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Finding older legal materialsHein, other subscription
databases, some on the webFind most in
Electronic Resources: Legal History
Few older materials on Lexis and Westlaw
Secondary sources Older versions of codes and
regulationsStatutes and legislative
historyEnglish law
Reliance in early U.S. law on noted treatises
Making of Modern Law: U.S. and British, 1800-1926, searchable full-text or within works
Hein Online Legal Classics: important historical works
Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Making of the Modern World: Economic Literature (Emory Databases)
Univ. of Michigan: Making of America Books (http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/)
Hein Online Law Journal Library: Journals usually from vol. 1, searchable, citator
Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective 1908-1981: SFX links to full-text
Jones & Chipman’s Index 1786-1922: Select Index to Legal Periodical Literature
Some collections of historical documents are on the web
Emory Law Ready Reference
Yale Law Avalon ProjectUniv. of Okl.
Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents
Library of Congress American Memory Collection
Official U.S. Code: published every 6 years, beginning with 1926
Previous codification Revised Statutes (1875 & 1878)
In the library: 2000-current Range 301, 1976-1994 in Docs, 1926-2000 in fiche
Hein Online US Code 1925-2006 plus Revised Statutes, browse or citation search tool
Westlaw USCA versions from 1990
Lexis USCS versions from 1992
U.S. Public Laws, later compiled in Stat. volumes in P.L. order
First published 1845 Law Library: AE 2.111 Hein Statutes at Large 1789-
2006, browse by volume, PL No., Popular Name, citation navigator
Lexis Congressional 1789-current, searchable
Westlaw :Stat. from 1789, searchable
Lexis : Stat or PL, retrieve pdf by citation using Lexsee, find citations using the Statutes at Large or Popular Name tables
Thomas and GPO Access/FDsys: Public Laws
Library of Congress: 1789-1873
Hein Online: Legislative History (sources & some full-text), Congressional Documents (Cong. Record)
Readex US Congressional Serial Set
Lexis Congressional: hearings, Cong. Record
Westlaw: FED-LH, USCCANLibrary of Congress: Cong.
Record 1789-1875 In the Library: USCCAN,
Cong. Index, Cong. Record, Serial Set
At Woodruff: Serial Set, Cong. Record
Georgia Code: Previous Codes Ranges 355 & 366Codes of 1933, 1926,
1914, and earlierNote that code numbers
vary, use tablesFiche: Superseded State
Codes & Session LawsHein State Session Laws :
most states from 1995, a few states with older statutes
LLMC: includes some state codes and session laws
Indiana Univ.: State Legislative History Research Guides http://www.law.indiana.edu/library/services/sta_leg.shtml
Westlaw: State Legislative History tab
State Legislative Sourcebook: Ref. Office
CFR:Sets in storageHein CFR: 1938-2008Westlaw from 1984Lexis from 1981GPO Access from 1996 in pdf
Federal Register:Volumes in storageHein Federal Register: 1936-
2009, with citation navigatorGPO Access/FDsys from 1994Westlaw from 1936 (1936-
1980 pdf)Lexis from 1980
Statutes at Large 1225-1867: by year of reign
In the library: Hansell Rm. and Spec. Collections
Eighteenth Century Collections & Early English Books: Search 1st for “Statutes at Large”
OPSI: statutes as enacted 1837-present, in pdf: http://www.opsi.gov/uk/acts.htm
Hein: Statutes of the Realm by year 1235-1713
Lexis and Westlaw: if still in force, find in UK databases
Official: The Law Reports 1865-present
Unofficial: English Reports Full Reprint 1220-1865, All England Law Reports 1558-present w/ headnotes 1558-current
Hein: English Reports Full Reprint: 1220-1865 w/ citation navigator & case locator
LLMC digital 1220-1865 Lexis:
The Law Reports 1865-current UK Cases and
England & Wales cases 1558-current Westlaw:
England Reports Full Reprint 1220-1865
All Reports and UK Reports 1919-current