2008* Law 'Core' or Essential Reference Tools Results

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  1. Black's Law Dictionary - http://www.blackslawdictionary.com/
  2. The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation
  3. C.F.R. Index
  4. U. S. Government Manual
  5. United States Code, Individual State Code texts and guides to state codes

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  1. Legal Information Institute - http://www.law.cornell.edu/
  2. FindLaw - http://www.findlaw.com, Google - http://www.google.com
  3. LLRX.com - http://www.llrx.com
  4. Zimmerman's Research Guide - http://www.lexisnexis.com/infopro/zimmerman/
  5. Martindale.com - http://www.martindale.com, Municode.com - http://www.municode.com, National Conference of State Legislatures - http://www.ncsl.org

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  1. THOMAS-Library of Congress - http://www.thomas.gov
  2. FDsys - GPO Access (Government Printing Office) - http://www.gpoaccess.gov/
  3. State and local law codes, ordinances, and court Web sites
  4. US Patent and Trademark Office - http://www.uspto.gov or use Google Patent Search - http://www.google.com/patents?hl=en
  5. Internal Revenue Service– http://www.irs.gov

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  1. Lexis-Nexis/Lexis-Nexis Academic - http://academic.lexisnexis.com/online-services/academic-overview.aspx
  2. Westlaw/Westlaw Campus - http://campus.westlaw.com/
  3. Hein OnLine (agency case law, CFR, FR, Presidential communications) - http://www.heinonline.org/
  4. Loislaw - http://www.loislaw.com/
  5. PACER - http://pacer.uspci.uscourts.gov/

These sites got two vote each: CEB On-Law - http://ceb.com/info/onlaw13.asp, U. S. Legal Forms - http://www.uslegalforms.com/

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