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1. COVID-19 in America : response, issues, and law [2020 - ]

  • Getzville, NY : William S. Hein & Co., Inc., [2020]-
Description
1 online resource
Database topics
Law; Medicine; Economics and Business
Online
Law Library (Crown)

2. State constitutions illustrated [2019 - ]

  • Getzville, NY : William S. Hein & Co., Inc., [2019]-
Description
1 online resource : map
Database topics
Law
Online
Law Library (Crown)

3. U.S. presidential impeachment library [2019 - ]

  • Getzville, NY : William S. Hein & Co., Inc, [2019]-
Description
1 online resource
Database topics
Law
Online
Law Library (Crown)

4. The Oxford handbook of U.S. education law [2018 - ]

  • New York : Oxford University Press, 2018-
Description
1 online resource
Database topics
Law; Education
Summary
  • Schooling for democracy: past, present, and future / Michael A. Rebell
  • Developing the free mind / Emily Buss
  • Education in context : schools and their connections to societal inequalities / Kevin Welner and Sarah LaCour
  • The role of lawyers in education reform / Chiara Parisi and Christopher Edley
  • The constitutionally anomalous right to education / Joshua E. Weishart
  • The shifting landscape of education governance / Jeffrey W. Snyder and Sarah Reckhow
  • Education federalism : why it matters and how the United States should restructure it / Kimberly Jenkins Robinson
  • Fiscal compliance rules for federal funding of elementary and secondary education : transparency, reason-giving, and agency accountability / Nora Gordon and Eloise Pasachoff
  • State constitutional analysis in school finance litigation / William E. Thro
  • Standards-based reform and accountability law and policy: history, implementation, and outcomes / Benjamin Michael Superfine, Craig De Voto, and Andria Shyjka
  • Contested meanings of equality : the unrealized promise of the anti-discrimination principle and the uncertain future of a right to education / Rachel F. Moran
  • The past, present, and future of race-conscious policies for addressing racial segregation in K–12 schools / Chloe Latham Sikes and Liliana M. Garces
  • The muddled distinction between de jure and de facto segregation / Elise C. Boddie
  • The school-to-prison pipeline : how federal antidiscrimination law fails to protect equal educational opportunity / Erik J. Girvan
  • School district boundaries : consequences and challenges / Erica Frankenberg, Genevieve Siegel-Hawley, and Sarah Diem
  • Closing achievement gaps through socioeconomic integration / Derek W. Black
  • Challenges facing immigrant students / Matthew Patrick Shaw
  • Educating English learners / Madeline Mavrogordato and Rachel S. White
  • Sex discrimination and the transformation of U.S. Education / Erin E. Buzuvis
  • Transgender students / Suzanne Eckes and Maria M. Lewis
  • Students with disabilities : a half century of progress / Laura Rothstein
  • Students with disabilities and school choice / Robert Garda, Jr., Wendy Hensel, and Paul O’Neill
  • Least restrictive environment and the education of children with disabilities / Mark C. Weber
  • Students' individual rights : safety and privacy / Martin Gardner
  • Surveillance and security practices in schools / Jason P. Nance
  • Student privacy and the law in the Internet age / Leah Plunkett, Urs Gasser, and Sandra Cortesi
  • Eighty years of students’ free speech in public schools / Kristine L. Bowman
  • School jurisdiction over online speech / Emily Gold Waldman
  • Religion in the schools / John E. Taylor
  • School vouchers and student rights : trading constitutional protections for contractual obligations / Julie F. Mead
  • Education in virtual environments / Aaron Saiger
  • Parental choice and the future of faith-based schools / Nicole Stelle Garnett
  • Equality, liberty, and education / Daniel Kiel
  • Universal pre-kindergarten : supporting high quality and broad access at a time of federal disengagement and “school choice” / Natalie Gomez-Velez
  • Teacher labor market reforms : a look ahead to the next decade / Joshua M. Cowen and Katharine O. Strunk
"This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online. For more information, please read the site FAQs." -- Online abstract
Online
Law Library (Crown)

5. Prestatehood legal materials [2018 - ]

Description
1 online resource
Database topics
Uncategorized
Summary
"This database, derived from the award-winning sourcebook, provides brief overviews of state histories from colonization to statehood. It also identifies a wide range of both readily available and hard-to-find materials from each state. This is an invaluable and comprehensive tool for researchers. Sources include state codes, journals, digests, reports, surveys, and much more. Sources link to available documents whenever possible"-- Information link on Browse Databases by Name page.
Online
Law Library (Crown)

6. National survey of state laws [2015 - ]

Description
1 online resource
Database topics
Uncategorized
Summary
"This database version of Rich Leiter's National Survey of State Laws provides an overall view of some of the most sought-after and controversial legal topics in the United States. Users are able to make basic state-by-state comparisons of current state laws. The new 7th edition, along with the 6th and 5th editions, are included in database format, which also allows users to compare the same laws as they existed in 2005, 2008 and 2015. All print editions are included in HeinOnline's image-based, fully searchable, user-friendly platform."-- Information pop-up window on home page.
Online
Law Library (Crown)

7. ProQuest regulatory insight [2015 - ]

  • [Ann Arbor, Michigan] : ProQuest, [2015]-
Description
1 online resource
Database topics
Government Information: United States; Law
Summary
ProQuest regulatory insight offers U.S. federal administrative law histories organized by federal statute and Executive Order.
Online
Law Library (Crown)

