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"The United States of America is a nation of laws: badly written & randomly enforced." Frank Zappa

Online Dictionaries

Legal Terms and Definitions
Law Dictionary (Findlaw)
Findlaw is a premier open-access legal resource.

Online Encyclopedias

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Also contains the legal encyclopedias American Law Reports (ALRs), American Jurisprudence 2nd (AmJur 2d), and Corpus Juris Secundum (CJS)

West's Encyclopedia of American Law
ISBN: 0787663670
Publication Date: 2005
eBook
American Law Yearbook 2014 by Michael J. Tyrkus
ISBN: 9781573022231
Publication Date: 2014
eBook
Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences
ISBN: 9780128236772
Publication Date: 2022
eBook

Print Dictionaries

Black's Law Dictionary
Call Number: KF156 .B53 2009
ISBN: 9780314199492
Publication Date: 2009
Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations
Call Number: KF246 .B46 2001
ISBN: 1575884089
Publication Date: 2001
1st Floor AskUs Reference
A Handbook of Criminal Law Terms
Call Number: KF9217 .H36 2000
ISBN: 0314243224
Publication Date: 2000

Print Encyclopedias

American Jurisprudence (AmJur)
Call Number: 2nd Floor KF154 .A45
Corpus Juris Secundum (CJS)
Call Number: KF154 .C15
West's Encyclopedia of American Law
ISBN: 0787663670
Publication Date: 2005
eBook
American Law Yearbook 2014 by Michael J. Tyrkus
ISBN: 9781573022231
Publication Date: 2014
eBook
Historic U. S. Court Cases, 1690-1990
Call Number: KF385.A4 J64 1992
ISBN: 0824044304
Publication Date: 1992

Citation Guides

Online Citation Guides

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation
Publication Date: 2007

Print Citation Guides

ALWD Citation Manual (Association of Legal Writing Directors)
Call Number: KF245 .A45 2006
ISBN: 0735555710
Publication Date: 2005
The Bluebook : A Uniform System of Citation
Call Number: KF245 .U55
ISBN: 0692400192
Publication Date: 2015
User's Guide to the Bluebook Revised for the Eighteenth Edition
Call Number: KF245 .D853 2006
ISBN: 0837731321
Publication Date: 2006