Law Search Engines, Gateways, and General Sites

• ABA Network
  A consumer’s guide to legal help on the Internet” from the American Bar Association.
• AllLaw.com
• American Law Sources On-line
  Links to all on-line sources of American law that are available without charge.
• CataLaw: Legal Topics
• Constitutional Law
  A section of the FindLaw Web site (see below), this is a collection of links to information relating to the United States Constitution and the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Federal Court Locator
  From Villanova University School of Law
• FindLaw
  A good beginning point for research. “Your guide to all things law on the Internet.”
• FindLaw Forms
  A great site for legal forms.
• GovSpot.com
  A portal with links to federal, state, and local government, as well as political topics and more.
• Guide to Law Online
  Prepared by the U.S. Law Library of Congress Public Services Division, this is an “annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. It includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information.” The site consists of four main sections: International and Multinational, Nations of the World, U.S. Federal, and U.S. States and Territories.
• Hieros Gamos
  The largest legal gateway; links to more than 50,000 sites.
• Internet Legal Resource Group
  A categorized index to more than 4,000 select Web sites in 238 nations, islands, and territories, as well as thousands of locally-stored Web pages and downloadable files.
• LawCrawler(the search engine of FindLaw)
• Legal Encyclopedia
  “Plain-English articles on the legal topics that affect you most.”
• Legal Information Institute (from Cornell Law School)
• Nolo Self-Help Law Center
  Designed for non-lawyer members of the general public and students.
• State Courts — By Jurisdiction
  From Cornell Law School
• Thomas: U.S. Congress on the Internet
• Virtual Chase: Legal Research on the Internet
  “Designed especially for lawyers and other experienced legal researchers. Over 500 pages divided into sections and subsections. Especially useful is the collection of pages arranged under Legal Research Guide, which organizes subjects under two headings: legal research and factual research.
• WashLaw Web
  Alphabetical list of categories of law-related Web sites, including links to states.
• WORLDLawDirect
  A well-organized site providing information on over 6000 legal problems. Divided into 11 sections, on the following areas of law: international, business, finance, immigration, property, family, employment, healthcare, criminal, internet, and non-profit. Also includes an ask-an-attorney option.
• World Wide Web Virtual Law Library

Commercial Law

• Commercial Law
  The section on commercial law from the Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School.
• Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
  The full text of the national Uniform Commercial Code, with a link to find the UCC incorporated into the statutes of particular states.
• Uniform Commercial Code in New Hampshire statutes
  The UCC is incorporated in New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated as Chapter 382-A.

Criminal Justice

• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Criminal Justice Links
  A massive gateway to hundreds of sites in criminal justice. From Florida State University, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
• Criminal Justice Resources
  An extraordinary annotated guide to print and Web-based resources in 70 categories, created and maintained by a librarian at Michigan State University.
• Cybrary
  A search engine to over 12,000 criminal justice-related Web sites.
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
  The NCJRS is sponsored by the National Institute of Justice, the research branch of the U.S. Department of Justice. The Institute’s mission is to develop knowledge about crime, its causes, and control.
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online
• Uniform Crime Reports
  Cover title to this report is CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES. Compiled annually by the FBI, this source provides the most comprehensive national crime statistics available.
• United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network

Federal Law

• About the Supreme Court
• Code of Federal Regulations
• FedLaw
  “FedLaw has assembled references of use to people doing Federal legal research and which can be accessed directly through ‘point and click’ hypertext connections.”
• Internet Law Library
  Formerly U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library; no longer available through U.S. House of Representatives. Includes link to search the U.S. Code.
• Landmark Supreme Court Cases
  This website was developed to provide teachers with a full range of resources and activities regarding the most important U.S. Supreme Court cases. The site provides background summaries of each case.
• Law Library of Congress
  A highly-useful, easily-navigated Web site, divided into three sections: Research Services, Digital Resources & Links, and General Information. One of the most useful subsections under Digital Resources & Links is the Guide to Law Online, “an annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online”.
• OYEZ Project
  This site delivers more than 2000 hours of oral arguments in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. All audio recorded in the Court since 1995 is included, plus selective audio from pre-1995. Also includes a virtual tour of the Supreme Court building, and biographical sketches of current justices.
• Title IX (Gender Equity in Sports)
• U.C.C. Uniform Commercial Code
• U.S. Code
  Access to federal laws through the Web site of the Legal Information Institute
• U.S. Constitution (from FindLaw site)
• U.S. Declaration of Independence(from the National Archives)
• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. Senate
• U.S. Supreme Court
  Decisions from 1992 to present plus over 600 important historical decisions. For decisions prior to 1992, use FindLaw (under Law Search Engines and Gateways, above).
• U.S. Supreme Court: About the Supreme Court
• U.S. Supreme Court: Official Web Site of the U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Tax Code
• The White House

