(1) Summarizing Knowledge
(Encyclopedic Articles, Textbooks & Histories, Handbooks, Research Reviews)

Encyclopedias
West’s Encyclopedia of American Law. KF 154 .W47 1998
Corpus Juris Secundum: A Complete Restatement of the Entire American Law As Developed By All Reported Cases. 1936-   KF 154 .C56 
Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law.  2003. (net library- electronic resource) 
Encyclopedia of the American Judicial System: Studies of the Principal Institutions and Processes of Law. KF 154 .E53 1987
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. KF 4548. E53 2000
 

Textbooks & Histories

Handbooks
Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. KF 245 .B58 2000
Universal Citation Guide. KF 245 .U58 1999
Bieber’s Dictionary of Legal Citations: Reference Guide for Attorneys, Legal Secretaries, Paralegals, and Law Students. KF 246 .B45 1997
Judicial Process in America.  KF 8700 .C37 1998
Understanding Supreme Court Decisions.  2^nd ed. New York: Longman, 1997.  Not available at OU
Oxford Handbook of Criminology. HV 6025 .O87 2002

Research Reviews
 

(2) Selective Bibliography
(Research & Subject Guides, Selective & Didactic Bibliographies, Subject Directories)

Research & Subject Guides
How to Research the Supreme Court. Congressional Quarterly Press.  KF 8741 .A1 M36 1992
Basic Legal Research for Criminal Justice and the Social Sciences. KF 241 .C75 A28 1998
Legal Research: How to Find and Understand the Law.   KF 240 .E35 2001
Fundamentals of Legal Research. KF 240 .J33 2002
Neal-Schuman Guide to Finding Legal and Regulatory Information on the Internet.  KF 242 .A1 C48 1998
Internet Legal Resources Guide
Law Library Reference Shelf: annotated subject guide.  KF 1 .M33 1999                        

(3) New Information
(Most frequently cited journals, electronic texts, government information, books & monographs, news & newspapers, article databases)

Journals (most frequently cited)
Harvard Law Review
Yale Law Review
Columbia Law Review
Stanford Law Review
University of Chicago Law Review
Michigan Law Review
University of Pennsylvania Law Review
Journal of Law and Economics
Virginia Law Review
California Law Review

Electronic Texts
Constitution of the United States of America, Analysis and Interpretation 

Government Information
United States Code 1926-. 
Public Laws
United States Statues at Large, 1873- KF 30
Code of Federal Regulations
Federal Register. 1936-.  KF 70 .A2
Supreme Court of the United States
Understanding the Federal Courts. Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

Monographs & Books
Crossing Boundaries: Traditions and Transformations in Law and Society Research.  The American Bar Foundation.    K 376 .C76 1998

News & Newspapers
FindLaw
Law.com
 

Article Databases
 

Abstracts & Indexes
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books. K 33 .I562
Index to Periodical Articles Related to Law, 1958-.  K 33 .I57
LegalTrac, 1980-
ProQuest Direct
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe  
Criminal Justice Abstracts. 1968-.  HV 6001 .C67
NCJRS Abstracts Database. National Criminal Justice Reference Service, 1972- 

Comprehensive, Recurrent Bibliographies

Library & Book Catalogs, Archives

Search Engines
FirstGov 
GPO
Thomas
 

(5) Reference Resources, Facts & Data
(Almanacs, Biographical Sources, Dictionaries , Directories, Grants & Scholarships, Job Resources, Statistical Resources)

Almanacs
Almanac of the Federal Judiciary. 2 vols. 1984-. Semiannual.  KF 8700 .A19

Biographical Sources
The American Bench.  KF 8700 .A19 A47 1977
BNA’s Directory of State and Federal Courts, Judges, and Clerks.  The Bureau of National Affairs, 2001.    KF 8700 .A19 K56
Who’s Who in American Law.   KF 353 .W44

Data Collections

Dictionaries
Black’s Law Dictionary.    KF 156 .B53 1999
Bouvier’s Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia.   KF 156 .B6 1914
Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage.   KF 156 .G367 1995
Law.com Dictionary 

Directories --  Associations, Organizations & Societies
American Association of Law Libraries 
American Bar Association 
FindLaw.com

Directories --  Companies, Vendors, etc.

Directories --  Discussion Groups
American Bar Association List of Discussion Groups 

Directories --  Research Centers & Institutes
Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School

Grants & Scholarships
American Bar Association List of Scholarships

Job Resources

Statistical Resources
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Crime in the United States/Uniform Crime Reports for the United States. United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. 1930-.   J 1 .14/7-8:995-2001/CORR