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Virginia L. Eldridge
Grayson County
Law Library
Lori Bull Dodds
Collin County
Law Library
Legal Literacy 101
What is a County Law Library?
BEWARE OF UPL
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Where is the law?
• Texas Constitution
• Texas Statues (unannotated)
• Texas Legislature Online
• Attorney General Opinions
• Texas Cases
www.constitution.legis.state.tx.us/
www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us
www.legis.state.tx.us/
www.oag.state.tx.us/opin/
In print and on Westlaw and Lexis
• Municipal Codeshttp://library.municode.com/index.aspx?clientId=13969&stateId=43&stateName=Texas
• Code of Federal Regulations; US Code www.gpoaccess.gov
• Law Reviewswww.lawreview.org
• Dictionaries -- Black’s Law Dictionary, dictionary.findlaw.com
• USA.govhttp://www.usa.gov
Online Resourcessome free ~ some fee
• Westlaw www.westlaw.com
• Lexis www.lexis.com• LexisOne law.lexisnexis.com/webcenters/lexisone/
• Megalaw Megalaw.com
• Loislaw www.loislaw.com
• Nolo www.nolo.comTexasLawHelp.org
• Cornell Law School www.law.cornell.edu
Additional sources
Research Guide www.aallnet.org/sis/lisp
A great list of websites:
http://libguides.law.virginia.edu/nutshell
The Lawyer’s Guide to Fact Finding on the Internet, 3rd edition, Carol A. Levitt and Mark E. Rosch
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