Our college's largest collection of legal reference material is located at the Health Education Center Library. The collection is available to anyone, but most of the material must be used onsite. At http://www.spcollege.edu/central/libonline you’ll find the SPC Library Online where you can check the exact holdings of any of our campus libraries or to find articles dealing with legal issues. From our web page you can also link to the Stetson Law Library’s research resources (click on Resources, then Local and Other Libraries and then Stetson College of Law), which is a marvelous collection of web links to legal research sites. The HEC collection also contains career material for students in the Legal Assisting Program. Additional web sites that may be of use are listed at the end of this document.

The following is a list of some of the Legal (and Legal Assisting) resources available at HEC:

  Cases

·          West’s Florida Cases  - Found in Southern Reporter - REF KF 135 .S8 and Southern Reporter 2nd  - REF KFF 45.1 .S6     

·          Florida Law Weekly  - periodical in binders in the REF KFF shelf area (October 1991 - current)

·          West’s Supreme Court Reporter  - REF KF 127 .S96

·          Federal Reporter 2d (volumes 451-599) - REF KF 105 .F42

·          Federal Supplement (volumes 351-500) - REF KF 105 .F43

   
  Citators

·          Shepard's Florida Citations  - REF KFF 59 .S53

·          For citation checks for the Supreme Court or other jurisdictions, please use the online citator.

   
  Dictionaries

·          Black's Law Dictionary, 7^th ed.  - REF KF 156 .B53

·          Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage - REF KF 156 .G367

·          Burton’s Legal Thesaurus - REF KF 156 .B856

 
  Laws

·          Official Florida Statutes (also available online at http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes)  - REF KFF 30 .A24

·          West’s Florida Statutes Annotated - REF KFF 30 1941 .A43

·          West’s Florida Session Law Service – REF KFF 30 1941 .A431

·          Florida Code Research Guide – REF KFF 80 .F56

·          United States Code Annotated (USCA)  - REF KF 62 1929 .W37

·          United States Code Congressional & Administrative News (USCCAN) – (March 1995-current) - REF KF 62 1929 .W37

[Note: for USCA and USCCAN, you must spell out United States in LINCCSearch to find them by title!]

 
  Digests/Encyclopedias

·          American Jurisprudence 2^nd  - REF KF 154 .A42

·          American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts, POF 2^nd, and POF 3^rd   - REF KF 8933 .A42

·          Decisions of the United States Supreme Court  - REF KF 101.1 .L385y

·          United States Supreme Court Digest  - REF KF 127 .U65

·          West’s Encyclopedia of American Law  - REF KF 154 .W47

·          West’s Analysis of American Law: Guide to the American Legal System - REF KF 240 .W454

·          Florida Jurisprudence 2d - REF KFF 80 .F56

·          West’s Florida Digest and Florida Digest 2d - REF KFF 45.1 .W57

 
  Legal Research Texts

·          The Lawyer's Guide to Internet Research - Biehl & Calishain - KF 242 .A1 L353 2000

·          Legal Information: How to Find it, How to Use it  - Olson - REF KF 240 .O365 1999

·          Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing: An Integrated Approach – KF 240 .H36 2000

·          Legal Research:  How to Find and Understand the Law  - Elias & Levinkind - REF KF 240 .E35 2001

·          Navigating the Internet: Legal Research on the World Wide Web - Ramy & Moppett - KF 242 .A1 R36 2000

  Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Materials

·          Administration of Trusts in Florida - REF KFF 137 .A932 1999

·          Basic Estate Planning in Florida - REF KFF 140 .B372 2000

·          Business Litigation in Florida - REF KFF 207 .B87 1998

·          Chapter 7 Bankruptcy: Straight Liquidation for the Debtor – REF KF 1524.3 .C4354 1998

·          Criminal Trial Practice in Florida - REF KFF 579 .C74 1991

·          Florida Automobile Insurance Law - REF KFF 191 .A4 F522 1998

·          Florida Corporate Practice - REF KFF 213 .F55 1999

·          Florida Family Law Handbook 2000 - REF KFF 94 .F543 1999

·          Florida Guardianship Practice - REF KFF 106 .F5822 2000

·          Florida Real Property Sales Transactions - REF KFF 106 .F5822 1997

·          Florida Small Business Practice - REF KFF 234 .F5822 1999

·          Products Liability in Florida - REF KFF 197.7 .Z9 P762 1995

·          Purchase/Sale of Residential Property – REF KFF 126 .P87 1999

·          Residential Landlord/Tenant Disputes: Parties’ Rights, Obligations, and Remedies - REF KFF 117 .R47 1998

 
  Practice Information (Rules, Forms, Skills)

·          Basics of Paralegal Studies - Goodrich - KF 320 .L4 G66 2001

·          Civil Interviewing and Investigation for Paralegals - Schroeder - KF 311 .Z9 S37 1999

·          Criminal Law and Procedure - REF KF 9219.3 .H32 2000

·          Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure 2000 - REF KFF 94 .A65 F55 2000

·          Florida Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases – REF KFF 583 .A65

·          NALA Manual for Legal Assistants - KF 320 .L4 N34 1999

·          Standard Jury Instructions in Misdemeanor Cases & Florida Grand Jury Handbook and Grand Jury Instructions - REF KFF 583 .A65 S75 2000

·          Trawick’s Florida Practice & Procedure (Forms) 2001 - REF KFF 530 .A65 T73 2001

·          West’s Florida Rules of Court 2001 - v. 1 Federal  &  v. 2 State   - REF KFF 529 .A2 W47

 
  Paralegal/Legal Assistant Career

·          Paralegal Careers - Schneeman - KF 320 .L4 S357 2000

·          Paralegal Internships: Finding, Managing and Transitioning Your Career – Post - KF 320 .L4 P67 1999

·          Paralegal Success:  Going From Good to Great in a New Century - Bogan - KF 320 .L4 B64 2000

·          Opportunities in Paralegal Careers – Fins - KF 320 .L4 F56 1999

·          West’s Paralegal Today: The Legal Team at Work - Miller - REF KF 320 .L4 M556 2000

  Periodicals

·          ABA Journal (1994 - current)

·          Florida Bar Journal (March 2000 - current)

·          Paraclete (the Journal of the St. Petersburg Bar Association) (Jan 2001 - current)

·          Res Ipsa Loquitur (the Journal of the Clearwater Bar Association) (Dec 2000/Jan 2001 - current)

·          Law Office Management & Administration Report  (1994 - current)

·          Legal Assistant Today  (1993 - current)

·          The Index to Legal Periodicals & Books is available online via OCLC's FirstSearch database collection. Ask for assistance at the reference desk if you are unfamiliar with FirstSearch and its multitude of databases.

A short list of useful Websites

·          The Florida Administrative Code can be found at http://fac.dos.state.fl.us/

·          The Florida Statutes can be found at http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes

·          Decisions of the Florida Supreme Court can be found at http://www.law.ufl.edu/opinions/supreme/index.shtml

·          The University of Florida recommended Internet links can be found at http://www.law.ufl.edu/resources/

·          The Information Center of the National Federation of Paralegal Associations can be found at http://www.paralegals.org/

·          The Stetson University College of Law recommended Internet links can be found at http://www.law.stetson.edu/law/

 

Westlaw and Lexis are available online for SPC students and staff ONLY, check with your local reference desk for access information.