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  Federal , Minnesota, and Other States decisions,
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• Legislative
  Congress, Minnesota Legislature,
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• Executive/Administrative Law
  MN agency Rules, Official Notices, & Decisions or
  MN agency Information.
  Other States and Federal agencies.

• Libraries & Indexes
  Search the A.G. Library catalog
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• Directories: find people, businesses
• Reference: statistics, quotes, definitions
• Public Records: and investigative tools
• Search Engines: for www searches.

• Topical Web Sites
  Legal, Law Journals, Company/Business, and News.

Judicial Information

Federal Court Decisions:

Federal Judiciary Home Page: List of all federal courts by circuit plus miscellaneous federal court links.

PACER: search dockets by court or use the  PACER Case Locator or US Party/Case Index. Log-in required.

U.S. Supreme Court

• Supreme Court of the US Web Site includes information about the court and justices, opinions, orders, court rules, calendars, docket, and transcripts.
• ABA Supreme Court Preview: Merit briefs, "Cases at a Glance" offers an advance look at the issues raised in every case slated for oral argument, and selected full-text articles about pending cases.
• LII Supreme Court Collection at Cornell Law School: contains current and historic decisions; searchable order list database, summary of questions presented. Subscribe to e-mail notification of court opinions.
• OpenJurist has decision from 30 US Reports forward. Search or browse the opinions.
• Oyez Includes audio recorded in the Court since the installation of a recording system in October 1955.

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U.S. Court of Appeal

Federal Judiciary Home Page: List of all federal courts by circuit plus miscellaneous federal court links.

OpenJurist has opinions of the US Courts of Appeals from the 1st - 3d series of Federal Reporter. Search or browse the opinions.

• 1st Circuit Court of Appeals: recent opinions, court rules, docket, etc.
• 2nd Circuit Decisions: recent opinions, court rules, docket, etc.
• 3d Circuit Court of Appeals, today's opinions & archive, court rules, docket, etc.
  • 3rd Circuit Decisions, 5/94-present  from Villanova Law School.
• 4th Circuit Court of Appeals: today's opinions & archive, court rules, docket, etc.
• 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, today's opinions & archive, court rules, docket, etc.
• 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, decisions back to 1994, court rules, docket, etc.
• 7th Circuit Decisions Current opinions, rules, docket, etc.
• 8th Circuit Court of Appeals and Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
  • One Stop Search" locates all documents for a case if you have the case number.
  • Retrieve today's opinions
• 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, opinions, court rules, calendar, etc.
• 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, opinions, court rules, docket, calendar, etc.
• 11th Circuit Court of Appeals: court rules, court information, etc.
• Federal Circuit Court of Appeals: opinions, rules, calendar, etc.
  • Federal Circuit Decisions, 1995-2008 from Georgetown Law School.
• DC Circuit Court of Appeals: opinions, court rules, docket, calendar, etc.
  • DC Circuit Decisions, 8/95-2008 from Georgetown Law School.

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U.S. District, Bankruptcy, and Other Federal Courts

• Minnesota
  • U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota.
  • Minnesota Bankruptcy Court.
• Federal Judiciary Home Page: List of all federal courts by circuit plus miscellaneous federal court links.

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Docket Information

• PACER Web Links (login and password needed): access to court dockets.
• Court Rules, Forms, and Dockets: from LLRX: Search or browse over 700 sources

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Judicial Information: Minnesota

Minnesota State Court System:

• Minnesota Supreme Court:
  • This week's Supreme Court Opinions: opinions are available at 1:00 pm on Thursdays. Scroll down the page to "Syllabus" and use the docket number as a link to the full-text.
  • Supreme Court Calendar: descriptions of cases scheduled for oral argument
  • Administrative files: contains reports and petitions for rule changes submitted by court advisory committees, Supreme Court orders that amend the rules, task force reports, and other administrative documents dating back to 1979.

• Minnesota Court of Appeals:
  • This week's Court of Appeals Opinions and list of order opinions are available at 1:00 pm on Tuesdays. Docket number is the link to the full-text.
  • Court of Appeals Calendar
  • Special Term Opinion Subject Matter Index
  • Standards of Review

MnPALS Libraries
State agencies, state colleges and universities, Hill Reference, others.

Periodical Indexes (May require passwords or authorization)

• MNLink: Minnesota library gateway includes indexes to newspapers and periodicals in all subject areas and includes full-text of many articles.
• MEDLINE Plus: from the National Library of Medicine. Choose Health Topics for links on common diseases and conditions and simplified Medline.
  • PubMed: Search MEDLINE from the National Library of Medicine.
• Minnesota Magazine Index: Index of articles that appeared in nine Minnesota magazines from 1991 to 2005.
• Uncover (Ingenta) Contains the table of contents of some 17,000 journals. Search the file by author, title, or keyword in title or summary.
• Gold Rush: browse or search for electronic journals.

