Keep/CGU PP 483 Legal Research Methods

Valuable for Political News. The best place for all types of legal research, full text law reviews, judges decisions, etc.

Only CQ Weekly reports on the world's most powerful legislative body completely and accurately every week. delivering nonpartisan news and analysis unavailable anywhere else.

National Journal properties include NationalJournal.com, National Journal Daily, National Journal Hotline, and The Almanac of American Politics.

To provide C-SPAN's audience access to the live gavel-to-gavel proceedings of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and to other forums where public policy is discussed, debated and decided––all without editing, commentary or analysis and with a balanced presentation of points of view;

We are a not-for-profit group that believes everyone should be able to read and understand the laws that govern them, without cost. We carry out this vision by:

Publishing law online, for free.
Creating materials that help people understand law.
Exploring new technologies that make it easier for
people to find the law.

Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on behalf of the Federal Judiciary.
The purpose of this site is to provide information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government.

The Official web site of the U.S. Supreme Court which provides access to documents; slip opinions, oral arguments, briefs, and various additional information.

The Oyez Project at Chicago-Kent is a multimedia archive devoted to the Supreme Court of the United States and its work. It aims to be a complete and authoritative source for all audio recorded in the Court since the installation of a recording system in October 1955. The Project also provides authoritative information on all justices and offers a virtual reality Tour of portions of the Supreme Court building, including the chambers of some of the justices.

The United States Sentencing Commission is an independent agency in the judicial branch of government. Its principal purposes are: (1) to establish sentencing policies and practices for the federal courts, including guidelines to be consulted regarding the appropriate form and severity of punishment for offenders convicted of federal crimes; (2) to advise and assist Congress and the executive branch in the development of effective and efficient crime policy; and (3) to collect, analyze, research, and distribute a broad array of information on federal crime and sentencing issues, serving as an information resource for Congress, the executive branch, the courts, criminal justice practitioners, the academic community, and the public.

This guide is designed to help Claremont Colleges students, faculty, and staff find and use library resources in Legal Research

The best place for all types of legal research, full text law reviews, judges decisions, etc. Also valuable for Political News. Full text law journal articles, legal codes, judge's decisions, SEC filings, and news stories.

Formerly LexisNexis Congressional. Citations with abstracts to Congressional documents from 1769-present. Full-text is not available for every type of document. Click the i button for holdings information when in the database.

This helpful guide extracts out of the Bluebook some general information about legal citation out of the Bluebook (which the library only has in paper)

The Purdue Online Writing Lab does a great job of providing summary online documentation for all types of writing and citing.

This work first appeared in 1993. It was most recently revised in the fall of 2013 following a thorough review of the actual citation practices of judges and lawyers.

Extensive guide to citing paper, microform, and electronic government publications. Numerous examples