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The most frequently-used databases
Bloomberg Law is a database of full-text United States primary law, secondary sources, and legal news and information across many topics and sources. The content is arranged by topic in Practice Centers and Intelligence Centers, and by practitioner tools, such as chart builders, tracking alerts, and other current awareness tools. It provides access to docket information at the federal and state court levels, and to news and business sources in law-related fields. Only members of the University of Iowa College of Law community may establish personal passwords to Bloomberg Law.
A web-based research tool for tax and accounting information. Contents include the Federal Tax Coordinator, U.S. Tax Reporter, Worldwide Tax Laws, Worldwide Commercial Laws, and Corporation and Partnership Tax Return Guide.
A collection of databases containing the full text of both domestic and international primary and secondary legal materials. A variety of browsing and searching options are available to facilitate the retrieval of materials.
Only members of the University of Iowa College of Law community may establish personal passwords to Lexis Advance. Please see the Law Library's Computing and Technology guide tab for Lexis Advance for more details.
Provides full text access to US state and federal legal cases, statutory and administrative codes, selected federal agency decisions, Shepards for cases, and topical secondary legal materials. It also contains full text news from a variety of newpapers and wire services and some international legal materials.
A research tool that provides access to full text primary and secondary materials across many areas of law, including the following practice areas: antitrust & competition, banking & consumer finance, bankruptcy, employee benefits, energy & environment, government contracts, healthcare, human resources, intellectual property, labor & employment, life sciences, litigation, pension, products liability & insurance, securities & corporate law, and transportation. In addition, it contains federal and state tax materials including codes, regulations, forms, IRS letter rulings, and current news.
Westlaw is a comprehensive full-text database that offers a wide range of law-related resources, including primary and secondary legal sources. Only members of the University of Iowa College of Law community may establish personal passwords to Westlaw. Please see the Law Library's Reference Department for access. College of Law students have access to 180-hours of usage per month. Be sure to log out of your account at the end of each session to prevent hours from being used while you are inactive. If you reach your limit for the month unexpectedly, Westlaw might accidentally have been left open in a browser tab. This limit does not apply to faculty.
The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
Voting Rights & Election Law features thousands of titles on the electoral process: how elections are conducted, how votes are counted, how political campaigns are run and funded, and who is allowed to vote. Featuring content on historical and more recent elections, this database allows users to understand both how our current electoral system came to be as well as the context for proposals for changes. Editors assigned each title in the collection one or more unique title-level subjects. These subjects are: Absentee Voting, Ballots, Campaign Finance, Election Administration, Election Integrity, Election Outcomes, Election Reform, Electoral College, Federal Election Commission, Gerrymandering, Legislative Redistricting, Political Campaigns, Suffrage, Voter Identification, Voter Registration, and Voting Rights. These subjects are both browsable and searchable, allowing users to better target their research.