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Legal Resources

Best Bets for Legal Research

Nexis Uni (formerly Lexis/Nexis)

  • A vast collection of business, news, and legal resources. Especially relevant for its comprehensive content of legal materials, including court cases, statutes, and regulations from Canada, the United States, and the world.  (Video on finding court cases in Nexis Uni: https://youtu.be/hI_Q7DRz-4Y)

Hein Online

  • A diverse collection of contemporary and historical legal resources.

Law Review Journals via Nexis Uni

  • From the Nexis main page, click "Law Reviews" listed under the Guided Search heading.

CanLII

  • Provides access to Canadian court cases, statutes, and regulations.

ProQuest 

  • Contains journals, magazines, and newspapers.

RIA Checkpoint (for accounting research)

  • A web-based tax and accounting research tool. Accessible from on or off campus. (Only accounting students who register may access this database from off-campus, however. Please contact Samantha Gust at gust@niagara.edu for more information.)