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• • If fair use provisions of United States Copyright Law are met, a printed copy may be produced by the user. A printing fee is charged to student Coyote Cards or is paid by public users at the Library Circulation Desk.

 
Electronic Law Books

Antitrust & Trade Regulations: (BNA) This is an Internet Database containing all weekly issues published since February 8, 1996. The Antitrust and Trade Regulations Reporter covers federal, state, and international coverage of competition and deceptive trade practices law. It tracks cases brought by the Justice Department's Antitrust Division, the Federal Trade Commission and the state attorneys general, and also judicial decisions in private cases.

Criminal Law Reporter: (BNA) This is an Internet Database containing all weekly issues published since August 7, 1996. The Criminal Law Reporter is a resource on the enforcement and the interpretation of criminal law with coverage of both federal and state court decisions, federal legislation, and administrative law developments in criminal law.

Family Law Reporter: (BNA) This is an Internet Database containing all weekly issues published since August 6, 1996. The Family Law Reporter reviews important new federal and state cases, legislation, trends and issues in the area of family law. It contains selected federal statutes and regulations, text of uniform acts adopted by states, brief summaries of state divorce laws, and divorce related taxation issues.

Labor & Employment Law Library: (BNA) This an Internet Database containing statutory information, court decisions, and administrative law developments in Labor Law and Employment Law. It covers the subject areas of fair employment practices, disabilities law, individual employment rights, wages and hours, labor arbitration, labor relations, and collective bargaining. The coverage dates will vary with the topic.

Securities Regulation & Law Reports: (BNA) This an Internet Database containing weekly issues published since February 1, 1996. The Securities Regulation and Law Reports tracks legislative and regulatory proposals and actions affecting securities laws, futures regulation, and accounting issues. It provides up-date information on SEC and CFTC regulations and FASB actions, reviews key No-Action and Interpretive Letters, and covers decisions issued by the courts and administrative agencies.

U. S. Law Week: (BNA) This an Internet Database containing weekly issues published since June 24, 1997. The Law Week Reporter enables the user to track Supreme Court petitions and cases on the docket from filing to final disposition. It publishes the full text of all U. S. Supreme Court decisions as soon as they are issued, and reports important legal developments, non-decisional and pre-decisional.   
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Environmental & Water Law

Environment Reporter:  (BNA) This database contains weekly issues published since January 26, 1996. It covers state and federal legislation, regulatory legal and policy news as it applies to all the areas of environmental law. It responds to major environmental decisions by the court and administrative agencies.

Environmental Law Reporter: (ELI) Password required. The Environmental Law Institute site provides access to current environmental law and reports. It includes the ELR Update, News & Analysis, Environmental Forum, Wetlands Newsletter, administrative, national and international information about the environment. The password for access is located on the "Research Databases" sheet by the Public Access Computers in the Reference area.

International Environment Reporter: (BNA) The International Environment Reporter is a resource for understanding environment and safety news, laws, regulations, and policies in all major industrialized and developing nations and in international governmental and nongovernmental organizations.

Missouri River Final Biological Opinion: (Public Internet Site) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has prepared a final biological opinion on the Missouri River for the Army Corps of Engineers. It covers the current operations of the main stem dams and reservoirs, the bank stabilization and navigation channel from Sioux City, Iowa, to the mouth, and operations of the Kansas River projects managed by the Corps.

Missouri River Master Water Control Manual: (Public Internet Site) This site provides access to numerous documents and reports of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division.

Water in the West: (Public Internet Site) This is a report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service on implications for water use and management in the Western United States.

Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission Documents:  (Public Internet Site) "The Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission was charged with a comprehensive review of federal activities in the western states which affect the use and allocation of water, and the review of numerous aspects of water resources, management, institutional and legal matters, and the performance of federal agencies." Search for documents and reports submitted by and to the commission here.  
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Health Law

BNA'S Health Law & Business Library: (BNA) This package of information contains a link to the Health Law Reporter, and access to various portfolios on

