RESOURCES FOR LAW LIBRARIANS

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This page contains links to various resources of specific interest to law librarians. It is divided into three sections: Administrative Resources; Associations; and News and Publications. The Fast Access Table of Contents [below] contains clickable links to each of the three sections.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCES

COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER ONLINE
(Access to copyright licensing services offered by the Copyright Clearance Center, including the Transactional Reporting Service)

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
(Compilation of links to websites containing information about various aspects of copyright law; from the University of Texas System Administration, Office of the General Counsel. See also this office's Crash Course in Copyright)

INTERNET LIBRARY FOR LIBRARIANS
(Links to hundreds of resources of interest to librarians; divided into Ready Reference resources, Librarianship resources, and Accessories; from InfoWorks Technology Company)

LAW BOOK NETWORK
(Buy and sell law books on the World Wide Web)

LEGAL PUBLISHERS
(Findlaw's links to legal publishers on the Internet)

LEXIS-NEXIS COMMUNICATION CENTER
(Information and publications about LEXIS-NEXIS)

LIBRARY LAND: RESOURCES FOR LIBRARIANS
(Wide selection of resources of interest to librarians; divided into specialty areas, such as Administration, Circulation, Electronic Resources, Reference, Technical Services, Collection Development, Serials, General Library Issues, and Government Documents)

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION OUTLINE
(Outline of letters and titles of the main classes of the LC Classification System; subclasses are listed within classes; from the Library of Congress)

LIBWEB: LIBRARY SERVERS VIA THE WWW
(International in scope; OCLC, SOLINET, WLN; Access to Library vendors such as DIALOG, FAXON, SILVERPLATTER, UMF; from Thomas Dowling of the University of Washington Libraries)

PUBLISHERS' CATALOGS HOME PAGE
(International in scope; extensive compilation of links to publishers' web sites; arranged geographically by country; from Peter Scott of Northern Lights Internet Solutions, Ltd.)

TEXAS LEGAL RESEARCH INDEX
(Focuses on the specifics of conducting legal research using Texas source materials, with lengthy explanations of historical background/content of major sources; includes a section containing a vast compilation of links to Texas Legal Research Internet Sites; from Lydia Brandt of The Brandt Law Firm)

TEXAS STATE DIRECTORY PRESS
(Publisher of the Texas State Directory, Texas Legislative Handbook, Texas Legislative Manual, and the Capitol Update; includes ordering information)

WEST GROUP PUBLISHING COMPANY
(West's Legal Directory, Westlaw Information, West Publishing Company's Products)

ASSOCIATIONS

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES
(Information and resources pertaining to the American Association of Law Libraries)

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
(ABA Information, ABA Publications Catalog, Legal Research sources, Legal Technology Information, CLE Information)

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
(Information and resources pertaining to the American Library Association)

SOUTHWESTERN ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES
(Information and resources pertaining to SWALL, such as conference information, the handbook, and links to SWALL libraries on the Web)

SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION
(Information and resources pertaining to the Special Libraries Association, Legal Division)

STATE BAR OF TEXAS
(Includes information about the State Bar of Texas' committees, sections and divisions, publications, Continuing Legal Education [CLE] seminars, ethics/grievances, courts, and member services)

TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
(Information and resources pertaining to the Texas Library Association; includes links to the Intellectual Freedom Handbook and past issues of the Texas Library Journal [Fall 1994 - Present])

NEWS AND PUBLICATIONS

LAW LIBRARY RESOURCE EXCHANGE
(Web newsletter with a focus on research, management, and technical topics for legal professionals)

LAW LISTS SEARCH PAGE
(Search engine for locating legal electronic mailing lists [listservs] and usenet newsgroups on the Internet, using keywords; returns name of list or group and subscription information; from the University of Chicago Law Library)