Your contract with LexisNexis provides you with a full collection of legal materials covering both US Federal and State law as well as many non-US legal documents. These sources can be found on www.nexis.com by going to Power Search, Find More Sources, in the Federal Legal, U.S. folder, the States Legal – U.S. folder, the Legal (excluding US) folder, and the Secondary Legal folder. On www.lexis.com, the same Legal folders can be found on the main Sources screen under the Legal tab.
For a more detailed description of each of these sources, please see the following Legal Research modules:
Primary & Secondary Sources Module for information on:
- Law Reviews
- Treatises
- American Law Reports
- Restatements of Law
- Legal Encyclopedias
- Dictionaries
Legislative & Statutory Sources Module for information on:
- Congressional Member Profiles
- Bills
- Bill Tracking Reports
- Committee Reports
- Committee Prints
- House and Senate Documents
- Hearing Testimonies and Transcripts
- Congressional Record
- Legislative Histories
- Public Laws and Statutes at Large
- Statutes/Codes
Executive and Administrative Sources Module for information on:
- Presidential Papers and Executive Orders
- Administrative Agency Manuals, Hearings and Decisions
- Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations
Judicial & Case Law Sources Module for information on:
- Case Law Citations
- Levels of Federal Court
- Case Law Precedent
- Search Advisor
Treaty Research Sources Module for information on:
- Full Text of all U.S. Treaties
- U.S. Treaties in Force documents
- Treaties where the U.S. is not a party