Law Library Research Guide:
Business Law

Reference Sources:

• Dictionary of Banking Terms REFERENCE HG151 .F57 2006.
• Dictionary of Business Terms REFERENCE HF1001 .F78 2007.
  
• Encyclopedia of Associations REFERENCE AS22 .E5 Information on nonprofit member organizations. Available online Associations Unlimited.
  
• LexisNexis Corporate Affiliations, "Who Owns Whom" REFERENCE HG4057 .A217 2007.
• See also Law Library Research Guide: Corporate and Securities Law and Law Library Research Guide: Federal Regulatory Law.
  

GMU Databases:

• ABI-Inform Coverage: 1984-present In-depth coverage of business conditions, trends, corporate strategies and tactics, management techniques, competitive and product information, and a wide variety of other topics. Some articles appear in full-text form. Includes Hoover's which has information on more than 12 million companies, both public and private, in more than 600 industries worldwide.
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• CCH Business & Finance Library Contains the current, full-text of a number of CCH services in the following subject areas:  Securities, Exchanges and SROs, Corporate Governance, Investment Management, Mergers& Acquisitions, International Business, Banking, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Intellectual Property & Information Technology,  Products, Liability and Safety, Government Contracts, Federal Energy Guidelines, and Transportation Law.
• CCH Health & Human Resources Library Contains the current, full-text of a number of CCH services in the following subject areas: Human Resources Management, Payroll Benefits, Pensions, Labor and Employment Law, Safety/OSHA, Health Care Reimbursement (Medicare and Medicaid), Health Care Compliance, and Food, Drugs, & Devices.
• Note: each time you enter the CCH site, you will be required to enter an email address in order to access this service; you also must log-off before you can access the other CCH Library.
• RIA Checkpoint Contains a substantial collection of primary tax materials, including tax legislation and IRS materials.  In addition, RIA Checkpoint provides full-text access to several journals from WG&L and RIA, as well as current news about tax legislation and caselaw.
• Business and International Commerce Databases from GMU Libraries.

Treatises:

Some examples follow, for other publications search the GMU Library Catalog.

• An Employment Law Guide : Employee Rights and Employer Responsibilities in Virginia. KFV2731 .E55 2005.
• The Law and Practice of Secured Transactions : working with Article 9, by Richard F. Duncan, William H. Lyons, Thomas Earl Geu. KF1050 .D86
• Licensing of Intellectual Property, by Jay Dratler, Jr. KF3145 .D73.
• Michie on Banks and Banking KF974 .M42.
• Partnership Law and Practice, by J. William Callison. KF1375 .C35.
• Ribstein and Keatinge on Limited Liability Companies, by Larry E. Ribstein, Robert R. Keatinge. KF1380 .R522.
• Uniform Commercial Code Reporter-Digest, by William F. Willier, Frederick M. Hart, and Robert J. Desiderio. KF885 .B4.

Popular Works:

Many titles intended for the layperson have forms that are useful to law students too. These are published by Nolo.com formerly Nolo Press. They are located in the Reference Section on the First Floor, Range 112. Older editions are on the third floor and can be checked out. They often have CDs available at the Circulation Desk. Some are available electronically through the GMU Library Catalog.

• How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation, by Anthony Mancuso. REFERENCE KF1388 .Z9 M36 2007.
• Incorporate Your Business, by Anthony Mancuso. REFERENCE KF1420 .Z9 M36 2007.
• Small Business Start-Up Kit: A Step by Step Legal Guide, by Peri H. Pakroo. REFERENCE KF1659 .Z9 P35 2006.
• The Employer's Legal Handbook, by Fred S. Steingold. REFERENCE KF3455 .Z9 S74 2007.
  

Journals:

• The Business Lawyer K2 .U85. available on HeinOnline A constantly growing collection of full-text journals.
• DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal (Online)
• Factiva
  Delivers articles from more than 4,000 Reuters and Dow Jones journalists worldwide - just minutes after the news appears in real-time services. Factiva provides access to more than 900 non-English sources.
• Index to Legal Periodicals & Books 1908-Present, Articles from legal journals, yearbooks, institutes, bar association organs, law reviews, and government publications originating in the US, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. This includes full text of some journals as well as a restrospective index going back to 1908.

Government Internet Resources:

• http://www.fedbizopps.gov/ Federal Business Opportunities
• Federal regulations are found in the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R., Range 102) and GPOAccess. Proposed regulations and adopted regulations appear in the Federal Register (Range 102). GPOaccess 1994-
• http://www.sba.gov/advo/laws/law_lib.html United States Small Business Administration, Small Buziness Law Library
• Virginia Forms: Forms used by Virginia state agencies. http://www.virginia.gov/cmsportal2/government_4096/forms.html