Washoe County Law Library
Legal Research Online
Where to start
- How to Research a Legal Problem: A guide for Non-Lawyers - from the American Association of Law Librarians
- Nolo's Legal Research Help and FAQ - law for the lay person
Case Law Sources Online - some FREE
- Findlaw - Nevada cases from 2006
- Google Scholar - US Supreme Court cases back to v.1 of US Reports; federal appellate cases back to the 1920s; state cases back to the 1950s, as well as law journal literature and patents; select "Legal opinions and journals" and type in a case name. FREE.
- LexisOne - provides access to U.S. Supreme Court cases from 1790 to the present; federal Court of Appeals and state cases from the last ten years; FREE registration
- Public Library of Law -largest collection of FREE cases online from Fastcase
- State Legislative History websites
- Federal Courts - Judicial Opinion
- United States Courts Case Access - fees charged for use
- Using West's National Reporter System - case reporter system in print; use to determine court where a the case opinion may be published.
Legal News and Periodicals
Law Reviews and Law Journals Online
- Full-text Online Law Review/Law Journal Search Engine - free ABA search engine searches over 350 online law reviews and law journals, as well as document repositories
- Legal Journals on the Web - list of general law reviews, subject law reviews, ABA journals and newsletters (full text and abstracts)
- University Law Review Project - search fulltext online law reviews
Nevada Legal Publications Online
- Communique - Clark County Bar publication
- Nevada Law Journal - Williams S. Boyd Law School at UNLV
- Nevada Lawyer - State Bar of Nevada journal
- The Public Lawyer - newsletter
- Nevada Family Law Report - newsletter
- The Writ - Washoe County Bar publication
Legal Writing Tools: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
- Basic Legal Citation - from Cornell`s Legal Information Institute
- Finding and citing the "unimportant" decisions of the U.S. Court of Appeals
- Glossary of Legal Terms - Lexis/Nexis service that uses Merriam-Webster`s Dictionary of Law
- Law.com - legal dictionary
- LawGuru Wiki - repository of legal terms, definitions and information
- Wex - legal dictionary and encyclopedia from Legal Information Institute at Cornell
- Zimmerman's Research Guide - an Online Encyclopedia for Legal Researchers
Nevada Law Libraries
- Clark County Law Library - Las Vegas, Nevada
- Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau, Research Library - Carson City
- Nevada Public Law Libraries - each county in Nevada has statutes available
- Nevada Supreme Court Law Library, Catalog - Carson City
- Washoe County Law Library - located in the historic county courthouse in Reno
- William S. Boyd School of Law - the University of Nevada - Las Vegas. Law Library | Online Catalog
Nevada Business Directories Online
- Better Business Bureau of Northern Nevada
- Carson City Chamber of Commerce
- Nevada, Secretary of State`s Office - search the Corporation Database
- Reno Sparks Chamber of Commerce
- Sparks Chamber of Commerce
Nevada Courts - Case or Docket Searches Online
- Second Judicial District Court (Washoe County) - Court Connect
- Eighth Judicial District Court (Clark County) Family, Civil and LV Justice Court Traffic Citations - Case Look Up
- Eighth Judicial District Courts Criminal and Probate Cases (Clark County) - Case Look Up
- Henderson Township Justice Court - Case Look Up
- North Las Vegas Justice Court - Case Look Up
Public Records Research
Nevada Public Records on the Web
- Nevada Bar Association- verify an attorney's license
- Nevada Contractor's Board - contractor licenses and disciplinary actions
- Nevada Department of Corrections - jail and inmate records
- Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles - purchase your own driving record
- Nevada Department of Public Safety - sex offender registry
- Nevada Department of Public Safety - Parole and Probation list of the Most Wanted
- Nevada Secretary of State - state business entities search
- Nevada State Archives - records that document the history of Nevada back to 1851
- Nevada State Board of Accountancy - accountant license search
- Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners - license verification | disciplinary actions | public records request
- Nevada State Commission on Ethics - financial disclosure statements of public officers
- Nevada State Demographer - population statistics
- Nevada State Health Division - vital statistics and records
- Nevada State Health Division - food establishment inspections
- Nevada Unclaimed Property - unclaimed property search
- Nevada Uniform Commercial Code - UCC records, registration required
Washoe County Public Records on the Web
- Reno Gazette Journal - searchable database of foreclosures in Washoe County
- Reno Police - online incident reporting
- Sparks Police Department - public incident mapping web site
- Washoe County Assessor - property assessment data, sales data
- Washoe County Clerks Office, Public Records Division - documents to 1863
- Washoe County Clerks Office Marriage Division - search marriage records
- Washoe County Clerks Office Business Division - fictitious name search
- Washoe County area Daycare Database - includes maps, license, state inspection reports
- Washoe County, District Health - birth and death records
- Washoe County - foreclosed property search
- Washoe County Recorder - marriage certificates, recorded real estate database
- Washoe County Registrar of Voters - find out if you are a registered voter
- Washoe County Sheriff: inmate search | sex offender's registery | case requests | most wanted
Disclaimer: The information on this web page should NOT be construed as providing legal advice; any inquiries relating to legal issues should be directed to legal counsel.
Last update: September 11, 2010