Portals
PortalHQ - For a comprehensive list of portals, listed by category.
http://portalhq.com/
Traffick - "The Guide to Portals" News, tips, tutorials and traffic
information. http://www.portalhub.com/
ABCNews - http://abcnews.go.com/
About.Com - http://about.com/
Alice - From France. Check the entire Web, French pages or "francophone pages" En Francais http://www.aliceadsl.fr//
CNN - http://www.cnn.com/
Go.com - http://www.go.com/
Gruner + Jahr - From Germany http://www.stern.de/
HotBot - http://www.HotBot.com
Lycos - http://www.lycos.com
Terra - From Spain http://www.terra.com
Quepasa - Information and interactive content in Spanish. http://www.quepasa.com/
Virgilio - From Italy. http://www.virgilio.it
Yahoo - http://www.yahoo.com
Go to index.
Web Directories
Argus Clearinghouse - http://www.clearinghouse.net
Excite - http://www.excite.com
Internet Public Library - Reference Center http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/
Librarians' Index to the Internet - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/
Catalist - Catalog of listserv lists. http://www.lsoft.com/lists/listref.html
WebCrawler - http://www.webcrawler.com
Webseek "A Content-Based Image and Video Search and
Catalog Tool for the Web" http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~mm/cache/WebSeek.htm
Yahoo - http://www.yahoo.com
Go to index.
Legal Portals, Search Engines
& Directories
American Law Sources Online - The purpose of ALSO! is to provide a
comprehensive, uniform, and useful compilation of links to all on-line sources
of American law that are available without charge. This site contains additional
links to sources of commentary and practice aids that are available without
charge (or available at a reasonable charge from governmental and nonprofit
providers). The source documents are not maintained on the ALSO! server but
are stored, in various file formats, in many separately maintained databases
located in several countries. It also contains links to law reviews, law schools
and listservs. http://www.lawsource.com/also/
CapWeb - "The Internet Guide to the U.S. Congress" includes the Congressional
Directory by state, alphabet, committee and leadership listings. Includes
background, photos, staff, e-mail, links and more. E-mail or print your letter
to Congress. Find your recipient quickly with your ZIP Code. Also provides
Executive/Judicial Branches & Governors: The White House and Cabinet-level
departments, Supreme Court and the nation's governors. http://www.capweb.net
Federal Judiciary Home Page - Comprehensive information about the
courts, the judiciary, juror selection, how to file a case or get a job, and
a lot more. http://www.uscourts.gov/
FindLaw - This site contains United States Supreme Court Cases, the
Code of Federal Regulations, Supreme Court Opinions from 1893 to the present,
Court of Appeals decisions for every circuit. It offers the US Constitution
with annotations from the Congressional Research Service. You will also find
opinions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, the Court of
Federal Claims, and Bankruptcy Court, among others. This is also a resource
for access to state laws, cases and code. Another useful resource is the court
directory, which includes telephone numbers and addresses. http://www.findlaw.com
GPO Access - Service of the United States Government Printing Office
that provides free access to federal information. It contains online, searchable
databases of executive and legislative material, such as the CFR, the Congressional
Record, and the United States Code; access to federal information provided
by Federal agencies, and search tools to assist in finding information including
the Government Information Locator Services, and the Pathway Indexer, which
provides over 1,350 agency and military Internet sites. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html
Guide to Law Online -Courtesy of the Library of Congress: Search United States Code, Statutes at Large, and Public Laws http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/uscode.html
HG.Org Worldwide Legal Directories - Created by Lex Mundi, a global association of over
100 independent law firms, HG serves as a comprehensive guide to the global
practice of law, arranged by subject. It includes an extensive alphabetical
list of resouracronymces. It provides links to practice guides, legal journals
and discussion groups, among many other features. http://www.hg.org/hg.html
The Internet Legal Research Compass- This is an excellent reference
source. It provides the Federal Court Locator, the Federal Web Locator, Federal
Web Navigator, Federal statutes. It also provides the State Court Locator,
State Web Locator, the State Agency Finder, State Statutes, Court Rules and
more. They are useful to find links to opinions and resources on the Internet.
Each locator contains an index and is fully searchable. http://vls.law.vill.edu/compass/
LawGuru - This is a Legal Research Meta-Search page providing access
to more than 340 law-related search engines and indices. It is a great tool
for researching basic legal information in other jurisdictions. http://www.lawguru.com/index.php
Law school sites - Law schools offer Web sites that are excellent
sources for legal links. Go to that section of this page by clicking here:
Law Schools
ResearchWire Litigator's Internet Resource Guide: Rules of Court, Legal
Research - overall - Links to federal, state and local rules around the
country. Please note that some states have more information available through
the web than others do. http://www.llrx.com/columns/litigat.htm
Library of Congress - The site that brings you THOMAS (described in
the statutes and regulations section of this page, at ),
also brings a wealth of searchable information ranging from resources such
as their catalog and access to further information, documents, movies, photographs
an sound recordings of American history, and exhibitions that were on display
in Washington but are now "open indefinitely on the Internet." http://www.loc.gov/
Meta-Index for Legal Research - This site is courtesy of the GSU College
of Law. It is an excellent source for looking up cases by circuit, state,
or Supreme Court cases. http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/metaindex
Statutes, Rules and Regulations - Full-text state statutes and legislation
on the Internet. Visit this page for sites containing full-text state constitutions,
statutes (called codes or compiled laws in some states), legislation (bills,
amendments and similar documents) and session laws (bills that have become
laws). http://www.prairienet.org/~scruffy/f.htm
WashLaw Web - You may search the full text of all federal and state
case law available on the Internet, federal and state statutes, codes and
administrative materials, city codes, court rules, and uniform laws. http://www.washlaw.edu/
Go to index.
People, Places and Business Finders
Finding your Way
MapQuest - Driving directions, online maps, real time traffic, local
city guide, travel guide, and a map store! Enter your location and destination,
and you will get door-to-door or city-to-city directions. The directions may
be in text only, or accompanied by maps. http://wwww.mapquest.com/
Yahoo Maps - Maps and driving directions http://maps.yahoo.com/
Concierge - Find places anywhere on earth, or street addresses in
the United States, London or Canada. The maps are interactive and you can
move around or zoom in and out. http://www.concierge.com/
How Far Is It? - This service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary
list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two
places, and then calculates the distance between them. It also provides a
map showing the two places. http://www.indo.com/distance/
National Scenic Byways Online - Taking the scenic route? "Sponsored
by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), this site promotes All-American
Roads and National Scenic Byways, as well as many state and federally-designated
byways." They are listed by state, or you can use the search feature. http://www.byways.org/
Roadside America - "Your online guide to off-beat tourist attractions"
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/
Go to index.
Address? Phone Number? Zip Code? E-Mail
Address?
