Judicial Branch Documents
Research Databases & Websites
HeinOnline
- U.S. Supreme Court Library - Complete coverage of the official U.S. Reports bound volumes as well as preliminary prints, slip opinions, and books and periodicals related to the U.S. Supreme Court are included in this library.
- U.S. Federal Agency Documents, Decisions, and Appeals - A complete collection of the official case law of some of the United States' most important U.S. Federal Agencies such as: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It also includes more than 65 GPO best-selling legal titles.
Lexis Advance
Case summaries and headnotes.
Lexis Courtlink
Federal and state court dockets and documents, relevant briefs, pleadings, and motions. Please contact the library for access to this database.
Westlaw
Case law for Supreme Court, Federal District, Federal Circuit, and state cases, as well as Federal Administrative Decisions.
Other Research Guides
For a more comprehensive guide of resources around the web please see the following guides from Georgetown:
Top Picks
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HeinOnline An online legal research database that provides access to materials in PDF image-based format. This service includes the Law Journal Library, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, US Code, US Statutes at Large, US Congressional Documents Library, US Presidential Library, US Federal Agency Documents, Decisions & Appeals, US Supreme Court Library, US Attorney General Opinions, Treaties & Agreements Library, US Federal Legislative History Library, Harvard Research in International Law, and more.
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Lexis Advance Research
A legal research service with market-leading technology. Built-in visualization tools like Research Map, Shepard's Graphical, and Legal Issue Trail quickly provide relevant results with intelligent, insightful analysis.
LexisNexis CourtLink A detailed collection of federal and state court dockets and documents, including relevant briefs, pleadings, and motions.
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Nexis Gain unique insights from over 40,000 sources, including trusted up-to-date and archived news, company profiles, public records, industry information and social media content – all in one place.
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Westlaw An online legal research service containing case law, state and federal statutes, court documents, administrative codes, newspaper and magazine articles, and other information resources. The WestlawNEXT platform searches the same collection of content without having to first choose a database. Monthly training sessions are held in the library.
