Online Reference Collection
This is a list of selected online reference materials including legal dictionaries, encyclopedias, and directories. Some resources on this page are subscription databases that require a Hastings ID barcode number for off-campus access. Lexis and Westlaw require individual IDs and passwords for both off-campus and on-campus access. Information concerning passwords and ID barcode numbers for students, faculty, and staff is available at the Reference Desk (416-565-4751).
Dictionaries:
Black's Law Dictionary [Westlaw]
A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage [Lexis]
Encyclopedias:
American Jurisprudence 2d [Westlaw] [Lexis]
Corpus Juris Secundum [Westlaw]
California Jurisprudence [Westlaw]
Abbreviations:
Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations [Lexis]
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations [free]
Directories:
Almanac of the Federal Judiciary [Westlaw] (biographical information on currently serving federal judges)
Directory of Corporate Counsel [Westlaw] (biographical records of legal counsel for corporations and nonprofit organizations)
Legislative Directory - 50 States & Congress [Westlaw] (comprehensive directory of members and committees of state legislatures and Congress)
Martindale-Hubbell Directory - United States Listings [Lexis] [free] (listings for U.S. attorneys, firms, and corporate legal departments)
West's Legal Directory - California [Westlaw] (profiles of California law firms and biographical records of California attorneys)
California Materials:
Witkin's California Treatises [Westlaw] [Lexis] (full text of California Summary Law, California Procedure, California Evidence, and California Criminal Law)
The Rutter Group California Practice Guides [Westlaw] (multibase includes full text of all 25 Rutter Group publications)
CEB Combined Publications [CEB OnLaw] [Lexis] (California practice guides, reporters, and Action Guides published by Continuing Education of the Bar)
California Forms of Pleading and Practice Annotated [Lexis]
Federal Materials:
American Law Reports [Westlaw] [Lexis]
Moore's Federal Practice - Civil [Lexis]
Moore's Federal Practice - Criminal [Lexis]
Wright & Miller Federal Practice & Procedure [Westlaw]
Fifty-State Surveys:
50 State Surveys [Westlaw]
50 State Surveys, Legislation, & Regulations [Lexis]
Subject Compilations of State Laws [HeinOnline]
Created by Hilary Hardcastle, Reference Librarian, April 2009.