Research Guide: Legal Studies
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Finding Background Info [help]
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these sources for quick overviews, to develop vocabulary for searching and/or for more sources |
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Oxford Reference Online Database -- Law -
includes online access to the Oxford
Companion to the Supreme Court of the U.S. & the Oxford Guide to U.S. Supreme
Court Decisions. |
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Black's Law Dictionary Ref KF 156 .B53
2009 |
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CQ Electronic Library
-- a series of databases focusing on American government.
Includes online access to the Supreme Court Yearbook. |
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Landmark Briefs and
Arguments of the Supreme Court of the United States Ref KF 101.8 .K87 |
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Supreme Court
Review
(available via
JSTOR 1960 - moving wall of 5 yrs) Ref KF 4546 .S9 1960 - present
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West's
Encyclopedia of American Law
Ref KF 154
.W47 2004 v.1 - 13 |
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Finding Articles [help]
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LexisNexis
Academic --
Access to news, business, legal, medical, and reference information |
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LexisNexis
Congressional -- Search an index of congressional publications from 1789 to
the present, Retrieve CIS Legislative Histories for public laws going back to the 1980s, search the Congressional Record and Federal Register |
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THOMAS - US
legislative information brought to you by the Library of Congress. Includes historical documents. |
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Finding Books [help]
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Library Catalog -- search by subject,
keyword, author or title! |
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Web Resources |
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Avalon
Project -- collection
of documents "relevant to the fields of law, history, economics, politics,
diplomacy and government." International in scope. Includes documents dating
back to Ancient Greece. Searchable, and browsable by date, subject, author, and
title |
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Legal Information
Institute (Cornell University)
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extensive materials on the law: brief summaries of law topics, with links to key primary sources; state and federal
constitutions and codes; federal and state judicial opinions; federal, state, and international law by source or jurisdiction and more |
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The Oyez Project "a multimedia archive devoted to the Supreme Court of the United States and its work. It aims to be a complete and authoritative
source for all audio recorded in the Court since the installation of a recording system in October 1955. The Project also provides authoritative information on all justices and offers a
virtual reality 'tour' of portions of the Supreme Court building, including the chambers of some of the justices." |
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The Federal Court Locator -- a service provided
by the Villanova University School of Law. It is intended to give net citizens a means to access information related to the federal judiciary,
including slip opinions. This information can be viewed on-line or it can be downloaded |
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FindLaw --
Contains "legal resources on the Internet for legal professionals, businesses, students and individuals. These resources include Web search utilities, cases and codes, legal
news, an online career center," and more. |
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U.S. Courts Library --
The purpose of this site is to function as a clearinghouse for information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government." Contains links to online
publications, statistical reports, court forms, and FAQs about the federal courts. The Third Branch, the courts' newsletter (archived to 1995), and the Courtroom Technology Manual are also
available |
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