A number of secondary legal sources, such as the law reviews, are also shelved on the lower level. The Dewey Library holds two complete reporter sets for U.S. Supreme Court decisions, the United States Code Annotated, the Code of Federal Regulations, New York state statute and reporter sets, regional reporter sets and statutes for some other states. In addition to the traditional hard copy legal materials, the Dewey Library also offers several online electronic services to the students and faculty of the University at Albany. The Washington Alert database is also available at the Dewey Library. This database can be used for retrieving U.S. Senate and House bills and tracking federal legislative activity.
Most databases are full-text.
For example, the entire text of a reported decision can be retrieved using this system. The databases include comprehensive coverage of federal law and excellent coverage of state law. There are also databases of secondary legal materials such as law reviews. Patrons wishing to use the service must be prepared to present a current University at Albany I.D. card. Please call the reference desk at 442-3691.