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Westlaw <www.westlaw.com>
Lexis <www.lexis.com>
* LexisNexis Academic <www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/>
Westlaw Campus Research <campus.westlaw.com>
* Loislaw [now LoislawConnect] <estore.loislaw.com>
VersusLaw <www.versuslaw.com>
* Casemaker <www.casemaker.us>
Fastcase <www.fastcase.com>

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FindLaw <lp.findlaw.com>
Legal Information Institute <www.law.cornell.edu>
Google <www.google.com>
Lexis Web <www.lexisweb.com>

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* Law Dictionary (FindLaw) <dictionary.findlaw.com>
Law.com Dictionary <dictionary.law.com>

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The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation <www.legalbluebook.com>
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation <www.law.cornell.edu/citation/>

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Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations <www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk>

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Westlaw Database Directory <directory.westlaw.com>

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Searchable Directory of Online Sources (Lexis) <w3.nexis.com/sources/>

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Public Library of Law <www.plol.org>
* LexisONE [no longer available]

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Wikipedia <www.wikipedia.org> 

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* IndexMaster <www.indexmaster.org>

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* HeinOnline <home.heinonline.org>
American Law Institute <www.ali.org>

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* LexisNexis Academic <www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/>

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* HeinOnline <home.heinonline.org>

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* WilsonWeb [now Wilson Databases] <www.ebscohost.com/wilson>
* InfoTrac [now Gale Databases] <find.galegroup.com/menu/commonmenu.do>

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JSTOR <www.jstor.org>

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Google Scholar <scholar.google.com>
* Law Journals (USC Law Library) [no longer available]
Berkeley Electronic Press <www.bepress.com>
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) <www.ssrn.com>

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* Casemaker <www.casemaker.us>
Fastcase <www.fastcase.com>
* Loislaw [now LoislawConnect] <estore.loislaw.com>
VersusLaw <www.versuslaw.com>

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Google Scholar <scholar.google.com>
* LexisONE [no longer available]

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* Supreme Court of the United States <www.supremecourt.gov>
Supreme Court Historical Society <www.supremecourthistory.org>

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SCOTUSblog <www.scotusblog.com>

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* HeinOnline <home.heinonline.org>
* Supreme Court (LII) <www.law.cornell.edu/supct/>

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Justia US Supreme Court Center <supreme.justia.com>
Public Library of Law <www.plol.org>

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* Court Locator (U.S. Courts) <www.uscourts.gov/court_locator.aspx>

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Justia <www.justia.com>
District Courts (FindLaw) <www.findlaw.com/10fedgov/judicial/district_courts.html>

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State Court Organization 2004 <bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/sco04.pdf>
* State Court Structure Charts (NCSC) <www.courtstatistics.org/Other-Pages/State_Court_Structure_Charts.aspx>

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Oklahoma State Courts Network <www.oscn.net>
North Dakota Supreme Court <www.ndcourts.gov>
State Resources (FindLaw) <www.findlaw.com/11stategov/>

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* National Tribal Justice Resource Center [offline]
Tribal Court Clearinghouse <www.tribal-institute.org>

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Federal Digital System (FDSys) (GPO) <www.gpo.gov/fdsys/>
THOMAS <thomas.loc.gov>

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* HeinOnline <home.heinonline.org>
Statutes at Large (Library of Congress) <memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsl.html>

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United States Code (Office of the Law Revision Counsel) <uscode.house.gov>

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United States Code (LII) <www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/>

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* State Legislatures Internet Links <www.ncsl.org/about-us/ncslservice/state-legislative-websites-directory.aspx>

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Law by Source: State (LII) <www.law.cornell.edu/states/listing.html>
* FindLaw: Cases and Codes <www.findlaw.com/casecode/>

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* Topical Index: State Statutes <topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/state_statutes>

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Martindale.com <www.martindale.com> [search "Groups & Topics]

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NCCUSL Drafts and Final Acts <www.law.upenn.edu/bll/ulc/ulc.htm>
Uniform Laws <www.law.cornell.edu/uniform/>

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* National Center for Interstate Compacts <www.csg.org/ncic/>

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Founding Documents (Constitution Society) <www.constitution.org/cs_found.htm>

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* Constitution of the United States<www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collectiontab.action>

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Farrand’s Records and Elliot’s Debates (Library of Congress) <memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/>

