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Bar Associations
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The Florida Bar
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City Codes
American Legal Publishing: Online Library
- includes a collection of Florida city codes for: Boynton Beach, Hollywood, Keystone Heights, Kissimmee, Lake Mary, Manalapan, Melbourne Beach, Palm Bay, Pembroke Pines, Pompano Beach, and Weston
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Municipal Codes
- City code links from around the U.S. from the Municipal Code Corporation; many from the state of Florida; click on "Online Library" to search for free
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Municipal Codes Online
- Collection of municipal code resources on the web from the Seattle Public Library
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Municipal Codes Web Library
- Collection from Lexis, including many city codes from California
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Federal Government Document Blogs
Docuticker
- Links and brief descriptions of new reports from the federal government, non-governmental organizations, and many other agencies and organizations.
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Free Government Information
Secrecy News
- from the Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy
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The Gov Docs Guy
- from the Chicago-Kent College of Law Library
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Federal Government Information Resources
Administrative Decisions
- Quick access to federal administrative agency decisions on the web; Compilation by the University of Virginia Library
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Economic data for international, national, regional, state and city levels
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CyberCemetary
- Site providing permanent public access to web sites and publications of defunct federal agencies
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Federal Courts Finder
- Links to the federal courts provided by the Emory School of Law
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Federal Depository Library
- The Law Library and Technology Center became a selective US Federal depository in 1982. We collect approximately 15% of publications available through the depository program, and offer access to online resources as well.
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Federal Judicial Center
- Search for biographies of the federal judiciary from 1789 to present; link to publications of the Center, including the Manual for Complex Litigation and the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence
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FRASER
- A service of the Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRASER provides links to scanned images of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents.
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Government Catalogs, Indexes and Databases
- Another great resource from the librarians at the University of North Texas Government Documents Department.
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Government Information Online: Ask A Librarian
- GIO offers both live chat and email information services for government information from local, state, national and international agencies.
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GPO Access
- U.S. Goverment Printing Office access to official text of U.S. Code, CFR, and other primary law sources
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Guide to the House and Senate Members of the 110th Congress
- A single guide incorporating information and pictures from several sources on members of the 110th Congress.
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Index of Presidential Signing Statements 2001-2007
- This resource is available through the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy website. According to this website, "[t]he index, compiled by Neil Kinkopf, associate professor of law at Georgia State University College of Law and former special assistant in the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice, provides a comprehensive list of every provision of a law objected to by the White House in a signing statement, the reason for the objection, and a link to the relevant signing statement."
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Internal Revenue Service - Form 4868
- Application for Extension of Time for U.S. Individual Income Tax Return
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Internal Revenue Service -1040 central
Law Library of Congress
- Find national and international legal resources at the Law Library of Congress
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List of Federal Agency Internet Sites
- Created and maintained by the Troy H. Middleton Library of Louisiana State University, in partnership with the U. S. Government Publications Office. Based on the U.S. Government Manual, the List directs users to the Web sites of active Federal agencies. Users can view a hierarchical or an alphabetical list of all agencies. The agencies are also listed by broad category, such as boards/commissions, legislative, and quasi-official. The entire list is searchable by agency keyword as well.
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LLSDC's Legislative Sourcebook
- Learn how to research federal legislative history from expert law librarians in D.C.
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LOUIS
- The Library of Unified Information Sources (LOUIS)is a project of the Sunlight Foundation. It allows the user to search all of these U.S. Government sources at once: Congressional Reports, the Congressional Record, Congressional Hearings, the Federal Register, Presidential Documents, GAO Reports, and Congressional Bills & Resolutions.
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National Criminal Justice Reference Service
- Clearinghouse of information on criminal justice
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OMB Earmarks Database
- search for appropriation earmarks by agency or state
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Open CRS Network
- Congressional Research Reports for the People
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PACER
- Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) is a service that provides case and docket information from Federal Appellate, District and Bankruptcy courts, and from the U.S. Party/Case Index, via the Internet. Nova Southeastern University Law Library is participating in a pilot project, sponsored by the United States Government Printing Office (US GPO), to offer free public access to PACER. To use PACER, see a Reference Librarian.
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Registry of U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects
- "The Registry contains records for projects that include digitized copies of publications originating from the U.S. Government. It serves as a locator tool for publicly accessible collections of digitized U.S. Government publications; increases awareness of U.S. Government publication digitization projects that are planned, in progress, or completed; fosters collaboration for digitization projects; and provides models for future digitization projects."
