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Notable Internet Resources 2005

This is the archive of the Notable Internet Resources columns from 2005. Notable Internet Resources is produced by the Langdell reference department as a service to the Harvard Law School community. The Notable Internet Resources archive may be browsed by date or by topic.

Notable Internet Resources provides annotated links to resources on a topic of interest to the Harvard Law School community. Once published, no effort is made to ensure the links remain current or accurate. This archive is provided for informational purposes only. Please contact the Langdell reference desk, (617) 495-4516, located just off the reading room on the fourth floor of Langdell Hall with any questions.

Notable Internet Resources Listed by Date:

January 31

         

May 9 , 23

         

February 14

October 18

March 28

November 22

April 11

December

Notable Internet Resources Listed by Topic:

Animal Law: Part I, Government Sites (May 9)
Animal Law: Part II, Non-Government Sites (May 23)
Digital Historical Collections + “Dessert” (February 14)
Federal Sentencing (January 31)
Harvard Libraries Portal, New Resources on the (March 28)
New and Newish from the Library's Home Page (November 22)
Senate Filibusters (April 11)
Supreme Court Nominations (October 18)

Notable Internet Resources 2005 Archive:

January 31: Federal Sentencing

Booker Decision on Westlaw (Password Required)
http://web2.westlaw.com/find/default.wl?mt=Westlaw&fn=_top&sv=Split&cite=2005+WL+50108&rp=%2ffind%2fdefault.wl&vr=2.0&rs=WLW5.01

In U.S. v. Booker/U.S. v. Fanfan the Court held that applying sentence ranges prescribed by the Federal Sentencing Guidelines violates the 6th amendment in instances where judges consider facts not determined by a jury. Judges should now take the guidelines into consideration, but are no longer bound by them. Mandatory minimums still apply. Opinions in part by Stevens and Breyer; dissents in part by Stevens, Scalia, Thomas and Breyer. Westlaw provides the briefs and other related documents.

Booker materials from the Court:
   Opinion:
       http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/04pdf/04-104.pdf
   Docket sheet:
       http://www.supremecourtus.gov/docket/04-104.htm
   Oral argument transcripts:
       http://www.supremecourtus.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/04-104.pdf

Sentencing Law and Policy (blog)
http://sentencing.typepad.com/

Authored by Prof. Douglas Berman of the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University, this blog covers all aspects of sentencing and is currently dominated by Booker-related posts. Prof. Douglas has been keeping a close eye on how federal judges are complying with Blakely and now Booker. He posts daily. Browse the topical archive or search the site. Those with an RSS reader installed can access the feed at:
http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/index.rdf

United States Sentencing Commission
http://www.ussc.gov/bf.htm

The Commission’s site offers the Sentencing Manual, sentencing statistics from 1995 to 2002, guidelines worksheets, reports to Congress, Federal Register notices, and annual reports. Visitors can register for email alerts from the Commission. This page has information related to Booker including the USSC’s amicus brief. For some interesting background on sentencing, se e the USSC report issued in July, “Measuring Recidivism: The Criminal History Computation of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.”
http://www.ussc.gov/publicat/Recidivism_General.pdf

NACDL's Booker/Fanfan and Federal Sentencing Press Room
http://www.nacdl.org/public.nsf/newsissues/8EF82BB14D4B108585256F4D005349D4?

The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers offers news, briefs, testimony, and more related to Booker and federal sentencing. Note that some information on the site is available to members only.

Prepared by Deanna Barmakian, Reference Librarian, Anglo-American Law.
January 31, 2005

February 14: Digital Historical Collections + “Dessert”

Three full text and searchable digital collections recently added to Harvard Libraries E-Resources, requiring Harvard ID and PIN for access; Statistical Abstract of the United States; plus an Internet current awareness service.

The Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800-1926
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:momodlaw
hollis number 009539514

Another magnificent contribution to legal history research based on the microform collections Nineteenth Century Legal Treatises and Twentieth Century Legal Treatises, themselves based largely on HLS Library collections, as well as holdings from Yale, York University (Toronto), and Columbia, plus small numbers of titles from twenty-one other libraries. Over 21,000 titles in all.

Here’s your opportunity for a virtual stroll through PDFs of US and UK treatise collections now in Langdell Special Collections—the US900s and UK900s for the Moody call number savvy. Moody call numbers are still used for most foreign law in ILS.

Other HLS connections: The Select link next to the Topic: search box leads to a list of 99 subjects of the Moody classification scheme. The collection is based both on advisor selector recommendations and bibliographic sources. Among the former is our Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts David Ferris; among the latter, the Bibliography of Early American Law by former HLS Librarian Morris L. Cohen.

Manipulation of the Making of Modern Law offers myriad options: Display bibliographic citations in a variety of sorts, check eTables of Contents and lists of illustrations, control page display scale and rotation, mark and print or e-mail citations, maintain search history.

Early American Imprints, Series 1. Evans, 1639-1800
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:earlevan
hollis number 00941145

Based on the microform collection of more than 36,000 books, pamphlets and broadsides issued in America from 1639 to 1800, recorded in Charles Evans’s American Bibliography and Roger P. Bristol’s Supplement to Evans, which include material on virtually every aspect of life in 17th and 18th century America.

Early American Imprints, Series 2. Shaw Shoemaker, 1801-1819
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:earlshaw
hollis number 000093414

Digitization of the entire collection is expected by July 2007, more than 36,000 works published between 1801 and 1819, based on the authoritative bibliography by Ralph B. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker and supplemented by thousands of additional items. As of January 26, 2005, digitization is complete through Shaw-Shoemaker entry 9,122, published in 1805.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/index.htm
hollis number 000126586

Subtitled The National Data Book, the Statistical Abstract of the United States is “the standard summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States” and very often the place to start in matters statistical. Through its individual table source citations, section introductions, and appendices describing other statistical publications, the Statistical Abstract is also an extremely valuable reference book in guiding the reader to sources beyond its own pages.

In an ongoing project, almost all the Abstracts, from the First Number in 1878 through the 124th Edition for 2004-2005, have been made available in PDF format. “The display of data will continue as historical records become available.”

Content changes over time in part because the volumes for 1878-1902 were issued by the Dept. of the Treasury Bureau of Statistics, for 1903-1911 by the Dept. of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Statistics, for 1912-1937 by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, and, since 1938, by the Bureau of the Census (now called the U.S. Census Bureau).

Recently added to the site is “Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970,” Parts 1 and 2, 1976, e.g.,

For “dessert”:

The Scout Report
http://scout.wisc.edu/index.php

A weekly e-mail you may well be delighted to receive, this Internet current awareness service highlights selected sites in all subjects. The “flagship publication” of the Internet Scout Project is based at the University of Wisconsin Madison and funded by, i.a., the University, the National Science Foundation, and the Mellon Foundation.

Examples from its regular sections in the February 5, 2005, issue vol.11:no.5:

The searchable and browseable Scout Report Archives contain over 17,000 critical annotations of Internet sites carefully selected by the staff of librarians and subject specialists since September 1994—selection criteria at http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/selection.php .

At least one entry in each Scout Report might tempt you to explore. To receive the e-mail version each week in HTML format, join the scout-report-html mailing list, http://scout.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo. Or subscribe at: http://scout.wisc.edu/About/subscribe.php.

Compiled by Reference Librarian Naomi Ronen, ronen@law.harvard.edu.
February 10, 2005

March 28: New E-Resources on the Harvard Libraries Portal

There are several new electronic resources available through the Harvard Libraries web page, http://lib.harvard.edu, that may interest law school faculty. You will need your Harvard ID and PIN to access these resources. If you don’t have a PIN, go to: https://www.huid.harvard.edu/pin/default.asp

Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective: 1918-1981
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:legalper

Familiar to most of us as a row of well-thumbed volumes bound in shades of brown, most of the ILP is now available in a searchable database. The ILP Retrospective indexes over 750 legal periodicals published in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand from 1918 – 1981. In September 2005 the Index will add articles from 1908-1918.

