LESSON #6
REFERENCE SOURCES IN AMERICAN LEGAL RESEARCH
WHERE TO BEGIN YOUR RESEARCH
Hebrew-English legal dictionary
מוזס, אליהו מלון למנחים משפטיים: עברי-אנגלי
03.34=J=20/מוז
מורפיקס - www.morfix.co.il
Black’s Law Dictionary, 8th ed. 2004
Westlaw International (via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)
Print copy in library: RS 9907
Legal Dictionary (FindLaw)
Internet: dictionary.lp.findlaw.com/
Words and Phrases (46 volumes current through 2002 only)
Library location: AMERICAN LAW—LOWER LEVEL
American Jurisprudence 2d (82 volumes with current pocket parts and
indexes)
Location: Recently Used Sources menu in LexisNexis (Local)
(via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)
Westlaw International (via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)
Print copy in library: AMERICAN LAW—LOWER LEVEL
Corpus Juris Secundum (100+ volumes)
Location: Westlaw International
(via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)
Print copy in library (current through 2004 only):
AMERICAN LAW—LOWER LEVEL
-Federal Laws
USCS [United States Code Service] (50 titles)
Location: Recently Used Sources menu in LexisNexis (Local)
(via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)
USCA [United States Code Annotated] (50 titles with current pockets and
indexes)
Location: Westlaw International (via Library’s homepage > Electronic
databases)
Print copy in library: AMERICAN LAW—LOWER LEVEL
US Code in Laws section on FindLaw (http://www.findlaw.com)
-CFR (Code of Federal Regulations)
Location: Recently Used Sources menu in LexisNexis (Local)
(via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)
Location: Westlaw International (via Library’s homepage > Electronic
databases)
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) in Laws section on FindLaw
(http://www.findlaw.com)
-State Laws
Location: State Legal – U.S. section in Lexis-Nexis LexisNexis (Local)
(via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)
Location: Westlaw International (via Library’s homepage > Electronic
databases)
U.S. State Resources section in FindLaw
(http://www.findlaw.com)
Legal Information Institute (LII) (Cornell Law School)
(http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/listing.html)
-Federal Cases
Location: Recently Used Sources menu in LexisNexis (Local)
(via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)
[includes case law from all federal courts]
Location: Westlaw International (via Library’s homepage > Electronic
databases)
US Federal Resources-Judicial Branch section in FindLaw
(http://www.findlaw.com)
[includes case law from all federal courts]
United States Reports, Federal Reporter, Federal Supplement
Print copy in library: AMERICAN LAW—LOWER LEVEL
[no current case law-no subscription]
-State Cases
Location: Recently Used Sources menu in LexisNexis (Local)
(via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)
[includes case law from all state courts]
Location: Westlaw International (via Library’s homepage > Electronic
databases)
U.S. State Resources section in FindLaw
(http://www.findlaw.com)
Atlantic Reporter, West’s California Reporter, New York
Supplement, Northeastern Reporter, Northwestern Reporter,
Pacific Reporter, Southeastern Reporter, Southern Reporter,
Southwestern Reporter
Print copy in library: AMERICAN LAW—LOWER LEVEL
[no current case law-no subscription]
-Law Reviews
Location: Recently Used Sources menu in LexisNexis (Local)
(via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)
Location: Westlaw International (via Library’s homepage > Electronic
databases)
Location: Hein Online (via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)
Location: Ejournals (Hebrew University Electronic Journals list)
(via Library’s homepage > Ejournals)
ALEPH Journal catalog by Title
-American Law Reports series
Location: Recently Used Sources menu in LexisNexis (Local)
(via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)
Location: Westlaw International (via Library’s homepage > Electronic
databases)
Print copy in library: AMERICAN LAW—LOWER LEVEL
-Restatement of the Law series
Location: Recently Used Sources menu in LexisNexis (Local)
(via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)
Location: Westlaw International (via Library’s homepage > Electronic
databases)
Print copy in library: AMERICAN LAW—LOWER LEVEL
-Treatises, books
ALEPH law library catalog by Title, Author, Subject, Words
ACCESSING AMERICAN LAW ON THE INTERNET
United States Government Printing Office (USGPO) (http://www.gpo.gov/)
GPO Access: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/
FindLaw (http://www.findlaw.com)
Legal Information Institute (LII-Cornell Law School)
(http://www.law.cornell.edu)
LexisNexis (Local): Lexis-Nexis Total Research System
(via Library homepage > Electronic databases)
(available via Hebrew University campus computers ONLY)
Westlaw International
(via Library homepage > Electronic databases)
(available via Hebrew University campus computers and via Tango from home)
INTRODUCTORY RESOURCES IN OUR LIBRARY
Finding the Law, by Morris Cohen, Robert Berring and Kent Olson. 12th ed. 2005
Library location: 016.34(73)\BER
Legal Research in a Nutshell, by Morris Cohen and Kent C. Olson. 7th ed. 2000
Library location: RS 9973
An Introduction to the Legal System of the United States, by E. Allen Farnsworth.
3rd ed. 1996
Library location: RS 1740-1740.2
פין, לאון. ארצות הברית הליכים והלכות : מדריך שימושי לחוק, נוהל, ומידע. 1995
מיקום בספריה: RS 1865-1865.2
INTERNET RESOURCE
The Legislative Process: How our laws are made, by Charles W. Johnson. 2003
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html
12/07
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