This A - Z list of Research Databases includes domestic, foreign, and international resources.
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AccessUN
Index to United Nations Documents, including Official Records, draft resolutions, and the UN Treaty Series. Some full-text.
Access: Yale network
Africa Yearbook
Information on the legal, social, political and economic state of African nations.
Access: Yale network
AllAfrica.com
Collects news from a variety of African countries and sources.
Access: Yale network
American Foreign Relations since 1600
32 chronologically organized chapters that combine bibliographies, biographies, and analysis written by scholars in the field, and conclude with examinations of every part of the world or nation addressed by the United States during that period; includes 18,000+ primary and secondary sources that cover the breadth of American history from the 17th century to the present.
Access: Yale network
Audio Case Files
AudioCaseFiles offers audio opinions of more than 1,000 cases and 4,000 hours of trial video to the legal community. Download MP3s and listen on the go. Watch the best practitioners in the world argue cases on product liability, antitrust, mergers & acquisitions, and more.
Access:Yale network
Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII)
Australian and New Zealand legal database.
Access: no restrictions
Avalon Project
A Yale-based project to provide documents in law, history and diplomacy back to the 18th century and earlier.
Access: no restrictions
Berkeley Electronic Press
Electronic scholarly journals
Access: Yale network
Bloomberg Anywhere
Business and financial information, including international and domestic market updates, company profiles and financial statements, court dockets and cases, and news. Also available via the Bloomberg Terminal in the Reading Room on L3.
Access: YLS Faculty & Students only (individually assigned passwords)
Britannica Online
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Access: Yale network
CALI
Computer-Assisted Legal Research Exercises
Access: [YLS: Inside] [individual passwords]
CCH Online Networks
Primary law and CCH analysis on Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Banking, Corporate Governance, Intellectual Property, Products Liability, Securities, Tax, and other law topics.
Access: YLS Access (Requires registration)
China Academic Journals
A database for Chinese scholarly journals. In Chinese.
Access: Yale network
China Business Review
The official magazine of the US-China Business Council offers news and commentaries on Chinese trade and business deveopment.
Access: [YLS: Inside] [reference password]
China Law & Practice
The online newsletter has new business law an regulations updates and law archive. In English.
Access: [YLS: Inside] [reference password]
China Law Info (Chinese)
Law Info China (English)
Click on <IP login>. Chinese primary and secondary legal sources in English and Chinese (cases, laws, regulations, articles); works best with Internet Explorer. Selective Chinese law journals are available in the Chinese site for full-text download.
Access: Yale network
China Lawyee Court Cases Database
The library has a subscription to the Court cases collection which includes cases from the Supreme People's Court and other lower level courts. In Chinese only.
Access: [YLS: Inside] [reference password]
Chronicle of Higher Education
Access: [YLS: Inside] [reference password]
CILP
Current Index to Legal Periodicals - tables of contents for new law journals
Access: YLS workstations
Colonial State Papers
Colonial State Papers provides access to thousands of papers concerning English activities in the American, Canadian, and West Indian colonies between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Also included is a digitized version of The Calendar of State Papers, Colonial: North America and the West Indies 1574-1739, which contains bibliographic records and extracts for thousands of additional documents.
Access: Yale network
Congressional Quarterly Library
Legislative news and analysis from Congressional Quarterly+
Access: Yale network
CQ Congress Collection
A research and reference tool for analyzing the history and development, legislation, powers, and members of the U.S. Congress.
Access: Yale network
Constitutions of the Countries of the World,
Constitutions of Dependencies and Territories,
Constitutions of the U.S.: National and State
Current and selected historical Constitutions via Oceana.
Click on "Connect via IP Access" and select the desired database.
Note: Safari browser for Macintosh will not work with Oceana databases
Access: Yale network
Digital Commons (Yale Law School Legal Scholarship Repository)
Open-access repository preserving and disseminating Yale Law School scholarship and publications, using the Digital Commons platform from Berkeley Electronic Press. The principal series included are the Faculty and Affilitates Series, the Student Series, and the Student Prize Paper Series.
Access: Free (no restrictions)
Early English Books Online
Contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English; based on the Bell & Howell microfilm collections Early English Books 1475-1640 and Early English Books 1641-1700. Searches can be restricted to legal materials.
Access: Yale network
East View Chinese Academic Journals (CAJ)
Subscription covers usage of the full text Chinese Academic Journals Database (1994- ), Century Journals Project (1955-1993), China Master/Doctoral full-text Database (2000- ) and the Chinese Core Newspapers full-text Database (2000-).
Access: Yale network
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Fully searchable digital images of books published during the 18th Century, including history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, and science.
