There is a common myth that "everything is online for free." The reality is that most of the resources at our law libraries are available exclusively in print or are only available electronically through
proprietary databases. The following list provides examples:
- Connecticut treatises, including the Connecticut Practice Series, are not online for free.
- Connecticut and federal annotated statutes are not online for free.
- Superseded statutes are not available online, but many of our libraries retain statutes going as far back as the 1700-1800s. Check our catalog for more information.
- Shepard's Citations Service is not online for free.
- Authoritative legal dictionaries such as Black's Law Dictionary are not online for free.
- Restatements of the Law are not online for free.
- Nationally known treatises such as Couch on Insurance, Corbin on Contracts, Collier on Bankruptcy, and Powell on Real Property are not online for free.
- American Law Reports (ALR - state and federal) are not online for free.
- Legal encyclopedias such as American Jurisprudence 2d and Corpus Juris Secundum are not online for free.
- Digests of decisions are not online for free.
- Practice materials such as litigation guides, Am Jur Proof of Facts, Causes of Action, and Am Jur Trials are not online for free.
- Unofficial legal forms publications such as Am Jur Pleading and Practice Forms and Am Jur Legal Forms are not online for free.
The above list is only a small sample of the valuable resources that our law libraries
make available for your legal research needs. We encourage you to contact your nearest law library with questions.