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
The Bluebook, A Uniform System of Citation
Dictionaries
Glossary of American Legal Terms
Searchable dictionary of legal terms
Glossary of English legal terms for divorce and separation
Research Links
Constitution Society site. Many links to sources of legal material.
Cornell Legal Information Institute (LII)
University of Washington, Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library
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.
American Law Sources Online provides an overview of the legal system in the US, Canada, and Mexico with links to state materials including statutes, administrative codes, ordinances, city charters, court rules.
Commonwealth Legal Information Institute, English Reports 1220-1873
The FLARE Index to Treaties is hosted by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, this index contains details of over 1,500 of the most significant multilateral treaties concluded from 1856 to the present.
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.