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Library Catalog
Use NUcat (the online catalog) to identify books that the library has, as well as journal titles, microfilm, videos, and other catalogued material.
Indexes / Databases
- Lexis Nexis Academic
Among many other sources this database indexes national and international newspapers, news wires, magazines, and trade journals. Lexis Nexis also includes law reviews. To access law reviews see these instructions.
- Academic Search Premier
The database includes full text for 1800 publications as well as images, for nearly every academic field of study.
- LegalTrac
This database covers all major law reviews, and specialty law and bar association journals.
- CQ Political Suite
Provides online access to numerous publications focusing on law and politics.
- Index to Legal Periodicals & Books
This database indexes articles from over 800 legal journals (beginning in 1981), and from major law books published since 1993. Focus is on publications from the United States. Does not contain any articles in full text, though links to full text sources are available.
- Index to Legal Periodicals Retro (1908-1981)
This database indexes articles from over 800 legal journals (beginning in 1981), and from major law books published since 1993. Focus is on publications from the United States. Does not contain any articles in full text, though links to full text sources are available.
- HeinOnline
This database provides digitized back issues of more than 220 law reviews and law journals published primarily at law schools in the United States.
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy.
- JSTOR
Provides image and full-text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics and other fields of the humanities and social sciences.
Reference Books
West’s encyclopedia of American law / Jeffrey Lehman, editor, Shirelle Phelps, editor.
MAIN Reference (Encyclopedia case) (Non-circulating)
348.7303 W538 2004
Also available Online
The Oxford companion to the Supreme Court of the United States / editor in chief, Kermit L. Hall ; editors, James W. Ely, Jr., Joel B. Grossman.
Location: MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
347.7326 S959Zo 2005
The Constitution and its amendments / Roger K. Newman, editor in chief.
Location:MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
Call number: L 342.7303 C758
Great American trials / Edward W. Knappman, editor ; Stephen G. Christianson and Lisa Paddock, consulting legal editors ; contributors, Stephen G. Christianson ... [et al.].
Location: MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
Call number: 347.737 G786
Great American court cases / Mark Mikula and L. Mpho Mabunda, editors ; Allison McClintic Marion, associate editor
Location: MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
Call number: L 349.73 G786
Historic U.S. court cases : an encyclopedia / John W. Johnson, editor.
Location: MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
Call number: L 349.73026 J67h 2001
Encyclopedia of American civil liberties / Paul Finkelman, editor.
Location: MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
Call number: 342.73085 E56
Encyclopedia of constitutional amendments, proposed amendments, and amending issues, 1789-2002 / John R. Vile.
Location: MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
Call number: 342.7303 V699e 2003
The Supreme Court compendium : data, decisions, and developments / Lee Epstein ... [et al.].
Location: MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
Call number:347.7326 S9597 2003
Geoff Morse
Reference Department
Email:gmorse@northwestern.edu
Office phone: 847.467.1866
Reference desk phone: 847.491.7656
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