Free and Low Cost Resources for U.S. Legal Research Sheri Lewis Associate Law Librarian for Public Services D’Angelo Law Library.

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Free and Low Cost Resources for U.S. Legal Research Sheri Lewis Associate Law Librarian for Public Services D’Angelo Law Library

 U. S. Supreme Court  The Court’s site:  Cornell’s LII:  Scotus Blog:  Lower Federal Courts  Justia:  Cornell’s LII:  Understanding the Federal Courts  Researching Federal Law: Cases

 U.S. Constitution :  Sources for Slip/Session Laws (Congressional Acts)  Thomas at Library of Congress:  GPO Access:  U.S. Statutes at Large  ( )  ( ): UTE UTE Researching Federal Law: Statutes

 Sources for the United States Code  United States Code on GPO Access   Cornell’s LII – US Code Collection   U.S. House of Representatives: downloadable version  Researching Federal Law: Statutes

 Sources for Researching Congress  Thomas   FDsys – GPO Access   GovTrack   Capitol Spotlight :  DLL Legislative History Research Guide Researching Federal Law: Legislation

 Code of Federal Regulations on GPO Access   E - CFRhttp://  Federal Register on GPO Access & FDsys    Regulations.Gov: information on proposed regulations   Federal Agencies: A to Z list on  U.S. Government Manual: Researching Federal Law: Regulations & Agencies

 Cornell LII’s Law By Source: States  Findlaw: Cases and Codes:  Uniform Commercial Code  National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform States Laws Web d=60 d=60  Effective dates for state legislatures s.asp s.asp  NCSL 50-State Legislative Tracking Web Resources Researching State Law

 The Seattle Public Library: Municipal Codes Online odes odes  LexisNexis/Book Publishing Co.  American Legal Publishing Corporation  Municipal Code Corporation sp  General Code Researching Local & Municipal Law

 Cornell LII: Wex - a collaboratively-built law dictionary & encyclopedia   Zimmerman’s Research Guide – Online Legal Encyclopedia   Cornell Law Library Research Guide Search Engine  Legal-Research-Engine.cfm Legal-Research-Engine.cfm Secondary Sources

 Cornell LII’sThe Bluebook:   Federal Judicial Center’s Biographical Database  Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory  Thomson Legal Record (formerly West Legal Directory) Research Tools

 American Lawyer Media's Law.com  BLAWG:  LLRX Court Rules, Forms & Dockets  FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Federal and State Resources, Forms  Internet Legal Research Group Forms Practice Resources

 The Public Library of Law  Justia  Google Scholar  Findlaw  LexisOne  Loislaw  Fastcase  HeinOnline Short-Term Access Free and Low Cost Law Databases

 Jureeka:  LII Citer: Citation Finder Tools

Questions? Sheri Lewis