Reference Resources

Legal Research

• Comprehensive Legal Resources

  "Legal research site providing access to information on legal topics in our daily lives, including American Bar Association; many legal research aids for consumers, businesses, lawyers, and students; law libraries; legal research encyclopedia; legal web search utilities; legal forms; tracking legal news and materials; legal technology related issues; law articles; CLE information; legal resources in all 50 states; post a law paper or conference; public records; research guides, and much more."

• Specialized Legal Resources

  "Specialized legal resources including resources for pro se or self-represented litigants, and for those interested in family law, animal law, agricultural law, bankruptcy, comparative law, constitutional law, criminal law, cyber law, death penalty law, employment law, estate planning, free expression and the law, gay/lesbian politics, health law, indian law, legal technology, legal ethics, mental health law, ocean law, penal law, women's rights, and much, much more."

• Comprehensive Subject Resources

  Links, such as About.com, BUBL Link, Yahoo, etc. to aid in searching by subject on the Internet.

• Types of Materials

  Links to popular materials: Blogs, Court Opinions, Law Journals, Legal Dictionaries and Directories, and Legislation.

  
  
  
• Litilaw / Litigation Articles & Legal Research Collection

  Welcome to our free collection of over 1,000 recent legal articles of interest to litigators and related legal professionals. All articles are full-text, written by lawyers and have been published as part of continuing legal education (CLE) seminars, in legal journals, or are of similar quality.

  
  
  
• Wex / Legal Dictionary and Encyclopedia from LII
• Legal Research Guides

  Links to research guides from Georgetown Law Library, University of Akron, Albany Law School, Duke University, Oklahoma City University, SIU, Washburn University School of Law, University of Washington, Univesity of Tulsa College of Law, and Harvard Law School.

  
  
  
• Associated Topeka Libraries Catalog (ATLAS) / Includes Washburn Law Library

  Access to the library catalog for Topeka Libraries.

• Law Library Catalogs / AALL

  "Law Library Catalog resource page with many links to U.S. schools, addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, and specific names of librarians."

• Library of Congress

  "The nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with more than 130 million items on approximately 530 miles of bookshelves."

• Quick Reference Guide to Topics and Call Numbers / UNLV

  "...a quick guide to selected topics and call numbers."

• WorldCat / "Search for an item in libraries near you."
  
  
• Law (Legal) Dictionaries / YourDictionary.com

  Links to many law (legal) dictionaries, such as Anderson's, Bouvier's, International law glossary, Publishing Contract Terms, Criminal Law Glossary.

• Legal Dictionaries Online

  Legal Dictionaries by law, legal or international, or alphabetical listing.

• LAW.COM Dictonary / Enter a term, word, or phrase.
  
  
• Introduction to Basic Legal Citation / Martin (Cornell)

  This is an on-line guide to legal citation from LII.

• Citing Electronic Information / Internet Public Library

  "Here are some places to go for recommended electronic information citation guides."

• The Elements of Style / William Strunk, Jr.

  "This classic reference book is a must-have for any student and conscientious writer....it gives in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style and concentrates attention on the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated."