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 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

Courts.net    Billed as "The Nation's Court Directory," this site provides directory listings for federal and most state courts (Nebraska and South Dakota are missing, as is Puerto Rico). The links found at the New York  page are somewhat limited.

Federal Court Locator    Links to all U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals and District Courts web sites,  including New York's Eastern , Northern and Southern District Courts.  Also provides links to U.S. Bankruptcy Courts, including the Western District of New York as well as the Northern and Southern Districts. Visit the Hermes Archive of the U.S. Supreme Court at Cornell; Jurist's Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court. Other federal courts include the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Court of International Trade. See also such federal judicial agencies as the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the Federal Judicial Center, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Sentencing Commission.

Federal Judiciary    A clearinghouse for information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government, this site has links to District and Bankruptcy Courts and offers local court rules and fee schedules, a judges' directory, official bankruptcy forms (in PDF format) and Court Web, selected decisions posted by the judges.

Federal Public Defender's Office - Western District of New York   Directory of mailing and email addresses and staff telephone numbers as well as form plea agreement and a database of Downward Departures from the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

National Center for State Courts    Site is maintained by the Center, an independent, nonprofit organization committed to the advancement of justice.
 

Oyez Project    U.S. Supreme Court multimedia database posted by Northwestern University School of Law. Contains abstracts of key constitutional cases (such as Bush v. Gore), audio of oral arguments and more.  Play Oyez Baseball, a continuation of the Law-Baseball Quiz that used to appear in the "New York Times."
 

State Court Locator    A joint project of the Center for Information Law and Policy of the Villanova University School of Law and Chicago-Kent College of Law, its New York links include the Court of Appeals and its opinions and the Supreme Court Civil Branch, New York County.

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.

Supreme Court of the United States    Access free  Supreme Court case law courtesy of the Lexis service dating back to 1790 as well as selected federal and state cases from January 1996. Briefs are available from Findlaw's Supreme Court Center and the Solicitor General (all briefs from July 1998 - present; selected briefs from 1982-96).

United States Attorneys' Manual    Word-for-word version of the U.S. Attorneys Manual. You will, however, need to use a pkunzip function to download.

United States Supreme Court Monitor    Resembles U.S. Law Week in its division into news, decisions, certiorari granted, etc. News is free. Other links are available by subscription.
 

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GENERAL INTEREST

9/11 NYC Services Center    New York City government's site dedicated to the aftermath of 9/11 including WTC Business Rebuilding Center (with application forms), Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and WTC death affidavits and instuctions.

Ancestry.com    Has link to Social Security Death Index

Aviation Safety

Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations    Offers a variety of resources including Bartlett's to search phrases, proverbs and passages from ancient and modern literature sources.

Bible

Buffalo & Erie County Public Library    Search the county library system's catalog by author, title or subject from your home or office. Includes information on branch hours, locations and holdings; an extensive listing of specialized directories and publications available in the Business Science Technology Department.  With a new card and PIN you can renew books online and access specialized databases.

Buffalo.com    The description of this site is "Everything Buffalo". Includes the daily Buffalo News online, and an archive of News articles going back to 1989.

Census Data

Computer Viruses    This site tracks virus hoaxes, urban legends and other hysterical messages so you can verify the rumors before you pass them along.

Consumer Price Index

ConvertIt.com    Conversion and calculation site that lets you figure measurements, currency exchanges and world time zones, etc.

Cost-of-Living

Currency and Inflation Rates

Currency Converter    Quick and easy converter of any currency to any other.

Dead People Server    Database of interesting celebrities who are long dead, newly dead or might lausibly be dead. 

Discovery.com

Document Center    Self-described as "your standards library," the Document Center has a huge searchable database of ANSI, ASTM, ASME, AIIM, AP, ASHRAE, ATA, EIA, IEEE, SAE and other collections available to order. 

Drug Related Street Terms/Slang Words

Dun & Bradstreet

Earthquakes

eHow    More than 15,000 how-to's in simple English on almost any topic, from how to research a patent and enforce a trademark to how to use chopsticks.

Elements of Style    Rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated.

Encarta Online Encyclopedia/Dictionary/Atlas    Microsoft's Internet multimedia encyclopedia with 42,000 articles, world atlas, web links, etc. .

Encyclopedia Britannica    We include this site with some reservation only because the outline encyclopedia - originally intended to be a subscription online service - has become freeware and is very difficult to get into.

Facade    Divination site including Tarot, Runes, I Ching and Biorhythm charts.
 

Find A Grave
 

Guide for Writing Research Papers    Based upon the American Psychological Association style manual. See also,  APA's Electronic Reference Formats.

HowStuffWorks

Hurricanes

Infoplease.com    Almanacs (including a children's' almanac) plus a dictionary and Columbia encyclopedia.

Kelley Blue Book    Check out new car pricing, trade-in and retail values of used cars and motorcycles. You can also do a free (they say) "lemon check" to find out where that used car you want to buy has really been. For this you need the VIN.
 

Literary Quotations
 

Litigation (Medical-Legal) Strategies Group    An educational resource and consulting firm that  provides case and medical records review, witness development services, trial consulting and litigation preparation and support.
 

Maps    World maps, current and historical -- many of them developed by the CIA.

Military

Moody's.com

NAACP.org    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 

National Earthquake Information Center
 

National Hurricane Center
 

National Organization for Women (NOW)

New York City

New York Public Library

NSSN.org (National Standards System Network)    National resource for global standards. Searchable database (by keyword, document number and standards developer) of more than 13,500 standards documents, including those of the American National Standards Institute.

Old Farmer's Almanac    Weather, astronomical, astrological, tidal and gardening information.

OneLook Dictionary    Links to more than 500 dictionaries online.
 

Property Room    Online police auctions of repossessed and confiscated good.
 

Smithsonian Institution
 

Social Security Death Index

Standard & Poor's Retail Investor Services

United Nations

United States Geological Survey    State-by-state information on the biology, geology, minerals and water resources of each of the 50.

United States Naval Observatory Time Service Department    Information about the Master Clock Facility as well as the official time in standard time zones.
 

Urban Legends    "I will set down a tale . . . it may be history, it may be only a legend, a tradition. It may have happened, it may not have happened. But it could have happened. . . ."  This quote from mark Twain describes the intent of the web site.

Vehicle Crash Data    Compilation of federal agencies' and insurance companies' ratings of new and used vehicles' performance in side and full frontal collision, amounts paid for personal injury and collision damages and death rates for different makes and models. 
 

Vmyths.com    This site tracks virus hoaxes, urban legends and other hysterical messages so you can verify the rumors before you pass them along.
 

Weather    Various sites are available for this type of information including The Weather Channel and the National Weather Service.  Specific types of weather can be tracked through such agencies as the National Hurricane Center and the National Earthquake Information Center.
 

World Factbook    CIA's online edition profiling countries by geography, people, government and economy.
 

yourDictonary.com    More than 1,000 dictionaries in 200 languages. Search the basic ones, like Merriam-Webster OnLine or Roget's Thesaurus. It's also a great place to decipher Rasta or just about any other tongue, dialect, argot, or patois spoken today or in the past, such as Phoenician and Phrygian.

ZIP Code Look-Up    U.S. Postal Service site.
 

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HOUSING 

Fannie Mae

Freddie Mac

Housingfinance.com    Affordable housing finance.

HUD User
 

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INSURANCE 

A.M. Best - the Insurance Information Source    Online ratings for nearly 6,000 insurance companies in the U.S. and abroad. Company profiles and subscriptions available for a fee.

Complete Glossary of Insurance Coverage Explanations

insure.com    Consumer insurance guide.
 

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INTERNET TUTORIALS

Finding Information on the Internet: a Tutorial

Infopeople Project

Interactive Guide to the Internet

Internet 101

Internet Tutorials

Learn the Net.com
 

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LAW REVIEWS & JOURNALS

FindLaw    Search by topic, law school or journal name.

Hieros Gamos    Read journals online at this site.

Legal Journals    Arranged by category.

University Law Review Project    Links to general, subject specific online law reviews containing full text or abstracts.
 

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LAW SCHOOLS 

Albany Law School
 

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
 

Brooklyn Law School
 

City University of New York School of Law at Queens College
 

Columbia Law School
 

Cornell Law School (Legal Information Institute)
 

Fordham University School of Law
 

Georgetown University Law Center    Provides major legal gateways and links to state, federal, and international law.
 

Harvard Law School       A complementary website is HL Central, sponsored by an independent non-profit corporation comprised entirely of Harvard Law School students.  The site offers such information as automated events registration service and calendar , academic resources, student organization webpages and links to all relevant information on the official Harvard Law School web page.  HL Central combines an archive of old exams back to 1995 and course outlines for such noted offerings as Alan Dershowitz’s criminal law and Laurence Tribe’s constitutional law with reviews of the best places to party in Harvard Square.
 

