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=Research on Legal Cases= =Database Passwords=

**Overviews of Cases, Topics**

 * Databases**
 * Opposing Viewpoints in Context* - This database provides different sides to a controversial issue. Search for court case for a summary of the case and the issues raised (be sure to check your spelling). Next, search for issues raised in the case - this database will give different sides of controversial issues.
 * Gale Virtual Reference Library - choose Law, the "Search Within Law" for either topic or case
 * CQ Researcher - search for your topic in quotation marks
 * U.S. History in Context (Gale) - search for your topic, or search for case and click on "Case Overview" on the right

= = =To Find a Supreme Court Decision (Full Text):= American Government Database (ABC-Clio): Search for court case by title. On left, limit to Political, Government and Court Documents *includes citation Justia.com **includes full decisions and annotations (notes about the case)
 * Websites**
 * Oyez (overviews of Supreme Court Cases)
 * 1) Browse by date of case (use Control-F to search within the date for case name)
 * 2) Search for the case by title (make sure you use the blue search box at the top of the page.)

=To Find a Related, Recent Case:= - Legal Information Institute (Cornell University): Search by topic:
 * Supreme Court Cases:**
 * [|1990-present]

- FindLaw [|Legal Cases: Index by Subject]

- FindLaw: Opinion Summaries (scroll down to Legal Topic)
 * Other Court Cases:**


 * Search topic in the databases** (listed above) to find sources that will name recent cases on your topic, then look up the case.