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Urban Planning Legal Resources on the Web

Kind of Search: Known Item

You need a specific case, statute, or regulation or legal authority describing a very specific set of facts or issues.

Federal and General U.S.

http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe — Academic Universe. UIUC subscription database includes cases, codes, journals and news articles.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/index.html — Cornell Legal Information Institute's website for legal information

http://www.findlaw.com/ — Findlaw — a commercial site with free information

http://www.lexisone.com/ — Lexis free site on the Web

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html — Federal Regulations

http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp — Congressional Universe. UIUC subscription database containing legislative histories, committee reports, hearings etc.

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html — For last several years, current legislation and legislative history.

http://www.nccusl.org/#realestate — Uniform Laws: model real estate and land use acts

Illinois

http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/il/laws.html — Findlaw's site page for Illinois law

http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/illinois.html — Cornell's site page for Illinois law

http://www.legis.state.il.us/ — Illinois Assembly site containing Illinois legislation and legislative history, reports, etc.
http//:www.martindale.com — Law firm directory and legal resources

http//:www.lawyers.com — Lawyer directory and legal resources

Local

http://www.spl.org/govpubs/municode.html — Municipal codes online

http://www.hud.gov/fhe/modelcodes/ — Model building codes

Building Codes — IBHS Model Building Codes and Standards

http://www.gorr.state.ny.us/gorr/zoning.html — Model zoning ordinances

http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/landuse/lucodtoc.shtml — Center of Excellence for Sustainable Growth: Land Use Codes and Ordinances

Kind of Search: Subject

You need information on a specific topic such as real property, zoning, city planning, etc.

General Legal and Government Subjects

http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/topic1.html — Cornell's general subject index for legal materials on the Web

http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/index.html — Findlaw's general subject index for legal materials on the Web

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/uiuc_uc — Infotrac/LegaTrac. UIUC subscription database of law review abstracts

http://www.firstgov.gov/ — Site arranged into government related topics. Includes search engine

http://www.google.com/unclesam — Search engine for government documents

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/locators/cgp/index.html — Catalog of U.S. Government Documents

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/ec/scfti.html — Catalog of electronic U.S. Government Documents

http://www.finditillinois.org:2000/compass — Catalog of Illinois government information (including land use and construction)

http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/publications.html — Illinois Secretary of State Publications

Specific to Land Use Planning or Related Topics

http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/land_use.html — Cornell Legal Research Institute's Guide to land use

http://www.hud.gov/fedcenters/index.cfm — HUD's General Subject Index

http://library.humboldt.edu/~rls/nrplanplan.htm#planlegal — Humbolt University's legal resources for land use planning

http://www.ibhs.net/ibhsdocuments/pdf/stcodes.pdf — IBHS summary of state land use planning laws

http://ceres.ca.gov/ceqa/reg_tak/regulatory_takings.html — Summary of cases dealing with regulatory takings

http://www.lawguru.com/ilawlib/106.htm — Internet Law Library — Land use, zoning, real, property, and historical, preservation law

http://www.corporateinformation.com/ — Industry Analysis: United States Construction

Kind of Search: Agency

You need information from a specific agency.

Federal Agencies

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html — Web directory of all U.S. government agencies

http://www.ers.usda.gov/ — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/ — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development

http://www.energy.gov/index/indexa.html — U.S. Department of Energy, Residential

http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/landuse/luintro.shtml — U.S. Department of Energy, Center of Excellence of Sustainable Growth

http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/ — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Planning and Development

http://www.epa.gov/ — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ — U.S. Federal Highway Administration

http://www.usgs.gov/ — U.S. Geological Survey

State and Local Agencies

http://www.state.il.us/state/agncy/alpha.htm — Alphabetical Listing of Illinois Agencies

http://www.city.champaign.il.us/ — City of Champaign Directory

http://www.city.urbana.il.us/Urbana/ — City of Urbana

Kind of Search: Statistics

You need statistical information such as the population and demographic characteristics of a certain town.

General Sources

http://web.lexis-nexis.com/statuniv — Statistical Universe. UIUC subscription. Primary resource for government statistical information.

http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ — Statistical Abstract of the United States

http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ — Inter University Consortium for Political and Social Science Research. UIUC subscription

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/Default.htm — National Center for Health Statistics

http://www.census.gov/ — US Census Bureau

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet — US Census Bureau, American Fact Finder

http://www.census.gov/epcd/ec97/us/US000.HTM — 1997 Economic Census

http://www.childstats.gov/contacts.asp — Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics

http://www.eia.doe.gov/residential.html — Energy Information Administration

http://www.bls.gov/ — Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.fedstats.gov/ — Gateway to U.S. Agency Statistics

http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ccdb.html — County and City Data Book

http://leep.lis.uiuc.edu/courses/lis424/stsource.html — Basic source for library students focussing on government statistics

http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~urban/weblinks/3wsubject.htm — H-Hurban American Databases