| Online Resources |
Coverage |
Scope Notes |
| Commercial Legal Research Vendors (selective) |
LexisNexis Account Login
https://www.lexis.com/research
Law Library access is restricted to statutory users and on-site to attorneys with library privileges. |
Federal & State |
Varies (and depends on subscription plan) |
Westlaw Account Login
http://web2.westlaw.com/signon/
Law Library access is restricted to statutory users and on-site to attorneys with library privileges. |
Federal & State |
Varies (and depends on subscription plan) |
Casemaker (Ohio State Bar Association)
www.ohiobar.org/Pages/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fMembers%2fPages%2fCaseMaker.aspx
Law Library access is restricted to statutory users and attorneys with library privileges who has their own OSBA accounts. |
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Fastcase
https://www.fastcase.com
The Law Library does not subscribe to Fastcase. |
Federal & State |
Varies |
Loislaw
www.loislaw.com
The Law Library does not subscribe to this service. |
Federal & State Admin. Codes & Registers |
Varies |
Hein Online
http://heinonline.org/
Law Library access restricted to statutory users and attorneys with library privileges on-site. |
CFR, Federal Register |
CFR 1938→
Federal Register 1936→ |
| Free Online Regulatory Research Services (selective) |
American Law Sources On-line
www.lawsource.com/also/ |
Federal & State |
Links to outside websites |
Justia
www.justia.com/ |
CFR,
State Codes |
CFR: current
State Codes: varies |
Legal Information Institute (Cornell)
www.law.cornell.edu |
CFR,
State Codes |
CFR: current
State Codes: varies |
| Federal Regulatory Resources |
| Note on Government Printing Office (GPO) Datasets. The migration of federal government information from GPO Access into the GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) is occurring on a collection-by-collection basis and is expected to be completed in 2010. The below provides links to government datasets in FDsys when available. GPO Access datasets may be more comprehensive, will remain current, and continue to be available until the migration is completed. To view available sources and each source’s coverage, go to GPO Access and GPO FDsys.
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| Monitoring Federal Regulations |
eCFR (OFR/GPO)
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=%2Findex.tpl
The e-CFR is an unofficial editorial compilation of CFR material and Federal Register amendments produced by the National Archives and Records Administration's Office of the Federal Register (OFR) and the Government Printing Office. The OFR updates the material in the e-CFR on a daily basis. |
Federal Register (FDsys)
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=FR |
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html |
Unified Agenda (GPO Access)
www.gpoaccess.gov/ua/index.html
Developing or recently completed regulations |
| Federal Executive Branch Resources |
| President of the United States |
Official Website of the President
www.whitehouse.gov/ |
Compilation of Presidential Documents (FDsys)
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=CPD |
Public Papers of the President (FDsys)
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=PPP |
| Federal Departments, Agencies & Commissions |
United States Government Manual (FDsys)
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=GOVMAN
Official handbook and directory of the Federal Government |
USA.gov (US General Services Administration)
www.usa.gov/ |
Federal Government Websites Organized into Subject Areas (GPO)
www.browsetopics.gov/ |
| See also: The Law Library's Legal Forms Research: Guide to Online Resources for Agency, Court, Business & Personal Forms
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