In addition to using traditional searching methods --author, title, subject, or case name-- the database makes it possible to search the index entries by keywords. Click Harvard’s Find It button to link to any available electronic full text or to a HOLLIS record.

Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection
http://www.oxfordreference.com.ezp1.harvard.edu/views/GLOBAL.html

Joining the Oxford English Dictionary, long a favorite E-Resource, the Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection puts a world of facts at your fingertips. There are bi-lingual dictionaries, including business dictionaries; Oxford Companions and Dictionaries in many subjects, including law; timelines of 20th century events by topic; and maps and illustrations. The works are fully-indexed and cross-searchable.

Board Analyst
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:boardana

Using Board Analyst, a researcher can find comparative data across companies on corporate boards, and individual board members. A Director Interlock tool “explore[s] corporate, committee, and non-corporate relationships and 1st and 2nd degree relationships, … drill[ing] down to the underlying company board or individual director profiles.” Researchers can use the ChartMaker statistical analysis tool, to create graphic cross-company comparisons on a range of variables.

Compiled by Reference Librarian Janet Katz, katz@law.harvard.edu.
March 28, 2005

April 11: Senate Filibusters

Why were several U.S. Senators spending part of their winter recess reading a Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy article draft? According to Jeffrey Toobin of the New Yorker magazine (see below), to learn more about the process of changing the U.S. Senate rules regarding filibuster and cloture. But what are filibuster and cloture and why do people refer to the debate to change them as the “nuclear option”? The following provides links to several sources about the debate to change the Senate filibuster and cloture rules.

Blowing Up the Senate
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/index.ssf?050307fa_fact

A March 7, 2005, New Yorker article by Jeffrey Toobin detailing the current “nuclear option” debate and the impact the changed Senate rules could play in upcoming judicial nominations.

CRS Report for Congress: Constitutionality of a Senate Filibuster of a Judicial Nomination
http://www.llsdc.org/sourcebook/docs/CRS-RL32102.pdf

A 2003 Congressional Research Service publication about the constitutionality of Senate filibusters of judicial nominees. Heavily footnoted, this publication details rulemaking, entrenchment, the judicial appointment process, standing and more.

U.S. Senate: Filibuster and Cloture
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Filibuster_Cloture.htm

Provides historical information about filibuster and cloture in the Senate. Links to well-known filibusters throughout history including Huey Long filibusters, the Civil Rights filibuster, and Supreme Court appointee filibusters.

CRS Report for Congress: Cloture Attempts on Nominations
http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RS20801.pdf

A six-page CRS report detailing cloture attempts on judicial nominations. Includes tables such as: cloture action on judicial and executive nominations by time period, and nominations subject to cloture attempts 1968-2002.

The Federalist Society Judicial Nominations
http://www.fed-soc.org/judicialnominations.htm

Contains a bibliography of materials pertaining to Senate filibusters of judicial nominees, a link to a 2001 Senate Subcommittee hearing about the Senate’s Role in the Nomination and Confirmation Process, links to American Bar Association materials, and links to other selected resources on filibuster, cloture and judicial nominees.

Compiled and edited by Reference Librarian Elizabeth Lambert, elambert@law.harvard.edu
April 11, 2005

May 9: Animal Law: Part I, Government Sites

This is the first of two parts on the topic of animal law. The first part provides links to government sites while the second part provides links to non-government sites.

Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC)
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/

AWIC is part of the National Agricultural Library (NAL) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and was established as a result of Amendments to the Animal Welfare Act, the major law in the animal welfare area. AWIC’s home page provides links to 14 different subject areas and/or services provided by AWIC. The “Government and Legal Resources” page provides links to other governmental organizations active in the area and links to legal/legislative resources. Here you can find information about the Animal Welfare Act, including full text and summaries, regulations enacted under the Act and links to the Code of Federal Regulations and Federal Register.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
http://www.aphis.usda.gov
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ac

APHIS “protects and promotes agricultural health by administering the Animal Welfare Act and carrying out wildlife damage management activities.” APHIS is organized under a number of different programs, one of which is the APHIS Animal Care unit. AC enforces certain parts of the AWA as they pertain to animals. The AC site provides information on its animal care publications and policy statements (all available on the site), including facts sheets, manuals and the text of the AWA. It also provides information and resources on The Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 1821-1831) and its regulations.

Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM)
http://www.fda.gov/cvm/default.html

CVM is part of the Food and Drug Administration (also part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources). It regulates the manufacture and distribution of food additives and drugs that will be given to animals. This site provides information on specified “Hot Topics”, which include adverse drug reactions, animal feeds and biotechnology. Of particular note is a link to an online version of “The Green Book”, which is a listing of FDA-Approved animal drug products.

Office of Animal Care and Use (OACU)
http://oacu.od.nih.gov

OACU is part of the National Institutes of Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources. OACU is housed in the NIH Intramural Research program. Links provide information to regulations and standards in animal care and testing, animal care and use training, animal exposure surveillance program, health and safety and disaster response. Information on the Animal Research Advisory Committee (ARAC) may be found on this site by clicking the “ARAC Guidelines” button. Here you will find over approximately 30 guidelines issued by ARAC.

Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw

OLAW is also part of the National Institutes of Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources. It is housed in the NIH Office of Extramural Research. OLAW’s Web site contains news, policies and laws, published articles and other more general resources like annual reports and training manuals.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS)
http://www.fws.gov

The mission of FWS is to “conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.” Of particular note is the Endangered Species Act Information Center within the FWS Web site at http://endangered.fws.gov.

Compiled and edited by Karen Storin, Head, Langdell Reference Services. kstorin@law.harvard.edu
May 9, 2005

May 23: Animal Law: Part II, Non-Government Sites

This is the second of two parts on the topic of animal law. This part provides links to non-government sites in the area of animal law.

American Society for the Prevention and Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
http://www.aspca.org
http://www.mspca.org

The ASPCA is one of the oldest and best-known animal rights organization in the United States. Its “Legal Information Page”, which can be accessed by selecting the link on the left side of the home page, contains many resources in the area of animal law, including the ASPCA Law Manual, FAQs, and information relating to federal and New York state law. The MSPCA is the Massachusetts chapter of the ASPCA. Its “Advocacy” page, accessed by clicking the link at the top of the home page, provides information on local legislative activity and topics such as laboratory animal welfare.

Animal Legal and Historical Center
http://www.animallaw.info/

Michigan State University College of Law’s Animal Legal and Historical Center Web site contains 500 full text cases (US, Historical and UK) and 774 U.S. statutes fully available on the site along with information on approximately 30 animal law topics. Navigation of the site is made easy by using the bar on the left of the home page. Researchers can search by jurisdiction and subject area.

Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF)
http://www.aldf.org/

ALDF is an organization founded by attorneys with the goal of using the U.S. legal system to end the suffering of animals. It does this by providing free legal assistance, maintaining a database of animal abuse crimes and lobbying federal and state legislators to strengthen animal protection and anti-cruelty laws. The site has extensive legal resources in the area of animal law.

Animal Welfare Institute (AWI)/Society for Animal Protective Legislation (SAPL)
http://www.awionline.org/
http://www.saplonline.org/

AWI is a non-profit organization whose mission is “to reduce the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by people.” SAPL is a division of AWI and its Web site has resources on animal welfare legislation such as the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act.

Center for Animals and Public Policy
http://www.tufts.edu/vet/cfa/legislat.html

Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine’s Center for Animal and Public Policy has an “Animal Law Search Page” that contains links to many organizations involved in the area of animal law.

