This guide was designed by Dawn Smith to help identify resources on Legal Resources and related topics in the FAU Boca Raton Library. The electronic resources are available from the FAU Libraries home page by following the link entitled Indexes/ Databases. Some of these resources have full-text articles available online. To access these resources from off campus, use the EZ Proxy link and log in using your 14-digit Owl Card number. For further assistance, please contact the Reference Desk by telephone (561-297-3785) or send e-mail lyref@fau.edu.

SUBJECT HEADINGS

When using the ALEPH library catalog to look for books and other materials, you may want to do a "Subject" search and use the following Library of Congress subject headings. This is not a complete list. (Note: Use two dashes (located next to the zero/0 on the keyboard) to separate subdivisions from headings.)

Civil Rights, United States	Justice
Criminal law	Law and legislation
Commercial law	Law-- United States
Constitutional Law	Marriage law
Contracts	Procedure law
Copyright	Real property
Courts	Statutes
Domestic relations	Torts
Insurance -- law and legislation	United States Supreme Court

*Locating materials in the S.E. Wimberly Library*
Feel free to walk through the stacks; sometimes the best books are found by browsing. These call numbers provide the general location of materials related to legal resources.

KF 4749	Civil Rights, United States
KF 4550	Constitutional Law--United States
K 1315	Corporation Law
KFF 25	Florida
K 5104	International Law
KF 101	Law Reports Digests--United States
(Books beginning with the K's are located on the 3rd floor, west wing. )

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

Because of the interdisciplinary nature of law, many articles appear in journals besides those deemed strictly for "law". 
Thus, what follows is a partial listing of databases and e-journals from a variety of disciplines such as:

• Business
• Criminal Justice
• Ethnic Studies
• History
• International Studies
• Political Science
• Philosophy

	LexisNexis Academic Accesses over a billion full text news, magazine, legal, and business articles and reports, including newspapers, magazines and government documents, state and federal laws and regulations, case law, newsletters, company and industry information.
	American Memory American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.
	CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)   Designed to be the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs.
	LexisNexis Congressional   Provides the tools for searching the Congressional record, tracking proposed legislation by keyword and sponsor, searching the Federal register, Congressional committee schedules, finding members of Congress, and searching the National journal.
	CQ Public Affairs Collection Provides in-depth reports on vital issues, statistical and historical analyses, historic documents and primary source materials, as well as a directory of key government, non-profit, and private organizations in each of the major policy areas. Organized by 22 key public affairs subject headings, such as Advocacy and Public Service, Education, Energy, the Environment, Health, and Transportation.
	CQ Weekly   Coverage of the U.S. Congress: including status of bills, votes and amendments, and floor and committee activity.
	Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection    Includes the full-text of 15 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back twenty years, encompassing over 4,100 articles. It covers such subjects as Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence.
	Expanded Academic ASAP   Includes scholarly journals, news magazines and newspaper articles regarding arts and humanities, social sciences and science and technology disciplines.
	Florida Historical Legal Documents (LAW) Florida Historical Legal Documents is a growing collection of primary source materials surveying changes in Florida law from the time it became a territory in 1822 through 1845 when Florida became a state. The collection includes the complete Florida Territorial Laws, a time capsule of Florida history documenting the establishment of the territorial court system based on British Common Law as of July 4, 1776. Other materials in the collection offer supplementary information about the legal, political and social history of Florida before and after its Territorial period. Most materials, including Florida Territorial Laws, can be searched in full-text; others are available only as page-images.
	Index to Legal Periodicals Full Text   Subject areas include administrative law, antitrust legislation, banking, constitutional law, domestic relations, environmental protection, estate planning, food, drug and cosmetic law, international law, labor law, landlord/tenant decisions, malpractice suits, minorities, multinational corporations, negligence, non-profit corporations, occupational health and safety, politics, probate, products liability, public law, real property, securities, tax law, and trade regulation. Full text coverage begins in 1994.
	LegalTrac   Indexes major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals, and international legal journals.
	National Journal   The weekly on politics and government.
	PAIS International   Consists of articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs.
	Westlaw Campus Research A web-based legal research tool for undergraduate and graduate students who need to research law-related issues. This resource includes access to the complete laws and statutes of the federal government and all 50 states, federal regulations, precedent-setting court decisions, KeyCite, American Law Reports, American Jurisprudence, and current and archived articles from hundreds of leading law reviews and journals.

