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The Legal Research Center is designed for the legal community and those in need of legal assistance. Our research tools are quality controlled to include only the most substantive on-line legal help. It offers a categorized index of select web sites, research tools and tips, information and resources as well as thousands of locally stored web pages, legal forms and downloadable files.

In the past few years, many new online resources have been introduced which facilitate legal research work. The sheer number and variety of resources can make it difficult to determine where to start or how to choose among similar features and keep up-to-date. This guide is intended to explain why the Internet is useful for legal research, and describe some of the major resources available on the Internet for researching the law of the United States and other countries, comparative law, and international law. It will conclude with some tips for the net researcher.

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Statutes by State: Full Text Statutes complete listing by state.

A Basic Guide to International Legal Research: This guide provides information on many primary and secondary sources for international legal research.

DMV Offices and Traffic Laws by State: We connect you to your state’s online department of motor vehicle site and traffic laws.

Lexis Nexis: Zimmerman's Research Guide

Statute of Limitations by State: We provide a comprehensive list of the statute of limitations for civil and personal injury actions in each state.

Federal Statutory Research:There are two types of federal laws: private laws and public laws. Private laws generally benefit a particular person or group of individuals. Public laws are of general application. This research guide focuses on how to research federal public laws.

Finding Constitutions and Statutes: This guide assists in locating the constitutions of other countries, the Constitution of the United States, and states. In addition, this site describes how to find statutes for other countries, federal statutes and state laws.

International Phone Codes: quick and easy to find international calling information.

The Internet Public Library: The Internet Public Library (IPL) is a public service organization and learning/teaching environment founded at the University of Michigan School of Information and hosted by Drexel University’s College of Information Science & Technology.

Refdesk.com: Law/Legal Information Resources.

Hoovers Online: research companies and industries, find key business people.

World Intellectual Property Offices: Inventors know that inventions are often new solutions to old problems worldwide help found here.

US Trademark Register: The United States Patent and Trademark Office writes the regulations concerning patents and trademarks which are found in Title 37 of the CFR.

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