Library Specialty Databases

BNA Library
The BNA Core Plus Tax Library offers electronic access to more than 30 important BNA publications and reporters such as the ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct, the Criminal Law Reporter, Tax Management Portfolios, and United States Law Week.

CALI Lessons
CALI (Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction) publishes more than 600 computer-based tutorials in over 28 different legal subject areas.  Ask a reference librarian for the School's CALI authorization code.

CCH Business Franchise Guide Online
A comprehensive resource for federal and state franchise and distribution laws, regulations, franchise disclosure formats, court decisions and current awareness.  The Business Franchise Guide is located under the "Antitrust and Trade Regulation" tab. NOTE:  You will be prompted for an e-mail address each time you log in. This ensures that your preferences and customization are retained from session to session.

Foreign Law Guide
Current Sources of Codes and Basic Legislation in Jurisdictions of the World.

IICLE SmartBooks
SmartBooks is an extensive online research library containing more than 75 IICLE practice handbooks with periodic updates providing "how to do it" instruction for Illinois lawyers as well as several electronic versions of legal forms.

IPLaw 360
IP Law360, is a newswire for IP professionals, covering developing stories in litigation, law and policy.

KluwerArbitration.com
KluwerArbitration offers you a fully-searchable database with materials in the field of international commercial arbitration. KluwerArbitration is located under the Iternational Business"  tab. NOTE:  You will be prompted for an e-mail address each time you log in. This ensures that your preferences and customization are retained from session to session.

LLMC Digital
LLMC's backfile comprises the world's largest collection of legal literature and government documents in microform.

LexisNexis
Students, faculty and subscribers only.

LexisNexis Congressional
LN Congressional offers access to the full text of congressional working papers and legislation. It also provides access to a wide variety of information about Congress, including member biographical and committee assignment information, voting records, financial data, and the full text of the Congressional Record.

RIA Checkpoint Registration page
This page directs John Marshall students and faculty to register for RIA's tax research service on the Web.  Once registered, students and faculty can access Checkpoint from any computer via the Web.  Initial registration must occur via the JMLS network.

RIA Checkpoint Direct Access
This page allows JMLS students and faculty to access RIA Checkpoint directly, without registering. 

United Nations Treaty Service
The United Nations Treaty Collection of databases provides access to several indispensable sources for treaty research, including the United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS) and its precursor, the League of Nations Treaty Series (LNTS). UNTS is the only current official source of "world treaties", to which any country may be a party, not only the U.S. UNTS includes bilateral and multilateral treaties deposited with the UN Secretariat in English and French.  The collection also includes a publication entitled Status of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary General, an essential tool for updating treaty research.

Westlaw
Students, faculty and subscribers only.