ref KF240 .J32
Jacobstein, J. Myron, Roy M. Mersky and Donald J. Dunn. Fundamentals
of Legal Research.
This guide is the most recommended and thorough guide to legal literature
and research. It is illustrated with sample pages from various types
of literature and includes tables of legal abbreviations and an index. Fundamentals.
. . includes a legal glossary.
ref KF240 .L4460
The Legal Researcher's Desk Reference.
Provides directory-type information for federal and state agencies, associations,
judicial bodies, legal information providers, law libraries, law library
suppliers, law schools, periodicals and other miscellaneous information.
Includes charts of the state court structures.
ref KF242 .A1C48
Chandler, Yvonne, Guide to Finding Legal and Regulatory Information
on the Internet, 1998.
Brief description of hundreds of web sites for retrieving state, federal
and international legal and government information.
ref KF156 .B53
Black's Law Dictionary.
Defines words and phrases used in American and English law, ancient and modern, with pronunciation.
ref K54 .E3
Egbert, Lawrence Deems. Multilingual Law Dictionary.
Translates common legal words and phrases from English into French, Spanish, and German, and vice versa.
ref KF246 .B46
Prince, Mary Miles. Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations.
Thorough dictionary of abbreviations and acronyms used in legal citations and literature.
ref KF154 .W47
West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
This set updates the earlier Guide to American Law with the inclusion
of over 4,000 entries devoted to terms, concepts, events, movements, cases,
and persons that have shaped the U.S. legal system. Updated annually
by the American Law Yearbook ref KF154 .W4710.
ref KF156 .G77
Guide to American Law: Everyone's Legal Encyclopedia. 1983 and supplements.
Provides information in plain English on a wide range of legal topics.
Includes case and statutory citations for further research. Illustrated.
Each volume separately indexed. Supplementary volumes are especially
useful for legal issues that are in the news up through 1995.
KF65 .C670
Corpus Juris Secundum.
An encyclopedic restatement of the entire body of American law based upon reported cases from 1658 to 2002. Arranged by subject, each statement of text has supporting case citations. Cross-referenced to the West Key Number system.
ref KF154 .A44
American Justice. 1996.
This 3-volume set includes short articles on a variety of topics including federal legislation, types of crime, legal terms, personages, organizations, historical events and contemporary justice issues.
ref KF192 .N67N613
North Carolina Legal Directory.
An alphabetical roster of attorneys practicing in the state. Also included are directories of federal, state, county and local officials, information on professional associations, and a directory of court personnel.
Available online through Lexis-Nexis
Martindale-Hubbell
Law Directory. Available online in the
Legal Research part of Lexis-Nexis
Academic
A geographically arranged roster of attorneys admitted to the Bar of the
United States and Canada with additional information on attorneys' areas
of specialization.
ref KF245 .B58
A Uniform System of Citation. (Referred to as The Bluebook.)
Instructions for citing legal materials of all kinds - statutes, cases, books, journals, etc.
LexixNexis Academic
Full text articles from over 7500 law reviews, journals, magazines, transcripts, newspapers, newsletters, and other sources. Covers news, business, legal, and other types of information.
KF8 .I5 (stacks)
Index to Legal Periodicals. v. 10,1952- v. 21,1982.
K33 .C87 (stacks)
Current Law Index. v. 1, 1980- v. 22, 2001.
Current Law Index provides cover-to-cover indexing of approximately 900 law periodicals from the U.S., Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand and includes allied disciplines such as criminology and accounting. It uses Library of Congress subject headings rather than the more specialized legal terms used in the ILP. Index to Legal Periodicals indexes about 725 titles. There is considerable overlap between the two sets but the Current Law Index tends to have more user-friendly subject headings. Both index book reviews and include separate indexes by case name and by statutes discussed in the articles.
KF175 .U5
United States Law Week. General Law. v. 34, 1965 - v. 69, 2001.
Includes statutory changes, summary and analysis of legal developments, significant federal and state court decisions prior to their being reported in other sources, and federal agency rulings.
KF4110 .A2W47
West's Education Law Reporter. v. 1, 1982- v. 149, 2001.
Reports of education-related cases decided in the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, U.S. District Courts and state appellate courts, beginning in 1981. Each volume is separately indexed by case names and subject. West's Education Law Digest (K4110.3 W50) indexes and digests several volumes of this reporter.
Handbooks and reporting services for several legal topics are available. Ask a reference librarian for assistance in special sources.
Lexis-Nexis
Includes the full text of state and federal statutory laws; federal, state, and Canadian codes and regulations; and patent information. Also includes full text articles from over 7500 law reviews, journals, magazines, transcripts, newspapers, newsletters, and other sources. Dates of coverage vary.
ref KFN7430 .A2 Online access
General Statutes of North
Carolina.
The laws of North Carolina arranged by subject. Updated periodically with
paper supplements.
Includes the full text of the Greensboro Code of Ordinances and the Guilford County Code as well as the text for many other North Carolina cities and counties.
Includes the full text of municipal and county ordinances or codes from many locations around the country.
ref KF386 .N38
National Survey of State Laws. Richard A. Leiter, ed.
