Databases:

Access to these databases was purchased for you by the Springfield-Greene County Library.

Criminal Justice Collection
More that 150 journals covering topics in law and law enforcement.

Gale Legal Forms
Search and print legal forms for the state of Missouri.

Lawchek
A basic law information package designed as a day-to-day reference system for the average person. It includes a list of attorneys, federal directories and summaries of laws on popular topics such as divorce, bankruptcy and real estate for all 50 states.

LexisNexis Library Express
Access over 6,000 news, business, and legal sources.

Westlaw Pro
Available ONLY at the Library Center and the Library Station. Includes MO cases and statutes, Court Rules, KeyCite, MO Law Reviews, MO Administrative Decisions, and MO federal including the 8th circuit court. (in library use only)

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Law Reference Books Online

Search Includes:

• Checks and Balances: The Three Branches of the American Government
• Constitutional Amendments: From Freedom of Speech to Flag Burning 2nd ed.
• Crime and Punishment in America Reference Library
• Supreme Court Drama: Cases That Changed America

Sites selected by the information experts at the Library...

• Legal Services of Southern Missouri
  Legal Services provides free legal representation to low income clients in a number of civil legal problems. They do not provide criminal defense representation. They handle public benefits, housing, unemployment compensation, family, consumer, education, employment, health and other matters. To see if you qualify for their services, fill out an application online.
• Missouri Bar Association
  The Missouri Bar offers many services to the public, including a lawyer referral service, the Senior Citizen's Handbook and public information brochures. The Bar is the governing body of all attorneys in Missouri and therefore handles all complaints against attorneys and judges in Missouri.
• Missouri Case Net
  Case.net is your access to the Missouri State Courts Automated Case Management System. From here you are able to inquire on case records including docket entries, parties, judgments, and charges in public court. Only courts that have implemented the case management software as part of the Missouri Court Automation Program and only cases that have been deemed public under the Missouri Revised Statutes can be accessed through Case.net.
• Missouri Divorce Forms
  The Missouri Judiciary now provides divorce forms for pro se or self represented individuals. They can can be accessed fully online and saved to fill in with your own personal information.
• Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association
  Offers online access to a lawyer referral database as well as a directory of members.

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