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Citator BCite - available for federal and
state cases
Shepard's - available for federal cases, statutes, regulations, and administrative decisions and state cases and statutes KeyCite - available for federal cases, statutes, regulations, and administrative decisions and state cases and statutes
Legal Encyclopedias Not included but does provide access to
BNA Portfolios and Manuals

American Jurisprudence 2d and selected state-specific encyclopedias

American Jurisprudence 2d, Corpus Juris Secundum, and selected state-specific encyclopedias
American Law Reports Not included American Law Reports 2nd-7th series and Federal 1st-3rd series American Law Reports 1st-7th series and
Federal 1st-3rd series
Fifty State Surveys Offers chart builders for comparing laws across jurisdictions; can also search for terms like survey or chart LexisNexis 50 State Surveys for Statutes and Regulations (browse to them under Secondary Sources) 50 State Statutory and Regulatory Surveys (browse to them under Secondary Sources)
Dockets

Complete federal docketing information from PACER, some coverage of state court dockets (see docket coverage for details)

Selected coverage of federal and state court dockets via CourtLink (see coverage details) Selected coverage of federal and state court dockets

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