Below you’ll find a recording of class #5 for the Topics in Digital Law Course: Sarah Glassmeyer on free legal research.
Here are Sarah’s presentation slides on free legal research.
And John’s slides.
Your homework assignment can be found here.
Relevant links from the presentation:
Legal research guide (includes research chart): http://freelaw.classcaster.net/research-resources/research-primer/
Deep Web Indexes
- Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org
- OAIster http://oaister.worldcat.org
- Complete Planet http://www.completeplanet.com
Dead Web Finding Tools
- CyberCemetary http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/
- Wayback Machine http://www.archive.org/web/web.php
- Google Cache (appears via google search)
- Google Advance Search http://www.google.com/advanced_search
- Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com
- Google Scholar Advanced Search http://scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_search
Secondary Sources
- LLRX.com http://www.llrx.com/
- Zimmerman’s Research Guide http://www.lexisnexis.com/infopro/zimmerman/
- Dictionaries / Encyclopedias
- –Law.com http://dictionary.law.com/
- –LII / Wex http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex
- –Legal Abbreviations http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/
Case Law
- Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/
- Justia http://law.justia.com/
- Findlaw http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/
- LexisOne http://www.lexisone.com/caselaw/freecaselaw
- U.S. Supreme Court Webpage http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/opinions.aspx
- LII Supreme Court http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/
- Public Library of Law http://www.plol.org/
Statutes, Codes and Legislation
- LII US Code http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
- Thomas (Passed PLs and pending) http://thomas.loc.gov/
- Findlaw http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/
- Justia http://law.justia.com/
- FDSYS http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/
- Public Library of Law http://www.plol.org/
- State websites
Administrative Law
- LII http://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/
- FDSYS http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/
- Public Library of Law http://www.plol.org/
Foreign/International
- GLIN (LoC) – Foreign http://www.glin.gov/search.action
- EISIL – International http://www.eisil.org/
- World LII http://www.worldlii.org/
- GlobalLex http://www.nyulawglobal.org/Globalex