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Online resources

Lycoming County Law Library at the JV. Brown Library - A Topical Introduction
(covers basic legal issues and links to legal resources)

LexisNexis (In-library use only at James V. Brown)

LexisNexis has legal and government information from one of the premier legal publishers available online.
LexisNexis includes Pennsylvania statutes (Purdon’s), Pennsylvania code, all court orders (state and federal), Pennsylvania case law, Pennsylvania court rules, U.S. Code Service, Shepard’s Citation Service, Federal case law, and state case law from all 50 states. 

Search Pennsylvania cases, legal newspapers (The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly), jury verdicts & settlements, trial listings, and suits filed information. The site also features daily court notices, Pa. D&C Reports, an Attorney Directory and the most up to date PA state and local court rules

Websites

FedForms contains various forms issued by federal agencies and provides “one-stop shopping” for forms most used by the public.

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.

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.

United States government's website for information about I.D. theft.

Compiled by the Librarians’ Index to the Internet, this site is a full annotated list of websites for over 65 legal topics.

A wonderful resource for Pennsylvania law.

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.

The leading publisher of legal information in non-legal language.

Online version of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s gazette for information and rulemaking.

Online version of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s official publications of rules and regulations.

The site for Pennsylvania’s Unified Judicial System, including the state Supreme Court, Superior Court, Commonwealth Court, and Common Pleas Courts.

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.

Everything you need to know from the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

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.

Official set of the U.S. Supreme Court.