Hofstra University School of Law
 

Indiana University School of Law
 

My Bar Prep   Fee-based on-line course developed to make bar examination preparation efficient and economical.  
 

New York Law School
 

New York University School of Law
 

Pace Law School
 

Peterson's - The Law Channel    Comprehensive education resource.  Search more than 180 law schools, find resources on financing your education as well as LSAT test preparation materials.

St. John's University School of Law
 

Syracuse University College of Law
 

Touro College Law Center
 

University at  Buffalo Law School
 

University of Pretoria (South Africa)
 

University of Southern California Law School

usnews.com    Ranking of law school programs based on experts' opinions of the program quality, the school's  faculty and its research as well as the performance of the students.

Villanova University School of Law

Washburn University School of Law 

Yale University Law School


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LEGAL FORMS

FindForms.com

FindLaw

Free Legal Forms for Lawyers    Forms primarily for corporate law, courtesy of a Maryland attorney.

ILRG (Internet Legal Resource Guide) Legal Forms Archive    Most basic forms dealing with buying and selling, credit, leases and tenancies, family law, transfer and assignments, employment and taxes.

'Lectric Law Library
 

Legal Forms (Consultwebs.com)    Links to sources of forms rather than the forms themselves.

Legal Research Links - Online Forms    Arranged by subject, this site sponsored by the University of Kansas, is a gateway to sources for business and tax, securities, and elder law forms, to name a few. Some state-specific material, but none for New York.
 

Legaldocs    Prepare customized legal documents directly online.
 

lexisONE     Provides both free and pay forms searchable by topic as well as jurisdiction.
 

National Labor Relations Board      Downloadable NLRB forms 501, 502, 508, 509, 601, 4480 and  4701.
 

Official Bankruptcy Forms
 

Online Forms Center    Legal, business and government forms.
 

SEC Filings and Forms (EDGAR)
 

Uncle Sam, Forms from the Feds    A wealth of downloadable forms and publications from federal agencies - all manner of paperwork from the BATF, VA, FCC, HUD, SBA, ERISA, HCFA, HHS, among many others. Of possible interest: passport applications, U.S. Bankruptcy Court forms.

USlegalforms.com    You can order assorted state or federal forms online such as those used in New York for name changes, general litigation, business, adoption and child protection.

Washburn University Law School (WashLaw Web)    Both free and fee based forms. Includes links to state and federal tax forms and some state court forms, although none for New York.
 

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LEGAL INTEREST

Access America    Less a gateway to government sources than a bulletin board about changes and updates to such sites. The Access America E-Gov E-Zine no longer exists, nor does its companion e-mail newsletter but was archived at the University of North Texas Libraries in partnership with the U. S. Government Printing Office. This collection, called the CyberCemetery, provides permanent public access to electronic Web sites and publications of obsolete U.S. government agencies and commissions.
 

American Civil Liberties Union    Source dealing with constitutional issues, from Church and State to Death Penalty, to Free Speech and Workplace Rights, plus links to "in Congress" and "in the Courts" pages featuring ACLU's presence there.

Americans United for Separation of Church and State    Advocates for separation of church and state in the U.S. Congress and state legislatures.
 

Assessment Ratios for New York State    Geographical listings of equalization rates and residential assessment ratios for county and town. Equalization Rates and Municipal Profiles are available.

BBBOnLine    A subsidiary of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, [its] mission is to promote trust and confidence on the Internet. The site covers consumer tips, how to file complaints, dispute resolution decisions, how online businesses can apply for BBB privacy and reliability seals. There's also a final draft of the Code of Online Business Practices.

Better Business Bureau

Buffalo.com    The description of this site is "Everything Buffalo". Includes the daily Buffalo News online, an archive of News articles going back to 1989, special help for attorneys and pro se litigants such as links to Erie County and federal government sites, the Canadian Consulate General in Buffalo and several area police 

Census Data

Civilrights.org

Commercial Law

Consumer Law Page    Emphasis is on law for the pro se plaintiff with links to more than 1,000 government, non-government and law library resources covering defective products, toxic chemicals, medicine, disability, safety, injury prevention, etc. 

Copyright Office (U.S.)    Obtain application forms, information circulars and factsheets.

Crime Statistics    Reports are available from the FBI, the U.S. Department of Justice as well as from the federal government.

Death Penalty    Summaries of successful cases and claims as well as studies and compilations of the 50 states' death penalty statutes with decisions. Sponsored by Cornell Law School.

Earthjustice    Non-profit law firm advocating for environment, wildlife and public health.

EDGAR    Database of corporate information sponsored by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

eHow    More than 15,000 how-to's in simple English on almost any topic, from how to research a patent and enforce a trademark to how to use chopsticks.

EnviroLink    Must-see for practitioners of environmental law.

Equal Justice Works   Links to organizations, publications and member news.

Fedstats    Statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.

Firearms Laws    The Violence Policy Center, a.k.a. the anti-NRA, keeps an eye on federal gun legislation and the latest products from firearms and ammunition manufacturers. There's a state-by-state listing of gun laws based on the BATF's "State Laws and Publications - Firearms, 1998 edition."

Firearms Laws, New York State    Quick reference on gun ownership and licensure from the NRA.

Fred Misko    Features Dallas attorney Misko's 600+ page treatise, Managing Complex Litigation: class actions, mass torts, 4th ed., as well as more than 20 papers by Misko on related topics, such as "Selection, Preparation, and Direct Examination of Expert Witnesses."

Freedom Forum    First amendment issues in journalism and education.

Genealogy    Has link to Social Security Death Index.

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.

Governments on the WWW

Immigration Portal (Immigration Lawyers on the Web)

InterNet Bankruptcy Library    Searchable full text covering many aspects of bankruptcy. Includes online directories of bankruptcy clerks.

Internet Prospector Reference Desk   One stop source for Secretary of State records on U.S. non-profits.

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation    Hypertext reference to 2000-01 edition of Cornell Professor Peter W. Martin's primer. Based on the 17th edition of the "Bluebook", it's an introduction for beginners and a refresher for more experienced legal scholars.

Jerry Capeci's Gang Land    Do you find "The Sopranos" too tame?  Log on for former New York Daily News columnist Capeci's "real stuff about organized crime," a weekly online column. What is there left to say about John Gotti?  Capeci, now Director of Communications at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, will think of something.

Jurist    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.
 

LawLibraries.com    Code and case law reference library.  Goal is to provide clients with the best possible tools to transform information to knowledge.  LawLibraries is a browser-based subscription service for the legal community stocked with thousands of laws, opinions, rules, forms and other legal resources that can be searched, viewed, printed and downloaded from any web browser.

LawForKids.org    Even though this web site is a product of the Arizona Bar Association targeted to the youth of that state, you may care to inspect this snappy looking, kid friendly approach to such topics as drivers' licenses, underage drinking, tobacco possession, truancy, curfews, and other aspects of juvenile justice. 
 

lawjobs.com
 

'Lectric Law Library's Legal Lexicon/Dictionary  Legal words, phrases and terms. See Harvard Law School Library's 1L Dictionary  and Oran's Dictionary of the Law 3d.

Legal Encyclopedia    Links for a variety of legal areas; annotations for topics.

Legal Ethics    Comprehensive library of codes and rules for attorney conduct.  The New York State listing includes links to the "Lawyer's Code of Professional Responsibility", rules of conduct for the Appellate Division First and Second, disciplinary procedures, New York State Bar Association ethics opinions and rules for judicial conduct.
 

LegalSurvival.com    This sites features a quarterly online newsletter, online bookstore, law FAQs, legal checklists, prepaid legal plans, an attorney locator, attorney marketing services, useful forms, helpful links, and an articles forum.  Information is available on consumer, debtor/creditor, divorce/family, DWI/traffic, e-commerce, elder, estate planning, health care, immigration, landlord/tenant, municipal, personal injury, real estate, small business and tax law.

Legal Terminology    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.

Mediate.com    Articles and an international directory of mediators searchable by name, location and area of practice.
 

My Bar Prep   Fee-based on-line course developed to make bar examination preparation efficient and economical.  
 

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
 

New York Legal Services Programs Outside of NYC
 

OneLook Dictionaries    Links to more than 500 dictionaries online.

Opensecrets.org    A guide to the money in U.S. elections - who's giving and who's getting.

Political Money Line   Search by name or zip code to find out who the big political contributors are in your neighborhood, which candidates they support and what their line of work is. Covers 1980-2002 election cycles.

probono.net    The mission of Pro Bono Net is simple. First, use information technology to increase the amount and quality of legal services provided to low-income individuals and communities by the public interest/pro bono lawyers. Second, create a virtual community of public interest
lawyers that bridges private, legal services, and academic sectors of the profession and that serves as a model for similar networks in other legal communities. 
 

