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New York State
Supreme Court Library at Buffalo
THE
GREAT BIG LIST OF LEGAL WEB SITES
Sponsored
by the
New York
State Supreme Court Library at Buffalo, this
site was created by Joanne Walsh, Department of Library and Information Studies,
State University of New York at Buffalo, in April 2000. The list is a new and
expanded compilation of previous library guides to legal research on the
Internet and would not have been possible without the groundwork and input of
the following:
- Alice
Askew (Law Library Assistant, Supreme Court Library at Buffalo)
- David G. Badertscher
(Principal Law Librarian, Supreme Court, Criminal Term,
1st Judicial District,
New York City)
- The Cornell University Law
Library
- Jay Deveau (Director of
Library and Research Services, Goldberg Segalla, LLP)
- Melissa Holland (School of
Information and Library Studies, University at Buffalo)
- Jeannine A. Lee (Senior Law
Librarian, Supreme Court Library at Buffalo)
- Angela M. Patti (Law
Librarian, Supreme Court Library at Buffalo)
Last
updated: March 10, 2004.
Please send comments or suggestions to Jeannine Lee
(sclbuff@courts.state.ny.us).
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BOOKSELLERS ON
THE WEB
Bookstreet.com
Alibris
Specialists in out-of-print mass market titles.
Amazon.com
American Booksellers Association
Audio Editions
Books on cassette.
Barnes and Noble.com
Barnes and Noble.com (Professional, Technical & Business
Bookstore)
bibliofind
Blockbuster
BookBrowse.com
Book-of-the-Month Club
Booksamillion.com
Booksmith
BookWeb.org
Search the directory of the American Booksellers Association and link to
bookstore web sites.
Borders
Common Reader Hard-to-find
titles, many of them imported from England.
Daedalus Books Everybody's
favorite bargain bookseller.
E-Book Library Sponsored by the
University of Virginia, Electronic Text Center, this site links to 1,800
publicly-available e-books including British and American fiction, major
authors, children's literature, the Bible, Shakespeare, American history,
African-American documents and more.
half.com
Secondhand books and CD's (mainly mass market) for half price or less.
netLibrary
Penguin Putnam
You can't order online, but they'll tell you how to order toll free.
Powell's City of Books
Quality Paperback Book Club
(QPB.com)
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CANADIAN LEGAL
SITES
Aboriginal Law and Legislation
Access to Justice Network
(ACJNet Canada)
Alberta Courts
Decisions of the Court of Appeal and provincial Court since 1998.
Best Guide to Canadian
Legal Research Site posted in flow chart format
by law librarian Catherine Best of the University of British Columbia.
Bora Laskin Law Library
(University of Toronto) In addition to Canadian
sites galore, this links to the British Parliament and courts as well as other
Commonwealth high courts.
British Columbia Superior
Courts Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.
Provincial statutes also
available.
Canada Customs and Revenue
Agency The CCRA, formerly Revenue Canada, provides frequently
requested customs and tax forms and publications online.
Canada (Foreign and International Law)
Comprehensive collection of links to Canadian legal sites arranged by topic.
Canada News
Canada NewsWire
Canadian Bar Association
Canadian Consolidated Statutes and Regulations
Statutes and regulations through the end of 2001 in downloadable full text.
There are also links to Canada Gazette for more recent legislation and to
Parliament's Government Bills page for the status of ongoing bills in the House
of Commons and Senate.
Canadian Criminal Justice Resource Page
Compilation of sites dealing with
criminal justice, corrections, law enforcement and juvenile delinquency created
by a University of Ottawa professor.
Canadian Criminal
Law Centre
Plain language articles about Canadian
criminal law with links to federal and provincial laws and resources.
Canadian Firearms Centre
Information for visitors to Canada, forms, full text of the Firearms Act and
Firearms Act regulations as well as e-filing of forms.
Canadian Human Rights
Reporter (CHRR)
Digest of cases and decisions relating to
such topics as discrimination, sexual harassment and disability rights.
Canadian Internet
Resources Sponsored by the University of
Ottawa, this site offers a quick-and-easy topical index plus links to case law
and legislation.
Canadian
Law Sources On-line .
