Research Sites

SINCE WE HAVE NOT UPDATED THIS PAGE SINCE 2002, SOME OF THE LINKS NO LONGER WORK; HOWEVER, THE MAJORITY OF THEM DO!!! (CURRENTLY BEING UPDATED)

Marian Younger's Favorite Research Sites

For the Legal Professional

(Revised and sorted [by subject matter] as of August 4, 2002)

(Please take a moment to check out all the sites below and familiarize yourself with their contents and how to use them so you will be familiar with where to look when you need to find something.)

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MEDICAL SITES:

http://www.mtdesk.com/index.htm (MT Desk home page. Med terms, indexes, glossaries.)

http://www.mtdesk.com/wordlist.shtml
Wordlists by system/specialty

http://www.mtdesk.com/mt.shtml
(MT Desk Main Page.)

http://www.mtdesk.com/swg.shtml
(Medical &Surgical Glossary - Dictionary.)

http://www.fasthealth.com/dictionary/
(Medical dictionary. Enter word or use clickable alphabet at bottom of screen)

http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary/:
(Dictionary; alphabetical listing of cancer terms, including links to other medical dictionaries and encyclopedias.)

http://www.medscape.com/druginfo
(Phonetic Drug and Prescription and Disease Speller. Use a wildcard (*) if you are uncertain of whole-word spelling; e.g., for Zantac, type Zant*; for peritonitis, type perit*)

http://www.medmedia.com/med.htm
(Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics - alphabetical.)

http://medlineplus.gov/
(More Medical References; great site)

Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
A wonderful search tool if you don't know what you're searching
for. If you're not sure of the spelling, type in the first few letters.
It has an option to "find words containing," such as entering
"scope" to find oscilloscope or entering "lata" to find tensor
fasciae latae. It gives you a whole list of words and phrases to
choose from. It's great!

http://knowledge.emedicine.com/cgi-bin/kni.pl (This one is fantastic!!!)
Medical dictionary. Multiple wildcard. Does word and phrase searches.
You can use multiple wildcards (*) in the beginning, middle, and/or the end: For example, to look for the phrase "polychlorinated biphenyl," type pol*b*l. To look for all words and/or phrases starting with "med," type med*. To find all words and/or phrases ending with "med," type *med. If you are looking for the word "depolymerases" and have no idea how it's spelled, use multiple wildcards: d*p*l*m*

http://www.stedmans.com/
(Medical speller)

http://129.250.146.19/cgi/tabersearch.cgi
(Taber's Medical Encyclopedia. Phrases, terms, drugs, partial words and/or words containing. Can also search by symptoms!)

http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/topiclist.htm (Med terms, ABC)

http://www.emedicine.com/ (Medical library.)

http://www.glossarist.com/glossaries/health-medicine-fitness/
(Extensive "searchable" medical glossaries)

http://urinjured.com/medical.htm
(Tests, signs, medical glossary)

http://www.orthoteers.co.uk/Nrujp~ij33lm/Orthclinsigns.htm
(Clinical signs and tests)

http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/contents/clinicalsign.html
(More clinical signs)

http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?action=Home&query=
(Online medical dictionary. Alphabetical listing.)

http://www.whonamedit.com/azeponyms.cfm/A.html
(Who named it: signs, syndromes, tests, etc.)

http://www.medicinenet.com/Script/Main/hp.asp
(MedicineNet.com, health and medical information.)

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/AlphaIdx.asp?li=MNI&p=A_DICT
(MedicineNet.com - Alpha Index - Medical Dictionary.)

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/AlphaIdx.asp?li=MNI&p=A_PROC
(MedicineNet.com - Alpha Index - Procedures and Tests.)

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/AlphaIdx.asp?li=MNI&p=A_PHARM (Drugs/prescriptions. Alpha.)

http://www.online-dictionary.net/medical/index.htm
(Medical Online Dictionaries. The Most Comprehensive Listings on the Internet.)

http://www.glossarist.com/glossaries/health-medicine-fitness/
(Health Dictionary, Health Glossary and Health Terms listings from the Glossaries.)

http://www.spellex.com/speller.htm
(Spellex Medical words &drugs/prescriptions (can type just first part of the word then an * for any unknown letters. For example, for the word "encephalitis," you can type enc*)

Drug and Medication Sites
http://www.rxlist.com/
(Prescription drugs. You can get close and still get a hit.)

