• Fastcase
  
  
• Lexis (Lexis thru Jenkins, LexisNexis Congressional)
  
  
• Legal Databases (HeinOnline, PA LegalForms, legislative histories, and more)
  
  
• Law Journals (Law Journal Library, LegalTrac, WilsonWeb)
  
  
• Nonlegal Databases (NewsBank, General OneFile)
  
  

Available At Jenkins

Researchers in the law library have access to a variety of free resources at the workstations in Jenkins' Reference Room. Included are Lexis, Westlaw, Fastcase, palawlibrary.com and LLMC-Digital. In addition, librarians can perform searches for you on a number of specialized, fee-based databases. For more information, contact the Reference Desk at 215.574.1505.

• In-house Databases
• Fee-based Electronic Databases

Fastcase

• This next-generation high-quality legal research system is available to attorney members who are solos or with firms with less than 50 attorneys . Fastcase offers unlimited 24/7 access to a comprehensive 50-state and federal case law database.

Lexis

• Lexis Thru Jenkins
  Jenkins has contracted with LexisNexis to provide Lexis to our attorney members who have 10 attorneys or less in their law firm. This project gives remote access to Lexis for 20 minutes every 24 hours for those eligible to participate.

• LexisNexis Congressional
  • Digital Hearings from 2004
  • Committee Reports select coverage from 1990
  • CIS Index
  • CFR from 1981
  • US Code
  • Congressional Record from 1985

Legal Databases

• Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), HeinOnline *
  • 1938-2008 (1995 currently includes only Title 37)

• Code of Federal Regulations - List of Sections Affected, HeinOnline *
  (located in the Federal Register Library)
  • 1949 - 2000

• Court Records & Briefs Index, Jenkins Law Library
  Search our index of Records & Briefs from the Pennsylvania Commonwealth, Superior and Supreme Courts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

• English Reports (full reprint), HeinOnline *

• European Center for Minority Issues, HeinOnline *

• Federal Register, HeinOnline *
  • Volume 1 (1936) - present (updated daily)

• Legal Classics Library, HeinOnline *
  Contains some of the most momentous legal works ever written, such as Blackstone's Commentaries (1803), Cardozo's Growth of the Law (1924), and Story's first edition of Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1833).

• Manual of Patent Examining Procedure, HeinOnline *
  • 1st - 8th ed.

• PA LegalForms, Thomson Gale
  Provides access to over 5700 fill-in ready forms on a range of topics.

• Pennsylvania Legislative Histories, Jenkins Law Library
  Librarian compiled histories available in PDF format or at the reference desk.

• State Session Laws, HeinOnline *
  Session Laws of all 50 U.S. States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the federal laws of Australia and Canada. Coverage varies by state.

• Treaties and Agreements Library, HeinOnline *
  • Guide to Treaties in Force 1982-2005
  • Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties (Kappler) 1902-1971
  • International Legal Materials starting from Volume 1(1962)
  • KAV Agreements starting from KAV 1
  • Treaties, Conventions, International Acts, Protocols and Agreements (Malloy) 1776-1937
  • Treaties and International Act Series (TIAS) starting from TIAS 11060
  • Treaties and Other International Acts of the U.S.A. (Miller) 1776-1863
  • Treaties and Other International Agreements of the U.S.A. (Bevans) 1776-1949
  • Treaties in Force (TIF) starting from 1932
  • U.S. Treaties and Other International Agreements Volume 1 (1950) - Volume 35 (1984)
  • and more.

• U.S. Attorney General Opinions Library, HeinOnline *
  • Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States Volume 1 (1791) - Volume 43 (1982)
  • Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel of the United States Department of Justice Volume 1 (1977) - Volume 20 (1996)

• U.S. Code, HeinOnline *
  1925/1926 edition - 2006 edition. Includes supplements.
  

• U.S. Congressional Documents, HeinOnline *
  • Annals of the Congress of the U.S.1st to 18th Congress (1789-1824)
  • Register of Debates in Congress Vols. 1 - 14 (1825-1837)
  • Congressional Globe Vols. 1 - 46 pt. 3 (1833 -1873)
  •Congressional Record Vols. 1 -149 pt. 22 (1873-2003)
  • Congression Record Daily Vols. 140 (1994) - present
  • U.S. Statutes at Large Vols. 1-119 (1789-2005)
  

• U.S. Government Manual, HeinOnline *
  • 1935 - 2005

• U.S. Federal Agency Library, HeinOnline *
  Complete collection of the official case law of some of the United States' most important government institutions.

