Law Library of Louisiana
Electronic Databases
(Updated 7/27/2015)
Law Library Online Catalog
Use this tool to locate nearly everything in our collection including books, law reviews, newspapers, microfilm and online resources.
Find full-text law review articles, Louisiana Acts, the Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations from their inception to the
present; session laws from all fifty U.S. states; treaties and agreements; U.S. Attorney General opinions from 1791 through 1982;
U.S. Congressional documents; U.S. Presidential Library; U.S. Supreme Court Library, and state historical statutes.
Legal Forms
Contains Louisiana-specific forms covering many popular legal topics. Although we make these forms available to the general public,
the library staff is prohibited from choosing or suggesting particular forms for use. Furthermore, library staff
cannot help patrons fill out the forms as we are not practicing attorneys.
Partial full-text database with legal articles from 1980 to the present.
Free Access to Lexis Advance, a database containing federal and state statutes and cases, jury instructions, court rules,
regulatory codes, state Attorney General opinions, and the Shepard’s® Citations Service.
Full text database of current National Fire Codes. [ASK LIBRARIAN FOR LOGIN ASSISTANCE]
Louisiana Historical Newspapers
Full text articles in historical Louisiana newspapers like The Times-Picayune, The Daily Picayune, The Advocate,
and other Louisiana newspapers from 1790-1989.
Pre-1900 full text articles in historical U.S. newspapers.
Congressional
U.S. congressional publications, legislative histories, member biographies, committee assignments, voting records, and
financial data; and the full text of key regulatory and statutory resources dating back to the 1800s.
Database containing federal and state statutes and cases, jury instructions, court rules, regulatory codes, state Attorney General
opinions, treatises like the Louisiana Civil Law Treatise series and American Law Reports, and many pleading and practice forms.
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