LibGuides: Faculty Research Assistants Resources: Locating Secondary Sources

Library Catalog

GIL-Find
The library catalog for the GSU University Library and GSU Law Library. Use this to locate books, journals, movies, and databases available through the GSU libraries.
GIL-Find Universal Catalog
Online catalog for University System of Georgia's 35 institutions

Using EBSCO Databases

Several of the sources listed on the Locating Secondary Sources page are EBSCO Host databases. The following videos will show users how to locate sources in these databases using a basic search, advance search, and subject terms.

General Resources

Before moving on to any of the other resources listed here, make sure that you consult, at a minimum, the following resources.

Law Journal Library This link opens in a new window
The Law Journal Library is HeinOnline's signature collection of more than 2,900 fully searchable, image-based journals, each dating back to the first issue ever published. Library Includes the following sub-libraries: American Bar Association Journals, Core U.S. Journals, Criminal Justice Journals, International & Non-U.S. Law Journals, and Most-Cited Law Journals.
HeinOnline hosts a dedicated LibGuide for this collection that offers additional information, including search tips.
Bar Journals Library This link opens in a new window
This database contains more than 140 titles featuring nearly all state Bar Journals, select publications from the American Bar Association, and City Bar Journals. Includies the Georgia Bar Journal.
SSRN- Legal Scholarship Network This link opens in a new window
SSRN is a website devoted to the rapid dissemination of scholarly research and communication among researchers.in the social sciences and humanities. SSRN is viewed as particularly strong in the fields of economics, finance, accounting, management, and law.
College of Law faculty can learn more about SSRN including eJournals, posting to SSRN, and the Research Paper Series here

JSTOR
JSTOR contains the full-text, in PDF, for all journals it covers. JSTOR covers journals in law, political science, history, economics, business, and other subjects, and is often a great first place to start for journals outside of law.
Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete covers trade magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines.
ProQuest Research Library
This database provides one-stop access to more than 4,000 periodicals from one of the broadest, most inclusive general reference databases ProQuest has to offer. Search from a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications and magazines covering over 150 academic disciplines.

Businesses and Corporations

In addition to the resources below, you can access a Bloomberg Professional Terminal in the law library. See the reference desk for more information on using this resource.

Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the ultimate collection of bibliographic and full text content. As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back to 1886 are included.

Criminal Law/Justice

Criminal Justice Abstracts
Covers an international collection of journals on corrections, law enforcement, criminal justice, and other related topics.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Brings together a wealth of information from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs, including a database containing abstracts of over 200,000 resources related to criminal justice.
National Registry of Exonerations
The National Registry of Exonerations is a joint project of the University of Michigan Law School and the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law. We provide detailed information about every known exoneration in the United States since 1989—cases in which a person was wrongly convicted of a crime and later cleared of all the charges.

Education

ERIC
Index and full text access to health and other education journals, books, and other papers. From off-campus, GSU users log in using your Campus ID.

Environmental Issues

Environmental Law Reporter Online
Provides access to databases and current news and legislation focusing on environmental law and policy.
Environment and Safety Library
Statutes, regulations, decisions, and secondary material relating to federal, state, and foreign laws on the environment and safety.
USGS Publications Warehouse
The most important site for national geologic information, the publications warehouse includes the full-text of USGS publications and many references to non-USGS publications.

Foreign and International Law

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
Indexes articles on foreign law from publications worldwide from 1985 to the present.
Foreign and International Law Resources
Contains yearbooks, periodicals, digests, court decisions, and other materials relating to the law of foreign countries and international bodies.
Harvard Research in International Law
Contains the full text of Harvard Research in International Law and Contemporary Analysis and Appraisal, scholarly works on international law.
Kluwer Law International Journal Library
Provides full-text access to journals on international legal subjects.
WorldTradeLaw
Commentary and critical analysis of WTO reports.

General History

Project Muse
Full-text access to scholarly journals in the humanities, arts, and social sciences.
America: History and Life
An index of over 1,700 journals published since 1964 covering all aspects of American and Canadian history.
Rotunda Founding Era Collection
The Founding Era Collection contains the papers of many of the founders of the United States and the complete text of the Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution.

Health and Medicine

Health Law & Business Library
CCH Intelliconnect
The Health Care Compliance and Reimbursement subsection in CCH Intelliconnect includes resources such as the Medicare and Medicaid Guide and information on state health laws and regulations.
Biological Abstracts
A comprehensive database to information covered in life sciences journals.

Intellectual Property

Bloomberg Law
Contains free access to federal court dockets and documents and access to many state court docket sheets.
Patent Full-Text and Image Database (USPTO)
Access to the images of patents from 1976 to the present and applications published from 2001 to the present.
Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)
Searchable access to trademark registrations for both dead and live trademarks.
Copyright Records (U.S. Copyright Office)
Access to the online catalog of copyright registrations from the United States Copyright Office.
WIPO Gold
Access to a variety of resources from the World Intellectual Property Organization, including International Design Registrations and domain name decisions.
esp@cenet
Access to over 70 million worldwide patents.
TRIPS (WTO)
Materials relating to the TRIPs agreement, from the World Trade Organization.

Legal History

Making of Modern Law
US and UK Legal treatises from the 19th and 20th century
Scottish Legal History Library: Featuring Publications of the Stair Society
Contains secondary and primary source material about the history of law in Scotland

Selden Society Publications and the History of Early English Law This link opens in a new window
This database brings early English manuscripts, yearbooks and more to the forefront, providing access to English and American legal history. In addition to primary publications, researchers will also find some of the most influential digests, abridgments, and modern encyclopedias that formed the foundation of English law.
HeinOnline hosts a dedicated LibGuide for this collection that offers additional information, including search tips.

Tax

Thomson Reuters Checkpoint This link opens in a new window
Checkpoint is a database containing primary tax documents and secondary analysis for the areas of federal, state & local, estate planning, pensions & benefits, international, and payroll taxation. Primary contents include the full text of tax legislation dating back to 1996, current code and code histories back to 1990, regulations, and IRS administrative rulings. Access sponsored by the University Library.
ATLANTA CAMPUS ONLY. NOTE: To access off-campus and use features such as folders, flags, and notes you must be registered. Please register for an account using your GSU email here via VPN or using an on-campus computer. Once registered, you can access RIA Checkpoint using the username, password and link from the confirmation email you receive.