Ready Reference: Law

Political Science Databases: Milne Library databases which include information on government.

LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe: Provides full-text coverage of court cases, legislation, statutes, regulations, and law reviews. Also covers current events, news, government, business, and medical information.

Guide to Law Online: From the U.S. Law Library of Congress. Provides guides to United States Law and Nations of the World.
ALSO! (American Law Sources On-line): Comprehensive compilation of links to sources for US, Canadian, and Mexican law that are available without charge.
Cornell University's Legal Information Institute: Sections include Legal Material Organized by Topic.
FindLaw - Internet Legal Resources: Good source for IRS Tax Forms and Publications, Lawyers and Law Firms. Also has searchable full-text database of all U.S. Supreme Court Opinions from 1893 to present.
Law Library of Congress: "The world's largest collection of law books and legal resources." Both domestic and international legal resources including a number of databases.
US States and Territories Law Guide: From the Law Library of the Library of Congress.

THOMAS - U.S. Congress on the Internet: Databases include: Congress Now, Bills, Congressional Record, Committee Information, The Legislative Process, Historical Documents.
Office of the Law Revision Counsel: Includes a searchable US Code.
Supreme Court of the United States: Docket, opinions back to 2002, oral arguments and other general information about the Supreme Court. Searchable.
US Department of Justice: Highlights are Legal Activities and Wanted by the FBI (including the Most Wanted).
Justice Information Center: A service of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service. Includes NCJRS Abstracts, which provides summaries of over 140,000 criminal justice publications.
New York State Attorney General's Office: Topics include crime, money, the environment, health care. Useful feature is an official Internet Complaint Form.
New York State Public Legal Information: A place to search the documents of the New York State Legislature as well as the laws of New York.

A Century of Lawmaking, 1774-1873: Part of the American Memory Collection. Items from the Continental Congress, Constitutional Convention, and 1st-2nd Congresses, 1774-1793.

American Bar Association: Contains legal education and public information resources in addition to material for lawyers. Public information topics include family law, immigration, protection for online shopping and tax tips. Also includes sections entitled “Get Legal Help” and “About the Law”.
Free Advice: Sections include Accident Law, Criminal Law, Family Law, Immigration Law, Intellectual Property Law, Real Estate Law.
'Lectric Law Library: Highlights are a Laypeople's Law Lounge, a Forms Room, and an extensive Law Dictionary.
Legal Momentum: Legal Momentum advances the rights of women and girls by using the power of the law and creating innovative public policy." This site contains court cases, state law guides and other resources on a variety of topics including immigrant women, violence against women and sexuality and family rights.
National Consumer Law Center: "The nation's consumer law expert."
NOLO: Provides "do-it-yourself legal solutions for consumers and small businesses." Includes free articles on business and human resources, patents, copyright and art, wills and estate planning, property and money, family law and immigration, rights and disputes. Other information is available for a fee.