2008* Law 'Core' or Essential Reference Tools Results
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Web-Sites -- Govdocs Sites -- Fee-Based
Web-Sites
- Black's Law Dictionary - http://www.blackslawdictionary.com/
- The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation
- C.F.R. Index
- U. S. Government Manual
- United States Code, Individual State Code texts and guides to state codes
Print -- Free
Web-Sites --Govdocs Sites -- Fee-Based
Web-Sites
- Legal Information Institute - http://www.law.cornell.edu/
- FindLaw - http://www.findlaw.com, Google - http://www.google.com
- LLRX.com - http://www.llrx.com
- Zimmerman's Research Guide - http://www.lexisnexis.com/infopro/zimmerman/
- 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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Web-Sites --Govdocs Sites -- Fee-Based
Web-Sites
- THOMAS-Library of Congress - http://www.thomas.gov
- FDsys - GPO Access (Government Printing Office) - http://www.gpoaccess.gov/
- State and local law codes, ordinances, and court Web sites
- US Patent and Trademark Office - http://www.uspto.gov or use Google Patent Search - http://www.google.com/patents?hl=en
- Internal Revenue Service– http://www.irs.gov
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Web-Sites -- Govdocs Sites -- Fee-Based
Web-Sites
- Lexis-Nexis/Lexis-Nexis Academic - http://academic.lexisnexis.com/online-services/academic-overview.aspx
- Westlaw/Westlaw Campus - http://campus.westlaw.com/
- Hein OnLine (agency case law, CFR, FR, Presidential communications) - http://www.heinonline.org/
- Loislaw - http://www.loislaw.com/
- 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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- lawlibref@lists.washlaw.edu
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