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Resources for Legal Studies
 
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Adobe Acrobat Reader
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Comprehensive Sources & Meta-sites
Texas Law Library
LexisNexis Academic
Click the Legal tab at the top left of the screen.
The legal materials section of this interdisciplinary database contains: U.S. federal and state laws and regulations, international legal materials, U.S. patents, legal news and articles, and general legal reference materials. Guide
Westlaw Campus Research - Law
The Law section includes U.S. federal and state case law, regulations, and statutes, as well as European Union law, American Law Reports, American Jurisprudence 2d, articles from law reviews and journals, topical legal guides and resources for pre-law students. Guide
All Law
Links for sources of federal and state law, lawyers, government sites, law schools, and bar associations.
ALSO! (American Law Sources Online)
Links for sources of United States, Canadian, and Mexican law, as well as commentary and practice aids.
FindLaw: Internet Legal Resouces
Comprehensive site organized into categories including legal practice areas, judicial opinions and case law, statutes and laws, state government, and legal associations.
Hieros Gamos
Comprehensive multi-lingual resource for U.S. and international law; organized into sections for job seekers, law students, businesses, consumers, and practitioners. Also organizes links by over 70 legal practice areas, and provides a Library Center with links for legal news and publications, forms, and legal research tools.
Legal Information Institute
(Cornell Law School)
Cornell Law School’s site offers United States Supreme Court opinions, the full United States Code, important secondary sources, and a series of “topical” pages that serve as concise explanatory guides for roughly 100 areas of law practice.
Meta-Index for Legal Research
From Georgia State University College of Law, an index of searchable legal indexes on the web, covering judicial opinions, legislation, and federal regulations.
Open Directory Project: Legal Information
Organized by major areas of legal practice such as environmental law, family law, etc., and also contains sections on legal history, legal practice, and self-help.
Legal Search Engines
LawCrawler
FindLaw’s full-text search engine for federal, state, and foreign legal web sites, as well as specific FindLaw and web databases.
LawGuru
Searches over 250 legal search engines and tools, with searchable resources for every state, including judicial opinions and cases, codes, statutes, bills, and more.
LawRunner USA Index  and  LawRunner Global Index

From the Internet Legal Research Group , an intelligent agent-based search engine interface for Google; limits search results to a particular jurisdiction for more effective research. The USA Index includes all fifty states and the District of Columbia; the Global index includes over 238 nations, islands, and territories, international bodies, and embassies in the U.S.

 
Sources for Non-Lawyers
Also search our catalog for other materials:
      Law -- United States -- Popular works
      Law -- Texas -- Popular works
Legal Information from LexisNexis
(lawyers.com) Includes U.S. resources arranged by both legal area and jurisdiction, advice for selecting and hiring a lawyer, information on federal laws and courts, and legal forms.
Lone Star Legal Aid
NOLO Law for All
(self-help legal resources)
People's Lawyer
(Prof. Richard M. Alderman, University of Houston Law Center)
 
Library Catalogs
Houston Area Law Libraries -
     University of Houston Law Center Library
     Harris County Law Library
     South Texas College of Law Library
     Texas Southern University Law Library
Other Houston Area Libraries -
     UH Libraries Combined Catalog
     Harris County Public Library
     Houston Public Library
State / National -
      Texas State Law Library
      Law Library of Congress
      TexShare Libraries
      Center for Research Libraries
      Library of Congress
      National Archives and Records
      WorldCat
 
Find E-Books
 
Directory of Open Access Journals
website
UHCL Electronic Journals List
database
OAIster
website
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
(includes Open Access Journals)
database
Find Articles
LexisNexis Academic - Basic Legal Research
Contains full-text articles from over 500 law reviews and over 300 legal newspapers, magazines and newsletters. Guide
Westlaw Campus Research - Law
Contains full-text access to over 800 law reviews, law journals, and other professional legal publications.
Law Articles (Law & Policy Institution Guide)
A searchable database of articles emphasizing contemporary legal developments.
Academic Search Complete
Database; selected fulltext
Consider also:
Index to Legal Periodicals & Books
Print index; (1952-2002) Index Reference Section 11
 
Find Electronic Law Reviews & Journals
All Law - Journals and Periodicals
ALSO! (American Law Sources Online) United States – Law Reviews and Periodicals
Directory of Open Access Journals
E-Journals & Journals on the Web
(Robert Crown Law Library, Stanford Law School)
Hieros Gamos – Law Journals, Newsletters and Bulletins

UHCL Electronic Journals List

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
(includes Open Access Journals)
 

 
 
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