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 UALR 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)
- CALI Lessons (password required)
- Chicago Manual of Style
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Academic
- FirstSearch
- HeinOnline
- JSTOR
- Legal Scholarship Network (password required)
- Lexis Digital Study Aids (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
- Webster’s Third New International Dictionary Unabridged
- West Academic Study Aids (password required)
- Westlaw (password required)
- WorldCat
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
- Google Scholar: Legal Opinions and Journals
- United Nations Treaty Collection
- Case Law Access Project
Bar Associations
Other Library Catalogs
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