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Traces the evolution of the freedoms codified in the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution throughout American history to the present. Includes discussion and chronology of relevant Supreme Court rulings, as well as analysis of key controversies or perspectives. Secondary sources, including magazine articles and book excerpts, add an additional layer of analysis and commentary.

Includes complete coverage of the official U.S. Reports bound volumes of cases, preliminary prints, slip opinions, and books and periodicals related to the U.S. Supreme Court.

GovInfo provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. Available publications include bills and statutes, congressional committee materials, executive and legislative agency publications, proceedings of Congress, and regulatory information.

Includes complete coverage of the United States Code dating back to inception in 1925-1926. It also includes the Early Federal Laws Collection, which represents the most complete collection of federal statute compilations prior to the US Code.

Laws are often referred to by popular names--but sometimes they are not easy to locate using these name. This site will help you translate the popular name into the formal citation information.

Includes complete coverage of the Statutes at Large, featuring every law, public and private, ever enacted by Congress. It also includes early federal codes and compilations of statutes, as well as other related works.

Congress.gov offers access to a wide range of legislative information on the Congress, including the full text of the Congressional Record and bills for the 101st to the present Congress.

The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent rules and regulations published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government of the United States. Coverage of the CFR is comprehensive, containing all volumes dating back to inception (1938).

The Federal Register is the official journal of the federal government of the United States. The database is updated daily and its coverage is comprehensive, beginning from inception in 1936. It also includes the CFR from inception (1938), Official US Bulletin (1917-1919), United States Government Manual from inception (1935), and Daily and Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents from inception (1965).

GovInfo provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. The database includes appellate, district, and bankruptcy court opinions. Dates of coverage vary.

Fastcase offers online access to court decisions, constitutions, statutes, regulations, and court rules at the federal level and for all 50 states. Coverage of federal appellate and district court decisions begin with the first cases decided in each court and continues to the present.

Fastcase Premium via HeinOnline offers access to the same content as the Fastcase database, but through HeinOnline's interface.

Fastcase offers online access to court decisions, constitutions, statutes, regulations, and court rules at the federal level and for all 50 states. State court coverage begins in approximately 1950 for each state, though earlier or later beginning dates are possible. Pennsylvania Supreme Court decisions are available from 1845 to the present. Pennsylvania Superior Court coverage begins in 1931 and Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court is covered from 1970.

Fastcase Premium via HeinOnline offers access to the same content as the Fastcase database, but through HeinOnline's interface.

Fastcase offers online access to court decisions, constitutions, statutes, regulations, and court rules at the federal level and for all 50 states. The Pennsylvania Constitution, Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, and the Pennsylvania Code are included in the database.

Fastcase Premium via HeinOnline offers access to the same content as the Fastcase database, but through HeinOnline's interface.

Includes law journals and reviews as well as law-related periodicals. Coverage for all journals is from inception through the most currently published issues allowed based on contracts with publishers.

Political Science Complete covers global political topics with a worldwide focus including comparative politics, humanitarian issues, international relations, law and legislation, non-governmental organizations and political theory. The database includes top-ranked scholarly journals plus reference books, monographs and conference papers, which includes those from the International Political Science Association.

Features thousands of full-text journal articles covering a broad range of topics including current events, government, politics, and law as well as topics in areas such as science, social science, the humanities and many other fields.

A full-text archive of scholarly journals in many disciplines, including law. Among the notable journals included in the collection are the Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Review and the ABA Journal. Full-text is available from the first issue, but does not include the most recent 2-5 years.

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Search thousands of dictionary and encyclopedia articles across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

Access 16,000+ academic works from Oxford University Press, covering subjects across the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law.

This introduction is designed to serve as a tutorial on how to cite the most widely cited forms of legal material. It has an introductory unit followed immediately by a unit on "how to cite" the types of documents that comprise the bulk of the citations in briefs and legal memoranda.