This guide lists some of the legal information resources that can be found in the Main Library at BGSU and/or on the World Wide Web. For further legal information available at BGSU Libraries consult the Legal Resources Research Aid or the BGSU Libraries Catalog. For additional legal information on the WWW check the metasites listed below. There is a much more comprehensive list of U.S. Legislative Information Sources on the Internet available. If you need assistance in using any of these sources, please go to the Reference Desk or, for more in-depth assistance, contact Linda Rich.

Statutory Law

United States Code

*Federal statutory law arranged in fifty subject titles

*U.S. Code Annotated in print at REF KF62.A3x

* U.S. Code (H.R. Internet Law Library)

*Lexis-Nexis Congressional

*Lexis-Nexis Academic

U.S. Code Congressional and Administrative News

*Contains public laws with legislative history information

*In print at REF KF70.U53x

*Public Laws available from the 100th Congress (e.g. P.L. 100-xxx) to present at Lexis-Nexis Congressional

*Public Laws available from the 93rd Congress to the present at THOMAS

*Lexis-Nexis Academic

Ohio Statutory Law

*Ohio Revised Code in print at REF KFO30 1994.A2

* Ohio Revised Code (Anderson's) on the web and also in Lexis-Nexis Academic (under Legal Research: State Codes: Ohio).

*Ohio's Session Law (Anderson's)

*Ohio Capitol Connection

Other State Laws

*State Laws on the Internet (National Law Journal)

*FindLaw: State Resources

*Lexis-Nexis Academic (under Legal Research: State Codes).

Administrative Law

Code of Federal Regulations

*A subject arrangement of current Federal Administrative Law

*CFR in print at REF Gov Doc AE2.106/3

*Web access through: Lexis-Nexis Congressional , GPO Access, Lexis-Nexis Academic (under Legal Research)

Ohio Administrative Code

*A subject arrangement of current Ohio Administrative Law

*OAC in print at REF KFO35 1976.A23

*OAC (Anderson's) on the Web

*Ohio Capitol Connection

Case Law

Supreme Court Decisions

*Supreme Court Reporter in print at REF KF101.1.S8x

*Web access through: Legal Information Institute, Fedworld/FLITE 1937-1975, Findlaw, Lexis-Nexis Academic (under Legal Research: Federal Case Law)

Federal Court Decisions

*Decisions of the Courts of Appeals and District Courts.

* Federal Reporter available in print at REF KF105.F42x and in Lexis-Nexis Academic (under Legal Research: Federal Case Law)

* Federal Supplement available in print at REF KF 105.2 .F43x

*On the web through: U.S. Federal Courts Finder, Federal Court Locator, Federal Courts' Home Page, Lexis-Nexis Academic (under Legal Research)

North Eastern Reporter

*Includes Ohio cases from 1951 to date

*In print at REF KF135.N6

*Lexis-Nexis Academic (under Legal Research: State Case Law) (Other Reporters available here also)

Other Legal Materials

Black's Law Dictionary
         *at Reference Desk

CIS Index to Publications of the U.S. Congress
          *Electronic version: Lexis-Nexis Congressional
         *In print at Main Ref Index KF 49 .C62

WWW Legal Metasites

These web sites are extremely large sites that have numerous links to legal information available on the Web.

Findlaw
        *Arguably the most comprehensive Legal Internet site.

Lawguru

'Lectric Law Library

Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research