Resources

Articles


“Legal Indexing” by Simon Chester


“Introduction to Legal Citation” by Peter W. Martin


“Legal Research and Citation Style in USA” by Ronald B. Standler


Books


Black’s Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black

West Group


Dictionary of Law

Elizabeth A. Martin, Editor

Oxford University Press


Indexing Specialties: Law

Peter Kendrick and Enid L. Zafran, Editors

Information Today, Inc.


Legal Research in a Nutshell

Morris L. Cohen and Kent C. Olson

Thomson-West


Understanding Law

John N. Adams and Roger Brownsword

Sweet & Maxwell


Citation Manuals


ALWD Citation Manual


The Bluebook, A Uniform System of Citation


Dictionaries


Wex, Cornell Law Schools Legal Information Institute


English dictionary claims.co.uk


Glossary of American Legal Terms


Searchable dictionary of legal terms


Glossary of English legal terms for divorce and separation


Research Links


Findlaw


Constitution Society site. Many links to sources of legal material.


Cornell Legal Information Institute (LII)


Washburn University School of Law, WashLaw legal research site. Here one can find links to federal law, agencies and links to states so one can quickly find agencies, boards, statutes.


LawHelp.org has referrals to legal aid resources and self help legal information.


Commonwealth Legal Information Institute, English Reports 1220-1873


Trans-Lex.org is a transnational law and international business law research tool. The “How to Search” link at the bottom of any page gives detailed instructions on using this site. Emphasis is on European Union countries but others are covered including South Africa, Japan, and the United States.