The contents of the databases listed below may substantially overlap. Destinations, however, can be reached from different starting points. To narrow your research, start with recommendations.

Canada

Note: All Canadian databases have provision for accessing information in English or French

A. General Databases

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Government of Canada

http://infoservice.gc.ca/main_e.html OR http://canada.gc.ca/main_e.html
(Government of Canada primary internet site. Both addresses bring you to the same site)

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Montreal, Univ. Of

http://www.droit.umontreal.ca/doc/biblio/en/index.html
(Virtual Canadian Law Library, and includes governmental materials from the Provinces)

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Canadian Legal Resources on the WWW

http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/~psim/can_law.html

(Sources by category and by Province)

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Statistics Canada

http://www.statcan.ca/start.html
(Wide variety of information on economic and social conditions in Canada)

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B. Government

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Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/english/menu.htm

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Department of Finance

http://www.fin.gc.ca/fin-eng.html
(Budget information, international activities, publications, etc.)

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Government Overview

http://canada.gc.ca/howgov/howind_e.html
(Overview of key institutions of the Government of Canada, with links to departments and Acts of Parliament)

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Hansard (debates of the House of Commons of Canada)

http://www.parl.gc.ca/cgi-bin/hansard/e_hansard_master.pl
(Presently available from January 1994)

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Justice Department

http://canada.justice.gc.ca/index_en.html (Access to information and consolidated laws of Canada. The consolidated laws are listed at http://canada.justice.gc.ca/Loireg/index_en.html

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Parliament

http://www.parl.gc.ca/english/index.html
(Access to Acts of Parliament)

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Prime Minister

http://pm.gc.ca/english/pmo/index.htm
(Introduction to PM and his office, with links out)

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Provincial governments

Alberta -- http://www.gov.ab.ca/

British Columbia -- http://www.gov.bc.ca/

Manitoba -- http://www.gov.mb.ca/

New Brunswick -- http://www.gov.nb.ca/

Newfoundland -- http://www.gov.nf.ca/

Nova Scotia -- http://www.gov.ns.ca/

Ontario -- http://www.gov.on.ca/

Prnce Edward Is. -- http://www.gov.pe.ca/

Quebec -- http://www.gov.qc.ca/

Saskatchewan - http://www.sasknet.sk.ca/saskgov.html

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Supreme Court of Canada

http://champlain.gns.ca/opengov/supreme.court/sc.home.html

European Union

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A. Government and Official Sites

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Directores-General

http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/dgserv.html
(List of Directorates-General and services [I to XXIV]. Each Directorates-General has separate mission. Missions are described and in some instances, such as "competition", the site offers extensive legislative and press information and decisions)

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Europa (European Commission)

http://europa.eu.int/pol/index-en.htm
(Includes, official documents from the EU, links to the Court of Justice of the European Communities, and more)

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European Parliament

http://www.europarl.eu.int
http://www.eppe.be/

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Information Market

http://www2.echo.lu/other/gov.list.html
(List of Government servers by Country)

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Information Society Project Office (ISPO)

http://www.ispo.cec.be/
(Information about the European Union. ISPO is an initiative of the European Commission and is operating under the joint responsibility of DG III and DG XIII)

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Legal Advisory Board

http://www2.echo.lu/legal/en/labdef.html
(European Commission)

http://www2.echo.lu/legal/en/labhome.html
http://www2.echo.lu/legal/en/ipr.html
(Intellectual property issues in member states)

http://www2.echo.lu/other/otherhome.html
http://www2.echo.lu/legal/dataprot/dataprot.html

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The General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union

http://ue.en.int

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B. University and Institutional Sites

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Center for European Integration Studies

http://www.gmu.edu/departments/ii/ceishmp1.html
(George Mason University. European Union databases, News, Resources, Studies, etc.)

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European Information Association

http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/lbsebd/eia_html/access1.htm
(Policies and activities of the European Union)

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United Kingdom

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A. General Databases

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British and Irish Legal Information Institute

http://www.bailii.org/
(Contains freely available British and Irish legal information as well as links to other legal sites in Great Britain; cases and judgments at http://www.bailii.org/databases.html#uk).

