Information Services Division

Law and Legislative Reference

Tel: 860-757-6590, Fax: 860-757-6539
Hours, Directions/Parking
Unit Head: Denise Jernigan
Law and Legislative Reference, Connecticut State Library,
231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106

CSL Catalog and Collections | CSL Research Resources
Borrowing Materials | Copies, Copiers, and Change | Policies for Patrons | Using Secured Collections

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Mission and Services
The Law and Legislative Reference Unit maintains and provides access to comprehensive collections of legal, legislative, and public policy resources in support of the Connecticut State Library's mission to "...provide high quality library and information services to state government and the citizens of Connecticut."

We encourage you to visit the Law and Legislative Reference Unit in order to make the most effective use of our resources. The staff will help you devise and refine search strategies; use catalogs, indexes, and research guides to identify and locate pertinent library and archival resources; use the collections and electronic reference resources; and operate photocopiers and microform equipment.

The Law and Legislative Reference Unit staff responds to telephone, letter, e-mail, and fax inquiries regarding the unit's collections and services, and to brief, factual, reference questions that pertain to legal or legislative issues.

LLR staff are not attorneys and do not offer legal advice or individual guidance in matters involving litigation or legal forms. See Legal Reference Policy

If you are looking for information about legal or legislative issues and need a more immediate response to your question, consult the Law & Legislation section of the CSL Research Resources Web page and/or contact a local library, law school, trial court library or your own attorney.

You may E-mail us your reference question.

Collections
The law collection includes statutes and case reports for all 50 US states as well as for all federal jurisdictions, and a broad range of legal treatises, law periodicals, loose-leaf services, and electronic resources on topics relevant to state government interests.

Spotlight on the Law Collection – highlights a specific subject area of interest to our researchers.

CONSULS - Search CONSULS, the Connecticut State Library Catalog.

See also legal and legislative topics arranged by broad subjects.

Legislative History
The Unit maintains the archives of Connecticut General Assembly documents, indexes legislative bills and House and Senate proceedings and public hearings, paginates transcripts for citation format, and compiles legislative histories for Connecticut Public and Special Acts.

Bill Room at the State Library
The State Library Bill Room (860 757-6550) provides information on the status of current Connecticut state legislation and supplies copies of pending and current legislation upon request.

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Compiled by Law/Legislative Reference Unit; revised June 2006