Electronic Resources

NYLI Electronic Resources

NYLI offers our members access to a range of legal research databases at no additional cost. Some databases can be accessed by members remotely from any computer, using a password, while others are only available to our staff and to walk-in visitors to the library. For online or customized training, please view our calendar of events  or contact us.

Remote access (from your desktop)

NYLI Member Access

HeinOnline

Law reviews, session laws, current and historical statutes, treaties, and more. All content is fully-searchable, image-based and available for download in PDF.  More Information
(Remote access limited to member firms with 50 or fewer attorneys resident in the New York office, government agencies, and non-profit organizations) 

ProQuest Congressional 

Comprehensive online resource for Congressional publications and legislative research. Comprehensive indexing and extensive full-text PDF access to Public Laws, bills, hearings, committee reports, documents and studies.  More Information

LLMC-Digital

Searchable archive of state session laws and other government documents, court records and briefs, historical caselaw reporters and major U.S. and British legal treatises.  More Information

Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

The accepted authority on the English language. An unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over 600,000 words from across the English-speaking world.


Additional Web Resources

NYLI Knowledge Base

A dynamic, searchable collection of answers to patrons’ questions that are provided by NYLI’s reference and research librarians.

Ultralingua Online Dictionary

A multilingual dictionary translating English to French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, and Latin.  There are also dictionaries between other languages, such as: French-Spanish, French-German, French-Italian, Spanish-German, Spanish-Portuguese.

On-site Access

On-site Access

  • Bloomberg Law
  • HeinOnline
  • LLMC-Digital
  • Martindale-Hubbell Law Digest
  • New York Law Journal Digital Microfilm
  • ProQuest Congressional 
  • RIA Worldwide Tax and Commercial Law
  • Westlaw

NYLI members are welcome to use our public terminals to access these databases at no additional charge. Our extensive print collection serves as a supplemental resource for your research.

Keep this option in mind when you are working on pro-bono projects and training new attorneys, summer associates, paralegals, and other employees.

Make a request
To request a document from any of the NYLI electronic resources to be e-mailed to you, use the Request a Document form or call us at 212 732 8720.