Databases


 

Bloomberg LawIntegrates Bloomberg’s news, business, and financial analytics with a comprehensive legal research platform, including litigation analytics and dockets, company profiles, federal and state law, and information from Bloomberg’s practice centers. Topics include Antitrust, Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy, Benefits & Executive Compensation, Corporate Practice, Health, International Trade, Labor & Employment, Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Patents & Trade Secrets, Privacy & Data Security, Securities, Tax, and Trademarks & Copyrights. Also included are former BNA titles like the popular U.S. Law Week and Tax Management Portfolios. Martin Dean’s Essential Forms – Database of fillable and printable PDF court forms, including Judicial Council, as well as other local forms.
EBSCO Legal Information Reference Center – contains more than 320 full-text publications (including NOLO Press titles) and thousands of legal forms. Available titles. Access Ebsco. National Consumer Law Center’s Companion WebsiteIncludes updates to their publications in consumer credit, regulation, fair credit reporting, foreclosures, mortgage lending, truth in lending, unfair and deceptive acts and practice.
Fastcase– a comprehensive database that includes case law, statutes, and other primary sources, along with citation analysis. To access Fastcase, login with username: OrangeCounty and password: fastcase. OnLaw– From CEB. The largest source of Web-based California legal commentary and analysis. All citations of California cases and codes in the text linked to the primary law. Attorney drafted forms fully integrated into the text, with clauses accompanied by explanations and directions and Ranked Search results.
HEIN Online – Law Journals (US & Foreign), ABA Journals, CFR, Federal Register, Congressional Record, All US State Session Laws, Treaties and Agreements, US Statutes at Large, US Reports, & other US Government material. Print, download. Trellis – State court docket research and analytics platform. Search dockets and obtain documents from courts in 45 states. Coverage varies by state. In California, 51 of the state’s 58 counties are covered, including Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego. Many documents are included in the subscription. Documents not available for free may be purchased by the patron. Use the analytical tools to research judges and jury verdicts. More information here.
Lexis Advance – All Matthew Bender California publications (including California Forms of Pleading & Practice), California law journals, jury instructions, case law, Deerings.  Full Shepards.  Full-text.  Print, email, or download. Access to LexisAdvance is available only in the Library. VITALLAW – Online access to the library’s collection of titles from Wolters Kluwer. Practice areas include: Antitrust & Competition, Banking & Consumer Finance, Bankruptcy, Cybersecurity & Privacy, Elder & Estates, Energy and Environment, Family, Health, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation, Products Liability & Insurance, Property & Construction, Securities & Corporate, Tax, Transportation. Available titles.
LexisNexis Digital Library – e-book versions of popular titles from LexisNexis such as California Forms of Pleading & Practice, Deering’s California Codes Annotated, and much more. Available titles. Westlaw – Case law, statutes, and regulations, The Rutter Group, Witkin Library. Federal and all 50 states. KeyCite®
LLMC Digital – Law Library Microform Consortium offers full text public domain government documents. LLMC Digital comprises the world’s largest collection of legal literature and government documents in microform. Xspouse– Child and spousal support calculator certified for Court use by the Judicial Council of California. Includes arrearage calculator.

 

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