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This document is part of a training session presented on September 9, 2008 at the Cortez Public Library by Jamie Walker, Tomlinson Library, Mesa State college.
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We’ll start with an overview of the Grant that made this possible.

 

http://www.webjunction.org/175/articles/content/452367

 

Webjunction.org. Where you can find today’s presentation as well as related resources.

 

http://www.webjunction.orgGovernment Information in the 21st Century

-http://webjunction.org/gi21  Click on “Legal Information

--http://www.webjunction.org/191   We’ll pretty much follow this list today.

 

What Questions Can Librarians Answer?

 

Arizona has created some good resources in this area starting with a publication of the Arizona Supreme Court Task Force

http://supreme.state.az.us/courtserv/Legal_A-I/ManualGloss.pdf  Note sections IV and V

 

The American Association of Law Librarians have information on when to refer someone elsewhere

http://www.aallnet.org/sis/lisp/refer.htm

 

American Bar Association provides links to finding legal help.

 http://www.abanet.org/Public Resources

-http://www.abanet.org/public.htmlConsumers’ Guide to Legal Help

--http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/findlegalhelp/home.cfm Let’s sidetrack here and notice foreclosure information “Click Here” under “Foreclosure Resources and Information”

---http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/findlegalhelp/foreclosuremain.cfmFederal Trade Commission – Mortage Information” Useful information.

----http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/homes/rea04.shtm Close window.

---http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/findlegalhelp/foreclosuremain.cfmHUD Find a Housing Counselor

----http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/hccprof14.cfmact now

-----http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/econ/econ.cfm back one

----http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/hccprof14.cfmSearch online

-----http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/hcs.cfm Click on Colorado

------http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/hcs.cfm?webListAction=search&searchstate=CO Scroll to Durango. Close Window.

---http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/findlegalhelp/foreclosuremain.cfmInstitute for Foreclosure Legal Assistance  Notice several resources.  Questions and Answers on Home Foreclosure and Debt Cancellation.

----http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=174034,00.html This from the IRS. Close two windows, back to ABA page, and back one.

--http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/findlegalhelp/home.cfm (Recall we were looking for legal help)

Click on Colorado.

---http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/findlegalhelp/main.cfm?id=COLegal Information

----http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/findlegalhelp/legalinfo.cfm?id=CO  Under “State Sources” “learn more

-----http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/findlegalhelp/faq_legalinfo.cfm  Notice another interpretation of the difference between legal information and legal advice. “back one

----http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/findlegalhelp/legalinfo.cfm?id=CO  ColoradoLegalServices.Org

-----http://coloradolegalservices.org/co/homepage.htmlwww.ColoradoLegalServices.org 

------http://www.coloradolegalservices.org/co/index.cfmFamily and Children

-------http://www.coloradolegalservices.org/CO/StateSubTopics.cfm/County/%20/City/%20/demoMode/%3D%201/Language/1/State/CO/TextOnly/N/ZipCode/%20/LoggedIn/0/iTopicID/725/sTopicImage/familyJuvenile.gif/bAllState/0Custody / Parenting Time”

--------http://www.coloradolegalservices.org/CO/StateChannelResults.cfm/County/%20/City/%20/demoMode/%3D%201/Language/1/State/CO/TextOnly/N/ZipCode/%20/LoggedIn/0/iSubTopicID/1/iProblemCodeID/1310100/sTopicImage/familyJuvenile.gif/iTopicID/725/ichannelid/108/bAllState/0 Type in zip code  and “GO

---------http://www.coloradolegalservices.org/CO/StateChannelResults.cfm/county/%20/city/%20/demoMode/%3D%201/Language/1/State/CO/TextOnly/N/zipcode/81321/LoggedIn/0/iSubTopicID/1/iProblemCodeID/1310100/sTopicImage/familyJuvenile.gif/iTopicID/725/ichannelid/108/bAllState/0How to Ask the Courts to Change Custody Orders

--------- http://www.lawhelp.org/CO/showdocument.cfm/County/Montezuma/City/%20/demoMode/%3D%201/Language/1/State/CO/TextOnly/N/ZipCode/81321/LoggedIn/0/rpc/1310100/doctype/pdf/ichannelprofileid/12258/ichanneldocid/7953/iorganizationid/0/itopicID/725/iProblemCodeID/1310100/iChannelID/108/isubtopicid/1/iproblemcodeid/1310100');  Close window