• Antitrust:
• • Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions: The Antitrust Perspective
  • Health Care Networks and Managed Care: Antitrust Aspects of Integration & Exclusion
• Contracting Issues:
• • Managed Care Contracting: Advising the Managed Care Organization
  • Managed Care Contracting: Advising the Provider
• Fraud and Abuse:
• • Federal Anti-Kickback Law
  • Federal Self-Referral Law
  • Health Care Fraud and Abuse: Enforcement and Compliance
• Operational Issues:
• • Credentialing Strategies for a Changing Environment: Establishing and Operating an Effective Program
  • Regulation of Provider Risk Sharing and Other Limitations on Risk Bearing Provider
  • Networks
  • Health Care Worker Classification
  • The Corporate Practice of Medicine Prohibition in the Modern Era of Health Care
  • The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act: Practical Tips & Legal Issues
• Structural and Legal Issues
• • Medical Practice Consolidation: Structural and Legal Issues
  • Faculty Practice Plans
• Tax-Exempt Health Care Entities
• • Tax-Exempt Financing for Health Care Organizations
  • Tax-Exempt Status of Health Care Organizations
  • Unrelated Business Income Tax Issues in Health Care
• Transactional Issues
• • Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions: The Transactional Perspective
  • Health Care Joint Ventures: Drafting to Meet Objectives
• Weekly e-mail updates
• Portfolio Authors List
• State Legislative Summaries
• Working Papers, Tables of Cases, Finding Aids

Hospital Law Manual: (CCH) From computers within the Law School and law Library only you may search the full text of the manual, including the annual supplements, and a collection entitled "Reference Materials." After selecting this link, click on the "Enter" button, type your e-mail address, select the tab for "Health Care Compliance," then click "Hospital Law Manual." The search box appears at the top of the screen. Log out when finished.

Health Law Reporter:  (BNA) This is an Internet Database containing weekly issues published since February 1, 1996. The Health Law Reporter provides complete weekly coverage of the entire spectrum of health law, with notification and analysis of significant developments. It includes new cases, federal and state legislation, rules from federal regulators, and enforcement trends.  
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International Law

Hein's U. S. Treaties and Agreements Library: Select HEINONLINE from the Wm. S. Hein site. Pop ups must be allowed to access this Internet resource. It searches the following treaty databases; treaty indexes by subject, country, sign date, and treaty name. It also includes numerous treaty books online: 

• U.S. Treaties & International Agreements
• Indian Affairs, Laws & Treaties
• TS treaties from 1778 to 1958
• EAS treaties from 1922 to 1945
• AD treaties from 1974 to 1949
• TIAS treaties from 1924 to current
• KAV treaties from 1986 to current
• Several Treaty Indexes, Guides, Texts

European Center for Minority Issues: This database includes the Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, ECMI Reports, and ECMI Working Papers. These are all part of the HeinOnline subscription.
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Law Student Resources

The following resources are available to Law Students only! Passwords are required for access. Contact the Reference Librarian with any questions. 

• Fastcase
• • Available to subscribers with passwords only
  • Fastcase is a comprehensive online law library with all federal cases going back to 1 U.S. 1, 1 F.2d 1, 1 F.Supp. 1, and 1 B.R. 1, not to mention state and appellate cases going back to 1950 or earlier, for all 50 states. We also offer access to federal and state statutes, as well as administrative codes.
• CALI Library
  Dakota Disc: access in Computer Lab
• Westlaw
  West Check: access in Computer Lab
• LexisNexis
  Check Cite: access in Computer Lab
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Periodicals

HeinOnline: (Wm. S. Hein) HeinOnline includes searchable full-text legal journals, federal legislative histories, federal register and statutes at large,  treaties, legal classics, and more. Content is in a fully-searchable image-based format utilizing PDF documents. It may be accessed from any computer on the campus of the University of South Dakota. It includes almost 900 legal periodical titles from volume 1-. More full-text titles and libraries are added each month. Sample content and titles in the collection include:

• Law Journal Library
• Treaties and Agreements Library
• Federal Register
• U.S. Supreme Court Library
• U.S. Attorney General Opinions Library
• European Center for Minority Issues Library
• U.S. Federal Legislative Histories Library
• U.S. Statutes at Large Library
• U.S. Presidential Library
• Legal Classics Library

U. S. Government Newspapers and  Periodicals Index: (Public Internet Site)  This page is maintained by the Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress and is perpetually under construction. For additional government information, see the U.S. Legislative Branch Internet Resources, and Thomas, searchable full-text of bills and the Congressional Record.

Legal Periodicals Online: Full-text law journals are available online from campus computers at the U. The Law Library subscribes to several titles plus many more in print.   
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Reference Works

Bartelby.com: This Public Internet Site searches Columbia Encyclopedia-6th, American Heritage Dictionary-4th, Roget's II, American Heritage Book of English Usage, Columbia World of Quotations, Simpson's Contemporary Quotations, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, King James Bible, Oxford Shakespeare, Gray's Anatomy, Strunk's Elements of Style, World Factbook, and the Columbia Gazetteer by author, subject, or title.

Dictionary.com:  This Public Internet Site allows searching of various dictionaries, thesaurus, encyclopedias, and other reference works.

