College of Law Library College of Law LibraryLEGAL RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET
Selected Web Sites
RESEARCH RESOURCES
Internet Legal Research:
Cornell’s Legal Research Engine and guides http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/WhatWeDo/ResearchGuides/index.cfm
Emory’s Internet Legal Research Guide http://www.law.emory.edu/index.php?id=2471
University of Texas Virtual Library http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/vlibrary
Quick Reference:
Grammar http://englishplus.com/grammar
Legal Citation http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation
Legal Dictionaries http://dictionary.law.com and http://dictionary.lp.findlaw.com
Wex Legal Encyclopedia http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex
Legal News:
Blawg (blog directory) http://www.blawg.org
Findlaw http://news.lp.findlaw.com
Jurist http://jurist.law.pitt.edu
The Washington Post Courts Page, Nation Section
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/courts
Directories:
Attorneys http://martindale.com
Businesses http://hoovers.com/free
LEGAL SEARCH ENGINES
LawCrawler (Findlaw) http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com
LawRunner (ILRG) http://www.ilrg.com
USA Index http://ilrg.com/gov.html World Index http://ilrg.com/nations
US Government Search (Google) http://www.google.com/ig/usgov
GENERAL LEGAL SITES
Comprehensive Sites:
FindLaw (West) http://www.findlaw.com LexisOne http://www.lexisone.com
Hieros Gamos http://www.hg.org
Legal Information Institute (Cornell) http://www.law.cornell.edu
Metasites, Portals and Indexes:
CataLaw http://www.catalaw.com
Emory’s Internet Legal Research Guide http://www.law.emory.edu/index.php?id=2471
Just the Law Links http://www.lawresearch.com/fpsearch.htm
MegaLaw http://megalaw.com
RefLaw, Virtual Reference Desk (Washburn) http://www.washlaw.edu/reflaw/refresearch.html
University of Texas Virtual Library http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/vlibrary
COURTS and DECISIONS
Court Web Sites and Decisions
Findlaw http://www.findlaw.com/casecode
GovEngine http://www.govengine.com
Court Rules (LLRX) http://www.llrx.com/courtrules
Forms, Federal and State Courts http://www.uscourtforms.com
Federal:
Judiciary Home Page http://www.uscourts.gov
US Supreme Court http://www.supremecourtus.gov
Oyez (Northwestern) http://www.oyez.org
Louisiana:
Judicial Page on State Web Site http://www.state.la.us/wps/wcm/connect/Louisiana.gov/Government/Judicial+Branch
Supreme Court http://www.lasc.org
GOVERNMENT
ALSO http://lawsource.com/also
GovEngine http://www.govengine.com
Guide to Law Online (Law Library of Congress) http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/index.html
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
USA.gov, Federal Portal http://www.usa.gov
GPO Access http://www.gpoaccess.gov
Executive:
White House Home Page http://www.whitehouse.gov
Code of Federal Regulations (Cornell’s LII) http://cfr.law.cornell.edu/cfr
Administrative Decisions (UVA) http://www.lib.virginia.edu/govdocs/fed_decisions_agency.html
Legislature:
USA.gov, Congress http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/Legislative
U.S. Code http://uscode.house.gov
Thomas, Legislative Information on the Internet http://thomas.loc.gov
STATE and LOCAL GOVERNMENT
State and Local Government http://www.statelocalgov.net
Municipal Codes http://www.municode.com/Resources/online%20Library.asp
Louisiana:
State Home Page http://portal.louisiana.gov/wps/wcm/connect/Louisiana.gov/Home
Legislature http://www.legis.state.la.us
Statutes--on Legislature site, under Louisiana Laws
Louisiana Administrative Code and Register http://www.doa.state.la.us/osr
FOREIGN and INTERNATIONAL LAW
ASIL International Law Links http://asil.org/spgbd.htm
EISIL http://www.eisil.org
Guide to Law Online (Law Library of Congress) http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/index.html
Harvard’s International Legal Studies Reference Site http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/services/research/ils
United Nations http://www.un.org
US Treaties (State Department) http://www.state.gov/s/l/treaty
Prepared by: Etheldra G. Scoggin
Reference Librarian and Associate Professor
Fall 2007