E-JOURNALS

ELECTRONIC JOURNAL NAME	VENDOR/PUBLISHER	DATES AVAILABLE
ABA Journal	ProQuest	1988 - present
California Law Review	LexisNexis Academic	1982-present
Columbia Law Review	LexisNexis Academic	1982-present
Cornell Law Review	LexisNexis Academic	1982-present
Florida Bar Journal	Expanded Academic	1996-present
Florida Employment Law Letter	LexisNexis Academic	1993-present
Florida Environmental Compliance Update	LexisNexis Academic	1995-present
Florida Healthtrac	LexisNexis Academic	1994-1998
Florida State University Law Review	LexisNexis Academic	1982-present
Florida Tax Review		1992-present
Fordham Law Review	LexisNexis Academic	1982-present
Georgetown Law Journal		1982-present
Harvard Law Review		1887-present
Journal of Dispute Resolution	LexisNexis	1995-present
Journal of Environmental Law	Oxford Journals	1989-present
Journal of Legal Studies	LexisNexis Academic	1994-present
Journal of Paralegal Education and Practice	LexisNexis	1996-1997
Law and Contemporary Problems	LexisNexis	1996-present
Law and Philosophy	Kluwer	1997-present
Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review	LexisNexis	1993-present
Michigan Law Review	LexisNexis	1982-present
Stanford Law Review	Lexis-Nexis	1982-present
University of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy	Lexis-Nexis	1993-present
Women's Rights Law Reporter	Lexis-Nexis	1994-present
Yale Law Journal	LexisNexis	1982-present

SELECTED WEB SITES

	American Law Sources Online Comprehensive, uniform, and useful compilation of links to freely accessible on-line sources of law for the United States and Canada.
	The Avalon Project - Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy.
	Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications This guide provides examples of the most common examples of government & document citations.
	Catalaw The catalog of catalogs of worldwide law on the Internet. It aids legal research by arranging all indexes of law and government into a uniform, universal and unique metaindex.
	Cornell Law School - Legal Research Encyclopedia The Legal Research Encyclopedia is a topical and jurisdictional arrangement of all available formats, including print, microform, CD-ROM, WESTLAW, LEXIS and the Internet. Citation to research tools and direct links are provided
	Cornell Law School - Legal Information Institute A good basic and advanced legal research portal.
	USA.gov Reference Center
	Florida Self Help Legal Sites
	Florida Rules of Procedures
	Hieros Gamos A Comprehensive Site to the Legal Profession.
	Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (2006 ed.) by Peter W. Martin (Cornell Law School) Recently updated to reflect the changes in the Eighteenth Edition of the "Bluebook."
	JURIST The Legal Education Network. Excellent resource for students and professors.
	Lex Mercatoria Broad coverage of international business law.
	Martindale-Hubbell Detailed directory information on the people within the legal community.
	Municipal Codes  (from Municipal Code Corporation) Extensive Florida coverage.
	On The Docket (Northwestern) List of U.S. Supreme Court cases for the 2006-07 term.
	Regulations.gov Lists federal rules currently open for comment and provides a web-based comment form.
	The Timetable of World Legal History Begins with 2350 B.C.
	The Virtual Chase Informs about Web sites and research strategies for finding the law.

PRINT RESOURCES

Not everything is available online or electronically. Sometimes the best resources are found in print format. The following materials are some of the best sources for law. They are located in the Reference area of the Boca Raton FAU library and, since they are non-circulating, they can only be viewed in the library.

