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See the below Note about special CHEETAH login procedures.

CHEETAH is a resource that brings together many of the Wolters Kluwer titles that had only been available in print, such as Wigmore on Evidence, Law of Lawyering, and Bromberg and Ribstein on Partnership.

You will also find many of the most important construction law titles:

• Alternative Clauses to Standard Construction Contracts - Heady
• Calculating Construction Damages - Schwartzkopf
• Construction Delay Claims - Bramble and Callahan
• Construction Disputes: Practice Guide with Forms - Corgan and Dorris
• Construction Litigation: Representing the Owner - Callahan, Cushman, Cushman and Cook
• Construction Scheduling: Preparation, Liability, and Claims - Wickwire, Driscoll, Hurlbut and Groff
• Fifty State Construction Lien and Bond Law - Schor
• Practical Guide to Construction Contract Surety Claims - Schwartzkopf
• Proving and Pricing Construction Claims - Cushman, Carter, Gorman and Coppi
• State-by-State Guide to Design and Construction Contracts and Claims - Dodd and Findlay
• Sweet on Construction Industry Contracts: Major AIA Documents – Sweet

NOTE:  Two steps to access CHEETAH:

• Step 1:  Log in to the Law Library’s server. This proves you are a Law Library patron.
• Step 2:  Log in to (or create) your CHEETAH account. Then you can save documents, view your search history, and create alerts. See this page for a detailed login procedure.

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

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

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.

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• Hands-on training from a WestLaw instructor
• Go beyond the basics and find what you need in less time
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