Online Legal Research
www.findlaw.com
www.alllaw.com
www.lawguru.com
www.law.cornell.edu
www.jurist.law.pitt.edu
www.washlaw.edu
Many of the following sources are found in the Boise Law Library, 451 W. State Street, Boise 334-3316
Statutory Law
- Statutes at Large–Chronological order of Statutes passed each congressional session (5 volumes per session) Published by the Government Printing office. (STAT)
- United States Code–Codified laws–revised every 6 years. Published by the Government Printing Office (USC)
- United States Code Annotated–Codified laws with annotations–Published by West Publishing– (USCA)
- United States Code Service–Codified laws with annotations–Published by Lawyers Cooperative– (USCS)
Case Law
- United States Supreme Court Reporter–published by the Government Printing Office (US)
- United States Supreme Court Reports Lawyer’s Edition–with annotations–published by Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (L. Ed.)
Supreme Court Reporter–with annotations–published by West Publishing Company (S. Ct.) - Federal Reporter–summarizes Court of Appeals cases–published by West Publishing Company (F. 2nd)
- Federal Supplement–summarizes some District court cases–published by West–(F. Supp.)
Presidential Executive Orders and Administrative Agencies
- Federal Register–Daily magazine published by Government Printing Office (FR)
- Code of Federal Regulations–codification of agency rulings (CFR), http://www.law/house.gov/cfr.htm
- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Congressional Record–summary of daily congressional activities
Monthly Labor Review, Department of Labor publication
Government Indexes
- Legal Resources Index
- Index to Legal Periodicals
- Westlaw Available to lawyers for a substantial charge in the law library, computerized, covers laws, West Publishing
- Lexis Available to lawyers for a substantial charge in the law library, computerized, covers laws, Lawyer’s Cooperative