---------  http://www.coloradolegalservices.org/CO/StateChannelResults.cfm/county/%20/city/%20/demoMode/%3D%201/Language/1/State/CO/TextOnly/N/zipcode/81321/LoggedIn/0/iSubTopicID/1/iProblemCodeID/1310100/sTopicImage/familyJuvenile.gif/iTopicID/725/ichannelid/108/bAllState/0 Click on “Where to Find Legal Help” tab

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http://www.coloradolegalservices.org/CO/StateChannelResults.cfm/County/Montezuma/City/%20/demoMode/%3D%201/Language/1/State/CO/TextOnly/N/ZipCode/81321/LoggedIn/0/iSubTopicID/1/iProblemCodeID/1310100/sTopicImage/familyJuvenile.gif/iTopicID/725/iChannelID/65/bAllState/0  What about the Courts” tab

----------- http://www.coloradolegalservices.org/CO/StateChannelResults.cfm/County/Montezuma/City/%20/demoMode/%3D%201/Language/1/State/CO/TextOnly/N/ZipCode/81321/LoggedIn/0/iSubTopicID/1/iProblemCodeID/1310100/sTopicImage/familyJuvenile.gif/iTopicID/725/iChannelID/66/bAllState/0Where to Get Other Help”

------------http://www.coloradolegalservices.org/CO/StateChannelResults.cfm/County/Montezuma/City/%20/demoMode/%3D%201/Language/1/State/CO/TextOnly/N/ZipCode/81321/LoggedIn/0/iSubTopicID/1/iProblemCodeID/1310100/sTopicImage/familyJuvenile.gif/iTopicID/725/iChannelID/173/bAllState/0 back six to (upper right) Legal aid help in CO

http://www.coloradolegalservices.org/co/index.cfm Notice all the topics.  Any of interest around here? Back one

-----http://coloradolegalservices.org/co/homepage.htmlLegal Clinics

------http://www.coloradolegalservices.org/Program/1138/index.cfm?pagename=homepageDenver Clinics

-------http://www.coloradolegalservices.org/Program/1138/RTF1.cfm?pagename=Denver%20Clinics Close Window

----http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/findlegalhelp/legalinfo.cfm?id=CO  Legal Information Institute Listing by Jurisdiction

-----http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/listing.html Colorado

http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/colorado.html Close window

 

Legal Dictionaries and Citation Guides

 

Basic Legal Information and TermsHandout

 

Government vs. Commercial PublicationsHandout

 

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (Cornell University)  As an introduction let me say that to be proficient at this takes regular practice.  These examples give an idea of what is involved, and where to go for information about such citations.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/

-http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/Purposes of Legal Citation

--http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/ “How to Cite”

---http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/ Judicial Opinions

----http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/

Four elements”

A.                                                                                                                                                                    Names (Kootenai v. Panhandle)  uses abbreviations (click on § 4-100, then back)

B.                                                                                                                                                                    An ID, which can be a number assigned by the court, or a reference to reporters.

C.                                                                                                                                                                    Date of decision

D.                                                                                                                                                                    Court. Here, Wis.

Click on “Constitutions & Statutes” (left side)

-----http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/Click on U.S. Const. …

------http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/

A.                                                                                                                                                                    Name of Constitution, i.e. abbreviation of jurisdiction, such as U.S. or N.Y.

B.                                                                                                                                                                    Cited part, such as articles or amendments, sections  (note use of abbreviations) back one to Statute Citations

-----http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/  15 U.S.C. § 1414 (2000)” (Federal Statute example)

Three elements:

A.                                                                                                                                                                    Title of code

B.                                                                                                                                                                    Section number (preceded by section symbol)

C.                                                                                                                                                                    Date back one

------http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/ Notice the Iowa Code is quite similar. Let me remind that these are a bit complex and require some experience.

