Legal Research on the Web - Reference
| General | Dictionaries | Encyclopedias |
| Citators | Directories | Cluster Searches |
| Research Guides | Ohio Legal Organizations | Law Related Discussion Lists |
| Legal Blogs & RSS | Legal Podcasts |
General
- RefLaw Virtual Law Reference Desk (Washburn Univ. School of Law)
Dictionaries
- Law Dictionaries on the Web
- A Dictionary of Law (Oxford University Press - CSU students, faculty and staff only)
- Nolo's Plain English Law Dictionary
- Duhaime's Law Dictionary
- Real Life Dictionary of the Law (via Law.com)
- Findlaw Legal Dictionary
- Legal Information Institute (LII WEX)
- Commonly Used Terms (Glossary from the U.S. Courts)
Encyclopedias
- Legal Information Institute (LII WEX) - also see popular topics
- Martindale Hubbell Law Digest - Contains summaries of the law in various countries and the fifty states. Useful for statute of limitations questions.
Citators
- Basic Legal Citation via LII
- Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
- Bluebook Guide - Suffolk University Law School
- Free Historical PDF Copies of The BlueBook: A Uniform System of Citation, 1926-1991
- Cite Checking Guide
- Ohio Supreme Court Reporter of Decisions - 1992 Interim Edition to the Manual of Citations and Revisions to the Manual of Citations.
- Citation Checking Software
Directories
Lawyers & Judges
- Lawyer Licensing Databases in the Fifty States
- Ohio Supreme Court: Attorney Information Search
- Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator (via LexisNexis Academic) - Click on Sources>select United States>Click on Law Directories
- Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator (via Martindale.com)
- ABA Lawyer Locator
- Fee Fi Fo Firm - Law Firm Search Engine.
- Personal Injury Lawyer Directory from Martindale
- Findlaw West Legal Directory
- LegalMatch.com - attorney/client matching service
- Ohio Judges - Ohio Judicial Conference Directory
- For more attorney & judge directories, see Judges & Opposing Counsel Research Guide
Law Schools & Law Libraries
- Ohio Law School Libraries
- Law Schools Directory via Jurist
- Ohio County Law Libraries
Cluster Searches
- OhioLINK Law and Government Cluster Search - Select Law and Government category to search the following databases simultaneously: GPO U.S. Government Publications, Newspaper Source, and EBSCO Legal Collection of Law Journal Articles. There is also a link to LexisNexis Academic.
Research Guides
- Zimmerman's Research Guide
- The Virtual Chase - not currently updated. Last update 2008.
- Law Library Resource Xchange
- Law Scout Law Pathfinders
- Cornell Legal Research Guide Search Engine
- Globalex (Foreign and International)
Ohio Legal Organizations
- List of Ohio Legal Organizations via Findlaw
- ABA's links to State and Local Bar Associations
- Ohio State Bar Association
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
- Norman S. Minor Bar Association for African-American lawyers
- Where to Go for Legal Advice in the Cleveland Area - Legal aid, other pro bono programs
Law Related Discussion Lists
- Washlaw Discussion Groups
- Findlaw Legal Minds
- Law Guru List Tool
- ABA Discussion Lists
- Law Mall -Legal Industry Networking and Publications
- Findlaw RSS Feeds - Case summaries for U.S. Supreme, Federal Circuits, Selected states. Practice area feeds.
- myCorporateResource.com - Database of law firm newsletters, with RSS feeds by area of law
Legal Blogs
Legal Blog Directories
- Justia Blog Search
- U.S. Law Blog Directory
- 3L Epiphany Taxonomy of Legal Blogs
- ABA Law Blog Directory
- Law Blog Central - Directory and RSS feeds of the latest 5 posts from each blog
- MyHq Blawgs
- The Blogs of Law
- Blogs by Law School Faculty and Staff:
- AALL Computing Services SIS - Directory of Law Library blogs
General Blog Search Engines
- Clusty's Blog Search (general blog search)
- Google Blogsearch (general blog search) - search by post title, post author as well as post text and blog title
- Legal Talk Network
- Blawgsfm
- Podanza (general)
Legal Podcasts
Revised, SA, 9/09