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- A to Z List of Journals Available Electronically and in PrintThis indicates if Drake Law Library offers the full-text of a journal in electronic format or as part of its print collection. Search by journal title, not article title.
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Databases C
- CCH IntelliConnect

- Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) Lessons

- Congressional Publications (ProQuest)
Comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information from the Congressional Information Service and was formerly known as LexisNexis Congressional.
Congressional Publications Help Guide - Congressional Publications - Serial Set (ProQuest)The Serial Set includes House and Senate documents and reports, Senate executive reports, and Senate treaty documents. Its earliest documents date from 1789.
- Congressional Research Reports

- Cowles Library Databases
Drake University Cowles Library offers a wide variety of databases. These databases are available to all Drake University students/faculty/staff. - CQ Supreme Court Collection

Databases E
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Features over 138,000 English-language and foreign-language titles printed in the United Kingdom during the 18th century, along with thousands of important works from the Americas. Content covers subjects in the areas of law, history, geography, social science, fine arts, architecture, medicine, science, literature, religion, philosophy and more.
Eighteenth Century Collections Help Guide
Databases F
- Foreign Law Guide
Provides an introduction to the legal system, current codes and laws for 170 countries and jurisdictions. It also identifies secondary sources and any available English translations. Conventions and Treaties information is also provided.
Databases G
Databases H
- HeinOnline
HeinOnline is a searchable and browsable PDF collection of primary and secondary legal materials. The collection includes: law reviews, law journals, and bar journals; federal statutes, regulations and legislative materials; state materials; treatises; Supreme Court cases; state materials; international legal materials; and historical collections.
HeinOnline Help Guide
Databases I
- Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals

- Index to Legal Periodicals Full Text and Retrospective (EBSCO)
Legal Periodicals Full Text indexes more than 1000 journals from 1981-date, with full text coverage of more than 250 journals beginning in 1995. Legal Periodicals Retrospective provides index coverage from 1908-1981 to more than 750 journals. Both databases are searched at the same time.
EBSCO Help Guides
Databases L
- Law Journal Press

- LegalTrac

- Lexis Nexis Academic
Provides access to primary source material such as case law, statutes and regulations. Shepard's Citations for the federal and state level is available. Secondary source materials such as legal news or law reviews for background or analysis of a legal topic is also provided. This database also provides access to business and news publications.
Lexis Nexis Academic Help Guide - LexisNexis Congressional (Redesignated Congressional-Proquest)

- LLMC (Law Library Microform Consortium) Digital

- Loislaw Treatise Library
Loislaw offers treatises on a variety of legal topics, including business practice, business torts, construction law, drunk driving, elder law, employment law, estate planning, evidence, family law, general litigation, internet and e-commerce, personal injury, product liability and real estate.
Loislaw Treatise Library Help Guide
Databases M
Databases O
Databases P
Databases R
- RIA/Thomson Reuters Checkpoint - on-campus link only
This database provides comprehensive tax information.
Off-Campus Access: Please complete the Registration for off-campus use. (NOTE: If accessing the off-campus registration from a computer running Internet Explorer 8 and you don't see a way to accept the license agreement, click Tools > Compatibility View Settings > and check the box next to "Display all websites in compatibility view" you will then be able to accept the license.) Click ACCEPT at bottom of license pop-up.
Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Help Guide - Rise of American Law
A collection of rare and difficult to find 19th and 20th century legal texts.
Databases S
- Social Science Research Network (SSRN)Open access depository for academic research papers and journals.
SSRN Help Guide - Statistical Datasets

- Statistical Datasets - EASI Market Planner
EASI Market Planner provides data on consumer demographics and usage/spending patterns for products and services within all states, counties, census tracts, and block groups in the U.S. The data can be mapped, graphed, and analyzed using all the interactive tools available in Statistical DataSets.
Statistical Datasets Help Guide - Statistical Insight

Databases U
Off-Campus Access
Most of our databases will require you to login before access can be granted. If prompted, use your nine-digit Drake ID as your username and your campus password in the field provided.
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Research Help
During the regular academic year, reference librarians are typically available Monday - Thursday 8 a.m. - 9 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. to provide research guidance. Consult the reference schedule for the most current information.
David Hanson
(271-2077, david.hanson@drake.edu)
Rebecca Lutkenhaus
(271-2053, rebecca.lutkenhaus@drake.edu)
Karen Wallace
(271-2989, karen.wallace@drake.edu)
John Edwards
(271-2141, john.edwards@drake.edu)
Deborah Sulzbach
(271-3784, deborah.sulzbach@drake.edu)
Julie Thomas
(271-2052, julie.thomas@drake.edu)
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