City/State Zip Codes - Find the ZIP Codes for a city or town or the
location of a given ZIP Code - http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_ctystzip.html
Postal Abbreviations - Provides standard USPO abbreviations - http://www.princeton.edu/Main/postal.html
ZipInfo - Zip codes, area codes, counties, latitude, longitude, congressional
districts, time zones and more. http://zipinfo.com/search/zipcode.htm
Infobel Telephone Directories on the Web - Also provides links for
email addresses, area codes and country codes. http://www.infobel.com/teldir/
Area Code Look-Up - Find area codes in the United States, Canada,
and some additional countries http://members.aol.com/NCSEA4kids/PeopleSearch.html
Reverse Phone Lookup - http://www.webcrawler.com/info.wbcrwl/
Anywho - Internet Directory Assistance, white pages, yellow pages,
reverse look up http://anywho.com/
Bigfoot - http://bigfoot.com
EmailFinder - http://www.emailfinder.com
Federal Agency Telephone Numbers - http://www.info.gov/phone.htm
Federal Judiciary Home Page - Comprehensive information about the
courts, the judiciary, juror selection, how to file a case or get a job, and
a lot more. http://www.uscourts.gov/
Four11 - http://www.four11.com
Infobel - Check the white pages in USA, Belgium, France, UK, Denmark,
Luxembourg and Spain; yellow pages in USA, Belgium and France, and a few more
things in USA. http://infobel.com/world/default.asp
Infospace - http://www.infospace.com
InfoUSA - Find a person or business, use reverse phone number lookup,
and find out the average value and age in the person's neighborhood http://www.infoUSA.com
Internet Address Finder - http://www.iaf.net
LookUP! - http://www.lookup.com
Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator - http://www.martindale.com/locator/home.html
Massachusetts Lawyers - Find all lawyers currently admitted to practice in Massachusetts, courtesy of the Board of Bar Overseers -http://massbbo.org/bbolookup.php
NetPages - http://www.aldea.com/whitepages/white.html
People Search - http://peoplesearch.net/
Switchboard - http://www.switchboard.com
Usenet-Addresses - http://usenet-addresses.mit.edu
WhoWhere? - http://www.whowhere.com
Yahoo People Search - http://people.yahoo.com/
Go to index.
You're Out of Town. Now What?
Airport Guide from QuickAID - Get terminal maps and information about
ground transportation, shops and services, hotels. Among other things, you
can find a limousine, the rest room, lunch/dinner and more. For major USA
airports, go to http://www.quickaid.com
. For other US airports and airports around the world, go to http://www.quickaid.com/moreapts.html
Transit Links France, UK and USA
France - Paris - French Transit
http://www.lib.purdue.edu/eresources/readyref/quickReferencePages/Directories.htm
United Kingdom - London. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/.
For how to travel around the city, use Transport for London
http://www.londontransport.co.uk For the Uderground, go to http://tube.tfl.gov.uk/
California - State transportation system - Amtrak, cable cars and
ferry boats http://www.catransit.com/links/calinks.html
California - Los Angeles. LA area Transit Rail System: http://www.westworld.com/~elson/larail/
California - Sacramento, with routes, schedules, and more.
http://www.sacrt.com
Colorado - Denver. http://www.rtd-denver.com/
District of Columbia - Washington Metro. A great system with a cumbersome
Web site http://wwww.wmata.com
Florida - Miami-Dade Transit.
http://www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/mdta/
Georgia - Atlanta. http://www.itsmarta.com
Illinois - Chicago . http://www.transitchicago.com
Indiana (Southern) and Kentucky - Jefferson, Oldham and Bullitt Counties in Kentucky, and Clark and Floyd Counties in Southern Indiana http://www.ridetarc.com/
Maryland - Baltimore http://www.mdot.state.md.us/
Massachusetts - Boston and beyond. http://www.mbta.com/
Michigan - Detroit public transportation.
http://www.guide2detroit.com/traffic/publictransportation.shtml
Minnesota - Minneapolis/St. Paul http://www.metrotransit.org
New York - New York City http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/
Ohio - Cincinnati http://www.sorta.com
Ohio - Dayton http://www.mvrta.org
Oregon - Portland - http://www.tri-met.org/
Pennsylvania - Philadelphia http://www.septa.com
http://www.septa.com/
Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh Metropolitan Transportation Commision http://www.mtc.ca.gov/
Virginia - Arlington Transit http://www.commuterpage.com/ART/index.htm
Go to index.
Cases and Courts
US Courts - Find address, telephone numbers and maps to Federal Courts accross the country http://www.uscourts.gov/courtlinks/
Federal Courts Finder - Includes a map of the United States and links
to each circuit court and other Federal Courts including the U.S. Courts of
Appeals for the Armed Forces. A great starting point to find cases, locations,
and further information about each court.http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDCTS/
Federal Court Locator - Includes searchable databases for each court
of appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court, and district and other federal courts
in some states. http://vls.law.vill.edu/Locator/fedcourt.html
Federal Judiciary Home Page - Comprehensive information about the
courts, the judiciary, juror selection, how to file a case or get a job, and
a lot more. http://www.uscourts.gov/
National Center for State Courts - Includes a listing of court web
sites.http://www.ncsconline.org/
Meta-Index for Legal Research - This site is courtesy of the GSU College
of Law. It is an excellent source for looking up cases by circuit, state,
or Supreme Court cases. http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/metaindex
Social Law Library - This is excellent source is updated daily and
provides for recent Massachusetts SJC decisions and Massachusetts Appeals
Court decisions. Another freebie offered is a subscription to the e-mail notification
service of posting of daily slip opinions. You must subscribe to the library
for earlier decisions from those courts, and for decisions by the Massachusetts
Commission Against Discrimination decisions, among others. http://www.socialaw.com
Go to index.
Forms
Copyright Office - Forms and information http://www.copyright.gov/forms//
Forms from the Feds - Courtesy of the University of Memphis Downloadable forms from multiple Federal agencies - http://exlibris.memphis.edu/resource/unclesam/forms.html
Free Legal Forms - http://www.findforms.com/
"Forms from the Feds" - This University of Memphis page contains the
downloadable government electronic forms most asked for by the public. While
you should access the agencies directly for their specialized forms, this
is a good start. http://exlibris.memphis.edu/resource/unclesam/forms.html
'Lectric Law Library Law Practice Forms - General law practice and
litigation forms http://www.lectlaw.com/forma.htm
Free Forms for Federal Civil Discovery and Disclosure - http://www.uslawbooks.com/ajs/discoveryindex.htm
Patent and Trademark Office Forms - http://www.uspto.gov/web/forms/
Securities and Exchange Commission Forms - http://www.law.uc.edu/CCL/33forms/index.html
Social Security Administration Forms - http://www.ssa.gov/online/
Inmigration and Naturalization Service - http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/index.htm
IRS Forms, Instructions and Publications - http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/
Go to index.
