Dictionaries and Thesauri

• American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed., 2000
• yourdictionary.com
• Oxford English Dictionary
• thesaurus.com
• Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, 3rd ed., 1995

Usage and Style Guides

• Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style
• American Heritage Book of English Usage, 1996

Abbreviations Guides

• Bluebook Abbreviations of Law Review Titles
• Acronym Finder
• Internet Acronym Server

Book and Publisher Information

• Bowker's Global Books in Print

Encyclopedias

• Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2001
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Encyclopedia of World History, 6th ed., 2001

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Quotations Sources

• The Columbia World of Quotations, 1996
• Oxford Reference Online - Quotations

Directories and Phone Books

• Switchboard (US Directories)
• World Telephone Directories

Statistics Sources

• ABA Market Research Dept - Statistical Resources
• American FactFinder (U.S.Census)
• FedStats
• LexisNexis Statistical (U.S. federal, state; international)
• STAT-USA
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• Statistical Resources on the Web
• United Nations Statistics Division - Statistical Databases

Historical Documents Collections

• American Memory (Library of Congress)
• Donovan Nuremberg Trials Collection (Cornell)
• 100 Milestone Documents (NARA et al.)
• The Avalon Project (Yale) documents in law, history and diplomacy
• The Lawyer's Story Legal Narrative E-Texts (Tarlton Law Library)

Historical Trials

• Famous Trials
• Making of Modern Law Digital Archive: Trials 1600-1926 (UI access only)

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