Research Assistant Classes

May 2009

Finding older legal materialsHein, other subscription

databases, some on the webFind most in

Electronic Resources: Legal History

Few older materials on Lexis and Westlaw

Secondary sources Older versions of codes and

regulationsStatutes and legislative

historyEnglish law

Reliance in early U.S. law on noted treatises

Making of Modern Law: U.S. and British, 1800-1926, searchable full-text or within works

Hein Online Legal Classics: important historical works

Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Making of the Modern World: Economic Literature (Emory Databases)

Univ. of Michigan: Making of America Books (http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/)

Hein Online Law Journal Library: Journals usually from vol. 1, searchable, citator

Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective 1908-1981: SFX links to full-text

Jones & Chipman’s Index 1786-1922: Select Index to Legal Periodical Literature

Some collections of historical documents are on the web

Emory Law Ready Reference

Yale Law Avalon ProjectUniv. of Okl.

Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents

Library of Congress American Memory Collection

Official U.S. Code: published every 6 years, beginning with 1926

Previous codification Revised Statutes (1875 & 1878)

In the library: 2000-current Range 301, 1976-1994 in Docs, 1926-2000 in fiche

Hein Online US Code 1925-2006 plus Revised Statutes, browse or citation search tool

Westlaw USCA versions from 1990

Lexis USCS versions from 1992

U.S. Public Laws, later compiled in Stat. volumes in P.L. order

First published 1845 Law Library: AE 2.111 Hein Statutes at Large 1789-

2006, browse by volume, PL No., Popular Name, citation navigator

Lexis Congressional 1789-current, searchable

Westlaw :Stat. from 1789, searchable

Lexis : Stat or PL, retrieve pdf by citation using Lexsee, find citations using the Statutes at Large or Popular Name tables

Thomas and GPO Access/FDsys: Public Laws

Library of Congress: 1789-1873

Hein Online: Legislative History (sources & some full-text), Congressional Documents (Cong. Record)

Readex US Congressional Serial Set

Lexis Congressional: hearings, Cong. Record

Westlaw: FED-LH, USCCANLibrary of Congress: Cong.

Record 1789-1875 In the Library: USCCAN,

Cong. Index, Cong. Record, Serial Set

At Woodruff: Serial Set, Cong. Record

Georgia Code: Previous Codes Ranges 355 & 366Codes of 1933, 1926,

1914, and earlierNote that code numbers

vary, use tablesFiche: Superseded State

Codes & Session LawsHein State Session Laws :

most states from 1995, a few states with older statutes

LLMC: includes some state codes and session laws

Indiana Univ.: State Legislative History Research Guides http://www.law.indiana.edu/library/services/sta_leg.shtml

Westlaw: State Legislative History tab

State Legislative Sourcebook: Ref. Office

CFR:Sets in storageHein CFR: 1938-2008Westlaw from 1984Lexis from 1981GPO Access from 1996 in pdf

Federal Register:Volumes in storageHein Federal Register: 1936-

2009, with citation navigatorGPO Access/FDsys from 1994Westlaw from 1936 (1936-

1980 pdf)Lexis from 1980

Statutes at Large 1225-1867: by year of reign

In the library: Hansell Rm. and Spec. Collections

Eighteenth Century Collections & Early English Books: Search 1st for “Statutes at Large”

OPSI: statutes as enacted 1837-present, in pdf: http://www.opsi.gov/uk/acts.htm

Hein: Statutes of the Realm by year 1235-1713

Lexis and Westlaw: if still in force, find in UK databases

Official: The Law Reports 1865-present

Unofficial: English Reports Full Reprint 1220-1865, All England Law Reports 1558-present w/ headnotes 1558-current

Hein: English Reports Full Reprint: 1220-1865 w/ citation navigator & case locator

LLMC digital 1220-1865 Lexis:

The Law Reports 1865-current UK Cases and

England & Wales cases 1558-current Westlaw:

England Reports Full Reprint 1220-1865

All Reports and UK Reports 1919-current

Emory Law Library: Legal History Resources

Univ. of Michigan: American Legal History Resources

Univ. of Chicago: Legal History Sources

Duke Law Library: English Legal History