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This database contains search and seizure cases heard in the California courts, as well as in the 9th Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.
 Bell’s Compendium
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CCH Intelliconnect replaces earlier CCH search websites. Content includes: Tax Compliance and Productivity, Federal and State Tax, Financial and Estate Planning, Sales and Use Tax; includes Standard Federal Tax Reporter and U.S. Master Tax Guide.

 CCH Intelliconnect
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This service provides access to petitions and briefs filed with the California Supreme Court and the California Courts of Appeal. Included on the site are briefs and petitions dated from 1990 for the California Supreme Court, and briefs and petitions dated from 1996 for the California Courts of Appeal. Some select cases are available for earlier years. Briefs and petitions can be searched by docket number, case name, and date.
 California
Public Law Library Briefs Service
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CEB Pro

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Instructions: Use the above link to register for an account. Once registered, you will receive an email with link and access instructions from CEB within one business day.  Please enter San Diego Law Library for your library. If you do not have a CA BAR#; you can enter N/A in the BAR# field, and will receive the same access.

 Online access to CEB’s primary law, citator and secondary sources.

 

You can call or email CEB Technical Support if you have problems registering:

Email: customer_service@ceb.ucla.edu Phone: 1-800-232-3444 

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Remote Access during COVID-19

30 Day access – starts when you receive confirmation email from CEB
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Continuing Education of the Bar publications – includes more than 100 practice books, action guides, and attorney drafted forms.
 CEB
OnLaw
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Electronic access to Los Angeles Daily Journal.
 Daily
Journal
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Two self-help electronic books on divorce published by Nolo Press Occidental and written by California attorney Ed Sherman.
 Divorce self-help books (How to do your own divorce in California, and How to make any divorce better)
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Fastcase is a comprehensive, nationwide law library, including case law, statutes, regulations, court rules, constitutions, and law review articles
 Fastcase
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Finz Case Law Updates provide audio case updates, summaries, analysis and practice tips. The library subscribes to both the CA Torts, Personal Injury and Employment and the CA Evidence, Discovery and Civil Procedure updates. Listen to these programs for CLE credit!
 Finz Case Law Updates
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Our Gale Legal Forms subscription provides access to many legal forms for California. Forms can be viewed and edited in MS Word or any word processing software that can open Rich Text files.
 Gale California Legal Forms Library  Ask reference for assistance.

Borrowers & Benefit Holders ONLY, Please call 619-531-3900 or email refdesk@sdlawlibrary.org for password

 
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Legal periodicals, full text articles; Code of Federal Regulations and Federal Register; U.S. Treaties and Agreements; Legal Classics library; Congressional Documents Library; Federal Agency Documents.
 HeinOnline
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Information icon. Click or hover over for resource information. LexisNexis has gone through extraordinary measures to work with the legal Community during Covid-19 and are continuing to provide Access to Library Patrons. If you cannot otherwise conduct legal research you are welcome to register for a temporary Lexis Advance® ID at https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/pa-access.page and you will receive an ID within 1 business day. This ID will be good until June 30th. This ID allows you to conduct research on the cases, codes, and secondary resources needed for their legal work and personal legal research. We are happy to work with you to maintain access to justice during this time.
 Lexis Advance Patron Access via registration

 

You must register and get an ID using the above link. You will receive an ID within 1 business day from Lexis.

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Access to: National Primary Enhanced library (All state and federal cases, codes and regulations, as well as law reviews), Company and Financial information and all Briefs, Pleadings & Motions.  Access to secondary sources such as Matthew Bender’s Pleading & Practice Set.

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Remote Access during Covid-19

30 day trial period, access ends July 31st
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State and Federal Primary Law, CA administrative opinions, agency information, and legal periodicals. Matthew Bender California collection–books.
 Lexis Advance
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Full text of National Consumer Law Center publications. Topics include consumer bankruptcy, fair debt collection, foreclosures, consumer warranty law and more. With this link also access the National Housing Law Project’s ebook title: HUD Housing Programs: Tenant’s Rights (known as the Greenbook). This book provides critical information on the rights of tenants who reside in HUD-subsidized or assisted housing, providing a detailed review of the current law coupled with historical overviews of the various programs. CLICK ON *MY TREATISES* TO ACCESS TEXTS
 National
Consumer Law CenterIncludes the National Housing Law Project’s ebook title: HUD Housing Programs: Tenant’s Rights (known as the Greenbook)
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National Fire Codes serve as the basis for safety regulation by government agencies and provide guidance to industry, insurance companies and others concerned with safety.
 National
Fire Codes
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Full text of consumer legal reference books and forms provided primarily by Nolo books.
 Nolo – Legal Information Reference Center
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We report on San Diego business, finance and the San Diego economy, real estate, construction, the U.S. military in San Diego, and San Diego government construction bids.
 San
Diego Daily Transcript
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Verdict and Settlement news and research.
 VerdictSearch
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Now through May 31, 2020, Westlaw is providing access to Westlaw Edge to ensure our patrons can gain self-serve access during COVID19.
 Westlaw Edge REMOTE ACCESS

You must register and get an ID using the above link. If you have registered in the past with the same email address, you will not get access. Note this is a 20 hour trial period.

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Access to state and federal primary laws and some secondary sources (Rutter Group).

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Remote Access during COVID-19

20 hour trial period, access ends July 31st
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Legal research service that includes primary state and federal law, numerous secondary sources for State and Federal.  California resources include: all Rutter Group guides, all Witkin treatises, Cal Jur, California Civil Practice, Miller & Starr Real Property. Practical Law, Trial documents & forms database.
 Westlaw

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VISTA location click here

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* These databases are available at our partner libraries in El Cajon and Chula Vista, please see our Locations & Hours page for more information.