Listing of Newly Approved Drug Therapies
You absolutely can't do without this site from CenterWatch
Clinical Trials Listing Servie. If there's a new drug/prescription and
it's not in your new PDR, you need to look here. Also provides lists for newly approved drug therapies for 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, and 1995, just in case your PDR is as old as mine is. The newest page in this section of their site is a listing of drugs for all years, which can also be very helpful.

Medicine.Net Medications Index
Alphabetical listing of drugs/prescriptions. Brand names are in all caps,
generic names are in all lowercase for easy identification.
Each name is also linked to a prescription information page
laid out much like a PDR, with links to more information
about related diseases, conditions, et cetera, if you need to
find out more. Other helpful links on their site as well.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

PDR Family Drug Profiles
Names of prescription drugs, their generic names, why this drug
is prescribed, etc. Spellings have been reliable and is a
pretty comprehensive list.

J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

American Chiropractic Association/Find a chiropractor

http://www.makura.com/dir1/home.html
(Directory of Chiropractic &Bodyworker Supplies.)

http://www.cdc.gov/health/
(Centers for Disease Control. Clickable list of infections and diseases. This isn't the home page, but the most useful for our purposes)

http://www.tbims.org/combi/list.html
(Brain injury testing scale names)

http://www.pe.net/~iddpc1/denterm1.htm
(Dental terminology)

http://www.bracesinfo.com/glossary.html
(This is another good dental site, has a diagram)

http://www.csuchico.edu/jour/catbytes/s00/fears/a.html
(Phobias)

Anxiety-Panic Internet Resource Medications Page
Medications for treatment of anxiety disorders.

Psychological and Psychiatric Terms

http://www.abess.com/glossary.html
(Glossary of psychiatric terminology. Alpha.)

Psychology Glossary of Terms

LEGAL AND LAWYER SITES:

Dictionaries, Glossaries and References Sites

Phone Directories and References for Streets, Cities, States

http://www.officialcitysites.org/
(Alphabetical listing of US cities and cities around the world. Lots of info given per city. Even has phone number lookup.)

http://local.yahoo.com/u_s__states
(Alphabetical listing of all U.S.cities and states and related yellow pages.)

http://maps.yahoo.com/py/ddResults.py
(Yahoo! Maps and Driving Directions.)

http://www.mapblast.com/myblast/index.mb
(MapBlast! Maps, Driving Directions, Yellow Pages.)

http://www.mapquest.com/
(Street-speller. Can't find the street but know the city, misspell the street, and it'll take a stab at it for you. Use "Find a U.S. Map" on the left side of screen.)

http://www.metacrawler.com/
(Yellow and White Pages)

http://www.metacrawler.com/customize/index.php
(Search for people or places using 10 search engines at once. You do not need to know the city or state. Be sure to check all 11 search engines. Check "any," "all," or "phrase.")

http://www.anywho.com/
(Yellow &White Pages and reverse lookup.)

http://www.switchboard.com/
(Yellow and white pages. Can search by name or phone number.)

Glossaries and Word Lists

www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/univ-full.html
(List of American Colleges, Universities)

Universities and Colleges and related links
(Links for tons of universities across the United States, with links for listings of community colleges, international, and Canadian universities as well.

(More resources and glossaries for reporters/scopists.)

http://www.swbell.com/Products_Services/Residential/mexzone/1,1760,,00.html
(Mexican cities.)

http://www.net-savings.net/areacodesMexiconumber.html
(Mexican cities.)

Mexican City Codes
(These are codes for making long-distance international telephone calls to Mexico. 98 Mexican cities listed here in alphabetical order.)

