Legal Research
These databases are provided by the L.A. Law Library, and are only accessable at the Van Nuys Branch Library
Legal Information Reference Center
Legal Information Reference Center offers everyday users the necessary tools and detailed how-to instructions covering a wide-range of legal issues. A majority of the full-text legal reference books are provided through Nolo, the nation’s oldest and most respected provider of legal information for consumers
HeinOnline Public Library
HeinOnline’s Public Library Package includes the full text of more than 2,800 law and law-related journals, access to U.S. federal and state case law, thousands of classic legal treatises, and also government publications. The package features complete coverage of the U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Congressional Documents, and more—all are exact replicas of the original print publications and are fully searchable.
Lexis Advance
Lexis' newly designed research platform has been described as 'cleaner and easier to use' with their 'big red search box' and other features. This database includes coverage of state and federal cases and statutes, Matthew Bender California treatises, and Shepard's.
Access provided by the L.A. Law Library. Access available only at the Van Nuys Branch Library.
Westlaw (Thomson Reuters Westlaw)
Coverage of State and Federal statutes and case opinions; selected California secondary sources published by West, a Thomson Reuters Business.
Access provided by the L.A. Law Library. Access available only at the Van Nuys Branch Library.
LegalTrac
Indexing for more than 1,500 major law reviews, legal newspapers, and international legal journals.
Access provided by the L.A. Law Library. Access available only at the Van Nuys Branch Library..
LA Law Library Online Catalog
Nearly one million volume equivalents with Federal and State materials, a comprehensive California collection and one of the nation’s largest foreign and international law collections.
Access provided by the L.A. Law Library. Access available only at the Van Nuys Branch Library.
HeinOnline
Law journals, the Federal Register, CFR, USC, and US Treaties.
CEB OnLAW
The largest source of web-based California legal commentary and analysis
Access provided by the L.A. Law Library. Access available only at the Van Nuys Branch Library.