Minnesota Legal Periodical Index

• Index of Minnesota legal publications
• Maintained by the Minnesota State Law Library since 1984
• Links to full text articles if available online
• Search MLPI

HeinOnline

• Subscriber login required
• Access subject to certain vendor-imposed restrictions based on law firm size
• Full text of legal journals since their inception
• Federal Register from 1936 - present (approximate two-month lag)
• U.S. Supreme Court cases
• U.S. treaties
• Scanned images of original print pages
• Case law retrieval by citation using Fastcase
• Search HeinOnline

LLMC Digital

• Subscriber login required
• Also available in law library catalog
• Image-based legal materials focusing on publications from U.S. federal and state governments
• Retrieve documents by citation
• Scanned images of actual documents
• Congressional Record from 1990 - present
• Historical state and federal statutes
• Many federal administrative decisions (e.g., U.S. Patent and Trademark Office decisions)
• Search LLMC Digital

Gale Encyclopedia of American Law

• Coverage of today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, and important documents
• Topics such as Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and more
• Search Gale Encyclopedia of American Law

Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law

• Fills a gap between legal texts focusing on the theory and history behind the law and more practical guides dealing with the law and its everyday effect upon citizens
• Brief descriptions of each issue's historical background, covering important statutes and cases
• Profiles of various U.S. laws and regulations
• Details of how laws and regulations vary from state to state
• Search Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law

E-Journal Portal

• Subscriber barcode required for certain searches
• Links to all remote databases
• All full text online publications
• Search E-Journal Portal

WorldCat

• Recent additions to the law library collection
• Search WorldCat

Starting April 23 Westlaw and Lexis are both offering offsite access available to all Law Library patrons. See our full announcement for details and important limits.

Westlaw

• Available only on law library computers
• Case law, annotated statutes, and administrative codes for all 50 states
• Federal case law, the United States Code, the Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register
• KeyCite any citation to find history and citing references
• Search American Law Reports (ALR)
• Printing available

Lexis

• Available only on law library computers
• Cases, statutes, and rules from the federal level and all 50 states
• Shepardize to validate any citation
• Minnesota secondary sources, including Dunnells Digest, Misdemeanors and Moving Traffic Violations, McFarland and Keppel's Minnesota Civil Practice, and Minnesota Family Law Practice Manual
• Print or email cases to yourself

The law library offers free training to help you efficiently find legal information.

WestlawNext: Advanced Searching

• Hands-on training from a WestLaw instructor
• Go beyond the basics and find what you need in less time
• 1 hour CLE credit
• Noon to 1 p.m.
• Free
• To register, call or view upcoming dates and register online

Searching Lexis

• Learn to search Lexis efficiently
• Free
• No classes scheduled at this time