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Regulations.gov
- Find both proposed and final U.S. government agencies' decisions, along with other documents such as Federal agency notices, supporting materials, public comments, and Federal agency guidance and adjudications.
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The Federal Judiciary
- The official site for the Administrative Office
for the U.S. Courts; links to all federal courts, court rules,
rule amendments, and proceedings of the Judicial Conference;
Statistical Reports
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The Whitehouse
- Locate current presidential documents, press releases, executive orders
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Thomas
- Locate federal legislative documents: bill text, committee reports, public laws, link to the Congressional Record
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U.S. Code
- PDF version of the U.S.C. from the U.S. government
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U.S. House of Representatives
- Find your Representative, track current House activity; locate House committees, calendars and schedules
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U.S. Senate
- Track current legislative activity, roll call votes, treaty status; find historical information on the U.S. Senate and links to all Senate committees
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University of North Texas Digital Collections: Government Documents
- In addition to making available the Cyber Cemetery of defunct federal agency websites (see link above), the University of North Texas is digitizing its collection of government documents. Check frequently for updates!
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USA.gov
- The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal
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Find an Attorney
Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory
- Search for attorneys in the U.S. and abroad
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West Legal Directory via Findlaw
- Search for attorneys nationwide
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Florida Legal Research
Broward County
- Web resource for Broward County government information
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Florida Administrative Code Online
- Find the full text of Florida's administrative regulations
Note: "... it should not be regarded as the official copy. For an official version, refer to the publication Florida Administrative Code Annotated ... "
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Florida Administrative Weekly
- Weekly issues back to 1999
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Florida Department of State
- Find corporate and elections information; important legal resources; includes Florida Government Information Locator Service
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Florida Division of Administrative Hearings
- Search for the status of administrative cases
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Florida Legislative History Research Guide
- From the University of Florida's Levin College of Law Library, this site provides guidelines for research on Florida legislative history, plus sources for further research.
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Florida Rules of Procedure
- Court rules as posted by The Florida Bar
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Florida Session Laws
- Find Florida's general, special and local laws as enacted by year; archives back to 1999; also includes cross-reference tables and popular name tables
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Florida State Courts
- Link to web sites for Florida's state courts; The Florida
Supreme Court has a new web page as of Nov. 19, 2004
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Florida Supreme Court Briefs and Opinions
- "Florida Supreme Court cases decided since April 1992 and the briefs filed in those cases."
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Gavel to Gavel
- Live Florida Supreme Court Oral Arguments Schedule
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My Florida
- Official resource for state government links; maintained by the Executive Office of the Florida Governor
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Online Sunshine
- Locate Florida legislative information
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International
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
- Search for British and other international legal abbreviations to identify the publication
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Caribbean Court of Justice
- Official site of this relatively new court. "In its original jurisdiction it ensures uniform interpretation and application of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, thereby underpinning and advancing the CARICOM Single Market and Economy. As the final court of appeal for member states of the Caribbean Community it fosters the development of an indigenous Caribbean jurisprudence."
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Countries of the World
- The University of Colorado at Boulder has collected a wealth of information on each of the countries of the world, all in one convenient location.
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Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL)
- International law research links from the American Society of International Law
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European Union in the U.S.
- The web resource of the European Commission Delegation in Washington, D.C. for the European Union
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Global Courts
- Link to Supreme Court decisions from around the world
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Global Legal Information Network
- International resources via the Library of Congress
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GlobaLex
- Articles on how to research international, foreign and comparative law topics from NYU's Hauser Global Law School Program
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Hague Conventions
- Text of the Hague conventions, signatories, bibliographies, etc.
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International Court of Justice
Privy Council (UK) Judicial Committee
- Text of judgments
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Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913
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"A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court."