KF 154.A 44 1996 (Reference)	Bessette, Joseph M.  American Justice. Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c1996.   3vols, 932p. Legal concepts, organizations, people, historical events, statutes, court decisions, and types of crime are examined in 843 articles that vary in length from 200 to 3,000 words. Each entry concludes with cross-references to other relevant entries in the set. Articles of 1,000 words or more contain bibliographies.
KF4548 .E53 2000 (Reference)	Leonard W. Levy and Kenneth L. Karst, editor.  Encyclopedia of the American Constitution.  New York : Macmillan Reference USA, 2000.  3164p. This new edition admirably continues the standard set in 1986 of providing high-quality, insightful, and thorough essays by leading constitutional scholars, law school professors, judges, historians, and political scientists on practical and theoretical topics dealing with every aspect of constitutional law in the U.S., from the Constitutional Convention in 1787 to the Clinton impeachment.
KF 154.E 528 2002 (Reference)	Schultz, David A. The Encyclopedia of American law. Facts on File, United States, 2002. 542p. Compact, and comprehensive resource, this encyclopedia's entries average a page in length and include contemporary topics such as affirmative action and recent court cases as well as concepts such as entrapment, equity, and insanity. The appendixes include documents such as the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and other amendments to the Constitution, and the Emancipation Proclamation.
Z5630 .B54 1991 (Reference)	Janosik, Robert J. ed. Encyclopedia of the American judicial system : Studies of the Principal Institutions and Processes of Law.  New York : Scribner, c1987. 3vols,  1420p. The encyclopedia (has) six sections: 'Legal History,' 'Substantive Law,' 'Institutions and Personnel,' 'Process and Behavior,' 'Constitutional Law and Issues,' and 'Methodology.' The 'Substantive Law' section includes chapters on specific areas of the law, 'Institutions and Personnel' has essays on courts at the federal and state levels, bar associations, the judiciary, and the police. 'Process and Behavior' covers topics such as discovery and plea bargaining. Included in 'Constitutional Law and Issues' are essays on privacy and sexuality and the law.
KF154 .O96 2002 (Reference)	editor in chief, Kermit L. Hall ; editors, David S. Clark ... [et al.]. The Oxford Companion to American Law.  New York : Oxford University Press, 2002. 912p. The purpose of this source is to "help students, educators, journalists, and general readers understand the legal underpinnings of our society". Presenting five hundred topical and thematic entries arranged alphabetically on everything from civil disobedience to the now infamous Bush v. Gore case from 2000, the book aims to be an "authoritative one-volume reference to the many ways that laws, legal institutions, and court decisions shape our lives and society,"
KF154 .W47 1998 (Reference)	West's Encyclopedia of American Law.  Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN : West Pub. Co., c1998.  12vols. Current information on 5,000 legal topics in extensively indexed volumes.  Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to - understand language, including such high-interest topics as: the Americans with Disabilities Act,  Domestic violence,  Insanity defense, and  Physician-assisted suicide.
KF156 .B53 1999    (Reference)	Black, Henry Campbell.  Black's Law Dictionary.  St. Paul, Minn. : West Group, 1999. 1738p. Henry Campbell Black, a legal scholar, complied a Dictionary of Law which was published by West in 1891.  West still publishes this standard law resource now in its seventh edition.
In Process    (Reference)	Oran, Daniel. Law Dictionary for Nonlawyers.  Albany, NY : West Legal Studies, c2000.  345p. Comprehensive resource of legal terms for any non-lawyer working in organizations with frequent interaction with the legal profession, including real estate, insurance, government, the judical system, environment, consumer and other advocacy groups, government lobbyists, and students planning to enter any of these fields."
KF156. A113 2003 (Reference)	Jay M. Feinman, editor. 1001 Legal Words You Need to Know.  New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.  239p. Explains and illuminates the most difficult and arcane vocabulary any American has to deal with - that of the law.
KF385.A4 H57 2001 (Reference)	John W. Johnson, editor.  Historic U.S. court cases : an encyclopedia.  New York : Routledge, 2001. 1089p. Historic U.S. Court Cases offers 201 signed essays by political scientists, historians, and legal scholars that highlight major legal issues in five thematic areas: crime and criminal law; governmental organization, power, and procedure; economics and economic regulation; race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability; and civil liberties. Essays generally focus on one or two U.S. Supreme Court cases, although influential cases decided by lower federal courts, the colonial courts, and state courts are also covered.
KF220 .G74 1994 (Reference)	Edward W. Knappman, editor.  Great American Trials; From Salem Witchcraft to Rodney King. Detroit : Gale Research. 872p. Well-written descriptions of two hundred cases (1777 to 1993) of historical and popular interest are described in this large volume. The cases are arranged chronologically and include basic facts (names of the parties, prosecutors, and defense attorneys; date and location of the trial; and crime charged and verdict rendered) and a three- to six-page description of the trial.

