Principles of Legal Research (4th ed. 2025)

Chapter 16. Factual Information

§ 16.1  News and Historical Research

• Google News [page 346]
• Google News Archive [page 346]
• Newspapers (Internet Archive) [page 346]
• Using Archives [page 347]

§ 16.2  Business and Industry Research

(a) Public Companies

• SEC [page 347]
• Google Finance [page 347-48]
• Yahoo! Finance [page 348]

(b) Private Companies

• Secretary of State Corporate and Business Entity Search [page 348]

(c) Industry Research

• Economic Census [page 349]
• NAICS Information [page 349, note 1]

§ 16.3  Public Records

• Free Public Records Directory (OnlineSearches) [page 350]

§ 16.4  Statistics

• Data and News (U.S. Courts) [page 350]
• Court Statistics Project [page 350]
• Legal Profession Statistics (ABA) [page 350]
• FBI Crime Data Explorer [page 350-51]
• U.S. Sentencing Commission [page 351]
• Bureau of Justice Statistics [page 351]
• U.S. Census Bureau [page 351]
• Explore Census Data [page 351]
• Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1878-2012 [page 351, note 3]
• Gallup, Inc. [page 352]
• Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [page 352]

§ 16.5  Dictionaries and Related Works

(a) Dictionaries

• Findlaw Legal Dictionary [page 354, note 5]
• Nolo's Free Dictionary of Law Terms and Legal Definitions [page 354, note 5]

(b) Citation and Abbreviations Guides

• New York Law Reports Style Manual [page 356]
• ALWD Guide to Legal Citation Features [page 356]
• Peter W. Martin, Introduction to Basic Legal Citation [page 356]
• Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations [page 357]

§ 16.6  Legal Directories

• Martindale.com [page 358]
• NALP Directory of Legal Employers [page 358]
• WorldCat [page 359]