Electronic Databases

The library makes available several databases for free, including Westlaw and Lexis. Library cardholders have access to additional databases, including remote access to select databases.

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Westlaw
How to Search Westlaw
Westlaw Training and Seminars
A staff member will log you into the database using one of the library’s computers. Remote access is not available.

 

Lexis Advance
Lexis Support & Training
This resource is only available from within the Allegheny County Law Library. Remote access is not available.

 

Lexis eBooks
Remote access to Lexis eBooks for library members
LexisNexis Digital Library training guides
To access, simply enter your ACLL library card number.

 

Fastcase
Remote access for member law firms with 60 or fewer attorneys
Fastcase Information Sheet
Fastcase Support
Fastcase Help Guide
Fastcase provides access to federal law, state law in all 50 states, and special courts including the Board of Tax Appeals and U.S. Customs Court. Loislaw treatises, news articles, and HeinOnline Law Journals are also included.

Login instructions:

  • Type in your library card number (without the A or B )
  • 4-digit pin is the last four digits of your library card
  • You may reset your pin if you so desire

 

HeinOnline
How to Get Started in HeinOnline
Remote access for member law firms with 60 or fewer attorneys

HeinOnline provides a number of search and browse features for over two hundred law reviews and the Federal Register, providing the exact page image of legal journals. Journal holdings typically begin from a journal’s inception. 

 

Gale Legal Forms
Remote access for members
Gale training videos and for small business
Gale Legal Forms provides access to state-specific and more generally applicable legal forms in areas such as family law, bankruptcy, and landlord-tenant law.

Login instructions:

  • Type in your library card number (without the A or B )
  • 4-digit pin is the last four digits of your library card
  • You may reset your pin if you so desire

 

LegalTrac
Remote access for members
LegalTrac Support
LegalTrac offers indexing for 1500 titles and full-text for 250 titles. Coverage includes major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty law publications, bar association journals and thousands of law-related articles from general interest publications. 

Login instructions:

  • Type in your library card number (without the A or B )
  • 4-digit pin is the last four digits of your library card
  • You may reset your pin if you so desire

 

Making of Modern Law
Remote access for members
Making of Modern Law is a comprehensive full-text collection of over 21,000 legal works published during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 

Login instructions:

  • Type in your library card number (without the A or B )
  • 4-digit pin is the last four digits of your library card
  • You may reset your pin if you so desire

 

LLMC
Remote access for members
LLMC training video
LLMC Digital is provided by a non-profit cooperative of libraries dedicated to preserving legal titles and making copies of such inexpensively available digitally through its online service. This full-text collection provides access to state, federal, and international resources, including extensive holdings of federal administrative agency decisions. 

Login instructions:

  • Type in your library card number (without the A or B )
  • 4-digit pin is the last four digits of your library card
  • You may reset your pin if you so desire

 

eCode 360
eCode 360 training information
Note: This is a website that is freely available on the Internet.