Research materials, databases, and assistance
Databases and other E-Resources
Bowen Students, Faculty and Staff
In-building access is available to all of these resources. To access remotely, select a source from the list then login with your Net ID at the prompt. Some resources require a faculty/student password, as indicated. Contact the Reference Librarian for a password.
If you have your own computer, wireless Internet access is available throughout the library. Use your UA Little Rock account to access the wireless network. Contact Computing Services (501-916-3995) for assistance.
If you do not have your own computer, there are two computer labs in the law library. Both labs are available to all law students while the library is open.
Law students have unlimited access to Lexis and Westlaw for academic purposes. Access is by password only. Contact Melissa Serfass with password questions.
All other users
Visitors to a UA Little Rock campus (including the law school) may register their email address and mobile phone number to receive guest access to our wireless network.
List of Databases
- Arkansas Legal Forms
- Arkansas Legislative Digest (password required)
- Aspen Learning Library
- Bowen Law Library Research Guides
- CALI Lessons (password required)
- Chicago Manual of Style
- FirstSearch
- HeinOnline
- JSTOR
- Legal Scholarship Network (password required)
- LexisNexis Law Schools (password required)
- LLMC Digital
- Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800-1926
- Making of Modern Law: United States Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978
- Mango Languages
- National Consumer Law Center Digital Library
- ProQuest Business Market Research Collection
- ProQuest Central
- ProQuest Congressional
- ProQuest Legislative Insight
- ProQuest Regulatory Insight
- ProQuest Supreme Court Insight
- Trial Pro Courtroom Simulator
- West Academic Study Aids (password required)
- Westlaw (Bowen law students, faculty & staff)
- WorldCat
The Pulaski County Law Library is pleased to be participating in the Westlaw Patron Access Remote Pilot program with Thomson Reuters. The program provides library pro se patrons and self-represented litigants remote access to Westlaw, a premier legal research database. Users will be required to complete a OnePass registration and to validate their email address before accessing Westlaw. If you have previously registered you can use the OnePass username and password previously created. Access is only available via the link below:
Faculty Resources
Law Library Collections
Archives
Government Documents
Rare Books
Special Collections
Arkansas Resources
- Arkansas Forms Library
- Pulaski County Circuit Court Records
- Arkansas Supreme Court & Court of Appeals Decisions
- Arkansas Code, Acts & Pending Legislation
- Attorney General Opinions
- Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
- U.S. District Court – Eastern District of Arkansas
- U.S. District Court – Western District of Arkansas
- Pacer (account required)
Free Legal Websites
Arkansas Law
- Arkansas Legal Services – Legal Library (Forms & Fact Sheets)
- Judiciary (Arkansas Supreme Court & Court of Appeals opinions)
- State Legislature (Arkansas Code, Acts of Arkansas and pending legislation)
- Arkansas State Home Page
- Department of Finance and Administration
- Department of Human Services
- Attorney General
- Secretary of State
- Arkansas Access to Justice
Federal Law
- Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
- United States District Court – Eastern District of Arkansas
- United States District Court – Western District of Arkansas
- U.S. Courts: the Federal Judiciary
- PACER (U.S. Appellate, District, and Bankruptcy court records – account required)
- FDsys (Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Record,
Congressional Bills, Public Laws, U.S. Code and other federal information)
Law Links
- Cornell Legal Information Institute
- FindLaw
- Justia
- United Nations Treaty Collection
- Case Law Access Project
Bar Associations
Other Library Catalogs
- Library of Congress
- United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library
- WorldCat
Arkansas Libraries
- Arkansas State Library
- Central Arkansas Library System
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock Ottenheimer Library
- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Libraries
- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Law Library
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Library
- University of Central Arkansas Torreyson Library