 

Legal Dictionary

 

http://dictionary.lp.findlaw.com/ (not a gov. site) we can try, for example, “pro bono” and “Search Dictionary

-http://dictionary.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/results.pl?co=dictionary.lp.findlaw.com&topic=f3/f3056632a8e94aa433e322f5aed3d129

 

Cite is not a 4-letter word handout

 

Universal Citation Guide from the American Association of Law Libraries.

http://www.aallnet.org/committee/citation/ucg/index.html Note it includes rules for citing “judicial decisions, constitutions”, etc. “Table of Contents

-http://www.aallnet.org/committee/citation/ucg/index.htmlJudicial Decisions” Clear and rather exhaustive resource.

 

 

Guides to Legal Resarch

 

Basics of Legal Research (Cornell University)

http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/WhatWeDo/ResearchGuides/basics.cfm

Let’s run through the first part of this:

1.                                                                                                                                                                     Primary Law—Comes from three sources:

a.             Statutes (Constitution and laws by legislature)

b.            Cases (judicial opinions)

c.             Adjudications (administrative agency materials)

2.                                                                                                                                                                     Secondary sources – they help determine what law applies.  Good place to start.

a.             Legal encyclopedias.

b.            Treatises

c.             Legal periodicals

d.            Practice materials

 

How to Research a Legal Question (from the American Association of Law Librarians)

This is a publication available both on the web and as a PDF or Text version.  Gives considerable guidance for finding legal information.  Would probably take some study to become familiar with the basics.

 

Legal Information Resources

 

U.S. Legal Information Resources:

 

Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/  For example, how laws are made “Lawmaking Process … 9-12

-http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/lawmaking/index.html Click on “bill” for a glossary

--http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/glossary.html#bill Did you know there are private bills?

 

Federal Resources for Education Excellence (FREE) – Government

http://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=173&toplvl=178Courts

-http://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=212&toplvl=173&res_feature_request=0See all 14 Courts Resources

--http://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=212&toplvl=173&res_feature_request=1 Oyez. Oyez. Oyez.

---http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=269&subject_id=212&toplvl=173Go To This Website

----http://www.oyez.org/  Notice we can hear recordings of decisions, and under “Browse Cases” “Civil Rights

-----http://www.oyez.org/issues/civil-rights/Handicapped, Rights of

------http://www.oyez.org/issues/civil-rights/handicapped/PGA Tour v. Martin

-------http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2000/2000_00_24/  This is a quick way to get Supreme Court opintions on various topics.  Also, notice audio is available.  back 3 to main Oyez page

----http://www.oyez.org/Justice Internments

-----http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=http://www.oyez.org/media/o1.kml&ie=UTF8&z=5&ll=38.85682,-83.496094&spn=26.699072,41.220703&om=1 Click on first name—phone number an address! Back 3

--http://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=212&toplvl=173&res_feature_request=1Courts to Classes

---http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=939&subject_id=212&toplvl=173Go To This Website

----http://www.uscourts.gov/outreach/index.htmlTexting While Driving” simulation

-----http://www.uscourts.gov/outreach/topics/texting/index.cfm  While we’re here let’s look at US Courts.gov

 

 

U.S. Courts

http://www.uscourts.gov/U.S. Courts of Appeals

-http://www.uscourts.gov/library/courtfees.html Notice the fees, for example “Bankruptcy Court …  

--http://www.uscourts.gov/fedcourtfees/bankruptcyfee_January2007.pdf rather goes on and on … back 1

-http://www.uscourts.gov/library/courtfees.htmlStatistical Reports

--http://www.uscourts.gov/library/statisticalreports.htmlBankruptcy Statistics

---http://www.uscourts.gov/bnkrpctystats/bankruptcystats.htmCalendar Year

----http://www.uscourts.gov/bnkrpctystats/statistics.htm#calendar2006-2007 Calendar Year Comparison

-----http://www.uscourts.gov/bnkrpctystats/march2007/ftable.xls Notice they have increased by nearly 40%. Close window. and back 5

http://www.uscourts.gov/U.S. District Courts

-http://www.uscourts.gov/districtcourts.html Notice for example “Jury Duty”, and “Subpoena Regulations”  I want to point out “Electronic Court Records

-http://www.uscourts.gov/electaccrt.htmlElectronic Public Access ...