Canadian Lawyer Referral Service
(CanLaw)
Canadian Legal Information
Institute (CanLII) Very like Cornell's Legal
Information Institute site, this posting by the Federation of Law Societies of
Canada, gives access to statutes and regulations, the Supreme and Federal
Courts, Tax Court and the higher courts of most provinces.
Canadian Legal Resources
Canadian Legal Resources on
the WWW
Canadian Federal and Provincial Legislative Sources
Canadian Legal
Research Excellent introduction to Canada and
its legal system with many links to government and the courts. Section on
Quebec's legal system, which is unique among the 10 provinces and 3 territories.
Canadian Patent
Database
CBA.org (Canadian Bar
Association)
Citizenship and Immigration
Canada
Federal Court of Canada
Includes downloadable forms, decisions and court rules. Original decisions
(from 1992 to present) are accessible by date, case name and docket number.
Government of Canada
Guide to Ontario Courts
Includes Court of Appeal judgments and endorsements, 1998 to present; judges
directories and rules of court for the Superior Court of Justice and Ontario
Court of Justice; Family Law rules and forms as well as fine schedules for the
lower courts.
Industry Canada
LexUM
Sponsored by the University of Montreal, Center for Public Law Research, this
web site includes links to Quebec Civil Code, a complete collection of Supreme
Court of Canada decisions and a searchable database of all bilateral treaties
between the U.S. and Canada from 1783 to 1997.
Newfoundland &
Labrador Department of Justice
Parliament
Click on "Library of Parliament" for an alphabetical archive of full-text
documents and acts.
Publications Ontario
On-Line
Quicklaw
Subscription service which offers access to over 2,500 databases including
caselaw from courts, boards and tribunals in Canada, the United States, the
United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, as well as statutes, regulations and
bills.
Supreme Court of Canada
Direct links to justices' bios, court administration, judgments and weekly
bulletins. Note: when searching decisions by date, use the European format,
i.e., 26.7.00 for July 26, 2000.
Victim Assistance Online
Non-profit advocacy organization located in and operating under the laws of
Ontario which seeks to aid victims and survivors of crime with emotional support
and practical aid.
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COMPREHENSIVE
SITES
AllRefer.com
A hub of up-to-date and authoritative educational information including
articles and reference materials. Major topics include earth & environment,
history, literature & arts, health & medicine, people, philosophy & religion,
science & technology, social science, law, sports, etc.
American Law Sources On-Line
Comprehensive, uniform and useful compilation of links to freely accessible
on-line sources of law for the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Ben's Guide to
U.S. Government Documents for Kids
Best Information on the
Net
It's worth the effort of checking out
this "best of the web" weekly list compiled by St. Ambrose
University (Davenport, IA) librarians. Everything from a journalist's guide to
economic terms to Hispanic/Latino news services plus archives of past lists.
BigEar: Current Legal Resources on the Net
What's new on the Net for lawyers.
CataLaw
Self-described "catalog of catalogs of worldwide law on the Internet" is
searchable by topic or region.
Chicago-Kent College of Law Site provides
information on legal resources including legal research/information, libraries
and journals, as well as technology in legal practice.
Digital
Librarian A librarian's choice of the best of
the Web updated every few weeks. Past lists available for browsing.
Direct Search
This extensive compilation of specialized searchable/interactive databases
provides access to all those resources that will not turn up simply by using a
search engine.
Electronic Reference Desk Sponsored by the
Emory University School of Law. Access guides to
federal
laws or
federal agencies.
Federal Judicial Center
Many FJC
publications are available for free download at this site.
FedWorld.gov
Comprehensive central access point for searching, locating, ordering and
acquiring government and business information. Includes link to 7,000+ U.S.
Supreme Court full text
decisions from 1937 through 1975 (U.S. Reports volumes 300 through 422). You
can also obtain IRS forms,
search
government web pages
and link to top
government web sites.
FirstGov
Contains federal directories and agency listings, as well as a link to the White
House home page. Includes information on U.S. Savings Bonds, passports and
visas, Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid and veterans benefits.
Gavel2gavel.com
Internet legal research tool links to federal sources, courts and decisions,
statutes, bar associations, forms, etc.
