Law Databases

The Aspen Learning Library provides online access to a number of helpful student study aids, including Examples & Explanations, The Glannon Guides, the Inside Series, Emanual Law Outlines, and Emanuel CrunchTime. Study aid features include full text searching, note-taking, and highlighting options. Audio and video content is also included in the Aspen Learning Library. 

The UT Law community can access the library by logging into their University/Institutional account. From there, they have the option of creating a personal account. To log into the law schools institutional account, from the Aspen Learning Library homepage, select Login on the top right. From the bottom of the login screen select OpenAthens and search for The University of Texas at Austin - Tarlton Law Library. Clicking on the law school link will take you to the UT EID sign in, and from there you will have access to Aspen Learning library at the institutional level. 

Additional details about account creation, including how to create an individual account and how to access the app, are available here.
 

Bloomberg Law integrates legal content, company and market information, and proprietary news. It is an excellent source for docket information, particularly documents sourced from the federal dockets database, PACER. Special practice centers offered currently include bankruptcy, corporate / M&A, intellectual property, litigation, and securities law. Content that was previously available on BNA Premier is now available exclusively through Bloomberg Law. A personal ID and password is required for access. UT Law faculty, staff, and students should contact Lei Zhang (lei.zhang@law.utexas.edu) for assistance with this resource.

HeinOnline is a collection of legal periodicals, government documents, historical monographs, and other collections related to law. The collection includes thousands of legal periodicals and begins with the first issue of each journal.

On-campus, public patrons can use the following link to access this resource: On-campus Heinonline

LexisNexis is a resource for State and Federal cases, codes, administrative materials, business resources and a wealth of analytic content such as Matthew Bender titles. This password accessible resource also provides extensive news coverage, public records, and live on-line research assistance.

A list of over 900 databases to which members of the UT academic community have access. Databases can be viewed alphabetically or by subject.

Omni Tax provides access to a number of tax law resources including The Standard Federal Tax Reporter, the U.S. Tax Treatise Reporter and topical index, and the Federal Estate and Gift Tax Reporter. Omni Tax may be accessed from the VitalLaw homepage. From the top left of the homepage, select ALL CONTENT > TAX - ALL. 

UT Law affiliated users have access to Practical Law on WestlawNext. Generative AI tool. 

The State Bar of Texas provides free access to all digital Texas Bar Books publications and subscriptions via the Texas Bar Practice website. Members of the UT Law community can sign up for a Law Education Account by following these instructions.