--http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/PACER Overview

---http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/pacerdesc.html Scroll down to “Available Information”, but notice (scroll more) “Cost” back 4 to main page

http://www.uscourts.gov/U.S. Bankruptcy Courts

-http://www.uscourts.gov/bankruptcycourts.htmlBankruptcy Basics

--http://www.uscourts.gov/bankruptcycourts/bankruptcybasics.htmlChapter 13

---http://www.uscourts.gov/bankruptcycourts/bankruptcybasics/chapter13.html “It enables individuals with regular income to develop a plan to repay all or part of their debts … over 3 to 5 years … during this time the law forbids creditors from starting or continuing collection efforts.”

 

 

Legislative process

 

How Laws are Made  We already saw a summary at Ben’s Guide, Here is further information

 

àEnactment of a Law from the parliamentarian of the US Senate.

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/enactment/enactlaw.pdf  Very detailed look from the Senate side.  Here is a simple summary.

àHow a Senate bill becomes a law

http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/legprocessflowchart.pdf

 

Code and Regulations

 

U.S. Code Contains laws as legislated by congress.

 

àHouse of Representatives – official site of U.S. Code

http://uscode.house.gov/ “Search” the U.S. Code

-http://uscode.house.gov/search/criteria.shtml Suppose I want “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”, let’s try “gay military”

--http://uscode.house.gov/uscode-cgi/fastweb.exe?search Oops, over 7,000 entries.  I’ll go back and use the Boolian “and”, I suspect it is defaulting to “or” back 1

-http://uscode.house.gov/search/criteria.shtml  change to “gay and military” and click “search

--http://uscode.house.gov/search/criteria.shtml10 USC Sec. 654

---http://uscode.house.gov/uscode-cgi/fastweb.exe?getdoc+uscview+t09t12+367+0++(gay%20and%20military)   That was surprisingly easy, wasn’t it? Back 2

----http://uscode.house.gov/search/criteria.shtml Let’s try “abortion” and “Search

-----http://uscode.house.gov/uscode-cgi/fastweb.exe?search 61 results here, but notice for example, “partial-birth abortions

------http://uscode.house.gov/uscode-cgi/fastweb.exe?getdoc+uscview+t17t20+766+21++(abortion) back 2

----http://uscode.house.gov/search/criteria.shtml Try the quoted phrase “partial-birth abortion

-----http://uscode.house.gov/uscode-cgi/fastweb.exe?search18 USC Sec. 1531

http://uscode.house.gov/uscode-cgi/fastweb.exe?getdoc+uscview+t17t20+766+1++(%27partial-birth%20abortion%27)

 

àCornell University Law School has a good site similar to the House site for US Code. 

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/ Let’s try our gays in the military example, Title “10” Section “654” and “Go

-http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode10/usc_sec_10_00000654----000-.html Probably a little easier to read.  Notice we can now search with the title, for example “cohesion” and “Search Title 10” which was a significant reason for justifying this ruling.

--http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/search/index.html 1 result, click on “US Code: …”

---http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/search/display.html?terms=cohesion&url=/uscode/html/uscode10/usc_sec_10_00000654----000-.html Notice that we now have all the words “cohesion” highlighted.  The Cornel site while having the same content as the House site does display better and it is easy to search for certain terms.

 

Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.htmlCode of Federal Regulations

-http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html contains the “permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government” Let’s do a “Quick Search” on “bathtubs” and “submit

--http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/multidb.cgi The title number is helpful for some subject access. For example, “46” relates to “shipping”, and if we click on the “text

---http://frwebgate4.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=737130333702+1+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve it becomes obvious that this relates to the coast guard. Back 3

-http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html Now let’s look at the Federal Register.  Rules appear her before they get into the Code of Federal Regulations. “Federal Register

--http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html Let’s try “”oil shale”” and “Submit” (include quotes around oil shale)

---http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/multidb.cgi Under “Oil Shale Management” click “Summary

----http://frwebgate6.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=73777053363+0+2+0&WAISaction=retrieve

 

Federal Register Tutorial from the National Archives

http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/tutorial/online-html.html#introduction Lots of information here, for example “Organization of the CFR and the relationships among Public Laws, the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations”  Let’s go to the “National Archives” (upper left) page itself.

http://www.archives.gov/ Click on “America’s Historical Documents

 

Colorado Revised Statutes

http://www.michie.com/coloradoColorado Revised Statues” Notice the list expands.  Any subject you want to search?  Let’s try it.

