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.

Checkpoint is a tax and accounting database. Access is restricted to students, staff, and faculty of the Gould School of Law. Email reference@law.usc.edu for information on setting up an individual user account.

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.

A database with data from many Federal agencies and offices. Some content can only be accessed in the USC Law building.

VitalLaw (formerly Cheetah) has a variety of law, business, tax, securities, and healthcare tools.

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.