Project Vote Smart   Recommended for reliable, political information.
 

Public Advocate for the City of New York

Public International Law    Annotated links to Internet sites dealing with human rights, the UN, war and peace, crime and the international courts.

Securities Class Action Clearinghouse (Stanford Law School)

Smoking Gun    Lurid accounts of bizarre cases based (they claim) on court documents and government files. Much more than you ever wanted to know about the peccadilloes of pols, celebs and others in the limelight.

Southern Poverty Law Center    Site includes  Klanwatch, information about hate groups and hate crimes litigation.

Terrorism and Terrorists    Devoted to news, laws and legislation about terrorism at home and abroad.

TnCrimLaw (Tennessee Criminal Law Defense Resources)    Provides links to Federal and all 50 states laws as well as a variety of legal topics.

Uniform Commercial Code

Uniform Crime Reports    Crime and justice statistics compiled by the FBI.

United Nations

Vehicle Crash Data    Compilation of federal agencies' and insurance companies' ratings of new and used vehicles' performance in side and full frontal collision, amounts paid for personal injury and collision damages and death rates for different makes and models. Meant for the consumer but potentially helpful for the personal injury litigant.

Violence Policy Center    Research, analysis and advocacy for effective general policy

Western New York Law Center    News, views and job openings in the local legal community plus a link to more than 1,000 decisions in the Great Upstate Law Project's Fair Hearing Bank.
 

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LEGAL PUBLISHERS

AcqWeb    International directory of publishers and vendors.

Alert Publications    Publisher of "Legal Information Alert" and "Research Advisor" newsletters for attorneys, law librarians and paralegals.

American Law Institute-American Bar Association (ALI-ABA). Committee on Continuing Professional Education    Lists committee's periodicals, books, video and audio cassettes with order information; includes articles database.

American National Standards Institute

Anderson Publishing  Publishers of such legal treatises as "New York Evidence Courtroom Manual" and federal practice guides.

Aspen Publishers    Purveyors of treatises on pension and employee benefits, antitrust and securities regulation.

BNA    Online bookstore for an extensive collection of books, CD-ROMs in tax, health care, environment and human resources law. Access BNA's Labor Relations Reporter Index and Table of Cases online.

BRB Publications    Publishers of" The Sourcebook of Local Court and County Record Retrievers" and a link to the Public Record Retriever Network (which includes Paralegal Services of Buffalo), searchable by state currently and soon by county.

CCH    Gateway to CCH product line of tax materials (which can be ordered online).

Glasser LegalWorks    Home of "Cyberspace Lawyer", a monthly newsletter and "Internet Law Researcher".

Gould Law    Shop online for such legal publications as "New York Search and Seizure".

James Publishing    Online catalog for "one of the last of the independent law book publishers."

Lexis Publishing    Shop around, order online such materials as "New York CLS" and the "New York Standard Civil Practice Desk Book". Includes links to "sister companies" Matthew Bender and Shepard's.

Matthew Bender

National Conference of State Legislatures    Covers the 50 states - national issues affecting them, partisan composition of the respective governing bodies, session schedules, rules, term limits, members' directories and  statistics.

NLJ Litigation Services (formerly Moran)    Home of the "New York Jury Verdict Reporter", which includes monthly Appellate Division and weekly verdict highlights.

NOLO    Do-it-yourself law publisher which offers  50+ downloadable "e-products" books (guides and forms) for a fee.

Practicing Law Institute    Treatises on banking, business, estate planning/elder law, immigration, intellectual property, litigation and taxation. .

WANT Publishing    Your Nation's Courts home page, including online directories of state and federal courts. Includes names of judges and court clerks, U.S. Court of Appeals Second Circuit decisions since September 1995. New York links include the Unified Court System and New York City's Community Courts system.

West Group    Comprehensive online catalog of West's books, CD-ROMs and Westlaw services. Daily law highlights link to subscription only WestDoc service which provides full text. Includes downloadable how-to guides for West CD-ROM products.

William S. Hein    You can order Hein publications, claim missing pages and get information about binding services.
 

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LEGAL RESEARCH TUTORIALS 

Global Legal Information Network    Law Library of Congress guide, for the Global Legal Information Network, with legal and government information and often full text of laws, regulations, court decisions and commentary for each nation.

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation    Cornell Law School's primer based upon the "Bluebook".

Law and Politics: Internet Guide    One stop source for legal research including links to legal resources and law journals.

Law on the Web    U.S., foreign, international and comparative law guide links.

Legal Analysis & Research Strategy Guide    Harvard Law School publication. 

Legal Process    Explains how a Congressional bill becomes a law, with related links.

Legal Research Using the Internet    Law librarian's guide, with many links.

Research Guides    Boston College Law Library's guide designed to teach users how to find and understand legal materials.

Research Methodology - Explanation of Terms    Harvard Law School publication. 

Uncle Sam - Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications

Zimmerman's Research Guide    Browse this database by topic.
 
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LITERARY LAWYERS AND ANTIQUARIAN ATTORNEYS

American Memory    Gateway to primary sources of U.S. historical and cultural materials..

Avalon Project at the Yale Law School    If you have ever felt the need to browse historic treaties, charters and trial testimony, browse here for documents from pre-18th century to the present, beginning with Aristotle's Athenian Constitution. Other papers of interest: U.S. treaties with various Indian tribes, documents of the Nuremberg war crimes trials, the Yalta Conference, and the Anglo-American Commission of Inquiry on establishing a Jewish state in Palestine.

Bibliomania    Classics of fiction, nonfiction and poetry in full, downloadable text. Handy, should you be in the mood to browse (or quote) "Leaves of Grass," "Macbeth," Clausewitz On War, or Freud's "The Interpretation of Dreams."

Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation    U.S. Congressional documents and debates, 1774-1873.

Famous Trials    Highly entertaining and informative site maintained by a University of Missouri/Kansas City law professor. When you tire of reading up on such landmark cases as the Scopes and Salem witch trials, play a round of Bill of Rights golf or test your knowledge with the Constitutional Trivia quiz based on Jeopardy.
If you want to find out where the bodies are buried, check out burial places of famous and not-so-famous literary folk.

 
Legal Affairs    Bimonthly publication which describes itself as "the magazine at the intersection of law and life."


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MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS AND AGENCIES 

9/11 NYC Services Center    New York City government's site dedicated to the aftermath of 9/11 including WTC Business Rebuilding Center (with application forms), Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and WTC death affidavits and instuctions.
 

Albany, City of
 

Allegany County

Amherst, Town of     Click on Government for a directory of Town offices, agendas for Town board meetings and a growing archive of Town board meeting minutes. Town Code is also available.

Buffalo, City of    Includes text of city charter.
 

Buffalo (New York) Police Department    Buffalo's Most Wanted, arrest statistics, department phone numbers and links to other criminal justice sites.

Cattaraugus County    County maps, legislative directory with committee assignments and link to Sheriff's Department.

Chautauqua County Government

Erie County    Link to the site  for the county charter and county administrative code.  Includes recent local laws.
 

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.

General Code Publishers    Access full-text (and up-to-date) codes for more than 100 New York counties, cities, towns, and villages, and over 70 cities, boroughs, and townships in New Jersey.  These include:

Akron, Village of
Amherst, Town of
Batavia, City of
Batavia, Town of
Buffalo, City of
Cheektowaga, Town of
Depew, Village of
Eden, Town of
Hamburg, Village of
Rochester, City of
Tonawanda, Town of
West Seneca, Town of

Monroe County

Municipal Codes    Seattle Public Library site links to city and county codes available on the World Wide Web.

National Association of Counties
 

New York City Comptroller    Provides city tax forms with instructions, certificates of residency, information on the purchase of city bonds and forms for tort claims against the city.

New York City Council    Contains local laws from 1990, resolutions and pending bills along with schedules of council meeting and hearings.  
 

New  York City Department of Correction    Helpful directions on how to visit an inmate, post bail and obtain attorney/legal passes.
 

New York City Police Department    View the department hierarchy, missing persons list, Most Wanted list and/or link to the home age of every precinct, police service area and transit district in the five boroughs.
 

New York City Public Advocate    Central location to find assistance with a variety of problems ranging from civil rights and services to the disabled to housing and transportation.
 

New York State Association of Counties
 

NYC.gov - the Official New York City Web Site    Variety of information such as how to pay a parking ticket or  get a birth certificate.  View the MTA subway map or a restaurant health inspcection report.  Request or complain about city services.  Features an organizational chart of city government.
 

Rochester, City of    Includes text of  City code.
 