Bibliography of Early American Law: This program searches the monographic and trial literature of American law published in this country or abroad, from its beginnings to the end of 1860. It also includes works in foreign, comparative, and international law if published in this country.  Access from Law Library computers via the Start /All Programs menu.

The Lawyer's Reference Shelf: Searches the Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage, 2nd edition (Bryan Garner) and the Oxford Dictionary of Legal Quotations (Fred Shapiro). Access from Law Library computers via the Start /All Programs menu.

Internet Guide for the Legal Researcher (3rd): The web version of the book Internet Guide for the Legal Researcher is available on the public access terminal in the library. It contains much useful information for the novice legal researcher as well as information for the sophisticated researcher. The password for access is located on the "Research Databases" sheet by the Public Access Computers in the Reference area.

Legal Loose-leaf Index:  The web version includes a listing of loose-leaf titles in print for the current year. The password for access is located on the "Research Databases" sheet by the Public Access Computers in the Referencearea.

State Codes, Reporters, Regulations and Registers: from the Legal Researcher's Desk Reference. State-by-state links to state laws, cases, and judicial opinions and information. The password for access is located on the "Research Databases" sheet by the Public Access Computers in the Reference area.
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Tax Law

BNA Tax Management Series: (CD access only at this time.) Access from Law Library computers via the Start /All Programs menu.

1. Portfolios Plus: annual updates powered by Folio Bound Views Portfolios plus contains the full text of the following:

• U. S. Income Portfolio series
• Estates
• Gifts and Trusts Portfolio series
• Foreign Income Portfolio series
• Internal Revenue Code
• Treasury Regulations
• IRS Forms
• IRS Taxpayer Information Publications
• Revenue Rulings
• Revenue Procedures

In addition it includes IRS announcements, notices, current year coordinated issue papers, recent tax legislation, tables, charts, lists and tax management memorandum. Technical advice memoranda, general counsel memoranda, private letter rulings and court cases do not appear in full text.

2. Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004

3. American Jobs Creation Act of 2004

4. IRS Letter Rulings PLRs and TAMs 1980-present: includes full text of Private Letter Rulings and Technical Advice Memorandum

5. Tax Treaties: includes the following subject categories:

• U. S. Income Treaties
• Income Tax Treaties
• U. S. Administrative Authority
• Cases
• U. S. Gift & Estate Tax Treaties
• U. S. Shipping/Aircraft Agreements
• U. S. Tax Exchange of Information Agreements

6. Federal Tax Cases 1985-present: Provides full-text and searching of all tax cases heard in the federal courts of the United States since 1985. It is updated monthly.

7. Interactive Forms: annual updates.

RIA Checkpoint Tax Library: If a student is already registered, click the link. This is part of a Web based service entitled RIA Checkpoint which is password protected and only accessible to Law School students. (students register here). Full text searching available for the following:

• IRS code and regulations
• Federal Legislation
• Federal Court Decisions
• IRS Publications
• IRS Letter Rulings
• Analysis of Federal Taxes
• General Counsel Memoranda
• Revenue Rulings and Procedures
• Notices and Announcements
• Tables and Tax Rates
• The IRS Bulletin 
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United States Law

Congressional Masterfile 1: (DOS based program) Searches indexes from 1789-1969. This is an index database, not full text.  The years and databases available are listed below. Access from Law Library computers via the Start /All Programs menu.

• U. S. Serial Set 1789-1969
• U. S. Senate Executive Documents Reports 1817-1969
• U. S. Congressional Committee Hearings 1833-1969
• Unpublished U. S. Senate Committee Hearings 1823-1968
• Unpublished U. S. House Committee Hearings 1833-1954
• U. S. Congressional Committee Prints 1830-1969

LexisNexis™ Congressional (formerly Congressional Universe) is a Web based service maintained by Lexis-Nexis. It is a full text Congressional Information Service. It contains statistics, regulatory and statutory information, court information, congressional member information, house and senate documents, and journal information on congressional activity. It provides a seamless link to:

• Hearing transcripts and submitted testimony from the 100th Congress
• Committee Reports from the 101st Congress forward
• All versions of legislative bills from 101st Congress forward
• Bill tracking from 101st Congress forward
• Selected committee prints from the 104th Congress forward
• Congressional Record from the 99th Congress forward
• Federal Register from 1980 forward
• National Journal and Congress Daily

LexisNexis™ Academic Search Forms:  This search will provide quick Congressional news searches on Business, Legal Research, Medical, and Reference topics. It will retrieve up to 125 relevant documents per search.  
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