Electronic Resources

On campus, using Cooley PC's or network (including wireless), many of these databases will not require you to enter your name and student number or access code as they will be IP recognized for immediate log in.

Off campus, to access the following databases, you will be required to enter your full name and your CoolCat student number or access code for faculty and staff.

Please note that, per licensing agreements with vendors, the use of some services is limited to certain groups. If you have any questions, or are seeking information contained within a source you cannot access, please contact the Reference Desk: (517) 371-5140, ext. 3111 or 1-866-REFDESK for assistance.

Electronic Resources	Description	Restrictions
Electronic Resources	Description	On Campus*	Remote**
BNA Core	BNA Online allows users to search the full-text of many of BNA’s most popular and valued titles in the areas of Securities, Labor, Environmental Law, Criminal Law, Ethics, and Current Federal Litigation. BNA materials are highly valued by practitioners and scholars for their analysis and timeliness. This subscription also provides Cooley users access to these BNA resources on both Lexis and Westlaw.	All library users via Library PC or Cooley Network	YES - Available to Cooley Students, Faculty, Staff via Library sign-in
BNA Environmental Reporter	BNA Online allows users to search the full-text of many of BNA’s most popular and valued titles in the areas of Securities, Labor, Environmental Law, Criminal Law, Ethics, and Current Federal Litigation. BNA materials are highly valued by practitioners and scholars for their analysis and timeliness. This subscription also provides Cooley users access to these BNA resources on both Lexis and Westlaw.	All library users via Library PC or Cooley Network	YES - Available to Cooley Students, Faculty, Staff via Library sign-in
BNA Intellectual Property Law Resource Center	BNA Online allows users to search the full-text of many of BNA’s most popular and valued titles in the areas of Securities, Labor, Environmental Law, Criminal Law, Ethics, and Current Federal Litigation. BNA materials are highly valued by practitioners and scholars for their analysis and timeliness. This subscription also provides Cooley users access to these BNA resources on both Lexis and Westlaw.	All library users via Library PC or Cooley Network	YES - Available to Cooley Students, Faculty, Staff via Library sign-in
CCH IntelliConnect	The CCH IntelliConnect provides access to Tax & Accounting and Intellectual Property libraries.	Access Limited to Cooley Students, Faculty and Staff via password. Contact a Reference Librarian for details.	LIMITED - Available Cooley Students, Faculty and Staff via password. Contact a Reference Librarian for details.
Congressional Universe	Federal Legislative History Materials	All library users via Library PC or Cooley Network	YES - Available to Cooley Students, Faculty, Staff via Library sign-in
Courtroom Connect	Web-based access to digital audio, and video files of actual trial proceedings and documents. To obtain password, click here.	Access Limited to Cooley Students, Faculty and Staff. Password required. See Description or contact a Reference Librarian for password instructions.	YES - Available to Cooley Students, Faculty and Staff via password. See Description for instructions or contact a Reference Librarian.
FirstSearch	Access to full-text articles via ArticleFirst and Legal Periodicals. This service also provides access to library catalogs providing information on which library holds a title.	All library users via Library PC or Cooley Network	YES - Available to Cooley Students, Faculty, Staff via Library sign-in
FDsys (GPO)	Free electronic access to government information databases.	All library users via Library PC or Cooley Network	YES - Available to Cooley Students, Faculty, Staff via Library sign-in
GPO – Catalog of US government publications	Indexes print and electronic government information products created by federal agencies.	All library users via Library PC or Cooley Network	YES - Available to Cooley Students, Faculty, Staff via Library sign-in
Hein-On-Line	Provides full-text access to selected historical law reviews and journals.	All library users via Library PC or Cooley Network	YES - Available to Cooley Students, Faculty, Staff via Library sign-in
ICLE	Access ICLE’s online law library of over 45 Michigan specific treatises and guides.	All Library Users: May access the ICLE online Books Service via 2 designated on campus PC’s in each Cooley Library location	LIMITED – Remote access available via http://www.icle.org only to Cooley Clinic students, Clinic staff, and Clinic faculty with assigned password.
Index to Legal Periodicals (ILP)	Conduct an index search of over 1000 legal periodicals and books, many available in full text or linked to the library's catalog.	All library users via Library PC or Cooley Network	YES - Available to Cooley Students, Faculty, Staff via Library sign-in
Law Library Microform Consortium	Contains an extensive collection of digitized historical legal literature and government documents including Canadian Colonial legal titles and United States Federal Judicial, Administrative and Legislative documents.	All library users via Library PC or Cooley Network	YES - Available to Cooley Students, Faculty, Staff via Library sign-in
SSRN / Legal Scholarship Network (LSN)	Working/forthcoming paper abstracts with full-text or contact-info. Part of searchable Social Science Research Network (SSRN)	All library users via Library PC or Cooley Network	YES - Available to Cooley Students, Faculty, Staff via Library sign-in.
Legal Trac (formerly LRI)	Conduct an index search of over 700 legal journals, many available in the library.	All library users via Library PC or Cooley Network	YES - Available to Cooley Students, Faculty, Staff via Library sign-in.
Lexis	Access to cases, statutes, law reviews and other legal and non-legal materials	Access Limited to Cooley Students, Faculty and Staff via password. Contact a Reference Librarian for details.	LIMITED - Available Cooley Students, Faculty and Staff via password. Contact a Reference Librarian for details.
Making of Modern Law, The	This database enables researchers to conduct full text searches of nearly 10 million pages of legal history found in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century legal treatises.	All library users via Library PC or Cooley Network	YES - Available to Cooley Students, Faculty, Staff via Library sign-in.
Matthew Bender	Over 300 treatises on various legal subjects are available.	All library users via Library PC or Cooley Network	YES - Available to Cooley Students, Faculty, Staff via Library sign-in.
Mel Databases	Access to reference sources and full text articles from magazines and newspapers.	All library users via Library PC or Cooley Network	YES - Available to Cooley Students, Faculty, Staff via Library sign-in.
Net Library	Access to many titles both legal and non legal	All library users via Library PC or Cooley Network	YES - Available to Cooley Students, Faculty, Staff via Library sign-in.
RIA Checkpoint	Access to a variety of RIA tax products. It offers a wide range of tax resources, including federal and state tax laws, cases, regulations, legislations, treatises, articles, and related news.	All library users via Library PC or Cooley Network	YES - Available to Cooley Students, Faculty, Staff via Library sign-in or individual password accounts. Contact a Reference Librarian for details.
Ulrichsweb.com	Bibliographic and access information for serials published throughout the world, covering all subjects. Entries provide pricing, subscription and distribution details as well as publisher, editor contacts.	All library users via Library PC or Cooley Network	YES - Available to Cooley Students, Faculty, Staff via Library sign-in.
Westlaw	Access to cases, statutes, law reviews and other legal and non-legal materials	Access Limited to Cooley Students, Faculty and Staff via password. Contact a Reference Librarian for details.	LIMITED - Available Cooley Students, Faculty and Staff via password. Contact a Reference Librarian for details.

*On Campus - This includes all library patrons present in the library, or Cooley users on a Cooley Network

**Remote - This includes Cooley faculty, students, and staff using personal PC's outside of the Cooley network.

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