Searching on the Internet Types of legal information available Internet sites contain various types of useful legal information, including statutes, bills, case law, and periodicals. The most useful legal sites for researching case law, with links included, are summarised in the Internet Legal Sites chart . There many other sites containing links to legal information on the Internet. A good legal bookmark list, such as the Virtual Canadian Law Library , CLE Legal Links , or FindLaw provides a starting point to explore legal information on the Internet. For an extensive list of legal bookmarks, see the bookmarks list for this site.
Caveats Conducting legal research on the Internet can be frustrating, time-consuming, and risky.
The Internet versions of established search programs like Folioviews operate much less efficiently than the CD ROM versions you may be used to. Instead of getting a whole document, you see it in small chunks. There is a considerable loss in functionality. Many sites are just a list of links to other sites. You may find yourself going in circles and finding nothing of substance at all.