To find a bill, law, or other legislative reports, try:
Illinois General Assembly
Years covered 90th GA-, 1997-present
Subjects covered IL bills, laws, House & Senate Journals (browse by date)
When best to use when you have an exact citation to a bill or law; LexisNexis State Capital is better for subject searches
Selective/comprehensive coverage of subjects comprehensive for recent legislation
LexisNexis State Capital
Years covered varies widely depending upon resource; updated daily
Subjects covered law and legislation from all 50 states
When best to use looking for text of laws, bill tracking, administrative rules and regulations
Don't use it for searching the state codes (laws arranged by subject) - use LexisNexis Academic and click on Legal Research on the left-hand side
Selective/comprehensive coverage of subjects comprehensive for state law, not comprehensive for articles from periodicals
Number of periodicals indexed "newspaper of record" for most states (e.g. State Journal-Register for Illinois), and 4 other state policy publications
If you need a federal bill, law, etc., go to Find Federal Laws & Legislation.
To find a particular court case, try:
LexisNexis Academic - click on Legal Research on the left-hand side to get to the cases; you can type in a citation, party names, or do a keyword search (not recommended unless you have a very specific set of circumstances)
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