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Other World Wide Web Sites by Topic

• ADRWorld.com has news, legislation. regulations, court opinions, and court rules about alternative dispute resolution and mediation.
• Americans with Disabilities Act Information from the Department of Justice.
• Copyright Information from the Library of Congress.
• Endangered Species & Wetlands Report: contains headlines from the current issue; summaries of and links to Federal Register notices on the Endangered Species Act, wetlands, and the National Environmental Policy Act; court decisions covered or mentioned in the current issue.
• Legal Ethics contains links to rules of professional conduct and ethics opinions for various states. See also, Minnesota Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board and Office.
• National Association of Attorneys General.
• National Conference on Uniform State Laws: offers drafts, memos and meeting agendas associated with the drafting projects currently in progress.
• National Indian Law Library: Search the library catalog or use their Internet research links to locate other American Indian resources.
• NAFTA Information Center. Compiled by Texas A&M International University's Office for the Study of U.S.-Mexico Trade Relations (USMTR). These databases are comprised of trade and commerce information in regard to NAFTA, Central and South America.
• Tobacco Litigation Documents - contains both national litigation documents and key litigation documents from cases brought by the Attorneys General of 44 states.

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• Cornell Legal Information Institute Contains one the Internet's most extensive collections of primary and secondary law materials for federal, state, and international sources.
• FindLaw contains an index with links to legal sources and allows searches of the index and searches of the full text law reviews on the WWW.
• LawMoose: Home of the Minnesota Legal Web.
• Library of Congress: includes information about the collection of the library, copyright information circulars, ability to search copyright files, U.S. Congressional information, links to information from other federal government agencies, and much more.
• WashLaw A service of Washburn Law School, WashLaw is another extensive site containing primary and secondary law materials for federal, state, and international sources.

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Law Reviews and Journals

• Bench and Bar of Minnesota: read selected articles or browse an index of articles since 1995 by subject or author.
• Minnesota Lawyer: weekly legal news from Finance & Commerce.
• Law Journals access from WashLaw. Search the full-text of law journals on the Internet plus an annotated list of journals available.
• Tarlton Law Library's Contents pages from legal periodicals. This service provides an on-line version of the contents pages from more than 750 law reviews and other scholarly journals related to the law. The files are updated daily and only journal issues received during the past three months are listed. Browse by month or search by keyword.

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• Minnesota Secretary of State On-line Access: Business Services
• Other States Secretaries of State and business records:
  • Business Filings Databases: links to states that have business filings information available on-line.
  • Secretaries of State web links from the National Association of Secretaries of State.
  • State and Local Government on the Net use the Statewide Offices listing for SOS information.
• Securities and Exchange Commission: includes EDGAR database of corporate information.
• Hoovers On-line locate company information by business name or ticker number. Information includes description, address, phone, web page URL, corporate officers, and brief financials.
• Corporate Information research site: This site offers free company snapshot reports and top 100 lists.

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News

• Star Tribune: read today's news or search a 14-day archive.
• St. Paul PioneerPlanet: read today's news or browse a 7-day archive.
• Duluth News-Tribune: read today's news or search a 7-day archive.
• The Business Journal (formerly Mpls/St. Paul CityBusiness): includes top news stories from this week's edition. You can browse or search the archive of articles to October, 1996.
• Minnesota Lawyer: weekly legal news from Finance & Commerce.
• Minnesota Daily: daily news from the University of Minnesota. Browse or search the archives.

AlltheWeb News: indexes newspaper web sites throughout the day. Good for finding very recent news articles. Includes indexing for the Star Tribune.
AJR News Link: American Journalism Review presents links to U.S. and Canadian papers cross-indexed by category, state and province. Also provides links to campus papers and newspapers worldwide.
E&P MediaInfo Links: In addition to links to newspapers worldwide, you will find links to associations, city guides, magazine, radio, and television.
Newspaper Archives on the Web: Newspaper links on this page are listed by state with dates of coverage. Access to those papers designated as Infinet can be accessed without charge on the 1050 NCL library search PC next to the window. Check with library staff for access instructions.
HeadlineSpot links to US and world news sources, including newswires.

• Washington Post
• New York Times: read today's news and search the archive by keywords.
• Law.com: daily headlines and stories from American Lawyer Media's 20 print publications plus an archive of articles.
• Lawyers Weekly: stories, synopses and full-text documents from Lawyers Weekly USA and six state newspapers.
• USA Today
• CBS Headlines
• CNN
• News from Reuters

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Directories

• American Bar Association
• Minnesota Bar Association
• Minnesota CLE
• Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association
• National Association of Attorneys General
• State & Local Bar Associations

• Attorneys General for all states: Master list from NAAG containing address, phone number and web site.
• Findlaw: West Legal Directory
• Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator
• Minnesota Attorney Registration System: Use registration number to find address.
• Minnesota State Bar Association: search the membership directory

• Findlaw: Experts and Consultants.
• JurisPro.com: searchable directory of expert witnesses.
• LawInfo: Expert Witness Database.
• ExpertPages: browse for experts by category.