State & County QuickFacts
 

Syracuse, City of
 

Western New York Index    A project of the Western New York Library Resources Council, this is an index to local news stories in the Buffalo Business Journal, Buffalo News, Buffalo Spree, Business First of Buffalo, Business New York and Western New York Magazine. Searchable by name or subject. Covers 1983-1996.

Western New York Information Center    Varied local and regional links.
 

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NEW YORK STATE COURTS, COURT RULES & CASE LAW

Criminal Jury Instructions, 2d    The instructions do not all have footnotes (they're being added) but are the most recent.

Erie County Family Court    Useful site with information for filing of petitions. Downloadable Family Court forms, filing how-tos and a court telephone directory.

New York Appellate Division Decisions    Appellate Division report cards for all four judicial departments posted by the New York Law Journal.   Select department and month the decision was handed down, then search by case name or browse all decisions for a set time period. (Caution: the alphabetical list is arranged by individual plaintiffs' first names.) Archives go back to August 1998.    Search 4th Department for full text decisions for past six months and court rules. Available by subscription.
 

New York State Appellate Division, First Department
 

New York State Appellate Division, Second Department
 

New York State Appellate Division, Third Department

New York State Appellate Division, Fourth Department    In addition to the Court’s decisions (February 2000-present), the site contains information concerning the Justices and staff and events involving them, the Court’s Rules of Practice, Disciplinary Rules, Court Calendars, Bar Admissions, the Appellate Division Law Library, and the Court’s Auxiliary Agencies. 

New York State Court of Appeals    Contains the State's highest court's calendar, rules of court, directions, judges' profiles and the most recent annual report. The Court's decisions (July 2000-present) are here and available the day of their release to the general public. 

New York State Court of Appeals Decisions    Cornell Legal Information Institute's version. This collection includes unofficial decisions (1990-present) of the New York Court of Appeals. 

New York Official Reports    Maintained by the Law Reporting Bureau, researchers will find New York slip decisions from the Court of Appeals, all four Appellate Divisions, reported trials, as well as online searching of the Official Reports 2d series. The latter is available by subscription or credit card payment.

New York State Court of Claims    News of the State of New York's sole forum for civil litigation seeking damages from the State. The MacLaw online database contains decisions from March 2000 through the present.
 

New York State Supreme Court Civil Branch New York County (First Judicial District)    Includes uniform rules of the New York County Justices as well as basic forms such as Request for Judicial Intervention (RJI), preliminary conference orders and protocols.
 

New York State Supreme Court Criminal Term First Judicial District (New York County)    Directory of departments, courtrooms and judges as well as a calendar of court terms and holidays, a glossary of legal terms and such FAQs as posting bail, getting an attorney and obtaining court records and rap sheets.

New York State Supreme Court Library/Buffalo (Eighth Judicial District)    Basics such as library hours, lists of materials available and an online version of this very list.
 

New York State Supreme Court Criminal Term Law Library (First Judicial District)

New York State Unified Court System    This directory site of the state's courts provides updates of court rules, links to New York bar associations, a directory of New York State attorneys and downloadable court forms. Also link from this site to Criminal Jury Instructions 2d,  New York State Attorney Directory and the new New York State Law Reporting Bureau site for slip decisions from the Court of Appeals and the four Appellate Divisions.
 

Welcome to CourtHelp!    Everything (almost) the pro se needs to know: a guide to the courts, a glossary of legal terms, public access law libraries, court address/phone directory, plus court forms to download.
 
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NEW YORK STATE OFFICES & AGENCIES

New York State  Visit the state's web site to link to the Governor's home page and to a useful site with links to state departments, agencies and commissions.

New York State & Local Government on the Net    Contains links to agency, municipality and library sites.

New York State Assembly

New York State Attorney General

New York State Banking Department

New York State Board of Elections

New York State Board of Law Examiners

New York State Bureau of Labor Statistics
 

New York State Citizen Guide
 

New York State Committee on Open Government    This site provides links to  Freedom of Information Law Advisory opinions  as well as Open Meetings Law Advisory opinions.
 

New York State Consumer Protection Board
 

New York State Department of Civil Service
 

New York State Department of Correctional Services    Provides inmate information through a lookup link.  [Please note:  DOCS advises not to provide inmate information to another inmate; such data is considered contraband.]

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation    For quick reference, an uncertified version of Title 6 NYCRR  (Environmental Conservation) is available as well as Commissioner's decisions, orders and opinions.

New York State Department of Family Assistance (formerly Department of Social Services)    Site for Offices of Temporary and Disability Assistance and Children and Family Services includes information on child support, child protective and adoptive services (with state's pioneering online "viewbook" of kids in foster care who are eligible for adoption) and disability determinations.

New York State Department of Health

New York State Department of Labor

New York State Department of Motor Vehicles   Downloadable forms for driver/vehicle record requests, statements of ownership, registration/title applications, requests for copies of accident reports, visual acuity reports, applications for handicapped parking permits and title replacement are just some of those available.

New York State Department of State    Searchable Corporation and Business Entity database, as well as Licensing Registrants database in which you can look up private investigators, notaries, security guards and real estate brokers/salespeople by ID number, name or business name. 

New York State Department of Taxation and Finance    Tax information, forms and instructions, with tax rate tables, for the Empire State's myriad taxes as well as site for electronic filers and link to IRS. Can also review Technical Services Bureau memoranda and advisory opinions from 1993 to the present.
 

New York State Department of Transportation
 

New York State Division for Women
 

New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal
 

New York State Division of Human Rights
 

New York State Divison of  Parole    This site provides information on Jenna's Law as well as the complete text of the New York State Parole Handbook.
 

New York State Division of the Budget
 

New York State Education Department

New York State Government Information Locator Service   Single point of access to information services provided by New York State Government agencies, the State Legislature and the Judiciary.

New York State "I LOVE New York"

New York State Insurance Department
 

New York State Law Reporting Bureau
 

New York State Library    Contains excellent tutorial on how to research New York legislative history and an online catalog of state government documents. Check the New York State Document Depository Program.

New York State Office of Professional Medical Conduct

New York State Office of Real Property Services

New York State Office of the Attorney General   Opinions (1995-present) are available.

New York State Office of the Comptroller    Opinions (1988-present) are available.

New York State Office of the Governor

New York State Office of Unclaimed Funds    Searchable database of unclaimed funds held by the State Comptroller.
 

New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
 

New York State Police
 

New York State Public Employment Relations Board   Decisions (2000-present) are available.

New York State Public Service Commission    Reports, opinions, orders, rules and regulations are available.

New York State Senate 
 

New York State Statistics    Presented by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, this website is designed to provide extensive statistical information about New York State and its people.  It contains information covering demographics, economics, elections, government finance, public safety, housing, education, health, energy, and much more.  Provides a link to the New York State Statistical Yearbook.
 

New York State Thruway Authority
 

New York State Unified Court System
 

New York State Workers' Compensation Board

 

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NEW YORK STATE STATUTES 

Consolidated/Unconsolidated Laws    Visit the State Assembly's page or the State Senate's page  for links to the State Constitution, State Consolidated Laws, Unconsolidated Laws and search the site for New York State chapter law for the current year. 

New York Assembly Bills

New York Senate Bills    Click on Bills and Laws on the opening page.
 

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NEWS

          National/World | Regional

National/World

American Journalism Review

Associated Press (AP)

Atlantic Online

Chicago Tribune Online Edition

Christian Science Monitor

CNN.com

Congressional Quarterly
 

Corporate Babble    Promote clear, accountable communication in business, while amusing readers. Includes examples of companies speaking to the news media in rhetoric as well as those speaking clearly and responsibly.

Court TV    If you don't mind the made-for-TV tone and the National Enquirer-type cases, you may appreciate this site of breaking legal news. Includes episode summaries of the evening's  "COPS," and "NYPD Blue" among other programming.
 

Crain's New York Business  (current issue)

Daily Telegraph

Drudge Report

FindLaw Legal News    U.S. and international legal news, updated throughout the day and organized by topic, with story summaries and a list of related resources. Sections on cyberspace law, the Supreme Court, the Justice Department, plus full text of new, Supreme Court and federal circuit courts' decisions as well as links to other law and news sources.

Fox News

Inside Politics

Law.com    Combines features from the former Law News Network, including the link to New York Law Journal. Capsules of breaking legal news with links to full text and recent U.S. District Court case filings.

Lawyers Weekly USA    Multilayered site that offers daily news of bench and bar in New York State and elsewhere. The site's Law Library link is an easy way to access statutes and case law, searchable opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, the U.S. Code, CFR, Federal Rules and Uniform Laws. Laws, codes and cases of the 50 states are also accessible. New York materials include the state constitution, consolidated and unconsolidated laws, current chapter laws and Court of Appeals opinions since 1990.
 

