Databases are available campus-wide unless limited to the Cumberland academic community. Off-campus access is password protected for current Cumberland or Samford students, faculty, and staff.

Comprehensive Legal Databases (Cumberland only)

Westlaw

LexisNexis

LexisNexis Congressional (Cumberland only)

Indexing and summaries of reports, hearings, and other U.S. Congressional records with recent documents in full text

HeinOnline

Full text legal documents from the 1700s to date, including law journals, classic law books, CFRs, federal registers, Congressional documents, treaties, foreign and international materials, and more

Labor and Employment Law Library

In-depth coverage of labor law from BNA (see Site Map for list of titles)

ABA/BNA Lawyers’ Manual on Professional Conduct

Ethics rules and opinions, news, and legal analysis

United States Law Week

BNA’s news and case alerts covering all areas of law nationwide, U.S. Supreme Court opinions and docket information

BNA Weekly Newsletters
Choose a BNA newsletter: Antitrust and Trade Regulation Report Criminal Law Reporter Family Law Reporter – Current Reports Securities Regulation and Law Report

Periodical Indexing

Index to Legal Periodicals & Books

LegalTrac

Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) Journals
Choose a bepress journal: Asian Journal of Comparative Law The Economists' Voice Forum for Health Economics & Policy Global Jurist International Commentary on Evidence Issues in Legal Scholarship Theoretical Inquiries in Law Theoretical Inquiries in Law Forum Journal of Tort Law Review of Law & Economics Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology

Alternative Legal Databases (Cumberland only)

Loislaw

Versuslaw

CaseMakerX

Non-Legal Research Resources (by topic)
Samford University Library’s online resources