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LLM & SJD Guide to Library Services: Electronic Resources

Basics of using the law library to meet the needs of our LLM and SJD students.

About subscription databases

Subscription databases are resources that are paid for by the law library and are restricted to academic use by our GGU law students, faculty, and staff.  A complete list of our subscription databases is available here.  After clicking on a title, you will be prompted to enter your name and GGU Law ID number.  These databases are accessible from on or off campus.

Bloomberg Law, Lexis and Westlaw

All GGU Law students are provided with access to the legal research systems of Bloomberg Law, Lexis and Westlaw.  Please contact Mohamed Nasralla if you did not receive your individual password at the beginning of the semester, or if you have lost your password.

Electronic Resources

For a more complete list of databases available from the GGU Law Library, please visit our Subscription Databases page.  Below are sites useful for research in foreign and international law.  

SITES FREELY AVAILABLE ON THE WEB:

US Law

  • https://www.govinfo.gov/ - Source for Federal laws, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, Congressional documents, etc.
  • Congress.gov - Federal legislative information including bills, resolutions, treaties, committee reports.
  • USA.gov - General US government information, list of Federal agencies.

Foreign & Comparative Law Research

International Law Research

See also our LibGuides on Researching Federal Law, Human Rights Law, and Foreign & International Law.

 

SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES
Please access the databases here.  You will be prompted for your name and the ID# on your GGU Law ID card.

  • Hein Online
    • Extensive full-text law journal library, including international and non-US journals
    • European Center for Minority Issues
    • Foreign & International Law Resources Database
    • Harvard Research in International Law library
    • Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
    • Treaties and Agreements library
    • United Nations Law Collection
    • World Constitutions Illustrated
    • World Trials Library
       
  • Foreign Law Guide  "Acclaimed by librarians, academics, and researchers alike, the Foreign Law Guide (FLG) is an essential database offering relevant information on sources of foreign law, including complete bibliographic citations to legislation, the existence of English translations and selected references to secondary sources in one virtual destination. Broad in content and global in scope, the FLG is an indispensable resource for comparative law research and a fundamental tool for developing a foreign and comparative law collection. Approximately 190 jurisdictions are systemically covered and updated by a global team of experts."
     
  • LLMC Digital Access to historical documents from the US Federal Government, Canada, UK, other countries, international law & organizations.
     
  • Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law  "A comprehensive online resource containing over 1600 peer-reviewed articles on every aspect of public international law."