Military and Government Sites
http://www.halltug.com/ - (Maritime websites)

http://www.globemaster.de/
(US Military bases and databases)

http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/:
(Military terms, acronyms, abbreviations)

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/
(Foreign Gov't heads of State &cabinet members)

http://www.embassy.org/embassies/
(Embassies in Washington, D.C. - clickable by country)

http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0199/majorfac.html
(Major Active Air Force Facilities)

Court Reporting/Scopist Sites
http://www.courtreportersboard.ca.gov/
(California CSR Board)

http://www.courtreportersboard.ca.gov/law_legis/ca_statutes.htm
(California statutes including the Civil Code of Procedure/CCP)

http://www.scopist.info/links.htm
(This one is all-inclusive! Wonderfully organized site with tons of research links for reporters/scopists/proofers.)

http://www.depobook.com/
(Reference books to order for reporters and scopists)

http://forums.compuserve.com/vlforums/default.asp?SRV=CourtReporters
(Court reporters/scopists forum. Post a question or join in on fun topics.)

http://www.gosearchmaster.com/
(Research tools for the reporter/scopist.)

http://www.stenosearch.com/
(More research tools for reporters/scopists.)

http://www.ncraonline.org/
(NCRA)

https://secure.ncraonline.org/ForumSubscriptions/
(NCRA online forum)

http://forums.compuserve.com/vlforums/WhatsNew.asp?SRV=CourtReporters (Court Reporting Forum)

http://www.scopists.com/

Guide to Grammar and Writing
Everything you don't want to know about what you might be
doing wrong. :-) Not really, but it's worth looking at when you
have "spare time."

Must-Have Court Reporting Sites &Tools

http://www.swapdrive.com/:
Secure file sharing/100 MB/$7.50/mo or $75/year. Great place for you and your scopist to exchange files with AudioSYNC. Scopist does not need to open an account if she uses her court reporter's account.

http://www.atomica.com/ :
Download this wonderful FREE "Answer Bar." Before starting Atomica: Make sure your computer is connected to the Internet. To find out more about a word or topic that you see on your screen: Position your cursor on the word or topic. While pressing and holding the alt key, click the mouse. The Atomica window opens, and Atomica searches and displays the information on that word or topic. To find out more about any word or topic at all: Enter the word or topic in the Find field of the Atomica AnswerBar Click GO, or press the enter key. The Atomica window opens, and after a moment, displays your answer.

http://www.google.com/ :
Best search engine on the Internet. Even if you misspell a word or words you are looking for, Google will take a stab at it for you!

Panicware Popup Window Stopper!!!:
Stop those annoying popup windows that interrupt your browsing pleasure!!! Free software download.

http://www.gettingwell.com/drug_info/index.html
(PDR. Drugs/prescriptions. Alpha.)

http://www.rxlist.com/
(Drugs/prescriptions. Wildcard/fuzzy search.)

Miscellaneous Medical, Dental & Health Sites and other Goodies

http://www.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.htm
(Phonetic doctor/physician finder/by the AMA - National; can use wildcard or "sounds like" search too!)

http://www.doctordirectory.com/doctors/directory/default.asp?search=byCity
(Doctor/physician directory. Alphabetical, specialty.)

http://www.doctorsinfoseek.com/
(Find a Physician/Doctor, Find a Dentist, Find a Pharmacy, find a Hospital. If you know as little information as just the state and have no idea how to the spelling of name, type what you do know in the "name" box. It will bring up all names starting with that letter and in that state.)

http://www.ada.org/public/directory/index.html
(Dentist Finder; ADA; can use wildcard or "sounds like" search too!!!)

http://www.hospitaldirectory.com/
(Lists of hospitals in the United States)

http://www.ahd.com/:
(List of hospitals. You do not need to know the city)

http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/meanings/a-1.html
(The Phrase Finder)

http://www.bartleby.com/100/
(Bartlett's Quotations)

http://www.geocities.com/PicketFence/7608/
(Sayings, phrase, and everyday expressions. Keyword searchable.)

Foreign Language Free Dictionary
Spanish to English or English to Spanish and 15 other languages,
including: Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French,
Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Norwegian,
Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, and Swedish. Search online from
this site.

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary/Thesaurus
Search phonetically if you're not sure how to spell something.
You can also use the asterisk as a wildcard for any letters you
don't know. Merriam-Webster's online help page can give
further explanation, if needed.