• U.S. Federal Legislative History Library, HeinOnline *
  A collection of full-text legislative histories on some of the most important and historically significant legislation of our time. Also available is the looseleaf publication Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories: A Bibliography of Government Documents, Periodical Articles and Books.

• U.S. Presidential Library, HeinOnline *
  Compilations of messages and papers, public papers, inaugural addresses, weekly compilation of documents, economic reports, etc.

• U.S. Statutes at Large, HeinOnline *
  • Volume 1 (1789-1799) - Vols. 117-118 (2003-2004)

• U.S. Supreme Court Library, HeinOnline *
  • U.S. Reports Volume 1 (1754) - present
  • U.S. Reports Slip Opinions current
  • U.S. Reports Preliminary Prints current

• World Trials Library, HeinOnline *
  Contains the American State Trials, Howell’s State Trials, Law Reports of Trials of War Criminals, Reports by State Trials, Sixty Famous Cases and the full trial collection from Cornell University Law Library.

Law Journals

• Law Journal Library, HeinOnline *
  Search for original articles from a collection of the earliest legal periodicals and other legal classics. These full text searchable journals include hundreds of law reviews and journals - among them are the Cornell, Penn and Notre Dame Law Review collections. Links to all titles can be found while searching JAC.

• LegalTrac
  An index of legal publications, including all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers. Search for articles on Federal and State Cases, Laws and Regulations, Legal Practice, and Taxation. Also available are: British Commonwealth, European Union and International Law. Coverage starts from 1980.

• WilsonWeb: Index to Legal Periodicals Full Text
  Cites articles from more than 1,000 legal periodicals, including law reviews, bar association journals, university publications, yearbooks, institutes, and government publications published in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Coverage starts from 1981.

• America's News Magazines, NewsBank
  America's News Magazines offers full-text searching of 10 magazines including Foreign Affairs, Newsweek, Popular Science, and U.S. News & World Report. Years of coverage vary by title, but most date back over twenty years.

• America's Newspapers, NewsBank
  America's Newspapers offers full-text searching of over 2900 newspapers from across the U.S. All of these, including The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Philadelphia Daily News, The New York Times, The Washington Times, and The Boston Globe, are available for searching from your desktop. Years of coverage vary by title, but most date back at least twenty years. This Internet service has an easy to use interface and is updated daily.

• General OneFile [formerly InfoTrac OneFile]
  A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full text articles, many with images. Coverage starts from 1980.

In-house Databases

• Lexis Patron Access
  Lexis Patron Access is available on five dedicated workstations in the Reference Room. Search:
  • All State & Federal cases and statutes
  • Levit's Pennsylvania Domestic Relations Forms
  • Shepard's Citations
  • Statutes and Statutory Instruments of England and Wales
  • And much more
  

• LLMC-Digital
  This in-house database provides access to archival materials from the executive, judicial and legislative branches of the Federal government. Particularly helpful for administrative decisions, such as the following:
  • Agriculture Department Decisions
  • Federal Power Commission Decisions
  • Foreign Claims Settlement Commission Decisions
  • And much more
  
  For a list of all titles currently available see JAC.

• palawlibrary.com
  Visitors have complete access to the Pennsylvania state and local reported and unreported cases, PA D & C 3rd, 4th & 5th, state and county court rules, a news archive containing articles from The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly, and a wide range of other legal information.

• Westlaw Patron Access
  Westlaw Patron Access is available on three dedicated workstations in the Reference Room. Search:
  • All State & Federal cases and statutes
  • AmJur Library
  • Standard Pennsylvania Practice
  • Over 600 law reviews and bar journals
  • And much more
  

Fee-based Electronic Databases

Our librarians can access additional resources for you on the following fee-based databases. For more information, contact the Reference Desk at 215-574-1505.

	Court Dockets Court dockets for Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties; all U.S. District, Bankruptcy and U.S. Court of Appeals courts. (PACER)
	Dialog Multidisciplinary databases specializing in law, business, medicine, technology, industry analysis - retrieved in full text, abstracted, bibliographic, or numeric. Also full-text for more than 70 newspapers.
	FirstSearch Vital, timely information about books, journal articles, computer software, and other materials.
	LEXIS-NEXIS Full-text research database containing U.S. statutes & regulations, state codes, cases, and other federal and state documents. Also contains newspapers, magazines, wire services, newsletters, company & industry reports, medical research publications, real-estate assessment records and current deed transfer information. In addition, online access to the nation's courts is available through CourtLink.
	Westlaw Full-text legal database covering state and federal cases, administrative decisions, federal and state statutes and regulations, unreported district court opinions, texts, selected periodicals, CCH materials, Keycite, public records and subject specialty files.

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