Subject Guide: Political Science — Courts

Books in Print | Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc. | Subscription Databases | E-Journals | E-Books | Professional Associations | Other Online Resources

Search the MOXIE Electronic Card Catalog for print and multimedia resources housed in Magale Library • http://moxie.centenary.edu/

Books in Print: LC Call Numbers in Stacks

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.

• Encyclopedia Britannica Online • http://www.search.eb.com

• Literati • http://literati.credoreference.com

Subscription Databases

Complete list of subscription databases • http://www.centenary.edu/library/research/databaseindex

Academic Search Complete • http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=web&defaultdb=a9h

Annual Review of Law and Social Science • http://www.annualreviews.org/journal/lawsocsci

Annual Review of Political Science • http://www.annualreviews.org/journal/polisci

Business Source Complete • http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=web&defaultdb=bth

Ingenta • http://www.ingentaconnect.com/search/advanced

JSTOR Arts and Sciences I, II, and III Interdisciplinary Collections • http://www.jstor.org/search/

Lexis-Nexis / Academic Universe • http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/

Military & Government Collection • http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=web&defaultdb=mth

OCLC FirstSearch • http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/dbname=WilsonSelectPlus;autho=100159676;FSIP/

PAIS Archive • http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=acclx49753&access=acclx49753&db=paisarc-set-c

PAIS International • http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=acclx49753&access=acclx49753&db=pais-set-c

SocINDEX with Full Text • http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=web&defaultdb=sih

Westlaw • http://www.westlaw.com/signon/default.wl?rs=IMP1.0&vr=2.0&sp=centenary%2D2000 (on campus)

WorldCat • http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/dbname=WorldCat;FSIP%20

E-Journals

Complete list of subscription e-journals • http://www.centenary.edu/library/research/ejournals

Other suggested e-journals and e-journal collections:

Electronic Full Text Journals (Search "Politics") • http://atoz.ebsco.com.ez.centenary.edu:2048/Titles/3423?lang=en&lang.menu=en&lang.subject=en

Directory of Open Access Journals • http://www.doaj.org/home

EBSCO Open Access Law Collection • Explore 750 full text journals related to law.

EBSCO Open Access Political Science Collection • Explore over 500 full text journals related to political science.

HG.org Law Journals • http://www.hg.org/journals.html

Law Journals on the Net • http://www.law.cornell.edu/journals.html

Legal Times • http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/legaltimes/index.jsp

E-Books

Complete list of subscription e-books • http://www.centenary.edu/library/research/ebooks

Other suggested e-books and e-book collections:

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) • http://www.doabooks.org/

Duhaime’s Legal Dictionary • http://www.duhaime.org/LegalDictionary.aspx?type=catchall

Famous Trials through History • http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm

Glossary of Legal Terms • http://www.id.uscourts.gov/glossary.htm

Hathi Trust Digital Library • http://www.hathitrust.org/

Historic Court Decisions • http://www.lectlaw.com/tcas.htm

Historic Legal Documents • http://www.lectlaw.com/this.htm

Humanities, Social Sciences and Law E-Book Collection • http://www.springerlink.com/humanities-social-sciences-and-law/books/

Internet Archive • http://archive.org/details/texts

Legal Lexicon’s Lyceum • http://lectlaw.com//def.htm

Merriam Webster's Dictionary of Law 2001 • http://research.lawyers.com/glossary/

National Academy Press • http://www.nap.edu/

Online Books Page • http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

University of California Press • http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks//index_subjects.html

Professional Associations

Alliance for Justice • http://www.afj.org/

American Bar Association Legal Technology Resource Center • http://www.abanet.org/tech/ltrc/lawlink/home.html

American Society of International Law • http://www.asil.org/

Education Law Association • http://educationlaw.org

Federal Bar Association • http://www.fedbar.org/

Law Society • http://members.tripod.com/~Law_Society_Execs/research.html

South West Association of Pre-Law Advisors • http://www.swapla.org/

World Jurist Association • http://www.worldjurist.org/

Other Suggested Online Political Science: Courts Resources

All Law Network • http://www.alllaw.com/

Basic Legal Citation • http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/

Charters of Freedom • http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/

CIA's Freedom Of Information Act • http://www.foia.cia.gov/ or http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB222/index.htm

Civil Rights Law • http://www.civilrights.org/

Constitution Finder (Global) • http://confinder.richmond.edu/

Designs for Democracy • http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/designs_for_democracy/index.html

Famous Trials • http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm

Findlaw • http://www.findlaw.com/

Foreign Law: Legal Research Resource on the Internet • http://www2.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/foreignlaw.html

Global LawRunner • http://www.ilrg.com/nations

Hieros Gamos Legal Research Center • http://www.hg.org/

International Court of Justice, The Hague • http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/WhatWeDo/ResearchGuides/ICJ.cfm

Law Library of Congress Guide to Law Online • http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide.php

Law.com Legal News & Information • http://www.law.com/jsp/law/index.jsp

Law Engine • http://www.thelawengine.com/main.htm

Law & Technology • http://www.llrx.com/features/privacyresources.htm

Laws of Other Nations LawGuru • http://www.lawguru.com/ilawlib/index.php?id=52

Legal Information Archive • http://cdm16064.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/

Legal Information Institute • http://www.law.cornell.edu/

Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research • http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/metaindex/

Municipal Codes • http://www.municode.com/resources/OnlineLibrary.asp

Oyez: US Supreme Court Multimedia Site • http://www.oyez.org/

Pew Center on the States • http://www.pewstates.org

Policy Jargon Decoder • http://www.urban.org/toolkit/Decoder.cfm

Project Censored • http://www.projectcensored.org/
• Includes video and transcripts for the program • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/sleeper/

Senate History • http://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_item/Notable_days.htm

State Law Resources : LII (Legal Information Institute, Cornell) • http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/listing.html

Statehouse Reporters • http://www.stateline.org

State Legal Sources on the Web • http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/statelaw.html

Supreme Court of the United States • http://www.supremecourt.gov/

United States Court Systems • http://www.lib.auburn.edu/socsci/docs/uscourts.html

U.S. Courts • http://www.uscourts.gov/

U.S. LawRunner Research • http://www.ilrg.com/gov.html

USA.gov • http://www.usa.gov/

Villanova Legal Express • http://vls.law.villanova.edu/library/express/

WashLaw Web: State/Circuit Courts • http://www.washlaw.edu/