| Law -- United States | |
| Law Outside the United States |
| Resource Name | Comments |
| American Bar Association |
"...the ABA provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, information about the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and initiatives to improve the legal system for the public." |
| C-SPAN Classroom. |
"Created by C-SPAN to support instruction in civics and government at the middle and high school levels, C-SPAN Classroom provides registered users free access to a selection of digitized clips from C-SPAN programming. Clips are organized in categories that correlate to broad concepts in various national standards for social studies education, e.g., Principles of Government, US Constitution, Legislative Branch, Executive Branch, Judicial Branch, and Political Participation." -- Choice |
| Famous Trials |
"Offers accounts of many of the most famous trials in world and American legal history, such as the Salem witchcraft trials, the Rosenbergs case, the Scopes "Monkey" trial, the Amistad affair, and the O.J. Simpson Trial among others. Includes articles , court records, and other official documents." |
| Findlaw |
Resources for Law Students |
| geodata.gov: Geospatial One-Stop | “Who better to provide a single gateway to US government data than the US government? Geospatial One-Stop is a presidential initiative to coordinate government-produced geospatial data; its online portal, geodata.gov, is designed to act as a clearinghouse of local, federal, and state online resources.” – Choice |
| Law Research |
Offers links to different areas of the law including citations. |
| Law Library of Congress | The official law library of the Library of Congress. |
| Zimmerman’s Research Guide | “An online encyclopedia containing brief descriptions and links for legal and business terms.” |
| Global Legal Information Network | “The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) is a public database of official texts of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations.” |
| Guide to Law Online | “ Prepared by the US Law Library of Congress Public Services Division, this site is an annotated guide to public sources of information on government and law available online.” |
| The Roman Law Library | “Collection of Roman laws (Latin texts), with some accompanying commentary and background information.” |
| United States Patent and Trademark Office. | “The United States Patent and Trademark Office site provides online access to basics about patents, trademarks, and copyrights; and use of the electronic submission process in obtaining any of these, along with the current status of an application.” – Choice |
| USA.gov. | “USA.gov is the award-winning, improved Web portal successor to FirstGov (CH, Apr'01, 38-4192). Managed by the GSA's Office of Citizen Services and Communications, it is "an easy-to-search, free-access website designed to give you a centralized place to find information from U.S. local, state, and federal government agency websites."” – Choice |
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