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Resources

Articles

 

"Legal Indexing" by Kate Mertes

http://legalindexing.org/LegalIndexingbyMertes.pdf

 

"Legal Indexing" by Simon Chester

http://www.slaw.ca/2006/05/23/legal-indexing/

 

"Introduction to Legal Citation" by Peter W. Martin

http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation

 

"Legal Research and Citation Style in USA", by Ronald B. Standler

http://www.rbs0.com/lawcite.htm

 

Books

 

Indexing Specialties: Law

Peter Kendrick and Enid L. Zafran, Editors

Information Today, Inc.

 

Dictionary of Law
Elizabeth A. Martin, Editor

Oxford University Press

 

Understanding Law
John N. Adams and Roger Brownsword
Sweet & Maxwell

 

Citation Manuals

 

ALWD Citation Manual

http://www.alwd.org/publications/citation_manual.html

 

The Bluebook, A Uniform System of Citation

http://www.legalbluebook.com/Public/Introduction.aspx

 

Dictionaries

 

English dictionaries covering the following areas: General Law, Commercial Law, Crime/Human Rights, Family Law/Alternative Dispute and International Law    

http://www.lawdictionaries.com/

 

List of law and justice dictionaries and glossaries

http://www.glossarist.com/glossaries/law-justice

 

Research Links

Free online index of legal materials

http://www.findlaw.com/

 

Many links to sources of legal material on Constitution Society site

http://www.constitution.org/cs_refer.htm

 

University of Indiana, School of Law, multi search options

http://www.law.indiana.edu/v-lib/

 

Cornell University, School of Law

http://www.law.cornell.edu

 

Free online legal research site provided by LexisNexis

http://www.lexisone.com/

 

Appalachian State University

http://www.acqweb.org/

 

University of Washington, Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library

http://lib.law.washington.edu/research/research.html

 

Law Society Library Online – UK based

http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/home.law

 

Software

CINDEX by Indexing Research. This dedicated indexing software is available for Windows 95 and higher, and for Macintosh OS X. Conversion services for other index formats are offered. http://www.indexres.com/

 

Leverage Technologies has general software utilities for increasing indexing productivity and specialized utilities for legal indexing. http://www.levtechinc.com/

 

MACREX dedicated indexing software is available for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP, MSVista compatible. http://www.macrex.com

 

SKY Index dedicated indexing software is available for Windows, MSVista compatible. http://www.sky-software.com

 

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