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LexisNexis (Due to license restriction this is in-library use at James V. Brown
Library only)
Legal and government information from one of the premier legal publishers.
Includes federal and state case law, Shepard’s, and secondary sources.
Pennsylvania Legal Forms
Attorney-created forms covering everything from bankruptcy to
wills. Powered by the U.S. Legal Forms electronic database, this resource has
downloadable, printable forms customized to comply with the laws of each state.
Websites
Crash Course on Copyright
Created by the University of Texas system, this site covers
copyright and fair use as well as intellectual property for creators and users.
FedForms
FedForms contains various forms issued by federal agencies and provides
“one-stop shopping” for forms most used by the public.
FindLaw: Forms
A comprehensive collection of legal forms. The federal forms collection contains
court forms for federal appellate, district and bankruptcy courts and the state
forms collection includes court forms on topics such as adoption, civil
harassment, divorce, landlord/tenant, support, and traffic.
FindLaw: Internet legal
resources
The best single starting point on the Web for doing legal research. Full-text,
searchable database of all law reviews and journals on the Internet.
FirstFind.info
Websites in the FirstFind.info library offer basic information about a wide
range of topics. Sites were selected because they are accurate, up-to-date, and
easy to use.
Identity Theft
United States government's website for information about I.D. theft.
Law topics
Compiled by the Librarians’ Index to the Internet, this site is a full annotated
list of websites for over 65 legal topics.
Lehigh
County Law Library
A wonderful resource for Pennsylvania law.
Martindale-Hubbell
A directory of active and retired U.S. and international lawyers and law firms,
searchable in a variety of ways.
National Consumer Law
Center (NCLC)
This organization provides information on the legal problems commonly faced by
low income consumers, including surviving debt, credit, mortgages, foreclosure,
utility payments, scams, and more.
NOLO’s Legal
Encyclopedia
The leading publisher of legal information in non-legal language.
Pennsylvania Bulletin
Online version of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s gazette for information and
rulemaking.
Pennsylvania Code
Online version of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s official publications of
rules and regulations.
Pennsylvania courts
The site for Pennsylvania’s Unified Judicial System, including the state Supreme
Court, Superior Court, Commonwealth Court, and Common Pleas Courts.
Pennsylvania “Do Not
Call” hotline
Unwanted telemarketing calls can be a nuisance and an intrusion to your privacy
at home. Pennsylvanians now have the option to eliminate many of these calls by
placing their names on a statewide "Do Not Call" list.
Thomas: Legislative
information on the Internet
Everything you need to know from the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S.
Senate.
U.S. Code
The Office of the Law Revision Counsel prepares and publishes the United States
Code, a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and
permanent laws of the United States.
U.S. Supreme Court
Official set of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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