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The Founders’ Constitution <press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/>

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Constitutions of the United States: National and State <www.oceanalaw.com>
The Rise of Modern Constitutionalism, 1776-1849 <www.modern-constitutions.de>
NBER/Maryland State Constitutions Project <www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu>

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* How Our Laws Are Made and Enactment of a Law <thomas.loc.gov/home/laws_made.html>

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THOMAS <thomas.loc.gov>
Federal Digital System (FDSys) (GPO) <www.gpo.gov/fdsys/>

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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation <memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/>

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U.S. Senate <www.senate.gov>
U.S. House of Representatives <www.house.gov>

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Congressional Budget Office (CBO) <www.cbo.gov>

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Government Accountability Office (GAO) <www.gao.gov>
* Open CRS <opencrs.com>
* Congressional Research Service Reports <digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/crsr/>
Guide to CRS Reports on the Web <www.llrx.com/features/crsreports.htm>

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Legislative Source Book <www.llsdc.org/sourcebook/>

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Commercial Legislative Histories of U.S. Laws on the Internet
<www.llsdc.org/leg-hist-commercial>
THOMAS <thomas.loc.gov>

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Federal Digital System (FDSys) (GPO) <www.gpo.gov/fdsys/>

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* ProQuest Congressional [was LexisNexis Congressional] <congressional.proquest.com>

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CQ Library <library.cqpress.com>
* CQ Roll Call <corporate.cqrollcall.com>
The Hill <www.thehill.com>
* GalleryWatch.com [now part of CQ Roll Call]

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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation <memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/>
Congressional Staff Directory <library.cq.com/csd/>
* Congressional Yellow Book <www.leadershipdirectories.com>

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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress <bioguide.congress.gov>

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* State Legislatures Internet Links <www.ncsl.org/about-us/ncslservice/state-legislative-websites-directory.aspx>

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State Legislatures, State Laws, and State Regulations: Website Links and Telephone Numbers <www.llsdc.org/state-leg/>

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State Legislative History Research Guides on the Web <www.law.indiana.edu/lawlibrary/research/guides/statelegislative/>

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Initiative & Referendum Institute <www.iandrinstitute.org>

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Federal Agencies Directory (LSU) <www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/>
Federal Agencies (WashLaw) <www.washlaw.edu/doclaw/executive5m.html>

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USA.gov <www.usa.gov>
* Washington Information Directory <library.cqpress.com/wid/>

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* United States Government Manual <www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=GOVMAN>

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Carroll’s Federal Directory <www.govsearch.com>
Federal Staff Directory <library.cq.com>
* Federal Yellow Book <www.leadershipdirectories.com>

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Office of the Federal Register <www.federalregister.gov>

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Reginfo.gov <www.reginfo.gov>
Regulations.gov <www.regulations.gov>

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OpenRegs.com <openregs.com>

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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service <www.aphis.usda.gov>
* Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press <www.rcfp.org>

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A Citizen’s Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act
<www.fas.org/sgp/foia/citizen.pdf>

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* HeinOnline <home.heinonline.org>
LLMC Digital <www.llmcdigital.org>
* Administrative Decisions (University of Virginia Library) <guides.lib.virginia.edu/administrative_decisions>

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* Office of Legal Counsel <www.justice.gov/olc/opinions.htm>

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American Presidency Project <www.presidency.ucsb.edu>

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* Executive Order Disposition Tables <www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/>

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State Government Information <www.loc.gov/rr/news/stategov/>
State Blue Books <wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Blue_Books>

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Administrative Codes and Registers Section of the NASS <www.administrativerules.org>
National Governors Association <www.nga.org>

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National Association of Attorneys General <www.naag.org>

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* State FOI <www.nfoic.org/state-foi>
* Open Government Guide <www.rcfp.org/open-government-guide>

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State and Local Government on the Net <www.statelocalgov.net>
American Legal Publishing Corp. <www.amlegal.com/library/>
Municipal Code Corporation <www.municode.com>
* Municipal Codes Online (Seattle Public Library) [no longer available]
International Code Council <www.iccsafe.org>
Building Code Reference Library <www.reedconstructiondata.com/building-codes/>
Public.Resource.org <bulk.resource.org/codes.gov/>

