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Documents Center
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs
Highly-respected portal for local, state, federal,
foreign, and international government information. Sponsored and maintained
by the University of Michigan Documents Center.
Cornell University
Virtual Law Reference Desk
http://www.law.cornell.edu
Features the U.S. Code, all recent
opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court, and a collaboratively-created, public-access law dictionary and encyclopedia. Provides easy-to-understand topical overviews
of banking law, employment discrimination law.
Findlaw.com
http://www.findlaw.com
FindLaw is one of the oldest and well-known law resource sites on the Web. Much free primary and secondary research information, oriented toward both the consumer and the professional. From the people who brought you Westlaw.
Glossary of Law-Related Terms (.PDF)
This Glossary of Terms was compiled by the National Association for Court Managers. It "defines a number of legal terms in common use that generally are not understood. The definitions are not legal definitions of these terms. Most of them have very definite legal meanings that vary from one state to another. These are merely plain-English definitions intended to give a general idea of the meanings."
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation
Online guide to legal citation presented by a Cornell University Law School professor. First published in 1993, this online guide was last updated in May of 2007. It is an introduction to forms of citation used in processional practice, not journal publication, and discusses the purpose of citation, types, principles, citation examples, and more.
Martindale
Hubbel's Lawyer Locator
http://www.martindale.com/locator/home.html
Online access to the Martindale Hubbel Law Directory.
Web Resources — Westlaw
Westlaw User Guides
http://west.thomson.com/westlaw/guides/
Free user guides, product documentation and reference materials are available here in PDF format on all topics Westlaw.
Web Resources — Federal
Bureau of Justice
Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
Statistics on crime, criminals, trends, victims, courts, agencies, corrections,
and law enforcement in the form of reports, charts, data sets, and publications
some of which extend back to 1976. Also includes activities of the agency and
its programs such as the National Criminal History Improvement Program.
Code of Federal
Regulations
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cfr/
The most recent version of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) placed on the
Internet by the Government Printing Office. It contains the federal regulations
in force as of specific revision dates which vary from title to title.
Federal Judicial Center
http://www.fjc.gov
Substantial number of online publications and information on the judiciary.
Sections include fulltext reports, education programs, and court-related links.
It covers courts from the Supreme Court to district courts.
IRS Digital Daily
http://www.irs.gov
Tax statistics, Tax Information for individuals, tax information for business,
tax regulations, IRS Newsstand tax forms and publications.
Occupational Safety &
Health Administration (OSHA)
http://www.osha.gov
Safety guidelines and fact sheets, consultation services, worker protection
programs, training for federal agencies, federal agency injury and illness statistics,
programs and assistance for small businesses, training resources and materials
on safety in the workplace for both employee and management.
OYEZ Project
-- database of information about the U.S. Supreme Court
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage
Aims to include multimedia resources for all leading constitutional law cases--audio
materials, images, biographies of Justices, and updates of cases currently pending
before the court, and a virtual tour of the Supreme Court and its duties.
THOMAS
http://thomas.loc.gov
From 1989 (104th-106th Congress presently) you will find the text of bills and
laws, committee reports, status of legislative efforts, voting records, Members
of Congress contact information, legislative links to Congress and agencies,
and early Congressional documents and debates (1774-1873).
U.S. Code
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/browse.html
The United States
Code is a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general
and permanent laws of the United States.
Web Resources — State of Wisconsin
WisBar -- Wisconsin Bar
Association
http://www.wisbar.org/
Includes Bar information, current issues and archives of Wisconsin Lawyer Magazine,
and legal resources for attorneys and the public. Partial listing of legal resources
: WI caselaw -- WI statutes -- WI acts -- WI administrative code -- WI Constitution
-- Court rules.
Wisconsin Circuit
Court Access
http://wcca.wicourts.gov/index.xsl
This website provides public access to the records of the Wisconsin circuit
courts for counties using the Consolidated Court Automation Programs (CCAP)
Case Management system. These records are open to public view under Wisconsin's
Open Records law, sections 19.31-19.39, Wisconsin Statutes.
Wisconsin.gov
http://www.wisconsin.gov/
The State of Wisconsin's information server and a starting point to guide you
to the many resources available from Wisconsin state agencies, departments and
other governmental branches.
Wisconsin Department
of Revenue
http://www.dor.state.wi.us/
The department advises on tax policy and administers the state's tax laws and
lottery to fund state and local government operations. You can find state tax
publications and forms here as well.
Wisconsin
Administrative Code
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/code/index.html
The state of Wisconsin regulations.
Wisconsin
State Law Library - Index to Topics
http://wsll.state.wi.us/witopicindex.html
Wisconsin
State Statutes.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/stats.html
The laws for the state of Wisconsin.
Web Resources — Local
City of Madison,
Wisconsin
http://www.ci.madison.wi.us
The central, official location to access all departments, agencies, services,
committees, and task forces of the city of Madison.
Dane County
http://www.co.dane.wi.us
Official county government access to departments, commissions, offices, local
forms and publications, Dane County Code of Ordinances, and schedules for the
Expo Center.
Madison
Code of Ordinances
http://www.municode.com/resources/gateway.asp?pid=50000&sid=49
City ordinances for Madison, Wisconsin.
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Campus Users.
Academic
Universe
LexisNexis Academic provides searchable access to a comprehensive spectrum of
full-text information from over 5,600 sources, selected to meet academic research
needs, including: National and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast
transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources U.S. Federal
and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international
legal information Shepard&8217;s® Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court
cases back to 1789 Business news journals, company financial information, SEC
filings and reports, and industry and market news.
CQ
Researcher
Congressional Quarterly is a world-class provider of information on government,
politics and public policy. Provides Nonpartisan analysis. Fulltext essays on
a particular subject offer background, pro, and con, as well as contextual information
regarding the problem, issue, or event.
General
Reference Center Gold
Use this general interest/business database to search magazines, newspapers,
and reference books for information on business, industry, current events, the
arts, science, entertainment, etc.
Proquest
Online Newspapers
Selected Wisconsin newspapers including the Wisconsin State Journal and The
Capital Times, plus The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune
and other national newspapers. Useable from your home computer.
Westlaw Paralegal
Federal and State statutes, case law materials, public records and other legal resources, as well as current news articles and business information. Limited access in library only.
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