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Fee-Based Databases: Comparison Chart

The following chart illustrates availability and coverage of primary legal research materials available from fee-based database providers via the Internet. The links within the chart will lead to the vendors' database directories and pricing options. The chart is not comprehensive and is intended only to provide an overview of the vendors' products.

Last Updated August 2001.
VENDORS CONTENT
Case Law Statutory Cost Other Services
State Federal State Federal
QUICK LAW check Supreme Court; Court of Appeals; Circuit Courts. Coverage varies. check Court of Appeals for all circuits; Supreme Court. Coverage varies. check Some states. Current. check Current U.S. Code, annotated; Statutes at Large in preparation. Negotiable flat or transactional fees. Contact Vendor. Databases available topically. Some news resources available.
VERSUS LAW check Supreme Court; Court of Appeals. Coverage varies. check Supreme Court; All Circuit Courts; some District Courts. Coverage varies. check Some states. Current. check Current U.S. Code Options include flat fees on a monthly, annual, or 24 hour access. Includes Tribal Court Opinions. Offers automated topical opinion updates, CLE.
LOISLAW .COM check Supreme Court; Court of Appeals. Coverage generally 50-100 years. check Supreme Court(since 1899); All Circuit Courts; District Courts; some Bankruptcy Cts. Coverage usually since 1971. check All States. Current. check U.S. Code; Public Laws. Current. Flat rate package plans, multiple options. Offers citation research, automated searching, and some news resources.
NTL. LAW LIBRARY check Supreme Court; Court of Appeals. Fifty years coverage. check Supreme Court; Circuit Courts. Coverage varies. check Some states. Current. check U.S. Code, current through 2000 Flat rate package plans, multiple options. Offers "sister" products: brief database, legislative tracking services.
WEST LAW .COM check All available courts, reported and some unreported. Coverage -many states since inception. check All available courts, reported and some unreported. Coverage -most since inception. check All states, annotated. Current. check U.S. Code, annotated. Current and historical (to 1990). Negotiable flat rate or transactional. Contact Vendor. Offers citation research; automated searching; news highlights; secondary legal and business sources.
LEXIS.COM check Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, some unreported cases. Coverage -many states since inception. check All available courts, reported and some unreported. Coverage -most since inception. check All states, annotated. Current. check U.S. Code, annotated. Current. Negotiable flat rate or transactional. Contact Vendor. Offers citation research; automated searching; news highlights; secondary legal and business sources. Also provides 5 years FREE case law, forms, and Internet links at LexisONE.

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