U.S. Research Guides
U.S. Databases
These databases are available to LSU Law Center Faculty and Students and visitors to the LSU Law Library. Go to Legal Databases for more selections.
BNA Premier
Full text access to BNA products on a wide variety of legal topics, including tax, labor, intellectual property, environment, labor, and health care. Use My BNA to search across all topics, or, a selection of topics.
CCH Tax Research
This service provides information on federal tax, state tax, business entity planning, financial and estate planning, securities, federal banking law, capital changes, documents in the federal tax library, and government contracts from 1971 to the present.
HeinOnline
Includes full-text access to law journals, American Law Institute restatements, bar journals, U.S. primary source materials, trials, legal classics, international law resources, etc.
LexisNexis Academic
Provides access to full-text news, business, and legal publications. This database is available to all on-campus patrons. Law students and faculty should use link below to LexisNexis Law School for their legal research needs.
Lexis Nexis Congressional
Includes CIS Index, congressional publications, testimony, bills, laws, regulations, information on members, committees, etc.
LexisNexis Law School
Offers full-text online news, business, legal, legislative, and regulatory information, updated daily.
LLMC-Digital
Full text primary and secondary source materials, including agency decisions and federal court decisions.
Westlaw
Comprehensive full text legal database available to users with Westlaw IDs.
U.S. Internet Sites
Comprehensive Legal Sites
American Law Sources On-line, includes Canadian and Mexican law.
FindLaw
GLIN (Global Legal Information Network)
Guide to Law Online (Law Library of Congress)
HG.org: Worldwide Legal Directories (formerly Hieros Gamos)
PublicLegal, a product of the Internet Legal Research Group (ILRG).
JURIST: Legal News & Research (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
Law.com, includes keyword search of legal subjects (American Lawyers Media)
LexisONE
LII: Legal Information Institute (Cornell Law School)
LLRX.com
MegaLaw
WashLaw (Washburn University School of Law)
WWW Virtual Library--Law
The Virtual Chase: Legal Research on the Internet (Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP)
U.S. Law and Government
(See also comprehensive legal sites above)
The Public Library of Law, the largest free law library.
United States Code (FDsys) (HeinOnline Access)
Public and Private Laws (FDsys)
Code of Federal Regulations (FDsys) (HeinOnline Access)
Federal Register, via FDsys via HeinOnline Access)
RegInfo.gov, find federal regulatory information
FDsys (Government Printing Office Federal Digital System), includes Federal Register, Congressional Record and bills.
Thomas, legislative information from the Library of Congress.
USA.gov, a comprehensive portal to information and services from U.S. federal, state, local, and tribal governments.
Administrative Decisions & Other Actions - By Agency (University of Virginia Library)
U.S. Department of State
White House
American Law Sources On-line
Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy (Yale Law School)
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation (American Memory Project), provides access to U.S. congressional documents and debates from 1774-1875.
Federal Agency Directory (LSU Libraries)
Guide to Law Online (Law Library of Congress)
Justia.com, law & legal information lawyers, students, business and the public.
LawBrain.com (FindLaw), a legal wiki.
Lawyers.com, includes forms and legal informartion
LII: Legal Information Institute (Cornell Law School)
LLMC-Digital, an LSU Law Center subscription database containing full text primary and secondary source materials, including agency decisions and federal court decisions.
NCCUSL Drafts and Final Acts
Public.Resource.Org, full text legal materials in the public domain.
Uniform Law Commissioners (National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws), includes final acts and legislation.
State Agency Databases
Explore GovDocs (University of Michigan Document Center)
Municode.com ( Municipal Code Corporation), a compilation of city and county/parish ordinances.
U.S. Courts
Appellate Court Web Sites
Court Locator (US Courts)
Dates of Supreme Court Decisions, 1791-1882.
Federal Judicial Center, includes database of biographies of federal judges.
FindACase Network, search state and federal case law.
Free Court Dockets, access to over 33 million court case dockets.
HeinOnline U.S. Supreme Court Library, an LSU Law Center subscription database containing U.S. Reports, preliminary prints and slip opinions in pdf format.
Judges of the United States Courts, includes a biographical database.
On the Docket: U.S. Supreme Court News, coverage since 1998 term, includes current Supreme Court docket.
OpenJurist, free case law site includes Supreme Court cases since 1754 and Federal Reporter since 1880.
Oyez: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia, includes over 2000 recorded oral arguments.
Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases (ABA), 2003/2004 term-present.
Privacy/Public Access to Court Records: State Links (National Center for State Courts)
State Court Web Sites (National Center for State Courts)
Supreme Court of the United States, includes transcripts of oral arguments since 2000.
Supreme Court Database, information about each case decided by the Court between the 1953 and 2009 terms.
Supreme Court Decisions 1937-1975 (FedWorld)
Supreme Court (LII)
Supreme Court Historical Society
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court Cases (Justia, Oyez and US Court Forms), includes opinions vol. 1-present.
U.S. Courts, the Federal Judiciary
U.S. Court Forms (free; registration required)
U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978, an LSU Law Center subscription database.
Forms
See also the LSU Law Library's Selected Guide to Legal Forms or use forms on our CD Workstation. See Forms Index for forms available on CD Workstation.
Louisiana Legal Forms, an LSU Law Center subscription database
Baton Rouge City Court Civil Suit Interactive Forms
Forms.gov, the U.S. Government's official hub for federal forms
FindLaw Forms
Internal Revenue Service Forms and Publications
ILRG Legal Forms Archive
LawHelp.org/LA, some sample forms under the self-help tab
The 'Lectric Law Library Forms Room
LexisONE Free Forms (registration required)
LLRX Court Rules, Forms and Dockets
The Public Library of Law: Legal Forms & Documents
U.S. Court Forms (free; registration required)
WashLaw Legal Forms
Self Help
See also the LSU Law Library's For the Public page.
American Bar Association Public Resources
Learn About the Law (FindLaw)
Lemon Law America