8. The National Archives catalog [2014 - ]

Description
1 online resource : color illustrations
Database topics
American History; Government Information: United States; History; Communication and Journalism
Summary
The National Archives Catalog is the online public portal to our records and information about our records. The catalog currently provides access to over 2 million electronic records currently in the Electronic Records Archives (ERA), which are not available elsewhere online
Online

9. Open government guide : access to public records and meetings in the 50 states and D.C. [2011]

  • Sixth edition. - [Arlington, Virginia] : Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 2011.
Description
Book — 1 online resource. Digital: text file; HTML; PDF.
Database topics
Law; Government Information: State and Local
Summary
Open government guide is a comprehensive guide to open government law and practice in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Fifty-one outlines detail the rights of reporters and other citizens to see information and attend meetings of state and local governments.
Online

10. Taxation & economic reform in America, Parts I & II, 1781-2011 [electronic resource] [2009 - ]

  • Buffalo, NY : HeinOnline
Database topics
Law; Technology
Summary
Searchable database which provides access to tax regulations, laws, and hundreds of legislative histories dating back to the 1700s. Search options include browse searching, full-text searching, and limiting by topic to retrieve documents on taxation or economic reform only. Future releases will include additional legislative histories relevant to economic reform and taxation
Online
Law Library (Crown)

11. National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws - archive publications [electronic resource]. [2008 - ]

  • [Buffalo, N.Y.] : William S. Hein & Company.
Description
Book
Database topics
Government Information: State and Local; Law
Summary
  • Century of Service: A Centennial History of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (1991)
  • Handbook of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and Proceedings of the Annual Conference Meeting (1891- )
  • Uniform Rules of Evidence : Original rules and amendments (1953-1999)
  • National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws - Archive Publications
The NCCUSL Archive Publications include all available transcripts of the proceedings of each Annual Meeting, as well as the transcripts of the discussions of the Committee of the Whole of each Uniform and Model Act.
Online

12. PACER : Public access to court electronic records [2008 - ]

  • San Antonio, Texas : PACER Service Center, [2008]-
Description
1 online resource
Database topics
Law
Summary
"Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) is an electronic public access service that allows users to obtain case and docket information from Federal Appellate, District and Bankruptcy courts, and from the U.S. Party/Case Index. A PACER login and password allows access to Federal case and docket information in all approved Federal Judiciary electronic public access programs including PACER, RACER, CM/ECF, and the U.S. Party/Case Index"--There is no registration fee. However all registered users will be charged based on their usages
Online
Law Library (Crown)

13. Subject compilations of state laws [electronic resource]. [2008 - ]

Description
Journal/Periodical
Database topics
Law; Government Information: State and Local
Online

14. Freedom of Information (FOIA) [electronic resource]. [2007 - ]

  • [Stanford, Calif.] : Stanford University [Libraries], Social Sciences Resource Group ; [San Francisco] : Archive-it
Description
Journal/Periodical
Database topics
Government Information: United States; American History; Law; Political Science; Communication and Journalism
Summary
Collection of sites that deal with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and documents. This includes government sites that receive and distribute FOIA documents as well as non-profit organizations and government watchdogs that request large numbers of FOIA documents on specific topics like national security and civil rights. . Part of the web archiving project at Stanford University (http://www.archive-it.org/home/SSRG)
Online

15. Criminal justice & criminology [2006 - ]

Description
1 online resource
Database topics
Law; Sociology
Summary
This collection includes the official opinions of the U.S. Attorney General (both the Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States as well as the Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel of the United States Department of Justice). Also included are guides, handbooks, hearings, and other materials related to the study of criminal justice in the United States. Expanded in 2020 to include Bureau of Justice statistics, memoirs of retired Scotland Yard investigators, congressional hearings on drug control policies, accounts of prison life in days long past and much more
Online
Law Library (Crown)

16. House and Senate journals. Series I, 1789-1817 [electronic resource]. [2006 - ]

  • [Chester, VT?] : Readex
Description
Journal/Periodical
Database topics
American History; Political Science
Summary
Provides access to the journals of the House of Representatives and Senate for the first 14 Congresses of the United States.
Online

17. Project Posner [electronic resource] : the opinions of Judge Richard A. Posner [2006 - ]

Database topics
Uncategorized
Summary
Site includes a searchable database of 2100 of Posner's judicial opinions from 1981, when he was appointed to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. A page called Interesting results lists subjects, people, and literary sources cited by Posner. Links to Judge Posner's personal site and blog are also included.
Online
Law Library (Crown)

18. Senate executive journals. Series I, 1789-1866 [electronic resource]. [2006 - ]

  • [Chester, VT?] : Readex
Description
Journal/Periodical
Database topics
American History; Political Science
Summary
Provides access to the Executive journals fo the United State Senate, from the first Congress through the first session of the 39th Congress.
Online

19. American state papers, 1789-1838 [electronic resource]. [2005 - ]

  • [Chester, VT] : Readex
Description
Book
Database topics
American History; Political Science; Law
Summary
Search or browse U.S. congressional materials originating from 1789 and covering through 1838, including 1st Congress, 1st Session through 25th Congress, 2nd Session.
Online

20. Goldstein on copyright [electronic resource]. [2005 - ]

Database topics
Uncategorized
Summary
A comprehensive treatise with detailed analysis of every aspect of copyright law, from registration to licensing to infringement and litigation. Written by Paul Goldstein, Professor of Law at Stanford University and Of Counsel to Morrison & Foerster. Includes explanations of applicable copyright law to the music, publishing, motion picture, commercial art, and software industries. Also covers international copyright law, as well as the intersection of copyright law with bankruptcy, antitrust law, and Lanham Act doctrines that fill in the gaps in traditional copyright protection.
Online
Law Library (Crown)