Law Databases
This page contains links to legal research databases. Short introductory videos for some of these databases can be viewed in our Introduction to Topical Law Databases playlist.
AILALink
AILALink is a one-stop-shop for immigration legal research. The database includes federal statutes, regulations, court and agency decisions, and American Immigration Lawyers Association publications. Our license allows three concurrent users. Please sign out of AILALink when you have finished using the database.
Almanac of the Federal Judiciary
The Almanac of the Federal Judiciary provides detailed, regularly updated judicial profiles of federal judges as well as information on magistrate, bankruptcy, and former judges. Judicial profiles include academic and professional backgrounds, judicial experience, noteworthy rulings, attorney evaluations, and financial disclosure reports.
Aspen Learning Library
Aspen Learning Library provides access to study aids for law school courses in ebook, audio, and video formats. Available series include Examples & Explanations, Emanuel Law Outlines, CrunchTime, and Glannon Guides.
Bloomberg Law
Database of legal news, company profiles, case law, legal treatises, and docket information. Also includes SEC filings, model forms, and contracts. Access is limited to Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law students, faculty, and staff. Individual password required.
Checkpoint Tax (RIA)
Collection of full-text primary and secondary tax research materials. Contains tax documents and secondary analysis for the areas of federal, state and local, estate planning, pension and benefits, international, and payroll taxation.
CQ Legislative Tracking
CQ Legislative Tracking provides nonpartisan legislative news, analysis, tracking services and advocacy solutions. It indexes a wide range of information from all 50 states, Congress, the Federal Register, and regulations.gov.
HeinOnline
Provides full-text access to law reviews, bar journals, and federal primary materials, including the Congressional Record, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, and state session laws.
ICLR
The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales (ICLR) database provides access to the official Law Reports, Weekly Law Reports, Industrial Cases Reports, Business Law Reports, Public and Third Sector Law Reports, and the Consolidated Index to leading law reports for the United Kingdom (UK). Select UK legislative content is also available on the platform. Dates of coverage vary by specific publication, with access to the official Law Reports available from 1865-present and Weekly Law Reports available from 1953-present.
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP)
Multilingual index to articles and book reviews published worldwide. Coverage includes public and private international law, foreign, and comparative law. Coverage is from 1984-present, updated quarterly.
Indian Claims Insight
Provides information and resources related to the history of Indian claims from 1789-present, including treaties, decisions, transcripts, briefs, docket books, exhibits, testimony, and legislative histories. The database includes pre-1948 claims brought before Congress and/or the Court of Claims; an Indian Claims Commission collection, 1948-1978; post-1978 claims brought before the U.S. Court of Claims (through 1982) and U.S. Court of Federal Claims (through 2006); documents related to post-2006 settlement of claims; and Supreme Court decisions.
Kluwer Arbitration
Kluwer Arbitration provides resources for international arbitration research, including cases and awards, commentary from expert authors, and an extensive collection of primary source materials.
Law.com
Law.com is a source for global legal news and analysis, providing access to the most recent six months of ALM publications such as The American Lawyer and The National Law Journal. Create a law.com account to sign up for newsletters.
Lexis
Lexis is a legal research database designed for law school students and faculty. It includes cases, statutes, and regulations from federal and state jurisdictions, selected legal materials from foreign jurisdictions, and extensive secondary materials such as treatises and law journal articles. Access is limited to Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law students, faculty, and staff. Individual password required.
Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative and International Law, 1600-1926
Full-text access to foreign, comparative, and international legal literature from 1600-1926.
Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926
Provides legal treatises on U.S. and British law published from 1800-1926 with full-text searching.
Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources
A digital archive of early state codes, constitutional conventions, municipal codes, legal dictionaries, and published records of the American colonies. The archive has two parts: Part I, 1620-1926, and Part II, 1763-1970.
Making of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court records and briefs, 1832-1978
Contains records and briefs brought before the U.S. Supreme Court from 1832 to 1978. The collection includes transcripts, applications for review, motions, petitions, supplements, and other legal documents.
Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni features news, business, and legal sources from LexisNexis, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. Includes access to Shepard’s.
ProQuest Congressional: Legislative and Executive Publications
ProQuest Congressional contains U.S. federal bills, statutes, committee hearings and reports, voting records, executive branch documents, and executive orders. The database also includes full-text access to the Congressional Record, CRS Reports, committee publications, and House and Senate documents.
ProQuest Legislative Insight
Provides access to documents created by Congress during the process leading up to the enactment of U.S. Public Laws. Also included are Presidential signing statements, Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports, and miscellaneous congressional publications that provide background material to aid in the understanding of issues related to the making of the law. Contains legislative histories for Public Laws from 1929-2019.
ProQuest Regulatory Insight
Regulatory Insight contains U.S. federal administrative law histories organized by public law and executive order. Coverage begins in 1936.
ProQuest Supreme Court Insight
Complete online collection of full opinions from U.S. Supreme Court argued cases, including decisions, dockets, oral arguments, joint appendices and amicus briefs. Coverage begins in 1975.
Tax Notes
Tax Notes provides information and resources on state, federal, and international tax issues. Content includes research tools, weekly magazines with commentary, and daily journals with news and analysis. This resource is accessible via the IP range of ASU. Select 'Sign In', then provide an asu.edu email address to create a user profile and password.
VitalLaw
A Wolters Kluwer database providing full-text access to treatises and primary law in the areas of tax, banking, bankruptcy, business, health care, intellectual property, products liability, and securities law. VitalLaw is frequently used for legal tax research.
West Academic Study Aids
West Academic Study Aids provides access to study aids for law school courses. The collection contains ebooks, audiobooks, lectures, and interactive practice questions. Available series include Nutshells, Gilbert Law Summaries, Acing, Sum and Substance, and Exam Pro.
Westlaw
Westlaw is an online legal research service. Information resources on Westlaw include databases of case law, state and federal statutes, administrative codes, newspaper and magazine articles, law journals, law reviews, treatises, legal forms, and other information resources. Most legal documents on Westlaw are indexed to the West Key Number System, which is West's master classification system of U.S. law. Access is limited to Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law students, faculty, and staff. Individual password required.