COMPREHENSIVE LEGAL SITES

BEGINNING SEARCH TERMS FOR THE LIBRARY'S ONLINE CATALOG, GOOGLE,
WESTLAW, LEXIS, AND OTHER LIBRARY AND INTERNET DATABASES:
Legal research, Information storage and retrieval systems, legal composition, law--study and teaching,
annotations and citations, legal analysis, legal problem solving, information resources, computer
networking resources, government information, law libraries, pathfinders, bibliography, etc.

The following Internet sites provide excellent access to Law materials

FindLaw (Owned by Thompson, and incorporating several other sites you may already be familiar with, such as LawCrawler.) A great source of breaking law, legal documents and a portal to other web pages.

American Law Sources Online (Also known as LawSource) Excellent portal site, including Canada and Mexico, with links to each state and territory. Also has links to Uniform Laws, Multistate and Interstate Boundary Compacts, Native American Law, and Amicus Curiae briefs.

Washburn's WashLaw Web University maintained legal portal, including links to state and federal laws, job hunting resources, Rules of Court, research guides, etc.

Cornell's Legal Information Institute University maintained linked to law events in the news, U.S.Code, Supreme Court Opinions, Legal Citation and Topical Libraries.

Catalaw (search for legal sites on a wide range of topics or jurisdiction, including other countries).

LLRX (excellent site for current legal news and websites).

WikiLaw Their mission is to create a free, complete, up-to-date, and reliable world-wide legal guide and resource. While it is still in its beginning phases, this is coming to be an excellent resource.

Selected Print Resources in the Stetson Law Library:

General Resources, Books, Loose leafs and Government Documents :

  • Rao, Dittakavi N. 101 Legal research web sites every attorney should know about. ( Pittsburgh : Pennsylvania, Legal Resources Institute, 2003) KF240 .N33 2003 
  • Volokh, Eugene. Academic legal writing : law review articles, student notes, seminar papers, and getting on law review. ( New York, N.Y. : Foundation Press, 2005) KF250 .V65 2005   

    Journals

Legal research journal. Pasadena, Calif. : Legal Institute, 1976-)
 KF240 .L44 

The Legal studies forum. (Amherst, MA : American Legal Studies Association, 1985-)
K1.M4 L441

Legal studies : the journal of the Society of Public Teachers of Law. ([London] : Butterworths, 1981-2001)
 KD418 .J681

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Julieanne Hartman Stevens
June 2006

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