Pre-Law

Credo Reference provides full-text access to dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range of subject-specific titles, along with images, sound files, animations, videos, etc. Includes concept mapping, dynamic tables, interactive maps, time lines, and pronunciation audio.

From the University of Michigan Law School, the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse is " a close-to-comprehensive catalog of the cases in which plaintiffs have actually been awarded or negotiated injunctive relief."

Created by Michael Lissner as part of a masters thesis at the University of California, Berkeley School of Information, CourtListener was established with the intent to provide a "free and competitive real time alert tool for the U.S. judicial system." Information is available for all precedential opinions issued by the 13 federal circuit courts and the Supreme Court of the United States with further enhancements planned.

This website from Prof. Doug Linder of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School contains timelines, images, evidence, commentary, and excerpts from famous trials in history, ranging from Socrates to of 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui.

FedLaw was developed to see if legal resources on the Internet could be a useful and cost-effective research tool for Federal lawyers and other Federal employees. Fedlaw has assembled references of use to people doing Federal legal research and which can be accessed directly through "point and click" hypertext connections.

The Guide to Law Online, prepared by the Law Library of Congress Public Services Division, is an annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. It includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information.

Created by Fastcase, this site contains information on :
- U.S. Supreme Court and Court of Appeals cases
- Cases from all 50 states back to 1997
- Federal statutory law and codes from all 50 states
- Regulations, court rules, constitution and more.
- RSS feeds for recent court cases
Requires registration.

Prepared by the Law Revision Counsel of the US House of Representatives, the site provides searching and browsing options that cater to all levels - from the average consumer to the serious researcher.

A digitized collection of scientific & technical books from 2005-current year (some back to 1997.) Subjects covered are: Architecture, Design and Arts; Behavioral Sciences; Biomedical & Life Sciences; Business & Economics; Chemistry & Material Science; Computer Science; Earth & Environmental Science; Engineering; Humanities, Social Sciences & Law; Mathematics & Statistics; Medicine; Physics & Astronomy; Professional and Applied Computing. Also accessible via the Library Catalog.

Current case information is available from 1990- present. Search options for decisions include party, author and topic.
Landmark cases are also organized for review.

A project of IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, Oyez contains numerous resources regarding the U.S. Supreme Court, including the oral and written transcripts of many of the major Supreme Court cases since 1955.

Created by Peter W. Martin of Cornell University's Legal Information Institute, this tutorial discusses the purposes of legal citation and provides examples of citations. Cross-reference tables for The Bluebook, ALWD (Association of Legal Writing Directors) Citation Manual and state-specific practices are also provided.