• Directory of County Court Houses in the U.S.
• Locate a county by place name: enter a zip code, city or town
• Minnesota City/County/Township/Tribal Search: Find the county for a Minnesota city or see a list of all cities, townships, or tribes in a county.
• Whitepages.com: Find area code or zip code by city or enter area code or zip code to find city.
• Zip Code Directory: Enter an address and find the Zip Code and county.
• Zip Code Finder: Find Zip Code by city, county, state, or area code. Find distance between two Zip Codes or all Zips within a radius. Enter a Zip Code and find statistics of the area.

• White Pages Staff Directory: Search by name.
• State Government Directory: Browse by department.
• Minnesota Blue Book (Legislative Manual): official directory of facts, statistics, and data for the state of Minnesota
• Legislature
  • Find Your Representative: District Finder from the MN Legislature
  • 2010 Election Directory
  • Legislators Past & Present: coverage since territorial time.
• Registered Lobbyists and Associations: lists maintained by the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board.
• Minnesota Statewide ADR-Rule 114 Neutrals Roster

• State Elected Officials
• Local Elected Officials
• U.S. Mayors

• Elected Officials Directory: biographical information for the president, members of Congress, governors, and state legislators.
• Congressional Directories from the Joint Committee on Printing
  • Elected Officials Directory: biographical information for the president, members of Congress, governors, and state legislators.
  • Biographical: 104th Congress to present.
  • Pictoral: 105th Congress to present.
• Find Your Representative: enter a ZIP code.
• Biographical Directory of the US Congress: 1774 to present. Includes color pictures.
• U.S. Government Manual: Browse or search to find comprehensive information on legislative, judicial, and executive agencies.
• Who's Who in Federal Government: from the Government Publications Department of the Library at the University of Memphis.Contains links to biographical information about members of Cabinet, Congress, federal agencies, and others.

• Minnesota
  • Minnesota judges from MN Judicial Branch web site.
  • Tax Court 
  • Hennepin County: (from: The Court) profiles and assignments
  • Hennepin County: (from: HCBA) profiles, assignments and courtroom management
  • Office of Administrative Hearings
  • LawMoose Minnesota Judges Directory: browse by court to find profiles and articles by and about judges.
  • Judges biographies: compiled by the Hennepin County Law Library.
  • Minnesota Statewide ADR-Rule 114 Neutrals Roster
• Federal
  • Judges of the US Courts: a database of biographical information about all federal judges serving since 1789.

• DexKnows White Pages: includes Search by Name, Reverse Phone and Reverse Address.
• YellowPages.com: ind people by name, phone number, or address or find businesses by name or phone number.
• Toll Free: The Internet 800 Directory.
• InfoUSA: Look for links under Free Look-up Tools. Find addresses and phone numbers for people and businesses.
• Langenberg.com: Look-up listings by phone number or street address.
• Switchboard: Search the white pages by name.
• Yahoo People search: Search by name, phone, or e-mail.

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Reference

Dictionaries

• Legal
  • Law.com Dictionary: The Real Life Dictionary of the Law
  • Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Law: from FindLaw.
  • Nolo's Free Dictionary of Law Terms and Legal Definitions.
• General
  • Merriam Webster OnLine : Dictionary, thesaurus, and Spanish/English.
  • The Free Dictionary by Farlex: a searchable multi-dictionary database which includes results from American Heritage Dictionary, 4th ed. and many other dictionaries.
  • Roget Thesaurus
  • Your Dictionary.com: lists of 1,000 dictionaries in over 200 languages.
  • Acronym Finder: A searchable database containing common acronyms and abbreviations about all subjects, with a focus on computers, technology, telecommunications, and the military.
• Specialty
  • Specialty Dictionaries: links to many dictionaries on a variety of topics.
  • Telecom Glossary 2007 provided by ATIS.
  • Telecommunications Dictionary & Terms: a dictionary of telecommunications terms.

