| Legal Research Table of Contents |
| Federal Legal Information: Cases, Case Citators, Statutes and Bills, Regulations, Federal Agencies, Document Delivery, Other Federal Sites. | Utah Legal Information: Cases, Statutes and Constitution, Regulations, City and County Codes, Newspapers, Universities, Public Libraries. |
| All States Legal Information: WashLaw, State and Local Government Pages, Cornell, Administrative Codes, State Statutes by Topic & more. | Secondary Sources: Journal Articles, Legal Newsletters and Information, Newspapers, Electronic Books, Law-related Discussion Groups, Lexis and Westlaw via the web. |
| Reference Aids: Law Encyclopedias, Legal Dictionaries, Dictionaries and Thesaurus, Library Catalogs, Forms, Bibliographic formats for citing electronic information, maps, statistics. | Directories: Attorneys and Law Firms, Bar Associations, State and Federal Courts Directory, Expert Witnesses, National Telephone and Internet Directories, Law School Web Pages, Law Professors, Legal Publishers, Sites that Index Legal Information, Continuing Legal Info. |
| Company and Business Info: Public Company Information, Annual Reports, Nonprofit Organizations, Stock Quotes, Exchange Rates, Product Recalls, Dow Jones Business Info, & more. | Subject Sites: Banking, Environmental, Foreign and International Law, Immigration, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Medical, Property Assessment, Public Record on the Web, Securities, Taxation, Treaties, Verdicts. |
Legal Research on the Internet
(Adapted from "A Guide to Legal Research on the Internet",
Utah Bar Journal, Vol. 13 No. 1, 1999) |
| |
| CASES |
United States Supreme Court
www.findlaw.com
supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/
www.fedworld.gov/supcourt/index.htm
www.versuslaw.com (fee-based)
http://subscript.bna.com (U.S. law week- fee-based)
| District Courts
www.uscourts.gov/allinks.html
http://www.law.villanova.edu/
library/researchandstudyguides/federalcourtlocator.asp
|
| STATUTES AND BILLS |
United States Code
http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/
http://uscode.house.gov
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode
| Bills
http://thomas.loc.gov
|
United States Constitution
http://www.eagleton.rutgers.edu/e-gov/e-politicalarchive-Constitution.htm
|
| REGULATIONS |
Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
| Federal Register
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html |
| FEDERAL AGENCIES |
Federal Agencies
http://library.kentlaw.edu/
|
| DOCUMENT DELIVERY |
West Doc
http://creditcard.westlaw.com/default.aspx?RS=CCWL1%2E0&vr=2%2E0 (fee-based; $10/document)
| Lexis-Nexis Xchange
lexis.com/xchange (fee-based; $9/cite)
|
| OTHER FEDERAL WEB SITES |
GPO Access Sites
At the Government Printing Office Access Sites you will have access to the United States Code, Congressional Bills, Congressional Calendars, Congressional Documents, Congressional Record and Index, Congressional Reports, History of Bills and Resolutions, Federal Register, GAO Reports and Decisions, and Public Laws. |
www.gpo.gov
www.gpoaccess.gov/multidb.html
| http://mel.lib.mi.us/
|
Recent Federal Court Appt's
http://www.uscourts.gov/history/contents.html | Oral Argument Archive
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage
|
White House
www.whitehouse.gov
|
Federal Government
http://1stgov.gov
|
| |
| CASES |
Utah Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
http://www.utcourts.gov (1996/1997-current)
www.versuslaw.com (fee-based)
www.code-co.com (fee-based)
| Utah Courts Xchange (fee-based)
http://www.utcourts.gov/c_srch/index.asp ($30/month for non-governmental users)
|
| Utah State Law Library
http://www.utcourts.gov/lawlibrary/resources.asp | |
| STATUTES AND CONSTITUTION |
www.le.state.ut.us/
www.code-co.com (fee-based service)
| Bills
www.le.state.ut.us/
|
| REGULATIONS |
www.rules.utah.gov
www.code-co.com (fee-based)
| Agencies
www.utah.gov/government/agencylist.html
|
| CITY AND COUNTY CODES |
|
| http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm | www.municode.com
|
| NEWSPAPERS |
Deseret News
www.desnews.com
| Salt Lake Tribune
www.sltrib.com
|
Other Utah Newspapers
http://www.newsdirectory.com/news.php?co=USA&p=ut |
| UNIVERSITIES |
University of Utah
| Brigham Young University
|
Other Utah University Libraries
www.lib.utah.edu/
|
| PUBLIC LIBRARIES |
Salt Lake County Public Libraries
www.slco.lib.ut.us
| Other Public Libraries
http://pioneer.utah.gov
|
Salt Lake City Public Libraries
www.slcpl.lib.ut.us
|
| |
WashLaw
www.washlaw.edu
| State and Local Government Pages
http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm
|
Cornell (my favorite)
www.law.cornell.edu/states/listing.html
| Administrative Codes
http://www.nass.org/acr/internet.html |
State Statutes by Topic
www.law.cornell.edu:80/topics/state_statutes.html
| Versus Law
www.versuslaw.com (fee-based)
|
LOIS
www.loislaw.com (fee-based service)
| Brief Reporter
www.briefreporter.com (fee-based)
|
State Court Records
See Courtlink and CourtExpress entries under Federal Legal Information
| |
| |
| JOURNAL ARTICLES |
Electronic Journals
www.legalethics.com/pa/legrefer/journals.htm
www.uvsc.edu/library
| Legal and Law Related Journals
www-rcf.usc.edu/~idjlaw/
www.lawreview.org
www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?usj
|
Table of Contents of 750+ Law Reviews
tarlton.law.utexas.edu/tallons/content_search.html
| Infotrieve
www.infotrieve.com/ (fee-based)
|
You can also use Westdoc ( www.westdoc.com, $10 per document) and Lexis-Nexis Xchange ( http://lexis.com/xchange, $9 per document) to retrieve any journal articles that are available on Westlaw or Lexis. |
| LEGAL NEWSLETTERS AND INFORMATION |
Law Practice Management
http://abastore.abanet.org/abastore/index.cfm?
