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Syracuse Supreme Court Library Reference Desk
For assistance please call [315] 671-1151


New York Statutes

New York Consolidated Laws - full text
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg
Click on Bill Search and Legislative Information

Annotated versions of the Consolidated Laws can be found on Westlaw.com and on Lexis.com

New York State Legislature - Bills, status, documents

New York State Archives search

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New York Cases

Recent decisions of the New York Court of Appeals, Appellate Division, and State Supreme Court are available on several internet sites, notably Cornell's Legal Information Institute, the NY Law Journal, and the State Reporter. Coverage varies: older cases can be found on Westlaw.com or Lexis.com

NEW YORK COURT OF APPEALS -cases back to 1990
www.law.cornell.edu/ny/ctap/

NEW YORK SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION
Please note: registration and payment now needed to access case decisions on the New York Law Journal site. The NY Law Journal is also available online via Lexis.com, Westlaw.com
www.nylj.com- follow the "NY Courts" link for a six-month archive of the latest decisions from New York's Court of Appeals, four Appellate Divisions and the Supreme Court in eight downstate counties. 'nylj.com' is now part of the web parent 'law.com.'
State Reporter
searchable slip opinions for all Dept's with links to Westlaw for older cases. Search by plaintiff, defendant, keyword, Judge's name, date
4th Dept Slip Opinions - official website

NEW YORK SUPREME COURT - downstate area
www.nylj.com
follow the "NY Courts" link which provides the most recent six months of decisions

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New York State Government

New York State
Official Homepage

Agency Links
extensive list of NY State government dept's, agencies, commissions

Unified Court System- Information 1-800-COURT-NY (268-7869)


NYS Attorney General - opinions from 1995

NYS Comptroller
Legal opinions issued from January 1, 1989

Board of Law Examiners--Bar Exam information

NYS Human Rights Division

Child Support Enforcement

Division for Women

DMV Department of Motor Vehicles

New York Legal Ethics ---materials from the Legal Ethics Library

Commission on Judicial Conduct---website includes decisions

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United States Government

Federal Government Gateway "First Gov"

Congress

Google's Uncle Sam Search
search engine for government websites

The United States Constitution

Federal Government organizational chart

President

Attorney General

Department of Justice
Many of the Justice Department's publications, such as the U.S. Attorney's Manual, are available online.

National Archives and Records Administration
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Public Laws, and more

EEOC Guidelines

Federal Civil Rights Commission

Social Security Administration

US International Trade Commission

Ask ERIC

WIC

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Gateways

A Gateway site provides links to web resources and may also include a search-engine.
Legal Information Institute - Cornell University Law School's premier site

Northern Light-news and business information with an intelligent search-engine

Washlaw

IST Web-Syracuse University School of Information Studies student Joe Ryan's link page

Law Dictionaries

Legal Publisher Web Sites

Selected publisher sites which can be searched to identify law titles.

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Search Engines

Monitor search engine developments with the Search Engine Report Search Engine Watch


ASK--- quick search, great for novice searchers

LINKS2GO--- new, creates a link page

GOOGLE---try the "I'm Feeling Lucky" feature

DOGPILE --- quick metasearch for web sites or news

YAHOO! --- search for web sites or news

ALTAVISTA--- comprehensive or advanced searches

RAGING SEARCH------very quick search
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Local Government

NYSBA County Info- Lawyer referral information for each county

Onondaga County

Oswego County

Oneida County

Herkimer County

Jefferson County

Lewis County

New York City The city government website

New York City -ordinances, local laws, bills

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