
RESOURCES
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General Legal Resources: Links to academic institutions, states, federal court, government, organizations, legal forms and continuing legal education.
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Finding Tools: Locate attorney directions and lists, lay and expert witnesses including experts who have registered on the Internet or subscribe to a fee-based directory of experts.
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Financial: The Financial section includes investment information currency exchange rates, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s database, ability to search for a business, access to the A.M. Best Companies’ rating system, consumer information about insurance companies, and a look at who gave what to which candidate in last year’s elections.
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Medical Research: Locate doctors, research prescription drugs and access MEDLINE, the National Library of Medicine’s bibliographic database covering all fields of medicine and containing over 8.6 million records dating back to 1966. It is the most comprehensive medical resource available on the Internet. A doctor may be located using the American Medical Association’s Physician Select Online Doctor Finder, or a researcher can visit the First Internet Medical Bookstore and purchase a medical treatise on a particular subject.
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Service Companies: Explore a variety of legal services on the Internet including Westlaw, Lexis-Nexis, UPS, Federal Express, Bluesheets, and automobile blue book values.
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Writing: Aids Dictionaries, famous quotes, Shakespeare’s works, and reference materials.
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Publishers, News, Media and Magazines: Access full text newspaper articles, receive up to the minute news, weather and sports, or search a magazine directory containing links to hundreds of Web Sites throughout the Internet. Reach publisers of legal materials.
STATE OF TEXAS
Search the State of Texas, as well as information regarding service of process, case law research, statutes, codes, and various fee-based services offered on the internet.
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General Legal Resources: Links to academic institutions, states, federal court, government, organizations, legal forms and continuing legal education.
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Finding Tools: Locate attorney directions and lists, lay and expert witnesses including experts who have registered on the Internet or subscribe to a fee-based directory of experts.
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Financial: The Financial section includes investment information currency exchange rates, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s database, ability to search for a business, access to the A.M. Best Companies’ rating system, consumer information about insurance companies, and a look at who gave what to which candidate in last year’s elections.
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Medical Research: Locate doctors, research prescription drugs and access MEDLINE, the National Library of Medicine’s bibliographic database covering all fields of medicine and containing over 8.6 million records dating back to 1966. It is the most comprehensive medical resource available on the Internet. A doctor may be located using the American Medical Association’s Physician Select Online Doctor Finder, or a researcher can visit the First Internet Medical Bookstore and purchase a medical treatise on a particular subject.
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Service Companies: Explore a variety of legal services on the Internet including Westlaw, Lexis-Nexis, UPS, Federal Express, Bluesheets, and automobile blue book values.
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Writing: Aids Dictionaries, famous quotes, Shakespeare’s works, and reference materials.
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Publishers, News, Media and Magazines: Access full text newspaper articles, receive up to the minute news, weather and sports, or search a magazine directory containing links to hundreds of Web Sites throughout the Internet. Reach publisers of legal materials.
STATE OF TEXAS
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A comprehensive, uniform, and useful compilation of links to all online sources of American law that are available without charge.
Links to Texas Government
Access to all Texas government information on the Internet.
Legislative Reference Library
Link to many Texas and national websites
Secretary of State
Office of the Texas Secretary of State
Attorney General Opinions
Office of the Texas Attorney General
Agencies
http://www.state.tx.us/agency/agencies.html
Links to all agencies in Texas
Texas Rules of Evidence
http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/texas/rcve_toc.htm
Texas rules in full text
Texas State Legislature
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
Texas State Legislature
Texas Department of transportation
Highway conditions, weather forecast, tourism, legislative information, etc
Department of Public Safety
Drivers license information, crime records etc.
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
TABC code & rules.
Constitution
http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/txconst/toc.html
Full text of the Texas Constitution
Bills
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
Access the Texas Legislature online
Justice Information Management System
http://www.co.harris.tx.us/jims
Access to highly detailed information of proceedings within Harris County.
All Counties in Texas
http://www.state.tx.us/county/counties.html
Access to a list of all counties in Texas and related websites.