section=Main&fm=static&url=http://www.abanet.org/
abastore/front_end/static/home_page.html&r=1 | Law Library Resource Exchange
www.llrx.com |
Virtual Chase
www.virtualchase.com/index.shtml | nothing.but.net
http://www.abanet.org/journal/redesign/home.html
|
The Internet Lawyer
www.internetlawyer.com
| U.S. Law Week (fee-based)
www.bna.com
|
| NEWSPAPERS |
TotalNEWS
www.totalnews.com
| National Law Journal
www.ljx.com/
|
American Lawyer Media
http://www.americanlawyermedia.com
| Dow Jones Business Information
http://dowjones.com/ (fee-based)
|
| ELECTRONIC BOOKS |
Matthew Bender Treatises
www.bender.com
| CCH Internet Tax Network
tax.cchgroup.com/default (fee-based)
|
BNA Tax Management Portfolios
http://www.bna.com/products/tax/index.html
| RIA Tax Services
http://tax.cch.com (fee-based)
http://checkpoint.riag.com (fee-based)
|
| LAW-RELATED DISCUSSION GROUPS |
Law Lists
http://www1.lib.uchicago.edu/e/law/index.php3
| To search newsgroups
www.dejanews.com
|
| LEXIS and WESTLAW via the WEB |
Lexis.com
http://lexis.com
| Westlaw.com
web2.westlaw.com/signon/default.wl
|
| |
Law Encyclodepias
www.lectlaw.com/ref.html
www.nolo.com/briefs.html
| Library Catalogs
www.lights.com/hytelnet/
|
Legal Dictionaries
www.lectlaw.com/def.h
http://www.nolo.com/glossary.cfm
www.wwlia.org/diction.htm
| Forms
www.uslegalforms.com (fee-based)
http://public.findlaw.com/library/forms-contracts-index.html
www.lectlaw.com/form.html
www.ilrg.com/forms/index.html
http://www.aplegal.com/forms.html (these sites provide access to a variety of legal and business forms)
|
Dictionary And Thesaurus
www.dictionary.com
www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
| Bibliographic Formats For Citing Electronic Information
www.lib.umich.edu/
|
Citing Legal Information-Bluebook Information
http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/ | Maps
http://mapquest.com
www.mapblast.com/
|
| STATISTICS |
Statistical Resources on the Web
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
| STAT-USA (fee-based)
www.stat-usa.gov/
|
Fedstats
www.fedstats.gov/
|
| |
| ATTORNEYS AND LAW FIRMS |
Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
www.martindale.com/
| Findlaw's Legal Directory
directory.findlaw.com/
|
| BAR ASSOCIATIONS |
Utah State Bar
www.utahbar.org
| Other State Bars
www.hg.org/bar.html
www.abanet.org/lawlink/associations.html
|
American Bar Association
www.abanet.org
|
| STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS DIRECTORY |
| http://www.uscourts.gov/courtlinks/ (fee-based)
|
| EXPERT WITNESSES |
Listing of Various Pages
www.nocall.org/experts.htm
| ExpertLaw
www.expertlaw.com
|
National Directory of Expert Witnesses
www.claims.com
| Expert Witness Network
www.witness.net (fee-based)
|
Technical Advisory Service for Attorneys
www.tasanet.com
| ExpertPages
www.expertpages.com
|
National Expert Transcript Service
http://www.onlytranscription.com (fee-based)
|
| NATIONAL TELEPHONE AND INTERNET DIRECTORIES |
Area Codes
http://www.bennetyee.org/ucsd-pages/area.html | Worldwide Phone Directories
http://www.infobel.com/teldir/ |
Zip Codes
www.usps.gov
| National Yellow Pages
www.yellowpages.com
|
National White Pages
http://www.dexonline.com
www.switchboard.com
www.anywho.com
www.infospace.com
|
| LAW SCHOOL WEB PAGES |
http://www.lawweb.usc.edu/carserv/students/law-related-web/lrcw-legalres.html
|
| LAW PROFESSORS ON THE WEB |
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu
|
| LEGAL PUBLISHERS |
AcqWeb
http://www.acqweb.library.vanderbilt.edu/acqs.html
| Lexis Publishing
www.lexispublishing.com
|
Bureau of National Affairs
www.bna.com
| Oceana Publications, Inc.
