Law Resources

Academic Search Complete is a large scholarly, multidisciplinary, full-text database, with more than 7,400 full-text periodicals, including more than 6,300 peer-reviewed journals.

Avalon Project is a product of Yale Law School and contains digital documents relevant to the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy and government grouped by time period from ancient times to the present.

CQ Researcher provides in depth reports on current issues in the news each week from 1923 to present. Reports often contain lengthy discussion plus graphs, pro/con articles, a chronology, and links to organizations and other associated resources.

Full text online access to legal journals

This has a searchable database of Annals of the Congress of the United States (1789-1824) -- and other important congressional material.

Maine Superior Court Decisions provides full text PDF documents dating from January 2000 through present. Decisions are cross referenced by Plaintiff, Defendant, Judge and County. Citations and references are included.

The Office is responsible for administering a complex and dynamic set of laws, which include registration, the recording of title and licenses, a number of statutory licensing provisions, and other aspects of the 1976 Copyright Act and the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Statewide book catalog that includes Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, UNE, Husson and many other libraries in Maine. Always search LibrarySearch first; request a book from MaineCat with your USM library barcode number only if there is no available copy in LibrarySearch.

If LibrarySearch and MaineCat do not have the item you need, then check WorldCat. Once you find the item you need, click on the title, under 'Get this item' click on "Order through ILLiad," and sign into your ILLiad account, complete the form, and submit the information. You will receive an email when your item has arrived in print or electronically. If you don't have an ILLiad account, you can create one for free.