MotherJones.com
 

MSNBC    When you enter your zip code, you get news, weather and sports from your hometown NBC affiliate. On the road, enter the zip code of your hotel to get news of the area.

National Enquirer

National Journal    "The ultimate site for political insiders."

National Public Radio

New York Daily News

New York Law Journal    New York's daily top legal stories, court decisions, web sites for trial lawyers, technology trends, calendars and rules, Unified Court System announcements, Consumer Law Guide, bar exam information and job resources are here. 

New York Observer

New York Post

New York Times

New Yorker

Newsday.com

NewsDirectory.com    8400 links to English language, foreign and national newspapers, magazines and TV broadcasters.

NewsLink    American Journalism Review's index of newspapers, weekly magazines, radio and TV stations and provides links as well. Click on publication's/station's name or call letters to go to its home page.
 

NewsMax.com
 

Onion

Reuters

Rolling Stone

Salon.com    Includes News, Politics, Technology & Business, Arts & Entertainment, etc.

Slate

Televisions News Archive    Vanderbilt University maintains this archive of videos of network news telecasts from 1968, special reports and  "Nightline" since 1989, which you can arrange to borrow for a modest fee.

Time Online Edition

TV Guide Online

United Press International (UPI)
 

USA Today

usnews.com

Village Voice

Wall Street Journal Online

washingtonpost.com
 

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Regional

Albany Times Union

Buffalo News

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Syracuse Online    Full text of Syracuse dailies.

WGRZ-TV

WIVB-TV

WKBW-TV
 

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ORGANIZATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

AARP    Site of the nation's largest and most influential group for seniors.

Albany County Bar Association

American Association of Law Libraries
 

American Bar Association
 

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

American Judges Association    AJA publications online include Benchmark, Court Review and full text of the AJA booklet on domestic violence.

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)  Click on Legal Department for issues of animal rights, abuse, providing for pets through wills and trusts. Has sample will provisions and arrangements for care when owners are incapacitated.

American Society of Association Executives (ASAE)    Directories of U.S./international trade organizations, membership societies, volunteer and other not-for-profit groups.

Association of Legal Administrators

Bar Association of Erie County    Online documents include forms for Erie County Surrogate's Court, 8th Judicial District court rules for civil and matrimonial matters and archives of The Bulletin back to June '96.
 

Canadian Bar Association
 

CITY BAR Online (Association of the Bar of the City of New York)  Includes complete text of many of the Bar Association' s publications, committee reports and recommendations on legal issues.

Law Librarians of New England (LLNE)

Law Library Association of Greater New York (LLAGNY)    Besides chapter news, a calendar of events and the Job Hotline, there's an online edition of the Union List of Serials for libraries in the Greater New York area. 

NAACP.org    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Lawyer referral for civil rights matters.

NALS (National Association of Legal Secretaries)    The Association for legal professionals.

National Association of Attorneys General

National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA)

National Association of Professional Process Servers (NAPPS)    Comprehensive directory of process servers is searchable by state and name.  Includes addresses, phone numbers, services provided and counties served. 

National District Attorneys Association (NDAA)

National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA)

National Judicial College    Online course catalog, plus tuition, housing and fees information.

National Organization for Women (NOW)    Referral on legal matters.

National Rifle Association (NRA)

New Jersey Law Librarians Association (NJLLA)

New York County Lawyers' Association

New York State Bar Association    Full text of the Lawyer's Code of Professional Responsibility, the Code of Judicial Conduct, index and digest of Committee on Professional Ethics opinions and the Guide to Attorney Disciplinary Procedures in New York State.

New York State Defenders Association

New York State Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection    The Lawyers' Fund was established to provide reimbursement to law clients who have lost money or property as a result of  a lawyer's dishonest conduct in the practice of law and who cannot get reimbursement from the lawyer who caused the loss or from insurance or other sources. 

New York State Professional Process Servers Association (NYSPPSA)    You may have a problem accessing this site with Netscape Navigator. Webmaster suggests Internet Explorer.

New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA)

Trial Lawyers for Public Justice    This consumer advocate group's site provides information about a variety of class actions, from toxic torts to discrimination and makes briefs available.

United States Process Servers Association    Handy directory you can search by city and state. You can also find international process servers, including several in Canada.

Women's Bar Association of the State of New York
 

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SEARCH ENGINES

AllTheWeb.com    "All the web, all the time," and so it is!  Plus, you can search in any language.

AltaVista

Ask Jeeves    Human-powered search service that aims to direct you to the exact page that answers your question.

Dogpile    Mega search engine that combs several other search engines simultaneously. Comes with the recommendation of the Unified Court System's Director of Law Libraries.

FindLaw    Links to practice area resources, case law, codes, legal associations, law reviews, plus LawCrawler,  a search engine for legal research, with search options for state, national and international sources.    Supreme Court opinions (from1893),  all federal circuit opinions, daily legal news, free web pages and e-mail for lawyers. Go to New York’s legal resource page.
 

Geniusfind    Thousands of topic-specific search engines and web sites in one point-and-click format.

Google    Very accurate and fast, this search engine (created by Stanford graduate students)  rates every web site on the number of other sites that link to it. As an example of its speed, a general query about Domestic Relations Law in New York State generated 10 pages of results in 8.10 seconds. 
 

Google Uncle Sam    Searches only websites that contain ".gov" or ".mil".
 

HotBot

Ixquick    "World's most powerful search engine." by its own reckoning.

LawGuru.com    Over  500+ legal search engines, tools and databases including the LawGuru.com ---BBS database where you can search for answers to your legal questions, by state or subject. This site also has the Internet Law Library and information on 600 associated electronic mailing lists.

LookSmart

Lycos

MSN Search

Northern Light    Conducts simultaneous search of the Internet, special collection documents as well as journals for full-text information.

Yahoo
 

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SPECIALIZED AREAS OF LAW

    Criminal  |  DWI  |  Elder  |  Employment/Labor  |  Entertainment/Media  | Family |  
First Amendment (Freedom of Speech/Expression) |  Health Care  | 
Immigration  |  Indian  |  Internet  |  
Products Liability  |  Tax  |  Trial Practice
 

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Criminal Law

ACLU Criminal Justice    News of American Civil Liberties Union's campaigns for due process and equal treatment and against search and seizure and the death penalty.

American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section    Besides online issues of the section's Criminal Justice Magazine, there is access to the text of the ABA's "black letter" criminal justice standards.

Buffalo Criminal Law Center    UB Law School provides a compilation of links to New York and federal criminal and penal law including the Center's new Buffalo Criminal Law Review.

Cornell Death Penalty Project    Summaries of successful cases and claims as well as studies and compilations of the 50 states' death penalty statutes with decisions.

Crimelynx    Well organized site for the criminal defense practitioner divided into Legal Resource Center and Criminal Justice Center.

Criminal Justice Internet Resources    Direct links to crime studies and reports.

Criminal Justice Links (Florida State University)

Criminal Procedure    Federal and state sources from the Legal Information Institute. An overview of criminal law is also available.

Cybrary 100    Top 100 criminal justice sites on the Web.

Justice Research and Statistics Association (JSRA)   Easy access to the Database of State Activities and Research (DSAR) and the Firearms Research Information System (FARIS), some of it unpublished elsewhere.

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data    Includes statistics from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Institute of Justice, Federal Judicial Center, FBI, Urban Institute and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)    Abstracts database which covers corrections, courts, prevention, statistics, drugs, juvenile crime, victims' rights, etc.

National Legal Aid & Defender Association

Organized Crime: A Crime Statistics Site    Links to federal and state numbers, including a tutorial on how to use crime data.

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online

United States Sentencing Commission    Full text of 2002 Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual and its amendments as well as previous editions and Federal Register notices pertaining to the Commission.

Violence-response.net    Western New York group dedicated to addressing violence issues. Many links to related sites.
 

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DWI

Drink Wheel    The manufacturer provides a free interactive form to compute blood/breath alcohol concentration. 

Drunk Driving Defense Legal Website    The site of Atlanta attorney William C. Head links to DWI counsel in 50 states (although New York is "coming soon") demonstrates how to calculate blood alcohol level and offers a free online case evaluation.

Drunk Driving Law Center    The home page of California attorney Lawrence Taylor links to several useful sites, including a downloadable accident reconstruction calculator, lists of expert witnesses and excerpts from Taylor's own "Drunk Driving Defense, 5th ed."

DWI and Traffic    Site posted by three Buffalo-area attorneys (Peter J Todaro, Michael S. Taheri and J. Michael Hayes). Serves both DWI defendants and those injured in DWI accidents. Includes articles by the attorneys and by Dr. Arthur Becker-Weidman, a local toxicologist.

