Research Resources
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Resources in this Category
ALL Practice Materials Secondary Sources Other
Title  | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | Finding Briefs on the Web Attorney Bob Ambrogi's catalog of websites offering briefs (some free, some not) | ||
| | Guide to Tracing a Massachusetts Law The State Library of Massachusetts has developed this on-line resource guide to tracing the legislative history of Massachusetts laws. It contains many useful links. | 8/13/2007 | |
| | How Lawyers Can Improve [Internet] Search Results A National Law Journal Article with useful information about using Google advanced search techniques to obtain more relevant results. | 7/27/2007 | |
| | Introduction to Basic Legal Citation An online manual by Peter Martin (Cornell Law), updated in 2007. | 8/15/2007 | |
| | Links to Massachusetts Court and Agency Materials Links to Massachusetts Statutes, Regulations and Court Decisions. Developed by the Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School. | 8/28/2007 | |
| | Masachusetts SJC briefs Starting in September 2007, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will be adding case briefs to its public docket information. Links to the briefs will appear on the case docket pages, just above the docket entries. | 9/17/2007 | |
| | Research Guides A series of research guides on a variety of topics, prepared by Boston College Law School. Guides include, among others, Finding Cases, Using Law Reviews, Using Statutes, Federal Legislative History, Massachusetts Legal Research and Regulations Research. | 9/7/2007 | |
| | THOMAS -- legislative information from the Library of Congress THOMAS is maintained by the Library of Congress. You can search the Congressional Record here, and find extensive information about bills and legislation from current and prior legislative sessions. | 8/14/2007 | |
| | Web Searching With Advanced Commands An article from "The Virtual Chase" with suggestions on how to improve internet search results. | 10/11/2007 | |
