Pappas Law Library Home Page

American Constitutional History | Law Blogs | Political and Civil Liberties

News and Current Awareness

Recent and Pending Cases

Briefs and Court Documents

• ACS Blog
• LII Bulletin (Cornell)
• Major Newspapers (Lexis)
• Lawyers Weekly USA
• Legal Newspapers (WL)
• New York Times (Lexis)
• New York Times (web)
• SCOTUS Blog
• U.S. Law Week (BNA)
• U.S. Supreme Court Monitor
• Volokh Conspiracy (blog)
• Washington Post (Lexis)
• Washington Post (web)

• Docket (USSC)
• Docket (Westlaw)
• On the Docket (Northwestern)
• Opinions (USSC)
• Oyez (Northwestern U)
• SCOTUS Wiki
• Supreme Court Interactive (AP)
• Supreme Court Preview (ABA)
• Term Highlights (Cornell)
• Term Overview (Georgetown)
• U.S. Supreme Court Center (findlaw)
• Where to Obtain Opinions (USSC)

• Briefs Multibase (WL)
• Briefs (Lexis)
• Information About Opinions (USSC)
• Joint Appendices (WL)
• Merit Briefs (ABA)
• Oral Argument Transcipts (USSC)
• Oral arguments (WL, 1990- )
• Oral arguments (Lexis)
• Orders and Journal (USSC)
• Solicitor General briefs (USDOJ)
• Supreme Court Briefs (Findlaw)
• Where to Find Briefs (USSC)

Historical Research

Scholarly Commentary

Court Information / Justices

• America: History and Life
• The American Constitution (Avalon Project, Yale)
• American Memory Project (LC)
• Constitution: Analysis and Interpretation (GPO)
• Curiae Project (Yale)
• Index to Legal Periodicals Retro
• JSTOR
• Making of Modern Law
• Supreme Court Historical Society
• Supreme Court Records & Briefs 1832-1978
• U.S. Supreme Court Library (Hein)

• Combined Law Review articles (Lexis)
• Combined Journals and Law Reviews (WL)
• Law Professor Blogs
• Public Affairs Information Service
• Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
• Social Sciences Full Text

• Current Index to Legal Periodicals
• Hein Online
• Index to Legal Periodicals
• LegalTrac

• About the Court (USSC)
• Congressional Universe
• Browse Justices (Oyez)
• Court Rules (USSC)
• Glossary (Oyez)
• How the Court Works (Historical Society)
• Justices and Their Opinions (Cornell)
• Supreme Court Justices (findlaw)
• U.S. Supreme Court Justices Database (Northwestern)

Federal Government

General Research

Pappas Library Services

• Bills and Bill Tracking (Lexis)
• Code of Federal Regulations (GPO)
• Federal Cases (WL)
• Federal Register (Lexis)
• Presidential Materials (GPO)
• Public Laws (GPO)
• Statutes at Large (Hein)
• THOMAS (Congressional information)
• United States Code (GPO)
• United States Code Annotated (WL)
• USA.gov
• United States Courts
• White House

• BNA subscriptions (all)
• BU Libraries Catalog
• BU Electronic Journals
• BU Electronic Resources by Subject
• Congressional Universe
• Google
• University Law Review Project
• Worldcat
  

• BU Law Electronic Resources (A-Z)
• Court Documents Guide
• Federal Law Guide
• Law Library Collections
• Research Guides (A-Z)

BU Law Students Only

• Ask a Reference Question
• CourseInfo
• How to Prepare Your Note, Cert. or Seminar Paper
• Interlibrary Loan
• Request a research appointment