenses for law students, faculty and staff; a password provides both law building and remote access. If you have a password question, please contact the Law College Computer Lab at complab@law.msu.edu.
Full text judgments from courts in the United Kingdom; librarians must enter user name and password.
Comprehensive federal and state tax research service; licensed for law students, faculty and staff; remote access is available via the proxy server. License includes public terminals within the Law Library. Note: MSU Main Library also holds this CCH license.
Federal legislative histories & the U.S. Serial Set; remote access available; license includes the public terminals within the Law Library. Note: MSU Main Library also licenses Congressional Universe.
Contains the entire contents of the 176 volume set of the "English reports", a list of the Kings and Queens of England and a consolidation table of cases. Covers 1220-1865. The database is available campus-wide.
An aggregate collection of databases including Business and Industry, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, PAISIntl (index of public affairs articles and books), WilsonSelectPlus, WorldCat (catalog of library holdings around the nation and abroad); some full-text articles included. Remote access available via proxy server; license includes public terminals within Law Library. Note: MSU Main Library also licenses this database.
This database provides electronic access to pre-1980 law journals, and more. It offers both page images and text files, and includes author and title indexing. Each journal and article has been tagged with its official Bluebook citation. The database is available campus-wide, and remote access via proxy server is possible. The license includes the public terminals within the Law Library.
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
Indexes 400+ periodicals dealing with public and private international law, comparative law and foreign law, i.e., not U.S., U.K., Canada or Australia; remote access not available; license includes the public terminals within the Law Library.
Index to Legal Periodicals Retro
Includes articles published between 1908 and 1981. This retrospective database indexes over 750 legal periodicals published in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
International Commentary on Evidence
International Commentary on Evidence (or "ICE") is an experimental, peer-reviewed journal on evidence law and theory. Its purpose is to promote scholarly communication about the law of evidence without regard to political or academic boundaries.
Contains abstracts of working papers and articles recently accepted for publication; no restrictions on searching database; some full text documents are freely available, other full text documents are available for a fee. An e-mail "electronic journal" subscription providing abstracts according to a profile of interests is available for Law College faculty. Please contact the Law Reference Desk at reference@law.msu.edu for subscription information.
Comprehensive legal research service; licensed for law students, faculty and staff; a password provides both law building and remote access. If you have a password question, please contact the Law College Computer Lab at complab@law.msu.edu. Note: MSU Main Library holds a separate Lexis-Nexis license.
Online access to the "world's largest collection of legal literature and goverment documents." License includes the public terminals within the Law Library, and from other computer workstations on MSU's campus.
Federal and state caselaw research service available to law students, faculty and staff; a password provides both law building and remote access. If you have a password question, please contact the Law College Computer Lab at comp@law.msu.edu.
Available from within the Law Library at the public internet terminals; librarians must enter login and password.
10,000+ eBooks, including 400+ law and political theory titles, available in part through a grant from the Michigan State Bar Foundation; law students, faculty and staff may search and view eBooks from a networked computer at any time; to "borrow" eBooks for remote viewing periods of up to eight hours please create an account from a networked computer; public terminals within the Library provide viewing but not borrowing privileges.
U.N. Online Document Service (ODS)
Online access to electronic repository for official documents published by the U.N. Full text, pdf format available. Free access from any internet workstation.
Oxford University Press Journals
A number of full-text Oxford University Press titles are now accessible from within the Law College Building. Law faculty members may contact the Law Reference Desk, reference@law.msu.edu to obtain a password if remote access is required.
- The British Journal of Criminology (from vol. 36:1, 1996)
- European Journal of International Law (from vol. 9:1, 1998)
- Journal of International Economic Law (from 1:1, 1998)
- The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (from vol. 12:1, 1996)
- International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family (from vol. 10:1, 1996)
- Oxford Journal of Legal Studies (from vol. 16:1, 1996)
- International Journal of Refugee Law (from vol. 8:1, 1996)
Online access to federal district, circuit and bankruptcy court filings and dockets. Available from within the Law Library at the public internet terminals; librarians must enter login and password.
Free web index of Congressional Research Service Reports describing current legislative issues as well as legislative history. Law students, faculty and staff may contact the Law Reference Desk, reference@law.msu.edu to obtain copies of the full-text documents via the law school's subscription.
Comprehensive federal and state tax research service; jointly licensed by law and business schools for MSU campus; access requires a password. Register from any campus computer to obtain password.
Weekly e-mail service available to Law College faculty members. Service alerts subscriber to recently published law journal articles pursuant to a personal profile of interests created using a registration form. Contact the Law Reference Desk, reference@law.msu.edu, for authorization code.
This website is a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and includes U.S. business, economic and trade information and statistics. Available from within the Law Library at the public internet terminals; librarians must enter login and password.
Treaties and International Agreements Online (TIARA)
U.S. treaties & international agreements, 1783-date (index & documents), plus 1500+ bilateral tax treaties where U.S. is not a party; available within the Law Library at the public internet terminals; librarians must enter login and password.
United Nations Treaty Collection
Collection of treaties and international agreements entered into by members of the U.N. from 1946 forward.
Comprehensive legal research service; licensed for law students, faculty and staff; a password provides both law building and remote access. If you have a password problem, please contact the Law College Computer Lab at complab@law.msu.edu.
Site includes some free content, including easy access to WTO dispute settlement legal texts and a full-text search engine for all GATT/WTO dispute settlement reports. In addition, law faculty and students may access the subscription service, Dispute Settlement Commentary, which assists in researching WTO legal issues. License includes public terminals within the Law Library. Remote access for law faculty and students available via the proxy server.
Online access to the World Arbitration Reporter, which covers international commercial arbitration. Available from within the Law Library at the public internet terminals; librarians must enter login and password.