View the following library research guides, and contact our reference desk for assistance.
Research Guides
- Federal Statutes: Abbreviations and Locations at Saint Louis University Law Library
- Free Websites for Federal and State Legal Information
- Government Information for Legal Research
- Legal Citations
- Missouri Legal Research
- Public Health Law and Policy
- Resources for First Year Law Students
- Treaty Research Basics
Government Research Links
Federal
General
- Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
- Documents Center - University of Michigan
- Federal Digital System (GPO)
- Fedstats - Search engine for government statistics and data
- Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Online - FOIA allows you access to federal government records. This site lets you request information and track your requests from participating agencies. You also can search other people's requests without having to submit your own.
- Avalon Project - Documents in law, history and diplomacy
- USA.gov
- United States Government Manual - Comprehensive coverage of federal agencies and quasi-official agencies from 1995 (browse only)
Judicial
- Supreme Court of the United States
- ABA Supreme Court Briefs Archive
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
- 8th Circuit Court of Appeals
- Federal Judiciary homepage
- Federal Judicial Center
- U.S. Courts, Federal Rulemaking
- Court Rules, Forms and Dockets
- House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary
- United States Sentencing Commission
- History of the Federal Judiciary
- Oyez, Oyez, Oyez (real audio of Supreme Court oral arguments)
Legislative
- How Our Laws Are Made
- ProQuest Congressional
- Library of Congress (guide to Congressional resources)
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- House and Senate Committee Hearings and Other Publications
- U.S. Code (House of Representatives)
- U.S. Congressional Serial Set
- Statutes at Large, 1789-1875 (Library of Congress)
Thomas (search & retrieve legislation from the 101st to current congresses)
- Search Bill Text by word, phrase or number
- Search Bill Text and Summary by Title
- Search Congressional Record
- Search Committee Reports
- Search Treaties
GPO's Federal Digital System (FdSys) includes, but not limited to, the following (browse only):
- Congressional Record
- Congressional Bills
- Congressional Hearings
- Public Laws
- U.S. Code
- U.S. Statutes at Large, 2003-
Executive
- Official U.S. Executive Branch websites (Library of Congress)
- Code of Federal Regulations (browse only)
- Compilation of Presidential Documents (browse only)
- Federal Administrative Decisions and Other Actions
- Federal Register (browse only)
- Regulations.gov
- Federal Agency Directory (from LSU)
- White House homepage
State and Local
General
- Legislative Information (LII-Legal Information Institute)
- State & Local Government Information
- Municipal Codes
- National Association of Attorneys General
- National Center for State Courts
- National Conference of State Legislatures
- State & Local Government on the Net Directory
- State Constitutions, Statutes and Related (Cornell LII)
- Stateline.org (Pew Center on the States (PCS), Pew Charitable Trusts
Illinois
- Illinois.gov
- Illinois Courts
- Illinois State Library - Find-It! Illinois
- Self-Help Center of Southern Illinois (SIU site for information on Illinois law)
- Illinois General Assembly
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Legislative Reference Bureau
- Illinois Legislative History
- Illinois Register
- Researching Legislative History
Missouri
- Missouri Case.net
- Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
- Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission
- Missouri Bar Association
- Missouri General Assembly (bill tracking, House/Senate journals, Constitution, etc.)
- Missouri Circuit Court, Twenty-First Judicial Circuit
- Missouri Circuit Court, Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit
- Missouri Judiciary (your Missouri courts)
- Missouri State Government
- Missouri State Publications
- Missouri Municipal League
- Missouri Administrative Rules
- Missouri Code of State Regulations
- Missouri Register
St. Louis - City & County
International and Foreign
- American Society for International Law Electronic Resource Guide
- CanLII - The Canadian Legal Information Institute
- Cornell Legal Information Institute - Law by Source: Global
- EISIL - The Electronic Information System for International Law
- EUR-Lex (Access to European Union Law)
- Findlaw: International Resources
- Guide to Law Online: Nations of the World, Library of Congress - Comprehensive guide to locating foreign laws on the internet; describes various sites and provides links.
- Harvard's Foreign & International Law Resource: An Annotated Guide to Websites Around the World
- University of Chicago: Foreign and International Law
- Yale's Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research - Constitutions, countries, International Court of Justice, trade, treaties, and U.N.