Access: Yale network
EBSCO Legal Collection
Electronic journals access through EBSCO's search interface. See also the University's list of ejournal titles.
Access: Yale network
Encyclopaedia of Islam
Includes several chapters on SHaria or religious law. Bibliography at the end of each entry.
Access: Yale network
Encyclopaedia of Judaism
Inlcudes many chapters on Jewish law, the Torah, Covenants, etc. Bibliography at the end of each entry.
Access: Yale network
Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an
Includes a chapter on Law and the Qur'an. Bibliography at the end of each entry.
Access: Yale network
Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures
Includes several chapters on women and the law. Bibliography at the end of each entry
Access: Yale network
Environmental Law Reporter
Online version of the print title. This online edition is the most current version.
Access: [YLS: Inside] [reference password]
Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER)
An online business news magazine covering economic development of South East Asia. Also available on ProQuest.
Access: [YLS: Inside] [reference password]
Federal Judiciary Library - See CCH Legal Professional Internet Research Network
The Almanac of the Federal Judiciary and the Directory of Federal Court Guidelines are now available on the CCH Internet Research Network as part of the Trial Attorneys’ Library.
Foreign Law Guide
Electronic version of Foreign Law: Current Sources of Codes and Basic Legislation in Jurisdictions of the World
Access: YLS workstations
Frontiers of Law in China (SpringerLink)
Includes English translation of noteworthy scholarly articles originally published in Chinese law journals
Access: Yale network
GalleryWatch
Legislative information and tools; 105th Congress (1997-98)-present, with some material from 104th Congress; U.S. budget line item search 1996-present.+
Access: Yale network
Government Information on the Internet
Directory of over 5000 federal, state and local government web sites
Access: Yale network
Guidestar
Information on non-profits, including financials and IRS Form 990. We do not have a paid subscription.
Access: [YLS: Inside] [reference password]
Hague Academy Collected Courses Online - See Recueil des Cours en ligne
Halsbury's Law of England Online
An authoritative encyclopaedia of law in England and Wales with 52 main volumes arranged by subject, several indexes, and updating services. It is particularly useful to find the most important cases, legislation, and commentary in a particular area of law.
Access: Yale network
Human Rights Documents Online
Human Rights Documents Online (HRDO) will ultimately contain all human rights documents collected by the Human Rights Internet (HRI) in Ottawa in Canada since 1980. These documents emanate from 483 non-governmental human rights organizations (NGOs) worldwide, some of which have a universal scope, whilst others focus on the attainment of human rights in a specific area of the world.
Access: Yale network
IndexMaster
Locates book titles that contain a keywords in either the title, index or table of contents of the individual treatises in its database
Access: [YLS: Inside] [reference password]
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP)
Index of foreign law review articles
Access: Yale network
Index to Legal Periodicals (ILP)
Index of law review articles, 1981-current (includes the Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective, 1918-1980)
Access: Yale network
Inside China Today
Access: [YLS: Inside] [reference password]
International Investment Claims: Oxford Reports on International Law
With over 300 awards at launch and more being added regularly, the International Investment Claims module makes it possible for the first time to search this growing and influential body of jurisprudence alongside other areas of international law.
Access: Yale network
International Law in Domestic Courts
An online case reporting service that brings you the most important public international law issues being decided in domestic courts around the world. The most significant cases are identified and thoroughly analyzed. Full text judgments are included, as are authoritative English translations of key passages. Fully searchable database; browse by country, key word, or topic.
Access: Yale network
Isinolaw
Primary resources on Chinese law (in English and Chinese)
Access: Yale network
Integrated Database of Trade Disputes for Latin America and the Caribbean (IDATD)
Integrated Database of Trade Disputes for Latin America and the Caribbean - a single database with documents from the official websites of the dispute resolution systems of the WTO, MERCOSUR, CARICOM, the Andean Community, NAFTA, and SIECA
Access: Free (no restrictions)
JSTOR
Searchable database of journal articles in areas including economics, finance, history, philosophy, political science, and sociology
Access: Yale network
Juris
German-language site providing text of EU-State laws
Access: [YLS: Inside] [reference password]
Justis
English Reports (1220-1873)
International Law Reports (1919-present)
State Trials (1163-1858)
UK Statutes (1235-present)
UK Statutory Instruments (1671-present)
Access: Yale network
Kluwer Law International Journals
A variety of business, arbitration, environmental, tax, and trade law titles. See also the University's list of ejournal titles.
