Helpful Legal Resources

American Association for Justice American Bar Association ALSO! - American Law Sources On-line Dumb Laws FindLaw - Law, lawyers and legal resources Houston Bar Association Houston Trial Lawyers Association JAMS-Endispute - Mediation, arbitration and ADR services Law and Policy Institutions Guide Law.com - Legal resources Legal Dictionary Lexis.com(SM) Legal Discussion List Center - Over 2000 email lists housing legal discussion Legal Information Institute [LII] LLRX.com - Court rules, forms & dockets Loislaw - The Electronic Law Library Martindale.com - Lawyer locator and attorney directory My Texas Bar National Association of Personal Injury Lawyers Personal Injury Statutes of Limitations - Freeadvice.com RAND Institute for Civil Justice State Bar of Texas Texas Board of Legal Specialization Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism Texas Lawyer Texas Lawyers Center Online The 'Lectric Law Library's Legal Lexicon - Dictionary of legal terms TrialSmith Washlaw Web - U.S. and international legal links

Aetna DocFind AHA Data - MedPAR Hospital Costs AIM DocFinder AMA - American Medical Association Home Page American Association of Spinal Cord Injury American Burn Association American College of Cardiology American Council of the Blind American Heart Association American Hospital Directory - Information about hospitals American Liver Society Amputee Coalition of America ATSDR - ToxFAQs™ Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets Baylor College of Medicine Brain Injury Association of Texas Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ClinicalStudyResults.org DHHS - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Hospital Comparison DrKoop.com Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit HCMS - Harris County Medical Society Institute of Medicine Journal of the American Medical Association MayoClinic.com - Medical and health information for a healthier life MD Consult - Clinical information for physicians Memorial Hermann Healthcare System National Center for Health Statistics - U.S. Life Tables [1966 - Present] National Medical Society Library National Spinal Cord Injury Association New England Journal of Medicine NIH - National Institutes of Health NLM - U.S. National Library of Medicine Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) On-line Medical Dictionary PDRhealth.com Pharma Private Healthcare Systems PubMed - U.S. National Library of Medicine RxList - Pharmecuetical information Texas Board of Nurse Examiners Texas Medical Board Texas Medical Center Library Texas State Board of Pharmacy The Lancet Toxlaw.com - Toxic Torts Walgreens Pharmacies WebMD

Federal Government and Services

Bureau of Economic Analysis - U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Labor Statistics – U.S. Department of Labor Census Bureau Center for Legislative Archives - Federal government Congressional Budget Office Department of Commerce Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Federal Trade Commission Fedstats - Federal statistics Fedworld FirstGov.gov - Official website for searching the U.S. government IRS - Internal Revenue Service Library of Congress ODI - Office of Defects Investigation - Auto Recalls.gov SEC - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Filings & Forms (EDGAR) Social Security Online U.S. Consumer Gateway U.S. Department of Defense U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Department of Labor U.S. Department of State U.S. Department of the Treasury U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Patent and Trademark Office U.S. Postal Service U.S. Senate White House

Federal Laws and Regulations

Code of Federal Regulations Federal Register - Official federal documents United States Code

Federal Resources

FedLaw LII - Legal Information Institute - U.S. Constitution THOMAS - Library of Congress

State Government and Services

State of Texas Web Site Texas Department of Insurance Texas Department of Public Safety - Criminal records Texas State Board of Nurse Examiners Texas State Board of Pharmacy Texas State Library Texas Legislative Council

State Laws and Regulations

Texas Constitution Texas Statutes

State Resources

Legislative Reference Library of Texas Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts - Corporation search Texas Workforce Commission

Counties/ Cities

Bexar County, Texas Brazos County, Texas City of Houston Ordinances Fort Bend County, Texas Galveston Central Appraisal District Galveston County Harris County Appraisal District Harris County, Texas Jefferson County, Texas Montgomery County, Texas

Federal Courts

Federal Judiciary - U.S. Courts Supreme Court of the United States U.S. Court of Appeals - 5th Circuit U.S. Eastern District of Texas U.S. Northern District of Texas U.S. Southern District of Texas U.S. Tax Court U.S. Western District of Texas

Related Federal Court Resources

Audio Records of Supreme Court Decisions - Oyez.org Federal Court Management Statistics Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center U.S. Federal Court Case Management - Pacer U.S. Sentencing Commission U.S. Supreme Court Historic Decisions by Topic

State and County Courts

Fort Bend County - Courts Galveston County - Courts Harris County Civil Courthouse Harris County Civil Courts at Law Harris County Civil District Courts Harris County Criminal Courts at Law Harris County Criminal District Courts Harris County Family District Courts Harris County Justice of the Peace Courts Harris County Probate Courts Jefferson County - Courts Montgomery County - Courts

Related State and County Resources

Harris County District Clerk Harris County E-Docs Links to Texas Laws, Government and Politics National Center for State Courts Outdoor Resources by State

References

America's Library C-SPAN Dictionary.com Doherty Library (St. Thomas) Encyclopedia Britannica Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus.com Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) Wikipedia

Information and Searches

Annual Credit Report - Free yearly reports Ask.com AT&T Yellow Pages ConsumerReports.org - Ratings, buying guides & product reviews Crashtest.com - Crashworthiness info CriminalCheck.com - Sex offender search Docusearch.com - Free searches Freeality.com - Internet searches Google Google Earth Hyperindex.com Internet Archive - Building an 'Internet Library' Kelley Blue Book MSN.com Netscape.com PublicData.com Search.com SuperPages.com Switchboard.com Urban Legends and Folklore WhiteYellowPages.com - Yellow and white pages Yahoo! Yahoo! Small Business YellowPages.com YP.com - Online yellow pages ZabaSearch - Free people search engine

News

ABC News Associated Press Austin American-Statesman CBS News Chicago Tribune CNN.com Dallas Morning News Houston Chronicle Houston Press Los Angeles Times MSNBC.com New York Times New Yorker Magazine Reuters Wall Street Journal Washington Post

Weather

National Hurricane Center - Tropical prediction center NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmosphere Association U.S. Navy - hurricanes, typhoons, satellite images, forecasts, tracks Weather.com - local weather forecasts, radar and reports

Business and Investment

About.com - Economics A.M. Best Company - Insurance ratings Bloomberg.com CNN Money ConsumerInfo.com - Credit Reports Online INN - Insurance ratings MSN Money - Stock research Nasdaq Stock Market New York Stock Exchange Quote.com - Stock Quotes Thomas Register of American Manufacturers

Computer Services

Bandwidth Speed Test Broadband Speed Test Dell Download.com - Free software downloads InterNIC - Domain name information Microsoft Network Solutions - Domain name registration services Symantec Threat Explorer - Virus verification TrendMicro.com Westerman & Associates - Network specialists

Technical

American National Standards Institute American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boat Safe Council for Harmonization of Electrotechnical Standardization HubbleSite - NewsCenter Positive Image Pro Aire Aerial Photography Society of Automotive Engineers Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Southwest Research Institute The American Society of Safety Engineers