Guides to the Literature
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| Glossary of Legislative Terms | | DOCREF KFN2221.G56 1988 |
| Guide to New Jersey Legal Bibliog. & Legal History | | SNCLNJ KFN1875.A43 1984 |
| How A Bill Becomes Law | | www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislativepub/legprocess.asp |
| Legal Research Guide for the NJ State Library | | DOCREF KFN1875.L44 1957 |
| Legislators' Handbook | | DOCREF JK3530.N52a 2002/03 |
| New Jersey Legal Research Handbook | | DOCREF KFN1875.A97 1998 |
| Sources of New Jersey Legislative Information | | DOCREF JK3574.S68 1985 |
| Spotlight on New Jersey Government | | REF JK3516.N48 1992 |
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Legal Citation
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| The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation | | REFDESK KF245.B58 ed.17 |
| Manual of Style for Legal Citation in New Jersey | | www.judiciary.state.nj.us/appdiv/manualonstyle.pdf |
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Basic Bibliographies of New Jersey Government Documents
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| Bibliography of New Jersey Official Reports 1905-1945. | | DOCREF Z1223.5.N55L8 |
| Bibliography of New Jersey Official Reports: Supplement, 1945-1960. | | DOCREF Z1223.5.N55L8 |
| Checklist of Official New Jersey Publications (1965-95) | | DOCREF Z1223.5.N55C45 |
| Legislative Research Checklist (1959-1978); then | | DOC Z1223.5.A1S715; |
| State Government Research Checklist (1979-1991) | | DOC Z71223.5.A1S715 |
| Index of All Reports Issued by Bureaus of Labor Statistics Prior to March 1, 1902 | | DOCREF US L2.34 |
| Index of Economic Materials in Documents of the States… New Jersey 1789-1904. (i.e. "Hasse")
| | DOCREF HC107.N5 H37 |
Legislative History Checklist (black binders)
See also http://www.njstatelib.org/NJLH/ for 1998+ | | DOCLAW-NJ (Stack 78) |
| Legislative Research Checklist (not exclusive to NJ) 1950-78; | | DOC Z1223.5.A1S715 |
| superseded by State Government Research Checklist
| | DOC Z71223.5.A1S715 1979/81-1985/87, 1991 |
| Monthly Checklist of State Publications (not exclusive to NJ) | | DOCUSR LC30.9 + Stack 63 |
| NJ Government Publications on the Web | | www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/links/ |
| New Jersey Index (1982-1988) | | REF F131.N47 |
| Statistical Reference Index (also online in LexisNexis Stat) | | DOCREF Index Table 2 |
| Subject Compilations of State Laws: Research Guide…. | | DOCREF KF240.S795 |
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Bill Indexes
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| New Jersey Legislative Index(1951+ ) | | DOCLAW-NJ (Stack 78) |
| Index was published as far back as 1915 and may be available at Law Library. |
New Jersey Legislative News (1970-92)
See also www.njleg.state.nj.us/ for recent legislation. | | DOCLAW-NJ (Stack 78) |
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Bill Texts
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| Assembly (A.#) and Senate (S.#) bills | | DOCLAW-NJ (Stack 79-80) |
Available generally in paper 1954-2003
Available in microfilm circa 1950-1969
See recent bills online at www.njleg.state.nj.us/
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Executive Orders
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| Executive Orders 1941-January 1990. | | njlegallib.rutgers.edu/eo/eolist.htm |
| Executive Orders, selected ones. | | www.state.nj.us/infobank/circular/eoindex.htm |
| Executive Orders, 1994 + see New Jersey Administrative Code | | DOCLAW-NJ (Stack 78) |
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Voting Records
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| Legislative Roundup: News from Trenton (1972/73-1981) | | DOCREF JK3501.L514 |
| Roll Call Report (1972/74) | | DOCREF JK3566.L43 |
| Voting Record (1969 only) | | DOCREF JK3566.V68 1969 |
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Hearings
New Jersey legislative hearings are fully cataloged and may be found
through
IRIS at
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu. Hypertext links to online versions are
also available when links were located in the cataloging process.
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Proceedings
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| New Jersey. Assembly. Minutes. *1850+ | | DOCLAW-NJ (Stack 77) |
| New Jersey. Senate. Journal. *1849+ | | DOCLAW-NJ (Stack 77) |
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Veto Messages
Search IRIS. Using "Contains," enter terms: veto messages jersey; then "Search Everything." Some are
located in Special Collections/University Archives. Additional ones in Government Publications are
filed under DOCNJ JK2454.A22.
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Session Laws
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| Index of Colonial and State Laws of NJ…1663 and 1903… | | | | DOCREF KFN1840.I5 1905 |
| Laws of New Jersey | | Historical | | DOCLAW-NJ (Stack 78) |
| New Jersey Session Law Service | | Current | | DOCLAW-NJ (Stack 78) |
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Codification of the Laws
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| LexisNexis Academic** (use Legal Research) | | | LexisNexis Academic under RU Libraries/Indexes and Databases |
New Jersey Statutes Annotated
See also www.njleg.state.nj.us/ | | | DOCLAW-NJ (Stack 78) |
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Regulations
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| New Jersey Register | | Historical + Current | | DOCLAW-NJ (Stack 78) |
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Codification of the Regulations
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| New Jersey Administrative Code | | Current | | DOCLAW-NJ (Stack 78) |
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Court Decisions
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| LexisNexis Academic** | | Historical + Current | | LexisNexis Academic under RU Libraries/Indexes and Databases |
| West's New Jersey Digest | | Historical + Current | | DOCLAW-NJ (Stack 78) |
| Shepard's New Jersey Citations | | Historical only | | DOCLAW-NJ (Stack 79) |
| New Jersey Reports | | Historical + Current | | DOCLAW-NJ (Stack 79) |
| New Jersey Superior Ct. Reports | | Historical + Current | | DOCLAW-NJ (Stack 78-79) |
| See also lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/search.shtml for Supreme Court decisions March 1994+ and Appellate Court and Tax Court decisions September 1995+.
The state Judiciary's home page is www.judiciary.state.nj.us |
| National Center for State Courts links | | | | www.ncsconline.org/D_KIS/ info_court_web_sites.html |
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Newspapers
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| Directory of New Jersey Newspapers | | DOCREF & REF Z6952.N54D57 |
| Access World News | | RU Libraries/Indexes and Databases |
| New York Times Index, 1856--date | | REF AI21.N44 |
| New York Times, 1857+ (latest issues in paper) | | FLMPER |
| See LexisNexis Academic for June 1980 + under RU Libraries/Indexes and Databases |
| See also New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) under Indexes and Databases |
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| Examples of other microfilm newspapers (holdings are rough; search IRIS for precise holdings) |
| Asbury Park Evening Press (1903-1974) | | FLMPER |
| Evening Times (Trenton, 1964-1976) and |
| Trenton Times (Trenton, 1976-1985) | | FLMPER |
| Record (Hacksensack, 1960-1995) | | FLMPER |
| Star-Ledger (Newark, 1964+) | | FLMPER |
| (continues Newark Star Ledger) | | |