U.S. Supreme Court
The Center for Information Law and Policy Index of FLITE decisions -
The archive consists of over 7400 Supreme Court opinions dating from 1937
through 1975, from volumes 300 through 422 of U.S. Reports. If you know that
the case you are looking for is within the available dates, this may be the
site to visit if other sites are busy. http://www.fedworld.gov/supcourt/
FedWorld/FLITE Supreme Court Decisions Homepage - The U.S. Air Force
has agreed to release a historic file of Supreme Court decisions from its
FLITE ("Federal Legal Information Through Electronics") system. The file consists
of over 7000 Supreme Court opinions dating from 1937 through 1975, from volumes
300 through 422 of U.S. Reports. May be searched by name or by keyword (such
as Roe v. Wade) http://www.fedworld.gov/supcourt/index.htm
Legal Information Institute - Decisions from 1990 to the present.
Starts with a syllabus, and links you to obtaining a PDF version of the opinion
and any dissenting opinions. It is operated by Cornell University and provides
a single query form for searching all U.S. Circuit court opinions on the Internet.
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/
Selected Historic United States Supreme Court Decisions - (pre-dating
regular release of Court decisions to the Internet). You may search by topic,
by party name, or by the author of the Court's opinion. http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/historic.htm
Oyez Oyez - This is a "multimedia database about the United States
Supreme Court." http://www.oyez.org//
Solicitor General - This site includes government briefs submitted
to the Supreme Court between 1982 and 1995. http://www.usdoj.gov/osg/
Go to index.
Statutes, Rules and Regulations
Administrative Codes and Registers - This site provides links to every
state. http://www.nass.org/acr/internet.html
<;i>Code of Federal Regulations and Federal Register - In this site you
can find the entire set of CFR databases by keyword (current data), retrieve
CFR sections by citation (current and/or historical data); get your choice
of CFR titles and/or volumes (current and/or historical data) and the Federal
Register for related documents (current and/or historical data). This is part
of the service of the Government Printing Office, which provides free access
to Federal information. Start at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html
Code of Massachusetts Regulations- Access the sections that are cavailable
online. http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/cmr.html
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - http://www.Law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/overview.htm
Federal Rules of Evidence - http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/overview.html
Massachusetts General Laws - This site connects you to a searchable
database that includes General Laws and all the amendments to the General
Laws passed before a given date. This is not the official version of the Massachusetts
General laws. You may also search for bills pending in the legislature and
their status. http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/
Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure - http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/civrules.html
Statutes and Regulations - Full-text state statutes and legislation
on the Internet. Visit this page for sites containing full-text state constitutions,
statutes (called codes or compiled laws in some states), legislation (bills,
amendments and similar documents) and session laws (bills that have become
laws). http://www.prairienet.org/~scruffy/f.htm
Thomas - This site sponsored by the United States House of Representatives,
launched in 1995, includes the full text of all bills, public laws and legislation,
the full text of the Congressional Record Since 1993, House roll call votes;
complete committee information, and historical documents. http://thomas.loc.gov
Uniform and Model Acts - This is the official site for drafts and
completed uniform and model acts, as prepared by the National Conference of
Commissioners on Uniform State laws. There are several dated versions, available
in various formats including ASCII, html, PDF and Word Perfect 5.1 http://www.law.upenn.edu/library/ulc/ulc.htm
United States Code - Two options for searchable sites:Cornell University:
http://uscode.house.gov/,
and U.S. Government Printing Office: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html/
WashLaw Web - You may search the full text of all federal and state
case law available on the Internet, federal and state statutes, codes and
administrative materials, city codes, court rules, and uniform laws. Includes
jokes, zip codes, and more. http://www.washlaw.edu/
Go to index.
Massachusetts Sites
Mass.gov - This is the official Web site for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
It is an excellent starting point for information on the state and its agencies
and municipalities. http://www.mass.gov/
Executive and Legislative Branches,
Constitutional and County Offices
Governor Deval Patrick's Web Site - http://mass.gov/portal/index.jsp?pageID=gov2homepage&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Agov2
Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office - http://www.ago.state.ma.us/
Barnstable County District Attorney Michael O'Keefe's Office - http://www.mass.gov/mdaa/da/cape.html/
Bershire County District Attorney David F. Capeless' Office - http://www.mass.gov/mdaa/da/berkshire.html/
Bristol County District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter's Office - http://www.bristolda.com/
Essex County District Attorney Jonathan W. Blodgett's Office - http://www.mass.gov/da/essex/
Franklin and Hampshire Counties District Attorney Elizabeth D. Scheibel's
Office - http://www.mass.gov/mdaa/da/northwestern.html/
Hampden County District Attorney William M. Bennett's Office - http://www.mass.gov/mdaa/da/hampden.html/
Middlesex County District Attorney Gerald T. Leoney's Office - http://www.middlesexda.com/
Norfolk County District Attorney William R. Keating's Office - http://www.mass.gov/da/norfolk/
Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz's Office - http://www.mass.gov/mdaa/da/plymouth.html/
Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley's Office - http://www.mass.gov/da/suffolk/
Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr.'s Office - http://www.worcesterda.com/
Auditor of the Commonwealth Joseph DeNucci - http://www.mass.gov/sao/
Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin -http://www.state.ma.us/sec/
Treasurer and Receiver General Timothy Cahill - http://www.mass.gov/treasury/
Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate - http://www.mass.gov/legis/legis.htm
Go to index.
Agencies, Authorities and Quasi-Agencies
Board of Registration of Medicine - Provides information for consumers,
including complaint forms, and for physicians, including licensing documents.
http://www.massmedboard.org/
Criminal History Systems Board - http://www.mass.gov/chsb/
Department of Environmental Protection http://www.mass.gov/dep/
Department of Housing and Community Development - http://www.mass.gov/dhcd/
Department of Public Health - http://www.mass.gov/dph/
Department of Revenue- For information and forms regarding taxes,
child support. http://www.dor.state.ma.us/
Department of Social Services- http://www.mass.gov/dss/
Department of Transitional Assistance (Formerly Department of Public Welfare
- "http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/dta"
Division of Capital Asset Management - The Division of Capital Asset
Management is the state agency responsible for major public building construction
and real estate services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Formerly known
as the Division of Capital Planning and Operations (DCPO). http://www.mass.gov/cam/
Executive Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation - This
Web site allows you to ask questtions and file complaints online. Web versions
of popular booklets on such topics as the lemon laws, landlord/tenant rights,
and insurance coverage are also available. http://www.mass.gov/portal/index.jsp?pageID=ocahomepage&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eoca/
Information Technology Division - http://www.mass.gov/itd/
Massachusetts Department of the State Treasurer - http://www.mass.gov/treasury/
MBTA - Site for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Read
interesting historical facts or get the schedule for any train line including
the commuter rail. http://www.mbta.com
Metropolitan District Commission - http://www.mass.gov/mdc/
Go to index.
