Law including Business Law

To find books about "business law":

Select the <S> Subject option from the Book Catalog menu; enter the Library of Congress Subject Heading:

business law
commercial law

Select the <K> Keyword option and enter terms you believe might also find books about business law such as real estate law, marketing law, sports law, advertising law, etc.

To read legal citations:

The typical form for legal citations is volume or title number then source title (abbreviated) then page or section number; for example:

98 Stat. 2366 (a citation to a law as passed)
means volume 98 of the United States Statutes at Large (Ref KF 50 A3), page 2366.
43 CFR 2800 (a citation to a code)
means title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations (Ref KF 70 A3), part 2800.
104 LE2d 722 (a citation to a court case)
means volume 104 of the U.S. Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers Edition, Second Series (Ref KF 101), page 722.

Legal cases and laws "popular name" indexes:

Shepard's Acts and Cases by Popular Names; Federal and State

Ref KF 90 S52 Ready Reference

For definitions of legal terms:

Legal dictionaries: Ref KF 156….

General business law text books:

5th floor stacks, KF 888....

To locate articles about legal subjects:

LEXIS/NEXIS® Academic Databases
Select Legal: “Law Reviews.” Select News: “Legal News Group File”

Use general business databases for legal issues and business:

See: http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/tutorials/business_databases.html

Law in the Internet (US or California):

Websites by Subject Library Home Page http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/websites/ Pages for Law, Laws, and Government.

To locate the text of and annotations on the Constitutions (US or California):

Constitution of the United States of America; Analysis and Interpretation Ref KF 4527 K54
Also: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/index.html

The California Constitution with annotations: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/const.html

To locate the text of the laws (US or California):

LEXIS/NEXIS® Academic Databases United States law,
Also on the Internet http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html

LEXIS/NEXIS® Academic Databases California law
The entire body of California law with detailed annotations.

Also an Internet site! Go directly to http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html or use the Cal Poly Internet Reference, look on the “Laws and Legislation, California” page.

Cal Jur 3d Ref KFC 80 C29 An encyclopedia of California Law

To locate discussions and the status of pending laws (US or California):

THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet:http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html
Includes pending legislation (Bills).

CQ Electronic Library Databases
Might discuss the status of large newsworthy legislation.

Official California Legislative Information Internet: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/
Includes status of pending laws (Bill Information).

To locate the text of the regulations (US or California):

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
Updated daily by Federal Register http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

California Code of Regulations Only on an Internet site!
http://ccr.oal.ca.gov/linkedslice/default.asp?SP=CCR-1000&Action=Welcome
California Regulatory Notice Register Ref KFC 36 C3 New regulations organized by Agency.

To locate cases from the courts (US or California):

LEXIS/NEXIS® Academic Databases Please see: Legal Studies Tutorial http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/tutorials/legal/index.html

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for Publicly Traded Companies:

See: http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/tutorials/company_research.html

Daniel Hanne
4/09