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Law Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, & Journals
Nina Harris and Elyse Streit, Selector Librarians
These links point to web pages maintained by U.S.-published law reviews and similar periodical publications, including publications (sometimes called "e-journals" that are published only on the Internet. Links to federal litigation guides, handbooks, and manuals are also provided.
- Cornell University Law School Legal Research Encyclopedia
Wide ranging information on a variety of topics.
- Employment Law Guide (formerly Small Business Handbook) from the U.S. Department of Labor
The United States Department of Labor prepared this handbook. It deals with statutes and regulations that it administers, being designed primarily for small businesses.
Stanford, Cornell, and Findlaw are among the sponsors of this subject searchable University Law Review Project database. Journals are listed in broad categories and noted if full text or abstracts are available.
- USC Law School Legal Journals on the Web
Categorized by type of law journal (ABA, computing, commercial, etc.) and then listed alphabetically and indicated if available in full text, abstracts or by subscription only.
Nolo Press Law Centers put the law into plain English for the layperson. Do you need to know the meaning of sprinkling trust, toxic tort or some equally puzzling legal term? Look it up here. This glossary contains plain-English definitions for hundreds of legal terms, from the common to the bizarre.
Wex is an ambitious effort to construct a collaboratively-created, public-access law dictionary and encyclopedia. It is sponsored and hosted by the Legal Information Institute at the Cornell Law School. Much of the material that appears in Wex was originally developed for the LII's "Law about..." pages, to which Wex is the successor.
The Farmington Community Library offers this legal
resource information as a service to the community. This material should not
be considered legal advice or a substitute for expert legal consultation as
appropriate to the circumstances.
Try to keep in mind that learning about legal research and the law is an
imposing task. It is no substitute for professional advice. Just as you would
not consider taking out your own appendix, even though you may have read
about how it is done, consider seeking the advice of a lawyer, or other
appropriate counsel, before making any major legal decision.
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