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Periodical Databases Back to Top
HeinOnline 
Collection of legal research materials, including law journals and coverage of the Supreme Court, Federal Register, and Treaties and Agreements.
JSTOR
Archive of back issues from scholarly journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
LegalTrac
Indexes law reviews, bar association journals, and other legal periodicals (1980 - present).
LexisNexis Academic
News, business, legal, and reference information from periodicals, wire service reports, news broadcasts, and more.
U.S. Law Reviews and Journals from LexisNexis
Legal journals, periodicals, and law reviews.
Reference Back to Top
Reference Books: Law
An active catalog link for reference books in this subject. Reference books are located in the Information Commons room (map).
CQ Almanac Online
Original accounts and summaries, in yearbook format, of major legislation considered in U. S. Congressional sessions, 1945 - one year ago.
CQ Weekly
Weekly report covering actions, deliberations, and legislation from both houses of the U.S. Congress (Oct. 1983 - present).
Law: Oxford Reference Online
Academic dictionaries and reference books.
Martindale-Hubbell
Legal reference source, including directories of lawyers, law firms, law schools, legal associations, and more.
Political Science and Law: Encyclopedias (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Academic encyclopedias and reference sources on political science and law.
United States Code
United States laws codified into 50 Titles. Includes various forms of access. Multiple editions, 1925-2006. (Hein Online)
ABA-Approved Law Schools Official Guide
Guide to law schools from the American Bar Association.
Code of Federal Regulations
The CFR is a codification of the rules published in the Federal Register.
Federal Register
The official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents (1994 - present).
Laws of New York State
Click on the "Laws of New York" link at the bottom of the page for a subject index to the laws of New York State.
New York State Legislature
An excellent link for information about the current legislative session. Also includes a subject index to the laws of New York State.
Supreme Court of the United States
Home page of the U.S. Supreme Court; includes information on visiting the Court, oral arguments cases on the Supreme Court docket, and more.
Supreme Court of the United States: Opinions
Texts of the latest Slip Opinions, and online versions of the full-text of the Court's opinions back to Volume 502 (October 1991) of United States Reports (at the "Bound Volumes" link).
Supreme Court of the United States: Orders of the Court
Links to recent Orders of the Court, and to the Journal (the official minutes of the Supreme Court) back to 1993.
Supreme Court of the United States: Recent Decisions
Links to the texts of recent court opinions.
THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
Search for text of bills, get information on House and Senate Committees, read the Congressional Record, and more.
Unites States Code (Cornell)
United States laws codified into 50 Titles. Includes various forms of access. Provided by Cornell University.
Web Sites Back to Top
American Civil Liberties Union
The ACLU is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization devoted exclusively to protecting the basic civil liberties of all Americans, and extending them to groups that have traditionally been denied them. This site is an excellent source of legal materials relating to the rights of individuals in our society.
Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Interested in cyberlaw? Take a look at this site from Harvard Law School for a presentation of the issues.
Civil Rights Digital Library 
This University of Georgia site provides access to digitized archival materials on the American Civil Rights Movement, in a variety of formats, including television news footage and primary documents. Classroom tools for educators cover a variety of levels, with lesson plans, study guides, and more.
EISIL: Electronic Information System for International Law
Authoritative Web sites and primary materials in many areas of international law.
Environment and Energy (E&E) Publishing
News coverage and reports of environmental and energy politics and policy. Suite of services includes Environment & Energy Daily, E&E News PM, Greenwire, Climatewire, Land Letter.
FactCheck.org
A project that monitors the factual accuracy of statements by American political figures. From the Annenberg Public Policy Center, a nonpartisan, nonprofit group.
Films On Demand
Over 5,000 academic-level educational streaming videos covering most subject areas, from Films Media Group.
FindLaw
A popular commercial site, FindLaw provides access to a large library of legal resources for use by legal professionals, students, consumers, and small businesses. Included are links to law school information, legal news, and a Supreme Court Center dedicated to the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Government Printing Office
The U.S. Government Printing Office provides free electronic access to data produced by the Federal Government. Look here for a wealth of information including the Federal Register and The Code of Federal Regulations.
GPO Access
Web sites containing documents and information published by the U.S. federal government. Throughout 2009, this information will migrate to the new site FDsys.
GPO Monthly Catalog (Government Printing Office)
Index to over 500,000 U.S. federal government documents from 1976 to the present. Includes links to the full text of some of the documents.
LawHelp/NY
This Web site helps low and moderate-income New Yorkers find legal help and information. It includes referrals to free legal services, legal fact sheets and FAQs, links to social services agencies, and information about the court system.
Legal Information Institute
This site from Cornell Law School has its own search engine and provides an easy to use format for individuals who are not expert researchers of U.S. legal documents.
Librarians' Internet Index : Law
This site is a searchable subject directory of Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for both the student and professional.
netLibrary
Search the contents of thousands of books online.
New York State Unified Court System
Provides a wide selection of links including legal forms, juror information, a guide to the courts, and legal research.
Office of the Law Revision Counsel: United States Code
The Office of the Law Revision Counsel prepares and publishes the United States Code, which is a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States.
Opinions of the Attorney General
Interested in the opinions of the Attorney General of New York State? Look here.
OYEZ 
The OYEZ Project provides access to more than 2,000 hours of Supreme Court audio. All audio in the Court recorded since 1995 is included in the project, with selective coverage before 1995. Audio materials are delivered through a free player available from Real. Simply download and install the free version of the player for your operating system.
PolicyArchive
Digital archive of non-partisan public policy research. Includes reports, charts, videos, and white papers. From the Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis Center for Governmental Studies.
United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law
Features text, audio, and video resources for international legal research; arranged in three sections: Historic Archives, Lecture Series, and Research Library.
United States Constitution
Text of the Constitution is viewable in full or divided by article and amendment.
World Legal Information Institute
A gateway to legal information and over 800 free, law-related databases from over 100 countries.
FDsys (Federal Digital System of the U.S. Government Printing Office)
Web sites containing documents and information published by the U.S. federal government. Throughout 2009, information will migrate to FDsys from the old GPO Access system.
Local Resources Back to Top
Buffalo Free-Net Legal Center
Provides links to information on courts, associations, libraries and legal issues.
Charles B. Sears Law Library
This site from the University at Buffalo describes their law library's collections and services and includes links to Internet resources.
Professional Organizations Back to Top
Bar Association of Erie County
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