Center for Wildlife Law
http://ipl.unm.edu/cwl/

The University of New Mexico School of Law, Institute of Public Law’s Center for Wildlife Law is “dedicated to education, research and analysis of state, national and international wildlife laws.” This web site provides access to the Center’s publications, including Wildlife Law News Quarterly, Federal Wildlife Laws Handbook and the State Wildlife Laws Handbook.

The Humane Society
http://www.hsus.org
http://www.hsus.org/legislation_laws/

As historical and visible as the ASPCA in the animal rights area is The Humane Society of the United States. Its “Legislation and Laws” page provides information on federal and state legislation as well as access to HUMANElines, a weekly e-alert.

Institute for Animal Rights Law
http://www.instituteforanimalrightslaw.org

The Institute for Animals Rights Law provides legal information, analysis and guidance to the animal rights movement. Activities of this group include drafting model legislation and amicus curiae briefs, presenting seminars and mentoring law students interested in the animal law area. Some of the resources found on this site include model statutes and summaries and critiques of federal statutes.

Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR)
http://dels.nas.edu/ilar/

ILAR is part of the National Academies of Science and stands as an advisor to the Federal government and biotechnology field in the area of laboratory animal welfare. It reports on animal care and use, serves as a clearinghouse for information about animal resources, provides information on laboratory animals and other biological research resources. One caveat is that most of its books and reports (e.g., Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals) are fee-based. However, the ILAR Journal is available on-line for free.

National Association of Biomedical Research, Animal Law Section
http://www.nabr.org/AnimalLaw

This organization’s mission is “advocating sound public policy that recognizes the vital role of human animal use in biomedical research, higher education and product safety testing.” Its site contains extensive resources on federal laws, polices and regulations as well as animal law advocacy resources.

National Center for Animal Law
http://www.lclark.edu/org/ncal/
http://www.lclark.edu/org/animalaw/

Lewis & Clark Law School’s National Center for Animal Law has many resources on animal law, including information on animal law careers, conferences, courses, job opportunities and the Animal Law Review.

Rutgers University School of Law Animal Rights Law Project
http://www.animal-law.org/

This Website contains access to cases and statutes relating to animal law as well as some online handbooks.

Compiled and edited by Karen Storin, Head, Langdell Reference Services.
kstorin@law.harvard.edu
May 23, 2005

October 18: Supreme Court Nominations

Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, Presidents have formally submitted to the Senate, for advice and consent, 157 Supreme Court nominations, including those for Chief Justice. Of the 157 nominations, 114 were confirmed, 42 were not confirmed, and 1 is pending. Of the 42 nominations not confirmed, 12 were rejected by the Senate, 10 nominations were withdrawn, 7 were declined by the nominee, 10 had no action, and 3 were postponed. President George Washington made the most nominations: 14; 10 were confirmed by the Senate. John Rutledge, President Washington's nominee to replace Chief Justice John Jay, was the first nomination to be rejected by the Senate. Justice Harlan Stone, in 1925, was the first nominee to appear and offer testimony on behalf of his own nomination.

Supreme Court Nominations (U.S. Senate)
http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/nominations/Nominations.htm

Supreme Court Nominations is a comprehensive table, prepared by the U.S. Senate, covering Supreme Court nominations from 1789 to present. Information presented includes nominating President, name of nominee, Justice to be replaced, date of nomination, and confirmation vote, result and result date.

Supreme Court Nominations (Library of Congress)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/law/nominations.html

Supreme Court Nominations, produced by the Library of Congress, provides links to documents for both confirmed and not confirmed nominations from Abe Fortas and Homer Thornberry in 1968 to the present. Nomination documents provided include Senate floor debates while in Executive Session, votes, hearing transcripts, and Senate statements made about the nominees outside of Executive Session. Also included are bibliographies of selected resources on Supreme Court nominations including the nominations of Harriet E. Miers and John G. Roberts.

