Competency 9- Internet

I used Google's search engine to search for websites relevant to my topic. I found many helpful sites from diverse sources such as law schools, public law libraries, various associations, and individuals. I have chosen the Law Library of Congress for the purposes of this competency. This website has a host of information useful to anyone interested in legal matters. The website has guides to legal research, portals to legal and legislative sites, legal history resources, an online catalog for the law library's holdings, and much more.

One of the most helpful resources on the website is the "Research Help" page. This page has an enormous number of links to online law resources at the federal, state, and international level, links to commentary and resources on current legal issues, guides to research tools and techniques that have been created by legal research specialists at the law library. Other pages give information about upcoming events or news pertaining to the Law Library of Congress, news from the publication of the Law Library of Congress, the Global Legal Monitor, and information about the history and services of the library. One may also use the online reference feature to ask a question of a law librarian.

The website provides a wealth of information for navigating through the complex tangle of legal resources available today. The URL for the website is:

http://www.loc.gov/law/

This would be a most helpful website for law librarians seeking to assist patrons with legal information needs across the spectrum of the discipline of law.

(I also found much useful information at the Georgetown Law Library website: http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/, in the form of tutorials, guides, etc. to legal research, but ultimately chose the Law Library of Congress because of its unique scope. Other favorite sites are http://www.llrx.com/, http://www.sla.org/division/dleg, and http://www.aall.org/. These sites each provide beneficial information for law librarians.)