Westlaw is one of the primary online legal research services for lawyers an legal professionals in the United States. In addition, it provides proprietary database services. Westlaw gives subscribers unique search technologies and tools that help them find, understand and apply the law and legal concepts in the service of their clients. Information resources on Westlaw include more than 23,000 databases of case law, state and federal statutes, administrative codes, newspaper and magazine articles, public records, law journals, law reviews, treatises, legal forms and other information resources. Most customers are attorneys or law students but other individuals can also obtain accounts. A credit card site allows anyone with a credit card to retrieve primary law documents by citation.