 

 

 

 

Historical Legal Documents

 

àNational Archives

http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/The Constitution

-http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=3&title.raw=Constitution%20of%20the%20United%20States Notice we have Larger View, Hi-Res. Downoald, a PDF, and a Transcript version available.  There is some other neat stuff here, such as the Emancipation Proclamation, a Cancelled Check for the Purchase of Alaska, and a page from the “Apollo 11 Flight Plan

--http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=19&title.raw=Apollo%2011%20Flight%20Plan  Click on plan

 

à100 Documents That Shaped America

http://www.ourdocuments.gov/ “100 milestone documents”

-http://www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?page=milestone  For example, beyond the usual Declaration of Independence etc.  is the “Treaty of Paris” which ended the Revolutionary War.

 

àU.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875 from the Library of Congress.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/ “Search: All Titles

-http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/hlawquery.htmlnegros

--http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query

 

Current Legal Inforamation

 

àFederal Court Locater

http://www.uscourts.gov/courtlinks/ Links to U.S. Courts.  Click on Circuit “10

-http://216.152.235.70/webdir.fwx?mode=searchexec&srchtype=circuit&srchstring=10  Click on “Durango

--http://216.152.235.70/webdir.fwx?mode=divofc&srchstring=D10COXPDurango+++++++++++++++++0000001872&jnet=

 

àFindlaw – Common legal issues

http://public.findlaw.com/ For example, drunk driving. Under “DUI/DWI” “State DUI Laws

-http://dui.findlaw.com/dui/state-dui-law/Colorado

--http://dui.findlaw.com/dui/state-dui-law/colorado-dui-law.html back 2 to home page

http://public.findlaw.com/Marriage, Family Law & Divorce

-http://family.findlaw.com/Divorce

--http://family.findlaw.com/Divorce Laws in Your State” (scroll down)

---http://family.findlaw.com/divorce/state-divorce-laws/Colorado

----http://family.findlaw.com/divorce/state-divorce-laws/colorado-divorce-law.html (remember this link) “Title 14, Article 10

-----http://www.michie.com/colorado/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&cp=  Open “Colorado Revised Statutes”, Open “Title 14”, Open “Article 10” …………….. Close 2 windows, back to State Laws on Divorce and Child Custody”

---http://family.findlaw.com/divorce/state-divorce-laws/  back 3 to findlaw.com

http://public.findlaw.com/ (need to be at “Learn About the Law”) Set “current location” to “81321”, then select under “Criminal Law” “Crimes A to Z

-http://criminal.findlaw.com/crimes/a-z/Drug Possession” (notice all the categories)

--http://criminal.findlaw.com/crimes/a-z/drug_possession.html Now we have both CO and Federal. “Drug abuse prevention and control …":”(Federal link)

---http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/21/chapters/13/subchapters/i/parts/d/toc.htmlSection 841

----http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/21/chapters/13/subchapters/i/parts/d/sections/section_841.html Scroll down a bit and notice “heroin” and “cocaine” for example. Back 2

--http://criminal.findlaw.com/crimes/a-z/drug_possession.htmlUniform Controlled Substances Act  And we would have to once again follow the specific numbers in the stautes. Back 3 to main page.

http://public.findlaw.com/ Add “consumer” to link and press carriage return

-http://public.findlaw.com/consumer/Credit Scoring

--http://public.findlaw.com/consumer/credit-scoring.html Useful.  Just applying for credit and lower your rating, unless a “promotional inquiry”! (This a friend of mine learned the hard way.)

 

àGPO Access  

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/  Here are some highlights.  Notice some links under “Legislative Resources” we have already looked at, notably the laws and codes.   Let’s look at the “Unified Agenda” which summarized rules that Federal agencies expect to issue in the next six months. 