Harris County Appraisal District
Real property values
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TEXAS COURTS
Access information about the Texas Courts on such as presiding and visiting judges with addresses and phone numbers, and municipal court information
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Harris County Courts
Information regarding rules for Harris County Court
Bexar County Courts
Locate constables for service. Phone numbers for various courts
Travis County Courts
Names and addresses of County Court personnel including clerks and judge
Tarrant County Courts
Names and addresses of County Court personnel including clerks and judges
El Paso County Courts
http://rgfn.epcc.edu/rgfn/projects/county/index.html
Commissioners’ Court information
Texas Direct
http://www.txdirect.net/users/rrichard/news.htm
Announcements for Appellate Justices and Practitioners
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5th District Court of Appeals-Dallas
Access case and attorney information as well as opinions
Harris County Municipal Courts
http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/departme/courts
Fine payment information along with phone numbers
Texas Courts
http://www.courts.state.tx.us/
Texas Supreme Court and all Texas court information including justices’ addresses and phone numbers
Texas Supreme Court
http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us
Online publication of recent Texas Court Opinions
STATES
Search the various starting points for legal research using the URLs provided in this section.
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Legal Information Institute at Cornell
The most comprehensive legal source on the Internet
Findlaw
Access various legal resources
Legal List
http://www.lcp.com
A guide to legal research on the Internet.
LectLaw
Electric law library on the Internet.
Links to State Codes
http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/index.html
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Access each state’s constitution, state legislative information.
http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.htm
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Lawlinks
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Lawlists
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Law Crawler
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​Library of Congress Internet resources
http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/global/state/stategov.html
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Search the United States Congress to discover current Federal legislation. Look up various States’ Codes, codes of Federal Regulations, and the Federal Registers.
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Federal Web Locator
One stop shopping point for federal government information
FedWorld
Comprehensive central access point for searching, locating, ordering and acquiring government and business information
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Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/overview.htm
Full Text of the FR of CP.
Federal Rules of Evidence
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/overview.html
Full Text of the FR of E
Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html
Search the Code of Federal Regulations
Office of the Law Revision Counsel
The Office of the Law Revision Counsel prepares and publishes the United States Code, which is a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States
US Senate
Locate individual senate addresses; conduct searches; links to references
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US Constitution
http://www.law.cornell.edu:80/constitution/constitution.overview.html
Full text of the U.S. Constitution
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States economic data
Bureau of the Census
Demographic, social, economic information
Department of Justice
The largest law firm
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Department of Labor
Minimum wage, labor protections, current and proposed workplace regulation information.
Department of transportation
The site for the travel business and industrial transportation decisions.
Internal Revenue Service
Access IRS forms and publications
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INDUSTRY STANDARDS
Search various industry home pages to discover information regarding product recalls, the latest on medical device and drug approvals and other regulatory matters
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA sets the standards for the health the American employee
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National Highway traffic Safety Administration
Access all automobile recalls and test data from NHTSA
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National transportation Safety Board
http://www.ntsb.gov
Information on Aviation, Highway, Marine, Pipeline and HAZMAT, and Railroad accidents
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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Access crash test results, regulations, laws
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
Access consumer product recalls and information, business and regulatory information
Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA protects the public health and the natural environment-air, water and land
Society of Automotive Engineers
The essential reference for all engineers and researchers who want access to the most current vehicle technology along with SAE’s archives of past publications
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FEDERAL COURTS
Search these sources for the United States Supreme Court and the States Circuit Courts of Appeals opinions
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US Supreme Court Decisions
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm
Search historic Supreme Court decisions by topic
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Findlaw
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html
Database of the Supreme Court decisions since 1893
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1st Circuit US Court of Appeals
http://www.law.emory.edu/1circuit/
Search opinions from 1995 to the present
2nd Circuit US Court of Appeals
http://www.tourolaw.edu/2ndcircuit/indexf.html
Search opinions from 1995 to the present
3rd Circuit Us Court of Appeals
http://vls.law.vill.edu/Locator/3/index.htm
Search opinions from 1995 to the present
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4th Circuit Us Court of Appeals
http://www.law.emory.edu/4circuit/
Search opinions from 1995 to the present
5th Circuit Us Court of Appeals
http://www.law.utexas.edu/us5th/us5th.html
Search opinions from 1991 to the present
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6th Circuit US Court of Appeals
http://www.law.emory.edu/6circuit/
Search opinions from 1995 to the present
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7th Circuit US Court of Appeals
http://www.kentlaw.edu/7circuit/
Search opinions from 1995 to the present
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8th Circuit US Court of Appeals
http://www.wulaw.wustl.edu/8th.cir
Search opinions from 1995 to the present
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9th Circuit US Court of Appeals
Search opinions from 1995 to the present
10th Circuit US Court of Appeals
http://www.washlaw.edu/searchlaw.html#10thCircuit
Search opinions from 1995 to the present
11th Circuit US Court Of Appeals
http://www.law.emory.edu/11circuit
Search opinions from 1994 to the present
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Federal Circuit US Court of Appeals
http://www.law.emory.edu/fedcircuit
Search opinions from 1995 to the present
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D.C. Circuit US Court of Appeals
http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/Fed-Ct/cadc.html
Search opinions from 1995 to the present
US District Court Southern District of Texas
Local Rules
US District Court Eastern District of Texas
Local Rules
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US District Court Northern District of Texas
Local Rules
ACADEMIC
Search various law schools to discover admissions information, faculty, and administration. Many journals are also available online
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Legal information Institute at Cornell
The most comprehensive link on the Internet for law information.
