Legal Resources, Dictionaries and Databases

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Databases

• American Fact Finder (U.S. Census Bureau)
• Bureau of Justice Statistics (U.S. Department of Justice)
• OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention)
• FedStats - Gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies
• FedWorld Information Network 
• Search Systems.net - Largest Free Public Records Database Collection
• Social Statistics Briefing Room (The White House)

Dictionaries and Writing Resources - Law, Medical, Standard

• Acronym and Abbreviation Finders 
• Common Errors in English 
• Dictionary of Occupational Titles  
• Dictionary.com 
• Duhaime's Law Dictionary  
• English to Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese Translation via Alta Vista Babelfish  
• Everyrule.com 
• Free Glossary.com  
• Hyperdictionary.com - Offers English, Computer, Dream and Medical Dictionaries plus a Thesaurus
• Legal Explanations - Free legal resources in plain English
• Merriam-Webster Online Language Center - Dictionary, Thesaurus, etc.
  • Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law 
   
• Nolo Press's Everybody's Legal Dictionary  
• On-Line Dictionaries - 1500+ dictionaries representing more than 230 languages  
• On-Line Dictionary of Street Drug Slang  
• The Quotations Page  
• Thesaurus.com  
• Wikipedia.com - Free encyclopedia

Law Libraries and Legal Research Online

• American Law Sources On-Line (ALSO!) 
• Courts.Net  
• University of Emory 's School of Law Electronic Reference Desk  
• Find Law
  • Find Law.com - Illinois Resources 
  • Find Law.com - Library 
   
• FirstGov.gov - Official website for searching the U.S. Government  
• GovSpot.com - Non-partisan government information portal  
• Hieros Gamos
• Illinois State Bar Association - Public Information 
• Internet Law Library - House of Representatives 
• Law and Politics: Internet Guide 
• Law.com 
• Law Guru 
• Law Library of Congress 
• Library of Congress Gateway of Library Catalogs 
• Laws Online  
• Legal Ethics.com 
• Legal Information Institute - Cornell Law School  
• Lexis-Nexis 
• Lois Law.com  
• Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research  
• Prairie State Legal Services 
• SEARCH - The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics  
• Search Systems.net - Largest Free Public Records Database Collection  
• Washburn University School of Law Library  
• Westlaw  
• Yahoo! Law Links  

Information Resources

Medical

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  
• eMedicine World Medical Library  
• Entrez PubMed - An integrated, text-based search and retrieval system used at NCBI for the major databases, including PubMed, Nucleotide and Protein Sequences, Protein Structures, Complete Genomes, Taxonomy, and others.
• HealthGrades - Hospitals, Physicians, Nursing Homes and Home Health Agencies Information
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations  
• MedTerms.com - Medical Dictionary  
• Merck Manual of Medical Information-Home Edition  
• IL Attorney Generals' MethNet - Created to share information about methamphetamine crisis in Illinois
• MT Desk - Medical Transcription and Terminology  
• Physicians' Desk Reference  
• RxList Drug Information  
• Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade  
• WebMD - Drug and Herb Reference  
• Who Named It.com - Biographical Dictionary of Medical Eponyms  

Government and Judicial Sites

• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
• Federal Judicial Center  
• Illinois Secretary of State  
• DuPage County, IL
  • Clerk of the Circuit Court - Court Records and Tickets 
  • County Clerk - Vital Records and Elections 
  • GIS/Mapping Division -Tax Assessment and Aerial Photograph
  • Recorder of Deeds 
   
• National Center for State Courts  
• U.S. Department of Justice - Bureau of Justice Statistics  
• U.S. Internal Revenue Service Online 
• United States Sentencing Commission  

Lawyer Finders

• FindLaw - Find a Lawyer, Attorney or Law Firm  
• Illinois Lawyer Finder - Illinois State Bar Association  
• Martindale-Hubble Nationwide Lawyer Directory  

People Finders

• Accurint - First Search Free - Monthly Fee Based Service
• AnyWho.com - AT&T
• Reverse Telephone Number Directory  
• Switchboard.com - Internet Directory  
• The Ultimate White Pages  
• The Ultimate Yellow Pages  

Professional Accreditations

• American Board of Medical Specialties  
• American Medical Association Physician Select  
• Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission (ARDC)  
• Illinois Department of Professional Regulation  

Also check our Professional Associations, Organizations and Groups page for additional links.

Media, Publications and Archives

• Chicago Daily Law Bulletin  
• Gitlin's on Divorce  
• Government Printing Office (GPO) Access  
• National Law Journal  
• Newspapers Online  
• Sullivan's Law Directory Online  
• Virtual Reference Desk 

Other Resources

• Electronic Privacy Information Center  
• Financial Calculators - Retirement & Elder Care, Small Business, Landlords & Tenants, Real Estate, Consumer & Travel, Debt & Bankruptcy, Cars & Tickets
• Online Conversion - Over 8,100 Conversions and Calculators  
• Vital Records Information - This site contains information about where to obtain vital records

Also check our Links for Probation Officer page for additional links.