Fiandach's NYDWI.com    You can't get the Bulletin online, but there are seven Q & A sections on such topics as Breathalyzer and blood testing, drivers license revocation and suspension and a range of DWI misdemeanors and felonies.

Highway Safety Desk Book    Enter "Highway Safety Desk Book" as a search term to review and/or download this 16-part reference work which includes U.S. Supreme Court decisions on highway traffic matters.

National College of DUI Defense, Inc.    Articles dealing with various topics such as breath analysis and FAA reporting requirements.
 

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Elder Law

AARP    Site of the nation's largest and most influential group for seniors.

Administration on Aging

Benefits Link    Employee benefits plan topics and news  as well as links to ERISA, Internal Revenue Code, benefits cases, "Congressional Record" and "Federal Register".

Catalaw:  Elder Law    Links to Cornell LII databases on Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and welfare.

Center for Medicare Advocacy    Nonprofit group of attorneys represents elders and individuals with disabilities in appeals of Medicare denials. Free for Connecticut residents, fee-based for others.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Commission on Law and Aging (ABA)    Legislative updates on issues of aging, links to related sites and downloadable publications.

Elder Law and Aging    This home page links to information on gerontology, Alzheimer's and government programs for the elderly.

FIRSTGOV for Seniors    Provides quick links to agencies dealing with health, education and training, consumer protection, etc. 

Geriatrics: Medicine for Midlife and Beyond    A variety of topics as well as the current issue are available 

Massachusetts Estate Planning Forum    Brief overview on living trusts.

Medicaid, State Sites    Direct links to the 50 states as well as to other Medicaid-related sites such as Medicaid Clearinghouse.

Medicare    The official U.S. government site for Medicare information.

Medicare Rights Center    Contains self-help pamphlets, newsletters, links to other organizations on Medicare and Aging.

National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc.

National Institute on Aging (NIA)    Health information for seniors, news of NIA research and a link to NIH.

National Senior Citizens Law Center    Nonprofit group advocates for low-income elders with emphasis on women and minorities.

Nursing Home Compare    Detailed information about every Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home in the US from the Department of Health and Human Services.

Planning Seminar for the Florida Snowbird    Elder-oriented guide to New York/Florida changes of domicile requirements. Site is maintained by a member of the New York and Florida bars. 

SeniorLaw Home Page    Information on Medicare/Medicaid, guide to estate planning and elder law resources and elder law specialists on the Web.

Social Security Online    Official site of the U.S. Social Security Administration.
 

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Employment/Labor Law

ACCA Online (American Corporate Counsel Association)

AFL-CIO

All 50 States' and D.C.'s Workers' Compensation Agencies    North Carolina Industrial Commission posts this page which links to state, federal and territorial agencies.

American Arbitration Association

Antitrust Policy    An online resource for researching policy and cases on such topics as mergers, price fixing and vertical restraints.

Business & Legal Reports    Site posted by publishers of BLR's Quick Guide to Employment Law.

Center for Corporate Law    Sponsored by the University of Cincinnati College of Law.  This site features "The Securities Lawyer's Deskbook," containing full text of the Securities Acts of 1933 and 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, Regulations S-T, S-B, S-X as well as relevant rules and forms.

CorporateInformation    National and international corporate profiles searchable by name, industry, country or state. Profiles include company description, analysis of competitors, recent stock performance and dividends. Also features a currency rate calculator.

Employment Law    Legal Information Institute provides the overview in the usual comprehensive fashion with links to material you'll need most.

Employment Law and Policy (Selected Internet Resources)    Sponsored by St. Louis University, School of Law. Broad list of links to state and federal sources, including summaries of recent BNA Labor Relations Reporter decisions.

Guide to Disability & the Workplace    School of Industrial and Labor Relations' extensive guide to sites for both consumers and professionals.

LaborNet    Heavily pro-labor news with links to FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) and Mother Jones Online.

LPA    Public Policy Association of Senior Human Resource Executives

National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA)    Includes summaries of employment law cases from the group's newsletter.

New York State Workers' Compensation Board    Find forms, relevant rules and regulations, links to statutes and cases as well as information for employers and injured workers.

United States Bureau of Labor Statistics

United States Department of Labor

United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

United States Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA)

United States National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

United States Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

United States Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission

Workers' Compensation Agencies (50 states and Washington, DC)
 

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Entertainment/Media Law

International Entertainment, Multimedia & Intellectual Property Law and Business Network    Page sponsored by show biz attorney Harris Tulchin and associates.  Offers everything you ever wanted to know about the art of the movie deal. Check out "Contract of the Month" feature and listings of international film festivals.

Media Center    Statutes, cases, scholarly papers in fields of communication, information and media law from New York Law School.
 

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Family Law

Adoption.org    Information and chat groups for birth parents, adoptees and adoptive parents with a summary of state adoption laws and lists of attorneys who assist with adoptions.

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law

American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence    Plain English information directed primarily at the victim, although for attorneys there is the ABA Model Code on Domestic and Family Violence. See especially the caution on how abusers can discover victims' activities on the Internet.

American Bar Association Family Law Section

DivorceNet    Family law site encompassing divorce, child support, custody, alimony and visitation issues. Includes a state-by-state guide.

DivorceSource.com    State guidebooks and prepared forms with instructions, finance calculators and attorney listings for the do-it-yourselfer.

Eastern Regional Interstate Child Support Enforcement Association (ERICSA)

Family Law Advisor

Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement
 

Klaaskids Foundation    Established in 1994, the Foundation's mission is to stop crimes against  children. Provides information regarding the Amber Plan, a missing child response program and Megan's Law, America's first law authorizing public notification when dangerous sex offenders are released into the community.
 

National Child Support    This is a for-profit collections site aimed at parents seeking support payments.

National Child Support Enforcement Association

Support Guidelines.com    Comprehensive resources for the interpretation and application of child support guidelines in the United States.  

Uniform Matrimonial, Family, and Health Laws Locator    Text of state statutes on marital property, adoption, divorce, custody, support, paternity, health-care consent, rights of the terminally ill and more.

Uniform Probate Code Locator   Text of state statutes on probate matters.

United States Department of State. Office of Children's Issues    Child adoption and abduction issues.
 

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First Amendment (Freedom of Speech/Expression)
 

American Civil Liberties Union    Source dealing with constitutional issues, from Church and State to Death Penalty, to Free Speech and Workplace Rights, plus links to "in Congress" and "in the Courts" pages featuring ACLU's presence there.

American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom    Provides information on Intellectual Freedom  as well as the text of the First Amendment.  Findlaw's First Amendment Annotations Expanded, as well as selected U.S. Supreme Court decisions.  See also the link to Lawyers for Libraries, an ALA program which trains attorneys to defend librarians and library trustees in matters of censorship.  See also the page of the ALA's Freedom to Read Foundation.
 

American Society of Newspaper Editors    Includes First Amendment bills and legislation the ASNE is watching, as well as the organization’s Statement of Principles, codes of ethics of various news organizations, and  “The Freedom of Information Handbook: ASNE’s strategy for expanding and protecting Freedom of Information in the digital era.”
 

Brookings Institution

Cato Institute
 

Center for Democracy and Technology    Public-interest coalition of attorneys, computer gurus, and other information specialists.   “Works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age.” The group addresses issues of free speech, terrorism, consumer privacy, Internet standards, access to government information, and more, with links to federal legislation affecting the Net and full text of center publications.

Center for Digital Democracy    Web site of a nonprofit watchdog organization that works “to ensure that digital media systems serve the public interest.”

Center for Public Integrity    The Center, affiliated with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, marries political science and investigative reporting in its books, studies and newsletters, operating without the constraints of deadline pressure. Also provides information on media ownership with respect to who owns radio, television, cable, and telephone service in any part of the United States.
 

Common Cause
 

FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting)    National media watch group on the lookout for media bias and censorship with stories-behind-the-stories and contrarian takes on major news events.

First Amendment Handbook    Sponsored by the Reporters’ Committee for Freedom of the Press, this site  provides everything working journalists and their readers need to know about libel, invasion of privacy, surreptitious recording, confidential sources and information, prior restraints, gag orders, access to the courts, access to places, Freedom of Information acts, and copyright. As one might expect of professional journalists, it’s crisply written and complete, with footnotes to cited cases.
 

 

Freedom of Information Center    Reference and research library on the campus of the University of Missouri/Columbia serves public and working press on questions relating to access to government documents and information. Provides information on First Amendment news, legal research and writing, federal and state Freedom of Information case law.

Freedom of Speech in the United States    Digital version of the 4th edition by Thomas L. Tedford, professor emeritus of Communication at University of North Carolina/Greensboro and Dale A. Herbeck, chairman of the Boston College Communication Department. Links to free-speech advocacy groups, landmark free-speech/free-expression court decisions and documents.
 

