Best Bets for Legal Research
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WestlawNext Campus Research This link opens in a new windowUse to find federal and state legal resources. Contains full-text legislation and case law for federal and state law, and legal literature.
- To search law reviews and journals, choose Secondary Sources, then under By Type choose Law Reviews and Journals.
- For more help on using the Westlaw key number system, see this great summary from the University of Indiana Law Library.
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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Use to find scholarly and popular articles in nearly every area of academic study. It is a great place to start your research on a topic and it’s also great for interdisciplinary research. Contains full-text articles and abstracts from peer-reviewed journals, magazines, reports, books, videos and images.
Additional Databases
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Gale OneFile: Criminal Justice This link opens in a new window
Use to find articles on law, law enforcement, security, terrorism, and more. Contains indexing, abstracts and full-text academic journal articles, as well as books, news, video and audio. Includes a topic finder.