Real Life Dictionary of the Law
Type a word or phrase, and click the "Look up" button.
All entries that contain the letters you typed within them
will appear.

Dictionaries (Online Dictionaries)

MedlinePlus: Miriam Webster Medical

A wonderful search tool if you don't know what you're searching
for. If you're not sure of the spelling, type in the first few letters.
It has an option to "find words containing," such as entering
"scope" to find oscilloscope or entering "lata" to find tensor
fasciae latae. It gives you a whole list of words and phrases to
choose from. It's great!

http://knowledge.emedicine.com/cgi-bin/kni.pl (This one is fantastic!!!)
Medical dictionary. Multiple wildcard. Does word and phrase searches.
You can use multiple wildcards (*) in the beginning, middle, and/or the end: For example, to look for the phrase "polychlorinated biphenyl," type pol*b*l. To look for all words and/or phrases starting with "med," type med*. To find all words and/or phrases ending with "med," type *med.

http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/cc/
(Community College Search)

http://www.s9.com/biography/
(Famous people biographical directory)

http://oregon.usgs.gov/projs_dir/willgw/glossary.html
(USGA Glossary of Hydrologic Terms)

http://www.morris-reynolds.com/Glossary/glos_idx.htm
(Glossary of computer terms)

http://www.addictions.com/slang.htm
(Drug-Related Street Terms &Slang)

http://www.edwardsaquifer.net/glossary.html#A
(Glossary of Water Resource Terms)

http://www.homebuildingmanual.com/Glossary.htm#FH
(Construction terms glossary)

http://www.contractorreferral.com/glossary/
(Construction terms glossary)

http://www.wscb.org/members/
(List of numerous US Financial Institutions and their addresses.)

http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/~martindale/Ref5.html
(Martindale Ref. Desk. This link has lists of cars, motorcycles, trucks, jets, prop and helicopters, aircraft, yachts, power and sailboats)

http://home8.inet.tele.dk/p-spitz/Bookmarks/Bookmarks4B.html
Glossaries: Automotives - Air + Space - Car + Truck + Bike - Railway - Ship + Maritime Subjects - Transport

http://www.glossarist.com/glossaries/transport/nautical.asp
Maritime glossaries

http://www.ftlf.dk/links.htm#gloss
Maritime sites and glossaries

http://www.halltug.com/ - (Maritime websites)

Kelley Blue Book
This is an easy-to-use reference to find the spellings of various makes of automobiles.

http://www.jump.net/~fdietz/glossary.htm
(2,000 Glossaries)

http://www.glossarist.com/default.asp
Searchable Glossaries and Dictionaries

http://www.glossarist.com/glossaries/
Glossaries Index (Lots of glossaries!!)

http://www.depoman.com/
Reverse Lookup Using a Phone Number
(Use area code and hyphens; e.g.: 909-276-1333)

Street and City Speller/Take a stab at the spelling
(Misspell your own street and/or city under "Find a U.S. Map," and all possible entries will pop up!!!)

U S West Dex - Residential White Pages

U S West Dex - Business White Pages

U S West Dex - Yellow Pages

U S West Dex - 800 Directory
Search for toll-free business listings.

http://www.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html
(United States Postal Service - ZIP + 4 Lookup.)

Super Pages (Yellow)

http://www.lawbooks.com/hornbooks.html
Lawbook titles and authors - searchable

http://www.uspto.gov/
(Homepage for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office)

http://tess.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=brwsidx&state=3u2f60.1.1
Dictionary in the Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)

https://ftdtlweb.amedd.army.mil/tamc/glossary.htm
(Extensive forensic toxicology website with a glossary)

http://www.deakin.edu.au/forensic/Chemical%20Detective/Drugs&Tox_links.htm
(Drugs and toxicology)

http://www.jewishpath.org/glossary.html
Jewish (Hebrew/Yiddish) glossary

http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/gloss.html
Another Jewish glossary

http://www.jewish.com/
(Jewish website. Lots of good info as to the culture and religion)

http://www.onelook.com/
(Phonetic spelling using wildcards and 724 dictionaries)

http://www.yourdictionary.com/diction5.html
(Lots of specialty dictionaries and glossaries)

http://www.environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/chemistry/dictionary/
(Chemical &environmental spellings)

http://www.bartleby.com/reference:
Online reference books including Gray's Anatomy, American Heritage Dictionaries and English Usage.

