Paralegal Studies

Provides access to primary source material such as case law, statutes, and regulations as well as secondary source materials such as legal news or law reviews for background or analysis of a legal topic. NOTE: If you get a security message blocking your access, call Oakton Library Reference 847.635.1644

The CQ Almanac brings together over sixty years of authoritative congressional reporting in one, easy-to-use resource. Users can: Navigate with ease through over 60 years of congressional coverage. Browse by subject, decade, or by a particular year's table of contents. Use Policy Tracker to explore a specific policy topic and see how it has changed over the years

Published annually since 1972, the Historic Documents series has made primary source research easy by presenting excerpts from documents on the important events of each year for the United States and the World. Each volume pairs 60 to 70 original background narratives with well over 100 documents to chronicle the major events of the year, from official reports and surveys to speeches from leaders and opinion makers, to court cases, legislation, testimony, and much more.

The Supreme Court Yearbook provides case summaries of every opinion written during each Supreme Court term, essays on the most significant cases from each year and the trends in each term. The Supreme Court Yearbook Series Online Edition features easy-to-use search and browse functions that make navigation fast and simple.