Federal Legislation: United States Congress

KF 50.U57 (Reference)	United States Statutes at Large.  Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1937- The official source for the laws and resolutions passed by Congress.
Y1.2/5: (Gov Docs)	United States Code.  United States.  Washington :1940 The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. It is divided by broad subjects into 50 titles and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives. Since 1926, the United States Code has been published every six years. In between editions, annual cumulative supplements are published in order to present the most current information.
KF 50.U57*  (Reference)	Public Laws .  Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O. : Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., distributor. After the President signs a bill into law, it is delivered to the Office of the Federal Register (OFR), where editors assign a Public Law Number, prepare it for publication as a slip law, and include it in the next edition of the United States Statutes at Large.    (P.L. #)
KF 48: (Reference)	United States Code Congressional and Administrative News. St. Paul, West Pub. Co., 1951. Contains the full text of new federal laws, Congressional Committee Reports that detail histories of the laws, signing statements, Presidential Proclamations, and Executive Orders.
X. (Gov Docs)	Congressional Record Daily Digest. Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., distributor. The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session.

Florida Legislation: Florida Legislature

KFF30. A2F55 (Reference)	Official Florida Statutes.  Tallahassee, State of Florida. A permanent collection of state laws organized by subject area into a code made up of titles, chapters, parts, and sections. The Florida Statutes are updated annually by laws that create, amend, or repeal statutory material. The full text is published biennially, with vols. covering revisions only published in the years between.
KFF30. A42 1961 (Reference)	West's Florida Statutes Annotated. Atlanta, Harrison Co.; St. Paul, West Pub. Co. [1943- This set includes annotated statutes and special sessions Legislature, state court rules, local federal district court rules, and bankruptcy court rules, session laws, court orders, and notes on decisions, including federal cases originating in Florida.
KFF25 1885 .A2 (Reference)	Laws of Florida, Acts and Resolutions Adopted by the Legislature of Florida.  Tallahassee, Fla. : Capital Pub. Co., State Printer. Compilation of all the laws, resolutions, and memorials passed during a legislative session. They are divided into two broad categories-General Laws and Special Laws. Bills vetoed by the Governor are not included.
KFF30 .A42 1961 Suppl. (Reference)	West's Florida Session Law Service.  St. Paul, West Pub. Co. This includes all session laws enacted by the state legislature from the most recently completed legislative session, as well as court orders and proposed constitutional amendments. These pamphlets are issued as laws and orders are released and gathered throughout the course of a legislative session. Other features include legislative highlights and cumulative supplement tables and index.  Supplementing West's Florida Statutes Annotated.
LEG.C3:B45/DATE/NO. (Florida Documents)	Florida Senate Bills.  Capital Pub. Co., State Printer. Draft of a proposed law submitted to a legislative body for enactment.
LEG.B3:B45/DATE/NO (Florida Documents)	Florida House Bills. Capital Pub. Co., State Printer. Draft of a proposed law submitted to a legislative body for enactment.