Supreme Court Nomination Hearings (Senate Committee on the Judiciary)
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/congress/senate/judiciary/scourt.html

Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Supreme Court Nomination Hearings, produced by the Government Printing Office, includes hearing transcripts for the nominations of Justices Rehnquist and Powell in 1971 up to Justice Breyer in 1994. (Includes hearing transcripts for successful nominations only.)

The Supreme Court of the United States: hearings and reports on successful and unsuccessful nominations of Supreme Court Justices by the Senate Judiciary Committee
http://hollis.harvard.edu/F/?func=find-c&CCL_TERM=(sys=002362556)

The Supreme Court of the United States: hearings and reports on successful and unsuccessful nominations of Supreme Court Justices by the Senate Judiciary Committee, compiled by Roy M. Mersky and J. Myron Jacobstein (Reading Room KF 8744 .J8 1977x), includes hearings, reports and other documents, when publicly available, for the nominations Justice Brandeis in 1916 up to Justice Breyer in 1994.

U.S. Supreme Court Nominations (Georgetown Law Library)
http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/guides/supreme_court_nominations.cfm

U.S. Supreme Court Nominations, a Georgetown Law Library research guide, is an extensive, extremely useful bibliography of resources for research into the Supreme Court nomination and confirmation process.

Information on Harriet Miers, Nominee for Justice of the Supreme Court (University of Michigan Law Library)
http://www.law.umich.edu/library/news/topics/miers/miersindex.htm

Information on Harriet Miers, Nominee for Justice of the Supreme Court, a University of Michigan Law Library Hot Topics guide, provides up to date coverage of the nomination and links to many useful resources.

Information on the Confirmation of John G. Roberts, Jr. as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (University of Michigan Law Library)
http://www.law.umich.edu/library/news/topics/roberts/robertsindex.htm

Information on the Confirmation of John G. Roberts, Jr. as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, a University of Michigan Law Library Hot Topics guide, provides up to date coverage of the confirmation and links to many useful resources.

Judicial Nominations—109th Congress (Yale Law School Library)
http://www.law.yale.edu/outside/scr/library/nom/index.asp

Judicial Nominations—109th Congress, produced by the Yale Law School Library, provides alphabetical, chronological, geographical (by nominee residence and by court jurisdiction), and jurisdictional (trial or appellate) lists of federal judicial nominations.

Judicial Nominations (The White House)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/judicialnominees/

Judicial Nominations, produced by The White House, provides information including biographies, speeches and press releases on Supreme Court and Appellate Court nominees.

Judges of the United States Courts (Federal Judicial Center)
http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf

Judges of the United States Courts, produced by the Federal Judicial Center, provides biographical information about all judges who have served on the U.S. District Courts, the U.S. Courts of Appeals, the Supreme Court and other life-tenured courts since 1789. The Federal Judges Biographical Database allows you to create customized lists of judges based on multiple categories, including nominating president, type of court, dates of service, and demographic groups.

SCOTUS Blog (Goldstein & Howe)
http://www.scotusblog.com

SCOTUS Blog, produced by Goldstein & Howe, P.C., provides the latest musings on the Supreme Court including nominations.

Judicial Nominations (JURIST)
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/currentawareness/judicial.php

Judicial Nominations, produced by JURIST and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, provides news coverage of judicial nominations including Supreme Court nominations.

Compiled and edited by Michael Jimenez, Reference Librarian
jimenez@law.harvard.edu
October 18, 2005

November 22: New and Newish from the Library’s Home Page

Welcome to the Harvard Law School Library home page which aggregates copious useful research information. Links from six left hand column categories are the exempli gratia below.

Library Home »
NewHome Page Illustrations
http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/

(Click refresh/reload button in top toolbar to browse the growing home page picture collection.)

“Women of the Class of 1953,” First women graduates of HLS. Original on Langdell 2S Lemann Lounge north wall next to current newspapers. “Soia Mentschikoff,” First woman to teach law at Harvard, 1947-49. Original, with more information, on center north wall of Langdell Reference.

