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Linking To Library Electronic Resources: Links to Bloomberg

NYU Law Faculty are able to access many electronic resources for articles, cases, statutes, etc. This guide describes how to create links to these resources for your students in your Brightspace page.

Overview

There are two steps to providing a link to resources for your students:

Step one: locate the resource

Step two: generate a link to the resource

The column on the left-hand side provides instructions for step one, locating the source material. The column on the right-hand side provides instructions for step two, generating a link. 

Step One: Locating Resources on Bloomberg

The first step in providing links to library resources for students is to find the resource yourself before generating a link. Actually finding a resource will involve different steps depending on what kind of resource you want to provide a link for. The boxes below will provide step-by-step instructions for locating online versions of various types of resources.

Locating Case Law

1. Log into Bloomberg.

2. Enter the citation for the case into the search bar. You can exclude the name of the case itself and just enter the citation information (for example, search only 347 U.S. 483, instead of searching Brown v. Board of Ed. Topeka, 347 U.S. 483). 

If you want to use a free resource instead of a paid database:

1. Go to scholar.google.com and select the "Case Law" button. An alternative is the Caselaw Access Project / Court Listener.

2. Enter the citation into the search bar. Note that not all case law (especially trial and intermediate appellate state court decisions) will be discoverable using Google Scholar.

Locating Dockets

1. Bloomberg is also a robust source for court filings and documents. After logging in to Bloomberg, select "Litigation" at the top menu bar, followed by "Dockets Search."

2. Enter the search keywords for the docket into the search bar. It is usually recommended to enter a docket number where available, under "Docket #."

Locating Statutes

1. Log into Bloomberg.  

2. Either:

  • Enter the citation for the statute into the search bar and select 'Codified Statutes' from the dropdown menu OR
  • Select the Laws & Regulations content type from the top menu bar, then select either the U.S. Code, or State Laws & Regulations, and then navigate to the appropriate title and section. 

If you want to use a free resource instead of a paid database:

For the U.S.C.

  • There are several free resources for the U.S.C., including:

Locating Regulations

1. Log into Bloomberg. 

2. Enter the citation for the regulation into the search bar or locate it under Laws & Regulations. 

If you want to use a free resource instead of a paid database:

Free Online Federal Administrative Law Resources

Step Two: Creating a Link to Bloomberg

Note: Students will be prompted for a Bloomberg Law username and  password before proceeding to the document

Unlike other databases, Bloomberg does not have a direct feature for generating hyperlinks.

Click the hyperlink for Bloomberg in your browser window and copy the link. Paste the link into the document or resource you are providing to your students. You may opt to exclude the portion of the URL after the document number for a shorter link.