The Kern County Law Library has placed a computer station in the Cerro Coso
LRC for the general public's use. It is available during the regular
hours of the LRC.
The available resources are as follows:
Westlaw:
California Codes
Supreme Court Reporter
California Court Rules
ALR 3rd, 4th, 5th, Federal
United States Codes
Rutter Group Practice Guides
Federal Cases
Codes and Cases for all 50 states
California Cases
Matthew Bender's Authority (California Library):
Forms of Pleading and Practice
Will and Trusts
Legal Forms
Employment Law
Criminal Defense
Torts
Family Law Practice
Environmental Law
Real Estate
Lexis.com:
All of Shepard's and the ability to retrieve a document with the exact
citation. The document can be a case or Law Review article.
Self-help books:
How to do your own divorce
How to adopt your step child
Neighbor vs. Neighbor
Fight your ticket
How to make a CA will
Guardianship book
Represent yourself in court
Conservator ship book
How to probate and estate
And many other titles...
Other books:
Black's Law Dictionary
California rules of court-State and Federal
Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations
Internet access for legal research:
Sites that are used often are saved in Internet Explorer's "Favorites". When doing your
own research, using "Google.com" is recommended as a search engine.