Heritage Foundation

Hudson Institute
 

Investigative Reporters and Editors    The Freedom of Information Center provides useful FOIA links.
 

Media Access Project

Media Coalition
 

On the Docket    This excellent citizens’ portal to cases under consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court is a project of Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism in conjunction with the Oyez Project.

People for the American Way
 

Society of Professional Journalists    The society is “dedicated to the perpetuation of a free press as the cornerstone of our nation and our liberty.” The full text of the society’s handbook, “Open Doors: Accessing Government Records” is available.

Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression    The non-profit autonomous center with close ties to the University of Virginia is “devoted solely to free expression in all its forms,” whether in education, the media or the arts. Each year on the third U.S. President’s birthday the center awards Jefferson Muzzles to those responsible for particularly egregious assaults on free expression; there are archives of past “honorees.”

 

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Health Care Law

Achoo.com    Gateway to healthcare sites, including Medline, the Merck Manual , etc.

American Dental Association

American Health Lawyers Association

Bioethics.net    Introduction to bioethics with lists of journals and resources. Includes full text of the American Journal of Bioethics.

Hardin MD: The Medical Information Hub    Catalog of health-related sites.

Health Law Studies    St. Louis University Law School Center for Health Law Studies offers easy access to health law sites, agencies and journals.  See also "Researching Health Law on the Web - A primer" for some helpful hints. 
 

HealthGate

Medical Malpractice Law (Summary)    Site posted by Chicago firm of McCullough, Campbell & Lane offers an index of medical malpractice laws in the 50 states and District of Columbia with hypertext links to topics for each. New York, for example, covers such issues as statutes of limitations, joint and several liability, expert testimony, damage caps and pre-judgment interest.

Medscape    Searchable databases of multi-specialty medical journals with links to Medline, AIDSline, Toxline, DrugSearch and an online medical dictionary.

Modern Healthcare Magazine    Weekly business news for healthier management.

National Health Law Program    Health law advocacy for low income families.

National Library of Medicine    Most valuable resource is link to MedLine, a free database of citations and abstracts from some 3,900 medical journals.

National Practitioner Data Bank / Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank    NPDB is a central repository of information on physicians, surgeons, dentists and other healthcare professionals which lists medical malpractice suits as well as adverse licensure, clinic privilege, professional member actions. HIPDB deals with fraud and abuse issues.

New York State Office of Professional Medical Conduct    Searchable by physician's name or license number,  this site provides information on any doctor who has been found guilty of medical malpractice or any other professional misconduct dating back to 1992.

RxList: The Internet Drug Index    Extensive information on prescription and over-the-counter drugs. 

WebMD    Provides a range of information, transaction and technology solutions that help consumers, physicians, providers and health plans navigate the complexity of the healthcare system 


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Immigration Law

American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

American Immigration Resources on  the Internet    Links to information on US laws, regulations and procedures.

Amnesty International On-line

asylumlaw.org    Primarily for the asylum seeker. Click on a country's name for country condition reports to support your claim, then click on the place in which you wish to seek asylum for its forms and legal requirements.

FAIR (Federation for American Immigration Reform)    Activist group which seeks a moratorium on all "mass immigration" save for spouses and children of U.S. citizens and a limited number of refugees.

Immigration Superhighway    Quick-click such topics as foreign student and Cuban immigration issues, family reunification, visas for foreign investors, etc.  Forms and articles also available.

Refugee and Asylum Legal Training Center    Links to refugee/asylum training manual for attorneys, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Handbook of Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status, immigration forms as well as treaties and conventions. 

United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor    Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are available from 1993-present, the starting point for most immigration judges and INS asylum officers.

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services    Includes a link to Forms, Fees and Fingerprints.

United States Executive Office for Immigration Review    Includes Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) Decisions

Visa Bulletin (United States Department of State)
 

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Indian Law

Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties    Searchable volumes of treaties from 1798 and laws from 1913.

Indian Law    Overview of Indian laws by the Legal Information Institute with links to pertinent federal laws, state appellate cases and  tribal courts.

National Indian Law Library    Catalog of tribal documents, treaties, U.S. administrative documents and selected decisions.

Native American & Aboriginal Law: Research Links    Full-text articles, e-journals on tribal law, direct links to treatises and seminal Supreme Court cases.

Native American Legal Resources    Direct link to the Native American Constitution and Law Digitalization Project containing full text of tribal documents.

Native American Nations    Alphabetical listing of tribes and nations with links to their home pages. 

Native American Resources on the Internet    Links to legal and government issues (such as gaming) as well as matters of language, culture, history and Native American Nations.

Native American Rights Fund    Updates on legal review issues and cases plus links to National Indian Law Library and the National Tribal Justice Resource Center.
 

Native American Web    Site of the Native American Law project with links to the Native American Legal Materials Microfiche Collection, government agencies, tribes and other library collections.

Native Web    News of Native American matters with a substantial database of law and legal issues.
 

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Internet Law

Cyberspace Law    Comprehensive index covering subjects from Anonymity and Child Pornography to Lexis and Westlaw is maintained by a John Marshall Law School professor. Gathered under each entry are cases, law review articles and links.

DennisKennedy.com    Owned by Internet law specialist Dennis Kennedy, this site features his online book, "The Legal Technology Primer."  Excellent source for attorneys looking to bone up on cyberspace law and e-commerce.

Internet Library of Law & Court Decisions    The firm of Phillips Nizer Benjamin Krim & Ballon provides links to decisions and legislation deal with encryption, intellectual property, privacy, spamming matters and much more.

LegalEthics.com    Emphasis is on the ethical integration of the Internet into the practice of law. Includes the "Practicing Attorney" home page, a guide to Internet legal resources for lawyers.
 

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Penal/Prison Law

Erie County Assigned Counsel Program    Site of the Erie County Bar Association's Aid to Indigent Prisoners Society, which provides an overview of the group's work and a synopsis of local justice court opinions.
 

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Products Liability

Consumer Law Page    Emphasis is on law for the pro se plaintiff with links to more than 1,000 government, non-government and law library resources covering defective products, toxic chemicals, medicine, disability, safety and injury prevention.

Products Liability Law

Tort Law    Comprehensive site including statutes and cases, links to government sites and on-line journals.

United States Consumer Product Safety Commission

United States Federal Trade Commission

United States Food and Drug Administration
 

Back to Specialized Areas of Law
 

Tax Law

1040.com    State and federal tax forms; state tax agency addresses; full text of new tax legislation. In order to view/print files or forms, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader (link available to Adobe from this site).

Findlaw: Tax Law Index    Tax cases, codes and forms as well as commentaries and treatises.

Income Tax Forms and Resources    Columbia University site providing federal, state and New York City forms and instructions plus links to popular tax guides.

Internal Revenue Manual

Tax Master    Gateway to multitude of tax sites plus full coverage of the flat tax.

Tax Regulations (Code of Federal Regulations: Title 26)

Tax Resources on the Web

United States Code: Title 26

United States Internal Revenue Service

United States Tax Code On-Line (searchable text)

United States Tax Court    Current and historical opinions, forms, court rules and fee schedules. Opinions and Tax Court Memoranda begin with 1-1-99 and are searchable by case name, judge and release date.

Yahoo! Law: Tax Sources    Links to federal and state tax law, Internal Revenue Code, Taxpayer Relief Act and U.S. Tax Code On-Line.
 

Back to Specialized Areas of Law
 

Trial Practice

Court Rules, Forms and Dockets    Search more than 800 sources for state and federal court rules, forms and dockets by keyword, jurisdiction or state.

Findlaw: Litigation    Links to government agencies, documents and treatises.
 

Back to Specialized Areas of Law


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STATE CODES AND STATUTES - New York and elsewhere

AllLaw.com    Useful for finding primary state law, including  New York.

American Law Sources On-line (ALSO)    Covers all 50 states. New York information includes court decisions, the State constitution, legislation, rules of practice and procedures, court information, forms and  administrative law sources.

Internet Legal Resource Guide - American Government Index    Search all states or state by state. Target New York material.

Law Street.com    Coverage includes descriptions of states' criminal, divorce, traffic, personal injury and real estate laws including New York.

Los Angeles County Law Library    Searchable site with links to local governments, courts and codes as well as federal, international and general legal sites.

National Conference of State Legislatures    Links to legislative material for some states, including full text documents. New York links include the Assembly, Senate, and Senate Democratic Conference home pages. 

San Diego County Public Law Library    Very helpful site to research California laws and codes. Read text of the codes and find other useful resources at the useful links page.

State and Congressional Legislator Information    Project Vote Smart links to states which provide bills and legislative information online, as well as bios and whereabouts of state legislators and congresspersons.