U.S. Government Sites

• American FactFinder
  This is the main site for accessing U.S. Census data.
• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• CapWeb: The Internet Guide to the United States Congress
• CenStats Databases
  Interactive Internet tools from the Census Bureau. Applications available include: Census Tract Street Locator, County Business Patterns, Zip Business Patterns, International Trade Data, and more.
• Census Bureau
• CensusScope
  A site providing user-friendly access to U.S. Census data for both entry-level students and researchers. Allows users to explore demographic trends, copy maps, charts, and tables, and manipulate Census data.
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Congressional E-Mail Addresses and Other Info
• Contacting the Congress
• Copyright Office
• County and City Data Book
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Education
• Department of Justice
• Endangered Species Program (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• EPA New England
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1 (New England)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation: Uniform Crime Reports
  Print copy of annual volume in Lamson Library: Ref Shelves HV6787 .A3
• Federal Information Center
• FedStats “One stop shopping for federal statistics”
• Forest Service
• Google: Uncle Sam
  A subset of the Google search engine, searching government Web sites.
• Government Accounting Office (GAO) Reports
• GPO Access
  “A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government”
• Government Resources
  A large collection of links to government resources from the Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center at Wheeling Jesuit University.
• Immigration and Naturalization Service
• Income (U.S. Census Bureau)
• Internal Revenue Service
• Miscellaneous Internet Rein1s Related to the Federal Government
• National Labor Relations Board
• New Hampshire’s Congressional Delegation
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
• Patent and Trademark Office
• The Right Site
  “Demographics made easy!”
• Securities and Exchange Commission Filings (EDGAR)
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online
  From Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice; print copy of annual volume in Lamson Library: Ref Shelves HV7245 .N37b
• STAT-USA/Internet (U.S. Department of Commerce)
  “One-stop internet browsing for business, trade, and economic information”
• Tax Forms (Internal Revenue Service)
• THOMAS U.S. Congress on the Internet
• USGS Minerals Statistics and Information
• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. Senate
• USA.gov
  “USA.gov is an easy-to-search, free-access website designed to give you a centralized place to find information from U.S. local, state, and federal government agency websites”, allowing searches to be done without needing to know which federal agencies produced the information.
• The White House

General State and Local Government

• 50states.com
• Governing.com
  The Web site of Governing, a monthly magazine published by Congressional Quarterly. This site serves as a useful compendium and portal for finding current information on state and local government.
• State and Local Government on the Net

New Hampshire Law

• New Hampshire State Constitution
• New Hampshire Revised Statutes
  Please note that this online version is not “annotated”. That is, it does not contain the information in the print volumes which follows the text of each statute and contains a detailed history with explanation of amendments, cross references to other statutes, and annotations of NH Supreme Court and NH Federal District court cases relating to the statute. Care should also be taken to compare the online text with the text shown in the separate links to legislative changes by year.
• New Hampshire General Court (Legislature)
  Includes House and Senate information, status of legislation, state constitution, budget information
• New Hampshire Superior Court
• New Hampshire Supreme Court

New Hampshire State Government sites

• NH.gov
  The official Web site of New Hampshire state government


• New Hampshire State Agencies Online


• Attorney General of New Hampshire
  New Hampshire Department of Justice
• Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau
  A division of the New Hampshire Department of Justice
• 50states.com — New Hampshire
• Governor of New Hampshire
• New Hampshire Almanac
• New Hampshire Census 2000
  This page from the New Hampshire Data Center, provides links to a variety of reports based on 2000 Census data for New Hampshire.
• New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies
  “An independent, non-profit, non-partisan organization that pursues data-based research on public policy matters, develops options, informs policy makers and advises them about choices for action. Established in 1996, the Center’s mission is to raise new ideas and improve policy debates through quality information and analysis on issues shaping New Hampshire’s future. The Center is affiliated with the Institute for Policy and Social Science Research at the University of New Hampshire.”
• New Hampshire Community Profiles
• New Hampshire County Business Patterns
• New Hampshire Data Center
  Administered by the Office of Energy and Planning, the purpose of the Data Center is to provide “an effective vehicle for the dissemination of data produced by the Census Bureau”.
• New Hampshire Department of Education
• New Hampshire Department of Education: Data and Reports
  Electronic reports on a wide range of data related to public schools in NH.
• New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information
  From the New Hampshire Economic and Labor Information Bureau (ELMIB), part of the New Hampshire Employment Security agency.
• New Hampshire Employment Projections by Industry and Occupation, 2002-2012
  Statewide projections for 64 industries and 647 occupations. “Hot Jobs” focuses on selected occupations with very good projected job demand.
• New Hampshire Employment Security
  Includes Automatic Job Match System for job seekers and employers
• New Hampshire General Court (Legislature)
  Includes House and Senate information, status of legislation, state constitution, budget information
• New Hampshire Historical Population Figures, 1767-1820 (PDF)
• New Hampshire Historical Population Figures, 1830-1920 (PDF)
• New Hampshire Occupational Employment and Wages
  “A yearly publication containing wage and employment estimates for roughly 600 occupations, for statewide and 14 substate areas.”
• New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning
  Formerly called the Office of State Planning, the Office of Energy and Planning “provides information, data and guidance to assist decision makers on issues pertaining to development, land protection, energy use and community planning”.
• New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission
• New Hampshire School District Profile
• New Hampshire’s Congressional Delegation
• NHetwork
  New Hampshire’s economic and labor market information Internet delivery system, developed by the New Hampshire Employment Security’s Economic and Labor Information Bureau.
• State and Local Government on the Net: New Hampshire
• Who’s My [NH] Legislator?

New Hampshire Election Links

• Final Election Results — NH Democratic Presidential Primary, January 2008
• Final Election Results — NH Democratic Presidential Primary, January 2004
• NH Democratic Presidential Primary 2004 — Results by County
• NH Election Results, November 2004, State and Federal(compiled by NH Public Radio)
• 2004 National Presidential Election Results(from CNN)
• Purple U.S. Map 2004
  (Created and posted by Jeff Culver on BoingBoing.net) “I was thinking today about how the ‘red v. blue’ states graphic is really misleading considering the slim margins that the candidates won some of those states by, so I sat down and created the map that’s attached. In the dozens of hours I’ve been watching the news I haven’t seen one like it, but thought that you and the BoingBoing readers might find it interesting. I think it definitely portrays our fellow states far differently than the extreme way we’ve been seeing to date.”
• Map of 2004 Presidential Election Results by County
  Also includes link to map showing county results for 2006 Congressional election.

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