2013 JUSTICE TEACHING INSTITUTE
INTERNET LEGAL RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHY

Billie J. Blaine, Librarian
Teresa Farley, Assistant Librarian
Jeffrey Spalding, Technical Services Librarian

USEFUL WEBSITES:

JTI Internet Bibliography
www.floridasupremecourt.org/education/jti_resources.shtml

Florida Supreme Court
www.floridasupremecourt.org/

Google, Yahoo, Bing, other search engines
www.google.com/
www.yahoo.com/
www.bing.com/

FEDERAL CASE LAW:

United States Supreme Court:

United States Supreme Court
This is the official web site of the Supreme Court, and contains opinions from 1991 – current, including PDF versions of the U.S. Reports, volumes 502 – 553, 1991-2007. New opinions are loaded on the web site within hours of being issued by the court.

Findlaw
Supreme Court opinions from 1893 to present. Search by citation, party name, or keyword.

United States Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Bankruptcy Courts:

U.S. Courts Court Locator
Links to all federal courts of appeals, federal district courts, and bankruptcy courts. Coverage and search capabilities vary by court.

Federal Court Locator
Links to all federal courts of appeals, federal district courts, and bankruptcy courts. Coverage and search capabilities vary by court.

UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION:

National Constitution Center
The full text of the Constitution, plus explanation. Search by keyword or issue.

Legal Information Institute
The full text of the Constitution, plus explanation, and cites to relevant cases.

UNITED STATES CODE:

United States House of Representatives
Part of the U.S. Code is current through January 3, 2012. Search by citation or keyword.

Legal Information Institute
Current updates available while viewing the text of any code section. Search by citation or keyword.

FEDERAL CODE OF REGULATIONS:

U.S. Government Printing Office
1996 – current versions of the Code of Federal Regulations.  Search by citation or keyword.

Legal Information Institute
Current updates available while viewing the text of any regulation. Search by citation or keyword.

FLORIDA CASE LAW:

Florida Supreme Court
Florida Supreme Court opinions from 1999 – current. Indexed by date.

FSU College of Law Library
Florida Supreme Court opinions from 1984 – current. Indexed by docket number. Search by keyword.

Findlaw Florida Opinions 
Florida Supreme Court opinions since January 1989, plus an archive of opinion summaries from September 2000 – current.  Browsable by date and searchable by docket number, case title, and keyword.   Florida District Court of Appeal opinions since January 1989, plus an archive of opinion summaries from 2000 – current.  Browsable by date and searchable by docket number, case title, and keyword.

FLORIDA CONSTITUTION:

Online Sunshine
Current version of the Florida Constitution.

Division of Elections, Florida Department of State
Printable current version of the Florida Constitution.

FLORIDA STATUTES:

Online Sunshine
1997 – current versions of the Florida Statutes. Search by keyword.

FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE:

Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services
Current version of the Florida Administrative Code. Search by citation or keyword.

OTHER STATES' RESOURCES:

Case Law:
Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School
Links to state court sites. Coverage and search capabilities vary by state.

Constitutions and Codes:
Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School
Links to state constitutions and codes. Coverage and search capabilities vary by state.

Administrative Codes:
Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School
Links to state administrative codes. Coverage and search capabilities vary by state.

CLASSROOM RESOURCES:

Internet Bibliography: WORD