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Pathfinders: Legal Reference Sources
Updated: 11/11/04

Databases

  • LexisNexis Academic
Includes broadcast transcripts, SEC filings, federal and state law codes, and Key U.S. and state case law. 
  • EBSCO and other groups of databases
General information and full-text articles

Printed Compilations of Case Law

Reference Section, Second Floor
  • Ref KFO 1247 .A2  Oklahoma Decisions (from the Pacific Reporter 2nd and 3rd Series) (P2d 219, 1951, to present)
  • Ref KFO 1257 .W47 1987  West’s Oklahoma Digest, 2nd Edition. (46 volumes)
  • Ref KF 154 .C56  Corpus Juris Secundum: a complete restatement of the entire American law as developed by all reported cases.  
  • Ref KF 901 .R47 1981  Restatement of the Law 2e, Contracts 2e. American Law Institute, 1981 (10 vols)

Printed Compilations of Legislation

  • Ref KFO 1230 1910 .A2  Oklahoma Statutes Annotated. (updated by pocket parts and replacement volumes)
  • Ref KF 62 1972 .W45  United States Code Service.   (all Federal laws of general and permanent nature arranged in accordance with the section numbering of the United States Code and the Supplements thereto.)

Legal Dictionaries

  • Ref KF 156 .B53 2004  Black’s Law Dictionary, 8th edition. West Publishing Company.
  • Ref KF 156 .L95 1995  Ballentine’s Legal Dictionary and Thesaurus, by Jonathan S. Lynton, Delmar Publishers.

Books on Special Topics

  • Ref KF 8205 .A76 1993 (and updates)  American Indian Law Deskbook,  N. Spaeth, Chair, Editing Committee. University Press of Colorado.
  • Ref KF 480 .A32 A2 1991  Americans with Disabilities Act Handbook. U.S. Dept. of Justice, EEOC.
  • Ref KF 1607.5 .K76 1995  Consumer Protection and the Law,  by L. Krohn. ABC-CLIO Inc.
  • Ref HV 6017 .E524 2002  Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment, Sage, 2002.
  • Ref KF 3775 .A68 P38 1995  Environment and the Law, by V. R. Patton – Hulce. ABC-CLIO  Inc.
  • Ref KF 2750 .O9 2003  Major Principles of Media Law, 2003 edition, by W. Overbeck, Wadsworth pub.
  • Ref KF 3568.3 .A2 o257 1999  OSHA Technical Manual, 5th edition, U S Dept of Labor, ABS Group, Rockville, MD
  • West’s Nutshell Series (about 140 books with various call numbers all beginning with K or KF, located in the circulating collection)

Popular-Level Treatments of the Law

  • Ref KF 154 .W47 2004  West's Encyclopedia of American Law, West Publishing Company (12 vols, popular level).
  • Ref JK 1001 .C75  Congress and the Nation (1945 – 2001 and continuing….) (summaries of important bills and Congressional actions)
  • Ref KF 8742 .W567 1997  Congressional Quarterly’s Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court, 3rd edition. Congressional Quarterly.
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