Cities, Towns & State-Wide Sites
Boston - For local and national news, weather information http://www.boston.com/
City of Boston - The site includes information about the structure
of city government, the mayor's office, press releases and articles involving
about a wide range of issues affecting the city. It includes a searchable
database. http://www.cityofboston.gov//
Boston Police Department - Includes a list of law-enforcement links
http://www.ci.boston.ma.us
/bpdtemp/links.htm
Your Senator, Representative, Ward or Precint
Find Massachusetts state senators and representatives - Listed by
city or town. http://www.mass.gov/legis/citytown.htm
Find your elected officials and voting information - Courtesy of the
Secretary of State William Galvin's Office. http://www.wheredoivotema.com/bal/myelectioninfo.php
Go to index.
Legal Sites
Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries - http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/
Massachusetts Constitution - http://www.mass.gov/legis/const.htm
Massachusetts General Laws - This site connects you to a searchable
database that includes General Laws and all the amendments to the General
Laws during a given period. The text of the General Laws is updated about
every five weeks. While this is not the official version of the General Laws,
it is a great starting point. http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/index.htm
Go to index.
State Law and Information Sites
FindLaw State Resources Index - http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/index.html
Multistate Associates - This site includes links to every state legislature.
It also provides links to pages for several U.S. cities, with a description
of each site. It is an excellent source for state law, and for information
about states and their cities and towns. http://www.multistate.com/
State and Territorial Government Homepages - http://www.firstgov.gov/Agencies/State_and_Territories.shtml
Full-Text State Statutes and Legislation on the 'Net - http://www.prairienet.org/~scruffy/f.htm
Law by Source State Law Collection - http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/index.html
50 States - This is the place for information about all 50 states
and capitols. In addition to trivia such as the state bird and motto, it helps
you find local graves, population, Webcams, tax forms, real estate, and pen
pals. http://www.50states.com/
Finding It State by State - Cut and paste, or type this URL as follows:
http://www.state.(insert state abbreviation here).us
State and Local Government on the Net - http://www.piperinfo.com/state/states.html
State Web Locator - http://www.infoctr.edu/swl/
Go to index.
Specialized Areas
Bankruptcy
The Massachusetts Bankruptcy Page - courtesy of the law firm of Craig
and MaCauley. This site provides searches of the full text of all published
decisions of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts
from January 1, 1995 to the present. http://www.craigmacauley.com/cases/mabank.htm
ABI World - American Bankruptcy Institute - Access to a wide variety
of information concerning bankruptcy, including statistics, bankruptcy opinions
and links to other bankruptcy sites including the Bankruptcy Lawfinder site
http://www.abiworld.org/
Bankruptcy Lawfinder - http://www.agin.com/lawfind
U.S. Bankruptcy Code http://www.law.cornell.edu:80/uscode
Go to index.
Cybercrime
Cybercrime - This is the official page of the U.S. Department of
Justice's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section. The main page
has 12 sections covering topics that include: reports, press releases; laws
against computer crime; the department's 200-page manual on prosecuting violations
of intellectual property rights; reports on the prosecution of Internet hate
speech and cyberstalking; and answers to FAQs about encryption. http://www.cybercrime.gov/
National Cybercrime Training Partnership - http://www.nctp.org
Go to index.
Copyright and Trademark Law
Copyright and Fair Use - http://fairuse.stanford.edu/
Copyright Law for Webmasters - A well-written and annotated summary.
http://www.netatty.com/copy.html
Copyright and Multimedia Law for Webbuilders and Multimedia Authors
- http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/webbuilder/copyright.html
Legal Information Institute's Copyright Page - Just one of many excellent
sites created by Cornell University's LII. It includes an overview and links
to US and International copyright laws, court decisions, and treaties. http://www.nolo.com/keyword/copyrights_home.html
United States Copyright Law - The official site of the US Copyright
Office. In addition to the full text of the law, you will find application
forms. http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/title17/
All About Trademarks - A great source of links for trademarks, copyright,
unfair competition, computer, multimedia, advertising, international trade,
and trade secret law http://www.ggmark.com/
Legal Information Institute's Trademark Page - Another site created
by Cornell University's LII. It includes an overview and links to US and International
trademark laws, court decisions, and treaties.
http://wwwsecure.law.cornell.edu/topics/trademark.html
Overview of Trademark Law - Courtesy of Harvard University http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/metaschool/fisher/domain/tm.htm
Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Site - http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/pct_ency.html
A Primer on Trademark Law and Internet Addressing http://www.loundy.com/JMLS-Trademark.html
Trademark Law for Webmasters -http://www.netatty.com/trade.html
Go to index.
Business and Commercial Law
Business Law Lounge - http://www.lectlaw.com/bus.html
Uniform Commercial Code - http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/ucc.table.html
Better Business Bureau - http://www.bbb.org/
American Bar Association Business Law Information - http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/
Recent Supreme Court Antitrust Law Materialshttp://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/antitrust.html
Federal Trade Commission - http://www.ftc.gov/
Center for Corporate Law http://www.law.us.edu/CCL
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - http://www.sec.gov/
Mass. Secretary of State, Corporate Division - http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cor/coridx.htm
Corporate Advisor - http://www.haledorr.com/publications/corp/CorpDirectory.html
Intellectual Property Materials - http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/topic2.html#intellectual_property
Tax Sites - http://www.taxsites.com/
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Employment & Labor
Federal statute, 5 U.S.C.: Government Organization and Employees -
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/5/
American Arbitration Association - http://www.adr.org/
American with Disabilities Act (ADA) Information on the Web Courtesy
of the US Department of Justice http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/
Employment and Training, Massachusetts Division of - http://www.eeoc.gov/
Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of - http://stats.bls.gov
National Labor Relations Board-http://www.nlrb.gov/
Occupational Safety, Division of Massachusetts Department of Labor and
Workforce Development - http://www.osha.gov/
Go to index.
Patents
IBM Patent Server - http://www.ibm.com/patents
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) - This page is the starting
point for the USPTO's free patent databases that includes the US Patent Bibliographic
Database a freely searchable database of front-page information from US patents
issued from 1/1/76 to the most recent issue date), and the AIDS Patent Database
(a freely searchable database of the full text and images of AIDS-related
patents issued by the US, Japanese and European patent offices). http://www.uspto.gov/
Go to index.
Professional Responsibility
National or Federal Rules of Conduct - Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges
http://www2.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/foliocgi.exe/judicial
Go to index.
Federal Sites
USA.gov- This the United States Government's Official Web Portal http://www.usa.gov/
Executive Branch
White House - http://www.whitehouse.gov
Council of Economic Advisors - http://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/about.html
Council on Environmental Quality - http://www.whitehouse.gov/CEQ/about.html
National Economic Council - http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/nec/html/
National Security Council - http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/NSC/html/nschome.html
Office of Management and Budget - http://www.whitehouse.gov/OMB/
Office of Science and Technology Policy - http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OSTP/html/OSTP_Home.html
Office of National Drug Control Policy - http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/
Executive Orders 1993-present - http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/fedprs.html#eo
Executive Orders 1961 - present - http://www.nara.gov/fedreg/eo.html
Presidential Inaugural Addresses from George Washington 1789 to George
Bush 1989 - http://www.bartleby.com/index.html
Go to index.
