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Health Policy & Health Law: Research Guide

A guide to information resources relevant to health law & health policy research. Includes scholarly sources available through UIC libraries, focused on the Law Library

Resource Information

A good starting point for researching this area is the main UIC library catalog, which includes books and articles across multiple disciplines. Searching the catalog searches UIC's Daley Library, the Louis L. Biro Law Library, and the UIC Health Sciences libraries in Chicago, Peoria, and Rockford. The scope of searches can be limited to articles and journals, many of which are available in full text. 

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

InsideHealthPolicy

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Google Scholar

Google Scholar provides a search mechanism to locate scholarly literature across multiple disciplines, including law.  Search results on campus will indicate whether the source is available full text through a Loyola database.  Off campus, users may go to the "Settings" link and then "Library Links" to set up results that show links to LUC full-text databases. 

Google Scholar Search

Westlaw and Lexis Health Law Materials

Westlaw and Lexis both offer a variety of resources related to health law and policy. These databases are only available to members of the UIC Law school community with Westlaw and Lexis passwords. 

In Westlaw Precision, choose "Health Law" under "Practice Areas." Note that there is a "Health Policy Tracking Service" available on the right side of the screen. From Westlaw Precision, you can also toggle to "Practical Law," which is a separate online West product. Within Practical Law, select "Health Care." 

In Lexis+, choose "Healthcare Law," under "Practice Areas." From Lexis+, you can also toggle to "Law360." Every business day, Law360 publishes more than 175 articles across 40+ practice, industry, and state sections. It’s a one-stop source for legal news and analysis. Choose the "Health" newsletter for news related to health law and health policy (within "See all sections"). 

Health Law and Policy Resources on the WWW

CRS Reports

Policy Drafting

Non-Law Health Policy Research Guides (UIC Libraries)

Sources Related to National Legislation

Sources Related to Illinois State Legislation

Sources Related to Local Legislation