Arranged topically and then by state, this volume provides charts showing the position of each state and the District of Columbia on a particular aspect of the law. References to each state's statute or code section covering that law are also presented.
ref KF240 .S795
Subject Compilations of State Laws. 1960- .
A topical index to annotated citations from journals, government documents, pamphlets, books, loose leaf services, and decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court. Each edition contains about 1500 entries arranged under main subject headings. This is a useful source for obtaining selected information on state laws when the statutes and codes are not readily available.
Docs Desk KF62
Online access
United States Code.
The entire body of federal law still in force since 1875, arranged topically.
Supplemented periodically.
Docs KF50
United States Statutes at Large. v. 1- , 1789- .
The public laws of the United States in uncodified form, arranged chronologically.
ref KF48
U.S. Code Congressional and Administrative News. 1940-2001.
Latest few years in Reference; others in stacks.
Reports Acts of Congress in their original uncodified form. Also contains messages of the President, legislative histories, and executive orders.
ref KF 190 .M350
Martindale-Hubbell International Law Digest. 2001.
Contains brief information on the laws of more than 130 countries.
ref KF190 .M340
Martindale-Hubbell Law Digest.
State and territorial digests average about 60 pages each and cover the full range of statutory law. This set also reproduces uniform codes including the Uniform Commercial Code, and various model acts such as the Child Custody Jurisdiction Act and International Wills Act. Additional volumes in the set have the digests of about 75 countries and Canadian provinces and reproduce the text of 9 major international conventions to which the U.S. is a party.
Note: When using digests or indexes, always check pocket parts or supplementary issues for changes or additions to the law.
***See Lexis-Nexis for the most recent court decisions***
Lexis-Nexis
Includes the full text of federal and state court decisions. Also includes full text articles from many of the law reviews and journals.
ref KFN7445.6 .S82
Strong's North Carolina Index.
Subject and case name indexes to all North Carolina Supreme Court cases from 1930 to date and to those appellate court cases for which opinions have been published. The text can be used as a guide to the law in North Carolina as reflected by cases cited in footnotes.
KFN7445 .N6
North Carolina Reports. v.1, 1778/1804- Online access, 1997-
Reproduced the judicial opinions heard by the North Carolina Supreme Court. Also available in full text from Lexis-Nexis.
KFN7448 .A2
North Carolina Court of Appeals Reports. v.1,1968- Online access, 1997-
Decisions of cases heard in the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Also available in full text from Lexis-Nexis.
ref KF8741 .A53U5
United States Supreme Court Digest. v. 1-16 and supplements.
Subject and case name indexes to the decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1754 to date.
ref KF8741 .A5
United States Reports. v. 375- , 1963- . Online access from 1893- .
Official, government-issued volumes reproducing the opinions for all cases heard by the United States Supreme Court.
ref KF8741 .A52
United States Supreme Court Reports. Lawyers' Edition. 1794 - .
Texts of the judicial opinions for cases heard before the United States Supreme Court. Published by the Lawyers Cooperative. Although U.S. Reports is the preferred source for citing cases, the Lawyers' Edition is useful in that cases are summarized and annotated. The parallel citation to U.S. Reports is given.
KF175 .U5
United States Law Week. Supreme Court. v. 34, 1965 - v. 69, 2001.
Weekly reporting service of United States Supreme Court decisions and calendar. Includes complete text of some decisions and digests of others. The text of the opinions for newly- decided cases will appear in this set first.
Tax Management Portfolios Plus
Current taxation law.
Campus Copyright Rights and Responsibilities
Information for academic institutions.
U.S. Copyright Office
This website for the U.S. Copyright Office contains basic information on copyright as well as registration procedures, application forms and other publications, and legislation concerning copyright. Highlights include:
- Copyright Basics, U.S. Copyright Office Circular 1
Circular from the U.S. Copyright Office describes what copyright is and isn't as well as how to apply for it.- Duration of Copyright, U.S. Copyright Office Circular 15a
Provisions of the law dealing with the length of copyright protection as detailed in Circular 15a from the Copyright Office.- How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work, U.S. Copyright Office Circular 22
A 12-page brochure covering just what it says.Copyright & Fair Use
Multi-purpose site with links to websites covering statutes and judicial opinions, treaties and conventions, current copyright legislation, institutional guidelines on fair use, and articles on fair use.Locating U.S. Copyright Holders
The WATCH file (Writers, Artists and Their Copyright Holders) is a database containing the names and addresses of copyright holders or contact persons for authors and artists whose archives are housed, in whole or in part, in libraries and archives in North America and the United Kingdom.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
This website for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office contains information on patents and trademarks as well as registration procedures, application forms and other publications, and legislation concerning copyright. Highlights include:
- Existing patents & trademarks
- How to get a patent for an invention
- Trademark registration
- Laws and regulations
- Patent & Trademark Depository Libraries
Patents and Trademarks - A Guide
American Patent and Trademark Law Center. Information on U.S. and foreign patents and trademarks.
FedLaw
Topical and title index to links to home pages for statutory, regulatory,
judicial, legislative, state and territorial information as well as to general
research and reference sites, professional organizations, and legal organizations.
University Libraries Government Information pages on Law
North Carolina Law and Legal Resources
Maintained by the government documents staff of the University Libraries'
Reference and Instructional Services Department.
