Databases
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HeinOnline Academic This link opens in a new windowHeinOnline - Covers 300+ years of information on political development and the complete history of the creation of government and legal systems around the world. The journal collection features nearly 2,800 periodicals relating to a variety of subject areas, with all coverage dating from inception to the most currently published issues in most cases.
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SciFinder-n This link opens in a new windowIn addition to the reference, substance, reaction and supplier content SciFinder-n includes relevance-ranked results, step-by-step procedures and protocols, citation mapping, biosequence searching, retrosynthetic analysis, patent landscape mapping, touch-screen enabled structure drawing and much more—all accessible in a simple, easy-to-use interface. See 'more' for registration info.
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Legal Collection This link opens in a new windowEBSCO - Legal Collection offers information centered on the discipline of law and legal topics including criminal justice, ethics, federal law, international law, labor and human resource law, medical law, organized crime and the environment.
Websites
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European Patent OfficeExtensive list of many national patent offices’ databases. 1836-present.
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International Patent Classification (IPC) The International Patent Classification (IPC), established by the Strasbourg Agreement 1971, provides for a hierarchical system of language independent symbols for the classification of patents and utility models according to the different areas of technology to which they pertain. A new version of the IPC enters into force each year on January 1.
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Patents Information Practicum from UCLAFor more in-depth information on patents, patent searching, and patent law.
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United States Patent and Trademark OfficeProvides general information about patents, trademarks, copyrights and the submission processes, as well as searchable full-text of issued patents dating back to 1976. PDF Image Patents since 1790.