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Procedural Documents (U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary) <judiciary.house.gov/about/procedural.html>
* Federal Rulemaking (U.S. Courts) <www.uscourts.gov/RulesAndPolicies.aspx>
Federal Rules (LII) <www.law.cornell.edu/rules/>

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* Court Locator (U.S. Courts) <www.uscourts.gov/court_locator.aspx>
LLRX Court Rules, Forms and Dockets <www.llrx.com/courtrules>
* Court Rules (Supreme Court) <www.supremecourt.gov/ctrules/ctrules.aspx>

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* Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manuals <www.ussc.gov/Guidelines/>

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* State Court Web Sites (NCSC) <www.ncsc.org/Information-and-Resources/Browse-by-State/State-Court-Websites.aspx>

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* Links to Ethics Pages (ABA) <www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/resources/links_of_interest.html>
American Legal Ethics Library <www.law.cornell.edu/ethics/listing.html>

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* ABA Center for Professional Responsibility <www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility.html>

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* Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases
<www.americanbar.org/publications/preview_home.html>

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* Supreme Court of the United States <www.supremecourt.gov>
Oyez Project <www.oyez.org>

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* United States Law Week <www.bna.com/united-states-law-week-p5949/>

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* PACER <www.pacer.gov >
* PACER Case Locator <www.pacer.gov/pcl.html >
Free and Fee Based Appellate Court Briefs Online
<www.llrx.com/features/briefsonline.htm>

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CNN <www.cnn.com>
Office of the Solicitor General <www.justice.gov/osg/>

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Legal Dockets Online <www.legaldockets.com>
* LexisNexis CourtLink <litigator.lexisnexis.com/courtlink/>

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* BRB’s Free Resource Center <www.brbpub.com/free-public-records/>
Free Public Records Search Directory <publicrecords.onlinesearches.com>
Jury Verdict Research <www.juryverdictresearch.com>

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* Court Locator (U.S. Courts) <www.uscourts.gov/court_locator.aspx>
* State Court Web Sites (NCSC) <www.ncsc.org/Information-and-Resources/Browse-by-State/State-Court-Websites.aspx>

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* Tribal Court Directory [offline]
Federal Judicial Center <www.fjc.gov>

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* LexisONE [now LexisNexis Communities List of Free Forms] <www.lexisone.com/lx1/store/catalog?action=rootFreeCategory&tcode=PORTAL>
Forms and Contracts (FindLaw) <forms.lp.findlaw.com>

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BNA [now Bloomberg BNA] <www.bna.com>
CCH <www.cch.com>
RIA <ria.thomsonreuters.com>

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Google Alerts <www.google.com/alerts>
Yahoo! Alerts <alerts.yahoo.com>

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Law.com <www.law.com>
Law News Now <www.abajournal.com/news>
* JURIST <www.jurist.org>

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LawTRIO <www.infosourcespub.com>
* Current Law Journal Content [ceased]
Current Index to Legal Periodicals <lib.law.washington.edu/cilp/cilp.html>
Social Science Research Network <www.ssrn.com>
Berkeley Electronic Press <www.bepress.com>

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SCOTUSblog <www.scotusblog.com>
Blawg Directory <www.abajournal.com/blawgs>
Justia BlawgSearch <blawgsearch.justia.com>
LexTweet <www.lextweet.com>

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CataList <www.lsoft.com/lists/listref.html>
Food and Drug Administration <www.fda.gov>

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* Factiva <www.dowjones.com/factiva/>
Google News <news.google.com>
* NewsVoyager [ceased]

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Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies <www.gale.cengage.com>
EDGAR <www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml>
National Association of Secretaries of State <www.nass.org>

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* Judicial Business of the United States Courts
<www.uscourts.gov/Statistics.aspx>
* Court Statistics Project (NCSC) <www.courtstatistics.org>
* Uniform Crime Reports <www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/ucr>

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Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics <www.albany.edu/sourcebook/>
Bureau of Justice Statistics <bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov>
* Legal Profession Statistics (ABA) <www.americanbar.org/resources_for_lawyers/profession_statistics.html>
U.S. Census Bureau <www.census.gov>
Census of Population and Housing <www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/>
Economic Census <www.census.gov/econ/>
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
<www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/>

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Statistical Abstract of the United States <www.census.gov/compendia/statab/>
Historical Statistics of the United States <hsus.cambridge.org >
FedStats <www.fedstats.gov>

