Library Electronic Resources
Cooley Law School offers many electronic resources and databases to faculty, staff, students, alumni, and attorneys. There are some resources that you may not access. If you have any questions, or are seeking information contained within a source you cannot access, please contact 1-866-REF-DESK for assistance.
- On campus: using Cooley PCs or the Cooley network (including wireless), many of these databases will not require you to enter your name and student number or access code as they are IP-recognized for immediate log in.
- Off campus: to access the following databases, you are required to enter your full name and your student number (or for faculty and staff, your access code).
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| Resource | Description | On Campus | Remote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomberg Law | Full-text, searchable access to primary and secondary authority (including BNA titles) from all Federal and 50-State jurisdictions, plus corporate, financial, and practice resources. | LIMITED – Available to Cooley students, faculty, and staff via password. Contact a reference librarian for details. | LIMITED – Available to Cooley students, faculty, and staff via password. Contact a reference librarian for details. |
| CALI | Non-profit consortium of law schools with 1000+ online lessons across many topics; podcasts, blogs, articles, and open-source casebooks available on the CALI homepage. | LIMITED – Cooley students, faculty, and staff via user-created login. Authorization Code required. Contact a reference librarian for details. | LIMITED – Cooley students, faculty, and staff via user-created login. Authorization Code required. Contact a reference librarian for details. |
| Courtroom Cast | Integrates text, audio, video, and rich media into a searchable/browsable learning platform. | LIMITED – Cooley students, faculty, and staff via password. Contact a reference librarian for details. | LIMITED – Cooley students, faculty, and staff via password. Contact a reference librarian for details. |
| EBSCO eBook Collection | Access to many titles—legal and non-legal. | ALL LIBRARY USERS via Library PC or Cooley network. | YES – Available to Cooley students, faculty, and staff via Library sign-in. |
| Fastcase | Full-text legal research database with Federal and State primary sources. | ALL LIBRARY USERS via Library PC or Cooley network. | YES – Available to Cooley students, faculty, and staff via Library sign-in. |
| FirstSearch | Full-text via ArticleFirst and Legal Periodicals, plus access to library catalogs indicating holdings. | ALL LIBRARY USERS via Library PC or Cooley network. | YES – Certain features and databases only on Cooley’s campus network. |
| govinfo (GPO) | Free electronic access to government information databases. | ALL LIBRARY USERS via any personal Internet connection, Cooley network, or Library PC. | YES – Unrestricted access via any Internet connection. |
| GPO – Catalog of U.S. Government Publications | Indexes print and electronic government information products created by federal agencies. | ALL LIBRARY USERS via any personal Internet connection, Cooley network, or Library PC. | YES – Unrestricted access via any Internet connection. |
| HeinOnline | Full-text access to 2,200+ law reviews and journals, plus other resources. | ALL LIBRARY USERS via Library PC or Cooley network. | YES – Available to Cooley students, faculty, and staff via Library sign-in. |
| ICLE | Michigan-specific how-to resources: forms, updates, analysis, and primary law. | LIMITED – Clinic students/faculty/staff and approved courses via password. Contact a reference librarian. | LIMITED – Remote access for Clinic students/faculty/staff and approved courses via password. |
| Lexis | Access to cases, statutes, law reviews, and other legal/non-legal materials. | LIMITED – Cooley students, faculty, and staff via password. Contact a reference librarian. | LIMITED – Cooley students, faculty, and staff via password. Contact a reference librarian. |
| LexisNexis Digital | Access to authoritative legal eBook content to browse, check out, and download. | ALL LIBRARY USERS via Library PC or Cooley network. | LIMITED – Students, faculty, and staff via Cooley network login. |
| LLMC Digital | Extensive historical legal literature and government documents (U.S. & Canadian). | ALL LIBRARY USERS via Library PC or Cooley network. | YES – Available to Cooley students, faculty, and staff via Library sign-in. |
| The Making of Modern Law | Full-text search across nearly 10 million pages of 19th–20th century legal treatises. | ALL LIBRARY USERS via Library PC or Cooley network. | YES – Available to Cooley students, faculty, and staff via Library sign-in. |
| NCLC Digital Library | 20+ consumer-law treatises with pleadings, primary sources, and practice aids. | ALL LIBRARY USERS via Library PC or Cooley network. | LIMITED – Students, faculty, and staff via Cooley network login. |
| PLI Discover Plus | Full-text access to Practising Law Institute treatises, handbooks, forms, and more. | ALL LIBRARY USERS via Library PC or Cooley network. | YES – Available to Cooley students, faculty, and staff via Library sign-in. |
| ProQuest Congressional | Federal legislative history materials. | ALL LIBRARY USERS via Library PC or Cooley network. | YES – Available to Cooley students, faculty, and staff via Library sign-in. |
| ProView | eBook access to many Thomson Reuters treatises, including some textbooks. | ALL LIBRARY USERS via Library PC or Cooley network. | LIMITED – Cooley students, faculty, and staff via password. Contact a reference librarian. |
| SSRN / Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) | Working/forthcoming paper abstracts with full text or author contact info; part of SSRN. | ALL LIBRARY USERS via Library PC or Cooley network. | YES – Available to Cooley students, faculty, and staff via Library sign-in. |
| Westlaw | Access to cases, statutes, law reviews, and other legal/non-legal materials. | LIMITED – Cooley students, faculty, and staff via password. Contact a reference librarian. | LIMITED – Cooley students, faculty, and staff via password. Contact a reference librarian. |
| WestlawNext Patron Access | Full-text access to primary/secondary authority across jurisdictions; content limited to library subscriptions. Users must accept license before access. | ALL LIBRARY USERS via Library OPAC terminals only; time limits may apply. | NO – Access limited to Library OPAC terminals only. |
| WorldCat Discovery | Full-text via ArticleFirst and Legal Periodicals; discovery across library catalogs. | ALL LIBRARY USERS via Library PC or Cooley network. | YES – Certain features/databases only on Cooley’s campus network. |