Access: Yale network
Lawtel
Database of British law plus EU and human rights material
Access: Yale network
LawTrio
Legal Looseleafs, Newsletters, and CD-ROMs
Access: Yale network
Lawyee Court Cases Database - See China Lawyee Court Cases Database
Leadership Directories - See Yellow Books
LegalTrac
Index of law review articles
Access: YLS workstations
Lexis-Nexis
Online legal database
Access: YLS faculty and students only [individually-assigned passwords]
LexisNexis Congressional
Legislative history, indexes, and abstracts 1789-present (full-text for more recent materials)
Access: Yale network
LexisNexis State Capital
State government information including bills, laws, constitutions, proposed and enacted regulations, etc.
Access: Yale network
LexisNexis Statistical
United States statistical information
Access: Yale network
LLMC Digital
A Digitial collection of the microfiche from the Law Library Microfilm Consortium. (in progress - view contents and progress here)
Access: Yale network
The Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800-1926
Online versions of legal treatises published from 1800-1926
Access: Yale network
The Making of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978
Selective Coverage of records and briefs for argued and cert denied cases
Access: Yale network
Making of Modern Law: Trials, c. 1600 - 1926
Online versions of accounts of trials, principally U.S. and British.
Access: Yale network
Manupatra
Comprehensive database of primary and secondary Indian law, including federal and sub-federal cases and laws, cases arranged by topic, practice forms, and more.
(We have single-user access only; if you are not able to sign on, please try again later)
Access: [YLS: Inside] [reference password]
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law
The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) online edition, edited by Rüdiger Wolfrum, is a fully updated online edition of the Encyclopedia of Public International Law published in print between 1991 and 2001 under the general editorship of Rudolf Bernhardt.
Access: Yale Network
The New Republic
Access: [YLS: Inside] [reference password]
National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade
InterAm database - a collection of laws, regulations, case law, and secondary source materials for countries in the Americas; materials in the vernacular (Spanish and Portugese, with some English translations)
Access: Yale network
Newspaperarchive
A database of over 50 million pages of newspaper articles mostly from small-town newspapers throughout the United States in the 1800s and 1900s.
Access: Yale network
Nineteenth Century Masterfile
A vast "Index of Indexes" and the largest resource for historical research prior to 1925, it brings together over 60 subject indexes to periodicals, newspapers, books, US Congressional Record, US and UK Government Documents, US Patents.
Access: Yale network
Oceana Online - U.S. Treaties Researcher
Full text search of U.S. treaties and international agreements in force since 1783.
Click on "Connect via IP Access", and select the desired database.
Note: Safari browser for Macintosh will not work with Oceana databases.
Access: Yale network
Oceana Constitution databases:
Constitutions of the Countries of the World,
Constitutions of Dependencies and Territories,
Constitutions of the U.S.:: National and State
U.S. State, Federal, Dependency and Territorial Constitutions via Oceana .
Click on "Connect via IP Access", and select the desired database.
Note: Safari browser for Macintosh will not work with Oceana databases.
Access: Yale network
Outlines
Yale Law Women's Outline Bank
Access: Yale network
Oxford English Dictionary
Access: Yale network
Oxford Reports on International Law - International Investment Claims
With over 300 awards at launch and more being added regularly, the International Investment Claims module makes it possible for the first time to search this growing and influential body of jurisprudence alongside other areas of international law.
Access: Yale network
PACER
Public Access to Court Electronic Records
Access: [YLS: Inside] [limited access]
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
Access: Yale network
Periodicals Contents Index
Index of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences (including law) from their first issues to 1990/1991+
Access: Yale network
The Polling Report
Access: [YLS: Inside] [limited access]
Poole's Plus
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1906)+
Access: Yale network
ProQuest Newspapers
Coverage of national, international, and local news.
Access: Yale network
Recueil des Cours en ligne - Hague Academy Collected Courses Online
Since 1923 The Hague Academy of International Law organizes Collected Courses Online prestigious post-university summer courses in private international law and public international law. The courses are published in the book series "The Hague Academy Collected Courses", now comprising over 320 volumes.
Access: Yale network
Regulations.gov
View and comment on proposed federal regulations, browse CFR by subject.
Access: free (no restriction)
Serial Set
U.S. Congressional Serial Set (in progress). Contains the reports, documents, and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
Currently Available: 1817-1896 (15th-54th Congress, 1st Session), volumes 1-3456.
Access: Yale network
SmartCILP
Current Index to Legal Periodicals email notification service
Access: [YLS: Inside]
South China Morning Post
The Hong Kong newspaper covers current news about China and other Asian countries. In English.
Access: [YLS: Inside]
SSRN
Social Science Research Network contains pre-publication papers in various social sciences. Includes Legal Scholarship Network.
