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Case Law	FEDERAL Federal Court Locator Supreme Court, 1937-1975 (FLITE Database Archive) Supreme Court, 1990 - present, Legal Information Institute Supreme Court Oral Arguments, The Oyez Project at Northwestern University School of Law STATE State Court Locator Washlaw Web
Statutes/Legislative History	FEDERAL Thomas Full-text of federal legislation, bill status, Congressional Record, committee reports, hearings schedule, congressional directories, legislative process, historical documents, congressional documents and debates 1774-1870. House of Representatives Senate Legal Information Institute - US Code CIS Congressional Universe - (NYU only) Congressional Mega Sites GPO Access - Original Site GPO Access at UC San Diego STATE Washlaw Web NYU Law Library State and Local Resources LOCAL Municipal Codes Online
Administrative Law - Regulations - Govt. Documents	FEDERAL GPO Access - See Above Catalog of US Govt Publications (Marcive Web DOCS) (NYU Only) STATE Washlaw Web NYU Law Library State and Local Resources
Subject-Specific Research	Argus Clearinghouse - the Premier Internet Research Library Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute Subject Listing Emory Law School Subject Listing FindLaw Subject Listing Hieros Gamos Subject Listing Internet Law Library- U.S. House of Representatives LawLinks Subject Listing WWW Virtual Library Law
Comprehensive Legal Sites	Findlaw Hieros Gamos Internet Law Library (House of Representatives) Washlaw Web World Wide Web Virtual Library
Periodical/Newspaper Articles	Index to Legal Periodicals - (NYU only) UnCover Web PAIS - (NYU Only) Proquest - (NYU Only)
Bibliographic Utilities	OCLC WorldCat (NYU Only) RLIN (NYU Only)
Legal News	Counsel Connect Law Journal EXTRA! Lawyers Weekly The National Law Journal The New York Law Journal
Search Engines	Internet Search Engines
Listservs	Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences - all topics Hieros Gamos Guide to Law- Related Discussion Groups Tile.Net Listservs all topics Liszt Directory of E-Mail Discussion Groups all topics, weak in the legal area Law Lists legal topics Washburn Listservs legal topics

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