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Research Guides & Web Resources

The following websites provide legal resources, cases, and other information on the related reference topic areas.

Law Library Resources

• Guide to Free Internet Resources
• Guide to South Carolina Legal Resources
• Coleman Karesh Library LibGuides
• Circuit Riders Outreach Program (Presentations and Downloadable Manual)

South Carolina Resources

• Links to primary sources of South Carolina law
• Internet Archive of South Carolina Materials
• Libcat: A Guide to Library Resources on the Internet
• SC Public Library Toolkit
• SC Briefs & RecordsFinding aid for the print collection of South Carolina briefs and records.

Federal Resources

• Links to primary sources of Federal law

Fifty State Resources

• Links to primary sources of state law: Constitutions, Codes, Opinions, and Current Legislation
  

Foreign and International Resources

• Links to transnational law and the laws of foreign countries
  

Internet Resources

• Guide to Free Internet Legal Resources: Guide to locating free legal information on
  the web
• Mastering the Maze: A PowerPoint guide to searching Internet legal resources
• Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (PDF)

Indian Law Resouces

• Handbook of Federal Indian Law
• Indian Law Resource Center
• National Indian Law Library
• Native American Rights website
• Indian and Native peoples law (FindLaw) Intellectual Property Reference Desk
• American Indian Law Collection (HeinOnline)

Intellectual Property Law Resources

• Copyright
  
  
  • Official
    • U.S. Copyright Office
    • Copyright Basics
    • The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 - U.S. Copyright Office Summary
    • United States Code Title 17 - Copyrights(Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute)
    
    
  • General Interest
    • Copyright & Fair Use Site (Stanford University Library)
    • Copyright Law collection (Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute)
    • Public Domain Chart (Cornell-Peter Hirtle)
    • 10 Big Myths About Copyright Explained
    • Crash Course in Copyright (University of Texas- Austin)
    • Copyright websites (list of copyright websites)
    • The Copyright Website
    • Copyright F.A.Q.
    • Copyright General Information (FindLaw)
    • Copyright blogs (USLaw.com)
    • Copyright Clearance Center Online (CCC) (Copyright permissions)
    
    
• Patent
  
  
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office (Official Site)
  • Intellectual Property Law Server (Patents web page)
  • FreePatentsOnline
  • SumoBrain