Doing Research on the Internet

by Tony Safina, Medico-legal Researcher & Internet Specialist, (associated with The Locus Group).

In short, there is only one way to get comfortable doing research on the Internet -- do it. The URLs (uniform resource locators, i.e., "links," "sites," "addresses") on this web page are useful resources for lawyers and will provide much opportunity for exercising your Internet skills. To return to this web page use this URL:

http://iglou.com/infobroker/lba.html

Exercise Sites #1 - #16

  • U.S. Patents 1994-95 (full text)


  • Search EDGAR for SEC data


  • GPO Access on the Web


  • Federal Communications Commission


  • U.S. Supreme Ct. - Recent (1990 - present)


  • 6th Circuit Cases - (Jan. 1995 on)


  • West's Legal Directory (WLD)


  • Lawyers Cooperative Publishing


  • GPO Access - Alaska - pwd: sled


  • Alexander Law Firm


  • Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn


  • Bailey, Harring and Peterson, P.C.


  • Bricker & Eckler


  • HYTELNET on the World Wide Web


  • Melvyl - Univ. of Calf.


  • Library of Congress World Wide Web Home Page


  • University of Louisville Libraries


  • American National Standards Institute


  • American Universities


  • DejaNews (query form)


  • Journal Graphics (TV News)

    • Some Additional Resources

  • American Bar Association


  • Case Western (CWRU)


  • Cornell LII Web Server


  • CyberLaw


  • The E-Law Homepage


  • Federal Court's Home Page


  • FedWorld


  • Freedom Shrine - U.S.A. Historical Documents (Colorado)


  • Indiana Legal Information


  • Law-Ref


  • LawInfo


  • LawLinks


  • LawMall - For Lawyers, Law Firms, Clients and the Legal Services Industry


  • LawMarks


  • Lawnet From Kent Law School


  • Law Virtual Library 


  • Legal Information Institute


  • Legal.Net (tm) - The Legal Network for Everyone


  • Legal Research Meta-Index


  • Legal Resource Network


  • University of Louisville School of Law


  • National Federation of Paralegal Associations


  • P-LAW Legal Resource Locator


  • The Practicing Attorney's Home Page


  • StateSearch


  • THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet


  • U.S. Department of Justice Home Page


  • The Virtual Law Firm


  • WashLaw WEB -- Washburn University School of Law


  • The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Law

    • For over 1,500 additional URLs see A Topical Guide to the Internet.