• Minnesota Criminal History: from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Includes public data on criminal convictions for 15 years following the completion of the sentence.
• MOMS - Minnesota Official Marriage System: search by name of bride or groom; can limit by date.
• People Finder: from the MN Historical Society. One search to find entries in:
• Minnesota Birth Certificates Index: Index from the Historical Society covers the years 1900-1934.
• Minnesota Death Certificates Index: Historical Society offers an index of the death cards from 1905 to 1907 and the death certificates from 1908 to 2001.
• Minnesota Secretary of State On-line Access: Business Services
• Minnesota Real Property Searches: these services from county offices provide online access to geographic and tax record information for individual parcels of property. The information found may include items such as property address, estimated market value, current taxes, last sale price, assessment category, building details or year built. Searches are generally by address, property identification number, or by a map.
  • Aitkin County Property, Parcel search
  • Anoka County Property Information
  • Becker County Parcel Information Search
  • Beltrami Property Search
  • Benton Property Search
  • Big Stone Tax Statement Search
  • Blue Earth County Property Information Search
  • Brown County Property Information Search
  • Carlton County Parcel Information System
  • Carver County Property Tax Information
  • Cass County Parcel Information
  • Chippewa County Property Information Search
  • Chisago County Property Search
  • Clay County Property
  • Clearwater County Property
  • Cook County Parcel Inquiry
  • Cottonwood County Property
  • Crow Wing County Tax Information Search
  • Dakota County Real Estate Inquiry
  • Dodge County Property Search
  • Douglas County Parcel Listing
  • Duluth, City Assessor's Office
  • Fillmore County Property Search
  • Freeborn County Property Search
  • Goodhue County Tax Information
  • Grant County Parcel Search
  • Hennepin County Property Information Search
  • Houston County Property
  • Hubbard County Parcel Information
  • Isanti County Property Tax Information
  • Itasca County Parcel Information System
  • Jackson Online Property Information
  • Kanabec County Property Record Search
  • Kandiyohi County Property Tax Information
  • Koochiching County Parcel Info System
  • Lac qui Parle County Parcel Info System
  • Lake County Parcel Info System
  • Le Sueur County Property
  • Lincoln County Tax Information
  • Lyon County Tax Information
  • Marshall County Tax Information
  • Martin County Tax Search
  • McLeod Property Tax Information
  • Meeker County Tax Information
  • Mille Lacs Tax Information
  • Morrison County Tax Search
  • Mower County Assessor Search
  • Murray County Property Tax Information
  • Nicollet County Property Search
  • Nobles County Property Tax Information
  • Norman County Parcel Listing
  • Olmsted County Property Records
  • Otter Tail County Property Tax Information
  • Pine County Property Information
  • Pope County Parcel Listing
  • Ramsey County Property Records and Revenue
  • Redwood County Parcel Listing
  • Renville County Parcel Listing
  • Rice County Assessor On-line
  • Rock County Parcel Listing
  • St. Louis County Property Tax Lookup
  • Scott County Property Information
  • Sherburne County Tax Search
  • Stearns County Tax Search
  • Steele County Assessor's Office
  • Stevens County Tax Information
  • Swift County Tax Information
  • Todd County Property Information
  • Traverse County Property Information
  • Wabasha County Property Information
  • Wadena County Property Information
  • Waseca County Property Information
  • Washington County Property Information
  • Watonwan County Property Information
  • Wilkin County Property Information
  • Winona County Property Information
  • Wright County Property Tax Information
  • Yellow Medicine County Tax Information

  Public Records - Nationwide

  • 50-State Secretaries of State and business records:
    • Secretary of State Corporation and Business Entity Search Page
    • Business Filings Databases: web links from LLRX
  • Inmate Database: from the Federal Bureau of Prisions; search for current prison population and inmates released since 1982.
  • Social Security Death Index: A service of GenealogyBank.
  • The Virtual Chase web site offers annotated lists of links to State and Federal Criminal Records or Civil Records. Each listing includes coverage, payment requirements, and search options.
  • Portico: list of nationwide real estate on-line assessors
  • Free Internet Access to Government Public Records: from BRB Publications; 275 links to public record information from state, county, city & federal offices.
  • Social Security Death Index: A service of RootsWeb.com.
  • Vital Records Information: contains information about where to obtain vital records and prices for records from each state and territory of the United States. Also includes an index to each state's county vital records offices.
  • Black Book On-line: "A Guide to Free Web Based Database Searches For PIs."
  • Virtual Gumshoe - Investigative resources on the Internet.

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  Search Engines

  • USAGov: An official US government web site. Search or browse a list for agencies.
  • SearchGov.com: Another way to find state or federal government agencies.
  • MetaCrawler sends queries to multiple search engines simultaneously.
  • Mamma: the mother of all search engines. Mamma uses: Alta Vista, Excite, Infoseek, Lycos, WebCrawler, Yahoo, and HotBot to create its results.
  • Ixquick: a meta search site.
  • General search engines include: Ask.com, Google, Lycos, Yahoo!
  • Web Archives:
    • Internet Archive "WayBackMachine" provides archived web pages
    • Cyber Cemetary Web sites of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions
    • Web Harvest Federal web sites from previous administrations
    • See also: Finding Old Web Sites: an extensive chart showing coverage and search tips.

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  Last updated: 12/20/2012
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