Selected Bibliography
GBUS 492
Spring Semester, 2001

Legal Information
These resources will assist you in locating materials and/or information on your topic. They are:

    1. United States Code. This is the permanent general and public law of the United States currently in force. Arranged by subject in 50 titles. Revised every 6 years with yearly updates. 345.2/U5a/FM-1-Ref. Available on Lexis-Nexis and available at this URL: http://uscode.house.gov/.
    2. Code of Federal Regulations. Covers the administrative law as enacted by federal agencies. This compliments and supplements the U.S. Code. It is located in the Government Documents section of the library. Its call number is AE 2.106/3:. Available on Lexis-Nexis, Congressional Compass and at these WEB sites:

      3. http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/
      http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html#page1.
    3. United States Code Congressional and Administrative Law. Useful compilation of the text of public laws with a subject, title and popular name of the act. Updated monthly. 345.2/W58/FM-2-DOC-R.
    4. Congressional Compass. Coverage includes bills introduced, news, congressional membership and links to other Web sites. The linked sites contain useful information about Congress, the government, and American politics. To locate this database, click on the Libraries' button (located at the top of Lehigh web page), Electronic Resources, then Databases (or click on its URL: http://www.lehigh.edu/~inref/databases/index.html).
    5. See the Web section for more legal web sites.
Other resources include:
    1. Congressional Researcher. This is a good source on the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, pros and cons of the subject, and bibliographies.
    2. CQ Weekly. Follows the Congress its legislative session and has articles concerning Capitol Hill and its actions, legislative news and analysis of those actions.
    3. The Congressional Universe. This provides the full text of laws, bills before the Congress, Code of Federal Regulations and biographies of the members of Congress.
To locate these databases, click on the Libraries' button (located at the top of Lehigh web page), Electronic Resources, and then Databases (or click on its URL: http://www.lehigh.edu/~inref/databases/index.html.)

Books
There are two resources that will assist in locating items in the Lehigh University libraries and in other libraries. They are:

    1. ASA, Library's Online Catalog. This lists all the items in the library and their location. This resource is available via the Network Server and the WWW.
    2. WorldCat. This is a catalog that lists over 45 million items including books, journals, Audio-Visual, and software. REMEMBER: Over 25 thousand libraries are involved with this resource. These resources may be obtained via Lehigh’s Interlibrary Loan Service.
Use ASA to locate the books on your topic. Remember: Journal articles are NOT indexed in ASA. These subject headings are examples of providing a starting point for your research. They are:
    1. Contracts.
    2. Patents.
    3. Promise (Law).
    4. Trademarks.
    5. Trademarks--Law and legislation--United States.
Some resource books are:
    1. Firms, organizations and contracts: a reader in industrial organization/ edited by Peter J. Buckley, Jonathan Michie. 388.7/F525/ FM-3-North
    2. Gauthier, David P. Moral dealing: contract, ethics, and reason. 171/G276m/L-0-Upper
    3. Scheppele, Kim Lane, 1953-. Legal secrets: equality and efficiency in the common law. 340.1/S325l/FM-3-North
Journal Indexes
Locating articles on the cases and/or related issues may be found these indexes. To locate, click on these in this order: the Libraries' button (located at the top of Lehigh web page), Electronic Resources, and then Databases (or click on its URL: http://www.lehigh.edu/~inref/databases/index.html). They are:
    1. ABI-Inform. Indexes over 1500 journals in management and business. Coverage is from 1986 for most journals. About 45% are available in full text.
    2. Dow Jones Interactive. Available on the Web. Covers over 6000 publications (full text) back to early 1980's.
    3. Econlit. A good index for the research journals covering law and legal aspects from a business perspective.
    4. GPO Monthly. Coverage is from 1976 on the Federal documents issued from Congress and Federal agencies.
    5. Index to Legal Periodicals. Covers the journal literature of law.
    6. InfoTrac (a.k.a. Expanded Academic Index). Covers over 1400 journal going back to 1980. Some articles are available in full text.
    7. Lexis Nexis. Provides full text of journals, newspapers, and wire services. It also has full text legal materials such court decisions, legislation and regulations. It is available via the Web.
    8. PAIS (public affairs). Indexes articles and books on public affairs. Coverage starts in 1972 on.
World Wide Web
This provides additional resources for your research. By the use of a search engine, i.e., AltaVista, Excite, you can locate resources on your topic. One way to search these engines is to use the multi-search engine like Dogpile.com. Its URL is http://www.dogpile.com. This is one way of covering WEB resources in an efficient manner. The most important item concerning the Web is the reliability issue. ANYONE can mount a Web page containing information that may or may not be reliable. What is the motive of the page's creator, etc.? The question to ask is "Is it reliable?" A good resource for evaluation of a web site is Using the Web Wisely: How to Evaluate Web-based Information. Its URL is http://www.Lehigh.EDU/~sek2/bi/we/. REMEMBER: Is this source reliable?

These are governmental sources concerning the patent, copyright and trademark issues. They are:

    1. GPO Access. U.S. Government Printing Office Databases (its URL is http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces002.html.
    2. GLIN/Law Library of Congress: The Global Legal Information Network's Guide to Law Online. (Its URL is http://lcweb2.loc.gov/glin/worldlaw.html).
The Library has created a web page for government information including Federal, state, local and international materials. It is called Government Information at Lehigh University Library. Its URL is http://www.Lehigh.EDU/~inlib/govdocs/. This is an excellent starting point for locating statistical and other relevant material for research on a topic.

As noted in #5 of the Background section, these non-government sources may assist you in the understanding of patent and trademark law. They are:

    1. BitLaw is a comprehensive Internet resource on technology law, containing over 1,800 pages on patent, copyright, trademark, and Internet legal issues. Its URL is http://www.bitlaw.com/.
    2. Patent and Trademark Guides and Directories from Looksmart.com (Its URL is http://www.looksmart.com/.) URL for the patents and trademarks are http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus317829/eus317864/eus77824/eus540744/eus74414/eus261564/eus103812/eus72532/r?l&.
These associations may assist in locating information on patents and trademarks. They are:
    1. American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA). Its URL is http://www.aipla.org/. It has links to patent and trademark resources in government. Its URL is http://www.aipla.org/html/iplink.html.
    2. International Trademark Association (INTA). Its URL is http://www.inta.org/.
    3. National Association of Patent Practitioners. Its URL is http://www.napp.org/.
    4. Patent Information Users Group, Inc. (PIUG) is a not-for-profit organization for individuals having a professional, scientific or technical interest in patent information. Its URL is http://www.piug.org/. The URL for the patent information is http://www.piug.org/vendor.html#bmTools.
Patent Guides
There is an excellent guide called Patents created by Sharon Siegler, the engineering librarian. Its URL is http://www.Lehigh.EDU/~inref/subject/patent.html. One part of this guide has the seminar hand out called LUIR Patent Seminar Overview (a.k.a. Finding Patent Information). Its URL is http://www.lehigh.edu/~inref/subject/patentsem.html. An excellent example of a patent search is available at this URL http://www.lehigh.edu/~inref/subject/ducttape.html. To try, just follow the directions that are on the screen.
 

Created on 5/11/01 by W. Fincke, Business Librarian.  Email:  wjf0@lehigh.edu