Access: Yale network
STAT-USA
Current Economic and Historical Statistics and the National Trade Data Bank
Access: Yale network
State Capitals Universe - See LexisNexis State Capital
Statistical Universe - See LexisNexis Statistical
Statutes at Large - See LexisNexis Congressional
Supreme Court Justices Database
Public database of information on individuals nominated (whether confirmed or not) to the U.S. Supreme Court; the database houses 263 variables in five categories: identifiers, background characteristics and personal attributes, nomination and confirmation, service on the Court, and departures from the bench
Access: free (no restriction)
Supreme Court Records and Briefs
An incomplete collection of records and briefs filed in the Supreme Court of the United States. See also: Landmark series (leading cases), Curiae Project (leading cases), microfiche set (1895- ), microfilm set (1832-1896), historic print holdings (c. 1920 - 1970) and current print holdings [1] and [2] (2001- ).
Access: Yale network
Supreme Court Today
BNA U.S. Supreme Court update
Access: YLS workstations
Takdinet
Israeli High Court cases to update the Takdin CD-ROM
Access: Yale network
Tax Analysts
Includes Tax Notes Today, State Tax Notes and Worldwide Tax Daily (with tax treaties). Set up daily email news, search archives, documents and treaties.
Access: Yale network
Thomas
Online access to the Congressional Record and other legislative materials.
Access: free (no restriction)
Transnational Dispute Management
International commercial arbitration journal and legal and regulatory database (Knowledgebank).
Access: Yale network
TIARA - See Oceana Online - U.S. Treaties Researcher
UNBISnet
Index to United Nations documents since 1979 and catalog of Dag Hammarskjöld Library
Access: Yale network
United Nations Official Documents System
Current United Nations documents (via Social Science Library)
Access: Yale network
United Nations Treaty Collection
United Nations Treaty Series, Recently Deposited Multilateral Treaties
Access: Yale network
United States Law Week
Access: Yale network
University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology & Policy
Online version of the print title.
Access: [YLS: Inside] [reference password]
The Vault Guides (Career Insider)
Online access to selected Vault guides (YLS Community only).
Access: [YLS: Inside]
vLex Global
World-wide legal database containing legislation, jurisprudence, commentary, forms, legal news, and more from many countries (extensiveness of each collection varies) including Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Chile, U.S., International Law (Search in English or the vernacular; materials in the vernacular with some translation capabilities).
Access: Yale network
The Vote
Electronic edition of the Cass Sunstein book
Access: [YLS: Inside] [reference password]
Wan Fang Data (Policies and Laws of China)
Primarily Chinese online database covering state and regional laws and regulations of China, selected collection of court cases, administrative documents and texts of treaties.
Access: Yale network
WashingtonPost.com
Access: [YLS: Inside] [reference passwords]
Westlaw
Online legal database
Access: YLS faculty and students only [individually-assigned passwords]
World News Connection
Monitor non-U.S. media sources. The material in WNC is provided to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) by the Open Source Center (OSC).
Access: Yale network
Worldtradelaw.net
Comprehensive source of WTO dispute settlements including index, database of dispute settlement tables and statistics, and summary and analysis of all reports and arbitrations
Access: Yale network
Yale Law School Legal Scholarship Repository
Open-access repository preserving and disseminating Yale Law School scholarship and publications, using the Digital Commons platform from Berkeley Electronic Press. The principal series included are the Faculty and Affilitates Series, the Student Series, and the Student Prize Paper Series.
Access: Free (no restrictions)
Yellow Books
Leadership Directories, including Congressional, Judicial, Federal, Municipal, Foreign Representatives, etc.
Access: Yale network
Currently Running Trials: none
Access Information
We regret that a limited number of our databases must be restricted to a small number of users. Below is a list of definitions of the restriction levels noted in the description of each database.
[YLS: Inside]
Indicates that the database requires a password for access. Where license restrictions permit, we will issue authorized Yale community members passwords for the resource. Email the reference staff (mailto:lawref @ pantheon.yale.edu) from a valid yale.edu email address, or login to YLS: Inside (the law school intranet) and go to the Library Database Passwords page.Yale network
Indicates that the database is licensed for use from any Yale-networked computer. This generally includes Yale dialup (PPP), all Yale dormitories and buildings, and VPN/Proxy access. For more information about remote access to Yale resources, please see our research tip.YLS workstations
Indicates that the datbase is licensed for use from Yale Law School computers only. This generally means that you can ONLY access the resource from within the Law School building (NOT via VPN/Proxy). For more information, please speak with a reference librarian.
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