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Campus Research (WestLaw)
Campus Research is an easy-to-use online research service that provides college and university students with access to a comprehensive collection of news and business information and law-related resources.  

InfoTrac LegalTrac (Full Text)
Indexes articles in all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers. Included are articles on Federal and State Cases, Laws and Regulations, Legal Practice, and Taxation. Also included are: British Commonwealth, European Union and International Law.

CIS Congressional Universe(Full Text)
Provides the full text of material by and about the U.S. Congress. Includes hearings, committee reports, bills, public laws, biographical information, voting records, and the text of the Congressional Record, the Federal Register, the Code of Federal Regulations, and the National Journal.

CQ Electronic Library (Full Text)
Includes CQ Researcher, a source for in-depth analysis reporting on the most current and controversial issues of the day, CQ Weekly, a source for expert coverrage of the U.S. Congress such as status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and CQ's Encyclopedia of American Government.

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Print and Electronic Resources

West's Encyclopedia of American Law (Full Text)
Gale Virtual Reference

American Legal Literature: A Guide to Selected Legal Resources
REF KF 1 R42

American Jurisprudence: A Modern Comprehensive Text Statement of American Law, State and Federal
REF KF 154 A42

Beiber's Dictionary of Legal Citations
REF KF 246 .P73

Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, Annotated
REF KFS 1830 1976A2

The Constitution of the United States: A Guide and Bibliography to Current Scholarly Research
REF KF 4546 A1 R4

Constitutions of the United States, National and State
REF KF 4530 .C6

Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
REF KF 154 G85

Great American Court Cases
REF KF 385 .A4 G68 1999

The Guide to American Law: Everyone's Legal Encyclopedia
REF KF 154 G85

Historic U.S. Court cases, 1690-1990: An Encyclopedia
REF KF 385 A4 J64

The Justices of the United States Supreme Court: Their Lives and Major Opinions
REF KF 8744 .J87

Shepard's Acts and Cases by Popular Names, Federal and State
REF KF 80 S5

United States Code
REF KF 62 A2

United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court
REF KF 101 U5

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Internet Resources

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1873
From the Library of Congress's Law Library. The first part of the collection, with 4400 historic records.

American Law Sources Online
This site aims to provide "a comprehensive, uniform, and useful compilation of links to freely accessible on-line sources of law for the United States and Canada." Provides browsable links by country and state or province. Also includes links to uniform laws, law reviews, law schools, and monographs. Some portions are searchable. From LawSource, Inc., a content provider for publishers of both federal and state legal materials.

Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
list of legal abbreviations; search by title or abbreviation

Federal Sentencing Guideline Manual
Available in several different formats to accomodate the most requested methods of use. These are HTML and Adobe .PDF (large file and broken into chapters) which can be viewed, downloaded or printed via the website and a PDA. version that can be downloaded for use on Palm OS and Pocket PC handhelds.

FindLaw
All-inclusive database covering all aspects of the law--international,federal and state. Information on lawyers, legal associations, law schools, continuing education, and law reviews.

Internet Legal Resource Guide
Categorized index of select web sites in nations, islands, and territories. Designed to serve as a comprehensive resource for lay persons and legal scholars alike. Includes the most substantive legal resources online.

Law Library Resource Xchange (LLRX) 
Articles on research, management, and technology topics for legal professionals.

Legal Information Institute 
Cornell Law School's collection of recent and historic Supreme Court decisions. Hypertext versions of the full U.S. Code, Federal Rules of Evidence and Civil Procedure and other important legal materials -- federal, state, foreign and international.

Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research 
Searchable legal indexes on the World Wide Web.

South Carolina Legislature Online
Info from these pages comes from the Legislative Printing, Information and Technology Systems, and Legislative Council.

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