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CCTA Government Information Service

http://www.open.gov.uk/index.htm

(By way of this service, you can search by organization [departments and agencies of governmental and local governmental and municipal entities] or functionally [subjects].

Also accessible, Cabinet Office http://www.open.gov.uk/co/cohome.htm

Documents by Government Department and Form number can be found at
http://www.open.gov.uk/gdirect/index.htm

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Law Society

http://www.lawsoc.org.uk/
(Contains a search engine U.K. and World wide).

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Muenchen

http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~a2c0133/www/govt/gb.html
(Parliament and Government Departments for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, including governments at the municipal level)

(Washburn School of Law) --
http://lawlib.wuacc.edu/washlaw/forint/europe/uk.html

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Social Science Information Gateway

sosig.esrc.bris.ac.uk/

(Contains links to programs, government, law and numerous other subjects)

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B. Government

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Cabinet Office

http://www.number-10.gov.uk/co/cohome.htm

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Government Departments

http://www.number-10.gov.uk/depts/index.html

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Parliament

Public Bills before Parliament http://www.parliament.uk/

Selected earlier bills and summaries http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/pabills.htm

Also, http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts.htm

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10 Downing Street

http://www.number-10.gov.uk/

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The Data Protection Registrar

http://www.open.gov.uk/dpr/dprhome.htm

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Trade and Industry

http://dtiinfo1.dti.gov.uk/

(A range of general information including ministerial responsiblities and objectives of the Department, business news, exports. A new page is under construction that will expand the range and usefulness of this site)

United States

If you cannot find the department or agency of federal government below, Try

Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy

http://www.law.vill.edu/Fed-Agency/fedwebloc.html#toc

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Congress

http://Thomas.loc.gov/
http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/gov.html
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/index.html

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Commerce, Dept of.

http://www.doc.gov/infoserv.html
http://lcweb.loc.gov/gov.executive/commerce.html
http://www.stat-usa.gov/BEN/databases.html
http://www.stat-usa.gov/BEN/newsrel.html

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Copyright Office

http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
(Contains database of laws and regulations pertaining to copyright as well as information about registrations. However, you cannot search for registrations unless you have access).

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Department of Health and Human Services

http://www.os.dhhs.gov

Disabilities & Managed Care from Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation within the Department of Health and Human Services:
http://managedcare.hhs.gov/

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Department of Transportation

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety
http://hazmat.dot.gov/
(office is responsible for coordinating a national safety program for the transportation of hazardous materials by air, rail, highway and water)

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Environmental Protection Agency

http://www.epa.gov/epa.home
(Access to proposed and final rules and regulations, codified regulations and legislation. Includes descriptions of major environmental laws

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Federal Communications Commission

http://www.fcc.gov

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Federal Trade Commission

http://www.ftc.gov

(Includes Consumer Protection Rules and Guidelines, as well as substantial product information)

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Fedworld Information Network

http://www.fedworld.gov

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Government Printing Office

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces002.html
(Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Bills, Congressional documents, Congressional Record)

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces150.html
(1995, 1996 and 1997 Congressional Record)

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House of Representatives

http://www.house.gov/

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Judicial Branch

Directory of Electronic Public Access Services; Public Access to Court Electronic Regards (PACER)

http://www.uscourts.gov/Pub/Access.html
(These services permit the public to gain direct, rapid, and easy access to official court information and records from outside the courthouse. There is a modest user fee for the PACER service, $.60 per minute of actual use. Persons desiring to use the service must first register with the registration center, toll free at 800-676-6856).