Glossary Agent (tm)
Annotated gateway to online monolingual, bilingual and multilingual glossaries
of legal terms, including
Bernstein's Dictionary of Bankruptcy Terminology,
Everybody's Legal Dictionary,
Real Life Dictionary
of the Law,
Glossary of Legal Terminology,
Glossary of Personal Injury Law Terms.
Government
Documents Round Table (GODORT)
Sponsored by the American
Library Association, this is an excellent one-stop site for federal government
information. The
Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Federal Government Information
provides access by level of government as well as subject. Choose an area -
Copyright, Patents, Trademarks, Crime and Justice, Supreme Court, Tax Forms -
for a list of links to relevant sites.
Guide to Law
Online Annotated
collection of links prepared by the Law Library of Congress with emphasis on
sites offering full text.
Hieros Gamos
Comprehensive legal web site containing national and international attorney
directories, links to legal and law related journals, a guide to vendors, law
schools and consultants. Includes telnet links to Westlaw and Lexis.
INFOMINE
Librarian built and featured on the University of California Libraries
Government Information page in its Scholarly Resource Internet Collections.
Internet Lawyer Annotated and
rated monthly
listing of Internet resources for attorneys is now available by subscription
only.
Internet Legal Research
Compass
Easy access to federal court and government
sites, online state and local courts. Includes subject database for blue sky,
immigration, federal securities, patent and tax law. See Villanova's
Legal Express page for
an excellent compilation of click-and-go law-related sites.
Internet Legal Resource Guide
Index of 4000+ select, international web sites for academic and professional
information.
Internet Public Library
Amazingly comprehensive site that links to web sites in virtually any subject,
including the law
resources page which has many interesting law-related links.
Internet Scout Project Weekly
online publication offering a selection of new and newly discovered Internet
resources.
ixquick
Claims to be the "world's most powerful metasearch engine".
Journal Abbreviations Sources - All That JAS A
registry of web resources that list or provide access to the full titles of
journal abbreviations for many fields. The Bluebook Abbreviations of Law Review
Titles is almost as good as having Bieber's online.
Jurist
Sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Network for law
professors links to course outlines, exams, web resources as well as law and
book reviews. Legal news links include synopses of U.S. Supreme Court and New
York Court of Appeals decisions.
Law and Politics: Internet Guide
Site designed with the legal pro in mind. Lots of how-to-research information,
including such esoterica as researching Canadian and international law,
Trialsmith
and a posting of
positions for trial lawyers. New features of the site include
Quick Ideas
for attorneys and an article targeted to law
students in the Law Study section entitled "Finding Express and Implied Rules."
Law Engine!
Comprehensive site with links for
courts, statutes, law schools and libraries, CLE and ethics information, etc.
Law Street.com
News and analyses in the Law Street Journal plus summaries of federal laws and
those of the 50 states. The New York materials are fairly basic though, covering
only criminal, divorce, traffic, wills and real estate laws.
'Lectric Law Library
Among other
items of interest, this site has a law lexicon and, one of the largest
collections of legal forms on the Web.
Legal Information
Institute (LII)
Cornell Law School's LII publishes electronic, full text U.S. Supreme Court and
N.Y. Court of Appeals decisions, the U.S. Code, the Federal Rules of Evidence
and Civil Procedure and the Constitution. Site contains links to legal
materials, organized topically and by source that are published elsewhere on the
Web.
Legal Web Site Directory Sponsored by
LexisOne.
lexisONE
Librarians' Index to the Internet
Vast compilation of web sites maintained by UC Berkeley.
MoreLaw.Com
Once-over-lightly approach to verdicts and settlements with enough detail to
know whether to dig further. Jury
verdicts and settlements can be searched by state, month and year, court,
judge, attorney or expert witness name. Hypertext links to the e-mail addresses
of attorneys and expert witnesses are at this site as well.
New England Law Library
Consortium Network of academic (ABA accredited
law schools), private non-profit, or government law libraries in the Northeast
sharing cooperative collection development and resource sharing.
refdesk.com
Serendipitous site with links to news, statistics, directories, fun facts and
all kinds of stuff you didn't know you were looking for until you logged on.
Includes searchable dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, almanac and Bartlett's
quotations.
Re:QUEST dot Net
Links to federal and state government sites with resources for legal research,
legal forms, law schools and legal employment available at the
Government page and
resources regarding politics, the parties involved and elections at the
Politics page.
