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The Clermont College Library webpage can be accessed at:  http://www.ucclermont.edu/library.  Subject guides may be found on the Library’s web page under “Research Help.”  If you are not on campus, use the 'Off Campus Access' link on the Library's website to login and validate that you are a member of the Clermont College Community.

Articles (Indexes and Databases)

Legal Collection from EBSCO
(http://proxy.libraries.uc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=lgh) The Legal Collection is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world.

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
(http://proxy.libraries.uc.edu/login?url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic) LexisNexis Academic provides access to a wide range of legal, news and business information from nearly 5,000 sources, most of them available in full text.  The service covers newspapers, magazines, wire services, federal and state court opinions, federal and state statutes, federal regulations, and SEC filings.  Legal research areas cover:  Legal news; law reviews; federal case law; U.S. Code; and state legal research.

Hein Online

(http://proxy.libraries.uc.edu/login?url=http://heinonline.org/HOL/Welcome) The modern link to legal history. U.C. has a subscription, but access may not be available outside of UC.

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports 
(http://proxy.libraries.uc.edu/login?url=http://www.cq.com/mycq.do)
CRS Reports provide background information and insight on the development of legislative issues. Reports are text searchable by keyword, date, bill number or Congress. 

Ohio Capital Connection 
(http://proxy.libraries.uc.edu/login?url=http://www.hannah.com) Online reports and links to other Internet resources on current legislative activity in Ohio.

PAIS International
(http://proxy.libraries.uc.edu/login?url=http://rave.ohiolink.edu/databases/login/pais)
The PAIS International database covers the literature of public affairs -- current issues and actions which affect world communities, countries, people, and governments. PAIS concentrates on topics that are or might become the subject of legislation.

Westlaw
(http://www.westlaw.com) Temporary passwords for legal research students are available for 2-4 weeks as arranged by the instructor. These passwords will work from ANY computer from which you can access the Web by going to the listed link. Materials may be printed through the web browser.

Books, Reference and Media

Listed below are some of the current legal resources in the Clermont Library's Reference Section: 

ALR Index: Covering (West)  ALR 2D, - ALR5D... KF132.2 .A47 1999  A-Z
Baldwin's Ohio Revised Code Annotated (West) KFO30 1994.A2
Corpus Juris Secundum (West) KF154 .C56
Criminal Procedure (West)

KF9619 .C75   v. 1-6

Deskbook Encyclopedia of Employment Law (Direct)

KF3314 .D47 2010 18th ed.
Domestic Relations Laws & Rules Annotated (West)

KFO94 .A15 B35

Federal Laws Prohibiting Employment Discrimination (Direct) KF3464 .A3 2003
Ohio Arrest, Search and Seizure (West)  KFO576.6 .K37 2009
Ohio Cases: Reported in North Eastern Reporter (West)

KFO47 .A2 2nd series v.1-925 

The Ohio Criminal Law Handbook (Lexis)

KFO561 .O48  2010

Ohio Forms of Pleading & Practice KFO530 .A65 M5
Ohio Jurisprudence 3D (West)

KFO65 .O35 2010

Ohio Real Property Law and Practice (Bender)

KFO112 .C87 2006

Shepard's Ohio Citations (Lexis) KFO59 .S5  2008
West's Analysis of American Law (West) KF240 .W454 2009
West’s Ohio Digest: Covering Cases from State and Federal Courts (West) KFO57 .W4 2009

Browse the Reference and Stacks collections for materials on law in the K section, but a more effective way to find resources is to perform a KEYWORD search in the online catalog (http://uclid.uc.edu/search/X), using key concepts, such as:  

paralegal search 

From the results, choose an item to view, then click on a relevant SUBJECT heading, (i.e., DOMESTIC RELATIONS--UNITED STATES) to see additional items.

Web Resources

Spaces are ‘_’s in web addresses.

American Bankruptcy Institute (http://www.abiworld.org)

Law.com (http://www.law.com)

Cornell University Law School (http://www.law.cornell.edu)

Council of State Governments (http://www.csg.org)

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (http://www.eeoc.gov)

FindLaw (http://www.findlaw.com)

FindForms.com (http://www.findforms.com)

Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) (http://www.glin.gov)

GPO Access – Legislative Publications (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/legislative.html)

Kentucky Legislature – Legislative Resources (Revised Statutes, Administrative Regulations, Constitution) (http://www.lrc.ky.gov/Law.htm)

Law Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/law/)

Ohio Constitution (http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/constitution.cfm)

Ohio Legal Services (http://www.ohiolegalservices.org)

Ohio Revised Code (http://codes.ohio.gov)

Ohio State Resources Page (http://www.romingerlegal.com/state/ohio.html)

Regulations.gov (Federal Regulations) (http://www.regulations.gov)

Supreme Court of Kentucky (http://www.kycourts.net/SUPREME/SC_Main.shtm)

Supreme Court of Ohio (http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/)

Uniform Law Commissions (http://nccusl.org

U.S. Code (http://uscode.house.gov)

U.S. Copyright Office (http://www.copyright.gov)

U.S. Courts (http://www.uscourts.gov)

U.S. Department of Justice (http://www.usdoj.gov)

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (http://www.uspto.gov

U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia (http://www.oyez.org)

WWW Virtual Law Library (http://vlib.org/Law)

 

revised 06/2010 - Kathleen Epperson
created 08/2003 - Rosemary Young



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