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Online Legal, Non-Legal And Statistical Databases

Online Legal, Non-Legal And Statistical Databases. David Lehmann, J.D., M.I.L.S. Electronic Resources & Reference Librarian Coleman Karesh Law Library University of South Carolina School of Law (803) 777-1666 - lehmannd@law.sc.edu.

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Online Legal, Non-Legal And Statistical Databases

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  1. Online Legal, Non-Legal And Statistical Databases David Lehmann, J.D., M.I.L.S. Electronic Resources & Reference Librarian Coleman Karesh Law Library University of South Carolina School of Law (803) 777-1666 - lehmannd@law.sc.edu

  2. 3 Basic Online Legal Resource Types • Academic Websites • Governmental Websites • Organizational Websites

  3. Search Engines – Research Web Sites – www.cornell.com

  4. Search Engines – Research Web Sites – www.washlaw.edu

  5. Justia - www.justia.com

  6. Organizational Websites • Findlaw - http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com • Hieros Gamos-http://www.hg.org/index.html • Lexis Web - http://www.lexisweb.com/ • LLRX - www.llrx.com

  7. What's Available? Legal Databases USC

  8. ►Limited access Databases (Library Webpage)

  9. Example: USC Looseleafs

  10. Looseleaf material databases are also available on: Westlaw and Lexis

  11. Online Looseleafs - Westlaw Treatises - Looseleafs

  12. Online Looseleafs - Westlaw

  13. Online Looseleafs - Lexis

  14. Online Loose-leafs - Treatises

  15. Thomas Cooper E-journals

  16. Non-Legal DatabasesWhat Should I Use ? ● Social Science Databases ●GovernmentalDatabases ●Academic Databases

  17. Social Science Databases • Thomas Cooper Databases Example: JSTOR Econlit • Online Databases Example: Social Science Research Network ● The Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG)

  18. Non-Legal DatabasesWhat Should I Use ? ● Social Science Databases ● GovernmentalDatabases ●Academic Databases ●NGO Databases ●Medical

  19. General Information Government Databases • General Information - FirstGov - http://firstgov.gov/ - GPO Access - http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ - Library of Congress (Thomas) -http://thomas.loc.gov/ - Library of Congress - www.loc.gov/law/public/law-guide.html

  20. Statistical Databases What Can I Find ? Statistical: Non-government ●Statistical Resources - www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs ● Albany Sourcebook – www.albany.edu/sourcebook

  21. Government DatabasesStatistical HEALTH LEGISLATIVE LABOR GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME

  22. Government DatabasesStatistical • GENERAL ► Fed Stats - www.fedstats.gov ►STAT- USA - http://www.stat-usa.gov ► Census Bureau - www.census.gov

  23. Government DatabasesStatistical HEALTH LEGISLATIVE LABOR ENVIRONMENTAL General CRIME

  24. Statistical DatabasesGovernmental • Environmental EPA Information :  Databases www.epa.gov/epahome/Data.html National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration www.noaa.gov

  25. Government DatabasesStatistical HEALTH LEGISLATIVE LABOR CRIME General ENVIRONMENTAL

  26. Statistical Databases Governmental • CRIME STATISTICS - FBI Uniform Crime Reports - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ - http://ope.ed.gov/security/ - White House Crime

  27. Government DatabasesStatistical GENERAL LEGISLATIVE LABOR HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME

  28. Statistical DatabasesGovernmental Health ►NIH ►Department of Health

  29. Government DatabasesStatistical GENERAL LEGISLATIVE HEALTH LABOR ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME

  30. Government DatabasesStatistical • LaborStatistics Bureau of Labor Statistics STAT- USA

  31. Government DatabasesLegislative HEALTH GENERAL LABOR LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME

  32. Government Databases Statistical • Legislative - Library of Congress - Thomas - FirstGov - GovSpot

  33. ???? Non-Legal DatabasesMedical – Which Ones? ●MedicalDatabases

  34. Medical Databases USC Libraries ► Medical School Databases - Ovid / Pubmed ► Thomas Cooper Databases - Electronic Indexes - Online Journal Collection ► Example

  35. Addendum Collateral Sources • Blawgs (Blogs) – Technorati • RSS Feeds

  36. Directories of Legal Blogs • ABA Journal's Blawg Directory. • Blawg is an extensive directory of legal blogs. It is searchable and can also be browsed by category. Blogs are ranked by popularity. A search feature ("Search the blawgosphere") enables you to search blog posts. Every blog listing has an RSS feed, which makes subscribing convenient. • BlawgSearch is another directory of legal blogs. As the name suggests, it makes searching blog posts easy. • Law X.0’s Taxonomy of Legal Blogs is a selective directory. You can choose by topic, by jurisdiction, by type of author, etc.

  37. Other Law Websites • http://www.legaline.com/lawsites.html • http://www.practicesource.com/ • http://www.lawyerlounge.com/lawtech.php

  38. QUESTIONS

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