Rominger Legal
All-encompassing legal research site with federal and state materials as well as
legal organizations and directories
StartSpot Network
Gateway to a variety of useful information through its Spot sites. Search
LibrarySpot,
for instance, for a wealth of reference material or
TripSpot for travel guides with tips on
how to get to your favorite desination as well as where to stay when you get
there.
SurfWax
General interest source.
Virtual Chase
Originally
meant for law librarians and other experienced legal researchers, this site now
comprises more than 250 pages of information about Internet resources and
research strategies.
WashLaw WEB
Excellent, comprehensive site from Washburn University School of Law containing
numerous links to just about every legal resource imaginable.
webdesk.com
Provides news, links and resources on a wide range of popular subjects.
World Wide
Legal Information Association
Legal information, on a per
country basis, for some English-speaking nations (including U.S., Canada, U.K.,
Australia and New Zealand). New York materials can be found more directly
elsewhere, but it may be useful for researching laws of the other countries.
Includes a legal dictionary and directory of attorneys on the Web.
WWW Virtual Library -
Law Indiana University
School of Law-Bloomington presents this Virtual Law Library (part of the World
Wide Web Virtual Library) Search by term, topic (area of law) or by information
type (i.e., law firm, school, government or journal).
Xrefer
"The web's reference engine" provides free access to encyclopedias,
dictionaries, thesauri, books of quotations, etc., from the world's leading
publishers, most of them British, and all of them cross-referenced. A note of
caution: since the cross-references are mostly British, the legal definitions
come from English common law, specifically the Oxford Dictionary of Law. Xrefer
is easy to use -- choose your general area, such as Business & Law, then enter
your search terms and Go.
Zimmerman's Research Guide
Cleveland law librarian Andrew Zimmerman's A-to-Z guide to legal topics,
searchable by keyword or phrase. Depending on the topic and Zimmerman's
assessment of the best source of material, you may be linked to another web site
or referred to Westlaw, Lexis, print media or a telephone number.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Buffalo (New York) Police Department
Buffalo's Most Wanted, arrest statistics, department phone numbers and links to
other criminal justice sites.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
CopNet
Directory of police and criminal justice web sites. Copnet New York links to
police agencies, associations, wanted/missing persons lists, state crime
statistics, etc.
Erie County District Attorney
Erie County Sheriff's
Office Department phone and email directories,
Most Wanted List and information about the Erie County Holding Center.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI)
Justice Technology Information
Network (JUSTNET) Child of the National Law
Enforcement and Correction Technology Center, it shows the latest in cop gear -
e.g., reports on the efficacy of new body armor, explosives, contraband
detection equipment and "red light" photo enforcement systems.
Law Enforcement Sites
on the Web Links to various sheriffs' offices
and police departments in the U.S. and abroad.
National Fraud Information Center
(Internet Fraud Watch)
This web site of the National
Consumers League targets telemarketing and Internet fraud, particularly against
the elderly.
New York
City Department of Correction Helpful
directions on how to visit an inmate (there are monthly visitation calendars),
post bail and obtain attorney/legal passes (for which there are downloadable
applications).
New York
City Police Department View the Department
hierarchy, missing persons, Most Wanted and/or links to the home page of every
precinct, police service area and transit district in the five boroughs.
Officer.Com
Police officers' Internet directory.
Sex
Offender Registries Provides Sex Offender
Registries as well as laws on community notification.
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DIRECTORIES
ATTORNEYS
Greater Buffalo Legal
Directory Lists area attorneys by specialty
along with their phone numbers and links to their web pages. Includes articles
submitted by local practitioners on such subjects as traffic fatality, crime
victim litigation and FAQs about DWI.
Martindale.com Lawyer Locator
New York State Attorney Directory
The
New York State Unified Court System has made this directory available so
you can search by attorney name for their address and telephone number.
West Legal Directory
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CORPORATE/PERSONAL
555-1212.com
Fee-based online phone directory.
AcqWeb International
directory of publishers and vendors.
Anywho
Reverse phone directory. (Won't work unless the phone is listed and the phone is
in the name of the person who called.)