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Internal Revenue Service

http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/cover.html

Forms http://www.irs.treas.gov/prod/forms_pubs/formpub.html

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Labor, Dept. Of

http://www.ajb.dni.us

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Library of Congress

http://lcWeb.loc.gov/global/gov.html

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National Archives and Records Administration

http://access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html
(Includes access to Federal Register)

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Patent and Trademark Office

http://www.uspto.gov/wipo.html
http://www.uspto.gov:80/
http://www.uspto.gov:80/web/menu/menue5.html
(US & International legal materials)

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Securities & Exchange Commission

http://www.sec.gov
http://www.sec.gov/edaux/wedgar.htm

(Includes access to Edgar database of corporte information)

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Small Business Administration

http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/
http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/hotlist/inter.html

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Social Security Administration

http://www.ssa.gov

University Libraries with links to Federal Government Resources and Materials

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Federal Government

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Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

http://www.law.csuohio.edu/lawlibrary/usgovernment/

(Links to Executive, Judicial and Legislative Branches of the U.S. Government as well as other U.S. Government agencies)

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Oklahoma State University Depository Library Gateway

http://www.bubba.ucc.okstate.edu/wais/GPO/Access/

(Site contains a search engine)

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Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy

http://www.law.vill.edu/Fed-Agency/fedwebloc.html#toc

States,

Go To GenLaw, or following alternatives:

1. U.S. House of Representatives -- State and Territorial Laws

http://law.house.gov/17.htm

2. State and Local Government on the Internet

http://law.piperinfo.com/state/states.html

3. National Association of State information Resource Executives

http://nasire.org/membership/index.html

4. Indiana University School of Law

http://www.law.indiana.edu/law/v-lib/states.html

Cities,

New York City Counsel (Local Laws, only 1995 is available, legislation in current session and scheduled hearings) -- http://www.council.nyc.ny.us/

Municipalities,

Codes -- http://www.spl.lib.wa.us/collec/lawcoll/municode.html

University Libraries with links to State Government Resources and Materials

(See also University Library databases in GenLaw)

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Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva Univ.)



(Links to New York government)

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Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Mashall College of Law

http://www.law.csuohio.edu/lawlibrary/stategov.html

(Links to Ohio government)

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Georgia State Law School

http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/metaindex/index.html

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Indiana University School of Law

http://www.law.indiana.edu/v-lib/

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Pace University School of Law

http://www.law.pace.edu/env/vell6.html
(Environmental, US and comparative all countries)

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Southern California, University of

http://www.usc.edu/dept/law-lib/index.html#Resources

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Washburn School of Law

http://lawlib.wuacc.edu/washlaw/

 

Other International

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Australia

General databases -- http://gov.info.au/ -- http://aph.gov.au/library/trialhom.htm

Hansard -- http://hansard.aph.gov.au/

Parliament of Australia.-- http://aph.gov.au/

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Global Legal Information Network (Library of Congress, U.S.)

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/glin/glinhome.html

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Foreign Government Resources on the Web

http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/foreign.html

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Pennsylvania State University (Australia-New Zealand Studies Center) -- http://www.psu/research/auzsc/

Australian Indexes -- http://moreinfo.com.au/ausindex/government.html

New Zealand -- http://www.psu/research/auzsc/areas/nz/NZi.html.#gov

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New Zealand

http://www.govt.nz/

University Libraries and
Institutions with links to
International Resources
and Materials (see also InterOrg)

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Berkeley, UC

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/GSSI/eu.html

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Cornell Legal Information Institute

http://www.law.cornell.edu/source.html

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European Commission Legal Advisory Board

http://www2.echo.lu/legal/en/ipr/ipr.html

(Intellectual property, discussion documents, legislation, etc.)

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I*M (a service of the European Commission DGXIII)

http://www2.echo.lu/other/govlist.html

(Other resources on the WWW: A list of government servers by country)

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Johns Hopkins Univ.

http://lawlib.wuacc.edu/forint/forintmain.html

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Pace University School of Law

http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/
(Institute of International Commercial Law. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Text and case law)

Also, for environmental and comparative world wide,
http://www.law.pace.edu/env/vell6.html

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Washburn School of Law

http://lawlib.wuacc.edu/forint/forintmain.html
(Foreign and international legal resources).



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Yale University

http://elsinore.cis.yale.edu/lawWeb/lawlib.htm#gold