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- U.S. law review articles
- Choose All content > Secondary Sources > Law Reviews & Journals.
- Alternatively, from a results list, if available, choose Secondary Sources > Law Reviews & Journals.
- U.S. court opinions
- Choose All content > Cases. To find particular court opinion by its citation, use the search box in the basic search.
- For more options, choose All content > Cases > Advanced Search.
- U.S. Supreme Court briefs and other filings. (Selective coverage; many filings are "out of plan".)
- Find a decision of interest; choose Filings tab.
- Alternatively, choose All content > Briefs > Briefs, then search for the briefs of interest.
- U.S. Code
- Choose Federal Materials > United States Code Annotated (USCA).
- U.S. public laws
- Choose Federal Materials > Federal Proposed & Enacted Legislation > U.S. Public Laws.
- Historical state laws
- Choose All Content > Statutes & Court Rules > Historical Statutes.
- To find other materials that cite a court opinion, law, law review article, etc. that is displayed in the database
- Click on the "Citing References" tab and limit as needed.
- Black's Law Dictionary is under All content > Secondary Sources and in the right column.
Help: "Campus Help Guide" [i.e. "Introduction to legal research on Westlaw Next"] is linked to at the bottom of every Westlaw webpage. Other guides, including Searching with Boolean Terms and Connectors are also available.
Full-text subscription database of federal and state court opinions, statutes, law review articles, news, and more.
- Law review articles.
- All content types > Legal > Law Reviews and Journals
- Court opinions.
- Choose: All content types > Legal > Cases > (choose jurisdiction).
- Court opinions and law review articles that cite an opinion of interest.
- For other opinions citing a chosen decision, choose, at the right: either "Citing Decisions" or "Shepardize® this document".
- For law review articles citing a chosen decision, choose, at the right: "Other Citing Sources", then narrow to "Law Reviews".
- U.S. Supreme Court briefs and other filings
- If you have a docket number, choose: All content types > Legal > Briefs, Pleadings, and Motions; enter the docket number as in the following search: number("15-827"); then limit to the court.
- If you don't have a docket number, choose: All content types > Legal > Briefs, Pleadings, and Motions; enter a very general search for unusual names in the parties as in the following search: name(endrew AND douglas); then limit to the court.
- U.S. Code.
- To find by citation, choose: All content types > Legal > Legislation: US > Federal > [enter a citation to United States Code Service, e.g. 50 USCS 3002].
- Alternatively, to search the U.S. Code, choose: Sources (at the top of screen) > Search Within Sources > "USCS - United States Code Service - Titles 1 through 54" > click the magnifying glass > "Add all these as a search filters".
- United States Statutes at Large.
- Choose: Sources (at the top of screen) > Search Within Sources > United States Statutes at Large > click the magnifying glass > "Add all these as a search filters".
Help (at the top right of the search screen) or Top 10 Nexis Uni™ Features to Explore.
- Law review articles.
- From the "All Databases" drop-down (at the top left), choose "Law Journal Library".
- Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP)
- From the "All Databases" drop-down (at the top left), choose "Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP)".
- Supreme Court opinions.
- From the "All Databases" drop-down (at the top left), choose "U.S. Supreme Court Library".
- U.S. Code.
- From the "All Databases" drop-down (at the top left), choose "U.S. Code".
- United States Statutes at Large.
- From the "All Databases" drop-down (at the top left), choose "U.S. Statutes at Large".
Help: Support resources, including Advanced Search Syntax.
International coverage and access to law reviews, scholarly articles, jurisdictional surveys, legislation, and more. Search on a citation to a court opinion in the "Court Cases" field. Search on a citation to the U.S. Code using the form "8 U.S.C. 1158" in the "Statute" field. The "check availability" link connects to full-text in most cases.
Also
JSTOR. An online archive of scholarly journals, including a number of respected law reviews. This can be an especially useful database to search when looking for law reviews discussing court opinions decided prior to ca. 1982.
Law Review Commons. A large collection of open access law review scholarship made available through the authors' institutional digital repositories.