Federal Agencies
Lists
GPO (Government Printing Office) Access - Search every branch of the
Federal Government. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/
Agency Sites
Fedworld - Multiple databases about the Federal government. Searchable
by keyword or database. http://www.fedworld.gov/
Agriculture Department - http://www.usda.gov/
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearmshttp://www.atf.treas.gov/
Bureau of Labor Statistics - http://www.bls.gov/
Bureau of Land Management - http://www.blm.gov
Census Bureau - http://www.census.gov
Centers for Disease Control - http://www.cdc.gov
Central Intelligence Agency - http://www.odci.gov
Commerce Department - http://www.doc.gov/
Copyright Office - http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
DefenseLINK - Official Department of Defense Web Site -
Drug Enforcement Administration -
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/
Education Department - http://www.ed.gov/
Energy Department - http://www.doe.gov
Energy Department - Office of Scientific and Technical Information
http://www.osti.gov
Enviromental Protection Agency - http://www.epa.gov/
Federal Bureau of Prisons http://www.bop.gov/
Federal Bureau of Investigation-http://www.fbi.gov/
Federal Communications Commission -
http://www.fcc.gov/
Federal Trade Commission - http://www.ftc.gov/
Federal Election Commission - Federal
Election Commission
Federal Emergency Management Agency - http://www.fema.gov
Federal Reserve Board - http://www.bog.frb.fed.us/
Federal Trade Commission - http://www.ftc.gov
Federal Web Locator - Federal government information that includes
links to agencies and a searchable database. http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl
Fish and Wildlife Service - http://www.fws.gov
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)- http://www.fda.gov/
General Accounting Office - http://www.gao.gov
Geological Survey - http://www.usgs.gov
Government Printing Office - http://www.access.gpo.gov/
Health and Human Services Department - http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
Housing and Urban Development, Department of -
http://www.hud.gov/
Immigration and Naturalization Service - http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
Interior Department - http://www.doi.gov
Internal Revenue Service - http://www.irs.gov/
Justice, Department of - http://www.usdoj.gov/
Labor, Department of - http://www.dol.gov/
Marshalls (U.S. Marshalls Service)-
http://www.usdoj.gov/marshals/
NASA - http://www.nasa.gov/
National Archives - http://www.archives.gov/
National Institute of Standards and Technology - http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/guide/
National Institutes of Health - http://www.nih.gov/
National Labor Relations Board - http://www.nlrb.gov/
National Library of Medicine -
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nlmhome.html
National Park Service - http://www.nps.gov
National Security Agency - http://www.nsa.gov/
National Technical Information Service - http://www.ntis.gov
National Telecommunications Administration - http://www.ntia.doc.gov
Nuclear Regulatory Commission - http://www.nrc.gov
OSHA- http://www.osha.gov/
Patent and Trademark Office - http://www.uspto.gov/
Postal Service - http:www.usps.gov
Securities and Exchange Commission - http://www.sec.gov/
Social Security Administration - http://www.ssa.gov/
State Department - http://www.state.gov/index.html
State Department Travel Warnings - http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html
Transportation Department - http://www.dot.gov/
Treasury Department - http://www.ustreas.gov/
Veterans Affairs Department - http://www.va.gov/
Go to index.
Federal Courts, Statutes, Rules
and Regulations
Federal Court Locator - Includes searchable databases for each court
of appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court, and district and other federal courts
in some states. http://vls.law.vill.edu/Locator/fedcourt.html
Federal Courts Finder - Includes a map of the United States and links
to each circuit court and other Federal Courts including the U.S. Courts of
Appeals for the Armed Forces. A great starting point to find cases, locations,
and further information about each court. http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDCTS/
Federal Constitution - http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html
Federal Judiciary Home Page - Comprehensive information about the
courts, the judiciary, juror selection, how to file a case or get a job, and
a lot more. http://www.uscourts.gov/
Federal Register Online - Via GPO access. Database for the 1995, 1996,
1997, 1998 and 1999 Federal Register (Volumes 60, 61, 62, 63 and 64) and useful
links.http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html
Federalist Papers - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/fedquery.html
STAT-USA - This is a source business, trade and economic information
provided by the United States Department of Commerce. http://www.stat-usa.gov/
Go to index.
Legal Sites from Around the World
World Law Index/SearchThis is the most comprehensive directory of
online available materials of legal sites around the world. http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/World/
CEESource: Central and East European Legal, Political, Business and Economics
WWW Resources - Find out information about Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatian, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia,
Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia & Montenegro,
Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Ukraine. Courtesy of the Gonzala University
School of Law in Spokane, Washington, USA. http://law.gonzaga.edu/library/ceeurope.htm
Legal Resources in Europe - This site offers links to European Union
sites. The links are organized by country and include legal and other information
about each country listed. It includes links to European Countries (including
those that are not members of the European Union) and a section about legal
history and Roman law Courtesy of the University of Saarland, Germany. http://www.jura.uni-sb.de/english/euro.html
Africa Web Links - An annotated Resource List. The law section includes
links to Law Schools in Africa & the Middle East, and to the Constitutions
of Congo, Lybia, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morocco, Rwanda, South Africa, Tunisia,
and Zambia. This site is also includes links to over thirty topics that include
anthropology, health, art, food, history, human rights, libraries, sports
and religious studies. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/WWW_Links.html
WoYaa! - African portal http://www.woyaa.com/
FindLaw:Africa - This is a robot (search engine) for searching law-related
materials in WWW servers in Africa. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/WWW_Links.html
Australian Courts and Legislation - Provided by the National Library
of Australia http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/gov/leg.html
Political Resources on the Net- Listings of political sites available
on the Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments,
Media and more from all around the world http://www.politicalresources.net/
People's Republic of China - Constitution
http://www.helplinelaw.com/law/constitution/china/china.php and legislation
concerning minimum wages in enterprises.
http://natlex.ilo.org/txt/E94CHN02.htm
Germany - Index of German Statutes in English -
http://www.jura.uni-sb.de/english/glsindex.html#statutes
Guide to European Legal Databases - Comprehensive site prepared by
a New York University School of Library Reference Librarian. It includes links
to indices, guides, journals, dictionaries, European Legal Databases, constitutions,
the Council of Europe, the European Union, and more. The main jurisdictions
of this site are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy,
Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. http://www.llrx.com/features/europe.htm
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Medical
Healthgate - This is a comprehensive database that includes free access
to Medline and other medical databases. http://www.healthgate.com/
Amedeo - "AMEDEO's core components include weekly emails with bibliographic
lists about new scientific publications, personal Web pages for one-time download
of available abstracts, and an overview of the medical literature published
in relevant journals over the past 12 to 24 months." http://www.amedeo.com/
American Medical Association - The resources and information provided
include abstracts and full text from part of the Journal of the American Medical
Association and archives devoted to specific areas. It also provides Physician
Select, a searchable database with information on physicians in the U.S. and
its possessions, and Hospital Select, a database concerning almost every hospital,
searchable by name/location, service line or health plan. http://www.ama-assn.org
AIM Docfinder - Provided by the Association of State Medical Board Directors.
