The sites below are for general searches. To search for a more specific topic or area or jurisdiction of law, we suggest beginning with Legal Resources, which contains web-based bibliographies, including some RSS feeds, in specific subject areas.

Search Engines [top]

Google.com *
Ask.com **
Yahoo.com ***

Run searches in multiple search engines for "complete" results.

* More about Google
You can use common Boolean search functions, including AND (default) and OR (capitalized).
You can also use a wildcard to replace word(s) ( e.g., to * or * * *) Use quotation marks to indicate the phrase you're searching for.

**More about Ask.Com
You can use Boolean search functions, including AND (default) and OR (capitalized). As with Google, use quotation marks for phrases.

***More about Yahoo
AND is the default connector between search terms. Can use AND, OR, AND NOT, NOT and ( ) for nesting.

In all cases, "operators" (AND and OR) must be capitalized.

General Subject Searches/Portals [top]

InfoMine *
My Virtual Reference Desk **
Librarian's Internet Index
Florida Electronic Library ***
Pinellas County Library Co-Op ***
Tampa-Hillsborough Library ***

* Infomine is a virtual library for persons at the university level. It contains databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, mailing lists, online library card catalogs, articles, directories of researchers, and many other types of information.

** My Virtual Reference Desk is a free and family-friendly web site that indexes and reviews quality, credible, and current web-based resources.

*** Remember that a library card from any Florida Public Library will give you access to general databases and other resources not available on campus. The focus of our collection, obviously, is legal resources.

General Legal Sites [top]

LLRX- Legal Professionals
LawSource
Findlaw
LexisOne
Jurist
Precydent

Remember that these sites are gateways, with access to thousands of other sources. Again, if you are researching in a specific area of law or jurisdiction, it may be better to start your research in the Legal Resources.

Jurist is produced as a public service for the continuing legal education of its readers and law student staffers, and uses the latest Internet technology to track important legal news stories and materials and present them rapidly, objectively and intelligibly in an accessible, ad-free format.