Online Resources

Bloomberg Law provides a wide variety of primary and secondary sources for legal research. Bloomberg Law access is restricted to students, staff, and faculty of the Gould School of Law. To sign up, click on "Register Academic Account" and register using your USC Gould email address.

Casetext leverages artificial intelligence and data science to provide efficient and intuitive legal research tools. It includes both federal and state primary law, briefs, legal analysis and more. Current students, staff, and faculty have free and unlimited access.

A lower-cost legal research database with state and federal primary law. Our educational license is limited to USC Gould School of Law affiliated faculty, staff and students and does not include secondary sources.

LexisNexis provides a wide range of legal and news sources on its Lexis+ research platform. Lexis access is restricted to students, staff, and faculty of the Gould School of Law. Email reference@law.usc.edu for the authorization code to set up an individual user account.

Access to news, primary law (cases, statutes and regulations) and law review articles. The best source for primary law for USC students. faculty, and staff who are not affiliated with the law school.

Westlaw provides a wide range of legal primary and secondary sources on its research platform. Westlaw access is restricted to students, staff, and faculty of the Gould School of Law. Email reference@law.usc.edu for the authorization code to set up an individual user account.