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* ProQuest Statistical Insight [was LexisNexis Statistical Insight] <congressional.proquest.com/statistical>
Gallup, Inc. <www.gallup.com>
Polling the Nations <poll.orspub.com>
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research  <www.ropercenter.uconn.edu>

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PubMed <www.pubmed.gov>

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* Web of Knowledge <www.webofknowledge.com>
EBSCOhost Academic Search Complete <www.ebscohost.com>
InfoTrac OneFile <www.gale.cengage.com/onefile>
ProQuest Central <www.proquest.com>
IngentaConnect <www.ingentaconnect.com>
JSTOR <www.jstor.org>

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Periodicals Archive Online <pao.chadwyck.com>
Periodicals Index Online <pio.chadwyck.com>
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses–Full Text <www.proquest.com>
WorldCat <www.worldcat.org>
Library of Congress Online Catalog <catalog.loc.gov>
USA Law Schools by State <stu.findlaw.com/schools/usaschools/>

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Lib-web-cats <www.librarytechnology.org/libwebcats/>
Guide to Reference <www.guidetoreference.org>

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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation <memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw>
* The Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 <gdc.gale.com>
* HeinOnline <home.heinonline.org>
Early American Imprints <www.readex.com>
* Eighteenth Century Collections Online <gdc.gale.com>
Early English Books Online <eebo.chadwyck.com>

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Google Book Search <books.google.com>
Text Archive <www.archive.org/details/texts>
America’s Historical Newspapers <www.readex.com>
ProQuest Historical Newspapers <www.proquest.com>
* Google News Archive <news.google.com>

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Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator <www.martindale.com>

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Thomson Legal Record <legalrecords.findlaw.com>

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Best Lawyers  <www.bestlawyers.com>
NALP Directory of Legal Employers <www.nalpdirectory.com>
Legal Directories Lawyer Search <www.legaldirectories.com>
Legal Associations & Organizations <www.findlaw.com/06associations/>
Bar Associations & Other Legal Associations <www.washlaw.edu/bar/>

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Associations Unlimited <www.gale.cengage.com>
National Trade and Professional Associations of the United States <www.associationexecs.com>

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LLRX.com <www.llrx.com>

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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law <www.mpepil.com>

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Treaty Affairs (Department of State) <www.state.gov/s/l/treaty/>
Treaties and International Agreements Online  <www.oceanalaw.com>

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Frequently-Cited Treaties and Other International Instruments <library.law.umn.edu/researchguides/most-cited.html>

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THOMAS <thomas.loc.gov>
Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law (Department of State) <www.state.gov/s/l/c8183.htm>

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* Foreign Relations of the United States (University of Wisconsin) <uwdc.library.wisc.edu/collections/FRUS>
Foreign Relations of the United States (Department of State) <history.state.gov/historicaldocuments>

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United Nations Treaty Collection <treaties.un.org>

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OAS Secretariat for Legal Affairs <www.oas.org/DIL/>
Council of Europe Treaty Office <conventions.coe.int>
Hague Conference on Private International Law <www.hcch.net>
Electronic Information System for International Law <www.eisil.org>
* Multilaterals Project <fletcher.archive.tusm-oit.org/multilaterals/>
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library <www.umn.edu/humanrts/>
Flare Index to Treaties <ials.sas.ac.uk/treatyindex.htm>

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World Treaty Index <depts.washington.edu/hrights/Treaty/trindex.html>
Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General <treaties.un.org>
CITES <www.cites.org>
International Humanitarian Law – Treaties and Documents <www.icrc.org/ihl>

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À la Recherche des Travaux Préparatoires
<www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Travaux_Preparatoires1.htm>

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International Court of Justice <www.icj-cij.org>

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Project on International Courts and Tribunals <www.pict-pcti.org>
International Courts & Tribunals Library <www.worldlii.org/int/cases/>
International Criminal Court <www.icc-cpi.int>

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International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia <www.icty.org>
* International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda <www.unictr.org>
Special Court for Sierra Leone <www.sc-sl.org>
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea <www.itlos.org>

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European Court of Justice <curia.europa.eu>
European Court of Human Rights <www.echr.coe.int>

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* Inter-American Commission on Human Rights <www.oas.org/en/iachr/>
Inter-American Court of Human Rights <www.corteidh.or.cr>
African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights <www.african-court.org>