-http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ua/index.html enter “emissions” and “Submit

--http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/multidb.cgi For example, under “… Architectural Coatings …” “Summary

---http://frwebgate2.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=742939134682+5+2+0&WAISaction=retrieve

back 3

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/Locate a Federal Depository Library

-http://www.gpoaccess.gov/libraries.htmlFederal Depository Library Directory

--http://catalog.gpo.gov/fdlpdir/FDLPdir.jspCO

---http://catalog.gpo.gov/fdlpdir/FDLPdir.jsp?flag=searchp&st_12=COView” “0069” (Norlin Library, CU Boulder)

----http://catalog.gpo.gov/fdlpdir/FDLPdir.jsp?mode=1&pid=5  Norlin Library at CU Boulder has been a “Regional” Depository Library since 1879.  As such they have a lot of stuff.  These days though, much is online.  Tomlinson Library at Mesa State College has been a Regional Depository Library since 1986. Close window. and Back 1

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ Under “Judicial Resources” “View All

-http://www.gpoaccess.gov/judicial.html

 

àLegal Information Institute

http://www.law.cornell.edu/  We’ve already looked at some material here.  Let’s try “Law about…” pull down “Property and Envrionment

-http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/category/property_and_natural_resourcesEnergy

--http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/energy notice “overview”, also right column down, for example, to “alternative sources” back 2

http://www.law.cornell.edu/  Now et’s try “Law about…” pull down “Intellectual Property

-http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/category/intellectual_propertyCopyright

--http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/copyright “fair use” “§ 107”

---http://uscode.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_00000107----000-.html Scroll through topics to “Law about …” “Property and Environment”  Speaking of Copyright, we should look at the ALA copyright pages, although getting to them is a bit convoluted from the home page.

 

àALA Copyright Information

http://www.ala.orgOur Association” (top)

-http://www.ala.org/ala/ourassociation/ourassociation.cfmOffices” (left)

--http://www.ala.org/ala/ourassociation/aboutala/offices/offices.cfmWashington Office

---http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/washingtonoffice.cfmIssues

----http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/woissues/issues.cfmCopyright

-----http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/woissues/copyrightb/copyright.cfm Notice all the material in the left column. Try “Copyright Articles

------http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/woissues/copyrightb/copyrightarticle/copyrightarticles.cfm “What is Fair Use”

-------http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/woissues/copyrightb/copyrightarticle/whatfairuse.cfm etc. etc.

 

àNational Indian Law Library

http://www.narf.org/nill/Resources by topic

-http://www.narf.org/nill/resources/rlinks.htm Notice the “2008 Presidential election” link.  But let’s try “Gaming

--http://www.narf.org/nill/resources/gaming.htmGaming ordinances of tribes

---http://nigc.gov/ReadingRoom/GamingOrdinances/tabid/122/Default.aspx Under “Ute Mountain Tribe” “July 21, 2003back 4

http://www.narf.org/nill/

-http://nilllibrary.blogspot.com/2008/08/great-resources-for-current-events.html Brows through sources, click on “http://www.narf.org/nill/catalog/catalog.htm 

--http://www.narf.org/nill/catalog/catalog.htm  Read a little, click on “Search the Catalog”

 

à Thomas  Legislative Information from the Library of Congress.

 

http://thomas.loc.gov/  We can search bills.  “”indian gaming”” and “Search” (use quotes)

-http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/thomas H.R. 2562.IH

--http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c110:1:./temp/~c110NmcnFq:: back 2

http://thomas.loc.gov/ or browse bills sponsored by a senator Scroll to “Salazar, Ken” and “GO

-http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery  back 1

http://thomas.loc.gov/Bills, Resolutions

-http://thomas.loc.gov/home/bills_res.htmlSearch Bill Text

--http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c110query.html enter “food safety” and “search

---http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/thomas Notice for example, “Keeping America’s Food Safe Act of 2008” back 1

--http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c110query.htmlTreaties

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/treaties/treaties.html enter “Estonia” and hit Carriage Return

-http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/thomas back 1

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/treaties/treaties.htmlFor Teachers

-http://thomas.loc.gov/teachers/ At bottom: “Resources for Legislative Researchers

--http://thomas.loc.gov/home/legbranch/otherleg.html Just wanted to point this stuff out. 

So that is one of the resources on WebJunction. You can use WebJunction to follow many of the links we have searched today.            

 


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