http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/LAW/index.html en Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:27:30 -0400 beagle@vt.edu beagle@vt.edu http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/librarians/S_beagle-dave-pic.jpg http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/LAW/index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/L/lexisnexis-academic.html <div style=" width: 200px; float: left;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/L/S_lexis.jpg" alt="LexisNexis" height="160px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /> <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/screencasts/lexis/index.html"><img alt="Screencast tutorials available for this resource" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_screencast.gif" title="Screencast tutorials available for this resource" width="20" /></a> <img alt="Contents of this resource available through Summon" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_summon.gif" title="Contents of this resource available through Summon" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic" title="LexisNexis Academic" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic')" shape="rect">LexisNexis Academic</a> </span></h2><p><i>LexisNexis Academic</i> is a collection of hundreds of databases covering topics such as news, business, legal research, people, and company information. 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Full text presented in HTML and PDF. 1965-present. <span class="majax-erm-advisory" title="e1000645"> </span></p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/L/legal-collection-from-ebscohost.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/L/legal-collection-from-ebscohost.html Article searching Governance Restricted to Virginia Tech users VIVA Mobile interface Screencast tutorials available Get VText http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/W/westlaw.html <div style=" width: 200px; float: left;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/W/S_westlaw.jpg" alt="Westlaw" height="136px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://www.westlaw.com/" title="Westlaw" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://www.westlaw.com/')" shape="rect">Westlaw</a> </span></h2><p><i>Westlaw</i> is a primary online legal research service containing proprietary database services. Information resources on <i>Westlaw</i> include more than 40,000 databases of case law, state and federal statutes, administrative codes, newspaper and magazine articles, public records, law journals, law reviews, treatises, legal forms and other information resources. 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Full text searching is also available for the <a href="http://lis.virginia.gov/000/src.htm">Code of Virginia,</a> <a href="http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?000+men+SRR">Virginia Administrative Code</a>, <a href="http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+men+SRB">Bills and Resolutions</a>, and <a href="http://leg2.state.va.us/dls/h&amp;sdocs.nsf/Published%20by%20Year?OpenForm">House and Senate Documents</a>. <span class="majax-erm-advisory" title="e1000728"> </span></p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/L/legislative-information-system.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/L/legislative-information-system.html Governance Reports, standards, and financials Freely accessible databases Contents of database in Summon