Tom Mayo's Homepage

= discussed in Tom Mighell's presentation

These links are intended to provide Inn members with basic Internet resources that will enhance the efficiency and accuracy of their Internet research. There are at least four different ways these links can be retained and used:

Pop this diskette into your A:/ drive whenever you want to refer to the links. Just point your browser to your A:/ drive and click on Inn_links.htm.
Create a subdirectory on your hard drive. Copy all of the files on this diskette into this new subdirectory.
1. You can refer to this file by pointing your browser to the new subdirectory.
2. Alternatively, you can save that subdirectory as a "Favorite" (if you use Microsoft Internet Explorer) or a "Bookmark" (in Netscape).
Pick and choose the links you like the best and selectively add them to your Favorites or Bookmarks list.
These links will also be available on the "Mac" Taylor American Inn of Court page here.

General-purpose Global Search Engines
- Yahoo! http://www.yahoo.com -- great results and fast
- About.com http://www.about.com -- index searches and categorized list

Categorized Lists
- Yahoo! http://www.yahoo.com -- the gold standard for WWW directories
  - government list
  - law list
- CEO Express http://www.ceoexpress.com/ -- business-oriented directory
- Open Directory http://dmoz.org/ -- Open Directory Project
  - government list
  - law list
- Librarian's Index to the Internet http://www.lii.org -- very selective, "best of the Web" approach
  - government list
  - law list
- Argus Clearinghouse http://www.clearinghouse.net/ -- selective collection of topical guides
  - government & law list
- Internet Public Library Reference http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/ -- selective collection