www.oceanalaw.com
|
Code-Co
www.code-co.com/
| Shepards McGraw-Hill
www.lexisnexis.com/shepards/
|
John Wiley&Sons
www.wiley.com
| RIA
http://ria.thomson.com |
Matthew Bender
www.bender.com
| West Publishing Company
www.westgroup.com
|
| SITES THAT INDEX LEGAL INFORMATION |
Washlaw
www.washlaw.edu
| Villanova
www.law.vill.edu
|
Cornell
www.law.cornell.edu/topical.html
| Catalaw
www.catalaw.com
|
FindLaw
www.findlaw.com/index.html
| Practicing Attorneys Home Page
www.legalethics.com/pa/main.html
|
GLIN/Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/nations.html
| Hieros Gamos
www.hg.org
|
Indiana
indylaw.indiana.edu
| ABA LawLink
www.abanet.org/lawlink/home.html
|
Emory
www.law.emory.edu
| Court TV
www.courttv.com
|
| CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION |
www.ali-aba.org/
| www.findlaw.com/07cle/
|
| |
| PUBLIC COMPANY INFORMATION |
Wall Street Research Net
www.wsrn.com/
| |
Hoover's
www.hoovers.com
|
| ANNUAL REPORTS |
www.prars.com
|
| NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS |
www.nonprofits.org
| www.guidestar.org
|
| EXCHANGE RATES |
www.oanda.com
|
| STOCK QUOTES |
http://quote.yahoo.com
www.quote.com
| www.stockmaster.com
|
| PRODUCT RECALLS |
| www.notice.com/ | http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/consumer-protection/recalls.htm |
| DOW JONES BUSINESS INFORMATION SERVICES |
dowjones.com (fee-based)
|
| THOMAS REGISTER OF AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS |
www.thomasregister.com/index.html
|
| DOCUMENT SPECIFICATIONS & STANDARDS |
www.document-center.com (fee-based)
|
| |
| MULTI-SUBJECT |
indylaw.indiana.edu/
www.findlaw.com/01topics/index.html
|
www.njlawnet.com/general.html
www.nocall.org/collection.htm
|
| BANKING |
Money Page
www.moneypage.com
| Qualistream
www.qualisteam.com/eng/conf.shtml
|
Banking.com
www.banking.com
|
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
E.P.A.
www.epa.gov
| Envirolink
www.envirolink.org
|
| FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW |
www.law.emory.edu
www.washlaw.edu/forint/
| United Nations
www.un.org
|
| IMMIGRATION |
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
www.ice.gov/graphics/index.htm
http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm
| Misc. Immigration Information
www.visalaw.com
www.hg.org/immig.html
|
Immigration Lawyers on the Web
www.ilw.com
| Immigration Lawyers Central
www.immlawyers.com
|
| IINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY |
United States Patent Office
www.uspto.gov/
| Official Gazette
www.uspto.gov>
|
Trademarks—How to Research
www.info-law.com/tmsearch.html
|
Hieros Gamos
www.hg.org/intell.html
| United States Copyright Office
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
|
University of Texas Copyright Crash Course
www.utsystem.edu/OGC/
IntellectualProperty/cptrindx.htm
| Franklin Pierce Basic IP Information
www.fplc.edu/tfield/plfip.htm
|
| LABOR & EMPLOYMENT |
Hieros Gamos
www.hg.org/employ.html
|
| LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES |
www.llc-usa.com/html/resources.html
|
| MEDICAL |
PubMed
www.nlm.nih.gov
| Merk Manual
www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual_home/
|
Medical Matrix
www.medmatrix.org/
| Medscape
www.medscape.com/
|
| PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS |
www3.ccps.virginia.edu/career_prospects/briefs/P-S/RealEstateAppraisers.shtml
|
| PUBLIC RECORDS ON THE WEB |
www.knowx.com/ (fee-based)
|
| SECURITIES |
SEC and EDGAR Home Page
www.sec.gov
| 1933 and 1934 Acts, Rules and Forms
http://www.sec.gov/about/laws.shtml
http://www.law.uc.edu/ccl/index.html
|
Stock Quotes
www.quote.com
| NASD
www.nasdr.com
|
| TAXATION |
I.R.S. Publications/Forms
www.irs.ustreas.gov/
| Tax Analysts
www.taxanalysts.com
|
Forms
www.1040.com
|
| TREATIES |
United States Treaties Researcher
www.oceanalaw.com (fee-based)
|
| VERDICTS |
MoreLaw
www.morelaw.com
| State Jury Verdict Publishers
www.juryverdicts.com
|
Judicial Statistical Inquiry Site
http://legal1.cit.cornell.edu:8090/
|
UVLink