Library Guides: Free Legal Research Resources: News and Analysis

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Wex Legal Encyclopedia
Provides term definitions and background information for hundreds of legal topics.
Nolo Legal Encyclopedia
Thousands of legal articles on practical topics with citations to state statutes and regulations.

Digital Commons Network - Legal Commons
An open access site for law faculty papers and a growing number of law school journals.
ABA Free Full-Text Online Law Review/Journal Search
A free full-text search of over 400 online law journals, as well as academic papers and reports.
Google Scholar
Provides a simple way to broadly search across journal articles from law and other disciplines.
SSRN - Social Science Research Network
You can limit your search to the legal scholarship network, or search across all 24 disciplines.