| Blough-Weis Library Guide to Online Legal Resources | ||||
| Lexis-Nexis | Legal Information Institute | FindLaw (public) | FindLaw (professionals) | |
| Access | BWL homepage (subscription database) | www.law.cornell.edu | www.findlaw.com | www.findlaw.com |
| Supreme Ct. | syllabus, opinion, dissent, ANNOTATIONS, 1790-present, Sup. Ct. BRIEFS** | syllabus, opinion, dissent, 1793-present | NA | syllabus, opinion, dissent, BRIEFS*, 1893-present |
| Federal/state courts | fed. & st. cases, appeals court, 20 years of cases | Fed. Ct. opinions, NY Ct of Appeals, state judicial opinions | NA | appellate courts, trial courts (Web sites), federal & state courts (opinions) |
| Federal/state codes | US & state codes, CFR, FR, attorney general opinions, constitutions | constitution, legislation, legislature, courts, state agencies, links to state gov't. sites | by subject, e.g. DUI, links to state code, also give highlights in lay terms | state codes, state & federal bills; municipal ordinances |
| International law | Canadian, EU, Commonwealth | NA | NA | countries, constitutions, UN, intl. treaties, embassies, missions |
| Special features | law reviews, shepards, patents | Social Security Library, American Legal Ethics Library | Web sites, gov't. resources, written in lay terms (lots of how-to, what-is) | "related documents" e.g., search warrants, indictments; gov't. resources, Web sites |
| News | sortable by topic, date (go to "news" section) achives for 10 yrs. | prepackaged by subject | prepackaged by subject (current, no archives) | prepackaged by subject, newsletters, law firm articles (current, no archives) |
| Arrangement | reviews, cases, shepard, codes, tax, patent | TOPIC (leads to sections of constitution & code, agency regulations, judicial decisions, state statutes & decisions, Internet sources), jurisdiction | by broad lay-person subjects | by PRACTICE AREAS, by jurisdictions, res. & reference, by state |
| *Supreme Court briefs (1999-present for select cases) http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/supreme_court/briefs/index.html | ||||
| **Supreme Court briefs (1979-present) selected cases | ||||