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Please note:
ALL REFERENCE BOOKS beginning with
Library of Congress "K'' Classification for LAW are
now located on the lakeside window shelves in the "Legal
Research Collection."
Encyclopedia
of the American Judicial System: studies of the principal
institutions and processes of law
/ REF KF154.E53 1987
West's
Encyclopedia of American Law
/ REF KF154.W47 1998
Black's Law
Dictionary
/ REF KF156.B53 2004
The
Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
/ REF KF190.H813
Martindale-Hubbell Law Digest
/ REF KF190.M3
Encyclopedia
of the American Constitution
/ REF KF4548.E53 2000
Georgia
Forms, legal & business
/ REF KFG68.G46
Georgia
Rules of Court Annotated: including the rules of the Supreme
Court of Georgia, the rules of the Court of Appeals of Georgia,
and the rules of the Federal Courts
/ REF KFG529.A194
Georgia
Civil Procedure Forms -- practice
/ REF KFG530.A65 J46
Georgia
Civil Practice
/ REF KFG530.G74 2003
Georgia
Post-Judgment Collection: [with forms]
/ REF KFG551.F56 2002
Georgia
Criminal Trial Practice
/ REF KFG575.D35 2004-2005
United
States Code Service
/ REF KF62 1972.L38
West's
Supreme Court Reporter
/ REF KF101.S8
American
Jurisprudence; a modern comprehensive text statement of American
law, State and Federal 2d ed.
/ REF KF154.A42
Official
Code of Georgia annotated (O.C.G.A.)
/ REF KFG30 1981.A24
Rules and
Regulations of the State of Georgia: containing all of the
regulations approved for printing by the Secretary of State
/ REF KFG35.A35
West's
Georgia Cases reported in South Eastern Reporter, second series
/ REF KFG47.G4
West's
Georgia Digest 2d.
/ REF KFG57.W47 1985
Shepard's
Georgia Citations
/ REF KFG59.S5
Georgia
Jurisprudence
/ REF KFG80.G45 1995
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GEORGIA LAW |
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Code of
Georgia |
A
free public access website that is maintained
and published by LexisNexis and copyrighted
by the State of Georgia. |
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Georgia
General Assembly |
Recent and pending legislation passed by the General
Assembly before it is incorporated into the Official
Code of Georgia. |
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Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia |
A
free unofficial public access website provided by
The Office of Secretary of State. Updated monthly.
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Georgia Government |
Collection of links to laws, regulations, and to
state and local websites. |
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Supreme Court of
Georgia |
Access to the court calendar, opinion summaries, and
rules & procedures of the court. Use the
Docket Search feature to access case information. |
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Georgia Links |
Links to a variety of legal sources including
dictionaries, encyclopedias, law schools, and
commercial sites. |
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Judicial Branch of Georgia |
Refers users to legal links for
the Judicial Branch of Georgia. |
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State Bar of Georgia |
Access to the Directory of Bar
members, other legal organizations, consumer
information, and links to legal research sites. |
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UNITED STATES (FEDERAL) LAW |
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GPO
Access |
Free electronic access to a
wealth of legal materials produced by the Federal
Government. The information provided on this
site is the official, published version and the
information retrieved from GPO Access can be used
without restriction, unless specifically noted.
A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office. |
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United States Code |
Search by keyword or by title. The Office of
the Law Revision Counsel publishes the U.S. Code. |
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U.S. Supreme
Court |
Official site of the Supreme Court of the United
States. |
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Legal Information Institute, U.S.
Supreme Court Collection |
All
opinions of the United States Supreme Court handed
down since 1992, as well as over 600 earlier
decisions selected for their historic importance.
Maintained by Cornell University Law School. |
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U.S. Courts |
State
specific information on federal Bankruptcy Courts,
Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and other court
offices. |
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Internet Law Library |
Search the U.S. Code, access the Code of Federal
Regulations, find legal forms, find information of
U.S. Federal & State Laws, browse legal directories,
book reviews and much more. |
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Thomas, Legislative
Information on the Internet |
Access the Congressional Record, current legislation
and committee information of the past three years of
the U.S. Congress. A service of the Library of
Congress. |
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INTERNATIONAL LAW |
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Findlaw International |
Collection of links to U.S. Embassies, World
Constitutions, U.S. Missions, Individual Countries,
Regional Resources and more. |
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United Nations Treaty Collection |
Updated regularly by the Treaty Section of the
Office of Legal Affairs of the UN, this online
service offers access to over 50,000 treaties and
international agreements. |
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GENERAL LAW |
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Findlaw |
Features an easy to read guide to federal and state
law, including historical documents, biographies,
and Supreme Court decisions. Browse legal
topics, read the latest legal news, find a lawyer
and more. |
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Jurist, Legal
News & Research |
Legal
news, documents, video, commentary, research, and
legal education. Maintained by University of
Pittsburgh School of Law. |
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Georgia State University Law Library |
Research guides to assist you in your legal research
needs. |
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Law Library of Congress |
Guide to Law Online. Annotated guide to
useful and reliable online sources of government and
law resources. |
Select the LAW &
CRIMINOLOGY
link under the GALILEO subject tab --SOCIAL
SCIENCES to
see a complete listing of databases available.
Off campus access requires the
GALILEO password.
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Suggested Databases for
Legal Research |
| GALILEO
DATABASES |
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| Academic Search
COMPLETE (at EBSCOhost) |
Full-text
articles and citations from popular magazines and academic
journals covering all subjects. |
| Criminal Justice
Periodical Index (CJPI) |
Abstracts with
some full-text articles covering criminal justice
topics. |
| LexisNexis
Academic |
Full-text legal
news, law reviews, and government publications
(federal & state case law, U.S. Code, Code of
Federal Regulations, Congressional Testimony, etc.) |
| Research Library
(at ProQuest) |
Full-text
articles (from 1991 - ) and citations (from 1986 - ) from popular magazines and academic
journals covering all subjects. |
| Sociological
Collection |
Full-text
articles covering all areas of sociology, including
social behavior, human tendencies, interaction,
community development and demographics. |
| Wilson OmniFile:
Full Text Mega Edition |
Full-text
articles and citations on most topics. |
| Wilson Social
Sciences Full Text |
Full-text
articles covering the latest concepts, trends,
opinions, theories and methods from both applied and
theoretical aspects of the social sciences. |
| OTHER DATABASES |
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JSTOR
JSTOR
Remote (off campus) |
Multi-disciplinary full-text database providing
access to 34 law journals. Off campus access
requires a
user ID and password.
JSTOR Remote Instructions |
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Facts on File |
Answers
questions about events, people, issues, facts, and
figures of the last 60+ years. It also delivers
maps, photographs, historic documents, and special
overviews of key issues, newsmakers and events since
1940. Off campus access requires
a
user ID (ccsulib) and password. |
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Global Legal
Information Network |
GLIN
is a database of laws, regulations, judicial
decisions, and other complementary legal sources
contributed by governmental agencies and
international organizations. |
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