Choose your state and find information about doctors.
Massachusetts Physician Profiles - Learn about doctor's education
and training, awards and publications, insurance plans accepted, and malpractice
and disciplinary histories. Courtesy of the Board of Registration of Medicine.
http://profiles.massmedboard.org/MA-Physician-Profile-Find-Doctor.asp
HealthAnswers - http://www.healthanswers.com/
Healthgate - This is a comprehensive database that includes free access
to Medline and other medical databases. http://www.healthgate.com
MDChoice.com - http://mdchoice.com/
Mayo Clinic Health O@sis - Interactive, accessible health information
for the masses. http://www.mayohealth.org
Medical Terms - http://urinjured.com/medical.htm
MtDesk - This resource provides glossaries of a wide range of glossaries
and indices of topic-specific medical and medication sites. It is a comprehensive
resource, and the topics include the following: AIDS Glossary, Alternative
Med Wordlist, Cancer Drugs, Chemotherapy Protocols, Drug guides and glossaries,
Psychotropic Drugs Vitamins Glossary, Anatomy, Cancer Glossary, ER Glossary,
Neurologic Terms, Spinal Cord Injury and a Surgical/Med Glossary. http://www.mtdesk.com/index.htm
National Cancer Institute's Cancer Net Information http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/icichome.htm
Obgyn.net - "The Universe of Women's Health" is a resource for obstetric
and gynecological professionals that includes a section for "Women and Patients"
http://www.obgyn.net/
Oncolink - This multimedia site provides information about cancer
to patients, their families and healthcare professionals. Edited by the experts
at the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center and provides a wide variety
of services and information to its virtual community.http://www.oncolink.com
Sports Medicine Glossary - http://www.pbats.org/glossary.html
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedic Terms
http://wheeless.com/
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Medication
Drugs Under Development - This site lists clinical trials for treatments
and drugs under development. http://www.centerwatch.com/
Federal Drug Administration site - http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/default.htm
Pharmaceutical Information Network - An Internet Drug Index. This
is a searchable database of more than 4,000 prescription and over the counter
(US) drug products on the Web. The search engine employs 'fuzzy' logic, which
enables you to often find a name even when it is misspelled. http://webhome.idirect.com/~kmknights/pharm/
MtDesk - This resource provides glossaries of a wide range of glossaries
and indices of topic-specific medical and medication sites. It is a comprehensive
resource, and the topics include the following: AIDS Glossary, Alternative
Med Wordlist, Cancer Drugs, Chemotherapy Protocols, Drug guides and glossaries,
Psychotropic Drugs Vitamins Glossary, Anatomy, Cancer Glossary, ER Glossary,
Neurologic Terms, Spinal Cord Injury and a Surgical/Med Glossary. http://www.mtdesk.com/index.htm
RxList - "The Internet Drug Index" provides a searchable index of
legal drugs, statistical summaries, patient information and alternative medicine
information. http://www.rxlist.com/
Terms and Symbols in Pharmacology Index - http://www.bumc.bu.edu/www/busm/pharmacology/Programmed/framedGlossary.html
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Use of the Internet
NetLingo - A comprehensive online dictionary with hundreds of words
used in the Internet and World Wide Web world. http://www.netlingo.com/
Online Computing Dictionary - Enter a word in the space to obtain
your results. The site comes with a disclaimer that it "is by no means perfect,
and is mostly case insensitive", but it works pretty well. http://www.instantweb.com/foldoc/index.html
Search Engine Terms - A glossary for those interested in knowing
more about search engines. http://www.cadenza.org/search_engine_terms/
Traffic Report - How Busy is the 'Net? This site will tell you, by
geographic area, how quickly the Internet is responding, and how busy it is!
http://www.internettrafficreport.com
Webopedia - This online encyclopedia dedicated to computer technology
includes a search engine. Enter a search or browse through the categories.
http://www.webopedia.com/.
Whatis - Enter a word or multi-word term about computers, networks,
the Internet, or the Web and this site will give you an up-to-date definition.
This site contains terms you can't find elsewhere. It also provides the word
of the day, the top twenty words searched each day, and great Web sites discovered
by their staff. This site is definitely for the bookmark/favorites list. http://www.whatis.com
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Legal Dictionaries, Reference Sources
and Translators
Duhaime's Legal Dictionary - http://www.duhaime.org/diction.htm
Jurist Legal Dictionaries - http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/dictionary.htm
Law.com Dictionary - http://dictionary.law.com/
Nolo's Everybody's Legal Dictionary - Plain-English definitions. http://www.nolo.com/glossary.cfm
The 'Lectric Law Library's Legal Lexicon - http://www.lectlaw.com/d-a.htm
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Dictionaries, Related Reference Sources
and Translators
Dictionaries and Reference Sources
Acronym Dictionary - Contains a searchable index. http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/acronym
Acronym Finder - Also contains a searchable index. http://www.acronymfinder.com/
Dictionary.com - This site also searches several online dictionaries
simultaneously. The sources include Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary,
WordNet, The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, and Jargon File. In my
experience, it is less cumbersome than OneLook. It is worth a visit. http://www.dictionary.com
Online Dictionaries - A great resource. Contains links to Multilingual
Dictionaries, Specialized English Dictionaries, Thesauri and Other Vocabulary
Aids, language Identifiers and Guessers, An Index of Dictionary Indices, A
Web of On-line Grammars and A Web of Linguistic Fun. You will be able to find
links to almost every language you can think of, and more. http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html
OneLook - Searches terms simultaneously in several online dictionaries.
Look up the definition, the pronunciation or the spelling of words. Dictionaries
include Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, CollinsCobuild Student's Dictionary;
the Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus; Lexical Free Net (includes synonyms
and antonyms; and WordNet Vocabulary Helper. http://www.onelook.com
Cambridge Dictionaries Online - Online English Dictionaries from Cambridge
University Press: International English, American English, Spanish, French
and more. It also provides alternative spellings for the word you enter. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
Online Dictionaries and Translators - Visit this site for links to
dictionaries in other languages. Offerings include translators, alphabets,
chat rooms, and related resources http://www.word2word.com/dictionary.html /
Research-It! - Another one-stop reference tool. Here we have a collection
of great resources including the Roget's Thesaurus, foreign language translators,
the Merriam Webster Dictionary and others. http://www.itools.com/research-it
Rogets Thesaurus - http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html
Merrian Webster - http://www.m-w.com/
WWWebster's Thesaurus -
http://www.m-w.com/mw/thesaurus.htm
The Word Spy - "This Web site and its associated mailing list are
devoted to recently-coined words, existing words that have enjoyed a recent
renaissance, and older words that are now being used in new ways." http://www.logophilia.com/WordSpy/wordspy-index.html
The WorldWideWeb Acronym and Finder -
http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/index.html
Your Dictionary - This one provides definitions, synonyms, translations,
pronunciation and grammar tips, glossaries for sports, medical, legal and
other terms, rhyming dictionaries and a thesaurus. http://www.yourdictionary.com/
Translators
Translate words, phrases and/or Web pages.