Meta-Search Engines
- Dogpile http://www.dogpile.com
- MetaEureka http://www.metaeureka.com/
- ixQuick http://www.ixquick.com/
- Metacrawler http://www.metacrawler.com/index.html
Legal Search Engines
- FindLaw http://www.findlaw.com
- LawCrawler http://lawcrawler.lp.findlaw.com/
- LawRunner http://www.lawrunner.com/
- All Law http://www.alllaw.com
- CataLaw http://www.catalaw.com
- Law Library of Congress' Guide to Law Online http://lcweb2.loc.gov/glin/worldlaw.html
  See also: Most of the Internet Legal Research Guides listed below also provide comprehensive links to primary legal materials.
Federal Links
- Judicial
  - Villanova's Federal Court Locator http://vls.law.vill.edu/Locator/fedcourt.html
  - Emory Law Library's Federal Courts Finder http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDCTS/
  - U.S. Supreme Court http://www.supremecourtus.gov/index.html
    - best shot at same-day slip opinions http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/sliplists.html
    - Cornell's Supreme Court pages http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/
    - Northwestern's Oyez Project http://oyez.nwu.edu/
  - U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/
    - opinions http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions.htm
  - U.S. District Court for the Northern District http://www.txnd.uscourts.gov/
  - U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas http://www.txnb.uscourts.gov/
- Legislative
  - Thomas http://thomas.loc.gov/ -- bills, public laws, Congressional Record, House & Senate links
  - U.S. Code: Office of Law Revision Counsel http://uscode.house.gov/uscode.htm
    - downloadable U.S. Code http://uscode.house.gov/download.htm
    - searchable U.S. Code http://uscode.house.gov/usc.htm
    - U.S. Code Classification Tables http://uscode.house.gov/uscct.htm -- updates U.S. Code, usually within 24 hrs. of enactment
    - Cornell's U.S. Code http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
- Administrative
  - Code of Federal Regulations http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html
    - Cornell's CFR http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cfr/
  - Federal Register http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html
    - Purdue's Federal Register http://gpo.lib.purdue.edu/bin/GPOAccess.cgi?get_toc
  - Library of Congress' list of federal agencies on the WWW http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/executive/fed.html
    - Washington Post's list http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/govt/fedguide/list.htm
  - ABA/Florida State Administrative Procedure site http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/admin/
  - UVa's Federal Administrative Decisions & Other Actions
- Executive
  - White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/
    - searchable archive of all public White House documents
    - Executive Orders, 1953 - present http://merrimack.nara.gov/fedreg/eo.html#top
- Informational
  - U.S. GovSearch http://usgovsearch.northernlight.com/publibaccess/
  - FirstGov http://www.firstgov.gov/ -- portal to government information
  - University of Michigan's Federal Government Resources on the Web http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/federal.html
  - FedStats http://www.fedstats.gov/
  - Statistical Abstract of the U.S. http://www.census.gov/statab/www/
    - Preliminary data from 2000 Census http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html
  - CIA's World Fact Book 2000 http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
  - Brookings Institution's "Survival Guide for Presidential Nominees" http://www.appointee.brookings.org/sg/toc.htm
State Links
- Meta-sites
  - Texas Legal Research Internet Sites http://www.brandtlaw.com/lydia/internet_sites.html
  - North Harris College Library http://nhclibrary.nhmccd.edu/govinfo/texas/texlegal.html
  - Texas Quick Reference Law Library Project http://www.hyperindex.com/diskhome/diskhome.htm
  - Villanova's State Web Locator http://www.infoctr.edu/swl/
  - Cornell's listing of state legal materials http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/listing.html
  - Library of Congress' links to state and local governments http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/state/stategov.html
- Judicial
  - Texas Judiciary Online http://www.courts.state.tx.us/
  - Texas Supreme Court http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/
    - Opinions http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/scopn.htm
  - Dallas Court of Appeals http://courtstuff.com/5th/
    - Opinions http://courtstuff.com/5th/OPINLIST.HTM
  - Fort Worth Court of Appeals http://www.2ndcoa.courts.state.tx.us/
    - Opinions http://www.2ndcoa.courts.state.tx.us/ops2001/2ndcoa_ops.htm
  - Villanova's State Court Locator http://vls.law.vill.edu/Locator/statecourt/index.htm
- Legislative
  - Texas Legislative Reference Library http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/
    - Index to Sections Affected http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/isaf/ -- indispensable, for the 74th through 77th Legislatures
  - Texas Statutes (through the 76th Legislature) http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/statutes.html
  - Texas Legislature Online http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/
  - 77th Legislature: Bills
    - by subject http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/billsrch/subject/77r/icode.htm
    - by bill number http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/billnbr.htm
    - searchable database http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/billsrch/search.htm
  - Cornell's list of state statutes on the WWW http://www.law.cornell.edu/statutes.html#state
    - topical index http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/state_statutes.html
  - National Conference of State Legislatures' list of state sites http://www.ncsl.org/public/sitesleg.htm
  - Full-text state constitutions & statutes on the WWW http://www.prairienet.org/~scruffy/f.htm
- Administrative
  - Texas Administrative Code http://lamb.sos.state.tx.us/tac/
  - Texas Register http://lamb.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/
  - Office of the Texas Attorney General http://www.oag.state.tx.us/index.html
    - Administrative Law Handbook 2000 http://www.oag.state.tx.us/AG_Publications/txts/adminlaw2000.htm
    - Opinions of the Texas AG http://www.oag.state.tx.us/opinopen/opinhome.htm
  - Texas agencies on the WWW http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/trail/agencies.html
  - Full-text administrative codes on the WWW http://www.prairienet.org/~scruffy/f.htm
- Executive
  - Office of the Governor of Texas http://www.governor.state.tx.us/
- Informational
  - Handbook of Texas Online http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/index.new.html
- Bar Associations
  - State Bar of Texas http://www.texasbar.com/start.htm
  - Dallas County Bar Association http://www.dallasbar.org/
  - Tarrant County Bar Association http://www.tarrantbar.org/
Internet-based Legal Research Guides
- Internet Legal Research Weekly http://ilrw.listbot.com -- archived newsletter and free e-mail subscription
- Guide to Law Online http://lcweb2.loc.gov/glin/worldlaw.html -- prepared by Law Library of Congress
- Law and Politics Internet Guide http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/5011/
- Virtual Chase Legal Research Guide http://www.virtualchase.com/resources/index.shtml
- Texas Legal Information Resources on the Internet http://www.brandtlaw.com/lydia/orsinger_2.html
- Foreign/International Legal Research http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/foreign_intl/
News Sources
- CNN http://www.cnn.com/
- MS/NBC http://www.msnbc.com/news/default.asp
- BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/
- Reuters top news http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kera/news/reuters/
- Yahoo! News http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/
- Bloomberg.com news http://www.bloomberg.com/bbn/index.html?sidenav=front
- NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/ -- requires free registration
- Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/front.htm -- 14-day free searchable archive
- Dallas Morning News http://www.dallasnews.com/
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram http://www.star-telegram.com/
- News & Newspapers Online http://library.uncg.edu/news/
- Findlaw Legal News http://news.findlaw.com/
- Law.com http://www.law.com/
- National Law Journal headlines http://www.ljextra.com/nlj/
- Texas Lawyer http://www5.law.com/tx/
- West Daily Law Highlights http://www.westgroup.com/ec/dailylaw.htm
- CourtTV http://www.courttv.com/

Desk Reference
- Refdesk.com http://www.refdesk.com/
- Thor http://www.lib.purdue.edu/reference/
- Martindale's The Reference Desk http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/~martindale/Ref.html
- Inter-Links Reference Shelf http://alabanza.com/kabacoff/Inter-Links/reference.html
- Columbia Encyclopedia (6th ed.) http://www.bartleby.com/65/
- Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator http://www.martindale.com/locator/home.html