Need help getting started with a research project? Looking for reputable sources for your paper topic? Look no further than our Legal Research Engine. Here you will find specialized search engines that will:
- find authoritative research guides on any legal subject;
- search over 1,000 reputable legal websites selected by InSITE; and
- discover what law professors think of your chosen issue.
InSITE, a current awareness service that reviews legal websites, recently received a face lift. From the homepage, you can now conduct a basic search of all website reviews or search every website ever included in InSITE. This powerful search includes the best of the legal web, hand vetted by expert legal researchers.
All these specialized engines can be added to your iGoogle homepage.
Wondering what all those green slips are in the library stacks? Does it seem like the shelves are a little empty? It's all because the Law Library is part of a Cornell University Library cooperative program with Microsoft Live Books to digitize 100,000 volumes in the university’s collection that are in the public domain. Over the winter break, approximately 7,500 volumes were pulled from the Law collection to be digitized. If you are looking for a book and it is not on the shelf, check its catalog entry to see if it has been sent to be digitized. You will be able to get the book you need through Interlibrary Loan, and soon it will be available in digital form. You can read more about this Large-Scale Digitization Initiative (LSDI) here, or visit the LSDI wiki here. Search the Microsoft digitized collection here.
Through our subscription to BNA, Cornell Law Library now offers extensive online resources in the topics of corporate law and securities. News, case law, commentary, regulations, daily email updates, and more can all be found in these select sources that cover all areas relating to corporate accountability, compliance, and governance; broker/dealer compliance; mergers and acquisitions; and securities law and regulation. Because of this subscription, these same databases are now also available through your Westlaw and Lexis accounts. Please feel free to contact the library if you have any questions.
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