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New Legal Research Links

Here are some of the recent additions. Watch for the [new] symbol on our pages.

  • 2008 Presidential Election Custom Search Engine, created by KU librarian Amalia Monroe, brings together more than 150 political Web sites selected for their quality, content and nonpartisanship; access from our Elections research page.

  • Our International Trade Law site offers full-text documents in 6 categories: GATT-WTO, FTAs, US Trade Law, Book Updates, Law Review Articles, and Commentary.

  • UNdata statistical database includes over 55 million records. Access from our International research page.

  • Circuit Watcher provides access to daily opinions from the US Courts of Appeal; linked from our Federal Courts research page.

  • Google Patent Search covers patents made available by the USPTO from 1790s through mid-2006, with plans for future expansion; access from our Legal Research page.

  • Current Patent Literature and Current Trademark Literature provide basic bibliographic data for recent articles focused on patent and trademark law appearing in U.S. legal journals and non-U.S. legal journals published in English; linked from our Legal Research page.

  • European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters site provides information about community law, European law, and various aspects of civil and commercial law. Access from the European Union section of our International Research page.

  • The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was established by WMO and UNEP to assess scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation. Access from Environment section of legal resource links by subject.

  • Issue Coverage Tracker - Campaign 2008 from the Washington Post. Review press coverage and opinion writing on the presidential candidates and the major issues of the 2008 campaign. Access from Politics & Elections research links.

  • Law Faculty publications on KU Scholarworks, a digital repository for scholarly work created by faculty and staff at the University of Kansas.