State Codes    Cornell's Legal Information Institute's site has statutes (all except Louisiana's), constitutions and legislative information arranged by state. Go to the Topical Index:  State Statutes on the Internet page to view a topical listing of law texts that enables state-by-state comparison.

State Government Web Servers!    Links to the home pages of each state.

State Law    Links to statutes and codes in many states from the Washburn University School of Law site. Includes full text of legal information common to all states.

State Statutes and Legislation on the Internet    Provides links to full-text sites.

TnCrimLaw (Tennessee Criminal Law Defense Resources)    Provides links to Federal and all 50 states laws as well as a variety of legal topics. 
 

 

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TRAVEL

InfoHub Specialty Travel Guide    Easy way to book plane tickets online. As a bonus for business travelers, process automatically arranges car rentals and hotels to get the biggest bang for the frequent flyer's buck.

Cheap Tickets

ConvertIt.com    Conversion and calculation site that lets you figure measurements, currency exchanges and world time zones, etc.

STA Travel     World's largest student travel organization.
 

Currency Converter    FXConverter (Foreign Exchange Currency Converter) 

Expedia.com    Comprehensive travel planner that lets you book the cheapest airfare, rent a car, arrange for hotel accommodations and print out an itinerary.

Lowestfare.com

Orbitz

Priceline.com

TravelNow.com

Travelocity.com

United States Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs    Provides information on travel abroad in light of the current world situation.

United States Naval Observatory Time Service Department    Information about the Master Clock Facility as well as the official time in standard time zones.
 

Air Travel

Air Distance Between U.S. Cities in Statute Miles

Flying Distance Calculator

How Far Is It?    Calculate the distance between two points as the crow flies.

Interactive Flight Distances @ Travel Notes

Landings    Comprehensive site provides databases of plane registrations, service difficulty reports,  pilot certifications, and airline terminals.


Automobile Travel

GasPriceWatch.com    Enter a zip code and the search engine will produce a list of gas stations in the neighborhood along with their current pump prices. Also lists U.S. heating oil and Canadian petrol  prices.

Interactive Driving Distances @ Travel Notes

Thruway Mileage, Tolls for New York State
 

Bus Travel

Greyhound    Schedules, fares and online ticketing  to 3,700 destinations in the United States and Canada. Also, get online estimates for package shipping.

Metropolitan Transpotation Authority (NYC)    Maps and schedules for the subway, Long Island Railroad and Metro North lines, as well as New York City buses. Includes information on the prepaid Metro Card

NFTA-Metro    Timetables for Western New York bus/metro service.

Trailways
 

Entertainment

Broadway Online    "Official site for the best Broadway shows."  Search listings of what's on in 18 U.S. cities as well as order tickets to on- and off-Broadway productions.

Broadway.com    Emphasis is on the New York stage.

Citysearch.com    Detailed information on weather, restaurants, businesses, theaters, shopping and attractions for major U.S. cities (and yes, Buffalo's one of them). 

Frick Collection    Too tired to trek?  Take the Virtual Tour of this New York museum of Western painting, sculpture, and decorative arts in stocking feet. Or, plan your next visit.
 

Golden Tickets    Choice of sports includes: Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, NCAA, National Football League and the National Hockey League. You can also book tickets for the Super Bowl, the Kentucky Derby and auto racing.

Guggenheim.org    Actually, it's Guggenheims plural. Log on to find out what's featured at any of the five museums worldwide - the Solomon R. Guggenheim on Fifth Avenue and the Guggenheim SoHo in New York City, the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Louvre    Established in 1793 by the French Republic, the Louvre Museum, located in Paris, is one of the earliest European museums. Divided  into 7 departments, the Louvre collections incorporate works dating from the birth of the great antique civilizations right up to the first half of the XIXth century. 

Metropolitan Museum of Art    Lists hours, admission prices and gives a sneak preview of current exhibitions.

Metropolitan Opera

Moviefone    Movie news, reviews, theaters and show times. You simply pick the city, then search by title or star. 

Musee    Online directory of art and other museums nationwide.

Museum of Modern Art    Same as the Met - everything you need to know before paying a visit.

New York Metro.com    "New York" Magazine and MetroTV on the Web. Includes insider restaurant reviews and guides to the arts and weekly events.

Playbill    Searchable by On- and Off-Broadway, regional, London and national touring productions. This site provides information about individual shows, seating charts and availability of tickets, which you can order online.

TheatreMania.com      Official theatre information for Broadway shows, shopping, tickets, clubs, web sites and news. Offers a gift shop from which to order posters, playbills etc.
 

Hotels

all-hotels    Pick a city, pick a location in the city, then enter the dates of your stay to get rates and book your room online.

See also: Yahoo! Travel
 

Maps

MapQuest    You can zoom from a U.S. map to a street map for any given address, get door-to-door or city-to-city driving directions or  find a business merely by entering its name and city.

Maps On Us    According to some travelers, directions are more helpful and accurate than those of Mapquest, et al. 

MSN Maps & Directions    Type in a street address and pull up a map. You can also pinpoint nearby lodging, restaurants, medical facilities and shopping. 


Train Travel

Amtrak    Stations, timetables, fares and online reservations.
 

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

African Development Foundation
 

Board of Veterans' Appeals
 

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF Online)
 

Bureau of Consular Affairs
 

Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
 

Bureau of Indian Affairs
 

Bureau of Labor Statistics
 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)    Publications and reports (1997-present) as well as press releases and statements (1994-present), speeches and testimony (1995-present) and the World Fact Book 2003 .
 

Commodity Futures Trading Commission
 

Executive Office for Immigration Review
 

Export-Import Bank of the United States
 

Farm Credit Administration
 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
 

Federal Bureau of Prisons
 

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
 

Federal Election Commission (FEC)
 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
 

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
 

Federal Housing Finance Board
 

Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA)
 

Federal Maritime Commission
 

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS)
 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration    Direct link to the agency's rules and regulations plus full text of "Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move" and other consumer self-help pamphlets.
 

Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement
 

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB)
 

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
 

Inter-American Foundation
 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
 

Library of Congress

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
 

National Aviation Safety Data Analysis Center
 

National Capital Planning Commission
 

National Credit Union Administration
 

National Earthquake Information Center
 

National Endowment for the Arts
 

National Endowment for the Humanities
 

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
 

National Hurricane Center
 

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
 

National Library of Medicine    Most valuable resource is link to MedLine, a free database of citations and abstracts from some 3,900 medical journals.
 

National Mediation Board
 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
 

National Park Service
 

National Security Agency
 

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
 

National Science Foundation (NSF)    .
 

National Weather Service
 

Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
 

Office of Administrative Law Judges
 

Office of Children's Issues
 

Office of the Law Revision Counsel    Text of U.S. code is word searchable or may be accessed by citation.
 

Overseas Private Investment Corporation
 

Peace Corps
 

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
 

Postal Rate Commission
 

Railroad Retirement Board (RRB)
 

Selective Service System
 

Social Security Administration (Social Security Online)
 

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
 

United States Air Force
 

United States Army

United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
 

United States Census Bureau
 

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
 

United States Coast Guard
 

United States Commission on Civil Rights
 

United States Consumer Product Safety Commission
 

United State Copyright Office
 

United States Custom & Border Protection
 

United States Department of Agriculture

United States Department of Commerce
    
United States Department of Defense (DefenseLINK)
    
United States Department of Education

United States Department of Energy

United States Department of Health & Human Services 

United States Department of Homeland Security 
    
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

United States Department of Justice
    
United States Department of Labor
    
United States Department of State
    
United States Department of the Interior

United States Department of the Treasury 

United States Department of Transportation

United States Department of Veterans Affairs


United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
    Check out Technical Tools and Models, which  has numerous databases about toxic substances in air, land and water.  Window to my Environment allows the user to create an interactive map of the environment by entering a zip code or city and checking on the air, land and water quality as well as what is being done about the environment.

United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
 

United States Fish & Wildlife Service
 

United States Food and Drug Administration
 

United States General Services Administration (GSA)
 

United States Geological Survey

United States Government Printing Office

United States House of Representatives
 

United States International Trade Commission
 

United States Marines

United States Marshal Service

United States Merit Systems Protection Board 
 

United States Mint
 

United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)   

United States National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
 

United States Naval Observatory

United States Navy

United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
 

United States Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission
 

United States Office of Government Ethics (OGE)
 

United States Office of Personnel Management
 

United States Office of Special Counsel (OSC)
 

United States Patent and Trademark Office
 

United States Postal Service
 

United States Postal Service Office of  Inspector General
 

United States Secret Service
 

United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)   

United States Senate

United States Small Business Administration (SBA)
 

United States Trade and Development  Agency (USTDA)
 

USA Freedom Corps
 

White House

 

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