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United Nations
- Locate U.N. resolutions and other documentation
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Law Reviews
Contents Pages from Law Reviews
- A free service from the University of Texas School of Law Tarlton Law Library
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Directory of Law Reviews
- Compiled by Prof. Michael Hoffheimer, University of Mississippi; formerly produced by Anderson Publishing Co.; now located on Lexis-Nexis web site
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Most-Cited Legal Periodicals
- Hosted by the Washington & Lee Law School; with author submission feature
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USC Law Journals Listing
- Links to law reviews and legal journals on the web
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Law Schools
American Bar Association's List of Approved Law Schools
- Locate schools alphabetically, by location, or year approved
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Barry University School of Law
- Search the Barry University
online catalog
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Florida A&M University College of Law
- Search the Florida
A&M Library catalog
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Florida Coastal School of Law
- Search the Florida Coastal School of Law
Library catalog
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Florida International University College of Law
- Search the FIU Library catalog
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Florida State University College of Law
- Search the Florida State
University Library
Catalog
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St. Thomas University School of Law
- Search the St. Thomas Law Library
online catalog Tomcat
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Stetson University College of Law
- Search the Stetson Law Library
online catalog
Roman
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University of Florida Levin College of Law
- Search the University
of Florida Libraries catalog
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University of Miami School of Law
- Search the University of Miami
Law Library Catalog Baron
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World Directory of Law Schools
- on the AALS web site
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Legal Dictionaries
Law Dictionary
- Findlaw's free legal dictionary; from Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law (1996)
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Law Dictionary
- Law.com's free legal dictionary; based on The People's Law Dictionary by Gerald and Kathleen Hill
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Legal News
CEO Express
- News portal for busy executives
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Courthouse News Service
- may require a subscription for some pages
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Findlaw Legal News
- Top legal news headlines and commentary
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Law.com
- News from American Lawyer Media publications: National Law Journal, American Lawyer, Legal Times, New York Law Journal, etc.; archived articles require a subscription for full text
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Legal Research Portals
Findlaw
- One of the original legal web sites
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Hieros Gamos
- A portal for U.S. and International legal resources
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Law Guru
- A collection of legal resources on the web
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Legal Engine
- Collection of links to legal sources
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Legal Information Institute
- Cornell Law School's legal information portal; known for its legal subject collections, access to U.S. Supreme Court decisions and the U.S. Code
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LLRX.com
- Law Library Resource Xchange; collection of legal research guides, tips, product reviews, technology updates
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Public Library of Law
- Free access to cases from the U.S. Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals, all 50 states (from 1997-present), plus Federal statutory law, codes from all 50 states, constitutions, court rules, and regulations.
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The Virutal Chase
- Legal research tips
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Washlaw
- The legal research portal developed by the Washburn University School of Law
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Zimmerman's Research Guide
- An online encyclopedia for legal researchers
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Litigation Resources
BitLaw
- BitLaw: a resource on technology law
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Class Action Litigation Information
Litigation Law Blogs
- A list of links to litigation law blogs from Justia
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litilaw
- litilaw: published articles for litigators
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Military Law U.S.
Military Legal Resources
- Published by the U.S. Library of Congress, provides digital access to the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School Library’s holdings.
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News Sources
Keysnews.com
- News about the Florida Keys from the Key West Citizen daily newspaper
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Miami Herald
- Miami's leading newspaper
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Palm Beach Post
- News covering the Palm Beach area and South Florida
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Peterson's College and University Feed Directory
- From How to Use This Directory: "This directory features a collection of RSS and Atom feeds from around the Higher Education community. RSS ("Really Simple Syndication") and Atom feeds offer an easy way to stay current on updates from your favorite websites."
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Sun-Sentinel
- Ft. Lauderdale's newspaper online
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U.S. Newspaper List
- Links to newspapers around the U.S.
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Other
American Bankruptcy Institute
Free Patents Online
International Institute for Animal Law
Rutgers University School of Law Animal Rights Law Project
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Patents
Free Patents Online
- Search for patents
- Access: Open to everyone
Google Patents
- Search for patents
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Restricted to NSU Law
Patent Full-Text and Full-Page Image Databases
- Search for patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
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Reference Sources
Dictionary.com
- Search the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed. (2000) and Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus
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Findlaw's Legal Dictionary
- Search the Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Law (1996) at Findlaw
- Access: Open to everyone
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation
- Online Blue Book hosted by Cornell's Legal Information Institute
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Merriam-Webster Online
- Search the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary or Thesaurus; dictionary has audio pronunciation feature
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Zip Codes
- Find a zip code through the U.S. Postal Service web site
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Scholarly Resources
ELS Bibliography
- Compiled and maintained by Cornell and UCLA law librarians, this bibliography of recent empirical legal research articles can be searched by author, title and subject.
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English Medieval Legal Documents
- "[A] collaborative database on the published sources of English medieval documents, and ... links to the growing number of online sources currently being developed." Compiled by Hazel Lord of USC's Asa V. Call Law Library.
