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Replaced Thomas. U.S. bills 1989-current, Public Laws & some other legislative history documents.

Forms and Research guides.

Databases from the Columbus Metropolitan Library. Accessible with CML card. Includes the Nuwav Legal Forms.

Free access to federal and state law from Cornell Law School.

Accessible by creating an individual account. Access to case information costs $0.10 per page. The cost to access a single document is capped at $3.00. The cap does not apply to name searches, reports that are not case-specific, and transcripts of federal court proceedings. If your usage does not exceed $30 in a quarter, fees are waived.

Report by law librarian Sarah Glassmeyer, 2023

Contains U.S. Code, federal legislative history materials, federal regulations (CFR and Federal Register). From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, previously called the U.S. Printing Office.

AALL researched primary legal materials in all states to determine if online legal materials are trustworthy and preserved for permanent public access, according to the following criteria:
•Official Status
•Authentication
•Preservation
•Permanent Public Access
•Copyright
•Universal Citation