Below is a list of various legal research databases, government webpages, and other resources that are available over our WiFi network.

Legal Databases

OnLAW

Available on Library Computers & Library WiFi

OnLaw Sign-In: https://onlaw.ceb.com/onlaw/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&vid=OnLAW:CEB

Practice guides, Action Guides, and form templates published by Continuing Education of the Bar. Documents can be printed for .25/page, or pasted into a Word document and saved to a USB drive.

LexisNexis Digital Library

Available on Library Computers & Remotely Via Link Below

Lexis Digital Library provides free anytime/anywhere access to our collection of LexisNexis eBooks, including a wide range of California titles. Patrons with a Law Library card can check out up to 5 eBook volumes at a time for up to 7 days to read in your computer’s web browser or on your mobile device through the LexisNexis Digital Library app (both iOS and Android apps are available). Library Code for the app is “ACLL.” * Lexis Digital Library Flyer *

Follow links from within books to the Lexis Advance online service (requires subscription). Add your own highlights, annotations, bookmarks, and tags to books for quick reference. Delivery options: Print sections or Print to PDF.

Lexis Digital Library Sign-In: https://lexisdl.com/welcome/login/acll

Sign-in using your Law Library Card number. Don’t remember your Law Library Card number? Call us at (510) 208-4832 or email lawlib@acgov.org
Select “Public Access – Alameda County Law Library” from the drop-down menu.
Need Help? Email kaitlyn.forsyth@lexisnexis.com

National Consumer Law Center Digital Library

Available on Library Computers & Remotely for Library Card Holders

NCLC Digital Library Sign-In: https://library.nclc.org/user

The NCLC Digital Library provides access to the complete text of all 21 NCLC treatises on consumer law topics including: debt collection and debtor rights, foreclosures and mortgage lending, student loans, truth in lending, unfair and deceptive acts and practices, credit reporting, credit discrimination, consumer warranty law, and repossessions, among other consumer protection issues. The Digital Library also provides access to HUD Housing Programs: Tenants’ Rights (The Green Book).

Comprehensive coverage of consumer law precedent and laws in all 50 states
Highly practical, filled with practice tips
Sample pleadings, checklists, practice tools
Cited by the Supreme Court, many other courts

Documents can be emailed, saved to a USB drive, or printed for .25/page.

Law Library cardholders can request the NCLC Digital Library login and password from library staff. Email us at lawlib@acgov.org

Gale Legal Forms- California Forms Library

* Now Available Remotely Via Link Below to Library Card Holders *

Gale Legal Forms – California Forms Library offers a wide selection of essential state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms that may be customized for the most common legal procedures. The database includes thousands of transactional and litigation forms on a variety of legal topics- real estate forms, business forms, contracts, wills & trusts, powers of attorney, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others.

The California Forms Library can be searched by keyword/form name or browsed by practice area (e.g. Promissory Notes). Forms can be downloaded as Word documents and saved to your computer.

Law Library cardholders can access Gale Legal Forms from your home or office at: https://link.gale.com/apps/TGLF?u=oakl62165

Library cardholders can email us at lawlib@acgov.org for the Password.

Training Tools:

California Public Law Library Briefs Service

http://govt.westlaw.com/cabriefs/index

This service provides access to petitions and briefs filed with the California Supreme Court and the California Courts of Appeal. Included on the site are briefs and petitions dated from 1990 for the California Supreme Court, and briefs and petitions dated from 1996 for the California Courts of Appeal.

Briefs and petitions can be searched by docket number or case name.

California Cases (1850-)

http://www.lexisnexis.com/clients/CACourts/

This Official Reports Web site is intended to provide free public access to California´s precedential appellate decisions.

California Code of Regulations

https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Search/Index

Google Scholar (search case law)

https://scholar.google.com/

Municode

The Municode website offers access to many municipal codes including the Oakland Municipal Code.

https://library.municode.com/

Nolo EBSCO – Nolo Press eBooks

* Now Available Remotely Via Link Below *

Provides access to more than 220 full-text legal self-help books, most published by Nolo Press, the nation’s oldest provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses. Includes books and forms related to civil litigation, real estate, probate and estate planning, real estate transactions, and small business formation.

You can access Nolo EBSCO in the library or from your home or office at: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&custid=ns134829&group=main&profile=lirc

User ID: alamedacll / Password: Alameda2025!