- Access: Open to everyone
Jurist: The Law Professor’s Network
NELLCO Legal Scholarship Repository
Social Science Research Network
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Search Engines
A9.com
- Search engine from Amazon.com; search the web, books, movies, people, blogs, images, etc.
- Access: Open to everyone
Ask.com
- Improved search without the butler
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Gigablast
- New search engine that can compete with Google
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Google
- A search engine without the clutter; try the advanced
search page for more powerful searching
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IceRocket
- Search the web, blogs, news and images
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Search Engine Showdown: The Users' Guide to Web Searching
- Details on web searching by search engine guru Greg Notess
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Search Engine Watch
- News and in-depth information about search engines
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Speechbot
- Search engine for audio and video content
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Teoma
- Search engine with additional features including words to refine search and suggested web resources
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Vivisimo
- Organizes search results from other search engines
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State Legal Research
National Juvenile Court Data Archive
- This database contains electronic records of cases handled by state courts with juvenile jurisdiction. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
- Access: Open to everyone
New York Codes, Rules & Regulations
- The NYCRR primarily contains state agency rules and regulations adopted under the State Administrative Procedure Act (SAPA). The 22 Titles include one for each state department, one for miscellaneous agencies and one for the Judiciary.
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State Agency Databases
- This resource contains links to useful state agency databases for the 50 states plus the District of Columbia. Compiled by volunteers from the Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) of the American Library Association.
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State Blue Books
- Find out which states have online "blue books" (compilations of state government information), which have print only, and how to get the information you need.
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State Legislative History Research Guides on the Web
- Compiled by Jennifer Bryan Moore of the Indiana University School of Law Library - Bloomington, this guide provides links to legislative history research guides for all 50 states.
- Access: Open to everyone
U. S. Courts Reference and Directory
- Contains useful information about every state and county court in the United States.
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Statistics
American Fact Finder
- Easy access to Census data
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FedStats
- Convenient collection of federal statistical resources from over 100 Federal agencies
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Statistical Abstracts
- Collection of Statistical Abstracts from the
U.S. Census Bureau; covers years 1878 to present
2006 Statistical Abstracts in excel and .pdf
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United Nations
UN Resources & Legal Research
- Descriptions of, and links to, the most important finding tools for United Nations documents. Compiled by Wiltrud Harms, Reference Specialist for United Nations and Human Rights Law at Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley.
- Access: Open to everyone
United Nations Depository Library
- The Law Library and Technology Center has been a UN depository of English language materials since 1997. We offer access to both print and electronic resources.
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United States Supreme Court
AltLaw
- Provides free, full-text access to the most recent 10-15 years of U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal decisions. The site is a work in progress, so content is being added regularly. AltLaw is a joint project of Columbia Law School’s Program on Law and Technology, and the Silicon Flatirons Program at the University of Colorado Law School.
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Findlaw's Supreme Court Center
- Search for U.S. Supreme Court opinions back to 1893; find U.S. Supreme Court briefs beginning with the 1999-2000 term
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On the Docket
- Track the docket of the U.S. Supreme Court; hosted by the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University
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Oyez
- Listen to oral arguments from the U.S Supreme Court
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Researching the Supreme Court of the U.S.
- Research guide issued by the Supreme Court Historical Society
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ScotusWiki
- The companion site to SCOTUSblog, this new resource for Supreme Court decisions features a case index, statistics, and a "petitions to watch" list.
- Access: Open to everyone
Supreme Court Appointment Process: roles of the President, Judiciary Committee, and Senate
- CRS Report from Congress, updated July 6, 2005
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Supreme Court Collection
- Find the current decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court; hosted by Cornell's Legal Information Institute
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Supreme Court Historical Society
- Information about the history and heritage of the U.S. Supreme Court
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Supreme Court Nominations
- U.S. Senate chart, including vote; nominations officially submitted to the U.S. Senate
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Supreme Court Nominations - Confirmed
- Library of Congress Law Library Reading Room
- Access: Open to everyone
Supreme Court Nominations - Not Confirmed or Withdrawn
- Library of Congress Law Library Reading Room
- Access: Open to everyone
Supreme Court Nominations Not Confirmed: 1789-2004
- CRS Report updated Mar. 21, 2005
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United States Supreme Court
- The official site for the Supreme Court of the United States; find docket, opinions, court calendar, court rules
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