http://dictionaries.travlang.com/
(Foreign Language Translator)

http://www.systransoft.com/
(Foreign Language Translator)

http://babelfish.altavista.com/
(Foreign Language Translator)

http://www.freetranslation.com/
(Foreign Language Translator)

http://www.foreignword.com/
(Foreign Language Translator)

http://dictionary.prisonwall.org/
(Prison culture dictionary)

http://www.eRailXchange.com/Dictionary.cgi
(Railway Term Dictionary)

http://www.parentsoup.com/baby/a.html
(Baby name finder. Alphabetical)

http://www.parentsplace.com/pregnancy/babynames
(Baby name finder. Various searches)

The Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Ever wonder what the little word is in that phrase you've heard
all your life or get different opinions from different people as to
what exactly the phrase is? Hear a quote from Shakespeare and
you're just clueless? Check out this site and see if you can find
the answer here. It's kind of fun just to read through them, too,
and find out where the phrases came from.
Brewer's Phrase &Fable
Please choose a letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
If you are looking for the word "depolymerases" and have no idea how it's spelled, use multiple wildcards: d*p*l*m*s*

http://www.stedmans.com/
(Medical speller)

Hypertext Webster's Gateway Lookup
This is a gateway interface to several dictionaries on the
Internet provided by the University of California, San Diego.
If you misspell the word, the dictionary server may offer a list
of close matches as alternatives. An explanation as to how this
search tool is best used is given on the opening page.

http://www.acronymfinder.com/
(Acronym/abbreviation finder using "starts with" and wildcards. Also has "reverse lookup" using keywords.)

http://www.researchandrescue.com/research/acronyms.htm
(Tons of acronyms and abbreviations by topic/subject.)

http://www.dreamsoft.com/shay/Cites.htm:
Citation tips for legal secretaries: e.g., Smith v. Johnson (1997) 3 Cal.App.4th 332 [12 Cal.Rptr. 24]

http://www.refdesk.com/:
Very complete Reference Desk/Library

http://www.encyberpedia.com/glossary.htm
Glossaries and dictionaries

http://www.law.com/dictionary
(Alphabetical listing/law dictionary)

Real Life Dictionary of the Law
Type a word or phrase and click the "Look up" button. All entries that contain the letters you typed within them will appear.

http://www.martindale.com/
(Attorney locator/national)

http://www.lawyers.com/find_a_lawyer/name_search/index.php?site=111&eid=&prevpageid=00000&state=&county=&city=&paop=&caop=&consumertype=P
(Attorney and firm name locator - National)

http://www.lawoffice.com/direct/direct.asp?form=name
(Attorney/Law Firm Finder - National)

http://www.calbar.ca.gov/state/calbar/calbar_home.jsp
(CA State Bar Member Lookup)

http://www.findlaw.com/%20%20(FindLaw%20-%20Law,%20Lawyers%20and%20Legal%20Resources)
(FindLaw - Law, Lawyers/Attorneys and Legal Resources)

http://www.lawyersonline.com/regional_barassoc.html
(U.S.A. Lawyers/Attorneys; bars for all states.)

http://www.findlaw.com/directories/reverse.html
(Reverse lookup for attorneys)

http://attorney.sddt.com/
(San Diego attorneys, firms, and judges. Can type partial name.)

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html:
California Codes.

http://www.courtreportersboard.ca.gov/law_legis/ca_statutes.htm
(California statutes including the Civil Code of Procedure/CCP)

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html
(Code of Federal Regulations)

http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/fullcourt.html
(Justices of the Supreme Court)

http://www.ncsconline.org/Information/info_court_web_sites.html
(All kinds of court web sites - state, fed, international)

http://www.sbceo.k12.ca.us/mocktrial/html/case.htm#object
(List of legal objections and what they mean.)

http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/objecton.htm
(List of more legal objections.)

http://www.sbceo.k12.ca.us/mocktrial/html/gloss.htm
(Legal glossary.)