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* DomCLIC <www.domclic.org>
UNILEX <www.unilex.info>
Institute of International Commercial Law <www.cisg.law.pace.edu>
Case Law on UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT)
<www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/case_law.html>
ECOLEX <www.ecolex.org>
i.lex: The Legal Research System for International Law in U.S. Courts <ilex.asil.org>

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Reports of International Arbitral Awards <www.un.org/law/riaa/>
Kluwer Arbitration <www.kluwerarbitration.com>

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United Nations <www.un.org>

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Yearbook of the United Nations <unyearbook.un.org>
Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law
<www.mpil.de/ww/en/pub/research/details/publications/institute/mpyunl.cfm>
UN Documents <www.un.org/documents/>
Official Document System of the United Nations <documents.un.org>

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UNBISNET <unbisnet.un.org>
Access UN <www.readex.com>
United Nations Documentation: Research Guide <www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/>
United Nations System <www.unsystem.org>
World Trade Organization <www.wto.org>

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WorldTradeLaw.net <www.worldtradelaw.net>

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European Union <europa.eu>

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EUR-Lex <eur-lex.europa.eu>

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Organization of American States <www.oas.org>
Council of Europe <www.coe.int>
Union of International Associations <www.uia.be>
* ASIL Electronic Resource Guide <www.asil.org/erg/>

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GlobaLex <www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/>

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JuriGlobe <www.juriglobe.ca>

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Market Research (International Trade Administration) <www.export.gov/mrktresearch/>
* International Judicial Assistance (Department of State) <travel.state.gov/law/judicial/judicial_702.html>
Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook <https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/>

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Europa World Plus <www.europaworld.com>
Statesman's Yearbook Online <www.statesmansyearbook.com>

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International Encyclopaedia of Laws <www.ielaws.com>
Foreign Law Guide <www.foreignlawguide.com>

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GlobaLex <www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/>

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Constitutions of the Countries of the World <www.oceanalaw.com>
* International Constitutional Law <www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/>
Constitution Finder <confinder.richmond.edu>
The Rise of Modern Constitutionalism, 1776-1849 <www.modern-constitutions.de>
Martindale.com <www.martindale.com>

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NATLEX (ILO) <natlex.ilo.org>
Collection of National Copyright Laws <www.unesco.org/culture/copyrightlaws/>
* Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA) [now WIPO Lex] <www.wipo.int/wipolex/>
Legifrance <www.legifrance.gouv.fr>
German Law Archive <www.iuscomp.org/gla/>

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Foreign Law Translations (University of Texas)
<www.utexas.edu/law/academics/centers/transnational/work_new/>
Bulletin on Constitutional Case-Law <www.codices.coe.int>
Google Translate <translate.google.com>

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* Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations [no longer available online]
* OSCOLA: The Oxford University Standard for Citation Of Legal Authorities <www.law.ox.ac.uk/publications/oscola.php>

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Foreign & International Law Resources (Harvard Law Library) <www.law.harvard.edu/library/research/guides/int_foreign/web-resources/>

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Guide to Law Online (Library of Congress) <www.loc.gov/law/help/guide.php>
World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII) <www.worldlii.org>
* Doing Business (World Bank) <www.doingbusiness.org/law-library/>

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* English Reports (CommonLII) <www.commonlii.org/uk/cases/EngR/>

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* Term Dates (Judiciary of England and Wales)
< www.judiciary.gov.uk/about-the-judiciary/the-judiciary-in-detail/term-dates-and-sittings/term-dates>

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British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) <www.bailii.org>
Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) <www.canlii.org>

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* UK Statute Law Database [now legislation.gov.uk] <www.legislation.gov.uk/>
* UK Public General Acts <www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga>

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Justice Laws Web Site (Department of Justice Canada) <laws.justice.gc.ca>
British History Online <www.british-history.ac.uk>
Justis <www.justis.com>
* Regnal Year Calculator <people.albion.edu/imacinnes/calendar/Regnal_Years.html>

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Government Gazettes Online
<www-personal.umich.edu/~graceyor/doctemp/gazettes/>

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A Guide to Montana Legal Research <courts.mt.gov/content/library/guides/guide.pdf>

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New Jersey Legal Research Handbook Supplement
<law-library.rutgers.edu/ilg/njlrhb5.php>