Athropolis http://www.athropolis.com/translate.htm
Babelfish http://babelfish.altavista.com/
Dictionary.com Translator http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/
Google http://www.systransoft.com/
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Miscellaneous
Zagat's - Access over 20,000 reviews of restaurants in many major
metropolitan areas in the US, plus London, Paris, Toronto, and Vancouver.
Includes top 20 lists of great restaurants and allows you to become a member
and to cast your vote. http://www.zagat.com/
Timeticker- Timeticker displays the current time for dozens of countries
throughout the world.http://www.timeticker.com/
Weather Camera Site - You can look at the weather in your area or
anywhere you may be traveling in this site. http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/wxcam.html
Historical documents Site - For historical documents dating from pre-18th
Century through the twentieth century. It includes documents such as the Yalta
Conference agreement of 1995; the United Nations Charter; and the Balfour
Declaration of 1917. http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm/
Kelley Blue Book - To find the value of a used car, this is the place
to go. http://www.kbb.com/cgi-bin/cgi.exe?kbb+uc+guc/
Chemical Elements - Provides the periodic table, links to other periodic
tables on the Web and about 30 categories of information for each element.
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~chem/web-elements/
The Mosquito Genomics Server - This site provides access to mosquito
genomics databases and links to other genomics servers around the world. http://klab.agsci.colostate.edu/
Currency Converter - Visit this site to find out how much - or how
little - the dollar is worth elsewhere in the world. http://www.xe.net/currency
Virtual Frog Dissection Kit - http://www-itg.lbl.gov/vfrog/
Weather Underground - Find maps, heat indexes, wind chills, dew points
and all that meteorological stuff for cities, regions, or nations.
http://www.wunderground.com/
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Media
Newspapers
Online Newspapers U.S. and the World - An Australian search engine
provides links to newspapers all over. http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
Newspapers by Location and Category - This site's list is not as comprehensive
as the one provided by the Australian search engine, but it is a good start.
It also provides listings for, among other things, business, trade, classifieds,
religious and other publications. http://www.newspapers.com
TotalNEWS- A search engine that searches news sites. Please note that
it only searches free portions of news sites, so the results may be limited
to the stories of the day that you are using the site. They check news stories
every few hours to ensure the latest news. This site allows you to register
for an individually tailored news page.http://www.totalnews.com/
Law Journal Extra!! - Legal news, daily updates from the National
Law Journal and other sources. Includes database or recent circuit court and
Supreme Court opinions. Also has a database of verdicts and settlements. http://www.ljx.com/
Law NEws - For legal news sites. http://law.miningco.com/msub1.htm
Lawyers Weekly Online - While you must be a subscriber to obtain full
text of articles, this site provides free access to its classifieds (including
its job postings) and summaries of top stories from Lawyers Weekly USA and
seven state newspapers. http://lawyersweekly.com/ For the Massachusetts
site, go to http://www.masslaw.com
Boston Globe - http://www.boston.com
Boston Herald - http://www.bostonherald.com
Financial Times - http://www.ft.com/
Los Angeles Times - http://www.latimes.com
New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com
Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com
Go to index.
TV
CNN Interactive - National and international news that range from
technology, politics to sports and entertainment. http://www.cnn.com/
CNNFN Financial Network - For financial news. http://www.cnnfn.com
MSNBC - National and world news, plus editorials from NBC, MSNBC,
and CNBC. http://www.msnbc.com/
Court TV - Offers summaries and results of all past court TV trials,
plus recent verdicts in publicized cases, and links to news reports. http://www.courttv.com/
Boston's Public TV and Radio Station - http://www.wgbh.org/wgbh/index.html
Go to index.
Legal Journals
Findlaw University Law Review Project - Provides for searching and
browsing full-text online law review articles.http://stu.findlaw.com/journals/index.html
Alabama Law Review -
http://www.law.ua.edu/lawreview
American University Law Review -
http://www.wcl.american.edu/pub/journals/lawrev/aulrhome.htm
Boston College Law Review - Click here for the Boston College Law
Review, Environmental Affairs Law Review, International and Comparative Law
Review, Third World Law Journal, and Uniform Commercial Code Reporter Digest
http://infoeagle.bc.edu/schools/law/lawreviews/
Brooklyn Law Review -
http://www.brooklaw.edu/students/journals/blr.php/
California Law Review (University of California, Berkeley) -
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/journals/clr/
Chicago-Kent Law Review -
http://lawreview.kentlaw.edu
Connecticut Law Review -
http://www.connecticutlawreview.org/
Cornell Law Review -
http://www.law.cornell.edu/clr/index.html
Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University-
http://www.dcl.edu/lawrev/
Duke Law Journal -
http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/dlj/
Emory Law Journal -
http://www.law.emory.edu/ELJ/eljhome.htm
Florida State University Law Review - on the Web since 1995. http://www.law.fsu.edu/journals/lawreview/index.php
Georgia Law Review -
http://www.law.uga.edu/galawrev/
Gonzaga Law Review -
http://law.gonzaga.edu/review/index.html
Harvard Journal of Law and Technology - This journal provides articles
by professors, practitioners, and politicians on varied topics including biotechnology,
computers, international technology transfer, intellectual property, medical
technologies, and telecommunications. http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/
Hastings Law Journal -
http://www.uchastings.edu/hlj
Hastings Women's Law Journal http://www.uchastings.edu/womenslj/index.html
Hofstra Law and Employment Law Journal -
http://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/Law/law_laborlaw.cfm/
Indiana Law Journal -
http://www.law.indiana.edu/ilj/ilj.html
Journal of Information Law and Technology - From the United Kingdom
http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/
Kentucky Law Journal -
http://www.uky.edu/Law/current_students/ky_law_journal.html/
The Intellectual Property and Technology Forum - Sponsored by The
Intellectual Property Group of Boston College Law School - http://www.bc.edu/iptf
Michigan Law Review -
http://students.law.umich.edu/mlr/
New England Law Review - http://www.nesl.edu/lawrev/
New York University Law Review -
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/lawreview/
North Carolina Law Review -
http://www.unc.edu/student/orgs/nclrev
Ohio State Law Journal - http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/lawjournal/
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology - It is billed as the first law
review exclusively online. http://www.urich.edu/~jolt
Rutgers Law Journal -
http://www-camlaw.rutgers.edu/publications/lawjournal
Seattle University Law Review -
http://www.law.seattleu.edu/lawrev
Stanford Law Review - http://www.stanford.edu/group/lawreview/
Stanford Technology Law Review - http://stlr.stanford.edu/STLR/Core_Page/index.htm
Tulane Law Review -
http://www.law.tulane.edu/tuexp/journals/lawrev/review.htm
UC (University of California) Davis Law Review -
http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/lawreview/
UCLA Law Review - http://www1.law.ucla.edu/~lawreview/
University of Kansas Law Review -
http://www.law.ku.edu/lawrev/oldlr/LAWREVIN.HTM/
University of Pittsburgh Law Review - http://www.law.pitt.edu/law_review/
