Research Links
General Reference Materials
| Databases | Dictionaries & Word Lists; Encyclopedias | Style Manuals & Citation Guides | Directories - Offices & Organizations | Directories - People | Library Catalogs | Full Text Documents | Maps | Weather Reports | Miscellaneous | Research Guides |
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Databases
- NEW MetaJuris - a free meta search engine for legal researchers.
- Index to Legal Periodicals subscription service is open to all KU students, staff, and faculty connecting to the Internet.
- MedLine -- Free; includes PubMed and Internet GratefulMed.
- FirstSearch subscription service (need password).
- FindArticles.com is an archive of published articles dating back to 1998 from more than 300 magazines and journals.
- KnowledgeRush is an online library of post-copyright texts, dictionaries, author biographies, and community message boards.
- Web-Accessible Databases - Subscription services available to all KU students and staff.
Library Catalogs
- KU Libraries catalog.
- Kansas Library Catalog covers the state's public and academic libraries.
- ATLAS includes the KS Supreme Court Library and the Washburn libraries among others.
- Catalog of U.S. Government Publications.
- Libraries Online links to all types of libraries around the world.
- Kansas County Law Libraries (most provide contact information only)
Dictionaries & Word Lists; Encyclopedias
- Acronym Server Extensive acronym collection was created by user submissions. Find the meaning of an acronym, or learn which acronyms include a specific word.
- Airport Codes -- three-letter codes for airports served by American Airlines.
- Airport/City Codes -- worldwide database of airport and city codes.
- American Slanguages for help with local lingo around the U.S.
- AskOxford.com Offers an array of resources to help visitors make the best use of the English language.
- Bartleby Library -- Great Books Online.
- ClichéSite.com
- DoD Dictionary of Military & Associated Terms -- searchable.
- Glossary of Telecommunications Terms is the online version of Federal Standard 1037C.
- Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Words.
- The Internet Language Dictionary is an online dictionary containing thousands of popular Internet words and definitions that describe the technology and community of the World Wide Web.
- The Glossarist directory of 4,500 glossaries, 679 of which have been cataloged into 130 categories.
- International Law Dictionary.
- InvestorWords -- With over 4,000 investing terms and 15,000 links between related words.
- OneLook Reverse Dictionary.
- Online Dictionaries -- links to over 400 dictionaries in 130 languages.
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names contains nearly 1 million place names representing approximately 900,000 places.
- Journal Abbreviations is a registry of Web resources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations.
- OneLook Dictionaries contains over 4 million words indexed in more than 700 online dictionaries.
- Roget's Internet Thesaurus.
- US Government Publications Glossary.
- Merriam-Webster Online.
Style Manuals & Citation Guides
- The Chicago Manual of Style FAQ.
- Introduction to Basic Legal Citation is a citation primer based on the Sixteenth Edition of the "Bluebook."
- Elements of Style -- Strunk.
- Guide for Citing Electronic Information APA style.
Directories - Offices, Organizations, & Programs
- U.S. Law Schools.
- Legal Directories.
- Telephone and E-Mail Directories.
- Where to Write for Vital Records in every US state and territory.
Directories - People
- Biographical Directory of U.S. Congress 1774 - Present -- searchable database.
- Congressional Pictorial Directory
- 100 Fastest Growing Companies.
- Fortune 500: The World's Largest Corporations.
- Kansas Legislators -- Senate or House -- for the current Session.
- Kansas County Attorneys.
- Legal Directories.
- Rulers, heads of state and heads of government of all currently existing countries, territories, and subdivisions of those.
- Telephone and E-Mail Directories.
- Vietnam Vet Locator is designed to help locate Veterans and others who served in Vietnam.
- World Leaders.
Full-text Documents
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Kansas
- Kansas Statutes.
- Kansas Tax Forms.
- Kansas Court Rules.
- Kansas Statistical Abstract
- Kansas Annual Summary of Vital Statistics.
- Kansas Dept. of Revenue - Policy Information Library -- includes statutes, regs, revenue rulings, notices, private letter rulings, etc.
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Federal
- US Code on GPO Access.
- CFR can now be browsed, as well as searched, on GPO Access.
- Federal Register since 1994 can be searched or browsed on GPO Access.
- Congressional Research Service Reports available on the web.
- County and City Data Books.
- Bureau of Justice Statistics comprehensive collection of statistics about U.S. crime, victims, criminals, courts, police, jails, and prisons.
- Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities.
- Federal Court Rules.
- Federal Statistics.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook.
- The Plum Book -- United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions.
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics online.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States and historical PDF files from the Census Bureau.
- U.S. Attorneys Manual - these files have been compressed using PKZIP.
- Uniform Commercial Code.
- Uniform Crime Reports.
- Uniform Crime Reports for 1990 - 1993 -- Univ. of Virginia.
- National Trade Data Bank.
- Unified Agenda summarizes the rules and proposed rules that each Federal agency expects to issue during the next six months.
International
General
- FindArticles.com is an archive of published articles dating back to 1998 from more than 300 magazines and journals.
- FindLaw Library is a searchable, full-text database of law-related articles, brochures, and other publications.
Maps
- Gazeteer of the U.S. -- maps and census data based on zip code, city, or state.
- Historical Maps of the United States.
- MapMachine by National Geographic.
- MapQuest -- find streets and figure distances anywhere in the U.S.
- Maps of Europe -- Univ. of Texas at Austin.
Weather Reports
- The Weather Channel.
- Weather News -- USA Today.
- CNN Weather.
Miscellaneous
- KU Parking Appeals.
- Kansas Office of Vital Statistics for certificates of births, deaths, marriages, and marriage dissolutions.
- Blue Book of automobile prices.
- Measure 4 Measure links to interactive web sites that calculate, evaluate, translate, etc.
- CalculateMe.com calculation and conversion utility.
- Personal finance calculators: mortgage loans, credit cards and more
- CityLink Project.
- Official U.S. Time.
- Old Farmer's Almanac.
- Perpetual Calendars.
- Reftools has calculators, specialized searches and other reference tools on a wide variety of topics.
- Mortgage and Financial Calculators
- Roman Numeral Conversion
- Statistical Data for world-wide statistics.
- Questions & Answers in Legislative and Regulatory Research.
- Refdesk.com has three goals: (1) fast access, (2) intuitive and easy navigation and (3) comprehensive content, rationally indexed.
- Today in History from the Library of Congress.
- Universal Currency Converter.
- WhatIsMyIP? is an easy way to determine your IP address.