BRB Publications,
Inc. - Public Record Research System
List of 300+ federal, state, county and city URL's with free public record
information. New York State sites include the Department of State, the city of
Olean's assessor and Medina County.
FedWorld
U.S. Department of Commerce site which lets you browse its information network,
word-search it and/or word-search for government reports.
Forbes.com
List include
Forbes 500s,
Largest
Private Companies, as well as
200 Best Small
Companies and the
International
500. Each entry includes name, rank, type of
business, number of employees and revenue.
Go Toll Free: the Internet 800
Directory
Hoover's Online
"The ultimate source for company information" which permits plain English
questions about businesses.
Infobel.com
International telephone directories on the Web.
infoUSA.com Search by business/person's name and/or
phone number
National Center for Missing
and Exploited Children
Reverse Phone
Directories Fee-based online directory.
Special Investigations
Sponsored by
the United States, General Accounting Office, follow the link to "Other
Publications" and locate the 113-page "Investigators Guide to Sources of
Information" using the complete listing of Special Publications.
SuperPages.com
Switchboard.com
Talking Phone Book
Ultimate White Pages
Enter what you know about the party you are looking for just once, hit the tab
key, then search in sequence Yahoo, Who Where, Switchboard, Infospace, Anywho,
Worldpages. Be aware, however, that this is a commercial site which, if at first
you don't succeed (and we didn't with unlisted friends), will offer an "advanced
search" for a fee.
UPS Tracking
Virtual Gumshoe
All kinds of links to all kinds of web sites for one person determined to find
another - archives and adoption records to criminal histories and cults, to
state parole boards and vital records.
Vital Records Information -
United States
WhoWhere?
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EXPERT WITNESSES
American Medical
Association Physician Select
Search for medical doctors by name or specialty.
(Membership in the AMA is not a prerequisite for listing.)
American Psychological Association
DocFinder
Sponsored by AIM - Administrators in Medicine, this site is the only combined
public online physician database in the nation that has its direct source of
data from state government licensing boards and that also remains free of charge
to the public. Provides links to home pages of
state medical boards.
Expert4Law
Directory of experts and consultants, lawyers available for consultation and ADR
specialists. Sponsored by the Los Angeles County Bar Association.
ExpertPages.com
Listings by specialty, state or country.
Experts.com
ExpertWitness.com
Internet directory of expert witnesses.
LawInfo.com
Fill-in boxes enable search not only for experts but also for attorneys,
consultants, private investigators, court reporters, paralegals and so on.
National Directory of Expert
Witnesses
Experts listed in 400 categories.
Zeno's Forensic Site
Links to all manner of forensic expertise - forensic sciences, forensic
medicine, forensic psychiatry, etc. Encompasses laboratories and individual
expert witnesses.
For Construction
and Safety Consultants see:
American Society for
Testing and Materials (ASTM)
National Safety Council
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FEDERAL CASE LAW
Federal Courts Finder
Full text,
U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals decisions available within days of being handed
down, including Second Circuit
cases (mostly since 1995, but some prior). Second Circuit Court of Appeals
proceedings are also available at
Cornell's LII
and
Pace Law School.
Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure Full text, current decisions
and legal material as well as access to court rules and the
Federal Rules of Evidence.
Supreme Court of the
United States Contains docket and court rules,
information for visitors and those who wish to plead a case before the nation's
highest court, as well as links to bench opinions and term decisions.
United States
Supreme Court Collection (LII)
Pending cases as well as decisions from May 1990
to present.
United States Tax Court
Tax Court opinions and memoranda searchable by petitioner's name, date or judge
from January 1999 and summary opinions from January 2001, court forms, rules and
fee schedules, plus everything you need to know about the court in plain
English.
usscplus.com
Search for free for syllabus of decisions (by citation, party name or subject
matter) at this otherwise fee based site.
For other
decisions see also:
District of Columbia Circuit
(February 1995 - )
Federal Circuit
(August 1995 - )
First Circuit
(November 1995
- )
Second Circuit
(January 1995 -
)
Third
Circuit
(May 1994 - )
Fourth Circuit
(January 1995 -
)
Fifth Circuit
(December 1990
- )
Sixth Circuit
(November 1994
- )
Seventh Circuit
(1989 - )
Eighth Circuit (November 1995 - )
Ninth Circuit
(1995 - )
Tenth
Circuit
(August
1995 thru October 1997,
October 1997 -
)
Eleventh Circuit
(November 1994
- )
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FEDERAL MATERIALS
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Code of Federal Regulations
Searchable full
text of the CFR provided by the House of Representatives.