Wake Forest Law Review - http://www.law.wfu.edu/lawreview
Washburn Law Journal - http://washburnlaw.edu/wlj/
Washington Law Review -
http://www.law.washington.edu/WLR
Willamette Law Review - http://willamette.edu/wucl/lawreviwew/
Yale Law Journal - http://www.yale.edu/yalelj
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Law Schools
ABA Approved Law Schools- http://www.abanet.org/legaled/approvedlawschools/approved.html
Internet Legal Resource Guide List of Law School Web sites - http://www.ilrg.com/schools.html
Boston College Law School - My alma mater's Web site is located at
Boston University School of Law http://www.bu.edu/law/
Cornell Law School - This school has probably the best law school
Web site. It was the first legal Web site and was launched in 1993. This is
the home of the Legal Information Institute. It is also the leading site for
distribution of U.S. Supreme Court opinions, and has a very popular version
of the U.S. Code. The site also includes the Constitution and the Federal
Rules of Evidence and Civil Procedure. In your travels, you will find links
to their site (there are links in this site as well). http://www.law.cornell.edu/
Harvard Law School http://www.law.harvard.edu/
Northeastern University School of Law- Their site has some useful
links concerning basic legal research http://www.slaw.neu.edu/
Southern New England School of Law -
http://www.snesl.edu/
Suffolk University Law School - http://www.law.suffolk.edu/
University of Southern California Law School - this site provides
an excellent collection of legal links. http://www.usc.edu/dept/law-lib/index.html
Washburn University School of Law - This law school is located in
Topeka, Kansas. Its site contains one of the earliest indexes on the Internet
and keeps going on strong. http://www.washlaw.edu/
Western New England College School of Law -
http://www.law.wnec.edu
Yale Law School - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/lawschool/
Go to index.
Statistics - National and Global
Stat Market - This site provides the latest statistics in Internet
trends. Includes plug-ins, browsers, and operating systems trends. http://www.statmarket.com/
Latest Federal Government Statistics - Economic Statistics Briefing
Room (ESBR) A selection of Federal Economic Statistics as reported by Federal
agencies and a full range of statistics and information produced by Federal
agencies for public use. http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html
STAT-USA - A source for business, trade and economic information provided
by the United States Department of Commerce. http://www.stat-usa.gov/
U. S. Bureau of the Census - The site for demographic data includes
population, housing, business, international trade, farming and state and
local governments. http://www.census.gov/
Bureau of Labor Statistics - This has economic data and analysis produced
by the BLS (includes living conditions, compensation, productivity, and more)
http://stats.bls.gov/
Economic Policy Institute - Contains discussion, analysis, and sometimes
clarifications on current issues relating to economics. Also provides links
to statistical sources that relate to economics, such as labor, income, and
demographics. http://epinet.org/
Education Department Statistics - http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/majorpub.asp
Economic Statistics Briefing Room - Includes income, unemployment,
earnings, production, money, securities, transportation and international
statistics. http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html
Fedstats: One Stop Shopping Federal Statistics - Statistical information
from federal agencies in a subject-based alphabetical index. Includes a search
agency that covers about 14 agencies. http://www.fedstats.gov/
Global Statistics - For country profiles (including some cities and
provinces), all the countries in the world with capitals, population and related
information. The charts section includes longest rivers, religions with numbers
of members, largest islands and biggest companies.http://home.worldonline.nl/~quark/
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics - http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/
Several hundred data tables from 100 sources are presented in Adobe Acrobat
format.
Go to index.
Research and Writing
The Slot: A Spot for Copy Editors - Created by the copy editor of
the Washington Times, this site's offerings include writing and editing information.
For example, one entry discusses "a" v. "an". http://www.theslot.com/
How to Conduct Federal Statutory Research- George Washington University
- http://www.aallnet.org/sis/ripssis/statutes.html
The Blue Book Uniform System of Citation - This primer is based on
the based on the Sixteenth Edition of the "Bluebook." It is an introduction
to Basic Legal Citation (1997-98 ed.) by Peter W. Martin (Cornell Law School).
http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/
William Strunk, Jr.'s The Elements of Style - A classic. http://www.bartleby.com/141/ .
Roget's Thesauri - http://www.bartleby.com/thesauri/
Legal Research Meta-Search - http://www.netsmartinc.com/kat.htm
The Legal Research Center - A directory. http://www.legalresearch.ch/
Professor Smith's Legal Research Guide - An online tutorial. http://www.west.net/~smith/research.htm
Go to index.
Bar Associations
ABA's Lawlink - This page provides a partial list of national organizations,
and a list of bar associations by state. http://www.abanet.org/lawlink/associations.html
Law Research's List of American Bar Associations - http://www.lawresearch.com/v2/cassbar.htm
American Bar Association's ABA Net - This is one of the best on the
Internet. It has a vast array of resources including publications, resources,
online discussion groups, and full-text selections from the ABA Journal and
the various section periodicals. You will also find a calendar or events,
an online store and online discussion groups. http://www.abanet.org
American Corporate Counsel Association http://wwww.acca.com
Association of Federal Defense Attorneyshttp://www.afda.org
American Health Lawyers Association Site - This page offers a wide
range of information from developments in the health law area to upcoming
events and employment postings for attorneys. http://www.healthlawyers.org.
American Immigration Lawyers Association - http://www.aila.org/
American Intellectual Property Law Association - http://www.aipla.org/
Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)
http://www.atla.org/
Boston Bar Association - http://www.bostonbar.org
Computer Law Association - http://www.cla.org/
Federal Bar Association http://www.fedbar.org/
Hispanic National Bar Association - http://www.hnba.com/
Massachusetts Academy of Trial Lawyers - http://www.massacademy.com/
Massachusetts Bar Association - This site offers a range or resources
that include a searchable database of ethics opinions, current legal news,
and a variety of full text articles and papers. http://www.massbar.org
Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association - http://www.urbanlawinstitute.org/mbla/
Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association - http://www.mlgba.org
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association http://www.napaba.org/
National Association of Legal Assistants
http://www.nala.org/
National Bar Association - http://www.nationalbar.org/
National Federation of Paralegals Association - http://www.paralegals.org/
National Legal Associations - http://www.clrep.org/otherbars.htm#National
Legal Associations
Paralegal Arts and Sciences -http://law.net/~nipas/
Women's Bar Association - http://www.womensbar.org
Go to index.
Notice and Request
Because the Internet changes constantly, some of the links provided here
may bring you to a dead end, or to a new address. If you find any dead links,
new addresses, or links to share, please contact me at maiteparsi@yahoo.com
Thank you. :-)
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