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Government & Legal Resources

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• The Abridgement: Canadian Case Digests -- Digests every Canadian case still of significance and provides a comprehensive overview of retrospective Canadian case law. Only available in the Neef Law Library. Consult the Reference Desk there for access.

• Academic Universe -- Subset from LEXIS-NEXIS. Wide range of full-text news, business, legal, and reference information. NOTE: Not available from the Law Library due to licensing restrictions.

• Bureau of National Affairs -- Only available in the Neef Law Library. Consult the Reference Desk there for access. Available Databases:

  • Environmental Library
  • Environment Reporter
  • Tax Management Portfolios Plus

• CCH Access -- An on-line service providing access to information concerning taxation, securities, and labor. Only available in the Neef Law Library. Consult the Reference Desk there for access. Available Databases:

  • Board of Tax Appeals
  • IRS Cumulative Bulletins
  • IRS Letter Rulings, AODs, GCMs, MSSPs, ISPs, LGMs, and TMs
  • IRS Positions
  • IRS Manual
  • IRS Publications
  • IRS Revenue Rulings and Revenue Procedures
  • Standard Federal Tax Reporter
  • Estate, Gift and Excise Tax Reporter
  • Tax Court Memorandum Decisions
  • Tax Court Decisions
  • U. S. Tax Cases

• Congressional Universe -- U.S. legislative information, including bills, Congressional publications, committee reports, etc.

• CQ Researcher -- Covers the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, all the pros and cons, two bibliographies, and more. *CQ Researcher will not function properly in the "SEARCH" mode on some older releases of NETSCAPE. Versions of NETSCAPE at 3.6 (or higher) produce the proper results when using the "SEARCH" mode in the CQ Researcher database.

• GPO Monthly Catalog -- Guide to U.S. Government Publications.

• Hein's Law School Catalogs -- Reproduces the catalogs of US law schools. Only available in the Neef Law Library. Consult the Reference Desk there for access.

• Housing & Development Reporter -- Only available in the Neef Law Library. Consult the Reference Desk there for access. Available Databases:

  • Housing & Development Reporter Current Developments
  • Housing & Development Reporter Handbook
  • HDR Searchbase
  
  

• Index to Legal Periodicals -- Articles and book reviews from legal journals, yearbooks, law reviews, government publications.

• Interactive Courtroom: Be Prepared for your Deposition -- Explains fourteen "mechanics" and nine answering "techniques" common to almost all depositions. It also has video commentaries by practicing attorneys, video examples, references to the applicable legal rules, and a video self-test. Only available in the Neef Law Library. Consult the Reference Desk there for access.

• LegalTrac
  

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  Main/Downtown Campuses, Oakland Center
  

  Medical Campus

  
  

• PAIS Decade -- Index to a variety of materials on public affairs topics.

   

• Shepard's Michigan Citations -- Includes state cases, state statutes, state court rules, state constitutions, state jury instructions, U.S. Code, U.S. Constitution, and Federal Court Rules as cited by Michigan cases. Only available in the Neef Law Library. Consult the Reference Desk there for access.

• Statistical Universe -- Index to statistical data produced by the U.S. government; international intergovernmental organizations; and wide variety of reputable non-governmental sources.

• Stat-USA -- Access to both U.S. economic and financial news releases and tabular data and international trade-related resources, such as market research, trade opportunities, and country analysis from the National Trade Data Bank (NTDB).

• Tax Analysts -- Provides comprehensive coverage of all primary tax legislation. Only available in the Neef Law Library. Consult the Reference Desk there for access. Available Databases:

  • Court Opinions
  • Infotax: The Onedisk
  • IRS Letter Rulings and TAMs
  • State Tax Onedisk
  • Tax Notes

• Tiara: Treaties and International Agreements Researchres' Archive -- Contains the full-text of 9000+ U.S. treaties and international agreements from 1783 to the present. Only available in the Neef Law Library. Consult the Reference Desk there for access.

• United States Government Products -- Only available in the Purdy/Kresge Library and the Neef Law Library. Consult the Reference Desk there for access and available titles.