Congressional Record
This searchable, full text
database of the official record of the proceedings and debates (1995-present) of
the United States Congress includes senatorial speeches and debates.
Constitution of the United States Searchable, full text includes the
preamble, articles and sections.
Democratic National Committee
Depowave
Provides attorneys, paralegals and legal secretaries with an efficient,
convenient and cost effective national reporting and video resource.
Federal Agencies and Commissions
Additional sites such as
National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, National
Security Agency, Peace Corps, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, National Science
Foundation, Railroad Retirement Board, etc.
Federal Agencies
Directory Complete
alphabetical and hierarchical directories posted by the Louisiana State
University libraries.
Federal
Court Locator Sponsored
by Villanova University School of Law, provides information related to the
federal judiciary, including court opinions.
Federal
Government Resources on the Web University of
Michigan Library's Documents Center site has links to bibliographic sources,
historic documents, executive orders, directory of agencies and more.
Federal Judiciary
Federal Web
Locator
Provided by the Center for Information Law and Policy "intended to be the one
stop shopping point for federal government information on the World Wide Web".
FedLaw
Useful site for federal government lawyers and employees or anyone doing federal
legal research, plus there's a page of law related
"how-to" sites.
Alphabetical list of
agencies is also available.
FirstGov A "start" page for U.S.
government information resources on the web.
Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA)
Google
Uncle Sam Searches only websites that contain ".gov" or
".mil".
GPO Access
Searchable databases of full text executive and legislative material, such as
U.S. Code,
Code of Federal Regulations,
Federal Register (1994-),
Congressional Record
(1994-) and Public Laws (1995-). Other databases are available such as the
Government
Information Locator Service, the Pathway Indexer (of 1,300+ agency and
military web sites) and the
Monthly Catalog (MOCAT 1994 - ) which provides bibliographic records of
government information resources plus site links. Full text of
Congressional bills
beginning in 1993 and Congressional reports and documents beginning in 1995 are
accessible.
INFOMINE
Librarian built and featured on the University of California Libraries
Government Information page in its Scholarly Resource Internet Collections.
Law About... Sponsored by Cornell's Legal Information
Institute, this site provides brief summaries of law topics with links to
primary source material and other Internet resources. They can be accessed
through broad topic categories, an alphabetical listing of topics and a
searchable index.
Library of Congress
"The
nation's library" is the world's largest repository of knowledge. This site has
the THOMAS database (current and historical information on the U.S. Congress)
and the American Memory Historical Collection (key documents, films, photographs
and sound recordings of our nation's history) among other valuable resources.
Meta-Index for U.S.
Legal Research Georgia State University College
of Law's searchable site for federal law sources, Supreme Court and all Federal
Circuit courts, plus U.S. Code and Congressional Record, in full text.
National Security Archive
Posted by George Washington University, this is the world's largest
non-governmental library of declassified U.S. security documents. Includes full
text of the Freedom of Information Act User's Guide.
Police Auction
Online Repossessed and confiscated items for auction.
Register your stolen items and you may get them returned for free.
Republican (G.O.P.) National
Committee
Smithsonian Institution
"The Nation's attic" holds some 140 million artifacts and specimens, has sixteen
museums and galleries and the National Zoo.
Terrorism Law & Policy
Devoted to news, laws and legislation about terrorism at home and abroad.
THOMAS
This site from Congress offers searchable, full text of the Congressional Record
(1989 forward), full text of all bills, public laws and legislation and tracking
information about them. Also find committee information and a library of
historical documents.
United States Code
Cornell
Legal Information Institute's web site is generated from the most recent version
made available by the U.S. House of Representatives.
United States Code
House of Representative's site. Titles 1 through 50 are based on the 2000
edition of the Code. You may also search prior versions, access state statutes,
federal regulations and court decisions.
United States
Federal Government Agencies Directory Hundreds
of government agencies organized by government branches.
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FEDERAL/STATE
COURTS
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