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Index to Legal Periodicals and Books (LegalPeriodical)

International legal information covering all areas of jurisprudence

Why select this database?

  • Covers legal journals, yearbooks, institutes, bar association organs, law reviews, and government publications originating in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Cites book reviews.
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All areas of jurisprudence, including:

corporate law
criminal law
real estate law
tax law
recent court decisions
new legislation

Sources 1055 journals, 1,400 monographs

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Number of records Over 490,000
Dates covered 1981 to present
Updated Weekly
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Copyright

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Keyword kw: television and hearing-impaired
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Accession number no: BILP88007715
Article type phrase at= biography
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Author au: o'hara
ohara
Author phrase au= ohara, erin a
[last name first]
Case citation we: 90-847
Case name wd: nobleman
Corporate author phrase co= united states trademark association
Descriptors de: commerce and tax
Descriptors phrase de= electronic commerce
Dewey Decimal call no. dd: 025.0634
First page pg: 2
Geographic coverage phrase gc= california
Issue is: 5
Language phrase ln= english
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LC call number lc: a151994
Named company phrase nc= judicial committee
Named person phrase na= clinton hillary rodham
[last name first]
Notes nt: kids
Place of publication pl: ireland
Publication date pd: 1999
Publisher pb: mcgraw-hill
Record type phrase rt= book review
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Reviewed journal phrase rj= peer-reviewed journal
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Source so: administrative law
Source phrase so= administrative law journal
Standard number sn: 0003-7893
Statute citation wc: cal 425.16
Statute jurisdiction wa: australia
Statute name wb: abridgement
Subject su: farming
Subject phrase su= bankrupty
Title ti: food safety
Title phrase ti= compliance manual for food quality & safety
Volume vo: 14
Year yr: 1999