Federal Regulations

REF  KF70 .A3 (Reference)

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).  [Washington] U.S. General Services Administration, National Archives and Records Service, Office of the Federal Register; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.  The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. It is divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation. Each volume of the CFR is updated once each calendar year and is issued on a quarterly basis.

REF KF70 .A2 (Reference)

Federal Register (FR).  Washington, D.C. : [Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration] : Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.

Florida Regulations

KFF35 1986 .A26 1986 library has v.3-v.3A (Reference)

Florida Administrative Code Annotated.  Norcross, GA (3110 Crossing Park, Norcross 30091-7500) : Harrison Co., c1986-. This publication is the official compilation of the rules and regulations of state regulatory agencies which have been filed with the Department of State pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 120, Florida Statutes.  Vols 3-3A covers topics in Education.

KFF36 F 55 (Reference)

Florida Administrative Weekly. Tallahassee, Secretary of State, Division of Elections. The  first place where new regulations and revisions are printed. As the title indicates, it is published weekly. In the back of each issue is a cumulative table entitled "List of Rules Affected." The list is by rule number and gives citations to the Florida Administrative Weekly volume and page where altering action has been either proposed, amended or adopted.

United States and Florida Case Law

KF 101.U6 (Reference)	United States Reports...... Cases adjudged in the Supreme Court .  Washington, Government Print. Off. The bound permanent edition of the decisions.  Includes per curiam decisions, orders and chamber opinions as well as the full text of decisions.  The volumes experience a printed time lag of from four to five years.
KF135 .S78 (Reference)	Southern Reporter & 2d Series: cases argued and determined in the courts of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi.  St. Paul, Minn. : West Pub. Co. Reports on opinions issued by state courts in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi, and includes synopses, headnotes, and citations.  2d Series in Reference.
KFF45 .F551     (Reference)	West's Florida Cases: Cases adjudicated in the Supreme Court of Florida reported in Southern Reporter second series.  St. Paul, West Pub. Co. This reporter consists of only the Florida cases from Southern Reporter 2d, bound separately. Original Southern Reporter pagination is preserved. Each case contains synopses and headnotes by West's attorney-editors, classified to the Key Number System.  Bound volumes use the same pagination as our National Reporter System. Other  editorial enhancements include Table of Statutes Cited, Federal Rules of Civil and Criminal Procedure Table, and Words and Phrases Table.  Beginning w/ vol. 415 continues the Southern Reporter.

Case Law Finding Tools

KF127 .W48 1989 (Reference)	Federal Practice Digest .  St. Paul, Minn. : West Pub. Co., c1989. Locate any federal case decided in the U.S. Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, district courts, Claims Court, bankruptcy courts, Court of Military Appeals, the Courts of Military Review, and other federal courts between 1987 and the present. Points of law are collected by jurisdiction or court and filed according to the West Key Number System.
KFF36 F 55 (Reference)	Florida Administrative Weekly. Tallahassee, Secretary of State, Division of Elections. The  first place where new regulations and revisions are printed. As the title indicates, it is published weekly. In the back of each issue is a cumulative table entitled "List of Rules Affected." The list is by rule number and gives citations to the Florida Administrative Weekly volume and page where altering action has been either proposed, amended or adopted.
KFF47 .F42 (Reference)	Florida Digest; encyclopedic digest of Florida reports.  Atlanta, Georgia, Harrison Co. This is an index to all Florida cases and federal cases arising in Florida from 1935 to date.
KFF80 .F56 (Reference)	Florida Jurisprudence; a complete text statement of the modern law and practice of Florida, covering both the statute law and the case law.  San Francisco, Bancroft-Whitney Co.; Rochester, N.Y., Lawyers Co-operative Pub. Co., 1955- This text is an analysis of all law established by the Florida courts and legislature.  An encyclopedic work that contains more than 400 separate titles on a broad range of legal topics. Documents for each title may include a summary, outline, each individual section of text, and a Table of Parallel References. A Words and Phrases Index is also included with this product.

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