Online Legal, Non-Legal

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Online Legal, Non-Legal And
Statistical Databases
David Lehmann, J.D., M.I.L.S. Electronic
Resources Reference Librarian Coleman Karesh
Law Library University of South Carolina School
of Law [phone] - lehmannd_at_law.sc.edu
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3 Basic Online Legal Resource Types

• Academic Websites
• Governmental Websites
• Organizational Websites

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Search Engines Research Web Sites
www.cornell.com
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Search Engines Research Web Sites
www.washlaw.edu
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Justia - www.justia.com
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Organizational Websites

• Findlaw - http//lawcrawler.findlaw.com
• Hieros Gamos-http//www.hg.org/index.html
• Lexis Web - http//www.lexisweb.com/
• LLRX - www.llrx.com

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Legal Databases USC

• What's Available?

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      Coleman Karesh Law Library Databases

• ? Limited access Databases
• (Library Webpage)

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Example USC Looseleafs
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Looseleaf material databases are also
available on Westlaw and Lexis
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Online Looseleafs - Westlaw
Treatises - Looseleafs
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Online Looseleafs - Westlaw
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Online Looseleafs - Lexis
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Online Loose-leafs - Treatises
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Thomas Cooper E-journals
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Non-Legal Databases What Should I Use ?

• ? Social Science Databases
• ? Governmental Databases
• ? Academic Databases

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Social Science Databases

• Thomas Cooper Databases
• Example JSTOR
• Econlit
• Online Databases
• Example Social Science Research Network
• ? The Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG)

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Non-Legal Databases What Should I Use ?

• ? Social Science Databases
• ? Governmental Databases
• ? Academic Databases
• ? NGO Databases
• ? Medical

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General Information Government Databases

• General Information
• - FirstGov - http//firstgov.gov/
• - GPO Access - http//www.gpoaccess.gov/
• - Library of Congress (Thomas)
  -http//thomas.loc.gov/
• - Library of Congress - www.loc.gov/law/public/la
  w-guide.html

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Statistical Databases What Can I Find ?

• Statistical Non-government
• ? Statistical Resources - www.lib.umich.edu/govdoc
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• ? Albany Sourcebook
• www.albany.edu/sourcebook

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Government DatabasesStatistical
HEALTH
LEGISLATIVE
LABOR
GENERAL
ENVIRONMENTAL
CRIME
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Government DatabasesStatistical

• GENERAL
• ? Fed Stats - www.fedstats.gov
• ? STAT- USA - http//www.stat-usa.gov
• ? Census Bureau - www.census.gov

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Government DatabasesStatistical
HEALTH
LEGISLATIVE
LABOR
ENVIRONMENTAL
General
CRIME
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Statistical DatabasesGovernmental

• Environmental
• EPA Information   Databases
• www.epa.gov/epahome/Data.html
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric
• Administration
• www.noaa.gov

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Government DatabasesStatistical
HEALTH
LEGISLATIVE
LABOR
CRIME
General
ENVIRONMENTAL

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Statistical Databases Governmental

• CRIME STATISTICS
• - FBI Uniform Crime Reports
• - http//www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
• - http//ope.ed.gov/security/
• - White House Crime

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Government DatabasesStatistical
GENERAL
LEGISLATIVE
LABOR
HEALTH
ENVIRONMENTAL
CRIME
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Statistical DatabasesGovernmental

• Health
• ? NIH
• ? Department of Health

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Government DatabasesStatistical
GENERAL
LEGISLATIVE
HEALTH
LABOR
ENVIRONMENTAL
CRIME
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Government DatabasesStatistical

• Labor Statistics
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• STAT- USA

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Government DatabasesLegislative
HEALTH
GENERAL

LABOR

LEGISLATIVE
ENVIRONMENTAL
CRIME
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Government Databases Statistical

• Legislative
• - Library of Congress
• - Thomas
• - FirstGov
• - GovSpot

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Non-Legal Databases Medical Which Ones?

• ? Medical Databases

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Medical Databases USC Libraries

• ? Medical School Databases
• - Ovid / Pubmed
• ? Thomas Cooper Databases
• - Electronic Indexes
• - Online Journal Collection
• ? Example

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Addendum Collateral Sources

• Blawgs (Blogs) Technorati
• RSS Feeds

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Directories of Legal Blogs

• ABA Journal's Blawg Directory.
• Blawg is an extensive directory of legal blogs.
  It is searchable and can also be browsed by
  category. Blogs are ranked by popularity. A
  search feature ("Search the blawgosphere")
  enables you to search blog posts. Every blog
  listing has an RSS feed, which makes subscribing
  convenient.
• BlawgSearch is another directory of legal blogs.
  As the name suggests, it makes searching blog
  posts easy.
• Law X.0s Taxonomy of Legal Blogs is a selective
  directory. You can choose by topic, by
  jurisdiction, by type of author, etc.

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Other Law Websites

• http//www.legaline.com/lawsites.html
• http//www.practicesource.com/
• http//www.lawyerlounge.com/lawtech.php

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