Use the resources below to research criminal cases and legal aspects.
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Check Nexis Uni first. Follow the attached directions to search for cases.
Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.
After searching Nexis Uni, check Google Scholar. After clicking the link, select "Case Law" and then choose the court. Search for a case by title or citation.
If you need additional case info that you haven't found in Nexis Uni or Google Scholar, you may be able to find info in LII.
Legal Collection and Criminal Justice Abstracts are both EBSCO databases where you may be able to find academic articles about criminal cases. The "How Do I" doc applies to them both since they are searched the same way.
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text is a full-text database for criminal justice and criminology research. It provides journals and magazines covering all related subjects, including forensic sciences, corrections, policing, criminal law and investigation.