Harvard Libraries » E-Research »
E-Research Home
http://e-research.lib.harvard.edu/V

Summary of “Access to electronic resources, e-journals, and articles” at http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/about/news/2005/e-research_debuts.php. Getting Started, an introduction to E-Research @ Harvard Libraries at http://lib.harvard.edu/e-research/getting_started.html. Screen-reader alternative information at http://lib.harvard.edu/screen_reader/.

Note: To achieve the full benefit of E–Research, please log in with your Harvard ID and PIN to locate and use licensed resources and to save citations, e–resource sets, e–journal lists and searches in My Research.

Catalogs & Indexes » Indexes to Legal Journals » Most Used Legal Indexes »
Index to Legal Periodicals & Books (1981 to present)
http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/collections/electronic/legal.php

The first link in the ILP explanation allows simultaneous searching of the indices Legal Periodicals Retro (now from 1918, eventually from 1908) and Legal Periodicals & Books (from August 1981) to members of the Harvard Law School community only. Or search each index separately in the several sources listed.

Electronic Resources » Selected Electronic Resources »
LLMC Digital
http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/collections/electronic/#llmc

Hundreds of titles have already been digitized from the LLMC U.S. Federal, U.S. States, Anglo-American Case Reports/Encyclopedias, Anglo-American Legal Reference, Military Law, and Common Law Abroad collections.

Examples from the U.S. Federal—Executive collection, Indian Claims Commission Decisions from v.1 (1948); from the Anglo-American Legal Reference collection: United States Government Manual, “the official handbook of the Federal government” since 1935. (With a personal favorite Appendix, ‘Federal Executive Agencies Terminated, Transferred, or Changed in Name Subsequent to March 4, 1933.’)

Our Library is a 1976 charter member of the Law Library Microform Consortium, since 2003 LLMC-Digital, an on-line utility providing access to law and law-related collections developed by the LLMC library cooperative.

Hein Online
http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/collections/electronic/#heinonline

Perhaps you are already familiar with the Hein Online Law Journal Library, PDFs of over 1100 law reviews from their first volumes. You might want to take a look at the expanding list of Hein Online libraries, among them:

U.S. Supreme Court Library includes 1-538 U.S. bound volumes. [cf., PDFs of 502-539 U.S. are now available from the Court http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/boundvolumes.html]

Federal Register Library includes The Federal Register from v.1, p.1 (March 14, 1936) and the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents from v.1, p.1 (August 2, 1965).[cf., PDFs of 60-70 Fed. Reg. are now available from the Government Printing Office http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html]

Data Resources »
Data Resources
http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/collections/data/

The data resources described in this new category by Reference Librarian colleague Michael Jimenez are divided into six large categories: Business & Finance Census, Population & Demographic Criminal Justice, Judicial Workload & Jury Verdicts Economic, Country & Regional Government, Voting & Polling Labor, Workplace & Health Major Data Sites & Gateways.

Both the above link and Related Links in the right hand column of each screen suggest where to get help: Ask an HMDC (Harvard-MIT Data Center) data fellow, an NDS (Harvard College Library Numeric Data Services) data librarian, an HBS Baker Library business librarian, an HLS reference librarian.

Research Guides » United States Law Research Guides» U.S. Law Sources »
United States Law Sources
http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/services/research/guides/united_states/index.php

Newly enhanced by author Michael Jimenez, this eminently bookmarkable research guide links to online sources broadly arranged by U.S. Federal law: constitutional, legislative, executive, judicial, gateways. U.S. State law: constitutional, legislative, executive, judicial, municipal, gateways & organizations. A convenient place to start primary source research.

Compiled and edited by Reference Librarian Naomi Ronen
ronen@law.harvard.edu
November 22, 2005

Notable Internet Resources is produced by the Langdell reference department as a service to the Harvard Law School community. See the Notable Internet Resources Archive for past columns. The archive may be browsed by date or by topic.