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Westlaw Access for Legal Studies Majors
Legal Studies students will receive access information during LES401 through the Legal Studies Department

Introduction to Legal Citation
From the Cornell Law School
See also AWLD, LEGAL REF#: KF245 .A45 2010 (3rd floor)
FindLaw
Comprehensive portal to legal information on the Internet. Keyword search or browse their categories.
Law Library of Congress
Government Information

Additional Resources

Legal Encyclopedias
Background Research
News Sources

American Jurisprudence
Corpus Juris Secundum
Access only to Legal Studies students & faculty via Westlaw with password authentication
Illinois Jurisprudence (via LexisNexis)
Click on 'Advanced Options' then type - Illinois Jurisprudence - for source, then click APPLY and enter search terms.

Black's Law Dictionary
The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory
CQ Press Political Reference Suite
Dictionary of Conflict Resolution
Illinois Jurisprudence (via LexisNexis)
Click on 'Advanced Options' then type - Illinois Jurisprudence - for source, then click APPLY and enter search terms.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law
Center for American Women in Politics (Rutgers University)

How Laws Are Made (Federal) - Compliments of U. of Georgia

Please note, while the information about the making of laws is accurate, some of the databases may be specific to the University of Georgia and therefore inaccessible to UIS patrons.

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