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Community
Information by Zip Code - Provides access to population,
education, health, environment, business, political
and other demographic data by zip code.
Frequently
Used Government Sites - Compiles all the most
useful locations and groups them by subject, such
as consumer information, Congress, crime, education,
census, voting, statistics.
Office of the
Attorney General of Florida - Besides providing
background on the attorney general and his office,
this website offers information and advice for consumers
and crime victims. Topics include crime victims' rights
and compensation, child safety tips and consumer fraud
prevention tools.
Project Vote
Smart - Biographies and address of politicians,
their positions on the issues, voting records, campaign
finances. Also includes CongressTrack, which provides
information on status of legislation, committee membership,
sponsors, full text, weekly floor schedules. Even
a toll-free number to "speak to your own personal
researcher!"
State and
Local Government on the Net - A directory of hundreds
of links to state and local government resources.
States Ordinances
- This site provides access to city and county codes
from around the country (including most Florida counties
and many cities). Select the state and then the county
or city.
THOMAS: Legislative
Information on the Internet - An exhaustive guide
to federal legislation, bill summaries and text, public
laws, roll call votes, Congressional Record index
and text, committee reports, hearings schedules and
reports. Includes some of the same data for previous
Congresses.
U.S. House of Representatives
- House directory, member offices, links allowing
you to write your representative.
U.S. Senate -
Similar to the House site.
White House
- Information on the president and vice-president
and their email links, White House history and tour,
What's New, White House for Kids, Briefing Room.
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Law
American
Law Sources On-Line (ALSO) - Provides an exhaustive
set of links to law sources for the U.S., Canada and
Mexico.
Cornell Law
School - Legal Information Institute.
FindForms
- Free Legal Forms.
FindLaw - From
law schools to case law, a major resource for locating
legal information, including international law.
LawGuru - An
extensive site for legal research which gives you
access to over 400 legal search engines. It also features
chat, information by email, the ability to ask free
questions (and search over 9,000 questions and answers
in their database), etc.
Lawyer
Locator - To find an attorney (by location, firm,
or specialty) or information about an attorney (age,
law school, certification).
Law
Library of Congress - Provides links to Internet
legal resources, research databases and a guide to
information on the government and laws of the U.S.
and other nations.
LLRX (Law
and Technology Resources for Legal Professionals)
- This free Web journal provides information on a
wide variety of topics for legal, library, information
technology/information science and administrative
professionals. The site includes a searchable archive
of articles dating back to the site's beginning in
1996.
Nolo Press - Self-Help
Law Center
Supreme
Court Information - Find biographies and voting
records of the Supreme Court justices, from Cornell's
Legal Information Institute.
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Taxes
Tax Forms
and Publications - Need a particular federal tax
form? Download forms and publications from 1992 through
the present from the I.R.S. NOTE: you will need to
download and install the free Adobe
Acrobat Reader in order to view the forms and
publications. (For in-library users, see a reference
librarian.)
U.S.
Tax Code Online - Search it several ways.
And don't forget--if your search for an answer
didn't prove successful, contact the Reference Desk
at your nearest Brevard
County Public Library.
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