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The Indiana University School of Law
One of the main starting points for legal searches via Internet
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Emory University School of Law
A main starting point to access information regarding every Federal court including the United States Supreme Court.
University of Texas School of Law
Link to Texas legal Internet sites, the United States Court of Appeals, and University of Texas School of Law Journals
WashLaw WEB at Washburn University
Starting point to many legal sites including case law, codes, and courts
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Georgia State University College of Law
Meta-Index for legal research
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Harvard University School of law
Largest academic law library in the world
Law Reviews
http://www.usc.edu/dept/law-lib/legal/journals.html
Access a list of legal journals on the internet
American Law Reports (ALR)
Provider of credible, in-depth information. Legal, government, and business tools and information
CORPORATE INFORMATION
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EDGAR
http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm
Access publicly traded corporation’s SEC filinings including, 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K reports
Free EDGAR
Free corporate information regarding SEC filings
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Invest Quest
http://invest.quest.columbus.oh.us
Designs and hosts comprehensive investor presentations and provides financial documents for over 10,000 public companies to users in more than 145 countries
Fortune
http://www.pathfinder.com/fortune/fortune500/
Database available for download
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Business Finder
Locate any business in the United States
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Hoover’s Corporate Information
Company profiles, links to online stores, business and investment news
Report Gallery
Annual reports of hundreds of corporation
Directory of Associations
Link to many organizations on the internet
MEDICAL RESEARCH
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Health Finder
Links to online publications, clearing houses, databases, web sites, and support/self help groups in the medical field
Med Mal Search
Background information on every physician licensed to practice medicine in the United States
The National Library of Medicine
Search medical news, publications, databases, and electronic information sources
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA sets the standard for the health and safety of the American employee
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Internet Grateful Med
Internet Grateful Med offers assisted searching of Med-line and 10 other files
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Medscape
Provides information from journals, medical news providers and medical education programs
Healthweb
Provides links to specific, evluated information resources on the web selected by leading academic medical centers in the Midwest
Medical Matrix
Provides information from major journals, textbooks, information on diseases and conditions, and patient education
Medscout
Search list of diseases by International Classification of Diseases as well as links to other medical websites
Medical World Search
Provides a comprehensive search engine for medical terminology on the World Wide Web
Medis Search
Provides a unique search engine whose only job is to index articles from journals that have content online
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners
Provides information on Texas health care providers and regulations
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Achoo
Provides a comprehensive healthcare database with more than 7,000 indexed and searchable health care sites
HealthAtoZ
Provides a directory of more than 50,000 professionally-reviewed Internet resources
WRITING AIDS
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Black’s Law Dictionary
http://www.alaska.net/~winter/black_law_dictionary.html
Corporation law dictionary
Barlett, John, 1901, Familiar Quotations
Search alphabetically or chronologically for the world’s most famous quotes
Jeff’s English Page
http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/batalion/english.shtml/u/batalion/english.html
A guide to writing resources, poetry collections, Shakespeare, Carroll, and other classics. On-line dictionaries of multiple foreign languages
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On-Line Dictionaries
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html
An online dictionary
WW Webster Dictionary
http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
An online dictionary
Reference Shelf
http://alabanza.com/kabacoff/inter-Links/reference.html
Quick access to words, facts and figures
Alex: A Catalog of Electronic Texts on the Internet
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/alex/
Enormous collection of books in electronic form
On–Line Reference Works
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/references.html
Link to dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, and famous quotations