There are two steps to providing a link to resources for your students:
Step one: locate the journal article
Step two: generate a link to the resource
The column on the right-hand side provides instructions for step one, locating the article. The column on the left-hand side provides instructions for step two, generating a link.
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.
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 Statutes
1. Log into Bloomberg.
2. Either:
If you want to use a free resource instead of a paid database:
For the U.S.C.
Locating Regulations
1. Log into Bloomberg.
2. Enter the citation for the regulation into the search bar.
If you want to use a free resource instead of a paid database:
Free Online Federal Administrative Law Resources
Note: Students will be prompted for a Bloomberg Law username and password before proceeding to the document
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.